Chapter 30 - The Strength Test

"Everyone has three chances. The highest strike will be recorded." Instructor Cheng finished. With that, the test started and the line began moving.

"Hang Gousheng, 100 jins, 115 jins, 107 jins, fail."

"Pan Chi, 200 jins, 220 jins, 252 jins, pass."

"Ji Xin, 248 jins, 239 jins, 245 jins, fail."

Tian Longmeng watched as the procession steadily moved up and many people either failed miserably and cried rivers, or barely passed and cried similarly. Tian Longmeng was shaking uncontrollably at the sudden realization that it was not that the standard was too low, but that he was abnormally strong.

Funny enough, Instructor Qin caught sight of Tian Longmeng's shaking and was baffled at why this monster child was suddenly afraid of the strength test. A child of his tenacity should be able to easily pass this test.

"250 jins, 240 jins, 254 jins, pass."

"350 jins, 269 jins, 162 jins, pass."

"228 jins, 231 jins, 243 jins, fail."

The test continued and more than 80 people had already been sent home. So far the highest score had been 408 jins, which is less than a quarter of Tian Longmeng's strength. Suddenly a beacon of hope entered the stage.

"Zhou Wei." Instructor Cheng announced. Immediately a lot of people placed a lot of attention on him. This was because he was from one of the highest-ranking noble families and is thus expected to be great.

Tian Longmeng saw this and hoped that Zhou Wei could strike around 1200 jins so that Tian Longmeng can feel that he was not as monstrous as he thought. This was a very ironic placement of hope.

Zhou Wei made an exaggerated motion with his hands that followed his diaphragm as he inhaled dramatically and exhaled. After which, Zhou Wei assumed a stance perpendicular to the boulder, and squatted to draw in as much essence as he could.

"Early Mortal Apprentice Realm!" All the applicants were startled at his realm. This was natural as most of them were only at the Early Mortal Practitioner Realm and felt like the Mortal Apprentice Realm was a far-reaching goal that they could possibly never get.

Yet, someone of their own age group reached that realm and it was obvious that he had much more growth to undergo.

"Bam!" In the midst of the talks and discussion, Zhou Wei slammed his fist onto the boulder and quieted the entire chorus.

Instructor Cheng checked the score then commented with a tinge of excitement. "709 jins. Would you prefer to attempt one more?"

"709 jins!" Everyone shouted. They were all thrown out of their wits at Zhou Wei's ridiculous feat of power. Zhou Wei became fired up after witnessing the amazement of the crowd and turn back towards the boulder again.

"Yeah, I will hit at it one more time!" With that, Zhou Wei thrusted with even more power than before.

"742 jins!" The score had everyone riled up once more. "That's close to the strength record. What a beast!"

Zhou Wei smiled broadly and revealed his fang like teeth at the other nobles. It was a clear cut declaration that everyone was beneath him at this moment. He only viewed Lu Yan and Qin Qingtian as competition.

This was because they came from the four great noble families of Tang Fei City.

So far, the Zhou family as always been thought of as the weak leg of the four great noble families while the Tang family and Qin family were constantly at odds for supremacy.

Zhou Wei wanted to advertise how much stronger than his competition he was so that his status could soar tremendously. Having made such a strong declaration, he assumed the confident role by not attempting a third time.

"Next." He casually called for the next person while leaving nonchalantly. This was not just for empty fame but it made an immediate effect as many people just decided to resign from the test.

Of course, no one could approach that stage unless they were sure they had the strength to. Otherwise, it would be paramount to challenging the power of a great noble family and would suffer the greatest embarrassment.

There were only a few people who went up regardless of the embarrassment and punched in their barely passable punches. These people went up anyways because they were totally desperate to change their commoner lives with this opportunity.