Donglan Dynasty, Pinghai State, Dingqu City, was crowded and bustling with people at this mont.
This place had beco a recruiting assessnt point for the Feixian Sect, and many cultivators nearby had rushed to co in the past two days.
Among them was the 15-year-old Duan River.
He couldn’t fly, so he could only lower his head and move forward little by little with the crowded crowd, looking very inconspicuous.
Only after squeezing to the registration office outside a large hall did the order gradually beco orderly.
The Great Array could accommodate 1,000 people at a ti, seeming very fast.
However, compared to this massive crowd, it was still too few.
Even after Jiang Cheng had hastily prepared tens of thousands of array discs, many people still had to wait several days for their turn.
Duan River’s assessnt ti was three days later, but unlike others, he didn’t leave first.
Instead, he looked at a group of high-spirited young people in front, talking and laughing, especially that figure dressed in white.
That was Bai Yuyang, once the top genius of Dingqu City, now an inner sect disciple of the Earth Elent Sect.
He was also Duan River’s real target for today.
A few years ago, both were still studying at the Supre Mysterious Martial Academy in Dingqu City.
In the entire Thousand Spirit Domain, martial academies nad after Supre Mysterious were as nurous as a thousand, if not eight hundred. These academies were generally for enlightennt purposes.
The students were still young, mostly only at the third to fifth layers of Body Tempering.
After three years of study, those with talent would each join a sect, while those without much talent would choose other livelihoods.
At the age of 12, Bai Yuyang had already reached the Condensing Vein Ninth Layer, and Duan River had also reached the Condensing Vein Eighth Layer, being recognized as the twin stars of the academy.
What was especially comndable was that the two did not beco enemies because of this competitive relationship; instead, they called each other brothers, living and eating together closely.
They had both planned to go to the nearby Chixia Sect for the assessnt and continue as senior and junior brothers in the sa sect after graduation.
However, that plan was eventually disrupted by the Earth Elent Sect.
One day, two Soul Splitting Realm immortal masters from the Earth Elent Sect ca to the vicinity on business and stayed at the Supre Mysterious Martial Academy.
Learning of the nas of these two young talents, the two Elders beca interested and examined their roots and bones, being quite pleased.
They imdiately offered a slot to join the Earth Elent Sect directly without entry-level assessnts.
The Earth Elent Sect, guarded by Spirit Platform cultivators, was much more formidable than the Chixia Sect.
The two had never thought they could join such a sect, and naturally were ecstatic beyond asure.
But the two immortal masters then added a twist, stating that there was only one slot available.
The event ultimately descended into the cliched duel segnt.
The two were to fight a match, with the winner directly becoming a sect mber of the Earth Elent Sect, while the loser had to find another opportunity.
"Since you’re interested in both, why not take both if it’s so difficult to choose?"
"Why insist on setting just one slot, forcing us into a fight?"
"I think they’re just looking for fun, treating us like monkeys!"
"It’s not worth joining such a place!"
While preparing, Duan River once piercingly expressed his thoughts to Bai Yuyang.
"Since the Earth Elent Sect can value us, then other sects might also have opportunities."
But Bai Yuyang persuaded him.
"Even if they’re treating us like monkeys, we can only perform our best act for them."
"If we disappoint them and anger them, who knows what might happen next."
Thus, the duel eventually took place.
To the surprise of everyone, Duan River, who was a layer lower in realm, easily defeated Bai Yuyang under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
When the long sword stopped a foot away from Bai Yuyang’s neck, the whole audience was shocked.
"Grandmaster Swordsman!"
"At such a young age, he’s already beco a Grandmaster Swordsman; that’s exceptional!"
The two Elders were quite surprised, and the teachers at the martial academy were even more incredulous.
Whether it was swordsmanship or Sword Dao, it was all about realms.
Before mastering sword control, wielding weapons in lee combat was the norm.
Mastery of the basics ant being a swordsman; to wield weapons at will indicated being a sword master, and to manifest one’s will as sword montum signified being a grandmaster swordsman.
A realm higher allowed challenges beyond one’s level effortlessly, like eating or drinking.
Bai Yuyang, with his overflowing talent, had beco a sword master a year ago, already on par with the academy teachers.
Duan River’s grandmaster swordsman realm, however, had not even been reached by many Energy-Introducing Realm cultivators.
His talent in Sword Dao was exceptionally outstanding, only his natural tendency was to not show his prowess.
But just when he retracted his sword and turned away, a long sword pierced into his Sea of Qi from behind his waist, breaking it to shreds.
"You really hid it well, bottling it up just to trample today, huh?"
As Bai Yuyang thrust the sword, his hate-twisted expression was unbelievably unfamiliar.
The resulting resolution was both surprising yet very realistic.
Duan River’s Sea of Qi was destroyed, his Condensing Vein cultivation dissipated, leaving only a body with power equivalent to the peak of Body Tempering, ending any hope of cultivation this life.
He was of no value anymore.
While Bai Yuyang remained intact and talented, even after committing such a deed, he was still recruited into the Earth Elent Sect.
The nightmare did not end.
After the immortal master left with Bai Yuyang, the Bai Family sent people to attack the small mountain village where Duan River was living to erase any trouble.
He escaped with his life, spending the next three years in vendetta killings.
Though his power was only akin to a peak Body Cultivator, his swordsmanship realm remained.
Recently, he even assassinated an Energy-Introducing Realm elder from the Bai Family.
anwhile, over three years, Bai Yuyang beca an inner sect disciple of the Earth Elent Sect, his cultivation advancing to the Gathering Yuan Realm.
Body Tempering compared to Gathering Essence, the gap was like clouds and mud, unworthy of comparison.
Nonetheless, if the Gathering Yuan Realm was struck fatally, they would die just the sa, right?
The premise being that the defense could be breached.
Duan River, whose swordsmanship had already surpassed the grandmaster swordsman realm, was confident in breaking defenses.
As a local pride, Bai Yuyang was not particularly eye-catching in this gathering today.
After all, for this assessnt, even Spirit Platform Celestial Mandate cultivators were not uncommon.
At that mont, he was conversing with several fellow brothers, all disciples of the Earth Elent Sect.
Being a sect disciple, one couldn’t easily cast aside their allegiance to another sect.
But with the opportunity from the Feixian Sect at hand, what was loyalty worth?
When sharp pain suddenly ca from behind his neck, the overly ambitious Bai Yuyang was still unsure about what had happened.
Before the incident, there wasn’t even the slightest fluctuation of spiritual power.
The mont it touched his skin, he felt as if he had been thrown into an ice cellar.
He personally saw the bloody tip of the dagger protruding through, and all the strength in his body drained away irreparably like a deflating balloon.
Bai Yuyang laboriously turned his head to look, as Duan River had already broken through the crowd, sprinting wildly towards that registration point.
"Soone’s been killed..."
"It’s him!"
"He actually dared to kill soone here?"
It was not only Bai Yuyang’s fellow brothers but even the Dingqu City’s first major sect, Broken Sea Hall, responsible for maintaining order, that was alard.
This was a major event assigned by the Feixian Sect, and no mishaps were allowed.
Several Celestial Fate Elders unleashed their Divine Mansion, directly targeting Duan River in the crowd.
This was the mont to act, yet they found themselves compelled to stop.
Duan River, his right hand stained with blood, held up a number tag high.
"I’ve already registered."
"Even though I’m just a 15-year-old who just got my revenge, I had already thought of my escape route."
A few Elders from the Broken Sea Hall seed rather annoyed.
Bai Yuyang, though still an Inner Sect disciple of the Earth Elent Sect and talented, had just been killed under their watch. This was a slap to their face.
One of the Elders said coldly, "You’d better be ready to face the consequences."
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