The general leader, Wang Wukui, glanced at the old man gratefully.
Then he ordered: "Your name is Lu Chen, right? Congratulations on passing the first level of the Heart Refining Assessment.
Our evaluation is excellent, and the next step is a strength assessment.
I hope you can keep up the good work!”
"yes!"
Lu Chen nodded in agreement, as the observer surnamed Wang said on the way.
The assessment scores are: excellent, good, and poor.
If you have a poor score in any level, you will miss out on being the leader candidate.
If you pass three levels and get a good reputation, you can become a candidate for alliance leader.
It’s just that the ranking will be very low, and the training and attention received will also become lower.
If you can get straight A's, your ranking will be even higher.
The more potential a person has, the more training and attention he will receive.
Candidate ranking is a comprehensive ranking of each person.
The further forward you are, the greater the training you will receive.
The selection of alliance leader candidates starts within a hundred years of the general alliance leader's term of office.
Searching for unskilled geniuses from the Western Region, it will be closed after a hundred years.
There will be as many candidates as can pass the three tests.
It will no longer increase, but will decrease.
There is another assessment every hundred years, and 30% of the candidates will be eliminated in each assessment. These eliminated candidates can continue to practice at the headquarters.
You can also serve as the leader of the branch alliance hall, even if you want to leave, you are not forced to do so.
After three hundred years, 90% of the candidates have been eliminated.
In the last hundred years, the remaining ten percent will be used.
Choose the best person to take over the position of general leader.
This complete set of procedures has been run by the Weapon Refining Alliance for tens of thousands of years.
It has already become very perfect, and errors rarely occur.
The contents of the three levels are not kept secret, so you can prepare in advance.
It’s just about whether you can pass it and what kind of score you will get after passing it.
That depends on your real talent and learning. If you want to fish in troubled waters, you are in the wrong place.
The leader of this year's general alliance is Wang Wukui, who has been selected for a century.
Eighty years have passed, and the selection will be canceled in twenty years.
There are now thirty-five candidates, which is equivalent to thirty-five rankings.
The strength assessment for the second level is in the assessment hall not far away.
Lu Chen followed the thirteen people, and many people stopped to watch along the way.
Then everyone went about their own business. Each of these people was very strong.
But they are also very busy, just like the scientific researchers on Earth.
Apart from his own research and refining, he basically doesn't care about other things.
Even if you pay a little attention, it's just for a moment.
There won't be any crowds of people watching, after all, this is not a sect that is respected for its strength.
This is the Weapon Refining Alliance, the fundamental base of the Qi Xuan Sect, a holy place for a group of like-minded weapon masters. The men and women here are all improving their weapon refining skills.
Hope has already become a grandmaster! A group of lovely people! This is what Lu Chen said about them! There are three portals in the assessment hall.
Each portal reads: Heart Refining, Strength Refining, and Weapon Refining.
Simple, clear and easy to understand.
Wang Wukui pointed to the portal of strength and said: "Lu Chen, you can go in and perform well!"
"yes!"
After Lu Chen saluted Wang Wukui and the twelve Supreme Elders, he walked into the portal marked with strength.
It's said to be a portal, but it's just a mask.
Lu Chen passed directly through it, but Lu Chen's figure appeared in the mask of light.
The guards had already prepared thirteen chairs for Wang Wukui and the twelve Supreme Elders to sit on.
You can see Lu Chen's performance score in the photo mask.
When Lu Chen walked through the portal, he felt like he had traveled through time and space.
I knew in my heart that the portal was a teleportation formation.
Looking up, this is a sandy space.
The ground is made of sand, and there are dots of bright lights in the sky.
It was just these bright lights that allowed Chase Lu to see his surroundings clearly.
It gave Lu Chen a strange feeling, as if these eyes were hidden in the bright light.
Lu Chen felt like he was being spied on, but he didn't care.
Strength assessment is nothing more than an assessment of a person's comprehensive combat effectiveness.
After all, the level of a weapon master is linked to one's own realm.
And the strength of strength requires the support of realm.
The relationship between the three is mutually reinforcing. If one party fails, the other two parties will not be able to think about it.
Lu Chen took a step forward, and the ground suddenly shook.
A bright light above his head suddenly descended rapidly and merged into the sand thirty meters away from Lu Chen.
Then in Lu Chen's eyes, the bright spots and the sand quickly merged.
A sand warrior as tall as one person appeared in Lu Chen's sight.
He was said to be a warrior, but Lu Chen knew that this was a puppet warrior.
It can only be defeated but not killed. That highlight is its driving core and part of the entire assessment space.
When the puppet warrior's body shook, the sand and earth's body became condensed.
The aura displayed is the same as that of Lu Chen, who is also in the middle stage of the magician.
And in its hands, it also held a pair of giant hammers of sand and earth.
Rumbling footsteps sounded, and the puppet warrior charged towards Lu Chen.
Lu Chen's Four Arts Demon is an existence beyond the master.
Just by looking at it, you can tell the weakness of this puppet.
It's the bright spot on the heart. Just hit the bright spot out of the sandy body and it will be killed! Lu Chen made a move with his right hand, and a fifth-level high-grade magic sword appeared in his right hand.
On the hilt of the sword, there is Lu Chen’s exclusive mark.
His feet touched the ground slightly, and his body turned into an afterimage.
Passing by the rushing puppet warrior, Lu Chen's body appeared ten meters behind the puppet warrior.
But the puppet warrior kept his charging posture unchanged.
Just between its body and Lu Chen, lying quietly on the ground, was a shiny hexagonal rhombus crystal.
But the puppet warrior turned into a handful of sand in the next second.
"This sword is very good, fast, accurate and ruthless!"
"Although there are no moves, the judgment is accurate.
The landing point is also steady and ruthless! It’s a good seedling!”
"Not bad."
The thirteen people sitting in the assessment hall looked at Lu Chen's actions just now on the light shield.
Everyone nodded in appreciation, and Wang Wukui also nodded with satisfaction.
The bright spots on the ground shook slightly, and then the cluster of bright spots overhead landed again.
Then behind Lu Chen, he once again condensed into a puppet warrior as tall as one person.
It's just that this time the strength of the puppet warrior has been upgraded to the late stage of the magician.
Moreover, the weakness of this puppet warrior has also changed from one to two.
Still holding the giant hammer in both hands, he charged towards Lu Chen again.
This time the charge was faster and more powerful.
Lu Chen smiled and twisted his body.
He immediately passed by the puppet warrior, but Lu Chen's sword move was blocked by a giant hammer.
"interesting!"
The attack didn't work, so Lu Chen didn't worry.
Instead, he joined forces again and fought against the puppet warriors.
With the sand and dust flying, it was over in three moves.
When the sand fell, there was no figure of the puppet warrior on the ground.
There were only two diamond-shaped crystals lying quietly on the ground.
"Have you seen the origin of this kid's moves?"
"No, it's a bit like a wild road.
It also has a sense of simplicity!"
"I also feel that it has the charm of great simplicity, but I shouldn't! From the intelligence point of view, this Lu Chen is obviously just a casual practitioner of a magician!"
“It’s not that it shouldn’t be done, it’s simply impossible.
Even if you and I are both strong men in the Demon Lord realm, we still don't have this ability.
Do you think this little doll is ready?
I think this little baby must have understood the artistic conception of swordsmanship.
Only in this way can complexity be reduced to simplicity, and the charm of great simplicity be achieved.”
"Yeah, it's possible!"
Among the thirteen people outside, several people got into a quarrel.
Wang Wukui and the first general leader did not interrupt, but were very satisfied with Lu Chen's performance.
If you fail in a battle with a puppet warrior of the same level, that's a bad result.
If you beat someone of the same level, you are good; if you beat someone who is one level higher than yours, you are excellent.
If you can beat someone who is two levels higher than your own, that's double excellence! Double excellence means even if you fail one test.
It can also be used to defeat, and if possible defeat, puppet warriors who are three levels higher than themselves.
That is a perfect candidate. Even if you fail in refining your mind and weapon, you can still become a perfect candidate.
The selection of candidates depends on three aspects of assessment.
It's just that whether it's mind refining or weapon refining, it can be improved through acquired efforts.
Only strength is the fundamental level.
The stronger the strength and the higher the realm, the longer one will naturally live.
The longer you live, the more time you have to study the art of weapon refining and the time you have to temper your mind.
So when a puppet warrior of the Great Perfection of the Mage appeared on the mask screen.
The Supreme Elders who were arguing just now suddenly became silent.
They all looked at it expectantly, hoping that the handsome figure inside could accomplish the feat of getting straight A's.
After all, only one of the thirty-five candidates has almost accomplished this feat.
He has been recognized by many supreme elders as the next leader of the alliance.
The three diamond-shaped crystals merged with the sand, just as Lu Chen expected.
What appears in front of you is a puppet warrior of the Great Perfection of the Magician, with three bright spots, respectively on its forehead, chest, and waist.
A huge pressure enveloped Lu Chen, and the huge double hammers touched lightly.
The air was exploding, rushing toward Lu Chen forcefully.
Lu Chen's eyes changed from casual to focused.
At the same time, the demonic energy in his body was roaring.
Rubbing his feet together, an afterimage was left on the ground. After dodging the attacks of the double hammers, his body appeared behind and to the left of the puppet warrior.
The magic sword in his hand stabbed hard, the bright spot on the waist of the puppet warrior.
It's just the puppet warrior of the Magician's Dzogchen, but his reaction speed and magic activity have been greatly improved.
Lu Chen's magic sword was shaken away by the powerful force, and Lu Chen's body was also knocked back.
But the puppet warrior rushed forward again, clearing the way with both hammers and continuing to hit Lu Chen.
The gap in realm leads to the imbalance of power between the two.
If you are a human being, you will have weaknesses because you have thoughts.
So Lu Chen was confident that he could win the battle, but he encountered a puppet warrior who had no pain thoughts.
Lu Chen could only try to find opportunities to defeat it little by little.
The two figures were tossing and turning in the sand, Lu Chen was at a disadvantage from the beginning.
It was just a magic sword that was used by Chase Lu to make it watertight.
Even if the puppet warriors were superior in strength, they could not break through Lu Chen's defense.
Every attack by Lu Chen was blocked by the puppet warrior again and again.
Although it seemed that he had returned without success, Lu Chen didn't have any discouraged look on his face.
Instead, his eyes became more focused and his offensive became stronger and stronger.
"This kid is completely a fighting madman who was delayed by his weapons!"
"Who says it's not the case! I am the first weapon master to see such a strong practical ability."
"If you are not strong, can you become the successor of an extraordinary master?"
"Why do I feel that his actual combat ability is stronger than Chen Wuyi?"
"It's not a feeling, it's a fact.
Don't look at Chen Wuyi's level of strength that has broken through the magician level, if he is in the same level as Lu Chen.
Chase Lu was able to beat him up when he was taking the assessment.
But it was only thanks to the nine magic swords and the sword array that it lasted for so long.
And Lu Chen is really powerful in combat!"
"Understanding the sword formation is also part of the strength!"
"Old Monster Dong, let me remind you.
The candidates for the alliance leader are held in a fair and impartial manner.
You can't favor Chen Wuyi just because you have a good relationship with him.
If I find out, don’t blame me for not caring about friendship!”
"Bah! Mr. Zhang, you are such a slut! I, Dong Feihong, am not that kind of person!"
"Okay, stop arguing!"
The crowd was so noisy that two of them almost staged a full-scale martial arts show.
The others quickly stopped, but the two of them stared at each other.
Wang Wukui looked at the first general leader for help.
Nalan Cheng, the first general leader, stared.
Shouted: "That's enough!"
The whole place suddenly fell silent, with Dong Feihong and Zhang Hua still glaring at each other.
But he didn't say anything anymore, Nalan Cheng still had to give him face.
Nalan Cheng said in a deep voice: "I don't care how you get along with or even associate with these candidates.
I would like to remind everyone here, don’t forget the former Wang Zhan.
How did he die and why?
You can all think clearly, I hope you won’t make any mistakes!”
As soon as the name "Wang Zhan" came out, even Dong Feihong and Zhang Hua.
My heart was beating wildly and I didn't dare to say anything harsh anymore.
Even his eyes became frightened. The name Wang Zhan was a taboo in the Weapon Refining Alliance.
Only Nalan Cheng dared to mention it, and only he would mention it.
Because this person is his disciple, an ambitious man who wants to turn the Weapon Refining Alliance into his own private property.
It was he who secretly trained the candidates of that year and made his son the number one person.
At that time, several people who were better than his son were traveling or hunting for treasure.
He died inexplicably, but there is no airtight wall in the world.
In the end, the incident came to light and he was executed by Nalan Cheng, who was determined to annihilate his relatives.
Together with the family of Nalan Cheng's disciples and the Wang family, which are already somewhat decadent.
They were all destroyed by Nalan Cheng, so in today's Weapon Refining Alliance.
These supreme elders never mentioned the third general leader.
Wang Zhan's incident was also regarded as a wake-up call by various elders and the current leader of the alliance.
After all, they collude with candidates and suppress other candidates.
This is a serious crime that will lead to death, and as soon as you are discovered, you will be attacked in groups.
At that time, it won’t matter whether you were the former leader of the alliance, or whether you were the Supreme Elder.