Jiang Yun noticed Xiao Yishu's finger, Huo Yuan's words, everyone's sudden realization as they looked at him, and even the hint of killing intent hidden deep in Huo Yuan's eyes, but he completely ignored it.
He just stared at the five Spirit-Measuring Orbs, a thought flashing through his mind.
"Will there be Dao Intent within these Spirit-Measuring Orbs...?"
Although Jiang Yun truly needed items containing Dao Intent, he hoped not to encounter them at this time.
However, he wasn't particularly worried; after all, the black stone was now in his Dantian, so even if the Spirit-Measuring Orbs contained Dao Intent, they likely wouldn't explode.
"Re-testing begins! Huo Yuan, first!"
Just then, Xiao Yishu's voice rang out again, naturally drawing everyone's attention away from Jiang Yun.
As an Inner Sect Disciple, Huo Yuan stepped forward to the Spirit-Measuring Orbs, and as he reached out to grasp an orb, the Spiritual Qi within him surged into it.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
As the Spiritual Qi poured in, the Spirit-Measuring Orb immediately trembled slightly, and amidst this trembling, a milky white light gradually lit up from within the orb, radiating through it into the air.
One, two... four, five!
Seeing the five white lights shoot out, most faces immediately showed envy and surprise, and even Xiao Yishu nodded, a rare sight, saying, "Not bad, Junior Brother Huo was at Tongmai Third Realm when he entered the Sect.
In half a year, he has actually advanced two Realms.
Truly worthy of being an Inner Sect Disciple!"
The Cultivation Realm of every new Disciple was recorded by a dedicated person upon their entry, so Xiao Yishu clearly knew the initial Realms of these over four hundred people.
Hearing Xiao Yishu's praise, Huo Yuan's face showed a look of pride.
His half-year of arduous Cultivation was precisely to make a stunning impression during this re-test!
Advancing one Realm was nothing; advancing two Realms truly showed his extraordinary talent.
Evidently, his goal had been achieved.
Hearing the exclamations of the surrounding crowd, he reined in his proud expression, put on a humble smile, and bowed deeply to Xiao Yishu, saying, "Thank you for the praise, Senior Brother Xiao!"
However, no one saw that on Huo Yuan's lowered face, the humble smile had already turned into a sneer, because he also had not forgotten the scene when Xiao Yishu had repelled him and Tang Yi with just two words that day!
Xiao Yishu naturally wouldn't have thought that his unintentional act that day would cause Huo Yuan to hold a grudge.
He nodded and said, "You may stand to the side for now!"
"Yes!"
Huo Yuan responded, walked to the side, and his face once again showed a look of pride, awaiting the re-test performances of the others.
Immediately after, Xiao Yishu called out another name: "Wu Shang!"
From the crowd, a Black-Clothed Man, whose figure was as straight as a pine, walked out.
Seeing this person, Jiang Yun's eyes narrowed slightly; he clearly remembered the dangerous feeling the other party had given him when he first met him, and half a year later, that feeling still persisted.
"So his name is Wu Shang; his strength must be above Huo Yuan's!"
Regarding Wu Shang, although no one knew his origin, he and Huo Yuan were the only ones who had passed the three entrance trials, so at this moment, everyone naturally widened their eyes, wanting to see his re-test performance.
Wu Shang strode to a Spirit-Measuring Orb, reached out, and grasped it, and after only three breaths, several rays of light immediately shot up from the Spirit-Measuring Orb into the sky.
Because the several rays of light appeared almost simultaneously, most people hadn't even had time to see clearly before Wu Shang had already released the Spirit-Measuring Orb and returned to his original position without a word.
"How many lights? Did you see clearly?"
"I didn't see clearly either, it was too fast, but definitely no less than five!"
While everyone was discussing, Xiao Yishu's face showed a hint of surprise.
After taking a deep look at Wu Shang, he spoke, "He was at the Fifth Realm initially, now he's at the Seventh Realm, also an increase of two Realms.
Not bad!"
Although it sounded like Huo Yuan and Wu Shang had the same results, this was not actually the case.
The two Realms Huo Yuan advanced were from the Third Realm to the Fifth Realm, while Wu Shang advanced from the Fifth Realm to the Seventh Realm, and all Cultivators understood that the higher the Realm, the greater the difficulty of advancement; there was no comparability whatsoever.
What's more, Jiang Yun was even more acutely aware that Tongmai Seventh Realm was not Wu Shang's true strength; he had hidden his Cultivation!
Xiao Yishu also knew this, which was why he had taken a special look at Wu Shang.
Because he simply couldn't understand why, for this re-test opportunity that was extremely precious to everyone, where everyone would exert their utmost effort to improve their results as much as possible, someone would still deliberately hide their Cultivation!
Xiao Yishu certainly wouldn't have thought that Wu Shang wasn't the only one who wanted to deliberately hide his Cultivation!
As for Huo Yuan, the proud expression on his face instantly froze.
He stared intently at the expressionless Wu Shang, who had already walked to the side, a hint of hatred flashing through his heart.
He had just gained a little attention, only to be instantly and easily overshadowed by this Wu Shang, which made him extremely furious.
The third person to come out was the young woman with the Dual-Channel Dao Body, and her Realm had actually advanced three levels, from Tongmai Second Realm to Fifth Realm!
Regarding her results, although everyone was surprised, considering her Dual-Channel Dao Body and her initially not-so-high Cultivation Realm, they weren't overly shocked.
The re-tests of the three Inner Sect Disciples all passed smoothly, and next, naturally, it was the Outer Sect and Utility Disciples.
Everyone lined up in five columns and walked towards the Spirit-Measuring Orbs in sequence.
As time passed, the re-test gradually drew to a close, and the results were similar to previous times, with only about half able to pass successfully.
Among this half, there were a total of eight people who had advanced two Realms; besides Huo Yuan and Wu Shang, there was Tang Yi from the Outer Sect Disciples, and the other five were all Mortals initially.
Only the female Disciple with the Dual-Channel Dao Body had advanced three Realms.
The rest, naturally, had all only advanced one Realm.
First release on Z.com?
But no matter what, all these people could finally breathe a sigh of relief, because starting today, they had finally officially become a member of the Wen Dao Sect.
As for the Disciples who did not pass the re-test, it naturally meant that they would either become Utility Disciples or would permanently leave the Wen Dao Sect, and even leave the path of Cultivation!
Finally, everyone's gaze simultaneously turned to Jiang Yun, who had always stood in a corner of the square, even those Disciples who had been demoted or were about to be expelled from the Sect were no exception.
They still wanted to see what kind of performance this savage, who had failed to pass a single trial but had gotten incredibly lucky, would have in today's re-test.
Xiao Yishu waved his large sleeve, putting away four Spirit-Measuring Orbs, leaving only one, and then looked at Jiang Yun, saying, "You, why don't you just not test?"
As a Cultivator of the Blessed Land Realm, Xiao Yishu could not feel the slightest Spiritual Qi fluctuation from Jiang Yun, so in his opinion, Jiang Yun, who had no Dao Heart, no Dao Spirit, and no Dao Body, was still a Mortal after half a year of Cultivation.
The reason he advised Jiang Yun not to test was naturally because he was a little worried that this Spirit-Measuring Orb might inexplicably explode again...
Jiang Yun reached out and rubbed his nose, saying with a wry smile, "If Senior Brother Xiao doesn't mind, I would still like to test."
Despite his slight displeasure at Jiang Yun's persistence, Xiao Yishu couldn't truly prevent Jiang Yun from participating in the re-test, so he sternly said, "Alright, then hurry up!"
Watching Jiang Yun calmly walk towards the Spirit-Measuring Orb, the onlookers couldn't help but start discussing animatedly.
"Senior Brother Xiao is doing it for his own good, to save him from embarrassment, but he doesn't know what's good for him!"
"Exactly, half a year has passed, he's clearly still a Mortal, yet he insists on testing, he's simply asking for humiliation!"
"He's not fantasizing that after the test, someone will suddenly appear again and take him in as an Outer Sect Disciple, is he?"
"Dream on! No one would even want him as a Utility Disciple, let alone take him in as an Outer Sect Disciple!"
Amidst the cold sarcasm of the crowd, Jiang Yun finally arrived before the Spirit-Measuring Orb, and after a slight hesitation, he gently grasped the Spirit-Measuring Orb.