When they heard him mention the Grand Spirit Hunt, Lei Mu and Lai Chang instantly sighed lightly, and Lai Chang said while laughing bitterly, "Brother Wu, how could the Sect Master and the others not be aware of this principle? However, how difficult is it to succeed in the Grand Spirit Hunt? Are any one of those geniuses in the Grand Spirit Hunt not heaven defying fellows? Especially those geniuses from the Dao Immortal Sect and Blazing Sun Sect, even though we might not necessarily be able to obtain any advantages while going against them!"
Elder Mu sighed and said, "To think that my Gracious Sword Sect was so prosperous a hundred years ago. At that time, even the Blazing Sun Sect had to avoid the edge of our swords. I never expected that it would decline to such a state after a hundred years."
Elder Wu revealed a bitter smile as well when he heard this, and then he said, "Yeah. In the last ten plus years, since Jiang Yun's performance in the Grand Spirit Hunt, there actually hasn't been a single disciple that was able to survive long on that stage, causing our Sword Sect to face such a situation. At the bottom of it all, all of us failed all those years ago!"
Lai Chang swept the people beneath the platform with his gaze, and then he said, "I heard that a 16 year old young man from Kang Clan that has attained the Eighth Level of the Qi Refining Realm will be participating in the exam. If he didn't utilize any medicinal pills and other external forces to improve his cultivation, then attaining the Eighth Level of the Qi Refining Realm at the age of 16 would definitely allow him to become another monstrous genius of our Gracious Sword Sect!"
Elder Wu nodded and said, "I've heard of him as well. That young man seems to be called Kang Bai. Supposedly, he's known as the most outstanding genius from Kang Clan in the last 100 years. If the rumours are true, then after he enters the Inner Court, it would definitely encourage others to cultivate more, after all, not everyone would have the chance to participate in the Grand Spirit Hunt.
"Yet he still falls short against Hou Xing, the number one Outer Court Disciple of the Ninth Peak, if not all the Outer Court Peaks." Lai Chang couldn't help but sigh at their current situation.
"Indeed. His cultivation was already not less than that of an Inner Court Disciple six months ago!"
Elder Mu smiled with ridicule at the side. Most outstanding genius in 100 years? Is it more monstrous than Fang Chen's talent who has reached 9th Level of Qi Refining Realm at just fourteen years of age? If the others knew of Fang Chen's cultivation talent, then those peak masters and all the elders of the Gracious Sword Sect would be shocked. However, he wouldn't tell them about it because he had his own plans right now.
The current Gracious Sword Sect though seemed calm, the real hidden situation was actually full of turmoil. With Sect Leader and Grand Elder against each other, many elders had already started picking up sides.
After some time, Lai Chang raised his head to glance at the disciples below, and then he said, "Brother Mu, you preside over the first stage!"
When he heard this, Elder Mu adjusted his mental state before taking a few steps forward. He gazed at the slightly immature youths below while a wisp of a gratified expression floated up into appearance within his eyes. He raised his hands, causing the originally slightly clamorous voices from below to instantly vanish, and everyone went completely quiet.
Lei Mu said, "Everyone, I'm an Outer Court Elder, Lei Mu. All of you can call me Elder Mu. I'm one of the elders that will be presiding over the exam this time. Firstly, I represent the Gracious Sword Sect in welcoming all of you. Secondly, congratulations because being able to stand here proves that you're extraordinary. Even if you're unable to become an inner court disciple of the Gracious Sword Sect, your accomplishments in the future will definitely be outstanding."
After speaking for a long time, Elder Mu got to the point and said, "The exam is divided into three stages. The first stage will test the foundation of your cultivations. The objective of this stage is to eliminate those that improved their cultivations through the use of medicinal pills or those who possess unstable cultivations. Now, I'll emanate the imposing might of my cultivation at the Qi Stabilization Realm, and those that are able to endure it until the end will be considered to have passed!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Elder Mu's figure flashed, and he appeared above the youths. After that, the Qi within his body circulated, and a strand of terrifying imposing aura surged out explosively from his body. In the end, it pressed down like a hill towards all the youths beneath him.
AH!!!
Some youths were caught off guard, and they directly collapsed to the ground under the might of this pressure. In less than 15 minutes of time, almost seventy percent the participants had collapsed to the ground, and people were still collapsing.
Elder Mu hadn't even used his whole might, and for them to fail even the first round was quite shameful.
When they saw half the youths had already collapsed, Elder Wu and Elder Lai Chang's brows furrowed because the quality of these participants was quite horrible!
This was even below their lowest expectations.