"Alright, let me explain the rules for this assessment. Everyone, please be quiet."

An elder's voice reached all the participants.

"First, only those aged 12-13 can participate in the assessment. Those who do not meet the requirements should leave as soon as possible."

Although the Xuan Yu Sect recruits students only once a year, there are always those who miss out, so the age requirement is not that strict.

"Secondly, fighting and brawling are strictly prohibited, as is cutting in line. Anyone found doing so will be expelled immediately."

"Third, from now on, anyone who leaves the Xuan Yu Sect will be considered eliminated."

"Fourth, a force field will be applied shortly, during which time all magical artifacts will be unusable."

"fifth,……"

...

"Now, the assessment will officially begin."

“Each group of ten people will be assessed in batches by the elders.”

"Don't worry, everyone. We have a total of 20 test rooms and the test will be conducted 24 hours a day. It should be completed in about a day."

......

"It will probably be around this time tomorrow before the tests are finished," Ye Suixin thought to herself.

He looked at Ye Xiyun and asked if she had been injured.

The latter shook his head.

Ye Suixin then looked at the chubby boy beside her, "By the way, thanks for your help earlier, brother."

"Hey, I just saw injustice and wanted to help," the chubby boy said, pulling out a small wooden sword and patting his fat belly.

Wang Kun was grinding his teeth to dust.

The three got along very well, sharing the same youthful spirit.

The chubby boy's name is Li Wu. He came from a very far place, and he didn't know exactly how far, but it took him more than a year to get here.

At 13 years old, he has already reached the second level of True Spirit cultivation. He claims to be the most talented person in his family in nearly a thousand years, and he is extremely proud of it.

He likes swords, but he has never practiced swordsmanship. It seems that his family forbids it, so he secretly ran away to the third peak of Xuanyu Sect to learn swordsmanship.

He miscalculated the timing last year and missed the assessment, so he can only come this year.

Ye Suixin asked Li Wu, "Little Fatty, do you know what the assessment will be like?"

"I'm not sure, it seems the assessment criteria are different for each peak."

“However, cultivation level will definitely be a major focus of the assessment,” Li Wu said, looking at Ye Suixin’s fourth-level cultivation.

"I see," Ye Suixin said, still somewhat disappointed, even though she had expected it.

"It's okay, I won't go anyway," Ye Xiyun comforted her. She was happy that Sui Xin had protected her just now, as if she had returned to her childhood.

Ye Suixin patted Ye Xiyun's head, "Don't be silly, you'll definitely go if you have the chance, why do you care about me?"

Xi Yun remained silent, watching Sui Xin.

Some things I've already decided in my heart, and no one can change that decision.

...

We chatted and laughed all the way, and time flew by.

The next day, around eight o'clock, the chubby boy said goodbye to the two and was taken away by an elder from the Third Peak.

Ye Suixin watched Li Wu leave, "We should be there soon too."

"The next group of ten, follow me," Ye Suixin and the other nine, including Wang Kun, were led away by the assessment elder.

Along the way, the elder explained the assessment content to the group.

The first step is to test bone age. Every year, some people try to cheat their way through, so this is a necessary step. The next steps are cultivation level test and medicine knowledge assessment.

The cultivation test is out of 100 points. Those above the True Spirit Realm get full marks, 90 points for the ninth rank, 80 points for the eighth rank, and so on.

The medicine-making assessment is also out of 100 points and lasts for two hours.

After both exams are finished, the results will be available in about 15 minutes.

Those who score above 130 points can stay and be selected by full-time teachers. Only those selected are considered to have truly passed the exam.

The previous requirement was a score above 150, but now the difficulty has been greatly reduced.

I just heard the elder say that the scope of knowledge in the art of medicine includes the "Medicine Classic," "The Elixir Manual," "The Study of the Alchemy Furnace," and "The Way of Fire." Lin Miao had them memorize these books before.

Ye Suixin wasn't interested in these theories at first, but the more he read, the more he realized how profound and complex the art of alchemy was. He had already finished reading it without Lin Miao even having to say anything.

Besides these, he also read many other books on medicine.

After hearing the requirements and assessment content, Ye Suixin suddenly felt that there was a chance, as long as she could keep the deduction of points in the medicine assessment within ten points.

However, their cultivation levels were a complex matter. Of the ten people present, Ye Suixin had the lowest cultivation level, while the others were at least at the fifth level.

Unlike Ye Suixin, most people found the Medicine Dao assessment rather daunting. Those four books combined were tens of thousands of pages long, how could anyone possibly memorize them all? They could only hope for good luck and encounter more people who knew the material.

"If only we could look at the amount of spiritual energy," Ye Suixin thought to himself. Although he was only at the fourth level, his amount of spiritual energy was no less than Wang Kun's at the seventh level.

Under the same conditions, it can be said that the more spiritual energy there is, the stronger it is.

In front of a main hall at Medicine Peak, a bronze door stands outside.

The elder pointed to the bronze door ahead: "First, state your names. After you pass through this small door, your bone age and cultivation level will be determined. Let's begin."

"Liu Mang"

“13 years old, cultivation level 7 of True Qi, 70 points”, a line of words popped up on the small door as the person at the front walked by.

The elder took notes.

"Kill them all"

"13 years old, cultivation level 5 of True Qi, 50 points"

...

Ye Xiyun

"12 years old, cultivation level nine of True Qi, 90 points"

"Ye Suixin"

"12 years old, cultivation level 4 of True Qi, 40 points"

When it was Ye Suixin's turn,

"Are they siblings? The difference in their appearance is so striking," the elder mused, having overheard them chatting and laughing all the way, and noting they both shared the surname Ye.

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