The date for the selection had been set!
Everyone eating in the hall stood up. After such a long wait, it was finally about to begin.
"When does it start?" someone asked impatiently.
Before the man could answer, Peng Jun walked in with several disciples of the Profound Sect.
"Everyone, the Profound Sect has set the date. The selection will begin in five days," Peng Jun announced.
As he spoke, the disciples accompanying him posted a conspicuous red notice right in the center of the hall.
Everyone swarmed over. Sure enough, the selection was scheduled for five days later.
With the date settled, Kyoto's geniuses began arriving at Wangshu House one after another. By evening, nearly every room was occupied, and geniuses with formidable auras were everywhere.
Kyoto had far more geniuses than any single province.
The other eighteen provinces had barely more than twenty geniuses qualified to participate in the Dragon Ascension between them, yet forty geniuses from Kyoto alone had arrived that afternoon.
There were also more Spirit Bone Prodigies than in any single province-nearly twenty of them.
And that was with some Spirit Bone Prodigies choosing not to enter the Profound Sect. Had they all come, the number would have been even higher.
This truly was a sacred land. Even the number of prodigies born here surpassed other places. Aside from those nearly twenty Spirit Bone Prodigies, many of the others reportedly possessed special bloodlines, being descendants of peerless experts of the past.
These were not useless bloodlines like Jiang Fan's, which had long since thinned and become a shackle, but genuinely powerful bloodlines capable of challenging Spirit Bone Prodigies.
"Xu Yang, long time no see."
A somewhat cold voice sounded beside him. Xu Yang turned to see Jiang Xun, whom he had once slashed with his