After Lin Xuanyuan broke through, Lin Ke benefited from his power, and his cultivation sped up considerably.
By then, only ten days remained before the sect's internal selection began.
Over the past while, many of the Golden Wing Sect's Heaven's Chosen disciples had returned to the sect from the outside world.
Undercurrents surged within the sect. Its Heaven's Chosen disciples were like needle points against wheat awns, neither side willing to yield.
Some disciples with long-standing grudges had already fought to determine a winner.
Everything was in preparation for the approaching sect selection.
Of those currently in Green Mulberry Garden, only Lin Ke, Zong Ya, Zhu Qingge, Chang Qing, and Huang Fuqi were eligible to participate in this disciple trial.
The others could not participate in this grand event because their cultivation realms were too low.
Among those eligible, neither Zong Ya nor Chang Qing had any intention of competing.
The only ones who would actually participate in the trial were Lin Ke, Zhu Qingge, and Huang Fuqi.
If none of the three were on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, they could naturally challenge its members directly as disciples.
That would be the easiest approach.
But if any of them made the ranking, they would have to face challenges from the sect's Heaven's Chosen disciples.
According to the rules the sect had established for ranked disciples, those defending their places had to duel at least one disciple every day. Their situation could certainly be called difficult.
Thus, quite a few previously ranked Heaven's Chosen disciples had actually chosen to deliberately fight others and then lose.
This allowed them to substantially lower their own positions before the new ranking appeared.
That way, after the ranking was updated, they would not have to face too many challenges and would have more time to