Elder Zhu looked at the young man who had hidden his hands behind his back and just smirked as he said
''Show me your hands''
The young man started sweating as he shook his head, but Elder Zhu just moved behind him as he pried open his hands and took a small beast core that this young man was holding.
''Tsk, just a middle rank 1 beast core? Come here.''
As he heard Elder Zhu's voice, the young man took a step forward and Elder Zhu started his body search. After finding nothing else Elder Zhu was disappointed. He then looked at the young man and said in a generous tone
''You are lucky kid. I will give you 50 sect points for this beast core.''
The young man however, shook his head at Elder Zhu.
Elder Zhu then frowned as he asked in a commanding voice
''What? Don't tell me that you don't want to exchange this small middle rank 1 beast core. Could it be that you want me to expel you from the sect then? If you keep refusing I will have no other choice.''
The young man's face paled instantly as he heard about being expelled from the sect and hurriedly shook his head as he said
''Elder, i-it's not that. I-I have just heard from a senior sister from the 'Flying sword sect' that... the Elders of the 4 sects may not be fair to small disciples like me when they purchase our goods.''
The young man spoke weakly, and Elder Zhu looked towards the group of the 'Flying sword sect' in anger before he turned his attention to the young man in front of him and said
''Who said that?? Ask your fellow disciples here if I have treated any of them unfairly.''
As Elder Zhu finished speaking he turned his head to look at the nearly 40.000 disciples of the 'floating cloud sect' behind him, who then turned their heads away as if they didn't dare to make eye contact with him.
Shun Long's mouth was agape at Elder Zhu's shamelessness. His face was probably thicker than the 'floating cloud city's' walls, for him to be able to spout lies like that in broad daylight. A middle rank 1 beast core could easily be sold for 70 sect points in the 'Treasure Pavilion' and yet he was 'righteously' purchasing it for 50 points here.
Even Elder Lu Cheng and Grand Elder Lan Hong, felt their faces somewhat redden as they heard Elder Zhu's words.
The young man suspiciously handed his middle rank 1 beast core to Elder Zhu, who then transferred him 50 sect points in his sect jade.
As the young man had already lost his survival point long ago, he didn't get an extra 10 sect points from Elder Zhu.
After patting this young man's shoulder, Elder Lu looked at the last person in the line, Shun Long.
Shun Long shrugged in indifference as he took out a rank 2 early beast core, making everyone's eyes widen. Even the strongest people in this 'outer sect examination' belonging to the 'floating cloud sect' like the peak rank 3 earth grade Guan Hong, could at most kill an early rank 2 magic beast.
Although they couldn't sense Shun Long's cultivation as he had completely hidden it with the 'Monarch's Hourglass', most disciples thought that he must be a peak rank 3 earth grade expert who had hidden himself before the sect exam.
After all, magic beasts at the middle of rank 2 and higher, were strong enough to easily kill rank 4 earth grade experts, so an early rank 2 magic beast was the limit for these disciples.
Although some disciples at the peak of rank 3 in earth grade could team up to defeat a middle rank 2 magic beast, the possibilities of killing the beast were almost nil. After all defeating and killing a magic beast were 2 completely different things.
Most disciples looked at Shun Long in pity. Being forced to give the beast core of a middle rank 2 magic beast that he had worked hard to kill must have been heart-tearing for him.
Elder Zhu however, looked at Shun Long with shining eyes as he patted his shoulder and said
''Good job, This is how disciples of the sect should conduct themselves. Helping the sect is also helping yourself.
Right, give me your sect identifying jade now. I will give you 1000 sect points for this beast core, as well as count your survival points.''
Shun Long handed his 'sect identifying jade' to Elder Zhu, who after grabbing it was stumped for a good while. Taking another look at Shun Long's face he asked seriously
''What is your name kid?''
''Shun Long''
''You did very well!'' Elder Zhu then, turned his head to look at the rest of the 'floating cloud sect's' members as he said
''The first place in our 'floating cloud sect', belongs to Shun Long who has gathered 118 survival points.''
Everyone from the 'floating cloud sect' who heard this were shocked, including Elder Lu Cheng and Grand Elder Lan Hong. The previous person in the first place had only gathered a bit more than 80 survival points.
Among the group of shocked disciples were Xiao Shitou and Lin Wu, who looked at Shun Long incredulously. Due to the huge transformation that had occurred in his body thanks to the 'Monarch's Eternal body', they only recognized him after Elder Zhu had called out his name.
Lei Xiang and her followers however, were the only ones who looked at Shun Long with eyes that were spitting fire when they remembered how Shun Long had robbed them of all their sect points back in the outer region.
Aside from Lei Xiang, one more person looked at Shun Long with hostility, the red haired Guan Hong. Before Shun Long arrived, Guan Hong was certain that he would obtain the 100 spirit stones that the sect would give to the first place winner along with a spatial ring when they returned. There was also the 100.000 sect points that the person who got first would also obtain. Although second place would only get 100 sect points less, there was a huge drop in prestige between being first or second from the sect.
A mocking voice however, brought everyone from the 'floating cloud sect' back in reality as the Grand Elder from the 'Flying sword sect' Hui Zhong looked at Grand Elder Lan Hong and said
''Haha, congratulations Lan Hong. It looks like your 'floating cloud sect' managed to at least get the 4th place this time.''