404: Liu Shu, diligent and eager to learn

"Sigh, let's wash up and sleep, and wait for tomorrow's test."

"Sleep, sleep. I wonder how many people will pass tomorrow?"

Watching Li Big Saber lead the hundred thousand or so youths who had passed through the Mountain Gate of the Qingtian Sect,

the Cultivators in the mountains near the Qingtian Sect all sighed and sat down cross-legged to meditate.

After watching the tests all day, they no longer felt the excitement they had earlier, but were instead filled with deep anxiety.

After all, out of over ten billion examinees, only a hundred thousand or so Outer Sect Disciples had been selected, and not a single Inner Sect or Personal Disciple had been seen.

With such a terrifying elimination rate, the chances of their descendants entering the Qingtian Sect were extremely slim.

Just as the Cultivators on the mountains were preparing to meditate and wait for tomorrow's test,

a young man at the Heavenly Soul Realm walked out from Qingtian City, raised his cultivation, and shouted towards the surrounding mountains, "Everyone, Qingtian City has vacancies for ten billion Cultivators. Those who want to enter the city, hurry up and enter! You can be in the first batch to test tomorrow!"

The ten billion plus Cultivators tested today were all Cultivators who had entered Qingtian City. Now, Qingtian City was eighty or ninety percent empty, so they had to quickly harvest another wave of Cultivators from the nearby mountains to fill the vacancies in the city.

"Hiss, we can enter the city! Hurry, hurry!"

"That's right, hurry up and pay the fee. Spending a few Top-Grade Spirit Stones will allow us to be in the first batch to test tomorrow, saving us from wasting too much time here."

"Exactly. Getting the results early will stop our hearts from constantly hanging in suspense."

Hearing the young man's shout, the Cultivators in the nearby mountains who had brought their descendants all took them and surged towards the gates of Qingtian City.

"Don't rush, don't rush! We will open many channels. Everyone, take out your Spirit Stones, line up, and enter the city one by one."

Seeing the dense crowd of Cultivators instantly surging towards the city gates, the young man quickly raised his cultivation to stabilize the crowd, then called out hundreds of youths from inside the city to open hundreds of lines at the Qingtian City gates to collect the entry fees.

Inside the Qingtian Sect.

Li Big Saber used his power to protect the hundred thousand or so youths who had become Outer Sect Disciples of the Qingtian Sect, as they walked along the stairs towards the Qingtian Sect plaza.

At this moment, these youths were all flushed red, looking breathless and panting.

"F-f*ck, the Spiritual Qi in our Qingtian Sect is just too dense. I was almost choked to death by the Spiritual Qi just now."

"Y-yeah, this is my first time inhaling such dense Spiritual Qi. Our Qingtian Sect truly deserves to be a Sect where Immortals exist."

The youths, all protected by Li Big Saber's power, were shocked and exchanged stuttering, whispered conversations.

As soon as they entered the Qingtian Sect, they had been choked and left dizzy by the terrifyingly dense Spiritual Qi.

If Li Big Saber hadn't used his power to protect them in time, they would have likely been burst open by the Spiritual Qi very quickly.

Upon arriving at the plaza, Li Big Saber said kindly to the hundred thousand or so youths, "All Outer Sect Disciples of the Qingtian Sect, wait here for now. This Elder will go invite the Sect Master to come and address you. After the address, you can familiarize yourselves with the Sect and choose a Cultivation Technique to Cultivate."

"Yes, Elder!" the hundred thousand or so youths replied in unison.

"Hmm."

Li Big Saber nodded and walked towards the Main Hall, preparing to ask Jiang Chen to come over and address these new Disciples.

Of course, although he had left, his power continued to protect these Disciples; otherwise, once he walked away, these Disciples would have died.

Outside the Qingtian Sect Main Hall.

Li Big Saber bowed to the inside of the Main Hall and said, "Reporting to the Sect Master, today's Disciples have entered the Sect. Please come over, Sect Master, to address the new Disciples."

"Hmm, I know. This Sect Master will be there in a moment." Jiang Chen's somewhat gloomy voice came from inside the Main Hall.

"Yes, Sect Master!" Li Big Saber bowed again, left the Main Hall, and returned towards the plaza.

[Beep, successfully accepted a Disciple with Grade 6 talent. Reward: one Rare Treasure Chest.]

[Beep, successfully accepted a Disciple with Grade 7 talent. Reward: one Rare Treasure Chest.]

[Beep, successfully accepted a Disciple with Grade 7 talent. Reward: one Rare Treasure Chest.]

[Beep, successfully accepted a Disciple with Grade 6 talent. Reward: one Rare Treasure Chest...]

Inside the Qingtian Sect Main Hall, Jiang Chen lay on a chair, while the sound of the System Treasure Chests arriving kept ringing in his mind.

"System, can you mute these sounds? Is it necessary to announce them one by one?" Jiang Chen asked the System gloomily.

He had just used his Divine Sense to look outside; after Li Big Saber's tests all day, the number of Cultivators outside had not decreased, but was instead increasing.

It was imaginable that if all the Cultivators were tested, he would have to accept at least a million Outer Sect Disciples.

If this dog system announced the rewards one by one, his brain would be filled with the sound of treasure chests arriving for quite some time.

[Beep, apologies, Host. This is a System setting that cannot be changed. You will just have to endure it.]

The System's emotionless voice rang in Jiang Chen's mind.

"Fine, you win!" Jiang Chen gritted his teeth and replied, then stood up from the chair.

"Sect Master, do you need Xiao Shu to accompany you?" seeing Jiang Chen suddenly stand up from the chair, Liu Shu asked respectfully.

She had heard Li Big Saber's words just now. Jiang Chen getting up at this moment must mean he was going to the plaza to address the new Disciples.

"No need. You rest in the hall for a while; This Sect Master will be back soon." Jiang Chen smiled and waved his hand, then disappeared from the Main Hall.

Addressing the new Disciples was just formal talk; it wouldn't take much time, so there was no need to take Liu Shu with him.

Seeing Jiang Chen disappear from the Main Hall,

Liu Shu glanced left and right, then nervously grabbed a book Jiang Chen had left on the chair titled "Collection of Cool and Refreshing Fairy Illustrations" and began to study its contents.

As Jiang Chen's personal maid, she needed to master Jiang Chen's preferences to better serve him.

This book was one that Jiang Chen often admired, so it must have some wonderful parts; she had to study it well.