Fortunately, Shi Xuan is someone who likes to plan ahead and took precautions to protect himself, otherwise he could have easily fallen into their trap.
But the feeling of being out of control while flying in the air was not pleasant either. In just a moment, she was blasted to the edge of the cliff and was about to crash into the cliff face.
Shi Xuan closed his eyes briefly, only managing to mobilize all his spiritual power to protect the side of the cliff he was facing.
However, the expected impact did not occur. The moment Shi Xuan touched the cliff, it was as if he had crashed into the outer edge of some kind of barrier, was enveloped by an energy, disappeared, and fell into another space.
Shi Xuan breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking to herself, "It must be that the Azure Dragon Secret Realm couldn't bear to see her being bullied by these people who suppressed her cultivation and used forbidden techniques, so they came to her rescue."
She stood up and looked around. It was like a courtyard, with no exits, but light shone in from above.
The courtyard wasn't small; it was about the size of their Lianfeng Sword Sect's sword-gathering platform. All four sides were smooth stone walls, and there was nothing else there.
Shi Xuan walked forward along the edge of the stone wall, observing the four stone walls as he went.
The stone wall was very high, and at this moment, her relationship with the courtyard was like that of a frog at the bottom of a well. If you looked closely, you could see some names scattered on all four sides of the stone wall.
Some carvings are very low, while others are higher, with the highest reaching the middle of the entire height of the stone wall.
Looking at the names, Shi Xuan had a guess in his mind: could this be someone who was trapped, and these names were left by these people?
The bottom of the well is clean, and there are no bones, so it doesn't look like someone was trapped and died there.
Huh? Suddenly, Shi Xuan noticed some inconspicuous small characters in a slightly recessed area.
This is the Well of Talent. Those inside the well can concentrate all their spiritual power to strike the walls and test their talent and how much room for future cultivation they have.
I see.
So the names on these walls are the talent marks left by people who fell into this place? Shi Xuan looked closely and could reach out and touch the name of the person at the lowest point, while the name of the person at the highest point was already in mid-air, but it was still clear when viewed from the ground. It seemed that the higher you went, the bigger the name would be.
Very well, let's see how her talent is after her spiritual root was changed.
Shi Xuan concentrated her spiritual power in her hand, bringing with her the five elements of spiritual power, wind and thunder, and the fire spiritual power she had just acquired. The various spiritual powers intertwined and emitted a dark golden light. Upon closer inspection, lightning could be seen flashing within that light from time to time.
Shi Xuan admired the colors she had created with satisfaction, then slammed his palm against the wall.
Shi Xuan used all his strength in this palm strike. The moment his palm collided with the wall, a strong gust of wind blew in the opposite direction, lifting the long curly hair at Shi Xuan's temples before it fell back down after a few breaths.
On the wall opposite her, a white line slowly lit up under Shi Xuan's blows. The line slowly rose, passing over one name after another, but showed no sign of stopping.
Shi Xuan originally thought that with her changed spiritual root, it would be quite good if she could get a mid-to-high score among the test takers. But who would have thought that the white line, after surpassing the names of those in the middle level, still showed no sign of stopping.
The white line seemed unhurried, moving forward little by little, as leisurely as if it were taking a stroll.
Shi Xuan looked up and watched it crawl for a long time, until he became a little impatient. He simply stopped looking at it and sat down to start treating the internal injuries he had sustained when he was blown away.
After a while, Shi Dang exhaled a breath of turbid air. After his injuries recovered, he looked up again and found that the white line had not disappeared. It was still climbing upwards and was about to surpass the tallest name!
"Is it that powerful?" Shi Xuan was surprised. The white line appeared so slowly, as if it might stop at any moment, but who knew it would have such great momentum and was now crawling upwards, barely clinging to life.
Shi Xuan watched for a while longer. It was so slow and persistent that she started to feel sleepy. So she simply lay down on the spot. She could see the white line as soon as she opened her eyes, and she could even close her eyes and take a nap when she was done looking at it.
As darkness fell and then light returned, the entire night passed. Shi Xuan slept soundly in the deserted courtyard. When he opened his eyes again, the white line had already surpassed the tallest person's name and was visibly rushing towards the well opening.
It's not quite right to say it's charging, as its speed is still quite slow, but its endurance is truly admirable.
Out of boredom, Shi Xuan began to look at the names on the well wall. The name at the top was Yan Lingyi, a name she had never heard of before. This kind of person should be considered a highly talented cultivator. If he were a peer of the Six Sects, he would definitely have heard of him. So either he was a senior, or he was not from Qian Yuan Western Region.
The further down the list went, the more names appeared. Shi Xuan actually saw two familiar names: Shen Wuji and Shen Wuyang. Their names were listed in the middle of the list. It turned out that these two wealthy brothers had also been to the Azure Dragon Secret Realm. Presumably, they must have spent a lot of money to buy their entry tokens.
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As darkness fell, the white line finally came to an end, stopping less than ten feet from the wellhead.
Instantly, a bright white light shone forth, connecting with Shi Xuan's divine sense. At this moment, she could leave her name.
Shi Xuan's divine sense stirred slightly, and the three large characters "Shi Baiwan" were clearly imprinted, far ahead of the others, at the position closest to the wellhead, almost twice the distance of the second-place Yan Lingyi!
Shi Xuan looked at the three big characters "Shi Baiwan" that seemed to be glowing, and felt a great sense of accomplishment—hoping that the next time she encountered a situation where she needed to leave her name, she could evolve to "Shi Qianwan".
As for her unparalleled talent, Shi Xuan felt that the well might not be accurate. Even if she hadn't had her spiritual roots changed, she probably wouldn't have reached that level.
Regardless of what Shi Xuan thought, once the large characters on the well were printed, a white light shone from inside the well. Shi Xuan was enveloped by this white light and, without realizing it, was transported to another place.
Shi Xuan was completely confused, but could only go with the flow.
The new area they were taken to was a sealed room, even more enclosed than a courtyard. At least a courtyard has an opening that allows you to see a patch of sky, but this place was sealed off on all six sides, with nothing at all.
No matter how Shi Xuan tried, he couldn't find a way to get out.
As she stood there pondering a solution, a hallucination suddenly appeared before her.
A lovely young girl appeared in the illusion, smiling sweetly. She said, "You can leave once you pass the test."
Assessment? What kind of assessment?
Shi Xuan waited for a while, but the illusion didn't disappear; it seemed to have pulled Shi Xuan into it as well. In the blink of an eye, the scene in front of Shi Xuan changed.
It went from being an empty room to an alchemy room filled with books on all sides.
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