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On the morning of the second day, Han Xiao brought Little Lei Zi out to see the other people's assessment, but because of the incident caused by Han Xiao and Gu Xuan'er yesterday, it was originally possible to complete the test on the first day, which was only completed on the afternoon of the second day. After the first round of selection, there were only about five thousand people left.

Because Wan Songnan had been called over by Xiao Zheng at the last minute, the matter of him hosting the test fell on the Southern Courtyard's Fang Xiangyun.

Ignoring the grief and indignation of those people, Fang Xiangyun stood in front of the crowd and said, "The second selection will be held in the afternoon. The second selection will be held, and the potential will be determined by your cultivation and age. As for the others who have poor aptitudes but are still unwilling, I'll give you a chance.

Fang Xiangyun's words were like a powerful needle striking the hearts of everyone present. Some of them even started to rub their hands together, preparing to go to the Broken Soul Cliff to fight for opportunities.

"However, I have to remind you guys that the reason why Soul Splitting Cliff is called 'Soul Severing' is because there is no chance of it surviving after the Soul Condensation period. If you don't have confidence in yourselves, then you'd better not go." Fang Xiangyun continued.

Fang Xiangyun's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the hope that everyone had ignited. For a moment, many people were hesitant. It was good to be able to enter the Abyss Academy, but the prerequisite was that they had to enter with their lives on the line.

Fang Xiangyun calmly said, "If you don't want to go, you can go down directly. If you are willing to fight for yourself again, you can leave. I'll arrange for someone to take you to the Soul Cave."

Many people turned around and walked down the mountain. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, there were only around fifty people left standing there desolately. The warm spring wind blew past them, adding a slight chill to their bodies.

"Since you guys are willing to stay, then I'll have to trouble you to bring them to Soul Cliff." Fang Xiuyun politely said to XunHui from the Eastern Courtyard.

"Ms Fang is too polite. This was something that I should have done in the first place. The rest of you should follow me to Soul-Break Cliff now. If it gets dark later, your Li's chances of survival will be even lower." The sunlight shining down on her face made her originally gentle and beautiful face even more beautiful.

"Yes." The remaining fifty people nodded and followed Xu Hui towards the back of the mountain.

Seeing that Xun Hui had taken them away, Fang Xiangyun turned back to look at the crowd and said loudly, "Now you all come forward and test your potential."

With that, everyone once again lined up and walked towards Fang Xiangyun. Each person standing in front of Fang Xiangyun would be checked by the remaining three before asking about their age and cultivation time. Although some of them wanted to lie to him, they were directly expelled by Fang Xiangyun.

"Middle grade Soul Stone, left!"

"Low quality spirit soul, nineteen years old, late stage, left!"

As they checked one by one, there were less than a thousand people left standing on the left side. The people on the right seemed to be thinking about their fate, and all of them had bitter expressions on their faces as they looked at the left side with undisguised envy.

When the last person had finished his inspection, the afterglow of the setting sun had already been quietly swallowed by the darkness of the night. Bits of starlight flickered in the sky like naughty children.

When he turned his head around, he saw Gu Xuan'er wearing a simple and elegant green lake muslin dress. Her hair was bundled up by a blue water hairpin, and although her face was not covered in makeup, it was even more beautiful. Under the faint starlight, Gu Xuan'er was like a glowing object that attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing the crowd's gaze on Gu Xuan'er, Han Xiao felt a trace of unhappiness in his heart. Walking forward, he held Gu Xuan'er's hand and asked: "Xuan'er, why have you come here?"

"I didn't find you when I went to look for you. I originally wanted to wait for you to come back, but I didn't see you even after a day. Thus, I came here to take a look." Gu Xuan'er said.

"I'm sorry, I came here on a whim today to take a look." Hearing that Gu Xuan'er had waited a day for him, Han Xiao felt a tinge of regret.

Seeing the apology in Han Xiao's eyes, Gu Xuan'er let out a bitter laugh. She never wanted Han Xiao to apologize, but it was a pity that Han Xiao did not understand her thoughts.

"Forget it, where are you going?" Gu Xuan'er asked.

"I have a friend here too. I want to find him and take a look around Cloud Village." He didn't want Gu Xuan'er to think that he was purposefully avoiding her.

Indeed, when Gu Xuan'er heard Han Xiao's words, a dark light flashed across her eyes, and she immediately assumed that Han Xiao was hiding from her.

Seeing the sadness in Gu Xuan'er's eyes, Han Xiao held Gu Xuan'er's hand and led her towards Zhao Xiang's direction.

"Han Xiao, what are you doing?" Gu Xuan'er curiously asked when she saw Han Xiao suddenly pull her along.

"Since you're already out, let's go take a look together. We'll use the night to make up for the time we wasted during the day." Han Xiao turned around, hugged Gu Xuan'er and said with a smile.

Feeling Han Xiao's sudden change in attitude, the sadness in Gu Xuan'er's eyes disappeared, and she took the initiative to hold Han Xiao's hand and follow him towards Zhao Xiang.

"Zhao Xiang." Seeing Zhao Xiang and a few others happily talking, Han Xiao shouted.

"Yi, Han Xiao, come quickly, they are from our village, and this is the good person that Han Xiao helped me with yesterday." Zhao Xiang introduced the both of them to each other with a simple and honest expression.

However, those few people completely ignored Han Xiao and set their gazes on Gu Xuan'er.

"Miss, I am Zhao En. May I know Miss' surname?" A relatively handsome man walked over to bow and say to Gu Xuan'er, his eyes filled with undisguised desire.

Gu Xuan'er turned around and said to Han Xiao with a disgusted look: "Xiao, didn't you say you want to take a look around the Cloud Village in front of us? Let's go now."

Han Xiao also did not like the way Zhao En looked at Gu Xuan'er. He called Zhao Xiang over and walked directly towards the direction of the Cloud Village, and Zhao Xiang's fellow villagers also quickly followed.

While he was walking around the Cloud Village, Han Xiao saw that the happy feelings of the people following him gradually turned bad, but when he saw Gu Xuan'er looking around with curiosity in her eyes, he couldn't detect a trace of love in her eyes.

"Xiao, look at this bracelet." Xiao Yu, look at this bracelet. Gu Xuan'er asked as she took out a light green bracelet from a stall.

Han Xiao raised his eyes to look at the bracelet. Although the bracelet's material wasn't too good, its light green color matched the ancient Xuan'er's white arm, adding a bit of splendor to the starlight.

"Xuan'er, you're naturally beautiful." Han Xiao had a smile on his face as he reached out to grab another bracelet, but a red figure quickly ran over to pick up the bracelet with a hint of fragrance and loudly said, "Boss, how much does this bracelet cost? I'll take it."

Han Xiao raised his head to see a woman dressed in red standing in front of the stall. The woman's skin was white, her slim waist showed off her figure, a pair of bright and big eyes were pink and tender lips, the flat but small nose made her look very cute.

"I'm sorry, but I have taken a fancy to this pair of bracelets." Han Xiao said politely.

"Do you want me to give it to you? "Don't think that you're worthy enough to say those words to me." Xiao Ke Er arrogantly said.

Hearing Xiao Ke Er's words, a cold light flashed through Gu Xuan'er's eyes. Just as she raised her hand, she was held by Han Xiao and raised her head to look into Han Xiao's eyes. She knew that Han Xiao wanted to resolve this by himself, so she didn't say anything else and quietly stayed by Han Xiao's side.

"Miss, being too arrogant isn't good, not to mention there are always people who come first and then come second. A person with a beautiful face doesn't even know this little bit of logic, he can only be considered as a vase." Han Xiao said indifferently.

"You, you actually dare to mock me. Let's see what you are today." After saying that, Xiao Ke Er took out a long whip and viciously lashed it towards Han Xiao.

Holding Gu Xuan'er in his embrace and dodging Xiao Ke Er's attack, a storm appeared in Han Xiao's eyes. He lightly released Gu Xuan'er and flashed forward, slashing at Xiao Ke'er's whip-wielding hand. At the same time, he flipped the whip over and pinched Xiao Ke Er's white neck.

Feeling the suffocating sensation coming from her neck, Xiao Ke Er's eyes emitted a trace of fear. Since she was young, she'd always thought that she was the most outstanding, so she didn't place anyone in her eyes. But today, she was easily suppressed by someone smaller than her.

"I don't like fighting women, but that doesn't mean I can ignore your provocations." As he thought about how that whip almost hit Gu Xuan'er just now, the rage in his heart flared up even more.

Seeing Xiao Ke Er's unwell expression, Zhao Xiang couldn't help but say, "Han Xiao, I think she knows she's wrong, so why don't you let her go?"

Glancing at Zhao Xiang and then looking at Xiao Ke Er's red face, Han Xiao let go and let Xiao Ke Er fall onto the ground. He bent down and took the green bracelet out of Xiao Ke Er's hand and threw it to the stall owner.

"Stop. Boy, you are the first person who dares to treat me like this. Do you dare to say what your name is?" Xiao Ke Er loudly shouted when she saw that Han Xiao was about to leave.

"Han Xiao, you've become a new student of the Abyss Level Academy this year." Han Xiao said indifferently.

"The student recruitment examination isn't over yet, how could you … could it be that you are?" Gu Xuan'er seemed to have thought of something and looked at Han Xiao with an expression of disbelief, while Han Xiao was completely unwilling to pay any more attention to Xiao Ke'er as he directly turned around and left.