165: Chapter 165 Introductory Assessment

Jiang Wanwei rarely scanned the crowd with such seriousness.

She wanted to prove her prediction was correct, but Li Yuan was nowhere to be seen in the crowd.

Throughout the entire day of martial arts competitions, Li Yuan still did not appear.

Li Yuan hadn't come to this Tianmen Mountain trial at all!

It wasn't until the sky darkened and the trial officially ended that Jiang Wanwei had to admit this fact.

Although she had clearly taken the top spot, Jiang Wanwei's face carried a hint of disappointment.

The elders of the various major Sects around her watched her and couldn't help but reprimand their own juniors once more.

They thought Jiang Wanwei's disappointment was due to her being unsatisfied with herself.

Never mind taking the top spot; if their juniors could even enter the top thirty, they would be smug for a long time.

On the way back to the Zhenhua Sect, Jiang Wanwei still refused to admit defeat.

In her argument, the reason Li Yuan hadn't appeared was that his methods were more sophisticated than she had anticipated.

Jiang Wanwei meant that Li Yuan would still engineer a chance encounter.

But he wouldn't be so impatient; he would filter carefully and eventually find a suitable opportunity.

Hearing this, Luo Zhi's elegant brows couldn't help but furrow.

"Sister Wanwei, a Martial Artist's life is so long, is it really that strange to encounter someone again?

Just because you meet again, does that mean he has ulterior motives?"

Beside her, Jiang Wanwei also felt that such words were hard to justify.

Li Yuan was also a young Martial Artist; why shouldn't others be allowed to participate in future trial opportunities?

It was perfectly normal for the young Disciples who came to participate in the Tianmen Mountain trial today to meet Luo Zhi and the others at the next trial location.

"Four months. If I haven't met him within four months, I won't say anything more about him."

Jiang Wanwei bit her lip and set a deadline.

Beside her, Luo Zhi's expression became exceptionally serious upon hearing this.

"Sister Wanwei, you said it yourself before.

If you've misunderstood him, you will offer him a sincere apology; you can't just brush it off like this."

Seeing Luo Zhi's attitude, Jiang Wanwei felt a bit more worried.

Helping Li Yuan like this only further proved that she cared about this Li Yuan.

If this Li Yuan were to appear, her Sister Zhi would truly be lost...

As far as Luo Zhi was concerned, Li Yuan's character had long since passed the test.

During the crisis at Red Moon Mountain, Li Yuan had many opportunities to take advantage of her.

There were opportunities everywhere back then to use it as leverage for benefits.

In Luo Zhi's view, Li Yuan had no need for any \"chance encounter\" methods.

As long as he expressed even a slight desire, she, Luo Zhi, would be willing to give him that chance.

Even if Li Yuan didn't have exceptionally outstanding talent and potential, she would find a way to persuade the Sect elders.

However, Luo Zhi had a feeling that Li Yuan didn't seem to have any other thoughts about her.

He didn't even seem to want her to repay him for saving her life.

When this thought came to mind, a touch of melancholy appeared on her face.

Subconsciously, Luo Zhi actually hoped that Li Yuan would come this time.

If he came, it would indicate that Li Yuan was interested in her.

Even if it meant Jiang Wanwei was right, she wouldn't care.

Unfortunately, Li Yuan did not appear.

...

In the southern part of the Tianqiong Continent, the waterways were well-developed, and there were many powers established based on Canal Transport.

The Lingfeng Alliance was initially formed by the gathering of these Gang forces.

The Tianqiong Continent had abundant essence qi, which was a great help to a Martial Artist's cultivation.

But for freight, waterways remained a good method.

Although transport was slow, the volume of goods that could be moved in each trip was particularly large.

No matter how powerful a Martial Artist was, few were willing to work as a small transport peddler.

This was why Canal Gangs could still exist in such a world of cultivation.

After joining the Lingfeng Alliance, while the Disciples received benefits, they also had to contribute to the Sect.

Within the Lingfeng Alliance, many tasks were related to freight.

At this moment, Li Yuan had already arrived at the outskirts of the Lingfeng Alliance.

After registering to join the alliance, he had to wait another day to participate in the entrance examination.

Only after passing the examination would he be considered part of the Lingfeng Alliance as an External Disciple.

If an External Disciple wanted to leave the Sect, they could simply go to the Inner Affairs Hall, hand over their Token and Sect robes.

To pursue deeper cultivation within the Lingfeng Alliance, one could participate in other examinations within the alliance.

External Disciples could be promoted to Outer Sect Disciples, and Outer Sect Disciples could then pass examination evaluations to be promoted to Inner Sect Disciples.

Li Yuan had learned all this when he registered.

But for Li Yuan, being an External Disciple was enough.

He would use the Lingfeng Alliance's reputation to find opportunities to participate in various dangerous trials.

Being promoted to an Outer Sect Disciple or Inner Sect Disciple would instead impose a bunch of restrictions on him.

Two days passed in a flash.

Li Yuan was completely unaware of Jiang Wanwei's guesses and estimations regarding him.

The four-month period she had set seemed to offer no chance of a chance encounter with Li Yuan.

The places Li Yuan wanted to go were as dangerous as possible.

Jiang Wanwei and Luo Zhi had just experienced the great crisis at Red Moon Mountain, so the Sect would not let them venture into danger.

For the next four months, the various trials they would participate in would have guaranteed safety.

It would be truly difficult to run into Li Yuan.

Just after the hour of the dragon, Li Yuan was already waiting in the square on the outskirts of the Lingfeng Alliance.

Today's entrance examination gathered here.

But the actual examination site was not here.

There weren't many people yet, but after another thirty minutes.

The square on the outskirts suddenly became crowded.

There were nearly a thousand Martial Artists coming to participate in the Lingfeng Alliance's entrance examination.

With so many Martial Artists participating in the examination, Li Yuan was truly curious about how the Lingfeng Alliance would set up this combat assessment.

Examining so many people one by one would simply take too much time.

At the end of the hour of the dragon, the Lingfeng Alliance sent out three middle-aged Martial Artists to start calling names.

The roll call was by small teams of twenty people.

It seemed that the upcoming assessment would be in units of twenty people.

With nearly a thousand participants, it was normal to organize them into one small team after another.

Soon, Li Yuan's name was also called, and he was assigned to the twenty-first team.

In the end, a total of forty-six small teams were split up on-site today.

Once the teams were formed, the middle-aged Martial Artist standing on the high platform began to announce the competition rules.

"Today's examination is based on small teams.

You will advance and retreat together; if you pass the examination, you will join my Lingfeng Alliance together.

If you do not pass, you will all leave together in the end. Whether you choose to join another Sect or come back in half a year, it is up to you."

In groups of twenty, they would share honor and failure; if they failed, they would be eliminated together.

This examination method seemed a bit sloppy.

Doing it this way would surely lead to many useless people being recruited into the Lingfeng Alliance.

It was a matter of luck, entering the Lingfeng Alliance only because they were in a team led by an outstanding Disciple.

As for the Lingfeng Alliance, they had long since anticipated such a situation.

But this examination method was fast, saving time and effort.

Furthermore, every team that passed the examination would certainly have outstanding talent.

In those eliminated teams, there was a high probability that among the twenty people, there wasn't even one or two Martial Artists who could hold their own.

To put it bluntly, many External Disciples of the Lingfeng Alliance came and went.

So what if they recruited a few more?"