With the identity of a disciple of the Ice Phoenix Palace and the title of the Ice Cloud Palace Master, Mu Xiaolan led Yun Che all the way to the Hanxue Main Hall without any obstacles.
Although this was a hall, it was completely different from the concept of a "hall" in Yun Che's mind. When he entered, Yun Che seemed to have stepped into another vast world. The hall was a thousand feet high, with no end in sight. Unlike the silence of Frost Snow City, it was filled with countless powerful auras. At a glance, the hall was filled with neatly arranged crowds of people, extending to the end of the line of sight.
Everyone's aura was extremely powerful - it was definitely an aura beyond the realm of Junxuan, without exception! With so many people, the hall was exceptionally quiet and solemn. These powerful people who could cover the sky with one hand in the lower world, here, all looked nervous and solemn. They lined up in teams one after another, and their eyes and movements were cautious, not even daring to whisper to each other.
Each team had about 10,000 people lined up, and there were so many teams that Yun Che couldn’t see the end at a glance.
“So many people?” Yun Che asked in surprise.
"These few days happen to be the days when the Snow Palace is recruiting new disciples." Mu Xiaolan curled her lips and said, "This kind of assessment happens once a year, and each time it lasts about seven days. Today should be the last day. Look, the assessment is divided into groups of 10,000 people, and there are 108 groups every day, which just corresponds to the 108 Snow Palaces. Each group is assessed by a deputy hall master or disciple of the Snow Palace, and sometimes the hall master will also participate in person."
"Except for the inheritors of the Ice Phoenix bloodline, all outside disciples, especially those from the lower realms, who want to enter the Snow Palace, must undergo an assessment. The bottom line for participating in the assessment is to reach the Divine Origin Realm. If you fail the assessment, you can only participate in the assessment again after five years. As for you..." Mu Xiaolan rolled her eyes at him: "You are someone brought by the master, so you don't need these. However, you are so weak, if you are bullied in the Snow Palace, I can't do anything about you."
"Oh." Yun Che shrugged. To be honest, he was somewhat opposed to the idea of using a backdoor.
There are 10,000 people in a team, and there are 108 teams in total. The Divine Origin Realm is just the threshold... That is to say, there are more than 1 million people who carefully participate in the assessment here and may not pass, and their cultivation is all in the Divine Origin Realm!
This is just one day of the assessment.
Yun Che took a deep breath… The divine way that Xuanyuan Wentian had been striving for and calculating for his entire life was like free cabbage here.
Mu Xiaolan and Yun Che's entrance immediately attracted the attention of some of the nearby profound practitioners who were waiting for the test. When they sensed the profound energy on Yun Che's body, they all showed contempt. However, when they saw the inscription jade on Mu Xiaolan's shoulder, which symbolized the Ice Phoenix Palace disciples, their pupils shrank quickly, and their eyes revealed envy and yearning. They also subconsciously lowered their heads a few points, and didn't even dare to look at him a few more times.
"Senior Sister Xiaolan," several disciples guarding the temple came up quickly and asked respectfully, "What orders do you have for us?"
“In the name of the Supreme, I am here to obtain the Frost Snow Inscribed Jade for him.” Mu Xiaolan signaled Yun Che with her eyes.
The disciple guarding the hall glanced at Yun Che with a look of surprise on his face. However, since it was an order from the Ice Phoenix Palace Master, how could he dare to ask more questions? He quickly said, “Please come in. However, since it is the assessment day, the chief steward is not in the Phoenix Jade Palace, but is supervising the assessment with the chief hall master. I will take you there now.”
“Grand Palace Master?” Mu Xiaolan’s eyebrows twitched, as if she was somewhat resistant to this “Grand Palace Master”. She then waved her hand and said, “No need. I have already found his aura. You guys just need to take care of your own business. Yun Che, let’s go.”
Mu Xiaolan said with dignity, and then led Yun Che straight into the main hall.
Obviously, in the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect, the levels among the disciples were extremely clear. The disciples of the Frost Snow Palace were all respectful in front of the disciples of the Ice Phoenix Palace, just like subordinates.
After walking for a long time in the solemn hall, she finally stopped near a group of mystics waiting for the test. Mu Xiaolan walked towards a middle-aged man in a dark blue robe. When she approached, the middle-aged man in blue noticed her immediately, turned around, and said with a smile: "Oh? Isn't this Xiaolan? Why are you here?"
Mu Xiaolan said respectfully, “Xiaolan greets Senior Su Shan. This time, I am here on the orders of our Master to get the Hanxue Palace’s inscription jade for Yun Che… Yun Che, this is Senior Su Shan, the steward of Hanxue Palace. Why don’t you come and greet him quickly?”
Yun Che stepped forward and saluted like Mu Xiaolan: “Junior Yun Che, greetings to Senior Su Shan.”
“Oh? Your master’s order?” Mu Sushan looked at Yun Che, a hint of deep surprise flashed across his eyes, and then asked: “Recently, Palace Master Bingyun doesn’t seem to be in the sect. Could it be that this boy was brought by Palace Master Bingyun from another star realm?”
"Yes," Mu Xiaolan answered truthfully, "Master brought it from a lower realm called Blue Pole Star."
"The lower realm?" Mu Sushan was even more surprised. As for the "Blue Pole Star", he had never heard of it. However, he did not ask further questions, but nodded slowly: "In my memory, the Ice Cloud Palace Master never seems to have brought back a mysterious person from the lower realm. This time he made an exception. It seems that although this boy's profound power is low, he must have extraordinary qualities. Haha, follow me. By the way, Xiaolan, how is the Ice Cloud Palace Master's health recently?"
Mu Xiaolan was about to answer when suddenly, a sharp female voice came from behind: "Humph, isn't this Mu Xiaolan from the 36th Palace? Today is the big day for the Hanxue Palace to recruit new disciples. What are you doing here?"
At this voice, Yun Che immediately saw Mu Xiaolan's whole body stiffen, and her face suddenly became a little ugly. She paused for a moment, and finally turned around, lowered her head and said: "Xiaolan greets Palace Master Feng Shu... Today I came here on the order of my master."
Yun Che turned around and saw the woman approaching. She was dressed in blue, with long hair tied up and eyes slanted. Her beauty was accompanied by a chill that made people dare not look directly at her… and this chill seemed to be directed at Mu Xiaolan.
Looking at Mu Xiaolan's expression, she was clearly afraid and seemed to be somewhat disgusted with this person.
"Mu Bingyun?" After mentioning Mu Bingyun's name, Mu Fengshu's lips showed a hint of hostility and sneer: "What does she want you to do?"
“Haha, it’s just a small matter.” Mu Sushan said with a faint smile. He looked at Yun Che and said, “This junior is a mysterious practitioner that Palace Master Bingyun brought back from the lower realm. Palace Master Bingyun wants him to enter the Frost Snow Palace. I will take him to get the Ice Phoenix Inscribed Jade. As for which palace he should enter, if Palace Master Bingyun does not have a clear request, the chief palace master will make the arrangement.”
Chief Hall Master?
This name made Yun Che suddenly startled.
Mu Fengshu - the chief hall master of the Hanxue Hall, who commands 108 Hanxue Halls, hundreds of hall masters and deputy hall masters, and more than two million Hanxue Hall disciples!
He is a person with a very high status in the entire Ice Phoenix Divine Sect!
“Going down to the lower realm? Him? Entering the Frost Snow Palace?” Mu Fengshu had noticed Yun Che from the very beginning, but she only glanced at him. Because his aura couldn’t even touch the edge of the divine way, he was not worthy of her taking another look.
Mu Fengshu suddenly stretched out her hand and pointed at Yun Che: “You let a piece of trash from the lower realm who hasn’t even stepped into the divine way enter my Hanxue Palace? Humph, this is simply a huge joke! What do you think my Hanxue Palace is!?”
Mu Fengshu’s voice was so loud that it almost spread throughout most of the main hall. All the profound practitioners who were waiting for the test nearby looked sideways. Suddenly, countless contemptuous eyes fell on Yun Che.
"Only at level five of the Sovereign Profound Realm? Damn, this kind of trash wants to enter the Frost Snow Palace?"
"When I was at level five of the Sovereign Profound Realm, I couldn't even enter the Luoxue Palace. How could he want to enter the Hanxue Palace? Did he take the wrong medicine?"
"Shh, don't talk nonsense, he must have a backer. Didn't you see that he was brought in by a disciple of the Ice Phoenix Palace... But according to the chief hall master, he is from the lower world?"
"Tsk, there are losers like this who rely on backdoors everywhere." A mysterious person who also came from the lower realm looked at him with contempt and jealousy.
Yun Che's brows suddenly furrowed, and then he calmed down and said nothing. However, Mu Xiaolan's expression changed several times, and she bit her lip slightly and said, "This is... what Master meant."
“So what?” Mu Fengshu’s tone suddenly rose again: “My Ice Phoenix Divine Sect is the most sacred place in the Snow Song Realm. The reason why we are what we are today is because of the strict hierarchy and strict discipline! Excellent disciples are the future of our sect and should be treated preferentially, while trash should go where trash belongs! No one is allowed to cross the line out of selfishness and waste resources on trash! As the Palace Master, you should set an example and be strict with others!”
"But……"
"But what!?" Mu Xiaolan was about to speak when Mu Fengshu interrupted her with a sharp voice. Her eyes darkened slightly and every word she said was sharp: "If we allow a waste who is only in the middle stage of the Sovereign Profound Realm and has not even touched the threshold of the Divine Path to enter the Hanxue Palace, where is the dignity of our Hanxue Palace?"
She pointed at the mysterious practitioners who were waiting for the assessment and said, "Where do we put these mysterious practitioners who have gone through countless hardships to stand here? If they can't even achieve the most basic fairness, and instead openly act in their own selfish ways, how can we treat them with dignity and dignity!"
Mu Fengshu's words were powerful and righteous, and they struck directly into the hearts of those profound practitioners. Suddenly, a large number of voices echoed, and someone started the voices, which became louder and louder, more and more passionate... even angry, and in the blink of an eye, a huge wave of voices drowned out Yun Che and Mu Xiaolan.
"That's right! How can a loser who is not even qualified to enter the Luoxue Palace enter the Hanxue Palace?"
"The chief hall master is fair and wise!"
"We have practiced for so many years before we were finally able to enter Luoxue Palace. We also practiced hard for decades in Luoxue Palace before we were qualified to take the test. How could he do that?!"
"Get lost, you useless bastard! Don't embarrass yourself here! No matter how powerful your backing is, you are still useless... You are worthy of being the chief hall master. Although you are strict, you are really fair and strict."
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However, among this crowd, there were a few people who knew some inside information and were whispering.
"Something is wrong? I seemed to have heard 'Mu Bingyun' just now... That's the name of the thirty-sixth Palace Master of the Ice Phoenix Palace! The status of the Ice Phoenix Palace Master is one level higher than that of a High Palace Master... Moreover, Mu Bingyun is the biological sister of the Great Realm King... This, this, this... The Chief Palace Master is almost directly criticizing Palace Master Mu Bingyun?"
"I heard some time ago that Palace Master Bingyun was poisoned by the Flame God Realm a long time ago and was doomed to die. If she died, the most qualified person to succeed the Palace Master of the 36th Palace would be the Chief Hall Master. But Palace Master Bingyun is the biological sister of the Great Realm King after all, so even though she was doomed to die, the Great Realm King still spent countless top-level black crystal elixirs to keep Palace Master Bingyun alive... She has not died for more than a thousand years, but the Chief Hall Master has never been able to take the position..."
"Moreover, several hundred years ago, a certain spiritual medicine that the chief hall master used to assist in his breakthrough was forcibly taken away by the Great Realm King and used to treat Palace Master Bingyun. As a result, the chief hall master has not been able to break through until now... So..."
"Oh! I see..."
"Oh, women's minds are really scary."
Mu Xiaolan was shocked by the indignation that erupted all around. She was a little girl who was so nervous that she trembled when she was holding someone hostage. She had never encountered such a situation of "incurring public anger". She was so scared that her face turned pale. But Mu Fengshu was not finished yet. She shouted in a deep voice: "Mingcheng, come here!"
At her call, a man quickly walked out from the group of people waiting for the test, came to Mu Fengshu, and said respectfully, "What do you want, Chief Hall Master?"
"His name is Li Mingcheng," Mu Fengshu frowned, "He's my nephew!"
As soon as she said this, there was a low cry from the surroundings, and the mysterious practitioners who had stood with him before were even more shocked with their eyes wide open. Li Mingcheng smiled slightly, perfectly hiding his smug look, and at the same time, he did not forget to glance at Yun Che with contempt.
"Moreover, he is quite gifted. His profound strength has now reached the third level of the Divine Origin Realm, and he is only one step away from breaking through to the fourth level of the Divine Origin Realm. In this group, it can be said that he is second to none. But he still needs to accept the assessment honestly and completely, and only after passing can he enter the Frost Snow Palace! As the chief master of the Frost Snow Palace, I have neither shown favoritism because he is my nephew, nor exempted him from the assessment because of his talent... He is a pure waste, what qualifications does he have?"
“Go back and ask your master whether she is blatantly trampling on the dignity of our Divine Ice Phoenix Sect or deliberately humiliating our Frost Snow Palace!”
Mu Xiaolan was frightened by Mu Fengshu’s stern shout and the sudden snapping of her hat, and she took two steps back. The strange looks from the people around her made her even more confused. She stammered, “I…I…Master, she…she…didn’t…”
"Alas." The atmosphere became increasingly wrong. Mu Sushan, who had been standing by, sighed. In fact, it was common for the Palace Master and Palace Master to directly arrange for people to enter the Snowfall Palace, the Snow Palace, and even the Ice Phoenix Palace. It was not a big deal at all. But he knew very well the "grudge" between Mu Fengshu and Mu Bingyun. Mu Fengshu was not targeting today's incident, but Mu Bingyun.
She had a thousand-year-old grudge against Mu Bingyun.
He spoke up to smooth things over, "Xiao Lan, please leave for now and ask your master's opinion. Chief Palace Master, this is after all the intention of Palace Master Bingyun, and we can't make it too difficult to deal with. You see..."
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