Chapter 22

As the golden scroll fluttered in the wind, it suddenly transformed into a shimmering golden light curtain that appeared in the void.

Within the light curtain, silver ancient characters the size of grains of rice flickered and glowed.

The spirit master surnamed Lei immediately made a hand seal, and the light halo on his body tore apart, revealing his true appearance.

It was a burly man with a face full of curly whiskers, wearing a purple robe, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, standing there with a mighty and awe-inspiring presence.

The spirit master surnamed Lei stared at the words on the golden light curtain, changed the hand seal, and began to chant something.

However, Liu Ming was surprised to find that he could not hear anything. He looked at the faces of the other young disciples from the noble families nearby.

He found that most of them also wore expressions of shock.

Clearly, he was not the only one who could not hear.

But when he looked into the formation, he saw that the spirit-vein disciples of the Savage Ghost Sect, the moment the bearded man spoke, all showed signs of pain on their faces, some even began to contort, and the white light surrounding them began to flash wildly.

The means of the spirit master were indeed incredibly profound; the 'true words' he spoke could target a specific area, leaving the outside of the formation completely unaffected.

Liu Ming could not help but become greatly excited about the 'spells' of the spirit masters.

Compared to them, cultivators of the Qi Refinement stage could only use talismans and implements to perform minor tricks, which were clearly incomparable.

Two muffled thuds echoed.

Two young men sitting cross-legged in the formation, after their faces twitched, suddenly burst open from the inside out. The white light that had enveloped their bodies flickered and vanished, and their headless corpses swayed and fell to the ground.

Seeing such a bloody scene, some of the more timid young disciples from the noble families immediately cried out in shock, and the others could not help but turn pale.

The spirit-vein disciples of the Savage Ghost Sect who had not yet entered the sect also showed signs of unease.

However, the spirit masters in the air and the spirit apprentices outside the formation paid no attention to this.

Just as Liu Ming's gaze swept past the two headless corpses, a third Savage Ghost Sect disciple suddenly stood up, waved his hands wildly, and his head exploded.

"Hmph, truly useless. It's only just begun, and someone can't even withstand the backlash. Next time the sect selects spirit-vein disciples, we should be stricter," the head of the Savage Ghost Sect on the platform said, seemingly displeased.

"Master, before the spirit-opening ceremony, we can only judge the general potential of the disciples. Some mistakes are inevitable. The disciple who just died was one I had high hopes for, and he had performed quite well in his previous cultivation," Lin Shimei said with a bitter smile.

"Regardless, the sect invests a lot of resources in each spirit-vein disciple. Being stricter in selecting disciples is always a good thing," the head of the Savage Ghost Sect said indifferently.

"Yes, for the next batch of spirit-vein disciples, I will discuss with the other senior brothers to select even more outstanding disciples," Lin Shimei replied.

The head of the Savage Ghost Sect nodded in relief and continued to watch the disciples in the ceremony.

In the formation, after the third corpse fell, no more immediate deaths occurred for a while. However, as time passed, white threads began to condense in the white light surrounding some bodies, and they desperately tried to penetrate the disciples' skin.

The expressions on the faces of these disciples suddenly contorted, and many of them trembled, their eyes turning bloodshot and showing signs of madness.

After a few more muffled thuds, four or five more corpses fell in the blood.

Seeing this, Liu Ming's eyes could not help but twitch.

At this moment, the spiritual rain in the formation gradually stopped, and the white light surrounding some bodies had shrunk significantly, even exposing parts of their limbs.

Seeing this, a spirit master waved his hand without a word.

The spirit apprentices outside the formation immediately urged the long bottles in their hands, and streams of spiritual liquid spurted out in white lines.

Countless white light points reappeared in the formation and flew toward the disciples below, quickly restoring the light spheres around them.

Misty spiritual rain also fell from the sky!

...

A young man sitting cross-legged in the formation suddenly lost all signs of pain, replaced by an expression of extreme comfort.

He suddenly opened his mouth, raised his head, and let out a clear cry. At the same time, a series of crisp sounds like firecrackers came from his body, and crystalline white light bands appeared on his skin, one, two, three... until the sixth one appeared, and then stopped.

This young man from the Savage Ghost Sect was initially dazed, but when he looked down at the six light bands wrapped around his body, he suddenly burst into wild joy and shouted:

"I have successfully opened my spirit sea! I am a six-vein spirit-vein disciple, and I am also a spirit apprentice!"

"What are you shouting about? Others haven't succeeded yet. Continue to consolidate your spirit sea inside. Once you leave, you won't have such good conditions again," a spirit master immediately shouted.

This Savage Ghost Sect disciple then came to his senses, hurriedly sat down again, and continued to meditate and consolidate.

Not long after the first spirit apprentice appeared, the second and third spirit apprentices also emerged, but during this time, some could not withstand the backlash and died with their heads exploding.

After half an hour, when the ninth spirit apprentice appeared, about a quarter of the spirit-vein disciples had already died. The remaining ones, though still struggling, clearly had no more effect.

Seeing this, the bearded man surnamed Lei, who had been silently chanting the true words, closed his mouth and coldly announced:

"Time is up. The remaining disciples who have not successfully opened their spirits will become outer disciples of the sect. Now, everyone leave the formation, and the second batch of disciples will enter."

As soon as the bearded man surnamed Lei finished speaking, the formation, which had been running, suddenly stopped, and the light spheres around the Savage Ghost Sect disciples inside instantly dissipated.

The intense pain of the disciples who were still trying to open their spirit seas suddenly disappeared.

But when they realized what had happened, they immediately became dejected.

In the sect, the status of outer disciples and spirit apprentices was vastly different. No matter how excellent they had been before, from now on, they could only be the lowest-ranking members of the Savage Ghost Sect.

The nine disciples who had successfully opened their spirit seas, who had previously been of similar status to them, now became superior, not only receiving the sect's meticulous cultivation but also being able to practice incredible spells and even greatly increase their lifespan.

At this moment, the bloodstains and corpses in the formation were quickly cleaned up by dozens of outer disciples who had appeared from somewhere, and the ground was washed with clear water several times, leaving not a single drop of blood in the formation.

The second batch of Savage Ghost Sect spirit-vein disciples, under the order of the spirit master surnamed Lei, also entered the formation and sat down cross-legged.

The same scene unfolded again.

This time, the person chanting the silver characters on the golden light curtain was a different spirit master.

The bearded man surnamed Lei landed on the ground outside the formation and began to meditate, clearly exhausted from the nearly an hour of continuous use of the true words. They had to take turns resting.

The process of opening the spirit took about an hour.

The remaining three batches of Savage Ghost Sect spirit-vein disciples completed the spirit-opening ceremony in three hours.

In the first batch, the highest spirit-vein opened was six-vein.

In the second batch, twelve spirit apprentices appeared, two of whom were nine-vein spirit apprentices.

In the third batch, only eight successfully opened their spirit seas, but three were nine-vein.

In the fourth batch, fifteen spirit apprentices appeared, but only one was nine-vein.

When the head of the Savage Ghost Sect on the platform saw that the graceful young girl named Jialan had successfully opened her spirit veins and even showed a six-vein phenomenon, he could not help but feel relieved.

Although a six-vein potential was only considered average among spirit apprentices, with the full support of the sect, there was still hope of cultivating to the spirit master realm.

As for the other spirit masters, their thoughts varied.

Those whose chosen disciples had successfully become spirit apprentices were naturally extremely pleased. Those whose chosen disciples had failed to open their spirit seas and even died from the backlash were naturally very depressed.

The vacant positions could only be filled by other spirit apprentices.

As for the remaining noble family disciples, although there were many, very few could become spirit apprentices. Apart from the scholar surnamed Gui, the others would not have much hope.

When the bearded man surnamed Lei gave the order, it was finally the turn of Liu Ming and the other noble family disciples.

After the first batch of noble family disciples entered the formation for an hour, Liu Ming and the others looked extremely grim.

Out of the one hundred noble family disciples, not a single one had successfully opened their spirit sea, and the number of those who died on the spot was more than two-thirds of the total.

The remaining thirty-odd people, walking out of the formation like zombies, caused no one from the noble family disciples to enter the formation again for a while.

"If you are unwilling to enter, so be it! The sect can save a lot of resources, and you will all be demoted to outer disciples," the bearded man surnamed Lei said with a cold laugh, not urging them.

The cultivation world was a world of the strong preying on the weak, and he had no pity for these noble family disciples.

"Hmph, at this point, there is no room for retreat. I'll go!" One of the noble family disciples, surnamed Lei, said with a snort and stepped forward.

The bearded man surnamed Lei was slightly surprised to see this young man but soon smiled and said nothing more.

Seeing someone take the lead, the remaining young men and women became restless, and some of the more daring ones followed.

Han Li's eyes flickered a few times, and he suddenly took a deep breath and walked out of the crowd.

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