Some high-grade spiritual herbs often grow in dangerous places and are guarded by beasts. Without the protection of martial artists, alchemists may face danger. Therefore, most alchemists choose to have protectors. Alchemists can heal martial artists and provide them with pills for cultivation. Martial artists can protect alchemists. The two complement each other and work together to achieve the Great Dao.

This Night Alchemist was personally recommended by Master Xue Junhan. Although he looks very young and his strength is not very profound, he must have something extraordinary about him. We must treat him well.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Xiruo said, "Naturally, it should be someone around my age."

"I wonder how old Master Ye Dan is this year?"

"Eighteen." Lying about being a year or two older shouldn't cause too much of a problem.

"Eighteen."

The two elders looked at each other in disbelief. Eighteen? That's so young.

"It would be best to choose from among the new recruits you made this year." Wouldn't that narrow down the pool even more?

"Our assessment is not over yet, so Master Ye will have to wait a few more days."

The swordsmen from the Heavenly Sword Sect are dawdling, even slower than those from the Righteous Qi Pavilion. Are they up to something?

"I wonder if I could go and choose in person?"

"Of course. We will compile a list of the better performers among the newcomers soon, so that Night Alchemist can get to know them better."

"In that case, I will trouble the two elders."

Ye Xiruo could, of course, go to watch the newcomers' assessment in person. Her servants were arranged in a courtyard, and of course, the two Transcending Tribulation experts who were protecting her would not leave her side.

Ye Xiruo sent a message to Xiu Qiyu while she was on her way, saying that she was coming.

Xiu Qiyu and Ye Liusha's assessments over the past few days have gone relatively smoothly. After all, both of them have performed exceptionally well in terms of age, potential, and combat strength.

In the practical combat segment, the two decisively defeated their opponents, earning repeated nods of approval from the supervisor in charge of the assessment.

Even a barrage of swords was useless; the opponent had already been swept off the stage.

This is their final assessment; those who were destined to be eliminated have already been eliminated. Those who are standing here for this assessment have already joined the Heavenly Sword Sect.

The final assessment will determine the differences between the disciples. Those who perform well and achieve excellent results will have the opportunity to be valued by the elders and become their personal disciples. Those who perform poorly will not be expelled from the sect, but at most will become outer disciples.

This sword tower is a very important training ground for the Heavenly Sword Sect. Through battles, swordsmen can constantly break through their limits and become stronger in the face of life and death.

Newcomers rarely manage to pass the fourth level, as the number and strength of the sword slaves vary on each level.

The first level has one sword slave, at the Golden Core stage; the second level has two sword slaves, at the late Golden Core stage; the third level has four sword slaves, at the Nascent Soul stage, and so on. The higher you go, the more sword slaves there are and the stronger they become.

Each person has a teleportation talisman. If they really can't hold on any longer, they can crush the talisman to end the battle and be teleported out.

Of course, if you are killed before you can crush the teleportation talisman, it doesn't matter. It's not a real death. It will only consume some mental energy and come with the pain of being hacked to death. Just thinking about it is quite exhilarating.

Five people go in at a time. Those outside can't see the specific situation inside, only the red dots representing the swordsmen. The number of the red dots indicates how many levels have been cleared.

Ye Xiruo and the two elders accompanying her were in a pavilion not far from the Sword Tower, where they had a wide view and could clearly see the scenery inside the Sword Tower.

Those few points of light... what's inside them? He couldn't see anything. Ye Xiruo was a little embarrassed. What happened to judging the swordsman's strength? He couldn't even see the person. How could he make a judgment?

"Master Ye Dan, have some fruit and rest for a bit. The Sword Tower is the last and most crucial part of our Heavenly Sword Sect's test."

"Thank you, elders."

Ye Xiruo had already seen Xiu Qiyu and Ye Liusha. They both seemed to be in good condition, and Ye Xiruo finally felt relieved.

The time spent conquering the Sword Tower wasn't long. Inside, you fought your way through each level; once you passed, you passed—no rest time, just more fighting. If you were unlucky enough to fail, those with quick reflexes were lucky enough to be teleported out safely. Those with slower reflexes, however, faced certain death, the pain of the attacks landing on them quite vivid.

In just a quarter of an hour, three people had been teleported out. Two of them were teleported out shortly after reaching the third floor, while one was teleported out after holding out for a while.

The three swordsmen who were teleported out sat down to meditate and cultivate on an open space. They needed to quickly recover the spiritual energy they had lost, otherwise it would be a real loss.

For swordsmen, mental strength is also important.

Ye Xiruo's eyes lit up. Wasn't this a business opportunity? She could sell pills here, and you could tell how effective they were just by taking them.

Forget it. If she did this in the Haoqi Pavilion, wouldn't it be too conspicuous in the Tianjian Sect?

Since they came to participate in the assessment, they naturally brought their own pills. She wasn't short of spirit crystals, so she decided to pass.

The remaining two were quickly teleported out as well. One made it to the fourth floor, held out for two minutes, and was thrown out, his face deathly pale. The other was even more impressive, reaching the fifth floor directly. Unfortunately, he was quickly teleported out on the fifth floor as well. Judging from the expression on his face, he had been hacked to death, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

Sword Tower accurately records everyone's scores, so there is no need for someone to record them outside.

The Sword Tower is closed to the public today, and is specifically for newcomers to test their skills. In addition to these newcomers, there are quite a few people watching the excitement.

Back in the day, they went through the same thing, getting terribly beaten. Now, finally seeing these newcomers getting just as badly beaten gives them a great sense of satisfaction.

It's like how sophomores and juniors feel immense joy when they see freshmen undergoing military training, because we went through the same thing back then.

Ye Xiruo strongly agrees with this strange mentality.

After all five people were teleported out, the five newcomers flew straight up and entered the sword tower.

This group consists of 300 people, and it is estimated that it will take three days to complete the testing, which is a conservative estimate.

However, Ye Xiruo quickly realized that the terrifying gap between swordsmen meant that not all swordsmen could break into the third level, let alone the fourth or fifth level.

Most swordsmen stop at the third level. 46