201: Chapter 201 Pre-selection of Disciples

Soon, all the young people stood in a row, but Helian Qingxue alone, accompanied by her father Helian Zhengchun, walked straight up to the three Academicians.

"Three Academicians, this is my daughter, Helian Qingxue. She is an inner sect disciple of the Heaven Sect, and ten years ago, she was taken as a personal disciple by the Heaven Sect's inner sect elder, Qin Xiaojian!"

Helian Zhengchun stepped forward and stated his identity directly.

But to everyone's surprise, just when everyone thought the three Academicians would treat Helian Qingxue with great respect because of her status as an inner sect disciple of the Heaven Sect...

The three Academicians asked indifferently, "Which local clan are you from?"

"Uh!"

At that moment, Helian Zhengchun felt as if he had been greatly insulted.

But facing the three Academicians, he could only smile awkwardly, "Three Academicians, I am the patriarch of the local hidden Ancient Martial Arts World family, the Helian Family. My name is Helian Zhengchun!"

"Oh..."

Lin Jiuying and Xie Ge exchanged a glance and then said indifferently, "Never heard of it!"

"..."

Silence, a deathly silence.

Everyone watched this scene, dumbfounded.

He thought he was going up to flatter them, but instead, he ended up hitting a wall.

They didn't even pay him any mind!

At this moment, Helian Zhengchun's face burned with embarrassment.

But facing the three Academicians, he didn't even have the capital to be angry.

If there were a crack in the ground right now, he would have loved to crawl straight into it.

But just at this moment, Song Zhaoying timely gave him some face.

"Oh! The Helian Family, is it? Your father, Helian Xiong, and I are friends of moral righteousness, and your father has always been very supportive of our Ancient Martial Artists Alliance's work!"

"Is that so?"

Helian Zhengchun's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the opportunity to step down from the awkward situation.

"My father has also often mentioned President Song to me. President Song, the Ancient Martial Artists Alliance is the gospel and reliance for the Ancient Martial Artists of our Great Xia Dragon Country!"

...

Helian Zhengchun was secretly ashamed.

But at least this matter had a way out.

To save face for Helian Zhengchun, Song Zhaoying walked straight up to Helian Qingxue and looked her up and down.

"Hmm!"

Song Zhaoying nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing this, Helian Zhengchun immediately became excited.

With one of the three Academicians affirming her, there was a chance for her to be a pre-selected disciple!

But who would have thought, the next moment...

Song Zhaoying said regretfully, "Her natural aptitude is excellent; she is cut out to be an Ancient Martial Artist. No wonder Qin Xiaojian would make an exception to recruit her as a personal disciple; she indeed has the talent!"

"Then what about her talent in Traditional Chinese Medicine?" Helian Zhengchun quickly asked.

"Well, it's not impossible!" Song Zhaoying gave an objective answer, then looked at his other two senior brothers.

But at this time, Lin Jiuying and Xie Ge's attention was entirely focused on the remaining dozen or so people.

They completely ignored Song Zhaoying's words.

"Hmm?"

Just at this moment, Lin Jiuying suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Third Junior Brother, come take a look!"

Saying this, he immediately called Song Zhaoying over.

Song Zhaoying immediately stepped forward and came before a young man.

After just one look, Song Zhaoying understood what was going on, "You have studied my Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate, right?"

"Ye... Yes!"

In order to become a pre-selected disciple, three years ago, he had his family spend a high price to auction the manual for the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate and began practicing it.

By now, he had already reached an accomplished level.

But this Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate had already flooded the market of the Ancient Martial Arts World.

The three Academicians had encountered countless people who had learned the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate along the way.

All wanting to show off in front of them.

But the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate on the market were all from the third volume, the Ghost Needle, which was the hidden needle technique.

It was a manual used for Ancient Martial Artist attacks.

This was the same Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate that Zhao Feiyu had obtained from the Liu Family's Wu Zihao.

This thing had long since flooded the martial arts world.

As long as one had money, one could practice it.

In the final analysis, it was just a method of cultivating hidden weapons. Although it was a Profound-rank manual, it was nothing special.

For such people, the three Academicians chose to give up on them directly.

"Forget it!"

Just at this moment, Xie Ge suddenly waved his hand with a sense of boredom.

"That's it, there's nothing particularly outstanding!"

Yet, at this moment, they had only seriously looked at the average person.

For the rest of the people, they just took a glance and rejected them directly.

"Why? Three Academicians, you haven't even looked at us!"

Immediately, some people who were unconvinced began to ask.

"I ask you, have you all learned the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate that is widely circulated in the martial arts world?" Xie Ge asked.

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and nodded.

"To tell you the truth, having learned this widely circulated Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate, you can no longer learn our authentic Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate!"

"Why?"

"Because the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate rumored in the martial arts world were all spread by someone who calls himself the Ghost Valley Medical Immortal. This person was once a registered disciple of our master, Qin Qubing."

The three Academicians explained.

"This Ghost Valley Medical Immortal was initially our master's first candidate."

"But until the three of us were chosen as personal disciples, this Ghost Valley Medical Immortal was demoted to a registered disciple, directly losing the status of a personal disciple."

"In other words, he had no chance to become one of the third-generation disciples."

"Because of this, he held a grudge, betrayed the sect, and used the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate taught by our master, adding his own improvements to become the current Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate."

"What you have learned is all something that this Ghost Valley Medical Immortal modified himself."

"Having learned this Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate, you are completely unable to continue learning our orthodox Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate."

"Therefore, you have no chance!"

Hearing this, everyone was suddenly relieved.

"Perhaps some of you do not understand Ancient Martial Arts; the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate involves meridians and acupoints."

"The meridians and acupoints of his Ghost Valley Medical Immortal's Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate differ from our orthodox Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate. It has already had an irreversible impact on your own acupoints and meridians, so you should be able to understand, right!"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

They thought they could be a step ahead and better than others, but they didn't expect it to be just being clever for nothing.

After checking everyone, Lin Jiuying and Xie Ge turned their eyes to Helian Qingxue.

Because they could see that Helian Qingxue had not practiced the Ghost Valley Medical Immortal's martial arts manual.

A disciple of the Heaven Sect would simply not bother to learn such a low-level manual.

"Hmm!"

After some observation, the three of them all nodded, "Her natural aptitude is excellent, her talent is passable, she can indeed be selected as a pre-selected disciple!"

Hearing the three Academicians' evaluation of Helian Qingxue, Helian Zhengchun immediately became excited.

"Three Academicians, are you saying that my daughter has a chance to become a disciple of the Ghost Doctor Sect?"

"Don't be happy too soon. It only means she can be selected as a pre-selected disciple, not that she can directly become one. There is still the hurdle of our master!"

"Exactly!" Xie Ge said, "In our pre-selection this year, we have already found seven or eight pre-selected disciples along the way. Your daughter can only be one of them, and our Ghost Doctor Sect disciples will be chosen from among these people. Perhaps our master might not fancy any of them, and these people will all be screened out!"

"Hehe, regardless, as long as there is a chance, that's enough!"

Helian Zhengchun said excitedly.

"Hey!"

Just at this moment, Zhao Feiyu suddenly said unconvincedly.

"Why are you so sure that people who have learned the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate cannot become your disciples? Is the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate not your Ghost Doctor Sect's unique skill?"