The Difficulty of the Disciple Assessment, Yellow Springs Heaven-Severing Sword Art

"How terrifyingly murderous!"

"I'm at the Seventh Layer of the Blood-Quenching Realm, yet when that bloody aura erupted, I couldn't even hold myself together..."

Several disciples trembled as they tried to keep their distance.

When the Blood-Baleful Spirit Art erupted, it could temporarily enhance one's vitality and blood.

At the same time, the Killing Intent accumulated before would also be exposed.

The gatekeeping elder felt nothing much, given the disparity in their realms.

But—

If he remembered correctly, Lin Feng had only cultivated for two days!

In two days, he had gone from beginner to Great Perfection in the Blood-Baleful Spirit Art.

This was a sixth-rank martial art! Not a second- or third-rank one... Moreover, it required slaughter to accumulate Killing Intent, which then had to be refined.

The difficulty of cultivating this sixth-rank martial art was even greater than that of many seventh-rank martial arts!

Yet Lin Feng had mastered it in two days? The gatekeeping elder's thoughts flashed through countless outer sect disciples like lightning, but he found that no one seemed capable of being this absurd...

"You brat."

The gatekeeping elder examined Lin Feng several times. Back then, he had only thought Lin Feng's comprehension was rather good, that entering the outer sect was a foregone conclusion, and that with further cultivation, he might even join the inner sect. That was why he had formed a good connection in advance and given him some Origin Stones as aid.

Yet how could this merely be called good comprehension?

"What realm are you at now?" the gatekeeping elder asked curiously.

"The Seventh Layer of the Blood-Quenching Realm," Lin Feng replied calmly.

The gatekeeping elder's heart tightened. The Seventh Layer of the Blood-Quenching Realm was already quite outstanding among a million disciples, yet in only two days, Lin Feng's minor realm had risen by so much.

In tomorrow's disciple assessment, Lin Feng would surely shine brilliantly.

No one could block his radiance!

"You want to learn a sword art? Then come with me."

The gatekeeping elder rose to his full height and, with Lin Feng in tow, seemed to cross space as they arrived at the highest floor of the Cultivation Arts Pavilion.

This Cultivation Arts Pavilion was shared by the outer sect and Registered Disciples. It had three underground floors and three floors above ground.

They were currently on the third floor above ground.

"Due to its limitations, the strongest sword art here is seventh-rank."

"After cultivating a seventh-rank one, your chances of placing in the top ten of the disciple assessment will still be quite high," the gatekeeping elder said.

Top ten?

Lin Feng frowned slightly.

What kind of joke was this? Would the top ten satisfy him? Many days ago, the sacred land had announced to the world the generous rewards for the top three in the disciple assessment, especially first place.

Those rewards were as vast as the sea, including heavenly treasures, pills, weapons, and enormous amounts of cultivation resources! Any cultivator who saw them would turn red with envy, unless they had reached a certain realm—such as the Venerable Realm—where they might no longer care.

And those in the Venerable Realm were already absolute big shots within the Limitless Sacred Land. Many lofty elders were at this realm.

Lin Feng's target was naturally first place! How could he let such generous rewards slip through his fingers? Once he obtained them, his strength would surge rapidly...

But from the gatekeeping elder's words, it seemed there were variables in the disciple assessment?

Otherwise, he would never have said Lin Feng could only aim for the top ten!

Lin Feng said in a deep voice, "Elder, could mastering this seventh-rank sword art only allow me to contend for the top ten at most? What about first place?"

"First place?" Upon hearing this, the gatekeeping elder directly sneered!

"Brat, you're too greedy. It's true that you have some talent! But do you know what kind of people are participating in this disciple assessment?"

"Many inner sect elders have sent their descendants over. They have never joined a sect before, having trained within their respective Lineages all this time. Their talents are exceptional, and their backgrounds are immensely powerful. This disciple assessment is their home ground!"

"What background or status do you have? Competing against them? It would already be good enough if you can get into the top ten!" the gatekeeping elder said leisurely.

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes.

So what if all the participants were elders' descendants! So what if their talents were exceptional and their backgrounds immensely powerful!

Would Lin Feng fear them? He possessed Heaven-Defying Comprehension! Whatever he learned, he would learn at astonishing speed...

"Then may I ask, Elder, is there a sword art in this Cultivation Arts Pavilion that can contend for first place? No matter how difficult it is, I wish to learn it," Lin Feng said deeply.

"Hm?"

The gatekeeping elder's sneering expression vanished upon hearing this!

He had already explained how fierce the competition in the disciple assessment was, yet Lin Feng still wanted to contend for first place?

This brat's ambition was certainly not small!

The gatekeeping elder thought to himself. After pondering for a moment, he led Lin Feng to a corner of the Cultivation Arts Pavilion!

The books here were covered in dust, as though few had ever set foot in this place.

With one hand, the gatekeeping elder drew over an ancient black book.

"If you truly have confidence in your comprehension, then this might be able to help you."

Lin Feng looked over, and the words Yellow Springs Heaven-Severing Sword Art were clearly displayed on the book.

What an overbearing name! Lin Feng's heart jolted. It was actually called such a sword art? He wondered what rank it was...

"This is an incomplete sword art manual. It is said that the complete version far surpasses the ninth rank! Its cultivation difficulty is extremely high. No one in either the outer or inner sect has successfully entered the beginner stage..."

"A core disciple once came to cultivate it. It took him seven days just to barely enter the beginner stage, and after doing so, he immediately abandoned it! After all, it is an incomplete manual. One can only enter the beginner stage; beyond that, there is no path..."

"That core disciple once said that even at the beginner stage, this sword art was already at the level of a ninth-rank martial art... As for the complete version, its level is beyond estimation." The gatekeeping elder gave a lengthy introduction.

He said much in hopes of making Lin Feng retreat in the face of difficulty. After all, no one had successfully entered the beginner stage of this sword art even in the inner sect, and only the most elite core disciples of the Limitless Sacred Land were qualified to learn it.

You were merely a Registered Disciple. Wanting to cultivate it was simply overconfidence! Better to honestly cultivate a seventh-rank sword art and then place in the top ten during the assessment... that would still be a fine tale!

"Thank you, Elder, for the recommendation. After I obtain first place, I will certainly come back to repay you," Lin Feng said.

The gatekeeping elder was stunned... Did that mean he intended to persist in cultivating it?

He even said he would repay him after obtaining first place! Such confidence—as though first place were already in the bag?

The gatekeeping elder frowned slightly... In the end, he said, "Fine. Take it and cultivate it."

Lin Feng nodded in thanks, then turned around!

The gatekeeping elder shook his head. "Only one day to enter the beginner stage of a sword art comparable to ninth-rank? What a joke!"

The gatekeeping elder could not help recalling that core disciple who had spent an entire year before entering the beginner stage.

That core disciple... was now one of the Ten Sequences!

If Lin Feng could enter the beginner stage in a single day, then such comprehension... would it not surpass that disciple of the Ten Sequences!

Lin Feng came to an uninhabited cliff and took out the Yellow Springs Heaven-Severing Sword Art.

After looking through its contents, he found them indeed obscure and difficult to understand, so profound that they made one's head feel as though it would split. Anyone else would likely vomit blood.

But after only thirty seconds of reading, Lin Feng revealed a faint smile.

In that short time, he had already understood how to cultivate it.

Moreover... Lin Feng vaguely had a feeling that it was as though he could deduce the continuation of this incomplete sword art manual!