Su Xing was slightly startled and hurriedly walked out of the pavilion, "How did Senior Brother know that I was promoted to the Huayuan Realm?"
He clearly just broke through late last night, so why did Zhou Ping come to Wuyanfeng early in the morning to congratulate him?
Su Xing just asked, and he had an answer in his mind. He turned his eyes slightly and looked at Yan Tong aside.
"Junior brother, don't blame Yan Tong. You are an inner disciple who has just started. The Wanjian Sect pays close attention to you, especially when you will break through the realm."
Zhou Ping seemed worried that Su Xing would blame Yan Tong, or maybe he was also worried that Yan Tong would suddenly say something he shouldn't have said, so he hurriedly spoke to relieve him.
"I see."
Seeing that Su Xing had no intention of continuing to ask questions, Zhou Ping breathed a sigh of relief.
"Senior brother, when you come to Wuyanfeng today, you shouldn't just congratulate me, right?" Su Xing asked immediately.
Zhou Ping smiled and nodded, saying: "This morning I learned that you successfully broke through Huayuan and were promoted to Wugou, so the elders arranged for me to come and take you to Lingwu Peak."
"Lingwu Peak?"
"Exactly. As for the reason, we can talk about it on the way. Oh, by the way, remember to bring your sword."
So, Su Xing ignorantly picked up the Demon Sky Sword beside him, followed Zhou Ping and sat on the back of the blue-feathered white crane, and flew towards Lingwu Peak together.
Above the clouds, a few rays of warm sunlight shined through the diffuse morning fog from time to time, making Su Xing suddenly sober.
"Senior brother, can you tell me now why you want to go to Lingwu Peak?"
Zhou Ping laughed loudly and said four words: "Strength assessment."
"Strength assessment?"
"Yes, the disciples who have just joined the inner sect, after breaking through to the Immaculate Realm, need to go to the main peak to participate in the so-called strength assessment. Because the current sect leader is the peak master of Lingwu Peak, the assessment location is set there.
"
"Senior brother... what is this strength assessment? I remember that our strength was already tested in the academy exam we took in the outer mountains?"
"The academy examination in the outer mountain is only a criterion for determining whether you can enter the inner mountain, while the strength assessment at Lingwu Peak is specially prepared for you disciples who have just been promoted to the Wushu Realm. I think I also participated in it back then, senior brother.
Junior brother, you also know that there is an Earth Ranking in the outer mountain and a Heavenly Ranking in the inner mountain. Both rankings are used to measure the strength of the disciples, and this strength assessment is something linked to the Heavenly Ranking."
"Heaven... list."
Su Xing was startled for a moment, and then he immediately realized that after joining Tianzhen Peak for so long, he had never seen the Heavenly List on the mountain gate, and he had already forgotten this list that symbolized the strength of the inner sect disciples.
back.
And today, it was the first time he heard someone mention this list.
"That's right, Tianbang. Tianbang is divided into two levels in our inner mountain, Tianjia and Tianyi. Tianjia is for those disciples who have become martial arts scholars, and Tianyi is for people like you and me.
This is what a warrior in the Unsullied Realm prepares."
"Is there a warrior-level disciple within the sect?"
Su Xing was shocked. He originally thought that the perfection of the Immaculate Realm would be the end for these disciples, and it would be time to leave the sect and practice alone.
After all, the warriors above are considered to be at a relatively advanced level in martial arts. Such warriors have either become elders or have left the sect to travel to the outside world.
"Of course, but there are not many such disciples, only about twenty, so there are only ten places on the Tianjia list."
There are more than twenty people, which is not a small number. Wanjian Sect is indeed a sect with a history of thousands of years in Linzhou, and it has such a strong foundation.
"But senior brother, I have just been promoted to the Immortal Realm. How can I be qualified to compete for a spot on the Tianyi Ranking?"
Zhou Ping seemed to have guessed what Su Xing was thinking, and laughed and said: "Of course I know this too. I brought you to Lingwu Peak today not to climb the Heavenly Ranking, but to see if you are strong enough to get one."
Alternate places.”
"Alternate... places?"
"Exactly, don't talk nonsense, you will find out later. Hurry up, we are going down."
Before Zhou Ping finished speaking, a very tall mountain peak appeared in Su Xing's field of vision. The entire mountain peak was covered with pink cherry blossom trees. Whether viewed from a distance or up close, it looked full of fairyland.
Surrounded by the fragrance of cherry blossoms, the blue-feathered white crane carrying the two of them slowly landed on the spiritual stage.
Just as he stepped off the back of Bai He, Su Xing saw many white-robed disciples walking back and forth on the spiritual stage.
Sure enough, compared to Zhentian Peak, which is sparsely populated, Lingwu Peak is full of people. There are disciples walking together wherever they go, and it looks very lively.
Some of the Lingwu Peak disciples raised their eyebrows with surprised expressions after seeing the blue robes worn by Su Xing and the others.
Zhou Ping led Su Xing along the way, walking through a slightly rugged mountain road, passing through trees with scattered cherry blossoms, passing through numerous crowds, and finally came to an exquisite attic.
On the wooden plaque above the attic, there is a big Chinese character "天" written on it.
"This is Lingwu Peak, no, it should be said to be the Tianzi Pavilion in the inner mountain of our Wanjian Sect. The election for the spot on the Tianbang and the strength assessment you are going to take part in this time will be held here."
Su Xing followed Zhou Ping into the attic. It was very spacious inside. There were ten pillars on both sides of the road. Each pillar was engraved with five names, a total of fifty.
"What you are seeing now is the list of Tianyi Ranking. Several of your senior brothers and sisters are also on it."
Su Xing looked carefully and found the names of his senior brothers and sisters on the pillar near the front.
Among them, the one ranked first is the second senior brother Zhou Ping who brought him here, ranked fourth in Tianyi, while the last person in Zhentian Peak is senior sister Xi Xuerou, ranked 21st in Tianyi.
The names of the third senior brother Ren Feiyu and the fourth senior brother Wu Cang are sandwiched between them. It seems that although Zhentian Peak has not many disciples, its overall strength is still ranked among the top among the three main peaks. Each disciple can be regarded as an elite fighter.
force.
At the end of the road, a wooden door with exquisite carvings stood in front of the two of them.
Zhou Ping opened the door and walked in with Su Xing. The two walked up an upward staircase and finally came to a new room.
Compared with the outhouse, the room on the second floor is obviously much smaller. It is only the size of two and a half Su Xing's cave houses at best.
Although the house was small, the atmosphere inside was very solemn. After arriving here, Su Xing found that his senior brother's breathing had become lighter and his steps immediately slowed down.
The two walked into the house. Su Xing looked around and found ten portrait paintings hanging on the walls. Each painting seemed to be made by a master. The characters in the paintings were so lifelike that they seemed to be living in front of Su Xing's eyes.
At a glance, he found that the people in these portraits were all relatively young. The one who looked the oldest was probably no more than thirty years old, and the youngest one was not much older than him.
"These ten people are the top ten in the Ten Thousand Sword Sect's Heavenly Armor today. None of them is not a genius in the entire Omori Dynasty. They all became warriors before the age of thirty, very powerful warriors. You must not only respect them
, but also to learn from them.”
Zhou Ping whispered to Su Xing, and now Su Xing knew why his senior brother's expression changed since he walked in here.
With Zhou Ping's introduction, Su Xing was in awe of the ten paintings and his face became serious.
"The list of Tianjia's top ten changes every year, so the sect spent a lot of money to draw these ten portraits for them. If any senior leaves the top ten of Tianjia in the future, they can also take their portraits back with them.
.”
When he said this, Zhou Ping's tone was full of yearning and envy.
Su Xing knew that these ten portraits not only meant strength, but also meant glory and recognition of them, which was what every Wanjian Sect disciple dreamed of.
"Come on, it's right in front."
After Zhou Ping and Su Xing looked around at the paintings, they led Su Xing to another door.
"Dong dong."
"Come in."
An old voice came from inside the door, and Su Xing recognized it as a female voice.
"Squeak."
The door was opened, and a bright ray of sunlight shone on Su Xing's face. After he walked in, he took a closer look and was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.
What was displayed in front of him was a huge venue that looked like a Colosseum, and the room he and Zhou Ping were in was one of the many open-air boxes built around the venue.
The sunlight shining through came from the hollow top of the attic and hit his face.
In the box, an old woman was sitting on a wooden chair, looking at the two of them quietly.
Under the sunlight, Su Xing saw silver light flashing on the old woman's fingers.