Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

He left the room and walked back to Elder Wu.

"Looks like you weren't lying." Elder Wu said with a smile.

"Thank you, Elder. Can you tell me more about the exams? " Xu Ming asked as he stood in front of Elder Wu.

" Of Course. The exams will be quite simple. Although I can't talk much about it, I think that you will be able to pass as long as your fighting prowess is good. The exams will be held in the martial hall. That's all you need to know. " Elder Wu responded.

" Thank you, Elder. I should take my leave now." Xu Ming said as he turned back. He left the hall.

" Interesting.Looks like there are some promising ones this year. So young and in a realm like this. It would be interesting to see his performance tomorrow." Elder Wu said as he closed his eyes.

Xu Ming walked back inside the hut as he prepared for tomorrow.

He cultivated the whole day as he tried to increase his cultivation. His cultivation was the only thing he had as he didn't have any skill.

All he knew were some basic martial arts that were taught to him by Yao.

Xu Ming hadn't told Yao and the others that he was participating in the promotion exams for the outer sect.

The day passed again as night arrived.

Xu Ming only slept for 4 hours and woke up at midnight as he again left his place silently.

He walked up to the 6th ward and again stripped naked as he entered the lake.

He closed his eyes as he began his cultivation.

Xu Ming cultivated for around 2 hours before he felt something strange. The Origin Energy absorption had suddenly decreased.

He opened his eyes and surprisingly enough, he was able to see the thin lines of Origin Energy with his own eyes. He was never able to see it before, but now he could.

Since he was able to see it, he also saw something strange.

He could see that his ring was absorbing some of the Origin Energy as well. He didn't understand why it was, but he thought that it wouldn't be too bad. It was his father's ring after all.

Suddenly he heard footsteps again.

"Not again!" He cursed. He wanted to come out of the water, but he didn't want the process of his ring to stop.

He couldn't take the risk of going out of the water and screwing up the process.

He didn't know what to do, He ultimately decided to do nothing.

There was no reason to hide. He was here first and he could just say that he was taking a path.

Most probably it was that girl again. She'll leave if she saw him here, he thought.

The footsteps came closer as Xu Ming finally saw the girl.

It was just as he thought. It was the same girl.

The girl walked towards the lake. The night was somewhat darker compared to last night, so she wasn't able to see Xu Ming in the middle of the lake.

"W... what?" Xu Ming was stunned and wasn't sure what to do now.

What he didn't know was that although he was able to see in the dark night clearly, it was mostly because of him being special. Mostly, Body Refining Realm cultivators had a vision similar to a mortal. Only when they broke through to the Spirit Establishment Realm, did their vision improve. 

The girl was clearly not a Spirit Establishment Realm cultivator. 

The girl started washing her body. There were only 50 meters of distance between them.

Xu Ming just stayed in the same position he was as he let his ring absorb the Origin Energy.

He wanted the process to end as fast as it could so that he could leave.

The situation changed, but for the worse as the girl started swimming in the water.

She again backstroked as she started swimming towards Xu Ming.

She was facing towards the sky as she backstroked and got closer to Xu Ming.

The distance between them decreased from 50 meters to 20 meters to 10 meters.

Xu Ming was able to see her breasts being amidst the water that occasionally passed above them.

Soon, she was right in front of Xu Ming.

Xu Ming realized that if she didn't change her direction, she would collide with him.

Xu Ming finally couldn't bear it anymore as he spoke.

"Ah, Miss! Can you stay away from me?" Xu Ming let out.

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The girl was swimming through the water as she gazed at the sky, but she suddenly heard a boy's voice.

She was scared as she hurriedly turned back and faced towards the voice.

"Aa..." A shocked scream escaped from her mouth, but she hurriedly covered her mouth.

She didn't want others to come here.

Most of her body was drowned in water and only her head was outside.

"How dare you peak at me! You're so young! Don't you have shame?" She said as she glared at him.

It was like she would have killed him if he wasn't a kid. Though she didn't consider it a big problem since Xu Ming was only a kid. She was still upset though.

"I was here first. You jumped in the water out of nowhere. It's your fault when I think about it." Xu Ming replied without being scared.

" You!!! Don't you know that no one is allowed to come here at night? How can you come here?" She further said as she tried to make a sensible argument since she couldn't prove that Xu Ming was lying about being here before her.

"If no one is allowed to come here, then what are you doing here?" He asked her with an innocent look on his face.

"I...I... That's right! I came here to check the water of the lake. It's my duty to come here every month to check if the quality and purity of the lake is good to take a shower or not." She was initially stunned, but she made up an excuse.

" Why were you here yesterday, then?" Xu Ming said, without thinking about it.