Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

The aura and energy emanating from the flowing light forced all the participating cultivators around them to retreat.

"What level of talent is this?" The cultivators below could hardly look directly at Lin Aoxue.

After Lin Aoxue was enveloped in golden light, a beautiful golden pattern gradually formed between her brows.

At this moment, Lin Aoxue became the most dazzling new star in the entire venue, and all eyes were focused on her.

"This...this...Heavenly-level aptitude? Heavenly-level aptitude? Sect Leader, this girl has Heavenly-level aptitude!" The high-ranking members of the Supreme Induction Sect stood up in surprise at the sudden golden light.

Because, since the founding of their Taishang Ganying Sect, their most talented disciple has only reached the Earth Rank, namely Li Bai.

"Heavenly-level aptitude? I didn't expect her to actually have Heavenly-level aptitude. Quickly check this little girl's information." Ancestor Tianyi couldn't help but say excitedly.

Looking at Lin Aoxue again, she glanced at the opened entrance in front of her, then at Murong Huan and the others, before finally flying into the gate with golden light.

The others hadn't even realized what was happening yet.

"Heavens, Heaven-level aptitude? Is this why the sect wanted to take her from the Cloud Mist Sect?" Murong Huan and the others finally understood.

They had to admit defeat, and Qin Yi was equally surprised, because although they knew Lin Aoxue had excellent aptitude, they didn't expect it to be this good. Heaven-level aptitude, such aptitude would be top-notch even in the entire Divine Continent.

The other three were equally dumbfounded; they couldn't even guarantee a Level 1 qualification, let alone a Level 2 qualification.

With such aptitude, there's no need to examine him; he will definitely be kept by the Taishang Ganying Sect and will certainly be given special training.

"Master, we've found out. She's a disciple of the Cloud Sect, named Lin Aoxue," an elder quickly reported.

Upon hearing this, Elder Tianmu and the others immediately sighed.

"No wonder the Cloud Sect is so confident. Sect Leader, it seems we have no choice but to give the Cloud Sect a few hundred more years to prepare."

But Elder Tianjian was even more excited.

"Haha, let alone hundreds of years, as long as this girl stays in the Supreme Induction Sect, it won't be a problem for us to train a Nascent Soul cultivator for them. I like this girl, Sect Leader, please make her my personal disciple." Elder Tianjian said excitedly.

But just then, someone who didn't like to talk suddenly spoke up.

"Uncle-Master Tianjian, I've already reserved this girl. Don't try to take her from me." The speaker was Li Bai.

When Li Bai spoke, the high-ranking officials present were all taken aback. They did not expect that Li Bai would be interested in Lin Aoxue, and that it seemed that they had known each other for a long time.

"This? I say, Taibai, what are you up to? Are you sure you want this girl to be your personal disciple? You've known her for a long time?" Elder Tianjian asked, quite puzzled.

If someone else were to try and take her apprentice, she would probably lose her temper, since she has never taken on an apprentice before. But since Li Bai has spoken, she has no choice but to give in, even if she doesn't want to.

“Yes, not long ago, there was the Blood Demon Cult causing trouble in Jiangzhou Prefecture. You asked me to take care of the Blood Demon Cult’s experts. This little girl was there at the time. I saw her and even had contact with her,” Li Bai said with a smile.

After Li Bai spoke, four elders immediately followed suit.

“Indeed, the four of us can testify to Senior Brother Taibai about this matter. Elder Tianjian, this girl has Senior Brother Taibai’s Yuan Shen treasure on her. It was she who used the Yuan Shen treasure to save the contestants from the four major sects of the Southern Region.”

This time, Elder Tianjian was completely helpless.

"Alas! What a pity." Elder Tianjian sighed and shook his head.

"Oh dear, Uncle Tianjian, don't be so discouraged. Perhaps there are still promising talents who can inherit your mantle," Li Bai said with a smile, trying to comfort him.

Elder Tianjian rolled his eyes, closed them, and said nothing more.

Chapter 335 Unexpected Events (6000 words)

The Heavenly One Ancestor glanced at Xu Heng and saw that Xu Heng's eyes were shining with golden light. She felt a pang of unease because she knew that this guy must have taken a liking to Lin Aoxue.

"Hehe, kid, I didn't expect that you would have already made your choice even though you said you weren't interested in taking on disciples. Your eye for talent is really sharp. You truly deserve to be the most talented disciple in the thousands of years of my Taishang Ganying Sect." The ancestor of Tianyi praised Li Bai.

But in reality, if Lin Aoxue hadn't come to the Nanling Grand Gathering, he probably wouldn't have accepted a disciple. He could tell that Lin Aoxue was just a bargaining chip that the Yun Sect was giving to the Taishang Ganying Sect in exchange for more time.

If that's the case, then it wouldn't be appropriate for him not to accept the position. Moreover, he doesn't want to be the next leader of the Taishang Ganying Sect, but he also feels that even if he doesn't take the position, he should still cultivate a successor to replace him, otherwise he would be letting down his master.

Lin Aoxue was his fellow townsman, making her the most suitable successor.

"Hmph! That's right, I could tell at a glance that this little girl is extraordinary." Li Bai chuckled.

As for Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue, who entered the Heavenly Gate, they found themselves in a vast desert as soon as they entered.

"Huh? What, what does this mean?" Ye Liuyun stared blankly at the rolling yellow sand before him.

But just as she was lost in thought, someone suddenly attacked Ye Liuyun from behind.

"You little wench, get eliminated." Ye Liuyun had just been in a daze when a fierce voice came from behind him.

Ye Liuyun was taken aback, then turned around.

"Young master, what are you doing?" Ye Liuyun turned around, her clothes radiating an eerie red light, and a charming smile bloomed on her face. The guy who was originally going to attack Ye Liuyun suddenly froze, involuntarily attracted by Ye Liuyun's beauty.

"So beautiful?" The young man's attack speed slowed down, and he finally stopped in front of Ye Liuyun, looking as if his soul had been stolen away.

But immediately, Ye Liuyun's demeanor changed drastically in his eyes. Ye Liuyun gave a wicked smile, and then a delicate fist rapidly enlarged in front of the young man, finally smashing into the young man's eye.

The punch was so powerful that it sent him flying dozens of meters away, rolling on the ground for a long time before finally stopping.

"This... seduction technique... I've been... fooled." The young man's face rolled back, and he fainted.

After the person fainted, he was immediately teleported away by a stream of light. According to the rules, in the Chaotic Trial, losing combat power means being eliminated. As for whether or not you get a spot, that's a matter of luck.

The quota is like a pass, hidden in various places in this desert. If you don't get a quota in the end, you will be eliminated.

"Tch, that's it? Hehe, this is the real use of this outfit. I don't like to pose, but this outfit can help me bewitch them. The moment they're captivated by my beauty, I'll deliver a heavy blow. Hahaha, I'm a genius!" Ye Liuyun said smugly.

After she finished praising herself, Ye Liuyun looked around, but unfortunately, Lin Aoxue was not there. It seemed that this place was an independent space, and everyone who entered was teleported to different places.

The specific rules for the later levels had already been conveyed to them through the mark between their eyebrows, so Ye Liuyun knew exactly how to pass this level; he couldn't just wait around.

After finishing his sentence, Ye Liuyun asked Lin Qingyou a question.

"Master, which direction is Aoxue in?"

After sensing the surroundings, Lin Qingyou instructed Ye Liuyun to proceed south, meaning Lin Aoxue was to the south.

When Lin Aoxue entered, she was also confused. All around her, the yellow sand stretched as far as the eye could see, and the plain was flat, making it seem like a natural battlefield.

The golden light on Lin Aoxue's body had disappeared, but the pattern on her forehead remained.

"Random teleportation?" Lin Aoxue muttered to herself, then randomly chose a direction to move forward.

Currently, only a few hundred cultivators have passed through the trial, and the chaotic trial grounds are quite large.

Lin Aoxue flew at a steady speed. She needed to find the pass tokens hidden in various parts of the desert. Once she found the pass tokens, she would protect them. As long as she still had the tokens in her hand after the three-day time limit for the second level, she would have passed the level.

The second stage is quite difficult. According to the rules, there are only 100,000 spots available to pass the second stage, so competition is inevitable, given that nearly 10 million people are participating. However, only 100,000 spots are available to pass the second stage, which shows how extreme the elimination rate is.

With Lin Aoxue and Ye Liuyun leading the way, Murong Huan and the others were about to take action. However, they might have to change their previous plans. They originally wanted to keep a low profile, but after seeing Lin Aoxue's Heavenly-level talent, they felt there was no need to hide it anymore.

"Tsk tsk, Junior Sister Lin is putting a lot of pressure on us. Everyone, that's enough. Let's go in and not waste any more time here." Murong Huan smiled wryly.

The others were also discouraged; at least in terms of qualifications, they didn't believe they could reach the top.

The other three cultivators from intermediate sects also wore long faces, because not long ago they all thought it was ridiculous that Lin Aoxue, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Dao Palace stage, could attend the Southern Ridge Gathering.

Now look what happened, this is a complete slap in the face.

The Yun Sect members took the lead, but the other three families were not to be outdone. After all, although the four families were allies, they were also rivals. They just wouldn't be hostile to each other at these early stages.

As the disciples of the four intermediate sects took the stage, an indescribable aura caused the cultivators in front to instinctively make way.

"This group of people, they must be cultivators from a sect. Such strong auras. The weakest among them are all at the Nascent Soul stage of the Dao Palace realm. There are nearly four hundred of them. This? It seems they are all together." The cultivators from other sects around were stunned.

Not only that, the cultivators of the affiliated sects of the four families also followed the cultivators of the main sect when they saw them go up, but they followed behind the four major sects and did not go beyond them.

It's obvious at a glance that this large group of people is part of a group.

"These must be people from the four major sects of the Southern Region, right? Only they could produce so many high-quality disciples," a cultivator from another force in the Southern Region murmured.

It should be noted that the four sects of the Southern Region represent the pinnacle of the cultivation world in the Southern Region.

Sitting in the main hall of the Supreme Response Sect, the experts from the other four major sects narrowed their eyes when they saw Yun Zong and his group enter the arena.

None of them were idiots. Even though this group wasn't wearing disciple robes, they could roughly guess which interest group they belonged to based on their size, imposing manner, and overall quality of the disciples.

"Incredible, Fellow Daoist Tianyi! This group of young talents with such imposing momentum must be cultivators from the four sects of your Southern Region, right?" the sect master of the Xuanming Water Control Sect exclaimed.

Looking at the quality of the cultivators from the four sects in the Southern Region, Ancestor Tianyi couldn't help but habitually stroke her chin. However, she immediately felt embarrassed, since she had transformed into a woman but was still in the form of a little girl.

"Ahem, well, I think so. Your four families also have affiliated sects in the Southern Region, so the quality shouldn't be bad either, right?" Ancestor Tianyi said with an old-fashioned smile.

However, this statement is infuriating because most of the outstanding disciples in the Southern Region are controlled by the four major sects of the Southern Region. They don't have many talented cultivators left; the four sects combined might not even have as many as the Cloud Sect and its three affiliated sects.

"Tch, old man, you're getting a good deal and you're still acting innocent. Watch me poach some of them." The experts from the four major sects all wore forced smiles, while secretly plotting how to recruit people from the four major sects of the Southern Region.

Looking at the entrance to the Heavenly Gate, all the cultivators from the four major sects and their affiliated sects had arrived, their imposing presence causing all the other cultivators to shun them.

They didn't need to say anything; as long as Murong Huan and the others released their auras, these people would naturally be filled with fear.

And so, at the Heavenly Gate, only the people from the four major sects remained.

"Fellow Daoists, the moment to prove your Dao is here." Murong Huan said in a deep voice. The next moment, golden light flowed from his eyes, and a soul-capturing power shot towards the gate in an instant.

Seeing Murong Huan make his move, the others immediately unleashed their most powerful techniques and magical treasures, blasting towards the gate's barrier.

In an instant, all sorts of abilities appeared, and everyone's momentum reached its peak at this moment.

"This, the Heavenly Eye? Interesting. The owner of the Heavenly Eye has appeared. This little guy, is he Murong Huan, the eldest disciple of the Cloud Sect? I like him." After seeing Murong Huan's abilities, the Heavenly Eye Elder had the idea of ​​taking him as a disciple.

But after thinking about it, they held back, because according to the agreement, they could not poach all the outstanding disciples of Yun Sect and the four major sects. They could only poach ten people from each sect, and they also needed to discuss it with the four sects of the Southern Region.

As for the cultivators of other affiliated sects, it doesn't matter.

With so many promising talents appearing at the same time, it was impossible for everyone to keep track of them all. Especially after they shattered the barrier, the power of the Heavenly Gate began to bestow upon them their potential.

Murong Huan has a Yellow-level aptitude, and the top disciples of the other three sects also have Yellow-level aptitude.

Ji Chunling and the others also had yellow-level aptitude, while the rest were mostly blue-level and purple-level. However, the biggest dark horse in this group was not a disciple of the four intermediate sects, but someone else. Who was it? Hehe, it was Yun Xin from the Yunxia Sect.

Although Yun Xin is only at the Foundation Establishment stage of the Dao Palace realm, her assigned aptitude is actually Earth Rank.

A red light, like a flame, enveloped Yun Xin, who, dressed in white, overshadowed everyone else present at that moment.

A phantom sword shadow floated behind her, looking quite ordinary.

However, Elder Tianjian from the Yun Sect couldn't sit still any longer.

"This? Innate Sword Body? Hahaha, Master, it's an Innate Sword Body! This? This is the successor I, no, this is the one I want most! This child, you must give him to me!" Elder Tianjian said excitedly as he looked at Yun Xin.

Yun Xin's talent was something no one had anticipated, especially those from the Yunxia Sect. Yun Yun and the others in the distance were also stunned.

"Red radiance, Earth-level aptitude, Yun Xin, actually Earth-level aptitude? This?!" Yun Yun and the others didn't know how to describe their feelings. They originally thought that after giving Lin Aoxue away, they would not have any outstanding disciples.

"That's wonderful! As expected of the youngest prodigy in our Yunxia Sect besides Aoxue, haha, senior sister, our Yunxia Sect has a bright future! If Master knew, he would be very happy." Yun Che was also very happy.

Yun Che was actually old enough, but he never thought about participating because he knew he wasn't qualified.

As for the other members of Yunzong, due to special orders, their lowest aptitude is at least white-level.

But it wasn't over yet; suddenly another dark horse emerged.

This batch of dark horses is at the Yellow level, but it's still quite frightening. Who is it? It's Xiao Hansheng. Xiao Hansheng already had a secret, and sure enough, even his talent has a secret.

"Hey? Isn't that Xiao Hansheng? Him? Yellow-level aptitude? How is that possible? He's only at the peak of the Sea of ​​Wheels Spirit Pattern Realm, Yellow-level aptitude?" an elder of the Cloud Mist Sect exclaimed in surprise.

This is a double surprise!

The other three lower-level sects had only blue-level aptitude at best, but unexpectedly, the Yunxia Sect produced two exceptional disciples.

"This is too fake, Sect Master Yun. Your Yunxia Sect is hiding things so well. Let's not even talk about Lin Aoxue, who was given to the Yun Sect by you. Don't you even know about these two?" Zilan and the others looked on with envy, jealousy and hatred.

However, Yun Yun shook her head at Zi Lan very seriously; she really hadn't expected it.

The Yun Sect was even more surprised.

"What kind of luck does the Yunxia Sect have? They actually have two such outstanding disciples, Earth-level? Yellow-level?" Qin Yi was quite surprised.

Murong Huan and the others also turned their gazes to Yun Xin and Xiao Hansheng.

With the ranking process over, all the members of the four major sects flew into the gate one after another, leaving behind millions of stunned participants.

"Sigh, as expected of the four major sects of the Southern Region. It is said that although there are many cultivators in the Northern Region, there are few outstanding talents. The Southern Region has fewer cultivators, but the chances of producing good talents are greater. It seems that this Southern Ridge Gathering might be a solo performance by the four major sects of the Southern Region." Some cultivators from the Northern Region sects sighed.

"Hmph! What's so great about them? I don't believe that only those four sects in the Southern Region have geniuses. Everyone, let's go too! We are all medium-sized sects in the Southern Region. We can't lose our spirit even if we lose the battle." The other medium-sized sects in the Southern Region were also about to take action.

They appeared more domineering, directly using force to disperse those blocking their way, and finally arrived at the main gate for the assessment.

As the attack of thousands of people came down, people gradually broke through the barrier. Among these thousands of people, there were indeed top talents, and even a pair of them.

Two more fiery red lights enveloped them. If Ye Liuyun were here, upon closer inspection, wouldn't she recognize them as her two sworn sisters with Lin Aoxue, Yan Yu and Chen Yao?

"This, sister, we, we have Earth-rank aptitude?" Chen Yao looked at the red light on her body in disbelief.