Low-Grade Earth Rank
"White, Human Rank talent. Eliminated!"
"Yellow, Yellow Rank talent. Congratulations, you pass!"
"White, Human Rank talent. Eliminated!"
"White, Human Rank talent. Eliminated!"
"..."
In the blink of an eye, several people had been eliminated!
Many young experts at the Foundation Establishment Ninth Tier actually had talent rated at the dismal Human Rank!
"I won't accept this! We're all at the Foundation Establishment Ninth Tier, so why is his talent Yellow Rank while ours is White Rank?"
"Exactly! We won't accept this! This is cheating! Why should we be eliminated?"
As the number of eliminated candidates kept increasing, voices of discontent began rising from the crowd.
"Heh, I'm afraid you know the answer to that better than anyone."
"Only you know whether you attained your cultivation through your own efforts!"
The elder's face remained utterly expressionless. His icy tone made those cultivators involuntarily shudder.
Among those who had come to participate in the trial, quite a few had powerful family backgrounds.
Naturally, some of them had been raised as medicine jars by their lineage elders since childhood!
Heavenly materials and earthly treasures could increase their cultivation in a short time, but in the long run, they would also utterly ruin their futures!
Hearing the elder's words, some knew they could no longer bluff their way through and left the training grounds with their heads hanging.
"Next!"
"Hello, my name is Tang Yu, from the Tang Household of Spirit Ice City. May I make your acquaintance?"
Just as Lin Yu and Xiaobai were growing bored with waiting, Tang Yu suddenly appeared before them and extended his hand toward Xiaobai with a smile.
"Look! Isn't that Tang Yu from Spirit Ice City?"
"Yes, he should be the supreme genius most likely to obtain Earth Grade talent among this year's candidates!"
"He seems to be talking to that girl in white!"
"Perhaps they know each other. Tang Yu is very proud..."
The activity around Tang Yu immediately attracted the curious attention of the surrounding cultivators and spectators.
In many people's eyes, this year's championship belonged to none other than Tang Yu!
"Get lost."
Yet as Tang Yu extended his hand, an unmistakable look of disgust appeared on Xiaobai's face.
She could sense a trace of evil beneath his seemingly sunny exterior, something ordinary people would struggle to detect.
"You..." Tang Yu froze, then his entire face instantly darkened, turning alternately green and white.
Who knew how many years it had been since anyone had dared say such words to him!
"Fine. Very good." Tang Yu drew a deep breath.
"I think you'll be begging to make my acquaintance when the time comes."
With that, Tang Yu left, his chest filled with fury.
This woman was pretty, but her judgment was terrible!
Still, that didn't matter. Once the test ended, she would regret the choice she had made now!
As for Lin Yu beside Xiaobai, Tang Yu ignored him outright.
After all, in this world, only women had ever been capable of stirring his emotions.
"Look, Tang Yu seems to have had the door slammed in his face!"
"Now that's a marvel for the ages! Who would dare reject Young Master Tang of Spirit Ice City?"
"That girl really... missed a golden opportunity..."
"Exactly, exactly..."
Seeing Tang Yu actually meet with a rebuff from Xiaobai, the spectators erupted!
Forging a connection with Tang Yu was a dream countless people longed for but could never attain!
Yet this girl had actually squandered such a precious opportunity!
What a wanton waste of heaven's gifts!
"That young girl is just a little prettier than most..."
"Yes, yes. Once she's tested, she'll most likely only have Human Rank talent and be regrettably eliminated..."
The spectating cultivators spoke with regret. Girls like her were generally just decorative vases, pleasing to the eye but useless.
"Next, Tang Yu!"
The elder's voice rang out, as unruffled as an ancient well.
It was Tang Yu's turn to undergo the trial!
"Hmph, sooner or later, I'll make you understand that there's no medicine for regret in this world!"
Tang Yu shot Xiaobai a vicious look and stepped forward.
What had just happened had left him extremely displeased!
"Go!"
Using all his strength, Tang Yu sent an exceptionally condensed stream of Spiritual Qi into the Qianyuan Spirit Stone!
The stone's color immediately began changing rapidly!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Starting from white, the Spirit Stone swiftly underwent two changes: white, yellow, black!
The color the Spirit Stone now displayed already represented Black Rank talent!
Moreover, the black was still growing deeper!
Faintly, a hint of red had already begun to show through!
"Congratulations, Sect Master! It seems our Qianyuan Sect can gain another genius with Earth Grade talent this time!"
"Yes, in any case, there is hope for the Qianyuan Sect's revival!"
Several Peak Masters congratulated Yun Tianci, but his brows remained tightly knitted, and he said nothing.
For some reason, Tang Yu always gave him an eerie feeling!
Tang Yu, the eldest son of the Tang Household in Spirit Ice City, had been nothing more than an obscure, ordinary cultivator a few years ago.
Yet in recent years, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, breaking through to the Golden Core Fourth Tier in one stroke!
Even Yun Tianci felt his heart pound with alarm at that speed.
But Yun Tianci himself could not say where that indescribable sense of strangeness came from, so he could only let it go.
At that moment, the color of the Qianyuan Spirit Stone finally settled!
Although the red was not particularly deep, it had completely covered that pitch-black hue!
"Tang Yu, talent: Low-Grade Earth Rank!"
The elder overseeing the test flushed red as he announced the result in tremendous excitement!
Following Wu Yinkun, the champion of the sect recruitment assembly three years ago, another disciple with Earth Grade talent had actually appeared in the Qianyuan Sect!
The quality of the disciples in these two intakes was truly so terrifying!