_Middle Land_
A floating boat was flying at full speed in a certain direction. This floating boat was being controlled by Cleo who brought the 100 geniuses to the Middle Land. Other than Cleo and the 100 geniuses, another young man was riding this floating boat. This young man was the one whom Alex had seen hunting a demonic beast before the start of the competition. Cleo was helping this young man at that time.
It has been a week since the end of the competition. After everyone left, Alex saw Rodhre leaving quietly. Rodhre had been transported to this small part of Valley Of Death for some reason, and now, he has to look for a way to go back.
Rodhre was hiding before when everyone was being inspected by the pearl, so he was not detected by anyone. Now that everyone was gone, Rodhre also left. But before leaving, he looked deeply at Alex.
After Alex returned to the Floating Cloud Academy, he was heartedly welcomed by the academy's elder and leader, for he was able to secure a position to go to the Middle Land that'll greatly benefit the academy.
Alex went directly to meet Gatlin, for Gatlin had told Alex if he managed to rank in the top 100, he'll tell Alex why he wants him to enter the Profound Star Sect instead of Star Seeking Tower.
From Gatlin, Alex duplicated a few treasures that he needed after knowing the reason. He was quite shocked when he heard why Gatlin wanted him to enter the Profound Star Sect. It turned out that Profound Star Sect is hiding such a treasure beneath its ground.
The next day, he along with other 99 geniuses rode the Floating Boat and started his journey to go to the Middle Land.
Very soon, the Floating Boat arrived in front of a giant tower that seemed to have pierced into the clouds. Alex looked down and saw many people crowding the entrance of the Star Seeking Tower for some reason.
From his explanation of Cleo, he comes to know that the Star Seeking Tower is recruiting disciples and currently, a test is being held at the entrance of the Star Seeking Tower.
The 100 geniuses don't need to take part in the test, for they have already passed the test held by Cleo. Knowing this, everyone was happy as no one wanted to give a test again about their ability.
After all, this is the Middle Land, there are many geniuses here. Geniuses like them are common. So, they'll definitely compare themselves to others while giving the test. No one wanted to be like this.
But Alex just happened to be an exception. He wanted to meet geniuses and replicate their treasures. After some consult with Cleo, he left the Floating Boat and went to take part in the test.
According to Cleo, even if Alex failed, he can still enter the Star Seeking Tower.
Well, Alex's plans are different. He didn't want to enter the Star Seeking Tower. He wanted to enter the Profound Star Sect. But he couldn't leave just because he want to, he has to think of a reason. After all, Star Seeking Tower is a first grade force and they'll definitely feel humiliated if Alex chose Profound Star Sect instead of them.
So, Alex first thought of starting with the test here and seeing what he could do.
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At the entrance of the Star Seeking Tower, a square as a platform was set up. The square was filled with countless young men and women. Everyone looked nervous and excited.
Today was the day of the Star Seeking Tower's disciple recruitment examination. Alex had also arrived at the square.
After a while, the messenger of the Star Seeking Tower appeared.
There were a total of seven people. One of them was a peak Crystal Transformation Stage warrior. There were also six other people, all of whom had reached the Origin Sea Stage Level 9. All six of them were young men in their mid-twenties.
Each of them had a proud expression on their face.
The peak Crystal Transformation Stage warrior unleashed a powerful aura, then he said, "Listen carefully. Next, you will be conducting a series of tests. No matter who you are, you have to follow the rules. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
After he finished speaking, the noisy scene instantly quieted down.
After that, a young disciple of the Star Seeking Tower stood out and said, "Later, all of you should line up. The six of us will check your cultivation and your age. In order to not delay everyone's time, those who are over 25 years old and those who have yet to reach the Origin Sea Stage, please leave."
After he finished speaking, many of the people in the crowd left with gloomy expressions on their faces. The requirements for recruiting disciples from the Star Seeking Tower this year were actually a little higher than the previous years.
After that, the remaining people began to line up in six rows and started to receive the examination in front of the six Star Seeking Tower disciples one by one.
Among them, some of the people who didn't meet the requirements and didn't leave were discovered by them, and they were expelled from the group.
After a while, Alex walked forward and arrived in front of a jade plate.
There was a small formation placed on this jade plate that could detect a person's bone age. Alex placed his hand on the jade plate. The jade plate released seventeen layers of radiance, representing Alex's age.
The Star Seeking Tower disciple standing by the jade plate frowned. He had just discovered many people who wanted to fish in troubled waters. Feeling somewhat irritated, he said, "You can leave now!"
After all, he couldn't see anything special about Alex. Alex was only sixteen years old. In his opinion, it was impossible for him to meet the minimum requirement for this disciple recruitment.
There was no change on Alex's face. He said calmly: "If you don't test my cultivation, how can you know that I am not qualified?"
The disciple of Star Seeking Tower said impatiently. "Even if I test your cultivation, you still don't qualify."
Before he could finish his words, his expression froze.
Because Alex's palm was already placed on the second jade plate. At this moment, the sound of waves could be heard from the jade plate. The cultivation base of Spirit Origin Stage Level 9 made the jade plate emit nine beams of light. The sound produced by the waves on the jade plate indicated that Alex was a Spirit Origin Stage martial warrior. The sound of the waves on the jade plate rang nine times consecutively, which meant that Alex had reached level 9!
Alex was only sixteen years old, but he had already reached the Spirit Origin Stage Level 9. Alex's talent was very strong. The disciple of Star Seeking Tower felt his brain was in a mess. He was only a Golden Core Stage level 3 when he was sixteen years old.
"Did I pass?" Alex looked at this man and asked.
The man immediately came back to his senses and his attitude became much better. He said, "You passed!"
Then, he handed a token that represented passing the first test to Alex.
Alex took the token and went to the crowd in front of the messenger of the tower, who was at the peak of Origin Sea Stage.
This messenger of Star Seeking Tower had also noticed what happened just now, so he gave Alex another glance.
After the first round of testing, only about 300 people met the requirements.
Next, the second round of examinations began.
The six disciples of the Star Seeking Tower started to get busy. They surrounded the crowd and inserted formation flags into the ground. Obviously, they wanted to arrange an extremely complicated formation.
All the young people who had passed the first round of examination felt extremely perturbed when they saw this scene. Alex, who was in the crowd, had a calm expression on his face. The formation had yet to be completed, but he had already seen what kind of ability the formation they had deployed possessed.
This was a formation that specialized in increasing one's aura!
Furthermore, this formation was targeted at everyone!
Obviously, this second round's test was for people to endure the pressure from a person's aura that'll increase bit by bit with time.
When the six disciples of the Star Seeking Tower finally stopped, the peak Crystal Transformation Stage martial warrior stood up from his seat. The invisible aura began to spread out from his body, and with the help of the formation, this aura began to affect every single one of them.
In an instant, panic could be heard from the crowd.
In just an instant, dozens of people couldn't withstand this aura and their bodies went limp on the ground.
The aura that came from a Crystal Transformation Stage Level 9 martial warrior was extremely difficult to bear for others, but for Alex, it didn't affect him at all.
It was very easy for him.
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