Primordial Emperor
Chapter 677: The Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s Army Has No Need for Trash

Chapter 677: Chapter 677: The Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s Army Has No Need for Trash

In front of the city gates of Cloud Sky City, countless martial artists gathered together, celebrating their successful recruitment by the Jade Cauldron Sect, and their ability to join the army of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom.

But there were also martial artists with furrowed brows, who had not managed to pass the examination of the Jade Cauldron Sect.

Despite the Break-Body Pill reducing the requirement for innate talent, the Sect had strict standards for the State of Mind.

Martial artists with a poor State of Mind tend to flee in the face of battle, wasting the cultivation effort of the Jade Cauldron Sect.

Therefore, in matters of recruitment, the Jade Cauldron Sect showed no mercy, sending out disciples with strong cultivation to deter the new soldiers.

Martial artists who surrendered when facing powerful enemies would not be taken in by the Jade Cauldron Sect.

On the contrary, those who did not fear the strong and fought with all their might were the ones the Jade Cauldron Sect would recruit.

In the Jade Cauldron Sect, most disciples were capable of fighting above their level; their State of Mind had to be strong.

Apart from combat challenges, there was another basic assessment: enduring under the Sect’s Sword technique for a quarter of an hour.

The powerful Sword Intent left countless martial artists exhausted and in pain, as if their bones were on the verge of exploding.

"Such a Formation, it’s simply unbearable for a human."

"The Jade Cauldron Sect is really too harsh."

"How could anyone possibly endure such a powerful Formation for a quarter of an hour?"

"They’re just being deliberately difficult."

Many martial artists couldn’t endure and left the Formation, starting to slander the Jade Cauldron Sect.

However, nearly thirty percent of the martial artists still managed to persevere.

"Do you dare to slander my Jade Cauldron Sect? Are you looking for trouble?"

Xu Yang emerged from the crowd and warned those who were slandering the Jade Cauldron Sect.

"Hmph, fools, they simply do not qualify."

"Today I will show you what true soldiers are!"

Xu Yang cast a cold glance at the martial artist, then summoned some soldiers of the Battle Eagle Squad.

These soldiers were the weakest in cultivation within the Battle Eagle Squad, but when they stepped into the Formation alongside the other examinees, the other martial artists sweated profusely, fell to the ground in pain, and left the Formation.

However, the soldiers from the Battle Eagle Squad stood upright and at ease, without even breaking a sweat.

This scene left the other martial artists stunned, rendering those who had previously slandered the Jade Cauldron Sect speechless.

After a quarter of an hour, the soldiers from the Battle Eagle Squad stepped out of the Formation and took off their shirts, showing off their physiques.

Those who had slandered before changed color, suspecting that the Formation had been tampered with.

Xu Yang then allowed the soldiers of the Battle Eagle Squad to take those slanderers into the Formation.

The Formation activated once more, and as the powerful Sword Intent struck, the slanderers who felt the Sword Intent became thoroughly convinced.

After this incident, even more martial artists came to participate in the recruitment because they believed that joining the Jade Cauldron Sect would grant them several times more cultivation resources and treatment than their previous Sects, and that their cultivation would improve as well.

There were rumors that even the cooks in the Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s army wore Profound High-Grade Magical Treasures and used Profound High-Grade Magical Instruments as soup spoons. Although it was somewhat exaggerated, the cooks in the Jade Cauldron Sect indeed possessed considerable battle prowess.

After several days, although eighty or ninety thousand people took part in the examinations, only seven or eight thousand passed.

Lin Chen seemed to have anticipated this result, telling the generals that even if not a single person was found, the standards must not be lowered, as the Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s army had no need for the useless.

The useless referred to by Lin Chen were not those with low natural talent, but those who were not ambitious, who retreated at the first sign of hardship, and who could not withstand trials.

Such people, even if they joined the army, would only be the bottom dwellers, idling their days away and trying to shirk their duties.

Therefore, the Jade Cauldron Sect needed strong martial artists; those who repeatedly failed to complete tasks in the army would be assigned to the Miscellaneous Service Team, while cooks with the potential to cook had the chance to rise up in the ranks.

In the sky, a figure swiftly flew through the air.

The sound of tearing space came next, and in a blink, the figure appeared more than ten miles away.

This was Lin Chen’s true self, rushing back to the Formation Sect.

At this moment, Lin Chen was using the time it took to return to the Formation Sect to cultivate a Divine-level Martial Arts technique, the Purple Thunder Shield Technique, which he had acquired in exchange from Li Qingxue.