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Chapter 8: Demon-slaying Trial

"I have seen Elder Yu."

The young man in white robes at the eighth level of Qi Refining was the first to react and bowed to the elderly man in green robes.

"I have seen Elder Yu!"

The other outer disciples followed suit and bowed.

Although they had never seen this elderly man in green robes before, since the young man in white robes referred to him as Elder Yu, it was most likely Elder Yu Changming, an elder of the outer sect.

"Mm."

Yu Changming nodded slightly and then spoke, "I called you all here today mainly to assign you tasks for the demon-slaying trial."

After pausing for a moment, Yu Changming continued, "This demon-slaying trial will last for ten days. The sixty of you will be divided into six groups, with each group going to a nearby city to participate in the trial.

"The first group, Fang Yan from Heaven Connecting Peak, Ge Xiong from Mysterious Serene Peak, Wang Yue from Dragon Symbol Peak... You ten will be responsible for Rock Sun City, three hundred miles to the southeast.

"The second group, Guo Xuanqing from Heaven Connecting Peak, Dong Kui from Mysterious Serene Peak... You ten will be responsible for Luoyun City, two hundred miles to the northwest.

"The third group...

"The fourth group..."

After a moment, Yu Changming read out the list of personnel and their assigned locations for the six groups.

Chen Ze was assigned to the fifth group and would be sent to Ruifeng City, three hundred miles to the west, to participate in the demon-slaying trial in a month's time.

Ruifeng City was a huge city with a population of one million, and he had heard of it even before joining the Azure Sun Sect.

"Because the Demon Sect keeps spreading Demon Dao techniques in the mortal world, every year there are many Demonic Cultivators born in these six mortal cities. Your task is to find those who have just entered the Demon Dao and kill them."

At this point, Yu Changming took out a black disc from his storage ring and continued, "This is called the Demon-sensing Disc. It can sense the presence of demonic energy. A month from now, the sect will issue one of these discs to each of you. You will use the disc to sense demonic energy and find low-level Demonic Cultivators."

"The Demon-sensing Disc... I didn't know such a thing existed!"

Many disciples whispered among themselves.

At this moment, a disciple from Heaven Connecting Peak asked a question that everyone was concerned about.

"Elder Yu, what is the usual strength of those who have just entered the Demon Dao?"

"Usually, they are at the fourth level of Qi Refining," Yu Changming calmly answered.

Then his expression became more serious, and he added, "But there are also exceptions. Let me tell you this: low-level Demonic Cultivators can be divided into two categories.

"One category is those with unstable temperament. They cannot control their emotions or their demonic energy, making it easy for the Demon-sensing Disc to detect them.

"Besides this category, there is another category of Demonic Cultivators with extremely firm temperament. Not only are they stronger, but they can also completely suppress their demonic energy. The chances of you detecting them with the Demon-sensing Disc are very low.

"Your main task in this trial is to eliminate the first category of Demonic Cultivators, but you may also encounter the second category during the process.

"However, in general, the second category of Demonic Cultivators will not actively provoke you during the trial."

At this point, Yu Changming's expression softened.

"Demonic Cultivators, like us, need to join the Demon Dao Sect if they want to become stronger. However, the Demon Dao Sect is not very willing to accept the first category of Demonic Cultivators.

"So they choose to conduct the trial at the same time as us, and their trial is to survive in the city after you have finished yours.

"In other words, only those Demonic Cultivators who are still alive in the city after your trial will be eligible to join them.

"And in order to smoothly pass the trial of the Demon Dao Sect, the second category of Demonic Cultivators generally will not choose to cause trouble during the trial."

"I see."

"But aren't we helping the Demon Dao Sect select disciples by doing this?"

Another disciple couldn't help but ask.

"It's like this, but there's no way around it. Demonic Cultivators who can't control their own emotions can lose control at any time and become monsters who only know how to kill. These Demonic Cultivators pose a great threat to mortals, so we must do our best to eliminate them," Yu Changming replied.

"Is that so..."

The disciples below nodded in understanding.

Chen Ze also suddenly realized why there were casualties every year during the trial at Azure Sun Sect.

Elder Yu said that under normal circumstances, the second type of Demonic Cultivators would choose to keep a low profile and not actively provoke trouble. But since it was under normal circumstances, there must be some exceptions.

...

After everyone understood the cause and effect of this demon extermination trial, Yu Changming continued, "Since it's a trial, there will naturally be rewards.

If you discover a Demonic Cultivator and kill them, you can go to the Demon Plate to absorb the demonic energy from their bodies.

The person in each group who absorbs the most demonic energy will receive 300 contribution points and a chance to enter the Sutra Pavilion to select spiritual techniques.

The second place will receive 200 contribution points and a chance to enter the Sutra Pavilion to select spiritual techniques.

The third place will receive 100 contribution points.

As for the others, as long as they come back alive, each person will receive 50 contribution points as a reward."

Upon hearing these rewards, the disciples in the hall became excited.

Normally, outer disciples would have to pay 500 contribution points to enter the Sutra Pavilion to select spiritual techniques.

And after obtaining powerful spiritual techniques, they would also need accompanying resources to assist in cultivation.

For example, the well-known High Level spiritual technique, Qingyang Profound Fire Finger, requires the consumption of Profound Fire Pills for cultivation, which requires a considerable amount of contribution points.

But if they could obtain first place in the trial, not only would they have access to High Level spiritual techniques, but they would also have enough contribution points to exchange for accompanying resources.

As long as they diligently cultivated, they could master a High Level spiritual technique that greatly enhanced their overall combat power.

For the second place, if they worked hard to earn more contribution points, they could also master a High Level spiritual technique.

As for the third place... they could only exchange for a High Grade spiritual weapon.

Although it couldn't compare to the top two, it was still quite attractive to ordinary disciples.

What's more, in this trial, it wasn't necessarily the strongest who would definitely get first place.

Those Demonic Cultivators who had just entered the Demon Dao and killed the second generation of immortals at the Qi Refining sixth or seventh level, they could also be killed by ordinary outer disciples at the Qi Refining third or fourth level.

At that time, as long as they worked a little harder, even if others spent four hours a day searching for Demonic Cultivators, they could spend six hours.

In addition, Elder Yu's method of grouping also had some significance.

There were ten people in each of the six groups. Among these ten people, one was a second generation immortal from the sect, one was the strongest at the Qi Refining fifth level from a certain peak, and the other eight were selected from the remaining four peaks.

Although the top two in each group had a significant advantage, the remaining eight could cooperate in pairs to ensure that at least one person could compete for the top three.

So overall, as long as they operated well, each person had hope of competing for the top three.

With this thought, a look of longing appeared in the eyes of all the outer disciples present.

...

Seeing this scene, Yu Changming smiled faintly.

The reason why the sect announced the allocation plan a month in advance was to give these newly admitted disciples time to prepare and compete.

It should be noted that in cultivation, besides talent and resources, one also needed temperament. This trial was also an important means of tempering the disciples' temperament.

"Alright, I've said everything that needs to be said. If any of you have any questions, you can ask the outer sect officials," Yu Changming said before leaving the hall.

As soon as he left, the hall immediately became noisy.

(End of this chapter)