Accepting Disciples: The Test

Muttering a few complaints inwardly, a smile reappeared on Emperor Heaven's face.

"King of Chu, please send out a large army to maintain order at that time. Also, the three spots for your Chu Kingdom will not require testing; consider it compensation for deploying your army!"

Hearing that there was such a good thing, Xiong Shen quickly said, "Elder, please rest assured. I will definitely send out elite troops to help you maintain order. Anyone who dares to violate the Primordial Beginning Palace's order is an enemy of the Chu Kingdom!"

"In that case, I'll take my leave first. See you at Purple Cloud Mountain in half a month!"

With that, Emperor Heaven directly used a spatial shift and disappeared within the Chu Kingdom's palace.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, within the Primordial Beginning Palace on Purple Cloud Mountain, Sun Wukong and the others suddenly stood up and walked out of the hall.

"It seems quite a few people have come!"

"Yes, at least hundreds of thousands!"

As they spoke, they lightly tapped their feet and transformed into four purple streaks of light, flying down Purple Cloud Mountain.

At this time, the foot of Purple Cloud Mountain was bustling with activity.

A large contingent of the Imperial Guard Army from the Chu Kingdom's palace silently guarded Purple Cloud Mountain.

These Imperial Guard Army soldiers were quite strong, with cultivation bases mostly reaching the Body Refining Realm! There were even many existences at the Innate Realm!

Leading them was a middle-aged general, his aura ethereal, surrounded by a faint Profound Connection Realm aura.

A Profound Connection Realm expert!

Such terrifying power could probably roam unhindered on the Divine Continent at this time. Even disciples of hidden sects who ventured out would at most have this level of cultivation.

The King of Chu sending out such a powerful Imperial Guard Army was enough to show how much he valued the Primordial Beginning Palace.

"Commander, everyone is in position. Purple Cloud Mountain has been sealed off. Without your order, no one is allowed to enter!"

That's right, the leader was the Commander of the Chu Kingdom's Imperial Guard Army, one of the Chu Kingdom's only five Profound Connection Realm experts.

The Imperial Guard Army Commander solemnly instructed upon hearing this, "You must keep a close watch later. If you find anyone causing trouble, kill them directly!"

"I probably don't need to say more about the importance of today, right? If there's even the slightest mistake, I'll be fine, but you might not be!"

"Hiss!"

The many deputy generals beside him gasped upon hearing this, looked at each other, and then nodded solemnly at the Commander with grave expressions.

Just then, several powerful auras descended from Purple Cloud Mountain.

"Whoosh!"

A flash of purple light! Sun Wukong, Tian Yan, and the other three made a dazzling appearance!

"They're here!"

Sun Wukong and the others did not conceal their auras. The vast aura was detected from afar by the Imperial Guard Army and the gathered geniuses.

In an instant, the faces of all the Imperial Guard Army soldiers became solemn, and the surrounding chaotic discussions immediately stopped.

Before long, Sun Wukong and the others landed directly in front of the Imperial Guard Army Commander.

"Greetings, Sect Leader Sun!" The Commander stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"By order of the King, these Imperial Guard Army soldiers are all elites of my Chu Kingdom. Today, they will all obey Sect Leader Sun's orders." The Commander said, pointing to the tens of thousands of Imperial Guard Army soldiers behind him.

Sun Wukong didn't say much, just nodded.

Seeing the people from Primordial Beginning Palace appear, the surrounding crowd began to discuss again.

"Didn't Primordial Beginning Palace announce a month ago that they planned to recruit genius disciples today? I've been waiting here early, but why is there no road? Do they expect us to climb up?"

"Don't even mention it, I sneaked out. If we really have to climb up, with my physique, I definitely won't be able to enter Primordial Beginning Palace. If I go back, my old man will probably beat me half to death."

A thin teenager said to the crowd with a worried look.

And after listening to him, the group was silently speechless.

"Oh! I don't want to live anymore!"

Suddenly, a pig-slaughtering-like sound came from the crowd. Everyone turned their heads in unison and saw a small fat boy rolling on the ground.

"If Primordial Beginning Palace doesn't accept me today, I'll die here!"

"Ah!!!"

"I don't want to live anymore!!!"

"Why hasn't Primordial Beginning Palace started the disciple recruitment ceremony yet! Are they playing with us?"

A group of people: "..."

Sun Wukong and the others, standing next to the Imperial Guard Army Commander, heard their discussions. They were certainly very welcome to these people. Generally speaking, they would accept as many as came, provided they passed the test.

It wasn't difficult, just dozens of large formations, with all sorts of effects.

Such as maze formations, Illusion Formations, killing formations, and so on.

Sun Wukong and the others exchanged glances, then all flew into the air. Tian Yan took the lead and said, "Welcome everyone to participate in our Primordial Beginning Palace's disciple recruitment ceremony. Everyone may be family in the future."

"Alright, let's talk about the rules for recruiting disciples. The area around Purple Cloud Mountain has already been set up with formations by me. Your goal is to safely pass through the large formations within an hour and reach the Primordial Beginning Palace square at the top of the mountain. At that time, you will officially become outer disciples of Primordial Beginning Palace!"

After giving a series of opening remarks, Sun Wukong instructed Great Yan Heavenly Lord to lead those who wanted to join Primordial Beginning Palace into the formations to begin the test.

After the people entered one after another, Sun Wukong also told everyone that if they wanted to see any rankings or names, they only needed to look at the stone wall in front of Purple Cloud Mountain.

After everyone focused their attention on the opposite stone wall, Sun Wukong and the others directly returned to the Primordial Beginning Palace's main hall, preparing their divine souls to enter the formations to see if there were any truly genius disciples who could be carefully nurtured or accepted as inner disciples.

They had already discussed a suitable method for the sect's subsequent planning and management model over the past month, and they could let those disciples implement it after the ceremony ended.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Sun Wukong seemed to sense something.

The first level was Heart Inquiry, following the heart's direction.

It could be love, it could be the Dao, it could be all things in heaven and earth.

Heart Inquiry, Dao Inquiry, Heaven and Earth Inquiry! Everything was possible.

While everyone was rushing forward, at the very back was a little loli wearing a emerald green dress.

Wearing two small braids, her round eyes curiously looked around, seemingly wondering how the surrounding things were conjured.

Perhaps tired, she took out a chicken leg from her pocket, eating as she walked.

Before long, her face was covered in grease.

With her hands full of grease, she casually wiped them on her clothes, and the originally rather gorgeous clothes became a mottled mess in the blink of an eye.

"Hmph! Not fun at all!"

She sulked for a while, but quickly perked up again, skipping and hopping towards the front.

Following this little loli all the way forward, I then truly witnessed the horror of this little loli.

A transformed Innate Realm demon beast on the ground was lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth!

And behind this demon beast, there was a line of demon beasts lying all the way, basically all in a half-dead state.

And this little girl's cultivation was only just entering the Innate Realm.