The formatioh the examinees lit up with a dazzling white glow, and in an instant, their bodies vanished in a fsh of light.

  Yun Wuji and the others found themselves in a world cloaked in endless white. Pierg cold winds howled relentlessly, carrying with them a biting chill that cut to the bohe dense fog obscured their vision, and the relentless snow bined with the fierce winds to create a noise of sharp, pierg sounds that echoed through the frozen expanse.

  Looking around him, Yun Wuji noticed many examinees gng around. After firming the dire of the finish lihey all unleashed their profound energies with a series of loud detonations and raced toward their goal.

  The purpose of this sed test was clear, it aimed to evaluate the cultivators' sensitivity to the ws of id water. If someone had higher sensitivity they could have an easier time resisting this id wind to reach the destination point.

  A stronger affinity for these elements signified a greater talent for mastering ice-reted arts.

  Although the destination point was only one hundred and fifty kilometers away, the temperature grew colder, and the winds intensified with every step closer.

  Yun Wuji noticed a man struggling against the relentless storm, only to be forcefully pushed back after c just a few hundred meters.

  The cold was freezing everyone's body and sealing their profound energy, the flying snow was blog their vision and senses, and the storm wind was blowing them in many different dires. Uhe bination of these three factors, it formed a world that was enough to cause divine rofound practitioo be desperate.

  Just picture it, a Divine in Realm cultivator, someone who could dominate aire p in the lower realms, struggling to stand against the force of this wind. It was a testament to just hid and overp the storm truly was.

  Yun Wuji, of course, remaiirely ued. His immunity to ice rehe freezing ditions meaningless, and the test itself was tailored for those at the Divine in Realm. For someoh bat prowess at the Diviribution Realm, this so-called trial was nothing more than a leisurely walk through a gentle breeze.

  'I o make an unfettable impression during this exam,' Yun Wuji thought as he moved forward. Drawing as much attention as possible was his best eet Mu Bingyun. If luck was on his side, he might enter her personally. Otherwise, being admitted to the Ice Phoenix Paces would greatly increase his eeting her or her disciple, Mu Xiaon.

  And what better way to draw attention than by delivering an unbelievable performan this test? Of course, Yun Wuji had no iion of overdoing it; that could easily backfire and bring unnecessary trouble.

  Swoosh!

  While everyone else struggled to make it past the 5-kilometer mark, Yun Wuji moved like a white fsh. He effortlessly passed them all, reag the finish line in no time.

  In the Freezing Snow Main Hall, one hundred a rge profound formations were all flickering in white light. As time passed, the time for the results to e out was quickly approag. The disciples who were in charge of the examination in Freezing Snow Hall all focused their gazes on the profound formations. They only wanted results and as for what happened in the Snowstorm Realm, even though they were able to see it, they were too zy to find out.

  Swoosh!

  The profound formation in front of them suddenly fshed with brilliant white light, and the figure of Yun Wuji appeared before their eyes.

  'I must be seeing things... Sigh, I've been w overtime tely. I'll take a rest after this,' the examiner muttered to himself, narrowing his eyes as he looked at Yun Wuji. He blinked repeatedly, trying to shake off his fusion, and then raised his hands to rub his eyes. When he lowered them, Yun Wuji was still standing there, unmovable.

  Wait... someoually came out of the formation? But that doesn't make se hasn't even been a minute sihe exam started! How did he do it?!

  Even I, the examiner, wouldn't be able to do that! This doesn't make any damn sense!

  His jaw dropped, and his expression slowly morphed into one of extreme shock. He wasn't seeing things! Trembling, he raised a finger and poi Yun Wuji. "You... You...!"

  "Me?" Yun Wuji blinked curiously, pointing at himself. "Are you talking to me?"

  "Yes, you! Did you reach the ending point in just one minute?!" The examiner shouted, his voice filled with disbelief.

  "Of course not," Yun Wuji shook his head. The examiner, immediately felt relieved, and thought, Right, how could someone achieve such a record? The average time for this test was 30 minutes, and even the best record in the history of the sect was 5 minutes!

  However, his mind froze when he heard Yun Wuji's words. "It's 42 seds, not one minute."

  When Yun Wuji's words fell, a loud otioed among the crowd!

  "What?! 42 seds?!"

  "Impossible! How did he do it?!"

  "Monster! He's an absolute monster!"

  "Why is someone like him even taking this exam? He should be directly admitted to the Ice Phoenix Paces or even the Divine Ice Phoenix Halls!"

  "Why is everyoing like Xianxia side characters?!" A man whispered to the woman beside him.

  "Xianxia? What do you mean?" The woman intrigued, turo him and asked.

  "Right, what was I saying? What is Xianxia? Heh..." Suddenly, the man froze, scratg his head in fusion. What was he talking about again? Xianxia, what was that?

  For a moment, he seemed to be enlightened, as if a flood of strange knowledge had rushed into his mind. But the sed, everything vanished, leaving him as clueless as before.

  *Don't overthink it; it's nothing..*

  "Weirdo, don't talk to me again!" The woman gave him a look as if he were some kind of freak, her voice icy. Then, moving a few meters away, she excimed, "Ah, Yun Wuji~ he's so handsome!"

  The man stood frozen in pce, his mind still reeling. After a long while, he snapped back to reality, gring fiercely at Yun Wuji's figure. "Yun Wuji, you dare steal my woman? I will never five you!!!" he spat, burning with anger.

  'Yep, that's the effect I wanted. Praise me, praise me more! Who said the people here are dumb? Look, they all reize how genius and handsome I am. Hmm, you over there, your insight is spot on; you really know how handsome I am. I'll give you a raise ter,' Yun Wuji stood with his hand behind his back, striking a pose like an expert, but in his mind, he was pletely immersed in his own narcissism.

  "Little brother, we still have to wait for the other examio finish. Please, sit here and make yourself fortable." After rec from his shock, the examiner's previously cold and pretentious attitude vanished. He hurriedly stood from his seat aured for Yun Wuji to sit.

  "Thank you, senior brother." Yun Wuji accepted the offer with a warm smile before sitting down. Meanwhile, he thought, 'Since you know how to redeem yourself, I'll spare you this time and won't beat the crap out of you.'

  Swoosh!

  Half an hour ter, the sed person to finish appeared, looking battered, with some of his skin turning purple.

  Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

  Following him, more and more people emerged, each colpsing to the ground, gasping for air.

  Soon, the top ohousand people appeared, and once all ohousand profound practitioners had passed through from the Snowstorm Realm, the profound formation at the finish line closed automatically, marking the end of the examination.

  The others who failed were directly expelled from the hall.

  After the thousand people gathered, they all turo Yun Wuji, who was casually sitting in the examiner's seat. They exged fused gnces, w, Why is this guy sitting there? Did we miss something?

  However, they didn't have much time to dwell on it, as the examiner's voice suddenly rang out. "Passing the sed round of examination proves your strength to some extent, but don't celebrate just yet. You've only cleared a bar that's her too high nor too low. The third round is what will truly decide your destinies."

  "The final examination is called the 'Ice Profound Realm,'" he announced, his cold gaze sweeping over everyohis round will actually be easier than the sed, but it tests the most crucial aspect of all of you... your true strength!"

  "In the Ice Profound Realm, you will be attacked by powerful profous. The longer you stay, the more you will face! And sihe space is restricted, there is o run, you only fight. As for how you pass this examination, I believe you all already know: it's to survive as long as possible. The st one hundred people standing will pass the final examination and bee disciples of my Freezing Snow Hall!"

  'Weird, why hasn't any hall master or pace master appeared yet?' Yun Wuji thought to himself.

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