Clearly, Chen Wen had the lowest cultivation level among the nine.
Before long, the astonishment in many people's eyes turned into doubt.
Zhao Yang, standing beside Chen Wen, also recovered from his shock at this moment.
He took a deep breath, his expression complicated. "Brother Chen, you were chosen."
"Mm." Chen Wen nodded.
He, too, had been greatly shocked at first as to why he had been chosen at a glance.
If there had to be a reason, it was probably that Ye Piaomiao possessed some ability to judge people.
Other than that, he could not think of a second possibility.
Seeing how indifferent Chen Wen's reaction was, Zhao Yang's lips moved, but in the end, he said nothing.
He had actually wanted to ask why Chen Wen had been chosen, whether it was because of his identity as an Outer Ruins Disciple.
But when those doubtful words reached his lips, he swallowed them back down.
After all, his relationship with Chen Wen was not bad. Asking that question would change the flavor of things.
It would also make him seem like an extremely narrow-minded person.
But was he envious?
He truly was.
It could even be said that he felt somewhat indignant.
Clearly, his cultivation level was a little stronger than Chen Wen's.
Yet in the end, before things had even begun, he had been eliminated.
Meanwhile, Chen Wen, the person he had always used to find a sense of superiority, had been directly selected for the assessment.
The gap was enormous to him, and the blow was equally heavy.
Just then, a man stepped forward.
This man was at the Peak Ninth Level Dao Proving Realm. In terms of cultivation level and aura, he was only slightly inferior to Li Qiuyue.
He looked toward Li Piaomiao and said,