The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 988: What are you pulling?

Chapter 988: Chapter 988: What are you pulling?

This deacon from the Truth Department’s General Department is named Chu Guanju. Seeing the message from the General Director, he naturally did not dare to be negligent.

He was puzzled in his heart. Why would the General Director pay attention to a young martial artist participating in the selection examination? Even martial artists with high talent find it hard to catch the General Director’s eye unless they reach the True God level, right?

Every session of the selection examination sees the emergence of some martial arts geniuses. However, only a small portion ultimately reach the True God level. Moreover, an average True God level does not really stand out within one of the Four Great Forces, such as the Luo Jiu Divine Palace in the Luli Divine Domain.

Doubtful as he was, Chu Guanju dared not take it lightly. He immediately sent a message to Director Li Yue of the First Palace Truth Department.

Li Yue is in charge of the Truth Department in the First Palace. Recruiting new blood for the First Palace’s Truth Department naturally falls on him to handle. Did this deacon from the General Department need to go personally?

At the Mystic Temple of the World, Li Yue and the directors of the various departments all watched from exclusive observation points.

"That native passed the Law Affinity detection!" Li Yue’s eyes inadvertently fell on Jing Yan again.

He wasn’t intentionally searching for Jing Yan; it was just because Gong Luo from the Qingmu Department previously interacted with Jing Yan, leaving a deep impression on him. While scanning the crowd, he spotted Jing Yan by chance again.

Since Jing Yan stayed in the Mystic Temple of the World, he must have passed the Law Affinity detection.

"It seems he does have some talent."

"However, for a native to pass the elimination stage is not easy," Li Yue smiled.

Even a One-star Void God, many are eliminated during the elimination stage.

This elimination stage is extremely brutal. Sometimes, even if you are very strong, you can still be eliminated.

To pass each elimination round really requires sufficient luck.

Some well-lucked Saint Realm martial artists have a chance to pass the elimination tournament. As long as in the few rounds they encounter opponents weaker than themselves, they can smoothly pass.

Conversely, if luck is bad, even strong ones at the Three-star Void God Level might get eliminated. Of course, this probability is relatively small. Martial artists at the Three-star Void God and above realms are few. If you really encounter an opponent stronger than yourself, you can only blame your own misfortune.

"Brother Jing Yan!" Mei Qing found Jing Yan among the crowd.

"Fellow Daoist Mei Qing." Jing Yan saw Mei Qing and was of course quite pleased. Among these martial artists participating in the selection examination, Mei Qing was the only acquaintance.

That Three-star Void God Chai Yang was only half an acquaintance. As for the Blind Mountain Five Tigers, Jing Yan swept his gaze around but did not see those five oddballs, and indeed found himself missing them somewhat.

"Don’t be nervous, the elimination stage only requires winning four rounds, win all four and you pass." Jing Yan noticed Mei Qing seemed a bit nervous.

"Yes, hopefully, I have a bit of good luck and don’t encounter opponents that are too strong. If I run into Brother Jing Yan, then I won’t need to fight," Mei Qing winked at Jing Yan.

"The probability isn’t high, your luck won’t be that bad," Jing Yan smiled.

"I hope so! However, there are indeed many strong practitioners participating in the Luo Jiu Divine Palace selection examination, and many are geniuses on the Celestial Flower Ranking," Mei Qing remarked with a bit of gravity.

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"Jing Yan?" At this moment, Li Yue received a message from Deacon Chu Guanju.

The content of Chu Guanju’s message was simple, just asking Li Yue to find a native named Jing Yan who participated in the selection examination and recruit him into the Truth Department.

Chu Guanju did not directly tell Li Yue that this was the General Director’s intention.

Li Yue, being only the director of the First Palace Truth Department, was too far down the hierarchy. Even for the deacon of the General Department to communicate with Li Yue, it meant jumping several levels. Under such circumstances, did Chu Guanju need to specially explain that it was the General Director’s orders?

"Deacon Chu Guanju?" Li Yue’s face turned a bit pale.

Just now, he had sneered at Gong Luo from the Qingmu Department for interacting with Jing Yan on such trivial grounds, and now, the deacon from the General Department wants him to recruit Jing Yan.

Besides, he had made those remarks right in front of many First Palace chiefs.

If he goes to recruit Jing Yan now, where would he put his face?

"What exactly is going on? Why would the deacon from the General Department know about this native?"

"Damn it!" In Li Yue’s heart, it was like ten thousand horses galloping in a frenzy.

If he could keep calm, that would be strange.

"No way, I absolutely cannot appear in person!" Li Yue quickly made up his mind.

If he personally contacts Jing Yan at this point, it would really be a big loss of face. Not to mention, Gong Luo might take the opportunity to ridicule him.

However, he could not ignore the orders from the deacon of the General Department.

"Just now Gong Luo personally went to contact this native Jing Yan, but it seems Gong Luo did not succeed in persuading him. It seems this native has some understanding of the various departments in the First Palace; he should know the strength of the Truth Department. His refusal of Gong Luo clearly shows he is dissatisfied with the Qingmu Department’s pitiful strength," Li Yue thought to himself.

"You, go contact that Jing Yan and tell him he can join our Truth Department." Li Yue instructed the deacon beside him.

"Hmm?" The deacon hesitated upon hearing Li Yue’s words, thinking he might have misheard.

Director Li Yue, didn’t you look down on that native Jing Yan?

Why now... suddenly sending me to contact this Jing Yan? This deacon was momentarily confused, staring at Li Yue, full of bafflement.

"Did you not hear me?" Li Yue’s expression turned cold.

"Yes, Director, I will go now." The deacon promptly responded, entering the crowd and squeezing to the front of Jing Yan and Mei Qing.

"You’re the native Jing Yan from the low-class world, aren’t you?" The deacon glanced at Jing Yan and said.

Jing Yan frowned slightly.

"And you are?" Jing Yan also looked at the deacon from the Truth Department.

"I am a deacon from the First Palace Truth Department. You’ve caught our attention, you can now join the Truth Department," this deacon directly stated.

His words had a somewhat harsh tone, as if letting Jing Yan join the Truth Department was a great favor to him.

In his gaze, there was an obvious sense of looking down from above. He showed no signs of respecting Jing Yan.

If it had been a genius from the Celestial Flower Ranking, he wouldn’t have spoken in such a manner. But towards a native, approaching and inviting was already showing considerable respect.

He really couldn’t understand what the director was thinking, to offer an invitation before the examination was even over. If this native could pass the assessment and join the Luo Jiu Divine Palace, it would only be normal to observe his performance in the exam before deciding whether to recruit him.

"I’m sorry, I’m not interested," Jing Yan’s mouth curled slightly.

Even if Jing Yan hadn’t already decided to join the Qingmu Department, the Truth Department’s attitude alone would have been enough for him to refuse. A deacon of the Qingmu Department, merely a Four-star Void God, what’s there to be arrogant about?