"Brother Chen? Can you handle the Kun Beasts?"
Chen Bei shook his head.
"Then what do we do?"
"Run! What else can we do!"
"Roar..."
Four figures frantically dashed through the forest.
Three Kun Beasts, each over ten feet tall, with fiery clouds swirling around them, abandoned their pursuit of other disciples and focused solely on the four.
Boom, boom, boom...
Trees and rocks flew, the sky darkened.
The Kun Beasts spewed fireballs from their mouths, leaving a sea of flames in their wake.
"Damn it, the Kun Beasts love yang energy and can sniff out the source! They're coming for me!"
Chen Bei realized the reason as the relentless beasts closed in.
"Sanpang! Haozi! You two take Ling Xin and get out of here, I'll distract the Kun Beasts!"
"Alright!"
"No! Brother Chen Bei, I want to stay with you, even if it means dying together!"
"Die? What nonsense! A few Kun Beasts can't overturn the heavens! Xin'er, be good, we'll meet at the Mingyuan Sword Sect's gate! Go now!"
Boom, boom, boom...
"Go quickly!"
"Brother Chen, take care! Sister Xin, let's go!"
"Sister Xin believes in Brother Chen!"
"Brother Chen Bei, I'll wait for you! If anything happens to you, Ling Xin won't live alone!"
"Go!"
Boom...
Chen Bei unleashed his Dominant Yang Divine Physique, and Fiery Yang Qi instantly enveloped him.
"Roar..."
The three Kun Beasts, sensing the intense Fiery Yang Qi, became extremely agitated, raising their heads to let out earth-shattering roars, their six eyes turning blood-red.
Whoosh...
Chen Bei made a quick turn and darted in another direction.
The Kun Beasts, as if in a frenzy, crazily chased after Chen Bei.
"A bunch of early Prenatal Realm idiots, using Kun Beasts for trials, they're damn crazy!"
"What kind of lousy sect is this, with no elders guarding the trial grounds?"
Three days and two nights.
Chen Bei was slowing down, his energy depleting.
Meanwhile, the three Kun Beasts seemed to be on a stimulant, pursuing him with increasing ferocity.
Boom...
Another series of massive flame attacks exploded beside Chen Bei.
The violent shockwave sent Chen Bei tumbling several times.
"Damn it, are you done yet? If I had a sword, I'd cut you down today!"
Chen Bei shouted angrily at the sky.
Clang...
A streak of light flashed, and a flying sword appeared before Chen Bei.
Profound patterns shimmered, and a treasure light spread.
Ding...!
Chen Bei reached out and grasped the sword, flicking it with his finger, producing a crisp sword hum.
"A Profound-Grade Sword! Did it hear my wish?"
"Control the sword! Go!"
Chen Bei formed a seal with his fingers, sending a golden light onto the sword, which trembled and shot forward with a whoosh.
But the sword only flew a few feet before dropping to the ground.
"The Postnatal Realm is really useless!"
"Why not send a fairy to cut them down for me!"
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Seeing the approaching Kun Beasts, Chen Bei ignored the sword on the ground, let out a ghostly wail, and fled again.
Whoosh...
Suddenly, a red shadow streaked across the sky, and several sword auras shot up.
"Roar..."
Puff, puff, puff...
Boom...
The three Kun Beasts were indiscriminately dismembered.
Blood rained down, contrasting with the red figure in the sky.
"Is this for real? Whatever I think of comes true?"
Chen Bei stopped in his tracks, dumbfounded by the scene behind him.
A fairy really came and cut down the three Kun Beasts.
"Would you like to be my disciple and cultivate with me?"
The red-clad fairy descended gracefully, speaking as she landed in front of Chen Bei.
"Disciple? Thank you for your kindness, Fairy! But I'll pass! Chen Bei thanks the Fairy for saving my life!"
Become a disciple? Chen Bei certainly wanted to join a sect, but he didn't want to take another master.
His master was an extraordinary being; taking another master was something he couldn't accept.
Moreover, who could possibly teach him?
But since she saved his life, Chen Bei respectfully bowed.
"Hehe!"
The red-clad fairy wasn't angry at Chen Bei's immediate refusal; instead, she chuckled.
"Mingyuan Sword Sect is a thousand miles to the northeast!"
Without another word, she flew away with a whoosh.
"Uh... your sword, your sword..."
Chen Bei had just spoken when the fairy was already out of sight.
It was clear that the red-clad fairy had been watching him, likely drawn by the aura of his Divine Physique.
However, the fairy's personality was straightforward.
Chen Bei declined her offer without hesitation, and she left without a second thought.
Chen Bei picked up the Profound-Grade Sword from the ground, clearly left by the red-clad woman to test his strength.
A lower-grade Profound sword was already extraordinary.
Even the sword used by Fu Xue, the Palace Mistress of Yuyun Palace, was only a mid-grade Yellow sword.
Yet this fairy discarded it so casually.
"Just like that, she doesn't want it? How generous!"
Chen Bei took the sword and went to scavenge the corpses of the three Kun Beasts.
Savage beasts with fiery spiritual veins, if given the chance, could cultivate into demons.
For Chen Bei now, they were a great supplement.
...
Several days passed in a flash.
Chen Bei finally arrived at the gate of the Mingyuan Sword Sect.
At this moment, the area outside the gate was packed with people.
All were waiting for the start of the new disciple selection in a few days.
From afar, Chen Bei saw two anxious figures outside the crowd, pacing with worried faces.
It was Jin Sanpang and Wu Tianhao.
Ling Xin was nowhere to be seen.
Chen Bei's heart sank, clearly something had happened to Ling Xin.
"Sanpang, Haozi! Where's Xin'er? What happened?"
"Chen Bei! It's Chen Bei! You're finally here!"
"We... Sister Xin was taken by the Mingyuan Sword Sect people, they said they wanted to make her a personal disciple!"
"But we've been asking around for days and haven't heard a thing!"
"Did Xin'er reveal her Spiritual Body on the way?"
"Yes! We encountered a beast horde, and Sister Xin used her Spiritual Body's ice technique!"
"That explains it, don't worry, we'll also participate in the Mingyuan Sword Sect's disciple assessment, Xin'er should be inside."
Chen Bei was relieved now.
He also guessed that the red-clad fairy was likely from the Mingyuan Sword Sect.
And that trial ground was probably guarded by more than just the red-clad fairy.
However, being unfamiliar with the place, Chen Bei had only suggested a location that everyone could easily find to meet up.
He hadn't intended to join the Mingyuan Sword Sect.
But now, he had no choice but to enter the Mingyuan Sword Sect.
"Have you two learned anything about the Mingyuan Sword Sect in the past few days?"
"Yes, but not much!"
"Yes, we've mainly been asking about Sister Xin!"
"The Mingyuan Sword Sect is a Third-Rank Sect, not even in the top hundred on the Western Province's thousand sect list."
"Then why are there so many people here for the disciple selection?"
"The Western Province is vast, with dozens of small sects affiliated with the Mingyuan Sword Sect, and nearly a hundred cities under its jurisdiction, with millions of people."
"It's said that more people are on their way; tens of thousands participate in the disciple selection every year."
"Did you find out the requirements for the disciple assessment?"
"Under thirty years old, with a Spiritual Root above the Profound grade, and cultivation at least at the seventh level of Body Refinement."
"Do you two have Spiritual Roots?"
"Damn, are you insulting us?"