In front of the City Lord's Mansion hall.

When Jiang Chen and Lin Yuyan arrived, Chen Jingxuan and the others were already waiting there.

Besides Chen Jingxuan and the ten disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, there was also a middle-aged man and three young candidates participating in the selection, one of whom was the cold young man who had dined with Chen Jingxuan at Yue Lai Restaurant.

"Hmph! Such arrogance, needing someone to fetch you!"

Liu Jianming glanced at Jiang Chen and Lin Yuyan with a cold voice.

"Indeed, do you think that just because of your talent, you can disregard everyone else? Making us wait for you, Jiang Chen, you really are arrogant! If you're like this now, what will happen once you're in the sect?"

Tang Zhenglin looked at Jiang Chen with a sullen face.

"Enough!"

Chen Jingxuan scolded them and turned to Jiang Chen and Lin Yuyan: "Don't be so late next time."

"We came as soon as we were notified!"

Lin Yuyan frowned lightly as she spoke.

Chen Jingxuan paused for a moment, then gave Song Zhijian a meaningful glance.

Song Zhijian turned his head away, avoiding Chen Jingxuan's gaze.

"City Lord, sorry for troubling you these past few days, we'll be leaving first."

Chen Jingxuan didn't say much more, turning to the middle-aged man and cupping his fists.

"No need to be so formal, Young Nephew Chen, I was hoping you could stay longer!"

The middle-aged man replied with a hearty laugh.

"No, thanks! The assessment site in the northern suburb is ready, we should get going."

Chen Jingxuan waved his hand.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, everyone started heading out of the City Lord's Mansion.

In the northern suburb of Fenglin City.

There is a dense forest here, and at the front of the forest, three hundred young candidates participating in the selection looked at Chen Jingxuan and the others. Among them stood a young man with a broad-backed heavy sword, beside Chen Jingxuan and the others.

"I have thirty Identity Tokens here."

Chen Jingxuan raised his right hand, touched his left-hand ring, and a bundle of Identity Tokens strung together with a string appeared in his right hand.

Space Ring.

Jiang Chen saw this scene and glanced at the ancient-looking ring on Chen Jingxuan's left hand.

After obtaining Zhang Chenggang's ring, Jiang Chen studied it carefully. The Space Ring contains powerful spatial force, a small space created by the Spatial Path, and to open the Space Ring, the surrounding space must contain the Spatial Path.

This also made Jiang Chen understand why none of those Void Nether Realm people who entered Yuan Star carried Space Rings — because Yuan Star didn't have the Spatial Path at that time!

Seeing Chen Jingxuan take out the Identity Tokens, the three hundred candidates all stared intently at the tokens, their breaths quickening.

Obtaining these tokens means entering the Heavenly Sword Sect for cultivation — a dream come true for these individuals.

Their eyes all showed a fervent gleam, being just a step away from entering the Heavenly Sword Sect, not allowing themselves to fail.

At this moment, everyone began to be vigilant of those around them of the same realm, as anyone in the same realm is a competitor!

"These tokens are specially made, each engraved with the name of the strength realm, from the early Unification Realm to the Semi Divine Infant Realm, with six tokens for each realm. Now, I will explain the assessment rules."

Chen Jingxuan glanced at the crowd and spoke loudly: "From each realm, six people will come forward, take six tokens, and enter the forest first.

After a quarter of an hour, others will enter the forest.

Those holding tokens will have their positions intermittently announced by inner sect disciples, allowing others the opportunity to seize them.

Once a token changes hands, the inner sect disciples will shift their focus to the new holder. After three hours, the assessment ends, and those who exit this forest with an Identity Token will be able to join my Heavenly Sword Sect."

Hearing the assessment rules, Jiang Chen was a bit surprised, an interested look appearing in his eyes.

It was his first time encountering such a selection process, but Jiang Chen had to admit, although this assessment rule had opportunities for shortcuts, it was more comprehensive than simple arena battle assessments.

The first to take the tokens require enough courage and confidence to do so; then, intermittently announcing the location prevents token holders from hiding in one place and gives everyone a chance to seize them.

Such a scramble relies not only on strength but is bound to involve alliances, testing each person's charisma and leadership.

And those who take the tokens and enter the forest first not only need courage and strength but also crisis detection and concealment abilities.

They must avoid continuous battles, as there are 300 candidates. Even the smallest number of Semi Divine Infant Realm individuals is more than a dozen. Winning solely through battle would be exhausting, and token holders would need the ability to challenge across realms, like Jiang Chen, defeating same-realm opponents instantly.

How many such people exist on the whole continent?

In such an assessment, those who can emerge from the forest are bound to be relatively strong in skills, leadership, command, and evasion.

Moreover, after their test, Chen Jingxuan mentioned that Jiang Chen and Lin Yuyan could join the Heavenly Sword Sect even without the test.

This means that during the test, they have already noted gifted individuals, ensuring no talented candidate is overlooked due to the assessment criteria.

This assessment is truly comprehensive!

Jiang Chen exclaimed in his heart.

"Is this the assessment rule set by Senior Zhang of the Yin Yang Sword? It sounds challenging!"

"Yeah, anyone who can come out of the forest with a token must be strong in all aspects!"

"It's much more comprehensive than arena battle selection!"

"I didn't expect this assessment to be so tough, I felt confident for a simple arena battle, but now..."

A series of discussions arose among the crowd.

What? Are the assessment rules decided by the chief examiner each time? No wonder the assessment standards can be so comprehensive, as expected from a senior from Yuan Star!

Jiang Chen glanced at the crowd, his lips curving into a proud smile, then turned to look at Chen Jingxuan.

Wasn't it said that the senior would appear today? Why is he presiding?

After hesitating, Jiang Chen stepped forward towards Chen Jingxuan.

"Wait a minute."

Chen Jingxuan glanced at Jiang Chen and raised his hand to stop him.

"Is that guy going to take a token?"

"So confident!"

"Does he not even need to think about it?"

"So direct? He must have great confidence in his own strength!"

More than three hundred people turned their eyes to Jiang Chen.

"Truly arrogant!"

"Exactly, he's not considering others at all!"

"Does he think mastering a Soul Martial Art Technique makes him invincible? He's completely ignoring the other Semi Divine Infant Realm cultivators!"

Tang Zhenglin, Song Zhijian, and Liu Jianming all sneered in unison.

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