indianbanksassociation Chapter 158 Positioning Assessment
Chapter 158 Positioning Assessment
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for your kindness."
If it weren't for the reminder from the female cultivator wearing a white jade phoenix hairpin, Lu Yu would have been unaware of this rule.
Lu Yu hurriedly walked to her side and stood somewhat awkwardly.
At this moment, the male cultivator on the other side of the female cultivator suddenly whispered and discussed with one or two other male cultivators.
They chatted for only a few sentences before playfully pushing and shoving each other.
Lu Yu looked towards the playful cultivators and saw that the two male cultivators had young faces, even somewhat immature.
They must be young masters from some cultivation family.
When he withdrew his gaze, his eyes inadvertently touched the gentle and quiet female cultivator beside him, dressed in pure white.
His nostrils twitched slightly, and the fragrance that surrounded him gradually entered his nostrils.
Just as he was starting to feel a bit intoxicated by the scent...
One of the male cultivators who were playing suddenly exerted a little force, causing the other male cultivator to stumble, and he bent down to push the female cultivator with the white jade phoenix hairpin into Lu Yu's arms.
Lu Yu held the female cultivator in his arms, feeling a bit embarrassed.
The female cultivator obviously didn't expect this situation either.
The two of them looked at each other in surprise.
"I-I'm fine!"
After speaking, the female cultivator struggled to get up.
Her face instantly turned red with embarrassment, she lowered her head, and her fingertips anxiously twisted together.
Lu Yu's heart was stirred.
This female cultivator should be quite young.
...
Time passed bit by bit.
More and more cultivators stood in the hall.
Lu Yu no longer paid attention to the female cultivator beside him, but instead pondered with a calm expression.
This was the preliminary screening assessment.
He passed it relatively easily.
Presumably, this kind of test shouldn't be difficult for Foundation Building cultivators.
I wonder if the following tests will be more difficult.
He was quite confident that he could pass the assessment.
Especially the second question in the preliminary screening assessment. If he didn't have enough refining experience and started the Integrated Union refinement with two clusters of wood and fire attribute spiritual fluids, it would most likely fail.
It wasn't difficult, but it was like setting a trap.
But as long as he handled it carefully, it wouldn't be difficult to succeed in the refinement.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu couldn't help but sigh at the abundant spiritual energy in this place.
He only had one Foundation Building pill and one breakthrough-assisting pill left in his storage ring, and he had given the rest to Qin Qingrou.
However, it seemed that in this place with such abundant spiritual energy, a Foundation Building pill should be enough to break through to Foundation Building.
Unfortunately, he came here as a Qi Refining cultivator at the ninth level.
After a long time, the crowd involuntarily flashed and returned to the magnificent Taoist temple.
Lu Yu looked around and saw that there were now less than half of the thirty people who were originally there.
It seemed that quite a few people had fallen into the pit of the question that was set.
His expression was calm, but he was secretly grateful.
Those who could pass such a difficult evaluation test must have extraordinary talent.
But he still accidentally fell in the preliminary screening test.
He had to be more careful in the future to avoid being deceived by the surface questions.
"The preliminary screening assessment is over."
While Lu Yu was contemplating, the cultivator in the silver Daoist robe spoke up.
"The first preliminary screening assessment was only to verify whether Fellow Daoists have the ability to pass the evaluation test."
"I didn't expect that there would be so many cultivators who used tricks and connections during this period."
"The next assessment will be even more rigorous, so I hope everyone will be careful."
"The second assessment will take place in half a month. Fellow Daoists, please rest well."
After speaking, the cultivator in the silver Daoist robe brushed his sleeve, and the crowd returned to the side hall with thirty small doors.
Just as everyone was about to return to their respective rooms, they noticed the stern-faced cultivator standing by the main gate.
Upon closer inspection, they realized that the signs on the small doors had also been taken down.
For a moment, they didn't know what this meant.
The stern-faced cultivator took a few steps forward, and his expression was no longer cold as before. Instead, he had a pleasing smile on his face.
He said to everyone, "Please enter the rooms in the order of the initial screening assessment."
The cultivators nodded in understanding.
The two playful male cultivators entered the first and second rooms respectively.
The female cultivator with the white jade phoenix hairpin and Lu Yu entered the third and fourth rooms respectively.
Lu Yu suddenly realized that these rooms were much larger.
He looked back and saw that the last cultivator had entered the last room, and he was surprised to find that the number of small doors here had been adjusted.
It was truly quite strange.
Originally, the rooms could only accommodate three or four people, but now they were spacious enough to accommodate seven or eight people.
Lu Yu sat cross-legged on the cushion on the floor of the room.
He immediately entered a state of focused cultivation.
The spiritual energy here was several times more abundant than in Cloud Breaking City. If used properly, it could greatly improve his cultivation level, even allowing him to directly break through to the peak of Qi Refining and possibly even attempt Foundation Building.
Realizing this, Lu Yu took out a high-grade Gathering Spirit Pill and swallowed it.
The five spiritual roots in his spiritual sea were ecstatic, greedily absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
Lu Yu opened his eyes slightly.
He could feel that the spiritual energy in his body had become much stronger.
The speed of improvement here was even faster than when he used the Dual Cultivation Holy Artifact with his wives, which would often overtax his body.
This greatly surprised him, as the speed at which high-grade spiritual roots absorbed spiritual energy to improve their cultivation level did have a limit.
For example, the Golden Concubine's Natural Pill could only allow him to absorb spiritual energy at the maximum speed.
But the density of spiritual energy here was almost as if it had been compressed.
Moreover, the spiritual mist on the surface was not as shallow as in the Elegant Manor, but slightly higher, reaching his knees.
Perhaps it was due to the formation.
He silently speculated.
Just at this moment, a sound suddenly came from outside the room.
"The positioning assessment begins now."
Before Lu Yu could react.
The rooms around him suddenly changed and became sealed rooms emitting a faint light.
Then, a circular wooden stake appeared in the room.
The wooden stake had scars as if it had been attacked countless times.
There were deep marks like carvings, as well as a depression in the center, the size of a disc.
In front of the wooden stake, there was a half-human-sized spirit turtle with two horns on its head.
A numb and emotionless voice echoed in the room.
"Lu Yu, a first-class guest alchemist, please use your strongest means to protect the wooden stake."
"If the wooden stake remains unharmed, it will be considered a pass."
"Using magical artifacts is prohibited, but you can use spells or techniques, or feed the spirit turtle with spirit beast pills."
"Only effective attacks are allowed. You can summon forty-eight attack spells for testing."
"You can summon them twice every hour."
As the voice faded away, Lu Yu immediately understood that this was a two-day refining test.
Without further thought, the faint light around him lit up again.
A desk appeared not far from the wooden stake.
On the desk were materials and a jade slip.
Lu Yu walked to the desk, released his divine sense, and gently penetrated the jade slip.
As expected, it was a formula that could enhance the defensive ability of spirit beasts.
It consisted of the Wood, Fire, and Earth attributes.
Coincidentally, it was the most difficult spirit beast pill that Lu Yu could refine at once.