The hall was grand and magnificent with towering stone pillars and an unimaginably large space.  

Rows of seats were arranged around the hall, and in the center was a tall, black jade stage hundreds of feet wide.  

Nine stone tablets stood tall on the black jade stage. 

Each tablet was ten feet high, mottled, and covered with the markings of time. 

It was the grandmaster-level assessment hall!

That black jade stage was called the Dragon Gate Stage, and the nine ancient stone tablets were the Nine Tablets of the Dragon Gate that many rune masters worshiped in the world!

When Lin Xun arrived under the guidance of an attendant, he noticed many figures already seated around the hall. 

Among them, there were either mighty-looking middle-aged people or elderly folks with gray hair. 

Relatively speaking, there were very few young people like Lin Xun. 

“Young master, please wait here. When the verification begins, you only need to follow the instructions and head up the stage for the assessment,” explained the attendant before he left...