Spiritual roots can be numerous, and their aptitude can be poor, but they cannot be absent.
Time passed little by little. Soon, nearly one-third of the hundreds of people undergoing the Entry Disciple assessment were forced to leave the Yunxia Sect because they had not reached the Lingxi Realm.
Among them, a small number of people were directly admitted into the Inner Sect due to the high quality of their spiritual roots, such as Xiao Hansheng. This guy actually had dual spiritual roots of ice and fire. Although not a single spiritual root, dual spiritual roots were already considered good aptitude.
"Are you kidding me? Why hasn't it been my turn yet?" Ye Liuyun became a little anxious.
Because she had waited for a long time and it still wasn't her turn.
She wondered if the sect had forgotten her because she hadn't participated in any sect activities these past few years.
Sure enough, after the Sect Deacon finished reading the names, he announced the end of the preliminary assessment.
"Alright, the preliminary assessment is over. Next, it will be the combat assessment. In order to allow the sect elders to understand you better, the remaining two hundred people will participate in one-on-one arena matches. The winner will receive a reward of five hundred sect contribution points," the Sect Deacon announced.
Ye Liuyun became anxious and quickly shouted at the Sect Deacon.
"Deacon, what about me? Why isn't my name on the assessment list?" Ye Liuyun quickly shouted to the Sect Deacon.
Lin Aoxue, who was beside Ye Liuyun, also became very displeased. She had waited for a long time, but she didn't expect the sect assessment to completely forget Ye Liuyun.
As soon as Ye Liuyun spoke, everyone present showed playful expressions.
How could they miss one person, and that person happened to be Lin Aoxue's older sister?
Yun Yun on the high platform saw this and immediately looked displeased at a certain Outer Sect Elder. They had missed one person, and it was Ye Liuyun of all people.
She didn't want Lin Aoxue to think again that the sect was deliberately bullying her older sister, leaving a bad impression.
"Elder Yun Mu, what's going on? Why is there still one person missing?" Yun Yun asked with an unfriendly gaze.
This Outer Sect Elder named Yun Mu immediately became nervous when he heard Yun Yun's questioning.
"I, this subordinate doesn't know either. I'll check immediately." Elder Yun Mu quickly took out a list and examined it carefully.
Upon seeing it, he discovered that there was a disciple who hadn't attended attendance once in three years. The so-called attendance was going to the Dao Discussion Pavilion for instruction.
It was normal for Ye Liuyun to be ignored and forgotten since she hadn't gone even once. They even thought that this disciple named Ye Liuyu had gone missing.
Of course, it wasn't mandatory to go to these instruction sessions.
"This? Sect Master, there's a disciple named Ye Liuyu who hasn't participated in any Entry Disciple activities for three years. It's possible she was forgotten during registration for the assessment," Elder Yun Mu explained.
Yun Yun was stunned again, then casually said,
"Never mind, go down and tell her to take the assessment." Yun Yun didn't want to bother with such a small matter.
Elder Yun Mu nodded, then flew down from the high platform and landed in front of the Sect Deacon, who was still in a state of confusion because he had looked at the list for a long time and hadn't seen anyone missed.
But looking at her, she was indeed an Entry Disciple of the sect. If her name wasn't there, it meant she had been forgotten.
Just then, Elder Yun Mu landed beside him. He first glanced at Ye Liuyun, then said a few words to the Sect Deacon.
After listening, the other party's expression froze. He hadn't expected this Little Girl to actually have been forgotten.
After Yun Mu finished speaking, he returned to the high platform.
And this Sect Deacon couldn't help but scold Ye Liuyun.
"Ye Liuyu, right? Little Girl, where have you been these past three years? You didn't participate in any Entry Disciple activities, so it's normal to forget you," the Sect Deacon complained.
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding disciples couldn't help but laugh.
An Entry Disciple not attending classes for three years, that's too bizarre.
"This Junior Sister is interesting. As an Entry Disciple, she doesn't participate in Entry Disciple studies. I'm very curious, where does she get the confidence not to participate?"
"You can say that, this Junior Sister indeed has the strength of the Lingxi Realm. It seems she must have already reached the Lingxi Realm in the Mortal World, so after entering the sect, she felt there was no need to attend classes."
Everyone began to whisper among themselves.
Ye Liuyun smiled awkwardly but didn't explain anything. Only Nalan Yan knew that Ye Liuyun had basically been in the Alchemy Pavilion these past few years.
"Alright, alright, quiet. Little Girl, come up. I, this old man, also want to see how much your strength has improved without participating in sect studies," the Sect Deacon gestured.
Ye Liuyun breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, then grinned at Lin Aoxue and walked onto the assessment stage.
"Come on, a full-strength strike, just one chance, don't treat it as a game," the Sect Deacon stated.
Ye Liuyun nodded, then retreated a distance to the edge of the arena. Her spiritual energy was too weak, just at the early Lingxi Realm, which was barely enough, but in these three years, her physical strength had surpassed her spiritual energy.
Ye Liuyun's attack needed speed enhancement, so a running start would make her attack stronger.
"Deacon, I'm starting," Ye Liuyun reminded him.
The Sect Deacon nodded.
The moment he nodded, Ye Liuyun's body shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, covering dozens of meters in an instant. This speed made everyone's eyes light up.
"Such fast speed!" Yun Yun and the others exclaimed in surprise.
Ye Liuyun raised her speed to the maximum, then appeared in front of the Sect Deacon and struck him with a palm.
The Sect Deacon was puzzled because he found that although Ye Liuyun was very fast, the palm strike did not contain much spiritual energy.
Since it didn't contain spiritual energy, relying solely on physical palm force, he didn't need to deliberately defend. So, he simply used his physical strength to withstand Ye Liuyun's attack.
However, this Sect Deacon seemed to have underestimated Ye Liuyun's strike. After Ye Liuyun's blow landed on his abdomen, it directly caused his abdomen to cave in.
The Sect Deacon's eyes bulged, his mouth wide open, and his body instinctively bent down, clutching his stomach, lying on the ground, spitting out bitter water.
The Training Grounds fell silent... This scene was even more unbelievable than Lin Aoxue's strike earlier.
Lin Aoxue was utterly shocked to see this.
"What?! One palm sent a Dao Palace Realm Deacon flying? No way? Is it fake?" Lin Aoxue was dumbfounded.
To be precise, everyone was dumbfounded. They didn't know how Ye Liuyun had done it.
The Sect Deacon kept dry heaving and couldn't recover for a long time.
"How is this possible? That palm clearly didn't carry a trace of spiritual energy. Why, why did it produce such immense power after landing on me?" The Sect Deacon looked up at Ye Liuyun, utterly confused.
Ye Liuyun also hadn't expected such a result. From her expression, she was equally startled.
"This is troublesome. Hey, hey, hey, my good master, what's going on? Isn't this guy a Dao Palace Cultivator? How can he not even withstand one of my palms?" Ye Liuyun asked in surprise.
Lin Qingyou was also a bit confused at this moment, but she roughly understood what the problem was.
"Because your palm force is not driven by Linghai Spiritual Energy, but by the strength of your physical muscles and bones. This old fellow, because he didn't detect your power fluctuations, confidently resisted with his physical strength."
"And the Falling Leaves Flying Flowers Palm that I taught you is a palm technique that can penetrate an object's defense. The palm technique contains hidden force, ignoring his physical defense and directly causing penetrating damage to his body," Lin Qingyou explained.
In other words, if this guy had put up a defense, he would have been fine. He was just too confident.