Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 998 First Test: Array Dao
The square was already packed with people. Mo Wuji estimated that there were at least ten thousand or more. If each sect or force had ten people, it showed how many sects and forces there were in the Divine Continent. Mo Wuji also knew that only sects and forces with some status were qualified to participate in this assessment. Those without status could only compete for places as rogue cultivators, or they only had one or two places.
Around the square were several law enforcement cultivators dressed in red, and a God King stood expressionlessly in the void at the end of the square. Despite the tens of thousands of people in the square, it was extremely quiet, with no sound coming out.
Mo Wuji's divine sense quickly scanned two acquaintances, Qu Chen Dan and Di Jie. Beside Qu Chen Dan and Di Jie were cultivators from the Lingxiao Divine Sect, most of whom Mo Wuji had seen before. Although he hadn't taught them, he had stood on the platform and met them once.
Moving his gaze to the outside of the square, it was also full of people. The edge of the square clearly had a layer of transparent isolation restriction. Once inside the square, no one could enter, and no one could leave.
Just as Mo Wuji was about to withdraw his gaze, he saw two acquaintances, Chi Kun and Yu Ruo, who had both come here. When Mo Wuji saw them, they also saw Mo Wuji, and they both showed surprised and incredulous expressions.
Although there were more than ten thousand people in the square, they all knew how difficult it was to become one of them. They didn't know how Mo Wuji could stand in this place.
"What is it?" Standing beside Chi Kun was Lao Yu, the peak master of Zuoling Peak of the Lingxiao Divine Sect. Seeing the surprised expression on Chi Kun's face, he immediately asked.
"That..." Chi Kun hesitated for a moment, then said, "I saw Mo Wuji in the square, preparing to participate in the assessment."
"You said Mo Wuji appeared here? Why didn't I see him?" Ren Fei, who was standing behind, quickly stepped forward and asked anxiously. He had waited in front of the Dan Dao Honorary Pagoda in Nirvana Dao City for several months, but he hadn't seen Mo Wuji.
Chi Kun quickly said, "He disguised himself before."
"Then you..." Ren Fei was furious, but he stopped himself. When Mo Wuji was still in Lingxiao Dao City, Chi Kun had taken the initiative to ask to go out. After Mo Wuji left Lingxiao Dao City, he didn't ask Chi Kun about it, so how could he blame Chi Kun? As for Yu Ruo, not to mention her special status, she also used the excuse of closed-door cultivation when he went to look for Mo Wuji.
"Which one is Mo Wuji?" Lao Yu, the peak master of Zuoling Peak, asked in a deep voice.
In front of Lao Yu, Chi Kun didn't dare to say a word. He quickly pointed at Mo Wuji.
Lao Yu nodded and said slowly, "Pay attention to that Mo Wuji. If he is not selected, immediately bring him back to the Lingxiao Divine Sect."
"Yes." Ren Fei responded.
Chi Kun also dared not to be negligent and responded.
In fact, in Lao Yu's view, Mo Wuji had no chance of being selected at all. Mo Wuji's quota was likely exchanged for a large amount of top-grade Azure Dew Rice.
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The God King standing in the void scanned the many Yu God stage cultivators participating in the assessment in the square, and said in a gentle tone, "All disciples participating in the Nirvana Academy assessment, please note that this assessment has seven major items. The first item is the array dao, and the second item is planting Azure Dew Rice. Then there are the weapon dao, the pill dao, the talisman dao, the divine art dao, and the last item is combat. Except for the second item, planting Azure Dew Rice, each item may result in death. If any disciples are worried, they can return the way they came."
After the Nirvana Academy's God King finished speaking, he continued to look at the crowd in the square. No one returned. Rogue cultivators almost risked their lives to obtain this quota, and the disciples of the major sects who obtained this quota were also elites among elites. Now that they had finally stood at the door of the assessment, who would be willing to return?
Mo Wuji breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully there was no left dao. Otherwise, he really wouldn't know what to assess.
Seeing that no one returned, the God King continued, "This time, 13,400 disciples are participating in the assessment. Nirvana Academy will recruit 500 of them. All disciples who pass the assessment can choose where they want to go. The top ten disciples in the assessment can enter the Nirvana Divine Spirit Land to cultivate for one year. The sect they represent can have three God Kings enter the Nirvana River to comprehend the God Fusion Realm, and also have the opportunity to listen to the God Fusion Dao Discussion once. The top five disciples will each receive an additional Dao Fruit. The top three disciples in the assessment can enter the Nirvana Academy's Scripture Pavilion to obtain a cultivation method or divine art."
After this was said, the people in the assessment square became a little restless. Even the powerful figures of the various sects watching outside the square were a little excited and unable to calm down after hearing this.
The opportunity for God Fusion was the highest pursuit goal for every God King here. Unfortunately, the rules of the Divine Continent were lacking. Except for Nirvana Academy, there was no way to comprehend above the God King Realm elsewhere. This was not a problem of aptitude and resources, but a limitation of the environment.
Otherwise, Mo Wuji's golden Nirvana Sand would not have caused such a big stir.
Many sects desperately wanted more disciples to participate in the assessment. Besides being able to let their sect's disciples enter Nirvana Academy, the most important reason was the opportunity for God Fusion.
The God King who was hosting the assessment waited for the brief commotion in the square to quiet down before continuing, "I hope everyone can achieve good results in the assessment and help the Divine Continent add one or two more God Fusion Realm experts. The assessment now begins. All disciples participating in the assessment, enter the void array gate in order to participate in the assessment. Once you enter this gate, you are responsible for your own life and death. The assessment time is one year. Remember, the time in the assessment venue is twelve times that of the outside world. One year of assessment time is actually one month outside. After one month, regardless of life or death, anyone who has not yet come out of the assessment channel will be eliminated."
After speaking, the God King waved his hand, and a wave-shaped void array gate appeared at the end of the square.
The many cultivators participating in the assessment in the square rushed in one after another, without any hesitation. Mo Wuji was among the crowd and entered the void array gate.
After all the disciples participating in the assessment had entered, the onlookers turned back to Nirvana Dao City.
At this moment, they could not see the situation and results of the disciples' assessment, but Nirvana Dao City could. Nirvana Dao City would display a huge ranking formation screen, and all the rankings of the assessment would appear on this formation screen.
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As soon as Mo Wuji stepped into the void array gate, he felt his body lighten. When he landed on the ground, there was no one around him. The entire space was gray and hazy. Even though he was not under attack, he could feel that he was in an attack and trapping array. As long as he dared to move a step, this attack and trapping array would not hesitate to trap him and then strangle him.
Mo Wuji's divine sense swept out and he quickly shook his head. It was just a level two divine array. This kind of trapping and killing array was like giving points to him.
In just a few breaths, Mo Wuji completely understood this trapping and killing array and stepped out of it in a few steps.
What appeared in front of Mo Wuji was a bottomless gully. There was no road in front of the gully. If he retreated, he would have to continue to enter the trapping and killing array.
After checking for a few minutes, Mo Wuji knew that there were several hidden array flags that had been fixed in the void of the gully.
It seemed that this was an assessment of the cultivator's ability to set up arrays. Mo Wuji grabbed dozens of array flags and threw them out. In a short time, the array flags he threw out merged with the fixed array flags and turned into a level two void divine array bridge.
After easily crossing the array bridge, Mo Wuji's divine sense had not had time to check, and the scene around him changed again.
A huge mudslide roared down, and then he could only run wildly, and finally he was hit in the back by a flying rock...
The Great Lake of Consciousness poured out waves of coolness, and Mo Wuji instantly understood that this was an illusion array? And it was a level three divine illusion array.
The scene he had just experienced was what he had experienced on Earth. At that time, he encountered a mudslide when he was looking for medicinal materials in Kongji Mountain, and then he obtained the incomplete medicinal formula for opening the meridians that would affect his life... (Immortal Mortal prequel scene one, I will sort it out and post it on my public WeChat account in a while.)
Mo Wuji also became a little serious. He was only a level four divine array master and had not been exposed to illusion arrays. Although he was not afraid of this illusion array, who knew if there would be level four illusion arrays later? What he was most worried about was that the array dao assessment was based on the assessor's own array dao ability. If this was the case, he was likely to face a level five divine array.
Mo Wuji believed that as long as he had enough time, he could break a level five divine array, but this was an assessment and there was a time limit. Just planting Azure Dew Rice would take at least six months. If he spent too much time on the array dao, it would be very disadvantageous to him.
With Mo Wuji's array dao level, it would not take a day to completely break this illusion array.
Mo Wuji was worried that higher-level illusion arrays might appear later, and since he had not been exposed to illusion arrays, he simply began to deduce this level three illusion array.
Ten days later, Mo Wuji stood up, his figure flashed a few times in the illusion array, and landed on a piece of cyan jade stone. Then, wind blades with strong killing intent wrapped towards Mo Wuji, but Mo Wuji relaxed.
What greeted him was not a level four or level five divine array, but still a quasi-level three trapping and killing array. This kind of trapping and killing array was really not enough to look at in his eyes.