“Ah!”
After a long while, Qin Xuan climbed up from the ground.
He looked out the window, and by now, it was already hazy outside.
Dawn was approaching!
Taking a deep breath, Qin Xuan struggled to get up from the ground.
Looking at the intact Formation around him, Qin Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Very good, it seems no one has been here.
Fortunately, after he dealt with Zhao Ping, he immediately set up a defensive Formation; otherwise, if someone had broken in, he, being unconscious, would have been completely finished.
That’s right, Mental Energy!
Qin Xuan instantly remembered and hurriedly checked his Mental Energy.
But when he looked within himself, he was almost frozen on the spot.
At this moment, his Mental Energy had actually converged into a black Mental Energy ocean.
In this black ocean, a Mental Energy vortex was continuously spinning.
“Is this… Sea of Consciousness?”
Qin Xuan was utterly shocked.
He had only read about the Sea of Consciousness in ancient texts.
It only forms when Mental Energy is strong enough, and when a quantitative change leads to a qualitative change after Mental Energy becomes sufficiently vast.
In the black Sea of Consciousness, the Mental Energy vortex spun continuously.
“Because I devoured too much Mental Energy, enough Mental Energy created the Sea of Consciousness, and the vortex in the middle was formed by the Mystic Transformation Art!”
Qin Xuan pondered, his eyes flickering with light.
With the Sea of Consciousness and this Mental Energy vortex, he could now use them to devour others’ Mental Energy in the future.
The improvement of Mental Energy was the most helpful to him.
With such powerful Mental Energy, his Mental Energy was completely sufficient for Medicinal Pills below High Grade Six.
“Since the Sea of Consciousness has formed, can’t I practice those Martial Skills now?”
Qin Xuan pondered.
“Surprise Spirit Stab!”
He found the Martial Skill he wanted from the information left by Xuanji Empress.
This Martial Skill, named Surprise Spirit Stab, was a method of attack using Mental Energy.
It condensed Mental Energy together and then stabbed it out like a needle.
Because it relies on Mental Energy attacks, as long as one has an advantage in Mental Energy, they can easily interfere with the enemy.
In fact, for those with weaker Mental Energy, this move could even directly stab the opponent into an idiot.
Looking at the description of the Martial Skill, Qin Xuan’s heart stirred.
Surprise Spirit Stab was a High Grade King-level Martial Skill, far exceeding ordinary Martial Skills from first to ninth grade.
Without any hesitation, Qin Xuan immediately began to learn this Martial Skill.
This Martial Skill was learned by Xuanji Empress in her youth, so Xuanji Empress left all her insights into this Martial Skill to Qin Xuan.
Relying on the Empress’s insights and the time difference in the Taihuang Space, Qin Xuan quickly and successfully learned the Surprise Spirit Stab.
This move could still play an important role at critical moments during combat.
By the time Qin Xuan had completely mastered the Surprise Spirit Stab, it was already broad daylight outside, and it was time for the second round of assessment to begin.
Pushing open the door, Qin Xuan walked out of the room.
He glanced at the first few wooden houses.
At this moment, Lu Peng and the others also walked out from inside.
“Brother Zhou, did you sleep well last night?”
Just then, a Disciple participating in the assessment walked up to Zhou Keli, clasping his hands in a fawning manner.
“It was alright, except some blind beast actually tried to ambush me, and I dealt with him thoroughly.”
Zhou Keli sneered.
At the same time, Qin Xuan could clearly see Lu Peng’s pale face suddenly darken.
Last night, he first attacked Qin Xuan, but his Mental Energy was swallowed in return.
Unwilling to give up, he then split off a portion of Mental Energy, transforming it into a Mental Body to deal with Zhou Keli, but he was severely dealt with by Zhou Keli.
Of course, Zhou Keli did not have the means to absorb Mental Energy, allowing his Mental Body to escape.
However, these two failures left Lu Peng very weak at the moment.
Now, hearing Zhou Keli say this, although Lu Peng was furious in his heart, he could only pretend not to know about such matters.
After all, sneak attacks could be done in secret, but if they were exposed, it would be too embarrassing.
“No worries, Brother Zhou is powerful, so he naturally doesn’t worry about such things.”
The person beside him, still flattering, continued to profusely praise him. Hearing these words, Lu Peng felt very pleased.
He nodded, about to continue boasting, when suddenly, the bell rang.
Several figures walked over from the camp.
“I am Zhao Zheng, the Inner Disciple supervisor for this round, and I will be responsible for overseeing this assessment!”
Zhao Zheng?
Qin Xuan frowned, a hint of killing intent in his eyes, as he coldly looked at Zhao Zheng before him.
At this moment, Zhao Zheng also cast his gaze towards Qin Xuan, a strange smile appearing on his face.
The Zhao family truly haunts like a ghost.
At this moment, Zhao Zheng’s killing intent towards Qin Xuan grew increasingly strong.
Although Zhao Longteng was the Young Lord of the disfavored branch of the Zhao family, even if he was disfavored, he was still a member of the Zhao family.
A mere Young Lord from Fire Wind City dared to attack a Zhao family member; he naturally wouldn’t let Qin Xuan off.
However, last night, after he instructed Zhao Ping to deal with Qin Xuan, it was unexpected that Zhao Ping had not returned yet.
Could it be that this kid killed him?
Thinking this, Zhao Zheng shook his head.
Impossible, this Qin Xuan’s cultivation is only at Profound Earth First Level; how could he be a match for Zhao Ping?
He must have survived due to some other reason.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng took a deep breath, and then began to announce the rules for the second selection round.
“Yesterday’s first round of assessment selected everyone’s physical fitness; only those with strong enough physical fitness could pass the first round of selection.”
“This next round will test everyone’s willpower.”
“Do you see the forest ahead? Next, all of you must pass through the forest. Those who can emerge from the forest within two hours will have passed this round.”
Pass through the forest?
Hearing this, everyone present was eager to try.
“Be careful, yesterday everyone initially thought it was just traveling, who would have thought that Formation had such an effect? There might be secrets in this forest.”
“Indeed, I think this forest is also full of dangers.”
Many Disciples were now on high alert, clearly, the torment of the previous round had made them very uncomfortable.
The appearance of this current round naturally made them extremely vigilant.
Qin Xuan glanced at the distant forest, then at Zhao Zheng, his eyebrows slightly raised.
There was likely something strange about this forest.
“Alright, this assessment officially begins. In two hours, everyone will proceed to the next test point.”
As Zhao Zheng gave the order, nearly two thousand Disciples participating in the assessment rushed towards the forest.
After all the Disciples participating in the assessment entered the forest, Zhao Zheng sneered.
“Young Lord!”
Several Black-robed Persons walked out from behind Zhao Zheng and knelt on one knee towards him.
“This is the kid who needs to be dealt with. Take a good look and eliminate him.”
Zhao Zheng said, handing them Qin Xuan’s portrait.
“Yes!”
These Black-robed Persons all carefully examined the portrait after receiving it.
“Remember, if you encounter any patrolling Elders, absolutely do not expose your identity as members of the Zhao family.”
Hearing this, these Black-robed Persons all nodded in unison, each taking out a mask and putting it on their face.
Immediately, in front of Zhao Zheng, their original faces and these masks seamlessly merged.
“Good, this way, even if those Elders catch you, they won’t be able to say anything.”
Zhao Zheng said with satisfaction, then waved his hand, and these individuals rose and rushed into the forest.
“Little bastard, let’s see how you run now!”