Chapter 7 Jiang Long

"W-Where am I." Yang Yu bolted up as his body ached. 'Fuck why did I do that?' He thought as he looked around. "You're in the Sky Spirit Sect." Elder Zhao said as he handed him a pill. "Its been about 2 days, we've given you some recovery liquids, but there effect wasn't much. This pill though, should do the trick." Elder Zhao explained.

"Thanks." Yang Yu said as he ate the pill. Immediately a healing energy passed through his body, as he felt his wounds recover at a fast pace. "Rest for now, after a couple hours I will come for you." Elder Zhao said as he left.

'Wait, did I complete the test!? Before my consciousness blanked I had been less than 100 steps away, but I am sure I hadn't reached the end.' Yang Yu thought in worry. 'Wait, Yun Zhu are you there?' Yang Yu thought but no reply came.

'That's odd, he's always there.' Yang Yu thought as he lied down on the bed. His emotions were in turmoil, he wasn't sure if had missed his chance, or if he had succeeded.

'Well, all I know, is I am starving.' Yang Yu thought as his stomach growled. After getting up slowly he limped towards the table, where a plate of warm soup was placed. "This is definitely not enough, but it will do for now." Yang Yu said to himself as he grabbed the spoon with difficulty, and began to eat.

Time passed, as he slowly ate. Eventually his body felt almost normal, as a man came through the door. "Elder Zhao, has asked me to take you to the arena." The black robed disciple said. "Also eat this." The disciple said as he handed Yang Yu another pill.

"With this you should definitely be completely recovered." The black robed disciple said as Yang Yu nodded eating the pill. After that, they walked a bit till they arrived at a gigantic stadium.

It was surrounded by huge stone walls had 3 entry ways. 2 were for spectators while the other one was for participants. "Head through the participant entrance." The black robed disciple said.

Hearing this Yang Yu was a bit confused, but he continued on anyway. As he entered he looked ahead, but could barely see the other side of the path. 'This stadium must be huge.' Yang Yu thought as he trekked through the pathway.

Eventually he reached the end, and as the light entered his eyes, he saw 1000s of people sitting within the stands cheering.

"WOO!"

"LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!"

They cheered as Yang Yu looked on in shock. High above the masses, there were 5 thrones, each with a man sat down.

There was Elder Zhao, a serious looking man with dark black hair and a long beard complemented by his waist length hair, another man had a small beard along with neatly combed brown hair, the other man was extremely messy in appearance, but he still held a respectable aura around him. Lastly a man who seemed to be in the prime of his youth sat, his dark black hair falling to the chair.

These were the 5 Elders of the Sky Spirit Sect, Elder Zhao, Elder Qing, Elder Chen, Elder He, and Elder Li respectively.

As Yang Yu entered Elder Zhao quieted down the masses. "This is the winner of the Test of Will!" Elder Zhao said as Yang Yu felt shocked. 'I did it!' He thought as he gazed at the stairs in front of him.

He began to walk up the stairs, and in less than a minute he reached the top. 'I beat the Transcending Heaven Stairway, I fear no stairs!' Yang Yu thought as he reached the top.

Once he did so his eyes locked with a boy standing opposite him. His eyes were a bright golden colour, and his dark black hair held but one strand of golden hair which shone with immense vitality.

"I am the Winner of the Test of Strength Jiang Long." The boy said as he bowed slightly. "Yang Yu, Winner of the Test of Will." Yang Yu said as he too bowed.

"You two will fight, to see who the TRUE winner is!" Elder Zhao said as the crowd cheered. "Before that though, please choose your weapon." He continued as Yang Yu looked to the side, finding a weapon rack.

Without even thinking he picked up the dagger as he held it in his sleeve, Jiang Long on the other hand picked the sword. After picking their weapons they went to their marked spots and gazed at each other.

'Why are his eyes golden, fuck, Yun Zhu picked the worst possible time to bail on me.' Yang Yu thought. "I am 12 this year." Jiang Long said as he held his sword in front of him. "As am I." Yang Yu replied as he waited for the go ahead.

"Then I'll hold back, seeing as you have no cultivation base." Jiang Long said as Yang Yu nodded. 'I'll take any advantage I can get.' He thought as the people on the side discussed.

"How can he be so arrogant!?"

"You didn't see the Test of Strength? This boy is already at Bone Forging!"

"What really!?"

"Not only that, but I've heard he has a physique that only appears once every 10,000 years! They call it, the Pure Yang Physique."

The crowd discussed as Yang Yu grew unsettled. 'This kid is a genius through and through.' He thought as the Elders watched. "You brought back a good disciple this time, Li." Elder Chen said as Elder Li nodded. "He's the disciple I've been searching for, after all." Elder Li replied coldly with a smirk on his face.

As they spoke everyone quieted down, and hearing this, some disciples went crazy.

"Elder Li finally chose his disciple?!"

"Elder Li's standards are so high, he disdained every disciple within the Sky Spirit Sect, and went out to search specifically, for a worthy disciple!"

"Ya so much so, not even Xu Tianlong, the strongest disciple within out sect, entered his eyes!"

The crowd exclaimed as Yang Yu grew even more nervous. Still he steeled his will and gazed at Jiang Long with determination. Soon after, Elder Zhao began to count down.

"3"

"2"

"1"

"BEGIN!"

He said as immediately Yang Yu dashed towards Jiang Long. In response Jiang Long pulled back his sword waiting for Yang Yu. As Yang Yu reached his range he lifted up his arm swiftly shooting the dagger towards Jiang Long's head.

Seeing this Jiang Long swiftly deflected it as Yang Yu punched him in the gut, to no avail. Jiang Long's bodily defence was so strong, that Yang Yu's weak punch couldn't even hurt him. "Thank you for scratching my itch." Jiang Long said as he slashed his sword towards Yang Yu.

In response, Yang Yu immediately rolled to the side, without a second thought barely dodging the sword, which pulled off part of his robes.

Noticing that he had no chance, Yang Yu dashed quickly to Jiang Long's weapon rack, and picked up the spear. After doing so he charged Jiang Long with the spear, Jiang Long charged toward Yang Yu as well.

As they were about to clash in the middle, Yang Yu suddenly slammed the spear shaft into the ground using it to launch himself over Jiang Long and into the air.

Once above him, in a split second, Yang Yu twirled the spear slamming the shaft into Jiang Long's body causing him to fall to the ground. "Arrogance is your undoing." Yang Yu said as he landed.

"I lost." Jiang Long said as he got up, before laughing. "Hahaha, I like you, I'll consider you my rival for now." Jiang Long said before walking down the arena. "So what's my prize." Yang Yu said as he looked towards the Elders.

They were stunned, they never thought Yang Yu would pull off such a manoeuvre and that Jiang Long would readily admit defeat. "Eh, you can have 1 request of us." Elder Zhao said as he gazed at Yang Yu.

"Assuming I get my original prize as well, I want to be promoted to an Inner Disciple instantly, and I want my spot to be permanent." Yang Yu said causing the Elders to be stunned. 'This son of a bitch.' Elder Zhao thought as he regretted his previous words.

".....Chen, can it be done?" Elder Zhao asked as Elder Chen thought about it. Elder Chen took care of management of the sect, he had no disciples and was extremely fair, as if he wasn't, Elder Qing who took care of Law Enforcement would beat his ass.

"Hmm, probably, but it depends if Elder He, can keep up." Elder Chen replied as Elder He simply nodded. "The little shit Fang Cong has been doing some of the work lately, and considering he has no cultivation base, it can work." Elder He said as they all nodded.

Although Elder He's speech was a bit, odd for an Elder, everyone in the sect was already used to it. "Then, by our command, Yang Yu shall directly be promoted to an Inner Disciple, and his position will be permanent, meaning he can access 1 of the 3 ponds, every month and he will be given 10x the resources of an Outer Disciple. From here on out Yang Yu will be the 301st Inner Disciple!" Elder Zhao commanded causing everyone to be in awe.

"It seems these 2 newbies will cause a storm." Someone in the crowd said. "Well we need all the strength we can get, to beat those Blood Sword Sect shits!" Another disciple chimed in.

'I've, done it.' Yang Yu thought as tears streamed down his face. Quickly he wiped his face. "By the way, may I keep this spear as a memento?" Yang Yu asked as Elder Zhao simply nodded.

"Well now that all is settled, you may disperse." Elder Zhao said as the disciples began to leave. "Yang Yu stay here." Elder Zhao said as Yang Yu waited on the arena. Soon all the disciples had left, and only Yang Yu and the 5 Elders had stayed behind.

"Here's your reward." Elder Zhao said as he handed him a wooden chest. "This is the Pure Mortal Physique pill, once consumed it will give you the corresponding physique, but remember, once consumed you will also have to endure frightening pain for 24 hours." Elder Zhao said.

"Remember, don't be arrogant though, although Mortal Physiques are extremely rare, and powerful, there are still Special, Unique, Earthly, and even Heavenly physiques above them. We wouldn't want you losing your life early due to your arrogance." Elder Zhao said as Yang Yu accepted the reward.

"Thank you for your advice, Elder." Yang Yu said as he bowed. "Also you must know some information on the physique. The Pure Mortal Physique, will allow you to automatically skip the final stage of Body Refinement, Body Cleansing, from the Body Cultivation system. It will also make Flesh Refinement, Muscle Enhancing, Bone Forging, and Viscera Training, twice as easy." Elder Zhao said as Yang Yu nodded in happiness.

"Oh and it will also make the qi you collect in the Qi Cultivation system, much purer allowing you to have increased strength." Elder Zhao continued before patting Yang Yu on the back.

"Anyway, since that will be all Elder Chen, will show you around quickly." Elder Zhao said with a smile as Elder Chen's face twitched. 'This scum bag.' Elder Chen thought.

"Thank you Elder." Yang Yu bowed towards Elder Zhao. Elder Chen then landed in front of Yang Yu before tapping him, trapping him in an orb. "I'll show him around then, see you guys later." Elder Chen said to the other Elders as they nodded.