Grand Master of Martial Arts

Chapter 8 The highest difficulty assessment
Hearing what the young man in front of him said, Lin Xuan was very curious.

"Brother, the Elder Lu you're talking about is that old man in white just now?"

When the young man turned his head, tears were about to well up in his eyes.

"Is this your first time participating in the outer sect assessment? The outer sect of Qianlongzong has twelve elders who are responsible for the outer sect assessment."

"The exam questions for these 12 people are not the same. Among them, the most difficult one is Elder Lu."

"However, only a few people passed the assessment conducted by Elder Lu each time. This year, there have been six assessments conducted by Elder Lu, and no one has passed!"

Lin Xuan clicked his tongue: "It's only halfway through this year. If the twelve elders take turns to take the exam, on average, each of them will only take fourteen or five exams, and no one will pass the exam in six rounds. The exam questions for this group of elders are indeed very difficult! "

"That's right, I heard that there was a person at the fourth level of body training last time, but he failed!"

Didn't pass the fourth level of body training?Lin Xuan was puzzled, but anyone who has become a martial artist is eligible to join the outer sect. It is said that the higher the realm, the easier it is to join.

Hu Zong only has the first level of body training, and he has become an outer disciple. How can a martial artist at the fourth level of body training fail to pass the examination?
"Brother, you don't know something. The outer sect assessment does not examine the realm, but the cultivation potential!"

"Brother, think about it, Qianzhou is so big, there are at least a hundred young warriors who come to participate in the assessment every day, why there are only more than 1000 people in the outer sect so far?"

"There are tens of thousands of well-known families in Qianzhou, and there is no shortage of cultivation resources. It is not difficult for the children of the sect to upgrade to the third, fourth or even fifth level of body training."

"The difficult thing is to improve a person's potential!"

"Potential is innate. As long as you enter Qianlongzong, you will have almost unlimited training resources. Even if you don't pass the assessment, as long as you pass the assessment, with the support of the sect, you will break through the Qi Gathering realm. It's only a matter of time."

"The Qianlong Sect accepts geniuses who have the potential to break through the Qi Gathering Realm and even the Yuan Transformation Realm!"

Lin Xuan understood that each of the nine realms of martial arts is a threshold, and potential is the most important thing if one wants to cross it.

I don't know how many warriors have been stuck in the ninth level of body training all their lives, unable to gather energy for the rest of their lives.

"Then what items does Elder Lu evaluate?" "Well, I heard that Elder Lu not only has a strong cultivation of Qi Gathering Ninth Layer, but is also a powerful puppet master. His assessment may have something to do with puppets."

In the Tianyuan Continent, martial arts flourished, but apart from the main path of martial arts, many auxiliary professions were born, which can improve the combat power of warriors, and even assist warriors in their cultivation.

There are many auxiliary occupations, which can be described as a hundred schools of thought contend, including medicine, alchemy, utensils, talismans, and even piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

In order to distinguish these auxiliary occupations, people aggregate these occupations and classify them into upper-level occupations, middle-level occupations, and lower-level occupations based on their impact on the strength of warriors.

The puppet master can indirectly improve the strength of warriors, and it is one of the lower class professions.

The two were chatting when Elder Lu suddenly let out a soft drink.

"Shut up!"

This sound is majestic, and the sound waves are like waves, mighty and mighty.

The teenagers who came to participate in the assessment turned pale for a moment, as if they had received a lot of shock.

Elder Lu is very satisfied with the result. When you come to Qianlongzong to participate in the assessment, no matter how noble your status is, you have to be honest and obedient.

He subconsciously looked at Lin Xuan, but was surprised to find that this young man still didn't change his face.

However, he didn't know that Lin Xuan had long been cursing in his heart.

"This old man really has something wrong. Could it be that someone dug his family's ancestral grave this morning?"

Elder Lu made a majestic gesture: "Everyone is here to participate in the Qianlongzong assessment. You should have understood the rules long ago, so I won't repeat them here."

"Xu Feng!"

Elder Lu shouted, and a young disciple immediately stood out from the guards at the outer gate.

"The disciple is here!"

"Take them to the puppet tower to participate in the assessment."

As soon as the words "puppet tower" came out, not only the teenagers who participated in the assessment turned pale, but even the outer disciples present all showed shocking expressions.

Lin Xuan asked strangely: "Is the puppet tower scary?"

"This brother, I don't know if it's a blessing! This puppet is the highest masterpiece of Elder Tanailu, with a total of ten floors, and each floor has ten puppets that are equal to your realm. Only those who can step on the third floor can pass the test!"

Lin Xuan was slightly taken aback. In this way, to achieve one against ten, at least two consecutive rounds would be required to pass.

Even if the puppets have no thoughts, but they have the same realm and are superior in number, it is indeed very difficult to fight one against ten.

"Brother, it's unlucky for us, the puppet tower is the most difficult one among all the entrance examinations!"

Led by the outer disciple Xu Feng, Lin Xuan and his party came to the puppet tower.

The puppet tower is all black and made of black iron. When the wind blows on the tower, it makes a fierce whistling sound, giving people a solemn and chilling meaning.

Elder Lu said: "Anyone who can step on the third floor can pass the test!"

"In order to encourage you to climb up hard, anyone who steps on the fourth floor will be rewarded with [-] silver coins!"

"Five floors, five hundred silver coins!"

"Sixth floor, six hundred silver coins!"

"Seventh floor, seven hundred silver coins!"

"Eight floors, eight hundred silver coins!"

"Ninth floor, nine hundred silver coins!"

"The tenth floor... If anyone can step on the tenth floor, there will be surprises waiting for him!"

Elder Lu's words made all the teenagers waiting for the assessment excited and gearing up.

Hundreds of silver coins are nothing to the children of noble families, but they are a lot of money to the children of poor families.

Especially for Lin Xuan who is penniless, it is simply a timely help!

"Tenth floor? I must go up!"

I heard that today's assessment is a puppet tower, and many formal outer disciples came to watch.

"These rookies assessed today are unlucky."

"That's right, looking at their excitement, it seems that they can really get silver coins."

"This puppet tower was originally built to assess official disciples. After it is completed, there are very few people who can climb to the tenth floor. A group of little guys who haven't grown all hair may not be able to pass the first floor."

Elder Lu asked, "Who will come first?"

"I come!"

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy stood up first. He was dressed in gorgeous costumes, inlaid with gold and silver, and holding a paper fan painted with landscape scenery. He was very handsome, such a beautiful boy.

Someone among the crowd waiting for the assessment exclaimed in a low voice: "It's the seventh son of the Hu family, the second largest family in Qianzhou. He also came to participate in the assessment this year?"

"I heard that the children of the Hu family are all extraordinary, and the seventh son is even more proficient in Hu family boxing. I think he can easily pass the examination!" Let's go home."

Under the gaze of all the people, the Seventh Young Master walked into the puppet tower with his head held high and his chest wide open.

The heavy iron door of the puppet tower was slowly closed, and immediately after that, the sound of fierce fighting came from the first floor.

However, after only thirty breaths, the fighting sound stopped.

"As expected of the Seventh Young Master, you passed the first floor without even passing half a cup of tea!"

"Yeah, it seems that the puppet tower is not as good as the rumors say!"

"We are expected to join Qianlongzong!"

With a creak, the door of the puppet tower opened again, and a man who was beaten into a pig's head, with blood on his face, disheveled hair, and ragged clothes came out staggeringly. As soon as he stepped out of the puppet tower, he fell straight to the ground.

There was complete silence outside the puppet tower, and the pig who came out was not the Seventh Young Master who had just walked in, who else could it be?

(End of this chapter)