Chapter 17: Spiritual Drum

"No need to be polite, everyone. Please don't be polite."

Ling Zhuo smiled and waved his hand, appearing very amiable, without any of the condescending attitude of a powerful person in the Guixu Realm.

As he spoke, his body slowly descended and finally stood on a high platform in the middle of the square.

"Fellow Daoist Ling Zhuo, how are you?"

Ji Xiaotian walked up to him and clasped his fists.

As the head of the largest family in Yangcheng, Ji Xiaotian’s strength is naturally not weak, and he has also reached the Guixu realm level.

"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Ji, disrespectful and disrespectful."

Ling Zhuo naturally recognized Ji Xiaotian. After all, the Yuhua Sect was located nearly a hundred miles outside Yangcheng. Therefore, he would often come to Yangcheng and could not avoid dealing with Ji Xiaotian.

"Fellow Daoist Ling Zhuo should have heard about my daughter's affairs. I'll leave everything to you." Ji Xiaotian said.

Ji Yanran and Ji Xueruo also wanted to join the Yuhua Sect. Yesterday, Ji Xiaotian sent someone to inform Ling Zhuo about this matter.

As expected, today the two sisters were just here for a walk, but secretly, they had already received Ling Zhuo's nod and were specially recruited into the Yuhua Sect.

"nature."

Ling Zhuo smiled and nodded.

After a brief chat for a few more sentences, Ling Zhuo walked to the side of the platform alone.

He came to Lin Qing, clasped his fists respectfully and said, "Master Lin Qing, thank you for helping me today. I, Yuhua Sect, will definitely repay you in the future."

"It's a trivial matter, nothing worth mentioning."

Lin Qing smiled calmly, also without any airs. In fact, he didn't do anything, he just showed up to show his face.

"Who is this……"

Ling Zhuo looked at Ji Chen beside Lin Qing. He had just noticed that the two of them were talking and laughing, which inevitably made Ling Zhuo feel a little surprised.

Obviously, even though Lin Qing was the grand elder of the Yuhua Sect and a powerful person who had entered the Guixu realm, he was someone Ling Zhuo dared not offend.

Being able to chat and laugh so happily with such a fifth-rank alchemist, could this young man have some powerful background?

"Junior Ji Chen, nice to meet Senior Ling Zhuo." Ji Chen clasped his fists slightly, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Ji Chen?"

Hearing this name, Ling Zhuo was stunned, as if he felt it was somewhat familiar.

Lin Qing smiled and said, "He is the young master of our Yangcheng Ji family, but now he has severed his relationship with the Ji family."

"Oh?"

Ling Zhuo was surprised. He had naturally heard of the name Ji Chen before.

After all, as the young master of the Ji family, he is a waste who is difficult to cultivate, and his name has long been known to everyone in the entire Yangcheng.

Although he didn't know what had happened between Ji Chen and the Ji family, at this moment, Lin Qing was so polite to this useless young master, which really made Ling Zhuo very puzzled.

"Friend Ji Chen... do you also want to take part in the entrance examination of my Yuhua Sect today?" He suddenly asked. Apart from this, there was no reason for Ji Chen to appear here.

Ji Chen nodded, and then released his aura slightly, "My cultivation has now reached the minimum standard for participating in the assessment."

"The seventh level of Qi Refining Realm..."

Ling Zhuo was surprised again and a little stunned.

Because from what he understood, this useless young master of the Ji family seemed to be only at the third level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Could it be that the other party received some help from Master Lin Qing?

He thought of this possibility.

"In that case, I wish you good luck in your assessment."

Without asking any more questions, Ling Zhuo smiled, then clasped his fists with Lin Qing, and finally returned to the platform again.

He cleared his throat, looked around the room, and said, "Today's entrance examination is the same as in the past. I'm sure everyone knows it, but I still need to explain the rules."

"Buzz!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the space shook slightly.

Then, a huge war drum appeared on the platform.

The war drum looked a bit worn out, and there were nine special crystals inlaid around the front of the drum.

"This is the 'Spirit Testing Drum' of my Yuhua Sect. Today's test is quite simple. Anyone who participates in the test only needs to use all your strength to hit this Spirit Testing Drum. When the strength reaches a certain level, these crystals will glow. If three of them light up, you will pass the test."

Hearing Ling Zhuo's words, the young people present all looked over and examined the spirit-testing drum.

"There are nine crystals in total. If three of them light up, it will be considered a success?"

"Isn't this too easy? I thought today's test would be very difficult."

"Simple? That only means you underestimate this spirit-testing drum."

Someone spoke up, "In previous years, the number of participants in each assessment was no less than a thousand, but among these thousand people, the number of people who could beat the drum and make three crystals light up was less than one-tenth."

"Less than one tenth of a thousand people? Then wouldn't the number of people who passed the test be less than a hundred?"

Hearing this, many people looked surprised.

"This drum is mysterious. It can measure spirits and strength. The stronger the spirit, the greater the power. When the drum is struck, more crystals will light up." Some older young people spoke like this. Seeing how knowledgeable they seemed, they must have participated in the test before, but failed and were unable to pass. Now they are taking it a second time.

"Isn't that the end? My cultivation is not high, and I have just reached the standard to participate in the assessment. It may be difficult for me to polish three crystals." A teenager of about sixteen or seventeen frowned and said this.

"Not necessarily. Everyone has different talents. Even if they are both at the sixth level of Qi Refining, their talents are higher and their spiritual energy is more refined and strong. So, with the same level of cultivation, some people can pass the test smoothly while others will fail."

……

"There's no point in talking any more. Let me give it a try and you'll know!"

Amid the discussion among the crowd, a young man in his twenties stood up from below the platform.

He was of a very sturdy build, a head taller than his peers present, and his skin looked quite dark.

"Shh!"

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the burly man exerted force with his feet and leapt directly onto the platform and came in front of the spirit-testing drum.

"Hey!"

He shouted loudly and clenched his fists as if he was gathering strength. After just two breaths, he hit the spirit-testing drum with all his strength.

"boom!"

A magnificent voice spread out and echoed throughout the square.

"Buzz!"

The spirit-testing drum shook slightly, and then a light flashed up.

Soon, everyone could see that the first crystal was lit up by the burly young man's punch, but when it came to the second crystal, the light it emitted became obviously much weaker, and as for the third one, it failed to light up successfully.