The Second Round(1)

Chapter 49: The Second Round(1)

"They are here!"

The city lord was angry with the woman pulling out a phone in the middle of their conversation, but that anger immediately disappeared when he heard what she said.

He hurriedly stood up from his seat, and the next moment, a group of cultivators appeared in the room. All of them were masked, but even the lowest cultivation in that group was the 10th level of Golden Core, while there was one cultivator at the peak of the 12th level of Golden Core.

The city lord was shocked since he recognized the leader of the group. He knew the death of law enforcement wasn't a small issue, but that wasn't an issue that warranted someone like the man to investigate.

"Senior Mulinqi!"

The city lord immediately called out with a respectful bow. The others in the room also followed the same.

"Have you found anything?" Liu Mulinqi nodded and asked.

Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The time for the second round of examination was finally here. Many students thought that the exams would be postponed after learning about the tragic news, but no such thing happened, and the Federation decided to keep things the same as usual.

For the second round, the examination venue was decided to be a large arena where the preparation to test the physiques of the user has already been done.

Fang Yuan reached there before sunrise while family members weren't allowed in the arena.

Since the examination was to begin at sunrise, the arena was field to the brim half an hour before the sunrise. There were no absentees since the consequences of missing these exams were almost life-destroying.

In the center of the arena, there was a covered cubicle, it was around twenty feet in height and fifty feet in width. It was covered by special black clothes, so even those with special eyes couldn't see through the cover.

Time flew by, and 30 minutes passed in a flash.

As the first ray of light peered through the darkness and the orange hue appeared in the sky, two men appeared near the covered cubicle.

One was a familiar figure while the other was a masked man, and the familiar figure stood respectfully one step behind the masked man.

The two figures were Duan Chengqiu and Liu Mulinqi. The former was the lead examiner of the exams in Green Bear City, so his presence was guaranteed. The latter appeared there because the case had yet to be solved.

The water in the city turned out to be murkier than they expected. Some very big names from the city had their hands in letting those evil cultivators enter deeply into the city.

The Federation was all-powerful, but even it couldn't punish anyone at its whim, especially when some suspects were from large families. If they did something without proof, it would harm the cohesion of the group, but once they had proof, it didn't matter who the backer was; the punishment was guaranteed.

Since there were still people who weren't caught, Liu Mulinqi personally appeared to supervise the exams. Many of the students participating today will be the future backers of the Federation, and some might even reach the leading capabilities, so the Federation took every exam extra seriously.

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Duan Chengqiu walked to the cubicle and touched the cloth. The next moment, the large cloth disappeared, and a transparent cubicle appeared before the students.

The dimensions were already clear from the start, so it wasn't surprising. Inside the cubicle, there were seven beds and myriads of devices attached to it.

"Seven students will take their exam at once. As your names are called, come up to the center and enter the device."

"Those who will have them tested will return to their seats, while those whose names haven't been called yet will wait for their turn."

"The second round of exams will continue until each student has been assessed."

"Cheng Hua, Hu Maliu, Ren Xingtan, Xi Huma…"

Duan Chengqiu immediately called out the names of the seven students that would be assessed first.

The students who were in the group immediately stood up from their seats with nervous expressions. The second round could influence their future in a significant way.

If they didn't have any special physique, they still would have a chance to enter the sects throughout the continent, but if they had even the worst spiritual physique, they would be guaranteed admission into some sects, and the better their physique, the better the sects would be. Considering that, it was normal for that group of young boys or girls to be nervous.

The seven students nervously walked to the cubicle. They first greeted the two figures and then walked inside in the same sequence their names were called out.

Cheng Hua reached the first bed and reclined upon it. The next moment, the devices around the bed began to work automatically. Pipes connected with needles moved like tentacles as they pierced a specific vein in his body.

Cheng Hua gritted his teeth through the pain. It wasn't intense and was only there for a moment, but for him, who had lived his life in luxury, it was still too much.

The next moment, his blood began to flow through the pipes toward the square device kept at Cheng Hua's head.

In only a few moments, the device stopped collecting any blood and the screen on it lit up. Jumbled words appeared on it, and after a while, the screen turned dark.

It then lit up once again, and Cheng Hua's result appeared on it.

Only the student and the examiner could see it. But Cheng Hua's expression of disappointment gave away the result to other students.

Many in the seating area gloated, while many felt nervous about their results. Some were also like Fang Yuan, who didn't care much about the second round.

He had been preparing for the third round, and his expectations also weren't very high. He knew his limits and knew that getting into any of the seven major sects was almost impossible.

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