121: Flowers stuck in cow dung

The Central Plaza of Tianxuan Sect was vast, offering numerous venues for competitions, and despite thousands of matches, results were obtained in just a few days.

From the original 4,000 disciples, three rounds of competition narrowed them down to 500 elites; these individuals were either in the Profound Infant Realm or powerful Linghai Realm cultivators.

After the battle between Mu Wuchen and Chu Lingxiao, witnessing Chu Lingxiao's miserable state, none of the subsequent opponents dared to step onto the ring against him, allowing him to easily win without a fight.

Little Fairy Yun Li, too, crushed her opponents and successfully advanced.

At this moment, most of the disciples who passed the first round were excited, as, apart from a few seeded players, most knew their own strength.

Making it into the top 500 was an acknowledgment of their strength and also meant they had entered the reward tier.

“The second round of selection will involve ten Elder Enshriners presenting you with different challenges; passing will earn one point, failing earns none, and those who achieve seven points or more after ten rounds will pass!”

This second round of assessment focused on comprehensive qualities, not solely on 1v1 combat strength.

Some core disciples, despite their high cultivation reaching the Profound Infant Realm, achieved it through time, and might not compare to younger talents who were only in the Linghai Realm.

Therefore, this assessment tested not only strength but also comprehension, talent, and potential.

Mu Wuchen and Little Fairy Yun Li arrived at the very end of a queue.

“Ah!”

At this moment, a pig-like shriek emanated from within a light barrier ahead.

A burly disciple's face was beet red, covered in sweat, and his entire body trembled.

A minute later, the light barrier vanished.

The elder seated in front shook his head at the burly disciple, then handed him a red token, symbolizing failure in that particular test.

The burly man looked dejected as he disappointedly accepted the red token.

“Alas, all brawn and no mental power; he will suffer in future battles.”

After muttering this, the assessing elder looked at Mu Wuchen and Yun Li, and then two light barriers appeared before them.

However, before the light barriers could fully form, they burst with a “pop.”

The elder frowned slightly.

Could his equipment be broken?

These were pre-set mental energy light walls, and only those with sufficiently strong mental power could destroy them within one minute.

Just like the disciple earlier, even with astonishing strength, he was helpless against his mental energy light barrier.

But these two individuals, did they truly possess such strength, or was there an issue with the light barriers?

Immediately, the elder waved his hand, throwing three light barriers simultaneously at both Yun Li and Mu Wuchen!

Similarly, the three light barriers shattered before they could fully form in front of the two.

A hint of surprise appeared in the elder’s eyes; once, it might have been an issue with the light barriers, but since he had just produced three light barriers and the same thing happened, it proved that the two indeed possessed this strength!

He then reached out, producing two golden tokens, which he threw to Mu Wuchen and Yun Li.

Gold signified exceeding expectations, earning two points, but the golden tokens each examiner could issue were extremely limited.

The subsequent rounds of assessment were also comprehensive, including tests of absolute strength like speed and power, as well as comprehension assessments requiring immediate understanding of cultivation techniques, with dynamic adjustments for disciples of different cultivation levels…

However, these challenges were quite difficult for other disciples, but for Mu Wuchen and Yun Li, it was like asking a university professor to solve 1+1!

Without exception, both of them over-completed each task, easily passing, drawing gasps of admiration from others, and even attracting the attention of many elders.

“Name.”

At this moment, the two arrived at another assessment point.

Across from them was an old woman, who was constantly flipping through a golden book, searching whenever someone approached.

Upon hearing the question, both Mu Wuchen and Yun Li stated their names.

Hearing Mu Wuchen’s name, the old woman began to search, seemingly for his past deeds.

“Mu Wuchen, on a certain year, month, and day, forcibly violated a virtuous young widow, and threatened fellow disciples, ‘Don’t tell anyone, or I’ll make you taste what it’s like to be penetrated’…”

“On a certain year, month, and day, forcibly plundered the immortal bones of a newborn infant, reported by numerous fellow disciples…”

“On a certain year, month, and day, peeped at female disciples of the sect bathing, and flirted with core female disciples of the sect, receiving a warning and punishment from an Elder…”

“On a certain year, month, and day, went on an experience trip with a fellow disciple, encountered danger, and abandoned the fellow disciple to escape alone…”

…

A long list of the original Mu Wuchen’s glorious deeds was enumerated by her, and as she read, the old woman’s tone grew increasingly displeased.

However, Mu Wuchen naturally didn't care about these things; first, he hadn’t done them, but even if he had, what then?

He casually kneaded Yun Li’s small hand, which was as smooth as white jade and congealed fat, below the table.

Just then, the old woman across from him let out a soft “hmph,” then slammed the table heavily.

“Hmph, I don’t care how you performed elsewhere, but here, you fail!”

Saying this, she actually pulled out a black token and threw it towards Mu Wuchen’s head as if venting her anger!

The black token was similar to the golden token, but its meaning was extremely negative, signifying a particularly severe failure.

Ordinary red failure tokens neither added nor subtracted points, but black tokens deducted one point.

Mu Wuchen casually accepted the token; his golden tokens had long secured his entry into the next round of assessment.

He merely thought to himself how unstable this old woman was, still so impulsive at her age.

However, this was the advantage of Tianxuan Sect's Saint Son selection having multiple separate assessments: it ensured that the results would not be manipulated by one or two individuals, and a pearl would not be obscured due to the targeting of one or two people!

After another cold glance at Mu Wuchen, the old woman began to search for Yun Li’s information.

As she read Yun Li’s information, her tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.

As a female disciple with an excellent reputation in Tianxuan Sect, there was no suspense; unlike the scoundrel Mu Wuchen, she received another golden token.

The old woman looked at their intimate actions with a sigh of regret, which then turned into a soft hmph.

The voice she emitted again was no longer aged but had become a youthful, domineering female voice.

“Hmph, fresh flowers inserted into cow dung!”

Hearing this, Mu Wuchen was slightly stunned.

He then turned his head to look at Little Fairy Yun Li.

“Li’er, she said you’re cow dung.”

Yun Li glared lightly at Mu Wuchen, then her face flushed slightly, and she ignored him.

The change in the old woman’s voice immediately piqued Mu Wuchen’s interest.

He quickly scanned the old woman with his Heavenly Eye and immediately gained insight.

Hmm…