
Finally judgment day!
The original assessment for the Jade Palace disciples was not too strict to say, but as the influence of the Jade Palace expanded from the previous meeting, the Jade Palace needed to increase the number of key disciples they had. They needed to constantly rejuvenate the generations of disciples they had in order to make the Jade Palace remain a relevant place to cultivate.
Jiu Lingyun stood beside Yi Tianyun, in an anxious manner, "Sister Yi, I'm nervous ..."
Both are already on their way to the assessment location. He always felt that he was not good enough, he thought that his level was far below average. She had no confidence at all, it was almost certain that she gained that confidence from the treatment she got while growing up, he said, or maybe it was still due to the sudden change in environment he had obtained from the Jade Palace.
"Keep assured, I will take care of you, try my best, and believe in yourself." Yi Tianyun tried to encourage Jiu Lingyun.
He did not often see Jiu Lingyun's training and appearance but he thought that Jiu Lingyun would be fine alone, he believed than Jiu Lingyun would definitely have a lot of practice on her own. He believed that he would give.
Jiu Lingyun felt relieved, hearing Yi Tianyun's words calmed her down a little.
The place was already crowded with students. His judgment involved quite a number of outer disciples, and not to mention most of them had pretty good innate strength as well.
“Look, Elder Yi came with a woman, who is he? How could he be close to Elder Yi? ”
“She must have been chasing something from elder Yi, she must have begged to learn some kind of innate ability from the elder, there is no way a woman from the slums has the innate ability to rise through the ranks! Besides it looks so ugly!”
“I heard he brought his younger brother here for safety, many of us did too, but it is unfair if he gets unfair treatment, we all need so much effort to move up the ranks!”
Many outer disciples were disgusted at the relationship between Jiu Lingyun and Yi Tianyun that they thought he was receiving special treatment, and started spreading false rumors about him. Yi Tianyun sighed from the negative gaze towards this Jiu Lingyun, this was a shame, why did they become so envious of him.
Jiu Lingyun joined the Jade Palace on the recommendation of Yi Tianyun. Most of the disciples had already heard about this and they thought Yi Tianyun was unfair to the other disciples. Some discovered that Yi Tianyun was a kind-hearted person, and some others thought that the people from the slums should not dirty the Jade Palace's land!
As they passed by the disciple, Jiu Lingyun inevitably heard false rumors about him and Yi Tianyun. He was shocked and saddened to hear these false rumors, and began to feel inferior and more nervous than before.
“Don't listen to them, you just need to prove them wrong with your own strength. Use their negativity as fuel to propel you forward! Yi Tianyun gave Jiu Lingyun a smile to comfort her.
“I know, Young Master Yi...” Jiu Lingyun still did not have the courage to raise her head, afraid of the sharp gaze she might receive from the other disciples around her.
Seeing this development, Yi Tianyun immediately brought Jiu Lingyun to the exam site, with about a dozen candidates waiting, this meager number of candidates was actually normal, as the Jade Palace only recruited women, with about a dozen candidates waiting, the number of candidates being actually normal, since the Jade Palace only recruited women, given the fact that women themselves were already extremely rare in the cultivation world, it was very common to have a small number of recruits for this Jade Palace.
However, as Jiu Lingyun continued to step towards the site, the rumors did not stop, even becoming worse.
“He really makes everyone envious of him, if you seduce elder Yi, even you can pass the assessment easily”
“What makes her jealous? If I were in Elder Yi's position, I would do the same, I would ask my mother to come here, after all she is just a farmer.”
“Obviously Elder Yi only pitied him, how could he look at him other than pity? He was extremely dirty, all his clothes were worn out, but he still wanted to join the Jade Palace! ”
The outer disciples around them continued to whisper back and forth, obviously if they were not afraid of Yi Tianyun, they would speak louder even not surprisingly if they chased Jiu Lingyun away just by shouting at him.
While they were only whispering in a voice that was barely audible to an ordinary person, Yi Tianyun was able to hear it loud and clear. His cultivation was at a level where he could hear small sounds from afar, making it harder to be ambushed from afar.
Yi Tianyun took a quick glance around him, examined the outer disciples one by one, and came to the conclusion that they were out of line, they thought just because Jiu Lingyun was here on Yi Tianyun's recommendation, she would get special treatment and pass the examination easily regardless of the results she achieved.
"You can vilify me all you want, but don't you dare say anything bad to Brother Yi!" Suddenly Jiu Lingyun shouted at them with red eyes “I will prove it to you, that I can become an inner disciple with my own strength, Big Brother Yi does not need to do anything! I'll shut you all up, just wait!”
Yi Tianyun did not expect Jiu Lingyun to defend herself, he smiled, obviously being a shy girl would not solve her problems, so this was good for her progress.
When they saw that Yi Tianyun was looking towards them, they all stopped talking, but the expression they had was still one of contempt and disgust.
They clearly did not care about Jiu Lingyun's words. They did not believe anything Jiu Lingyun had just said.
“You don't need to pay attention to them, actually you need this kind of negativity and use it to channel your own power. There is no better way to silence them than to prove your strength.” Yi Tianyun smiled at Jiu Lingyun.
"Yes!" Jiu Lingyun clenched her fists. Without saying anything more, he made a resolution to prove his own worth, he needed to show his strength, to keep their mouths shut.
Not long after, Deacon Liang came. Deacon Liang is the Deacon who manages the outer disciples here in the Jade Palace.
He had great respect for Yi Tianyun because Yi Tianyun's status was much higher than his.
He turned his head to look at Jiu Lingyun by Yi Tianyun's side, he looked at Yi Tianyun, obviously wanting to say something about Jiu Lingyun, before he could speak.
“No special treatment, do the assessment with regular standard, and follow strict supervision!” Yi Tianyun looked at Deacon Liang with a serious face.
Deacon Liang smiled at Yi Tianyun and nodded lightly. He also disliked special treatment because of the relationship, he thought such conditioning was disgusting, he said, for him the kind of person who uses relationships as a basis for joining basically states that the person has no talent whatsoever. He was living proof, he was not given any special treatment but he still managed to become an inner disciple easily. He did not want to be a burden to the Jade Palace due to his own weakness if the time came for the Jade Palace's defense.
After a short conversation with Yi Tianyun, Deacon Liang began his brief explanation. “This is the Spiritual Impact Array, it will be constantly using attacks called soul attacks, all you need to do is withstand the soul attacks from this tool, it will, holding back the ninth wave will grant you official disciple status and holding up to the eleventh wave will grant you the status of an inner disciple!
Fortunately, the candidates only needed to withstand two more waves to be considered inner disciples. He thought of it as a kind of comfort, but he thought that not everyone had what it took to survive at least until the sixth wave.
This test was to divide disciples into official disciples and inner disciples based on their innate abilities. Inner Disciples have better innate potential and abilities than outer disciples, focused on a better training environment.
“Only nine waves this time? I think they will insist on the thirteenth or fourteenth wave!”
“Affects the thirteenth or fourteenth wave? Don't be stupid, you can barely do ten waves! ”
"Yes, spiritual cultivation is much more difficult than body cultivation."
“I remember once someone managed to survive until the thirteenth wave”
The disciple spoke of his previous assessment and some rumors about him, and could not really believe that they had the ease to become inner disciples.
“Yes, there is indeed a relatively high innate ability identification for this assessment. I myself managed to hold back until the thirteenth wave. Now that I have joined the inner court, the standard of the inner court is much more advanced than this. ” Deacon Liang said patiently: "Although the standard of the inner disciple for the time being is the eleventh wave, if you can survive more than the impact of the thirteenth wave, it will be good for your future, and you will definitely get the elder's attention for that."
When he finished his explanation, the entire candidate became amazed. They can attract the attention of the Elder if they can withstand the attacks of the fourteenth wave? It's really tempting.
Yi Tianyun smiled, this test is to assess the spiritual strength of the disciple. If disciples could survive until the fourteenth wave, it meant that they had high spiritual power, therefore they had high potential in all aspects for their future!
Now, after a while, he became a little excited. He did not know Jiu Lingyun's potential because he had never accompanied Jiu Lingyun in training, how far could she go?