บท 44: Annual Examination (4)
Chapter 44 – Annual Examination (4)
Everyone got on the stage and entered their respective arrays.
20 Disciples from both sects sat cross-legged on the prepared arrays and closed their eyes. As soon as their eyes closed, they found themselves sitting in a strange empty room.
Miaomiao opened his eyes and looked around. The other 19 disciples had disappeared, leaving him alone in this familiar room. When he looked around and realized where he was, Miaomiao laughed.
"Are you kidding me? Am I supposed to take the test here? Am I supposed to face my fear or whatever illusion here? Really?"
This place was an isolation space that he always visited at night, but the size and color were a bit different.
Unlike his own space where he always entered there naked, Miaomiao arrived here with his clothes, armor, but his spatial ring and weapons didn't come with him.
<<Ding>>
<<You have entered an unknown Isolation Training Space.>>
<<Scanning the space…>>
<<Auto-resurrection function has been detected. You will be resurrected in the real world upon death.>>
<<Warning, auto self-heal function, respawn function, and debug functions are disabled.>>
<<Warning, everything you do here will be broadcasted to the real world.>>
<<Warning, all training progress here will not be carried to the real world.>>
When Miaomiao heard that he could not exploit the self-heal functions, his face turned dark. He circulated his Qi and activated his body enhancement skill right away, preparing for whatever this realm would summon to challenge him.
Demonic Body Strengthening!
Miaomiao's reflex speed and his strength increased. He reached the same state as when he fought 10 thugs in the bar.
*WHOOM*
Something was summoned into the room as Miaomiao had expected. However, as soon as the being appeared, Miaomiao almost screamed in shock.
It was the naked clone of Xu Xiuying! The heart devil that Miaomiao had was unexpectedly the clone that murdered him 100 times in a row.
"Oh, shit. Not her!"
Learning from his mistakes, Miaomiao didn't listen to his rooster. He took a fighting stance and prepared for battle
"Come here, son. Let me hug you."
The clone didn't attack him right away, but she seduced him. The jiggling and bouncing white breasts attracted Miaomiao's eyes for a moment, but he didn't fall for it this time.
'Too bad, stupid clone. I've banged over 300 women, and I have enough sex partners. I don't need you in my harem!'
Upon seeing that Miaomiao wasn't affected by her seduction, the clone's face changed. She pointed her finger at him and started using her Yin techniques.
"!!!"
Miaomiao kicked the ground and ran away from Xu Xiuying.
*BOOM*
A large boulder dropped on the place that Miaomiao had stood. Several ice spikes extended from the ground, chasing after him.
Seeing the chasing spikes, Miaomiao increased his speed.
As Miaomiao kept the distance from the clone's attacks, he circled around her, avoiding the ice spikes while trying to find an opening. At the same time, he circulated his Qi into his right palm, getting ready to counterattack.
But the clone suddenly kicked the ground and chased after him. She also pointed her right index finger at his face.
"Not again!"
Miaomiao canceled his skill and summoned an ice shield, using 1,000 strands of Yin Qi.
Ten ice bullets were fired from Xu Xiuying's finger and rained upon the ice shield. When the 11th bullet hit the shield, it broke into fragments.
As expected, the firepower of a 6th stage cultivator overwhelmed Miaomiao.
But Miaomiao's left hand had finished conjuring another technique. He waved his left arm and tossed something toward Xu Xiuying, who had already got close to Miaomiao.
It was one of the most dangerous skills that he had, the Yang Flame. Just by activating this skill, Miaomiao's left hand was scorched. No skin was left on his left hand, leaving only cooked red layers of the inner flesh.
Miaomiao's circulated Qi in his legs burst, enhancing his legs to the limit. He kicked the ground again and ran away as fast as possible.
The flame grenade flashed and detonated in front of the clone.
Miaomiao shouted and activated another skill, Qi Barrier, using 2,000 strands of Yang Qi. A semi-transparent orange dome covered his body. That was not all. Miaomiao sacrificed 1,000 strands of Yin Qi to create another layer of ice shield to cover his body.
*BOOM*
The Yang Flame Explosion engulfed the entire space, including Miaomiao. The Qi barrier and his ice shield absorbed most of the impact, but he could still feel the heat.
After the detonation, everything fell silent.
Miaomiao survived, but his outer garments and clothes were burnt, leaving only his studded leather armor and white smoke. He coughed several times, exhaling hot air from his lungs.
Even though the detonation consumed Xu Xiuying, Miaomiao didn't let his guard down. He poured more Qi into his bloodstream and got ready for another bout even though his Yin Qi was almost depleted.
The smoke slowly dispersed, revealing the aftermath of the explosion.
A dark silhouette was revealed. Xu Xiuying was still there, standing uninjured. She gave Miaomiao a seductive smile as if he were her ideal man.
"Come here. Let mother hug you."
"Nope!" Miaomiao ran away again.
"Hehe, playing tag? Sure, I'll catch you."
The clone kicked the ground and chased after Miaomiao. Within two seconds, she appeared in front of him.
"Crap!"
"Hehe, I've caught you."
Instead of running away again, Miaomiao resolved himself and lowered his stance. Then, he used his running momentum to tackle her.
Miaomiao seized Xu Xiuying's thighs and pushed her on the ground, MMA double-leg takedown.
'I can win! I just need to cheat!'
Miaomiao gathered his strength in his fist, planning to punch the clone to the face and kill her.
Despite the takedown impact, the clone was unharmed. In fact, she intentionally let herself be taken down. Xu Xiuying's clone giggled and reached her soft hands to touch Miaomiao's chest.
And it wasn't a normal touch.
Supreme Stripper Swordsmanship, Ultimate Art, Sealing Touch!
*BOOM*
Miaomiao's studded leather armor and all hidden weapons were destroyed. His dantian and Qi circulation was also sealed!
Miaomiao's ground-and-pound plan failed!
"I've caught you, my boy."
"Ugh!"
The clone easily flipped Miaomiao's body over, and she rode on his stomach. She lowered her head and licked his face.
"Let mother have a taste of your body. Don't worry, I'll be gentle."
"No, please. Do you know that we're being watched?"
"Don't worry. Showing our affection to the world is something we shouldn't be ashamed of. Let us show them how dual-cultivators make love."
Miaomiao tried to circulate his Qi, but his Qi strands no longer moved. The body-strengthening technique was also canceled. His dantian was locked by a mysterious force that no Qi strand could enter his bloodstream. He tried to use his physical strength and MMA maneuver to break away from Xu Xiuying's grasp, but the clone's strength was too strong.
Xu Xiuying pinned him down with only her left hand. She moved her hips, and her right hand seized his sleeping rooster.
"Wakey, Wakey. It's time for a little fun."
The clone activated another skill, aphrodisiac gas. The stimulating touch and the gas excited Miaomiao's rooster, and it got erected.
Xu Xiuying laughed. She grabbed it and was about to insert it into her lower mouth.
But Miaomiao didn't let himself to be drugged by the gas skill again. He bit the tip of his tongue to stay sober and opened his inventory menu.
Then, he pulled out a magic dadao, which he had obtained as a reward for defeating Qing Yong's clone 100 times!
*SWUA*
While Xu Xiuying was letting her guard down, the magic saber was swung and sliced through her neck. Her head dropped on Miaomiao's chest and rolled on the floor while blood spilled out from the severed part.
The clone's naked body collapsed to the side. For the first time, Miaomiao managed to defeat his nemesis, Xu Xiuying's clone, even though the difficulty was merely only 1%.
Miaomiao sprang himself and got on his feet. He also didn't forget to return the magic weapon into his inventory as he was afraid that many people might notice its origin.
"It's finally over…"
From Miaomiao's perspective, nothing was scarier than dueling a 6th stage master who could kill him in an instant. He kept reminding himself that the clone didn't even use 1% of her true potential, so the real thing should be able to kill him within one breath.
*WHOOM*
Unfortunately, the trial wasn't over yet. Something else was summoned into the room.
It was a 6-wheeled white truck with a barbed bumper. On its windshield, someone had painted a few terrifying words.
Truck-Kun Isekai Service.
"You gotta be kidding me!"
Miaomiao used to have trauma. When he was still in the modern world, he hated trucks.
After Miaomiao had retired from his MMA career, he suffered from an accident when he crossed the road one day.
The truck's driver was a family of a victim, whom Miaomiao had killed in an octagon ring. Trying to avenge for the victim, the speeding truck almost ISEKAIed Miaomiao into a fantasy world, but the latter managed to avoid the fatal injury. However, impact crushed one of his legs, and the doctors had to cut it to save his life.
Miaomiao's secret semiochophobia was kept hidden, but this space suddenly reminded him of his fear.
*HONK*
The truck's front light flashed as if they were its eyes, staring at its prey. The six black tires rotated, generating rubbing noise and driving the truck forward. It only took less than 3 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 200 MPH.
"NOPE! NOPE! NOPE!"
Miaomiao leaped away from the truck's path. Because his Qi was sealed, he couldn't run as fast as before.
*SCREECH*
The truck drifted and turned 180 degrees, facing Miaomiao again.
"Oh, come on! Where is the law of physics!?"
*SCREECH*
Miaomiao kept jumping and leaping away from the truck. However, the truck kept coming back for him.
After a couple of minutes, Miaomiao ran out of breath. He had to do something, or he would be run over soon.
As the truck was running toward Miaomiao, the latter pulled out the magic dadao from his inventory again. He jumped up high so that he could reach the windshield of the truck.
As soon as the truck's windshield almost reached him, Miaomiao mustered his strength and slashed horizontally.
The dadao activated the embedded magic, Wind Slash.
An arc of wind severed the truck horizontally, and it even cut the silhouette of a mysterious driver.
Still, Miaomiao was smashed by the truck's broken windshield. His body entered the truck and landed on the driver's seat. Several bones were broken from the impact.
The truck's driver was dead, but Truck-kun kept racing forward. Soon, it would hit the wall and crush everything inside the truck.
Miaomiao was still inside the truck. Because of the injuries and several cuts from the broken glasses, he couldn't react in time.
Miaomiao closed his eyes, accepting his fate.
Then, the truck slammed onto the space wall, crushing everything inside the front console.
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Miaomiao's eyes snapped open. His breathing was ragged while his clothes and armor were drenched in sweat. He was sure that he was crushed to death, but he was still alive, sitting cross-legged on the array platform.
Miaomiao looked around in confusion and shocked. When he turned behind him, he saw Xu Xiuying, standing and looking at his face.
"Ah, err, hi, mom."
"So, I'm your heart devil? You little shit, why was I naked? Why did my illusion try to fuck you?"
Even if Miaomiao knew the answer, he couldn't say it. He could only smile at his foster mother and dodged the question, "I used to have a nightmare that you were one of my wives and you killed me. I never thought that I had to face your illusion there."
Their conversation could be heard to everyone who was observing the examination. Miaomiao hadn't realized it yet that he was the last disciple that broke out from the space.
The only condition to return was simple. One had to be defeated by their fear and died.
Fortunately, the arrays protected every disciple from dying for real. Even if their bodies were chopped into pieces in the space, they would return unharmed.
But this test didn't evaluate examinees by death. The score of the second exam depended on a few factors.
And above Miaomiao's head, his score was shining brightly in the dark sky.
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[Evaluation – Xu Miao]
Surviving Time: 3.41 Minutes
Heart Devil(s) Conquered: 2
Total Score: 442
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บท 45: Annual Examination (5)
Chapter 45 – Annual Examination (5)
When the exam began, the mind of 20 disciples was transported to different isolated realms. They were enclosed rooms, which were similar to Miaomiao's system space, but they were less advanced and smaller in size.
Each disciple faced their heart devils and hidden desire.
Nie Ping was sent to a place where treasures and gold coins were abundant, but those gold coins transformed into a giant monster. He was killed after he withstood the monster's wrath for three minutes without being able to retaliate. His final score was meagerly 102 points as he failed to overcome his fear.
Wei Feng faced a giant demon, an Oni Lord. He almost managed to kill it, but he died because he ran out of Qi and stamina. His final score was a bit better than his peers, 125.
Silver Phoenix's disciples went against perverted cultivators, but they did well taking down one heart devil each. Their average scores were not different than Wei Feng.
Mountain Goose's disciples also had a hard time confronting their inner greed. Some were seduced and killed by beautiful women. Some obtained valuable treasures, but they were killed by traps or monsters. Most of them didn't last three minutes as the space exploited their inner desire to create undefeatable enemies. Only talented cultivators could overcome them. Still, all of them managed to cross the 100 point threshold, showing their dignity as outer disciples.
This test was the most difficult exam for arrogant cultivators. Their scores were pathetic that Jia Shan and Xu Xiuying wanted to drag them from the stage and scold them.
Kang Yan gazed at her score and compared it to Miaomiao's.
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[Evaluation – Kang Yan]
Surviving Time: 2.23 Minutes
Heart Devil(s) Defeated: 1
Total Score: 143
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'Xu Miao has two kills. That's 2x multiplier… But I only have one. Had I fought better and killed the second illusion, I should have scored 286 instead of 143.'
This wasn't Kang Yang's first time taking this exam. It was her third time already.
The first time was when she tried her luck at this place when she was only 15. However, her score was only 55, which failed this test.
Fortunately, the Xu Clan's scouted her and recruited her into the sect nonetheless. She climbed up and became one of the top outer disciples after many years of hard work.
Kang Yan took the same test last year, and she got 120 points, which was a large improvement from the first trial. Even this time, she improved her score a bit, but it was still a lot inferior to Miaomiao's inhumane score.
'His fear is his mother and that steel monster. If he can kill his mother's illusion, then he is worthy to be called a genius.'
Kang Yan admitted defeat wholeheartedly after she had witnessed Miaomiao's performance over and over again. She could no longer call him a wastrel anymore.
Thinking of the past events when she insulted him, Kang Yan was ashamed.
'I deserve it. This is karma.'
Kang Yan gave up trying to fight against Miaomiao again. She accepted her fate as his future pet. Although she could imagine what he would do to her, the virgin girl never lamented over her past mistakes.
Instead, Kang Yan's instinctively looked forward to becoming his toy. She still remembered the weird pleasurable sensation when Miaomiao spanked and squeezed her butt. Without realizing it, she drooled.
…
Spectators were in awe and astonished when they found out that Miaomiao's heart devils were his mother and a weird truck.
This wasn't the first time that the heart devil trial was used to scan the candidates. Many noble clansmen had seen it many times in the past, and they knew what to expect.
Test takers who desired wealth or material objects usually encounter spaces, which was filled with gold coins, spirit stones, or treasures. Those who sought fame were always sent to strange arenas, where millions of spectators were cheering for him. For glutton examinees, their spaces had nothing but luxurious food.
Depending on their inner desire, the space environment would reflect it.
When the spectators saw that Miaomiao's space had nothing but his enemy, they approved of his character. It showed that Miaomiao wasn't into wealth or fame.
However, his enemy's appearance revealed his hidden heart devil. The naked opponent and its behavior revealed Miaomiao's inner desire, his lust.
Still, the illusion of Xu Xiuying confused onlookers. If Miaomiao was a lustful beast, the space environment should have been multiple attractive women as his sideline audience. But in this case, only Xu Xiuying came out.
It gave them another hypothesis that Miaomiao might be afraid of his mother, or he might have an incestuous desire.
The hidden desire of Miaomiao wasn't as surprising as his abilities to cope with the illusion's power. The space usually copied the test taker's impression of the heart devil, so the clone of a 6th stage cultivator should have killed Miaomiao in an instant. Yet, Miaomiao survived for a long time, and he managed to defeat it.
Everyone was in awe that Miaomiao managed to defeat the illusion of a much stronger foe, and it was a clone of a master.
While the disciples admired Miaomiao's performance, the deep thinkers, Qi Hong, Qi Ning, and Xu Xiuying had a different opinion.
Qi Hong believed that Miaomiao feared of his mother, but he didn't have the right idea of how strong a 6th stage cultivator was. Therefore, the clone came out weak and naked.
Qi Ning concluded that Miaomiao was a pervert bastard that desired every woman including his mother. Similar to Qi Hong's insight, Qi Ning also believed that Miaomiao had never seen the real strength of a 6th stage cultivator before, which was why the clone was too weak.
As for Xu Xiuying, who was aware that Miaomiao wasn't her real son, she figured that Miaomiao wanted her body, but he was still afraid of her power. Because of such a discovery, she had an inspiration.
'You're a naughty, naughty boy, Mao Miaomiao. Well, if you desire me that much, I might as well raise you to be my pet.'
Xu Xiuying covered her mouth with her robe sleeve. She pretended to cough, but she secretly licked her dried lips and swallowed her saliva. She got on the stage and stood behind him, waiting for his return.
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= Present =
"So, I'm your greatest fear? You little shit, why was I naked? Why did the illusion try to fuck you?"
Xu Xiuying immediately interrogated Miaomiao to make sure if he really desired her.
"I used to have a nightmare that you were one of my wives and you killed me. I never thought that I had to face your illusion there."
Miaomiao attempted to avoid the question, but Xu Xiuying saw through his lie easily with her eye artifact.
'Ah, my adorable golden goose. You're too cute for your own good. I guess I need to give you a bit of motivation.'
Xu Xiuying snorted, but she patted his head. However, she secretly transferred several refined spirit stones into his spatial ring.
[If you rank first in the final ranking, I'll make your dream come true. I'll let you use my body for a night, and I won't use my dual-cultivation technique on you.]
Xu Xiuying left him a private message via MeChat App.
When Miaomiao saw the text, his rooster got hard. As Xu Xiuying had planned, he got fired up.
Seeing her adopted son's reaction, Xu Xiuying was satisfied.
'Naughty, naughty boy. This is good. If he's into me that much, I can use my charm to enslave him. Eh, there's a problem that the heart devil image is too weak, and he killed my clone without hesitation. I should spar with him and show him the real strength of a 6th stage cultivator. Once he witnesses my strength, he won't dare to defy my authority, and it should be easier to control him.'
…
Meanwhile, Miaomiao had another inspiration. As he had been planning to break free from Xu Xiuying's influence in the future, he asked the system if his plan was plausible.
'How many dual cultivation sessions do I need to mind-break Xu Xiuying? Can I break her with my dual cultivation skill?'
<<Ding>>
<<Breaking a 1st stage or 2nd stage cultivator requires more than 3 sessions a day.>>
<<Breaking a 3rd stage cultivator requires more than 5 sessions a day.>>
<<Breaking a 4th stage cultivator requires more than 50 sessions a day.>>
<<Breaking a 5th stage cultivator requires more than 500 sessions a day.>>
<<Breaking a 6th stage cultivator requires more than 5,000 sessions a day.>>
Miaomiao's eyes almost slipped out of the sockets. The requirement was too high, and it was impossible to have sex with someone over 5,000 times a day.
'Why is it so high!?'
<<Your cultivation base is insufficient to control stronger partners. Please complete more quests and increase your cultivation base to reduce the requirements.>>
Miaomiao was disappointed. He had no choice but to abort the plan.
'I guess I have to stay in that whore house for a while. Well, as long as they don't plan to cross me, I don't mind acting as one of their goons.'
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The crowd cheered when all disciples managed to defeat their heart devils and returned alive.
"Oh, that doesn't seem dangerous! They've managed to come out unharmed, right? We should be able to pass this test as well."
"The minimum requirement is 100 points, but most disciples' performance sucks. Do you think we can pass?"
"That's easy. It's only heart devils. The stronger you are, the stronger the heart devils. Those guys are strong, so they met tough foes. We should be fine."
Many first-time examinees thought that this exam was safe and easy, judging from the result of the outer disciples. They disregarded the threat of Jian Meng without realizing the truth behind the test.
In reality, all the disciples should have died. However, the arrays healed all of their wounds and pulled them back before the deathblow due to the special treatment.
No sect wanted their precious disciples to die in a show.
Jian Meng and others didn't tell anyone. These arrays wouldn't protect the person who had committed serious crimes. This type of test-takers would die in the spaces for real.
It was a trap, which was the main reason for the high mortality rate.
Many eager candidates queued to take the exam right away. All first-timers gathered in front of the stage, waiting to be called.
On the other hand, Xie Tian, Wei Yuan, and Qing Zhong didn't move. Knowing that the test would take hours before they could take their turn, the three elites closed their eyes and rested, gathering strength to get the best score.
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= 12 Hours later =
The second trial took a long time as the trio had expected. Out of 8000 passed candidates from the first round, 6,000 examinees managed to take the test.
Also, casualties occurred. Among the test-takers, many ex-criminals mixed in. Over a thousand candidates died in the illusion realm, and their real bodies died along with their souls.
The death of these candidates frightened many test-takers who passed the first round. A thousand of them forfeited without taking the test.
Because of the leavers, Xie Tian, Wei Yuan, and Qing Zhong got their turns sooner. The three elites got onto the stage last, and all eyes focused on Xie Tian, the top scorer of the first round.
Xie Tian didn't say anything. He sat on the array, and let his conscience enter the space. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a blank room, similar to Miaomiao's room.
He slowly stood up and looked at the emerging shadowy figure.
It was Jiang Lan's clone, and she came out naked!
Xie Tian flinched when he saw his crush as his opponent.
'Is this my heart devil? Jiang Lan?'
The clone coyly smiled at Xie Tian, seducing him, "Come here, little Tian. Let your sister see you up close."
"…"
Xie Tian circulated his Qi and prepared for combat. He didn't fall for his ex's seduction.
…
A few minutes later, Xie Tian was sent back after suffering a fatal injury from the second opponent. He managed to defeat Jiang Lan and the second clone, but he wasn't in a state of challenging the third heart devil.
Still, the identity of Xie Tian's second heart devil shocked the crowd.
His second heart devil was
Xu Miao.
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