Ch. 16 Entry Examination

Arriving at the entrance of the Sword Pavilion sect, Ren and Meng were astounded by its majesty. High arches made of granite, massive buildings that were arranged in the shape of an octagon if one were to look at it from a birds eye view. There were hundreds of disciples walking around dressed in robes similar to what Yuuka was wearing. All white with a small sword emblem on the left shoulder. Most emblems were bronze, there were noticeable less silver ones while from what Ren could see, only Yuuka had a gold emblem.

At the gate to the sect Ren and Meng were stopped by a guard "Hello Miss Yuuka, what business do these two have with the sect?" He asked with his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Stand down! These two saved me from a Yin Soul disciple earlier, they are here to take the entrance examination." Yuuka commanded.

"Ah, My apologies. Thank you for saving Miss Yuuka. I will guide you both to the test grounds. Follow me"

Ren and Meng followed the guard into a building that was located to the right of the entrance. Once inside the guard handed them two jade plates. "These are your identity plates, they will record your scores in the tests and detect any cheating or tampering during the tests as well. Drip blood onto the plates and it will display your current information"

[Hold Mengs hand when you do this, I will tamper with the plates to display your equivalent martial stage otherwise nothing will show up.]

Ren pricked Mengs hand then held her hand that dripped onto the plate. He did the same for himself.

{Ren Ji: Late Mortal stage, initial Sword force}

{Meng Ji: Late Mortal stage, initial Sword force}

'Oh? Two talents?' the guard thought with a huge grin plastered across his face.

"The first test is a strength test, to pass you must be able to exert 300 kilos of force, every 100 after that will help you assume a higher ranking." the guard said as he led them through a doorway.

It was an empty room with a simple stone rectangle in the middle.

"This stone will record your strength on your plate. Use your greatest attack on it"

Ren transmissioned to Meng "Don't use your full cultivation. I'm guessing 1200 pounds would blow their minds if a Late mortal stage had that strength. Limit it to 600 tops"

Meng nodded in response then walked calmly towards the Strength recording stone. She got into stance and shot towards the stone like a comet.

BANG

Like a thunderclap her fist struck the stone. She looked at her plate to see the number 589.

The examiner was shocked. His mouth wide open.

'Innate strength? She could kill me in one punch' thinking of that gave him the chills

"My turn!" Ren stepped up and darted towards the stone. He wasn't going to use any cultivation and only use his body's strength.

CRACK

Since he didn't use his Cultivation his score was much lower that Mengs. Although 497 wasn't bad in the eyes of the examiner, Ren was hyped to know he only needed another 3kg of force to advance to the next stage of body refinement.

The examiner nodded and said "the next test will test your combat reaction. You may use your weapons"

Leading them into another room that was empty other than holes all over the walls he continued "There will be targets that shoot out of the walls. Once you miss a target the test will end."

Ren wanted to know how much he should hold back and asked "how many do i need to pass?"

The examiner smirked and shook his head "Just go until you can't stop. I will let you know afterwards if you pass"

'Little fella trying to scheme against me? Keke'

Looking at Mengmeng, Ren said "I'll go first sister!"

Stepping into the outline on the ground he raised his voice "I'm ready!"

Fwoosh.. Fwoosh..

Rubber balls that were 10cm in size flew out one by one as Ren easily sliced through them.

'86 87 89'

When he reached 100 the tempo became faster and the balls started to get smaller.

Ren kept his pace and seemed at ease. Over the next 10 minutes the speed got faster and faster. Soon he neared his 1000th target. Using his spirit sense he looked at the examiner and didn't notice anything strange so he kept going.

1000

2000

3000

It was getting insanely fast now, Ren wasn't out of energy but he was starting to fall behind because there were too many in number at a time. Finally he missed one.

DING

Looking at his plate he saw 3471. Satisfied he looked at the examiner who finally stopped faking his expression. His face was pale and sweating. Stuttering he spoke "C-congratulations on breaking the record.." he then murmured "by 2200"

'f*ck I was supposed to lay low'

[Well, it can't be helped. You made it too obvious during the previous test that you were holding back your strength so he schemed to see your real potential]

'Un'

"Meng'er you're up! No need to hold back"

Mengmeng took the test and scored 2866.

The examiner just stared at the two like they were freaks from a sideshow. He eventually snapped out of it and declared "No need for the third test. You both pass and have become Gold sword disciples. Head to the registration building and you will receive your robes and housing location. The rewards for breaking entrance records are 1000 sect points" he handed them each a letter and showed them the way to the registration building.