Bab 30: 30th Chapter: The Trial of the Newborns
Xu Zimei and Lin Ruhu arrived at the Sect Gate when the trial for recruiting new disciples had already started.
The one hundred and eighty-eight steps were now densely packed with disciples.
At the very top of the steps, there were two Outer Sect Elders and one Inner Sect Elder in charge of assessing them.
The Inner Sect Elder belonged to the Great Elder's faction, and when he saw Xu Zimei arriving, he just harrumphed indifferently without paying much attention.
But one of the Outer Sect Elders, who was from Xu Qingshan's lineage, was extremely enthusiastic.
"Zimei, my dear nephew, has arrived," the Elder said with a smile.
"Elder Jin, hello," Xu Zimei smiled and replied, "How is the trial for the new disciples this year? Are there any promising ones?"
The Inner Sect Elder ignored Xu Zimei, and Xu Zimei couldn't be bothered with him either, so he started chatting directly with Elder Jin.
"There are a few not bad ones," Elder Jin replied, "Look at the disciples on those eight steps in front; they are relatively outstanding."
The one hundred and eighty-eight steps in front of the True Martial Holy Sect—the last one hundred steps had double gravity, the middle eighty steps had five times the gravity, and the very front eight steps had ten times the gravity.
Xu Zimei glanced over and noticed that Baili Xiao was among them, and then he asked, "Isn't that girl brought back by the Sixth Elder? Why does she have to participate in the trial too?"
"She requested it herself, and we couldn't refuse," Elder Jin said with a smile.
Xu Zimei smiled without saying anything; the girl was more mature than he had imagined.
She went from being an ordinary village girl to an overnight drastic transformation, becoming the niece of the Sixth Elder of the True Martial Holy Sect.
But she didn't get lost in it; instead, she managed to keep her true self.
Xu Zimei's lips curved up into a smile, murmuring to himself, "Indeed, worthy of being the chosen successor of the Empress!"
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"If young nephew Zimei wants to attract forces, you might try courting a few of them."
Afterward, Elder Jin began introducing the talented disciples from the trials to Xu Zimei.
The disciple standing at the very front of the eight steps was a young man in white, carrying a longsword on his back.
The young man exuded a sharp edge; despite the astonishing gravity on the steps that made each step quite a struggle.
However, his expression remained calm, without any intention of retreating.
"He is a scion of the Huang Family from Northwest City," Elder Jin explained, "His name is Yan Buhui, arguably the most talented of this batch."
"Why would a scion of the Huang Family come to our True Martial Holy Sect?" Lin Ruhu curiously asked.
The Huang Family, though not comparable to the True Martial Holy Sect, was also a large family in Northwest City.
The founder of the Huang Family was the Sword God, a powerhouse of the same era as Emperor Yin Tian.
Legend has it that he had once contested for destiny with Emperor Yin Tian, and even though he ultimately failed,
One who qualified to compete with a Great Emperor for destiny was certainly not an ordinary person.
A scion of the Huang Family coming to the True Martial Holy Sect would definitely not have any privileges; they would be just like ordinary disciples.
To get good cultivation resources, they had to fight for them themselves, which wouldn't beat staying with the Huang Family!
"He is a child born to a concubine from the Huang Family; his mother was a lowly maid, and his birth was just an accident," Elder Jin clarified, "He didn't get good resources in the Huang Family, and instead faced opposition at every turn.
His name is Yan Buhui, after his mother's surname."
"He is quite good," Xu Zimei recalled the memories of his past life, smiled, and said, "One day he will carry the glory of his ancestors and pass on the brilliance of the Sword God."
"Does young nephew Zimei really think so highly of him?" The Inner Sect Elder disdainfully remarked.
Xu Zimei glanced at the Inner Sect Elder and said indifferently, "Unrelated, like a woman without melons."
The face of the Inner Sect Elder turned awkward, he huffed coldly and stopped bothering with it.
"I won't say much about that girl named Baili Xiao; I heard the Sixth Elder is quite fond of her, and her talent probably isn't far off," Elder Jin continued.
"Down the steps, those two girls are twins, one named Xue Qianxue, and the other named Xue Mengmeng.
They are locals from Little Yang Town under our Holy Sect; their previous Family Head was also one of our Inner Gate Elders.
Before they came here, the current Family Head of the Xue Family specifically asked me to take good care of them.
They are twins, and it's said that they cultivate a kind of combined attack Cultivation Technique, which when used together, can double the power of the technique.
With their strength, it would be very challenging to enter the front eight steps, but due to the boost from the combined attack Cultivation Technique, their talent can be considered barely passable."
Xu Zimei smiled; he still remembered the twin sisters.
If he wasn't mistaken, these two later became Baili Xiao's maidservants, which could be said to be quite glorious.
"Moving on, the bulky one is named Gao Xiong," Elder Jin said, continuing, "He's from an ordinary mountain village in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Amongst these people, his realm is the lowest, only at the ninth layer of the Mortal Realm, not even having entered the Spirit Vein Realm.
However, his physical body is one of the most potential-filled ones I've seen in years; it was purely by the strength of his body that he stepped onto these front eight steps."
After listening to Elder Jin's introduction, Xu Zimei said to Lin Ruhu, "Ruhu, let's also participate in the trial to avoid idle talk from others."
"Sure," Lin Ruhu nonchalantly nodded.
The two walked to the bottom of the mountain and started moving forward step by step from the first step.
There weren't many strict requirements for walking up these steps; defensive Spiritual Artifacts couldn't be used, and it was necessary to proceed one step at a time.
Even if one could leap up several steps at once, it wasn't allowed.
As Xu Zimei stepped onto it, he felt gravity coming from all directions. His cultivation state, which was somewhat unstable at the ninth layer of Condensing Vein, began to solidify, and the Spiritual Energy inside him became more condensed.
"Ruhu, don't resist this gravity; try to merge with it," Xu Zimei advised, "Not only will that reduce the weight of the gravity, but it will also help better temper your body."
Lin Ruhu nodded; his talent wasn't worse than Xu Zimei's, especially after cultivating the Force Jue, the muscles on his body became increasingly pronounced.
Showing signs of bulging, estimating that he would likely become a muscular man in the future.
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Xu Zimei, looking content, stepped up the steps one at a time. While tempering himself, he also integrated himself into the gravity.
He took about ten minutes, without rushing, to pass the last hundred steps of double gravity.
Then came the eighty steps of five times gravity. Xu Zimei stood there and slightly adjusted to the gravity, before continuing to walk up as calmly as a breeze.
Lin Ruhu wouldn't show weakness either; although it was always a bit hard, he managed to keep up with Xu Zimei's pace.
Finally, the two completed the eighty steps and arrived at the last eight steps.
According to the rules of the True Martial Holy Sect, as long as you could walk onto the steps with ten times the gravity, you were considered to have passed.
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