The Cool and Aloof Senior Sister Always Flirts with Me

Chapter 22: The Furnace

"Come on, I'll take you to see the Fengyun Hall. It's the most important place in the entire inner sect—Fengyun Hall!" Lin Xiao said enthusiastically.

Fengyun Hall stood atop a towering peak of Xunxian Sect, piercing the clouds. Amid the drifting white clouds, a magnificent hall rose majestically into the sky.

"This Fengyun Hall has existed since the founding of Xunxian Sect and has a history that dates back quite a long time," Lin Xiao continued.

Once they reached the summit, Lin Xiao pointed, "Look at the plaque of Fengyun Hall. It is said to have been personally inscribed by the founding ancestor of Xunxian Sect!"

Li Xianfan looked up and saw that the plaque was made of an unknown metal, with the words 'Fengyun Hall' etched in bold characters.

The three characters seemed to dance on the plaque, exuding a free-spirited style. Just one glance was enough to evoke a sense of boundless ambition.

"Beautiful characters!" Li Xianfan exclaimed sincerely. Just looking at those three words stirred his blood and ignited his aspirations.

If those lazy students back on Earth saw these characters, they would probably transform into diligent learners on the spot.

"Let's go inside!" Lin Xiao waved his hand and led Li Xianfan into Fengyun Hall.

Inside the hall, the space was vast, with the floor paved entirely in precious white marble. Over a dozen towering stone pillars, adorned with dragons and phoenixes, supported the beams overhead.

Several hundred inner sect disciples gathered there, creating a lively atmosphere.

Many of these disciples were huddled around three stone tablets in the center. The highest tablet, standing nine zhang tall, was flanked by a six-zhang tablet on the left and a three-zhang tablet on the right.

"This nine-zhang tablet is the Fengyun Ranking, which lists a total of one hundred individuals!" Lin Xiao introduced.

Li Xianfan looked up to see that the Fengyun Ranking was enveloped in a glowing aura, with names flickering within the light.

The top three names were unfamiliar to him, but the fourth name shone with Lin Xiao's, and the tenth was Zhou Zuhao.

There were a total of one hundred names on the ranking, and the brighter the name, the higher the ranking.

Especially the names of the top ten, each gleamed brilliantly, far surpassing the remaining ninety names.

"What about the stone tablets on the left and right?" Li Xianfan asked.

"The left one is the Potential Ranking, which ranks the next two thousand individuals after the Fengyun Ranking," Lin Xiao explained. "As for the smallest three-zhang tablet, it's called the Elimination Ranking, which lists the disciples ranked beyond the two thousand in the inner sect. At the end of each year, anyone who fails to make it onto the Potential Ranking will have their resources halved in the second year, eliminated in the third year, and expelled from the inner sect in the fourth year!"

"So harsh?" Li Xianfan was slightly taken aback as he glanced at the Elimination Ranking, which had over a thousand names.

With approximately three thousand disciples in total, this meant that one-third were on the Elimination Ranking.

"Exactly! This is to stimulate competition; otherwise, some people might just slack off in the inner sect without making any progress. How could the sect waste resources on such useless individuals? But you need not worry about your strength," Lin Xiao said casually.