Chapter 4303 — The Selection Rules
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Holding this doubt in his heart, Wei Zhao wanted to ask the Ghost Thing about it, but on second thought—though the other had once been a top-tier existence on Cloud Terrace Island, the Ghost Thing was, after all, of the spirit beast clan, and whether in cultivation methods or paths, it was utterly different from human cultivators. The two were simply different matters altogether, and this was likely something it did not know.
While Wei Zhao was puzzling over it, Wei Hebei on the platform, just as he had said of himself, could not be bothered to explain anything to the crowd and simply went on laying out the selection rules.
"Only those who meet the above two conditions may take part in the third test—that is, unleash with all your strength the martial technique you are most skilled in and most powerful at, and strike this miniature examination formation before me. Of course, if there are those whose specialty is not attack but defense or something else, you may also speak up; this examination formation can test that as well, only in a different manner." Wei Hebei paused, then waved his great hand and said, "Very well, those are all the selection rules. Now our academy's staff will distribute test tokens to you all. Follow your token numbers and come forward one by one in order to be tested!"
With that, Wei Hebei sat back down in his seat. At the same time, staff members wearing academy robes bearing the words "Morning Star" began handing out test tokens to everyone in the hall, one by one.
And as the crowd fixed their eyes on the staff, they could not help but discuss matters among themselves. For the Eastern Continent Morning Star Yellow-Rank Academy's disciple selection, with Academy Head Ling Yuanqing appearing in person, such a grand spectacle and mighty display—they had assumed the selection process would be terribly complicated and stringent. Who would have thought it would be so simple?
In everyone's expectations, such a selection should at the very least have pitted them against one another in combat to reveal their strength and determine who was superior. Yet unexpectedly it was merely these three meager conditions—not even a need to fight, at most just striking the examination formation once.
Wei Zhao, however, did not find it all that surprising. A moment's thought made it clear: nearly ten thousand people were here to take part in the selection. If they were to arrange round after round of duels and ultimately produce however many victors, how much time and effort would that consume?
Setting aside that combat alone made it hard to intuitively measure a person's aptitude and would fail to meet the most basic selection requirements—even if each person were allotted just a single match, the time and effort required would be immeasurable. Even at two hundred matches a day, it would take at least a month or more!
What was more, Wei Zhao had already heard that the Eastern Continent Morning Star Yellow-Rank Academy's disciple selection this time would not simply end here. The Zhenduan sea region was merely its first stop, which meant there were at least a second and third stop to come. If every stop were handled this way, anyone would collapse from it.
To conduct a selection quickly and effectively, there was in fact only one way—just as Wei Hebei had said: set two hard thresholds, screen out a small portion of people, then give them a chance to demonstrate themselves. Those whose performance caught the eye of the academy's grandees could naturally be congratulated, but those whose performance fell short—well, there was nothing to be done.
"This selection method is certainly convenient, but isn't it a bit too simple? It might let us miss out on a genius," Huang Xiaotao said in surprise from beside him. Many others present shared the same doubt. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to—)
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