The selection time had been set!
Everyone eating in the hall rose to their feet. After waiting so long, it was finally about to begin.
"When does it start?" someone asked impatiently.
The next moment, before that person could say anything else, Peng Jun entered with several Profound Sect disciples.
"Everyone, the Profound Sect has decided on the date. The selection will begin in five days," Peng Jun announced loudly.
As he spoke, the several Profound Sect disciples with him posted a conspicuous red notice in the center of the main hall.
Everyone swarmed over at once. Sure enough, the selection was set for five days later.
With the date decided, geniuses from Kyoto began arriving at Wangshu Tower one after another. By evening, Wangshu Tower was nearly completely full, with powerful geniuses everywhere.
Kyoto had far more geniuses than any single province.
Across the other eighteen provinces, fewer than thirty geniuses qualified to participate in Dragon Ascent combined. Yet in a single afternoon, forty geniuses had arrived from Kyoto alone.
There were also more Spirit Bone Prodigies than in any other province—nearly twenty in total.
One had to know that some Spirit Bone Prodigies still chose not to enter the Profound Sect. If they had all come, the number would have been even greater.
This truly was a sacred land. Even the prodigies born here outnumbered those elsewhere. It was said that aside from these nearly twenty Spirit Bone Prodigies, many among the rest possessed special bloodlines and were descendants of peerless experts from the past.
They were not useless bloodlines like Jiang Fan's, which had long since thinned and become shackles. They were truly formidable bloodlines capable of contending with Spirit Bone Prodigies.
"Xu Yang, long time no see."
A voice carrying a trace of chill sounded by