Chapter 48: The Five Peaks Selection

  The end of the Heavenly Road is a huge square outside the Heavenly Temple. Now, more than 1,000 disciples have gathered here.

  Zhang Shan and his 500 disciples were the last batch to be tested. When Zhang Shan reached the end, the test was almost over. Among all the disciples who passed the five passes, his ranking was one of the last few.

  But even if it was a disciple who passed at the last moment, none of them fainted like Zhang Shan.

  As a result, when Zhang Shan automatically repaired his damaged body and soul on the stone steps and finally woke up, he was met with many disdainful glances.

  He slowly stood up and looked around, only to see Situ Qingyan standing in the queue on the square, casting a puzzled and uncomprehending gaze at him.

  According to Si Tu Qing's observation, Zhang Shan's strength would never be the last in the test disciples, let alone fainting after passing the trial.

  At this time, an attendant with the Kaogong Hall emblem on his clothes shouted at him: "You've recovered, so go over there and line up immediately to wait for the next peak selection."

  Zhang Shan followed the person's instructions and walked to the back of a team in the field, standing at attention.

  Across from the square is a three-story grand hall with a plaque above the gate inscribed with the three large characters "Dēng Tiān Diàn".

  The temple gate is now closed tightly, and a row of attendants stand solemnly on the steps in front of the gate.

  A moment later, the temple gate opened wide and a group of people came out from inside.

  One of the middle-aged men stepped forward and said loudly, "I am Ma Chenggui, the chief executive of the Zongmen Examination Hall, responsible for the testing of this year's new disciples. First of all, congratulations to all of you for passing the test of Dengtian Road and officially becoming disciples of Wenti Zong."

  Zhang Shan looked at the man from behind the crowd, feeling that his face was familiar, and then suddenly came to his senses. "Right, this person looks 50-60% like Ma Qingyi, and he also has the surname Ma, so he must have some relationship with Ma Qingyi."

  Thinking that he was being sabotaged on his way to the top, and this Ma Cheng Xing, who was in charge of this test, couldn't help but make Zhang Shan's suspicions focus on him.

  Ma Chengxing cleared his throat and continued, "I asked the Tianzong to be divided into five peaks and five veins. You will each join one of the peaks, and these few people next to me are the true disciples of each peak, responsible for selecting apprentices for each peak."

  "If two houses both pick you at the same time, then you can voluntarily choose which one to join. If only one house picks you, then there's no choice."

  He then pointed to a jade wall in front of the hall and said, "To show fairness, when you are called by name, this shadow wall will display your test results and strength assessment for this time."

  After finishing speaking, he nodded to the five authentic disciples beside him, indicating that they could start.

  A young man wearing a fiery red long gown laughed and said to the other four, "This time selecting disciples, it's my turn for Chi Yang Peak to have priority, you all yield."

  "Qiu Feixing, don't get too full of yourself just because you have priority rights. The one you're interested in may not necessarily agree to enter the Chi Yang Peak with you." A young man wearing a golden silk brocade robe hummed and said.

  "Haha, Wei Yuechi, this generation has many talented disciples, no wonder Bai Gongfeng is anxious and flustered. If you want to compete with me for people, then be prepared to suffer a great loss."

  Qiu Feixing sneered and threw down a sentence, ignoring Wei Yuechi's angry expression, flipping through the book in his hand, starting to select disciples.

  That book is the list of disciples who passed this test, five authentic disciples each have one copy, which lists their names, boundaries, martial souls and other information, so that they can find what they need.

  Soon, Qiu Feixing began to call the roll, and one by one, the disciples came out and stood on one side of the square under the arrangement of the executive, waiting for the candidates to finish, and then led away by Chi Yangfeng.

  "Go left!"

  As Qiu Feixing called out, a disciple with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, tall and majestic in stature, walked out, bowed his head in greeting, and was about to join the ranks of the waiting crowd.

  Wei Yuechi suddenly asked loudly: "Zuo Tianhang, are you willing to join my Bai Geng Peak?"

  Zuo Tianhang was stunned for a moment, then lifted his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

  "I am Wei Yuechi, the true heir of Bai Gongfeng. If you are willing to join our sect, I can offer you a spot as an inner disciple."

  Qiu Feixing's gaze changed, and he smiled insincerely: "Wei Yuechi, are you in such a hurry to start poaching my people? As for this Zuo Tianhang, Red Sun Peak was originally going to take him as an inner sect disciple anyway. So, do you plan on using two inner sect disciples' quotas to exchange?"

  Wei Yuechi's face changed, and then he snorted: "It's just two inner door quotas, as long as he agrees, I'll replace Bai Gongfeng, what's the big deal."

  The other three true disciples all looked thoughtful and gazed at the shadow wall, only to see that the shadow wall was displaying information about Zuo Tianhang.

  Eighteen years old, Fourth-order cultivation of Lingwu Realm, with a Ghost Head Knife as his Martial Soul, which is of Earth-grade quality. He also completed the Heavenly Road trial and ranked fifth in terms of time taken.

  The three of them were clear in their minds that this disciple was absolutely among the top ten in terms of strength among the new disciples, no wonder Wei Yuechi was willing to use two inner door quotas to grab him.

  This session is prioritized by Chi Yang Peak to select their disciples. If another peak wants to compete with Chi Yang Peak for the same disciple, they must offer double the compensation.

  Because of the limited resources of the sect, the number of inner disciples, true transmission disciples, and secret transmission disciples are all restricted, with fewer numbers as you go further back.

  Newly admitted disciples, unless they are exceptionally talented, can at most obtain the status of inner door disciples.

  Now, Wei Yuechi is willing to exchange two inner gate quotas for Zuo Tianhang, which shows his importance.

  At this time, Xu Shen, who was standing by and had not spoken a word, slightly spoke up: "Zuo Tianhang, since both peaks want you, then choose which one to join yourself."

  Zuo Tianhang hesitated for a moment before deciding: "I am willing to join Bai Gongfeng."

  Wei Yuechi burst out laughing: "Good, good, Bai Gongfeng's strength is outstanding, you won't regret your choice."

  At this moment, an attendant brought Zuo Tian Xing to the waiting area for Bai Geng Peak's disciples.

  Qiu Feixing looked at Zuo Tianxing's back and his whole face turned black.

  He glared fiercely at Wei Yuechi for a moment, then calmed down and continued selecting people.

  During this time, other three peaks of Zhenyuan also occasionally took action, snatching a few outstanding disciples from Qiu Feixing's hands. However, Chi Yang Peak also gained many inner door quotas as a result.

  "Zhang Shan!"

  Qiu Feixing's mouth corner flashed a sly smile, and he called out Zhang Shan's name.

  It was said that he had called himself, Zhang Shan was first stunned, and then his heart suddenly shook, secretly calling it bad, "Chi Yangfeng should hate himself to the bone, now want to take himself as a disciple is what's going on?"

  He slowly walked out from the back of the team and stood in front of the crowd.

  In a flash, Zhangshan had already vaguely guessed the purpose of Chi Yangfeng's actions. By taking him as his disciple, he would be at their mercy, whether he lived or died, and whether he was right or wrong.

  He secretly lamented in his heart, "I hope Bai Gongfeng will take action and accept me, otherwise this time it's really a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, with more disasters than blessings."

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