The next day.
Inside the Testing Hall of the Taihuang Sacred Land.
Chu Ge entered together with a group of young boys and girls.
He stood out quite prominently among the crowd.
This was because most of those around him were not only much shorter in stature, but their faces also appeared far more youthful.
Those coming to test their cultivation aptitude at this time were mostly between twelve to fifteen years old. Sixteen was already considered on the older side—let alone Chu Ge, who was eighteen.
But that wasn't even the main reason he drew so many stares.
The true reason was that Chu Ge's appearance was simply too handsome and otherworldly.
His face was like polished jade, his eyes like bright stars. His long hair fell loosely and unrestrained down his back. His figure was straight as a pine, dressed in snow-white robes that only further accentuated his refined, transcendent aura.
Such an ethereal appearance caused quite a few young girls in the crowd to steal frequent glances, their cheeks flushed with red.
Whenever they accidentally met Chu Ge's gaze, they would shyly lower their heads at once. Yet when his eyes moved away, they couldn't resist sneaking another look.
Chu Ge could only feel helpless about this. After all, his level of handsomeness had already reached reader-tier.
As an eternal Sacred Land with an incomparably long history, the Taihuang Sacred Land's architecture was naturally majestic and magnificent, grand beyond measure.
Yet Chu Ge had no interest in admiring it at the moment.
All of his attention was focused on the system panel inside his mind.
On the light screen within his consciousness, several sections were listed:
Villain Points: 0
Basic Panel:
Diary Entries: 29
Check-Ins: 29
Sign-Ins: 29
Basic Mission:
The newbie period is about to end. Proceed to the Taihuang Sacred Land's entrance testing site to complete the special location sign-in and the final newbie-period check-in.
Advanced Panel:
Not activated. Can be randomly unlocked by consuming Villain Points.
He summoned the diary panel and wrote with his thoughts:
[The entrance test is about to begin. I'll write this down first. When it's my turn to go up later, I can complete the punch-in and check-in mission and receive the reward. A Sacred Body… it's truly something to look forward to.]
The moment Chu Ge finished writing—
Within the Taihuang Sacred Land, Su Lingyuan, who was secretly observing the entrance test, felt something stir in her heart. With a thought, a flash of light appeared, and the diary copy manifested out of thin air in her hand.
She had already bound to the diary copy. With a single thought she could summon it, and any update to the diary would reach her at once.
After reading its contents, Su Lingyuan puffed out her cheeks slightly. The thought of Chu Ge obtaining a Sacred Body so casually still left her a little irritated.
And just as Chu Ge finished recording—
The entrance test at the Taihuang Sacred Land officially began.
Hearing the announcement, Chu Ge finally came back to his senses.
"Ye Wutian. Aptitude: Lower-grade C-class. Unqualified."
A middle-aged man in moon-white robes read out the result with an expressionless face.
The young boy standing on the platform instantly turned pale.
"I… I actually failed? Damn it! I still have ambitions yet unfulfilled—how can I fall here?!"
"I, Ye Wutian, how could I live an ordinary life and become just another mediocre man? I'm unwilling!"
The boy clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles cracking.
"Stop dawdling. Get down at once. If you're unwilling to leave, you may go register with the menial disciples and enter as a servant."
The middle-aged man spoke impatiently as he looked at the boy who was raving on the stage.
Feeling the invisible pressure radiating from the man's body, the boy could only fall silent and leave in dejection.
"Next."
"Zhao Wuji. Aptitude: Mid-grade B-class. May enter the Outer Sect."
"Song Wudi. Spirit Body aptitude?"
"Good, very good. You may enter the Inner Sect. Stand behind me for now. You'll go with me later to the Inner Sect registration."
A faint smile finally appeared on the previously expressionless face of the middle-aged man.
"Tang Shan. Aptitude—hm? Inferior, not ranked? Anyone who reaches this place should at least have ranked aptitude! You bastard—how did you sneak in here? Get the hell out!"
The middle-aged man flew into a rage. His aura burst forth violently, surging toward the youth in luxurious sea-blue robes beside him like a tidal wave.
The boy named Tang Shan turned deathly pale in fright. His legs gave out, and he collapsed straight to the ground.
"I—I am the son of Tang Hao, an Outer Sect deacon! Senior, please spare me!"
Tang Shan hurriedly begged for mercy, one hand fumbling at his body as he secretly took something out and passed it toward the middle-aged man.