Li Tianyu smiled slightly and said, "The assessment isn't urgent. I've come specifically to invite you to the Heavenly Sword Sect!"
Lin Yu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. "Heavenly Sword Sect? I don't think we're very familiar with each other."
Li Tianyu said with a wry smile, " Lin Yu, we are fellow disciples. After this assessment, we might become fellow disciples. Can you really bear to watch me get injured?"
Lin Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "Fine, since you've put it that way, then come with me. But let me make this clear: I don't want to see you get hurt, and you're not allowed to get hurt!"
"Hehe, how could I possibly get hurt? Don't worry, with the experience from last time, I definitely won't get hurt this time!" Li Tianyu chuckled.
Lin Yu and Li Tianyu flew together towards the Heavenly Sword Sect.
This assessment will test alchemy and weapon crafting skills, and the assessment will take place in the Heavenly Sword Sect's training grounds.
The Heavenly Sword Sect's Trial Grounds are where generations of Heavenly Sword Sect disciples challenge various sects in this assessment. The environment here is extremely harsh, with numerous demonic beasts and immense danger. No matter how strong you are, you will surely die if you enter.
On each of the assessment platforms here, there stands a group of deacons dressed in white.
The steward held a sign that clearly read: Heavenly Sword Sect Assessment!
The rules of the assessment are that as long as you defeat an opponent, you can be promoted and gain 10,000 contribution points, 20,000 contribution points, and so on, for a total of 25,000, 38,700, 39,800, and 40,100 contribution points.
These rules are exactly the same as those in tournaments on Earth.
This training ground was built from a massive palace, which spanned hundreds of thousands of miles. In the center of the palace was a vast plain, upon which stood many tall towers, and within each tower were numerous houses.
This trial will be held in the tower, as the environment here is most suitable for alchemists.
When Lin Yu and Li Tianyu arrived at the training ground, it was already crowded with examinees. Many of them were disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, some came from other sects, and many were Rogue Cultivator. Most of them were there for the demon crystals in the training ground.
Lin Yu glanced around the training ground and found that there were already tens of thousands of people there.
" Lin Yu, look, these are disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect. They all rose through the ranks from Outer Sect Disciple. Moreover, the trials here are extremely brutal; a slight misstep can cost you your life. This training ground can only be used once a year; it expires after that. Therefore, those who perish in the training ground are mostly Inner Sect Disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect."
" Inner Sect Disciple the Heavenly Sword Sect?"
"Yes, the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect are the Core Disciple of Heavenly Sword Peak, holding extraordinary status. They cultivate martial arts passed down from ancient times, and their combat power is terrifying. Ordinary Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators simply cannot withstand their attacks. From my observation, these Heavenly Sword Sect disciples only practice one or two moves of fist techniques, and even those are inferior techniques."
"Oh, so what are the special skills of these disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect?" Lin Yu asked curiously.
"Their special skills are varied: some are unique, some are ordinary, and some are quite weak, like this Heavenly Sword True Person..." Li Tianyu pointed to a spot not far away, looking at one of his disciples with a mischievous grin.
Lin Yu looked in the direction Li Tianyu pointed and saw a man in white standing on top of a building.
The man in white was handsome and imposing, with a straight posture and sharp eyes. He looked down at the disciples in the training ground as if they were ants, displaying an arrogant and superior attitude.
The man in white was none other than Lin Yu's old acquaintance, True Person Heavenly Sword!
Looking at the Heavenly Sword True Person, Lin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.
Lin Yu did not choose to participate in this trial; he planned to wait until after the trial was over before taking the talent assessment.
Lin Yu had promised Li Tianyu that he wouldn't let Li Tianyu get hurt, so Lin Yu didn't stop Li Tianyu from participating.
Li Tianyu was indeed injured. Lin Yu had noticed that Li Tianyu was injured when they were in the Tianjian Mountain Range.
Li Tianyu was surrounded and attacked by the disciples of the Demonic Sect. Lin Yu saved him, but Li Tianyu was seriously injured and could not even walk.
Finally, Lin Yu took Li Tianyu to an inn in Yunzhou City, where they recuperated for a night and did not fully recover until the next morning.
However, Li Tianyu did not stay in Yunzhou City for long before returning to the Tianjian Mountain Range.
Because there is a valley called Tianjian Peak within the Tianjian Mountain Range, there is a forbidden area there containing many treasures of the Demon Race. Li Tianyu wants to find a Purple Blood Grass there to refine a Purple Blood Pill to help his strength break through the bottleneck.
As for the Demon Race on Heavenly Sword Peak, Li Tianyu couldn't be bothered with them.
Although there are many Demon Race on Tianjian Peak, none of them are at the peak of the Golden Core stage. Moreover, the demon cores of these Demon Race are of no use to Lin Yu. Lin Yu only needs a Nascent Soul Realm demon core, so Lin Yu completely ignores the Demon Race on Tianjian Peak.
After staying there for a few days, Lin Yu left the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range and headed towards the Northern Wilderness City.
Over the past few days, Lin Yu has been searching for the Heavenly Sword Sect's secret training ground while wandering around Yunzhou City, hoping to find a demon core.
After spending some time in Yunzhou City, Lin Yu did not find a single drop of Heavenly Thunder Liquid, but during these few days, he discovered traces of many demonic beasts.
These demonic beasts were all low-level. They lived deep in the mountains and wilderness and rarely came out. They would only venture out occasionally. Therefore, most of the demonic beasts Lin Yu encountered were at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and there wasn't even a single one at the middle stage of the Golden Core realm.
However, this also made Lin Yu realize that the Heavenly Thunder Liquid must be on those high-level demonic beasts.
Lured by the Heavenly Thunder Liquid, Lin Yu continued his journey south towards the Northern Wilderness City. There, he found a colossal city, Yunzhou City, which was also the location of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Like other cities, Yunzhou City has many markets and auction houses, but it is the most prosperous city because the Heavenly Sword Sect is located there. The Heavenly Sword Sect has many powerful Golden Core cultivators, and the city lord of Yunzhou City is a Golden Core cultivator with extremely strong strength and a very high status.
On the other side of Yunzhou City, there is a large market and auction house called Tianbao Trading Company, which is also the largest shop in Yunzhou City.
Tianbao Trading Company is an old-fashioned shop. A plaque hangs at the entrance with four gilded characters: "Tianbao Trading Company" in a powerful and elegant style.