Chapter 144: Class Reveal (1/2)

In the large colosseum-like waiting area, Xiao Fang and Xiao Hei were leisurely standing off to the side while under [ Stealth ].

Even though he didn't mind if the girls recognized him, it still would've been a bit annoying if they did.

While looking for the two, Li Xiang spotted someone else she knew.

”Bai Fan!” Li Xiang shouted happily.

Bai Fan quickly turned away and started walking in the opposite direction, hoping that Li Xiang would catch the hint. Bai Fan was a popular girl because of her high cultivation and background, but she preferred staying away from the spotlight as much as she could. Right now all eyes were on Li Xiang, and she was bringing their attention to Bai Fan as well.

”Bai Fan, what class did you get put into?” Li Xiang asked Bai Fan after catching up to her.

”Erm, I'm not sure. They gave it to us after we completed the exam,” Bai Fan replied.

”Considering that you're a first year and that you came in first place, I wouldn't be surprised if they put you directly into the Tiger Class.”

”Maybe, but I didn't finish first. Zhao Pan did,” Bai Fan admitted.

Before today, Bai Fan had never compared herself to anyone older than her. She just assumed that if the girls older than her were her age they would've stood no chance against her, but after seeing how strong Zhao Pan was, she was beginning to have second thoughts.

Zhao Pan was a year older than Bai Fan, but she was already at the 1st stage of the Spirit Refinement realm and 9th stage of the Body Refinement realm. What Bai Fan was struggling to understand was why Zhao Pan would stay an extra year in the outer court.

'Was she unable to get the merit points in time?' Bai Fan thought.

The real reason didn't have anything to do with her merit points, but everything to do with the Disciplinary Department.

With Elder Yao's help, Zhao Pan became the head of the disciplinary department in only a year. Then, to follow in Yao Wu's footsteps, she stayed an extra year in the outer court to build up experience as the head of the outer court's disciplinary department.

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In a separate room, a few elders seemed to be discussing the results of the exam.

”Why are the numbers so low?”

”Only a 1000 disciples passed the exam this year, that's less than half of last year. Could the disciples really be getting weaker or are the tests the supreme elder prepared just too difficult?”

Suddenly, the Supreme Elder walked into the room. The group of elders quickly all paid their respects.

”What are you all doing in here? Everyone is waiting for you to announce the results,” the Supreme Elder said.

”My apologies, we were just waiting for your group to finish.”

As the inner court elder was speaking, the Supreme Elder was making her way towards the table. She then picked up the brush then wrote down three names.

[ Fei Lin ]

[ Li Xiang ]

[ Long Wang ]

To everyone's surprise, after writing down the third name, she had put down the brush.

”Supreme Elder, this...”

”Go find their masters and inform them that their disciple had passed the exam,” the supreme elder said before getting up from the chair and walking away.

The other elders were speechless as they watched her leave.

”How could there only be 3?”

No one knew the answer to this, their gut was telling them that there was something wrong with the maze challenge the Supreme Elder set up. They wanted to go check it out for themselves, but right now they needed to bring the exam to an end.

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The audience composed of inner and core court disciples were getting tired of waiting. They could see that there were only about a thousand disciples that had passed the exam, but they just assumed it was because the disciples were all weak. Unfortunately, this also made Li Xiang and Bai Fan's accomplishments seem less impressive

As the disciples gossiped about how weak this year of disciples were, an elder suddenly materialized on center stage.

Using her spirit qi to amplify her voice, the elder began to speak, silencing the crowd.

”On behalf of the sect, I would like to first congratulate all of the disciples that passed the exam tonight. The exams were much harder this year than the previous years, so it's a surprise to all of us that so many of you were still able to pass it.”

'Ah, so that's the case,' the disciples in the crowd thought. While most of the disciples were convinced by the elder's words, of course there were a few that were skeptical.

The elder began to say a few more words before moving on to the part everyone was waiting for.

”Now it's time we reveal the classes you've been put into.”

The elder on stage then took out 3 crystals from her sleeve.

”If your spirit mark lights up, please walk up to the stage.”

Hearing the simple instructions, the disciples started to get excited.