After Dong-Kuang had accomplished the closing of the cultivation stage, he came out to organize the new disciples himself. This caused both the new and old disciples to become excited and enthusiastic because the sectmaster was the one who organized the disciple promotion by himself.

At that time, all of them were complaining that the period had stretched longer than a month, as Zheng-Fu had told them. But when they saw Dong-Kuang, the previous dissatisfied expressions had disappeared. And, of course, the promotion examination this time would not be like the previous ones.

Previously, if only their energy level had reached the threshold, they could pass the tests and advance in their disciple ranks. But for this examination, Zheng-Fu had already set new rules for Dong-Kuang. The seven thousand incoming new disciples, plus over six hundred old servant disciples, were able to be promoted to outer disciples as long as they passed the three tests that the sect had set.

The first one was the energy level test. The second was a test of their concentration. And the third was a mental test. Over seven thousand disciples could easily pass the first test if their energy level passed the required threshold, that was, the ninth level of the Foundation Building stage and above.

The second test was also simple; it simply depended on their concentration. But the third test was the mental test Zheng-Fu had recently created during his time at the sect. Its method had to use the Mind Test Spell. If someone had an evil mind, that person would not pass the examination at this stage.

The promotion of outer disciples to inner disciples was the same, but the difficulty level increased further. All disciples would have to participate in this promotion test if they were thinking of upgrading their disciple ranks, including inner disciples as well.

The sect did not force every disciple to participate in this test; it depended upon the will of the disciples themselves. But there was definitely no disciple who did not want to promote their rank, because the more high-ranking disciple they were, the more resources they would receive.

In addition to ranking the outer, inner, and prime disciples, there was also a rating of the strength at each rank. The higher the rank they could attain, the greater the rewards they would acquire.

Therefore, some of the outer disciples or inner disciples that were in the top ten did not like to promote their disciple ranks. If they were promoted to the next rank, they had to climb a new strong level and what they once had, such as the right of command or convenience, would also disappear.

Seven days had passed...

This Disciple Advancement Test was held for seven days in total. And finally, it was over. It had to take such a long time because there was just Dong-Kuang alone who supervised the exam. Fortunately, the prime disciples were there to help, so the mission went smoothly and was completed in seven days.

In this exam, a total of six thousand and eight hundred servant disciples who passed the test became outer disciples. The rest were unable to pass the third test, thus failing them.

Over three hundred servant disciples were killed this time because their minds reflected that they belonged to sects, cults, and other powerful clans from other lands that were dishonest to the Beyond Earth Sect.

As for the other ranks, only a thousand outer disciples passed this exam, and one hundred inner disciples could be promoted to prime disciples. All of the top ten inner disciples passed this test.

After this promotion examination had been completed, Zhao-Ke, Tian-Zhong, and Wu-Xiao opened their eyes to absorb the energy from the pill. The three of them could only absorb the energy within the pill within these limits. As a result, they had to open their eyes.

Wu-Xiao was now at the late third level of the Immortal Soul stage. She could have advanced to the fourth level in just a few minutes. Unfortunately, she did not understand much of the energy absorption within the pill, thus leaving its effectiveness and quantity at a minimum.

As for Zhao-Ke and Tian-Zhong, the two of them were no different from Wu-Xiao. Their level was only the first level of the Immortal Soul stage. It was already their maximum ability to understand and absorb the energy from the pills.

Click!!! Crack!!!

"Ah!!! It's so aching all over my body," Wu-Xiao's voice rang out after she opened her eyes and stretched her body while staring around to explore if there was anyone left.

Ah!!!

Ah!!!

Zhao-Ke and Tian-Zhong's voices rang out after her. They stretched their bodies as well, then turned to look at her at the same time.

"What are you looking at? I'll pierce your eyes right now!" Wu-Xiao saw the two of them staring at her with strange eyes, so she yelled at them both.

"We didn't look at you, Miss Wu-Xiao!!!" Tian-Zhong immediately refused and turned away, not looking at her anymore.

"Yes, yes, yes, I didn't look at that spot at all. Oh! I didn't look at you at all," Zhao-Ke also refused, turning his head to look the other way as well.

"Alright. If I knew that you guys were thinking badly of me, I'd break all your arms and legs!"

"We understand!!!"

After finishing speaking, Wu-Xiao immediately walked out of the hall. She did not want to disturb the others who were sitting and absorbing energy. Since she had not taken a bath for a month, she felt very sticky and wanted to take a bath.

As for Zhao-Ke and Tian-Zhong, when they saw that Wu-Xiao had gone, they simultaneously sighed in relief. They turned to look at Dong-Chen and Xiao-Ming, who were still sitting there absorbing the energy, and smiled at them before leaving to cleanse their bodies as well.

Back to Zheng-Fu…

After seven days had passed, Zheng-Fu was still inside the ancient ruins to study the spelled character carved into the six stone pillars. Today, Zheng-Fu was able to fully understand the spell pattern on the six stone pillars.

And with Wu-Sun's help, Zheng-Fu was able to understand these spell patterns' characters more easily. But even if he said it was easier, he had to spend seven whole days and nights. Now he was very tired and wanted to sleep for a full day to recover.

But this place was not that safe to sleep comfortably. Although nothing had happened at the Demon Clan's dimension gate in the past seven days, in the future, or when Zheng-Fu was asleep, nothing was certain. Therefore, Zheng-Fu decided to sit down and rest to restore energy instead. It was slower but more confident.

Two shichens had passed...

Phew!!!

"Only a small amount of my body's energy is restored. Even sitting for two shichens still would not make my body much better. Huh... Anyway, it's just enough to suck up this place."

Zheng-Fu let out a long sigh of helplessness as his body had only recovered two parts. If it was a waste of energy, Zheng-Fu would not be so troubled. He was able to replenish it by absorbing the energy from the Qi energy stone he had.

But it was better than not having his physical condition recover at all. And with this condition, it was enough for him to suck up this Dimension Gate Spell Range.

Whoosh!!!

Groan!!!

Poof!!!

In the blink of an eye, the Dimension Gate Spell Range disappeared from where it was. Only the ancient ruins and other structures were left unneeded to Zheng-Fu, including some items such as old armor, old weapons, and ten chests full of monster crystal coins.

"It must be time for me to leave this place," having said that, Zheng-Fu immediately left the ancient ruins cavern and headed towards Lu-Bei's room within a palace not far away.

Flap!!!

At the Second Prince's palace...

Creak!!!

"Who's there?!"

As soon as the door to the room was opened, Lu-Bei shouted out in an unfriendly tone and immediately turned to look. But when Lu-Bei turned around, he saw that it was Zheng-Fu who had opened the door to his room and was walking towards him before stopping in front of him.

"Zhe… Zhe… Zheng-Fu!"

"That's right, it's me. I came to you to say goodbye. I need to go back to In-See City, so I bring this to you." Zheng-Fu handed Lu-Bei a palm-sized iron plaque before continuing, "This iron plaque is the spell curtain ticket that I created. If you want someone to pass through the spell curtain, then you just hold this iron plaque towards that person, and he'll be able to go in there."

"Spell curtain ticket?" Lu-Bei took it with a slightly puzzled look, but he soon understood the meaning of Zheng-Fu and nodded in response, saying: "When I'm done with everything, I'll visit you in In-See City."

"Sure, but don't forget to take the pill I gave you," Zheng-Fu knew that Lu-Bei had not taken the pill he gave him, so he repeated this to Lu-Bei, telling him to eat it.

"I understand. I'll eat it after you leave," Lu-Bei nodded in agreement.

"That's good. Then, it's time for me to go now."

Flap!!!

When he finished speaking, Zheng-Fu's figure disappeared from Lu-Bei's sight like a shadow that had never existed before. As for Lu-Bei, seeing Zheng-Fu leave, he did not hesitate to throw the pill in his hand into his mouth and immediately swallow it down his throat.

Gulp!!!

Whoosh!!!

Ah!!!

Lu-Bei could feel a huge energy wave emanating from it just by swallowing the pill that Zheng-Fu had given him. These energies were extremely pure, much purer than any Qi energy he had ever met. So, he quickly sat cross-legged and began to absorb the energy immediately.

As for Zheng-Fu, when he came out of Lu-Bei's palace, he immediately headed out of the capital city at a thunderous speed in silence. Except for cultivators at the highest Divine Emperor stage, or the Divine Monarch stage (half step of the Heavenly Root stage), no one could see him.

Inside a secret room within the capital city...

"It's been seven days, and that crazy kid Zheng-Fu hasn't come out of the ancient ruins yet?" a disgruntled voice from the sweet-faced man shouted at the black-robed man in front of him.

"Second Wang, Zheng-Fu Kid hasn't come out of the ancient ruins yet, sir. For the past seven days, I've given our men to watch days and nights, but he…"

Bang!!!

"Incompetent! Bring my letter to the Elder."

"Yes, sir, Second Wang!!!"

Flap!!!

"I don't believe you don't have the thing I want. Kid, are you thinking of opposing me?! Huh! Then you'll know that challenging me isn't that easy!"

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