"You don't know?!" The woman excimed with a soft voice, then she smiled and told him, "People here are gathered for the yearly examination..."

  The girl found Yun Wuji's fused expression somewhat attractive and began expining to him as if showing off.

  Every year, the Freezing Snow Hall entrance examination is held.

  The exam is for membership into Freezing Snow Hall, marking one as an official disciple of the Sect. It occurs once every year and sts for about seven days, with over a million partits each day. The basic requirement to participate is reag the Divine in Realm. If one fails, they must wait five years before they try again.

  Of course, there are some exceptions to the rules. For example, those with the Ice Phoenix bloodline don't o undergo the examination. Instead, they are admitted directly to the Ice Phoenix Pace, rather than the Freezing Snow Hall.

  The hierarchy of the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect is structured from the lowest to the highest as follows.

  Snoace: This is where half-disciples and part-time workers reside.

  Freezing Snow Hall: This hall sists of one hundred a sub-halls and is where the official disciples are, though they are the lowest in the hierarchy. All of them are at least at the Divine in Realm.

  Ice Phoenix Paces: Above the Freezing Snow Hall are the thirty-six Ice Phoenix Paces, where individuals with exceptional talent are pced. Anyone who reaches the Divine in Realm before the age of 20 be directly admitted here, like Mu Xiaon.

  Divine Ice Phoenix Hall: At the top is the Divine Ice Phoenix Hall, where the core disciples reside. Only the most talented individuals are admitted here, and most of them have previously been disciples in the Ice Phoenix Paces.

  Additionally, there are the direct disciples of the Realm King at the top, but that goes without saying.

  After listening to her expnation, Yun Wuji looked at her gratefully, then took out a small, flower-shaped hairpin, and ha to her as a token of thanks. "Thank you, big sister, for your help. Please accept this as a token of my gratitude."

  "Hehe~ Little brother is so cute," the woman said, taking the hairpin with both hands and chug. She then asked, "Does little brother also want to participate?"

  "That's right," Yun Wuji nodded with a smile.

  "The me help you," the woman beamed, quickly grabbing his hand and dragging him ihe hall.

  'Aren't the women from the Snow Song Realm supposed to be cold and reserved?' Yun Wuji g the hand holding his, then sighed. 'Sigh, who made me so handsome? Even these women's ice hearts 't resist my warmth.'

  As they ehe hall, he saw a vast number of people arranged in teams, each of their expressions and movemeremely cautious.

  The lower realm powerhouses, capable of dominating their worlds with a single hand, all wore nervous and serious expressions. None of them dared to even whisper to one another.

  'The Divine in Realm make you a living god in the lower realm, but here, you don't even qualify to bee the lowest disciple. The gap between the lower realm and the God Realm is just too vast. No wohey all look down on the people from the lower realms,' Yun Wuji thought as he g them.

  "They're split into groups?" Yun Wuji asked the woman.

  "Yes," she expined, pointing toward the disciples at the front. "They divide everyoo groups of ten thousand and process one hundred a groups each day, perfectly matg the Freezing Snow Hall's one hundred a halls. Each group is evaluated by a Vice Hall Master or a disciple from the hall, and occasionally, the Hall Master might personally oversee the process."

  She gestured toward the jade ptform where disciples were calling up groups to assess the examinees' cultivation.

  "Since you want to participate in the examination, you ister first. It's over there," the woman said, pulling him along as she walked toward a man in a dark blue robe.

  As they moved, she suddenly turned around and asked, "I fot to ask, what's your name, little brother?"

  "I am Yun Wuji," he replied casually. There was o hide his name. After all, Qianye Ying'er only knew his appearanot his name. And even if she did, the God Realm was so vast, who knew how many 'Yun Wujis' might exist?

  The woman hough she felt slightly disappoihat Yun Wuji showed no curiosity about her name. She led him to the man and helped him plete the registration. Afterward, she exged a few parting words with him a.

  Yun Wuji noticed the girl's disappointed expression but made no effort to stop her. His standards had bee exceedingly high by now. Though this woman was indeed beautiful, her appearance was still inferior even to the average disciple of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Pace.

  After pleting the registration, Yun Wuji was assigo a group of ten thousand partits. After waiting for half an hour, it was finally his turn to have his cultivation and age tested.

  He stepped forward to the blue jade ptform and pced his hand on a stele.

  Swoosh!

  The stele glowed with blue light, and when the light faded, the examiner looked up in surprise. "4th level Divine in Realm, age 22!"

  "22 years old?!"

  "Aalent has appeared!"

  "He's so unlucky. If he had e a few years earlier, he might have entered one of the Ice Phoenix Paces!"

  As the examiner spoke, murmurs spread among the crowd. They looked at Yun Wuji with a mix of surprise and envy.

  People at the Divine in Realm below the age of twenty could be directly admitted to the Ice Phoenix Paces. Seeing that Yun Wuji had reached the 4th level of the Divine in Realm, many sighed at his bad luck, they all assumed he must have achieved it before turning twenty but only came now.

  "Little friend, you go over there and wait for the part of the examination," the examiner said warmly after seeing the result. He smiled at Yun Wuji and directed him back to his group to wait for the sed round. L his voice, he added, "It's unfortuhat there are no Vice Hall Masters or the Hall Master here this time. Otherwise, with your talent alone, you would've been accepted directly."

  "Thank you, senior," Yun Wuji nodded with a warm smile and calmly walked dowurning to his group amidst their excmations and looks of admiration and envy.

  After waiting for a short while, the group was led to another location. A man stood before them, his gaze cold as he swept over the entire group. With a serious tone, he said, "The preparations for the profound formation in the sed round of examinations are plete. You may begin at any time. However, before we start, I must remind you all of something. Yroup currently has ten thousand and twenty-three people, but only ohousand will pass the sed round! The rest will have no choice but to return in five years!"

  "And only one hundred from the thousand who ehe third round will pass," he tinued, extending a finger as he spoke indifferently. "In other words, from all of you, only o of every hundred will be able to enter Freezing Snow Hall. Freezing Snow Hall is not a pce just anyone join!"

  Everyone here was already familiar with these rules, so none of them showed any surprise or astonishment.

  As for Yun Wuji, he couldn't help but think, 'This guy's eyes really irk me. Should I beat the crap out of him ter?' He paused for a moment, then thought to himself, 'Is this my ego speaking? Hmm, I o keep that in check.'

  The man gazed at them once more, then waved his hand and said, "Alright! The sed round of examinations will begin now."

  As his voice echoed, a massive profound formation was activated. White profound light illumihe area from below, and a profound formation, spanning around three kilometers in width, appeared beh the feet of the examinees.

  "The sed round of the examination is called the 'Snowstorm Realm!'" the man expined in a cold tone. "Ohe profound formatioh your feet activates, you will be transported to a snowstorm world. It is far colder than anything you imagihe storms there will strip you of all sense of dire, except for the destination point."

  "The destination point is only one hundred and fifty kilometers ahead of you."

  "All you have to do is withstand the cold and the storm and reach that point. As soon as you touch it, the profound formation will bring you out."

  "The first ohousand people to make it will pass this round. As for the others..." He paused, his gaze hardening. "You all get the hell out."

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