"After the eleven of you pass the assessment, if you come with me to the Inner Sect Affairs Hall to register, the Affairs Hall will select a mountain peak residence for each of you."
Elder Li led the eleven who had passed the assessment straight toward the Inner Sect.
Lin Bai, meanwhile, went outside Heaven's Mandate Hall. After finding Zhou Xi and Sun Yao, he followed the Elder to the Inner Sect with them.
"Master, you passed the assessment?" Zhou Xi followed beside Lin Bai. When he heard that they were going to the Inner Sect, he asked repeatedly in excitement.
Although Lin Bai had told Zhou Xi again and again that he had passed the assessment, Zhou Xi had never dared believe it for certain. It felt almost like a dream.
"Qing Luo, you're incredible! You actually passed such a harsh assessment by the Eternal Devil Sect. While we were waiting for you at the foot of the mountain, we heard others say that this was the harshest assessment the Eternal Devil Sect had held in ten years, with an acceptance rate of almost zero." Sun Yao's eyes sparkled as she gazed at Lin Bai with admiration.
Lin Bai smiled. "I was just lucky."
Zhou Xi said excitedly with a grin, "Master, you're being too modest. An assessment this harsh can't be passed through luck alone. You must have relied on many of your own abilities. Otherwise, an assessment with a zero percent acceptance rate wouldn't have been so easy to handle."
Lin Bai smiled but did not answer. Instead, he began pondering the voice transmission Elder Li had sent before the Celestial Palace.
From Elder Li's words, it seemed that he had already guessed Lin Bai possessed the Devouring Sword Soul. Yet for some reason, Elder Li had