"Pass!"

"Pass!"

The herbs in Yun Xiao and Yu Shu's hands were naturally not fake, so under the gaze of many, the boy who received considerable attention invisibly, eventually passed the first round of tests and entered the second round.

For this boy who initially provided a treatment method for Innate Pulse Cutting, Guan Rufeng couldn't help but take a few more glances, even though his Meridian Refining Level and Meridian Qi Cultivation were far above Yun Xiao's, he admitted that on the single subject of Innate Pulse Cutting, he couldn't quite match this young man.

Most Medical Pulse Masters are quite open-minded, and won't feel jealous just because a young lad is better than themselves in some areas, a sentiment quite different from the Poison Vein Masters of the Poison Vein Path.

It is worth mentioning that, among those who passed the first round as Meridian Refiners, not everyone reached Earth Rank Low Level, with more merely at Spiritual Rank Advanced. Those who reached Earth Rank Low Level were just a few, like Li Gongnian and Xu Changgui.

As a result, before Yun Xiao's Meridian Refining Level was displayed to the public, Yao Tiansha, the protector at Sky Thunder Valley who reached Earth Rank Middle Level, appeared particularly prominent.

Even Guan Rufeng couldn't help but frequently cast his gaze upon Yao Tiansha, completely baffled as to why a protector from Sky Thunder Valley would come to participate in the Refining Cloud Mountain's disciple selection, as it was clearly somewhat unreasonable.

However, when Guan Rufeng's gaze returned to Yun Xiao, he seemed to vaguely understand the cause and effect, after all, he had heard about this young man's offense against Sky Thunder Valley, perhaps Yao Tiansha wanted to prevent Yun Xiao from reaching the final round, and then take action against him?

Because if Yun Xiao indeed joined Refining Cloud Mountain, even those in power at Sky Thunder Valley wouldn't dare to easily attack a true disciple of Refining Cloud Mountain.

With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Guan Rufeng finally stopped worrying and returned to his seat in the north. When his task was complete, everyone had also counted how many passed the first round of selection for Refining Cloud Mountain disciples.

"Forty-eight, tsk tsk, this elimination rate is really high!"

Many of the watching Meridian Refiners were filled with emotion, knowing that a month ago there were nearly ten thousand Meridian Refiners standing in this plaza, who would have thought that after just one round of competition, only forty-eight would remain.

From this, it can also be seen how demanding it is to become a direct disciple of Refining Cloud Mountain. Perhaps it is precisely this pursuit of excellence that allows Refining Cloud Mountain to endure from generation to generation, standing firm on the Tenglong Continent!

Clang!

A bell sound rang out, causing the field to gradually quiet down. Immediately after, everyone saw Qian Sanyuan stand up once more. They all knew that the second round of the Refining Cloud Mountain disciple selection was about to begin.

In fact, by this time the sun was setting, and night had fallen, but for these Meridian Refiners with powerful souls, there was no great difference between day and night, this test was only about the art of Meridian Refining.

"Now, I announce, the second round of this Refining Cloud Mountain disciple selection officially begins!"

Indeed, Qian Sanyuan loudly declared, then pointed in a certain direction with his large hand, everyone followed his direction and saw that on one side of the plaza, there were ten separate rooms standing.

These ten rooms had clearly been standing there for a long time, but earlier the onlookers didn't know what the rooms were for, only now seeing Qian Sanyuan's actions did they realize that they were the site for the second round of the test.

"In the ten rooms, there are different types of tests, whether it's patients with rare illnesses, seriously injured individuals, cultivators poisoned by strange toxins, or even vein demons experiencing certain changes, there's a variety of challenges!"

Qian Sanyuan did not care about the crowd's reactions, introducing the details of the ten rooms on his own. Hearing his words, many people's faces changed, thinking that this second round of tests seemed overly difficult and unreasonable.

"I must tell you that one of the rooms is filled with a new type of potent poison studied by our Sky Poison Institute. Although it is only Earth Rank Low Level, failing to detoxify in time might cost one's life and there's even a significant chance of losing all cultivation!"

Qian Sanyuan's words were shocking, and his following statement made many involuntarily take a step back, thinking if this is still a test, it seemed like it was taking lives.

It's important to know that many of the Meridian Refiners present were only Spiritual Rank Advanced, if they accidentally chose the room containing the Earth Rank Low-Level poison, failing the test would be minor, but they might lose their life!

"Each time someone succeeds, the room will be refilled with a new item for the test. We will strive to be fair and just. Now, if anyone wishes to withdraw from the second-round test, you can directly bring it up, and our association will not make things difficult for anyone!"

Qian Sanyuan spoke again, and this time his words were quite clear, which was that this second round of tests could be life-threatening, and if anyone did not dare to participate, they could voluntarily withdraw from the test.

After Qian Sanyuan finished speaking, although a few people's faces turned somewhat unsightly, not a single one backed out, which left him feeling quite satisfied.

In the path of meridian refining, aside from the innate talent for refining, mindset and courage are also major factors. Especially for some Poison Vein Masters, if they don't dare to touch and study toxic substances while practicing the Poison Meridian Skill, their achievements in the Poison Meridian Path will inevitably be limited.

Speaking of which, this second round of assessment still requires a great deal of luck. If one is extremely lucky and directly walks into a room with a familiar affliction, the assessment would undoubtedly yield twice the result with half the effort.

However, if they draw a room with a low-level Earth Rank poison, it could likely put an end to this round of assessment, and if not careful, even losing one's life is not impossible.

But with ten rooms in total, each individual's chance of drawing the poisonous room is only one-tenth. It is precisely because of this reason that those Meridian Refining Masters, whose expressions appeared unnatural, refrained from easily withdrawing — sometimes luck is a form of strength.

"Since no one is backing out, I announce that the second round of disciple selection officially begins. Please choose your rooms on your own!"

Qian Sanyuan declared loudly and then directly sat back in his chair, his gaze intentionally or unintentionally scanned Yun Xiao, but he saw that the coarse-clothed youth had closed his eyes, seemingly sensing something.

"This little guy probably doesn't know what materials the rooms are made of. If he can sense it just like this, then wouldn't that make our Meridian Refining Master Association appear incompetent?"

Observing Yun Xiao's actions, Qian Sanyuan couldn't help but reveal a smile. Of course, he knew what Yun Xiao was doing, but the materials constructing those rooms are indeed special — even he, a low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiner, could not sense what kind of assessment there would be inside any given room.

Yet, Qian Sanyuan was indeed looking forward to Yun Xiao's performance in this second round of trials, after all, some of the afflictions in there could exhaust even some of the middle and high Earth Rank Meridian Refining Masters from the Meridian Refining Master Association, let alone these outsider Meridian Refining Masters.

Qian Sanyuan guessed correctly; at this moment, Yun Xiao was indeed sensing the aura within the ten rooms. However, he also knew that since the Meridian Refining Master Association set up these rooms, they surely wouldn't allow anyone to sense what was inside — this point was indisputable.

What Qian Sanyuan didn't know is that Yun Xiao had a Spiritual Little Dragon of the Dragon Summoning Tree within him. While it couldn't sense other rooms with patients, certain things couldn't escape Little Dragon's discerning eyes.

Little Dragon was indeed an exceptional Dragon Summoning Tree Spirit, and its technique of One Thought to Transform Myriad Poisons had brought Yun Xiao unexpected success many times. So, when Yun Xiao closed his eyes, it was actually the Dragon Tree Spirit Little Dragon that was sensing.

"Master, just avoid the third and fifth rooms on the left!"

A moment later, Yun Xiao finally opened his eyes, then whispered in Yu Shu's ear beside him. In fact, what he did just now was only for the sake of his master.

Yun Xiao himself had numerous means to resist poisons and possessed a Dragon Tree Spirit Little Dragon capable of solving myriad poisons with one thought. If he were to choose a room containing poison, it would actually be easy for him.

According to the information returned by Little Dragon, Yun Xiao couldn't help but secretly curse the old fellow Qian Sanyuan for not being fully truthful since both the third and fifth rooms on the left contained deadly low-level Earth Rank poisons.

In this case, while Yun Xiao was inclined to choose a room himself, he couldn't ensure that Yu Shu wouldn't end up selecting another poisonous room. If that were to happen, even if he wanted to save him, he probably couldn't.

"The third and fifth rooms? Uh... it seems someone has already entered those rooms!"

Just as Yun Xiao was finishing his words, a peculiar expression appeared on Yu Shu's face, and he pointed towards a direction. When Yun Xiao turned his head, he immediately saw the doors of the third and fifth rooms on the left closing with a bang, indicating that someone had entered.

"Sigh, it seems luck is indeed very important at times!"

Seeing this scene, Yun Xiao could not help but shake his head and give a bitter smile. Since he took some time sensing earlier, all ten rooms have been chosen at this point. They could only wait for someone to succeed or fail before they could select again.

"Ah!"

Approximately a quarter of an hour later, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly came from the third room on the left. Then the door creaked open from the inside, and a figure stumbled out, extremely disheveled.

Everyone could see clearly that this person was the same Meridian Refining Master who had just entered the number three room. But now, gone was his previous graceful bearing?

Instead, he was writhing in pain on the ground, his face darkened, clearly indicating severe poisoning.