Ye Tianfan arrived at the second floor and found that there were only a few people on the second floor, all of whom had the cultivation base of the peak of the foundation period. It was clear that these few people were the top forces of the outer gate, the true elite of the outer gate, and basically destined to enter the inner gate.

  As soon as Ye Tianfan appeared, everyone noticed him. After all, it had always been the same few people who came to the second floor, and now that they saw a new face, they naturally felt curious.

  Ye Tianfan found that among the five people, three were men and two were women. Each of them looked like a dragon or phoenix among humans, with the men being handsome and elegant, and the women being pure and beautiful.

  Ye Tianfan was observing several people, and those people were also observing Ye Tianfan. Ye Tianfan's cultivation seemed to be in the later stage of foundation building, but it didn't seem too outstanding. His somewhat immature face clearly showed that he wasn't very old, and it was likely that he was a new disciple who had just arrived not long ago.

  Everyone saw Ye Tianfan's appearance and thought he was a new disciple, unaware that the second floor was not suitable for him to come up. So they didn't pay attention to him either, thinking that after Ye Tianfan suffered a loss, he would know the severity of it, and so they went about their own business.

  Ye Tianfan didn't mind either, and he also walked to the bookshelf on this side. There was only one bookshelf here, with only two layers. On one layer were the words "Gong Fa" (Martial Arts), and on the other layer were the words "Fa Jue" (Martial Arts Secrets). It was clear that there were only books of martial arts secrets here, and they were categorized by type.

  Ye Tianfan found that most of the contents here were recorded with jade slips, and only a small part was recorded in books. It's obvious that the amount of records is very large, so they can only be recorded with jade slips.

  Ye Tianfan decided to start with the second layer, so he casually opened a book and started reading. As expected, the books on this level consumed spiritual energy much faster than those on the first layer. For an average cultivator in the later stages of foundation building, it would be impossible to finish more than two books in a day. But with 1,000 points per day, who would be so extravagant?

  This is also the reason why those few people on the second floor thought that Ye Tianfan didn't know the pros and cons. Half a time later, Ye Tianfan pretended to have finished reading one book, picked up another book and started reading, until two hours later when he pretended to be unable to hold on any longer, muttering to himself: "Let's stop here for today, it's really exhausting, go back and rest well, continue tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he walked downstairs.

  "This guy must be a show-off, insisting on holding on when he's clearly at his limit. How boring." said a slender man who looked like a weak scholar.

  "Xiao He, you're talking about yourself, aren't you? You always like to show off, yet you're clearly not as good as us few, but still you foolishly think of competing with us, haha." The tall and imposing Ba Tian Ha Ha laughed loudly.

  "Yes, yes, it's always been like this. Clearly can't win but still arguing." The last man standing on the side, named Wenbin, who reveled in chaos, chimed in.

  Two women, Xia Yu and Li Yu, standing beside him, also looked at Xiao He with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression. Xiao He suddenly became angry, after all, although he was the weakest among everyone, he was still stronger than the other outer sect disciples.

  Because he was the weakest among them, everyone liked to tease him. He couldn't fight back against others, so he could only endure it. But now this person has come to hate Ye Tianfan, thinking in his heart: You actually made me lose face, just you wait and see how I'll deal with you. The outer gate trial is about to begin soon, and you will definitely participate. At that time, I'll beat you until even your mother won't recognize you, humph!

  Ye Tianfan didn't know that someone was going to collect him, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care. After all, would an elephant pay attention to an ant? Ye Tianfan returned home and quickly sat down cross-legged, because he felt that he was about to break through. After sitting down cross-legged, Ye Tianfan sank his divine consciousness into his dantian to observe.

  Only the golden and wooden elements beside the water element in Dantian had completely stopped increasing, Ye Tianfan quickly guided the true yuan to gather in the middle with his divine consciousness, and condensed it into a water-elemental golden elixir. An hour later, the liquid true yuan had thoroughly gathered together, and now was the moment of deciding victory or defeat. Ye Tianfan's heart involuntarily let out a loud shout, and he fiercely controlled the true yuan to compress and rotate, gradually, a blue-colored round shape appeared.

  Ye Tianfan added more strength, operating the method to absorb the water-based spiritual energy outside, and after five hours, this golden elixir had completely solidified. Ye Tianfan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, thinking that it was finally successful.

  From then on, Ye Tianfan spent every day reading books on the second floor. On the first day, he read for two hours, on the second day, three hours, and by the fourth day, four hours, after which he maintained a consistent daily reading time of four hours until he finished all the books on the second floor.

  At this time, several people also knew that Ye Tianfan was not pretending, but really had strength and was very strong. At least he wouldn't be weaker than them, so everyone became much more enthusiastic about Ye Tianfan, and thus learned his age, which couldn't help but shock them.

  Ye Tianfan also knew the names of a few people. Only that person named Xiao He, who was very enthusiastic about Ye Tianfan on the surface, but in his heart he was thinking about how to secretly calculate Ye Tianfan. After all, now that he had discovered that Ye Tianfan was not weaker than him, and even stronger, his plan for the trial had to be changed.

  "Right, you'll be participating in the assessment for outer sect disciples, won't you? After all, you're so young and yet so powerful, you'll surely make a big splash in the competition. Who knows, maybe even the elder will take you on as a disciple." Xia Yu said with admiration, looking at this younger brother who was nearly ten years her junior.

  Ye Tianfan said seriously, "I will definitely go. After all, the inner sect is better than the outer sect in every way. It's more suitable for me to cultivate there, and my sister is waiting for me to find her in the inner sect. I promised not to abandon her."

  "Your sister is really lucky, having such a good talent and having an elder brother who loves her so much, I'm so envious." Li Yu also said with envy.

  The domineering and generous Ba Tian said: "We will all enter the inner door, at that time let us show our grand vision, that is our stage."

  Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this, except for Xiao He who agreed on the surface but thought to himself: Who's calling you brothers? Just wait till I make it big and see how I'll deal with you.

  Affected by the grand ambitions of several people, he also said passionately: "Alright, let's see what each of you seniors can do when entering the inner door. I'll be waiting with bated breath, but for now, cultivation is still the most important thing. After all, apart from strength, everything else is empty."

  "It's true, only by having stronger strength can one stand out in the more intense competition outside and not be eliminated by the environment, becoming a stepping stone for others' success, a sacrifice." Everyone nodded in deep agreement.

  For a period of time, the outer disciples were all busy and lively, everyone was preparing for the Outer Sect's trial, buying and selling elixirs or spiritual instruments to increase their strength, ready to give it their all.

  After a period of intense preparation, the time for the outer sect disciples' trial had finally arrived.