Liu Yanran was distraught! Did she regret it?

“New talents emerge in every generation!”

“Lin Dong, your performance was excellent! I look forward to your performance once you enter the Inner Courtyard!”

It was soon Lin Dong’s turn to hand in his token. The Assessment Elder took the token, looked at him with appreciation, and nodded slightly.

“Elder, you flatter me!”

“This junior merely took advantage of a loophole.”

Lin Dong smiled and cupped his hands, understanding that the Elder was marveling at his performance of killing a Yao Beast King while only in the Core Formation Realm.

Lin Dong would not show any good face to those who were hostile towards him.

As for this Elder who showed him goodwill, Lin Dong naturally wouldn't act arrogant, but instead responded with polite humility.

“Hmm! Not bad!”

“Not being arrogant and maintaining humility is the foundation of growth!”

The Elder grew even more satisfied with Lin Dong; not only was he a Prodigy in talent, but he was also so approachable, unlike the other arrogant Disciples of the Inner Courtyard.

“It’s time to announce the assessment results!”

After collecting the last tokens from Lin Dong and Skinny Monkey, the Assessment Elder swept his gaze over the anxious crowd, then waved his hand.

“Buzz!”

A light screen appeared out of thin air, filled with elegantly written characters. When they clearly saw the top line of text, everyone’s pupils constricted.

“First place, Lin Dong! Twenty-six thousand six hundred sixty-six!”

As soon as the Assessment Elder spoke, it was like a clap of thunder, and the other Disciples looked at Lin Dong with shock and disbelief.

“What?”

“Over twenty thousand points? I didn’t mishear, did I?”

“Even if you slaughtered all the Yao Beasts in the Secret Realm, it would be impossible to get that many points, right?”

“Absurd, simply too absurd. I slaughtered Yao Beasts for two and a half days, without daring to stop for a moment, and only got less than a hundred points.”

“How did he get over twenty thousand points?!”

…

Everyone discussed animatedly, then looked at their own mere tens or hundreds of points, and a deep sense of powerlessness immediately washed over them.

Is the gap between people so large?

Some female Disciples looked at Lin Dong with infatuated eyes.

And some other female Disciples were lovestruck: “Senior Brother Lin, the Immortal Master is much more handsome in person than on the light screen!”

Lin Dong stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, enjoying the gazes of awe and worship from the crowd, but one could see that his risingCorners of mouthcouldn't be suppressed.

“Impossible, I don’t believe it!”

At this moment, an untimely voice sounded. Everyone looked and saw that it was Liu Yanran. She stood not far away, yelping like a dog whose mother had died.

“Liu Yanran! Are you still living in the past?!”

“You know nothing of my Brother Dong’s strength!”

Skinny Monkey stepped forward. Who dared to question his Brother Dong? Skinny Monkey would be the first to disagree!

He felt that Liu Yanran knew she couldn’t have such an excellent Brother Dong, so she wanted to slander him!

Just as Skinny Monkey said, Liu Yanran seemed to be still living in the past. The successive blows left her somewhat disoriented.

She couldn’t accept why Lin Dong, a good-for-nothing, suddenly became so strong!

Nor did she want Lin Dong to become the first in the Outer Courtyard and soar to great heights.

People like her would never reflect on whether they were wrong, and she simply didn't wish Lin Dong well.

After all, if she admitted Lin Dong was strong, wouldn’t that be denying her own poor judgment?

Liu Yanran ignored Skinny Monkey and looked at the Assessment Elder: “Elder, is there something wrong with the tokens? Twenty thousand points, how is that possible?”

“I don’t believe it!”

“I suspect Lin Dong cheated. I hope the academy thoroughly investigates this matter!”

Liu Yanran’s eyes were filled with venom. She simply couldn’t believe Lin Dong could kill so many Yao Beasts.

To be honest, only these Disciples participating in the assessment truly understood how difficult it was to obtain points.

Sometimes, killing a second-rank Yao Beast would take half a day and only yield ten points.

For Lin Dong to obtain over twenty thousand points in three days, the difficulty was no less than ascending to heaven, somewhat absurd, unless he killed…

“Wait!”

Someone awoke as if from a dream, remembering the rumor that had spread the day before, and exclaimed: “Wait! Did Lin Dong really kill the Yao Beast King in the Secret Realm?!”

“Indeed!”

“This Elder personally witnessed Lin Dong slaying the Yao Beast King!”

“Twenty thousand points! That is precisely the points obtained from slaying the Yao Beast King!”

“Liu Yanran, are you, perhaps, questioning the fairness of us Elders?!”

The Assessment Elder, however, was responding to everyone’s speculation and then coldly glanced at Liu Yanran, having no good feelings towards her.

“Oh my God!”

“Was the rumor actually true?!”

“Lin Dong killed the legendary Yao Beast King, that’s too incredible!”

These words exploded like thunder, echoing in everyone’s ears. Everyone showed expressions of shock, and the other Disciples watching the assessment all nodded in agreement.

“Impossible, absolutely impossible!”

Liu Yanran said in disbelief, slumping to the ground, disheartened.

Lin Dong killing the Yao Beast King was even more unacceptable to her than Lin Dong getting twenty thousand points.

How powerful was the Yao Beast King?

Thinking of the Yao Beast King’s pressure, Liu Yanran’s delicate body couldn’t stop trembling slightly.

At that time, she was very close to the central Secret Realm. When the pressure struck, she was so frightened that she prostrated herself on the ground, even almost peeing herself…

The Yao Beast King gave her a feeling no weaker than some Tiangang Realm cultivators.

But Lin Dong actually killed the Yao Beast King?

How could she accept this fact? It made her unable to believe, was the gap between her and Lin Dong really that huge?

“Liu Yanran, don’t use your narrow perception to deny my efforts!”

Lin Dong said indifferently: “There are always people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens. A self-righteous woman like you is destined not to go far!”

Everyone looked at Lin Dong with awe and worship.

But they pointed and laughed at Liu Yanran, mocking her for being so foolish as to abandon a True God for a short-lived person.

“Was I really wrong?”

Liu Yanran was somewhat disheartened, and a strong sense of regret rose from the depths of her heart.

How long had it been? Lin Dong had transformed from a good-for-nothing young master she looked down upon into an existence she couldn't even hope to catch up to.

“Lin Dong, follow me!”

“For the rewards of the others, please proceed to the Inner Courtyard to register and collect them.”

After this interlude, the Assessment Elder announced the results of the top thirty and then headed towards the Inner Courtyard. Everyone respectfully saw them off.

With Lin Dong’s help, Skinny Monkey, as expected, joined the Inner Courtyard.

Surprisingly, Liu Yanran also qualified to enter the Inner Courtyard.

Speaking of which, Liu Yanran still had to thank Lin Dong.

If Lin Dong hadn’t killed Ye Tong and stripped some people of their points, with Liu Yanran’s points, she might not have even made it into the top thirty.

“Elder, can I go to the Divine Pool a bit later?”

On the way, Lin Dong looked at the three Elders and scratched his head, saying.

He wanted to return to the Lin family. He was afraid that if he left the Lin family for too long, and the Bai family received news of Bai Han’s death, they might not be able to resist attacking the Lin family.

“Go to the Divine Pool first.”

“The Divine Pool won’t be open for too long!”

“The opportunity to go to the Divine Pool is even rarer!”

“You don’t know how many Disciples in the Inner Courtyard fight tooth and nail for a single spot. If you don’t go to the Divine Pool soon, there might be complications!”

Elder Hu said meaningfully, and the two Assessment Elders also nodded.

Since Elder Hu said so, Lin Dong could only nod.

But he always felt that Elder Hu was a bit off, yet he couldn't pinpoint it. Perhaps Elder Hu had set a trap somewhere for him to fall into.

“You don’t have to worry about the Lin family here!”

Elder Hu knew Lin Dong’s concerns: “With me here, they will be safe for now!”

Ultimately, Lin Dong still followed the two Assessment Elders to the Divine Pool.

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