Let the Test Begin

As the tall middle aged man appeared the expression of Elder Fei Sun paled and fear appeared in his eyes.

"V..Vice S...Sect Leader", while stuttering his face was as pale as a paper.

There were two people accompanying the tall middle aged man, they were the Vice sect leader of both sky and wind martial sect.

"Hmph! So now, even Elders started bullying kids", as the middle aged man spoke his expression completely dark and his voice was cold.

Sweat poured down from every gland of Elder Fei Sun. His face was ashen as he looked towards the vice sect leader with fear.

"But this ki-" cutting off his words in the middle the vice sect leader frowned and said, " Do you take me as a fool? Do you think I don't know?"

"You tried to kill a kid, for that you have to accept punishment!"

"Go to seclusion for 4 months."

"Yes, vice sect leader", elder Fei Sun bowed and with a tense expression left. While he was going, he turned around and looked towards Xi Ansel who had a grin on his face.

'Just you wait brat! I will make sure your death is painful', thinking about this Elder Fei Sun left hurriedly.

The whole crowd was silent and everyone looked at the place where Xi Ansel was standing. The earth was bursted, there were spider web cracks all over the place. Xi Ansel clothes were fluttering with the flowing wind and blood was flowing from the corner of his lips but he was still standing with a majestic look in his bright little eyes.

At that time everyone could feel the dignified aura coming from him. A moment ago he was like a grim reaper but now he looked just like an emperor, an emperor of death.

" Young man, what is your name?", the middle age man who Elder Fei Sun was calling as vice sect master broke the silence as he looked towards Xi Ansel.

"Elder, this disciple's name is Xi Ansel", Ansel bowed and spoke with reverence.

The reason Xi Ansel had respectfully bowed towards the middle aged man was not because he was the vice sect leader of cloud martial sect but because he always supported Xi Ansel in his previous life. When the whole world was against him, he was one of those few who still stood with him.

In the previous life after being badly beaten by the short guy on the day of the test, elder Fei Sun was watching with delight from the sidelines and he didn't even lift a finger to save him. It was at that time when the sect leader appeared and stopped the fight. Not only did he send him to the medicinal pavilion for recovery but he even gave him the position of an outer disciple without even participating in the test and punished Elder Fei Sun for not taking any action.

This caused a huge uproar in the cloud martial sect and everyone would feel jealous and intense hatred towards Xi Ansel. Eventually the whole sect began harassing him. Even Elder Fei Sun being punished pushed all the blame towards Xi Ansel and made his life a living hell.

Hu Xiobai and his group - not only would they beat him up till he coughs up blood but they even stole away the pills and resources he got every month from the sect. When asked they would say, " It's your fault for being weak, don't blame us for that."

They once conspired with Elder Fei Sun against him for stealing martial arts manual from the sect. They wanted him to be banished from the sect as punishment. But at that time only vice sect leader stood with him.

Eventually the vice sect leader and Xi Ansel became very close. The vice sect leader cared for him as his own child, this attracted a lot of jealousy and envy from other disciples.

Xi Ansel once made up his mind to leave the sect due to so much hatred and harassment but before going he had to ask something to the vice sect leader. Xi Ansel went to the room where the Vice sect leader was cultivating and asked, "Elder, why did you choose me as a disciple? You already knew that my talents were below average."

The vice sect leader opened his eyes and smiled," Child, that day I saw the determination in your eyes. No matter how much you were beaten, you still stood up. Even when you knew that you were not a match and going to die you still had that determined look. That was the reason why I chose you as a disciple. Even with average talents one can cultivate to the top, if one has the determination. Your talent and skills can be enhanced by the sect but the resolve is what determines how far you will go."

It was at that moment Xi Ansel realized that the vice sect leader didn't choose him out of pity but because of his conviction. For the first time in his life Xi Ansel perceived how deep the path of cultivation is. That day he abandoned his plan to leave the sect and made a resolve to become much much stronger. He made up his mind not to run but overcome all the difficulties.

In the later years when the whole world was against him. This humble and upright Vice Sect leader stood tall as a boulder with him, which resulted in his demise. Even during the death he patted the shoulder of the weeping Xi Ansel and with a smile said, "I never regretted the choice I made".

Seeing the vice sect leader today Xi Ansel couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth inside his heart. This time he won't let the tragedy repeat itself.

The Vice sect leader looked at Xi Ansel and felt something, it was a familiar feeling. It was as if he knew him for a long time. The vice sect leader quickly renounced his thoughts and walked towards Xi Ansel and waved his hand in the air, " Here, take this".

The elder gave Xi Ansel a pill and spoke gently, " This is a 1st grade High Class healing pill, it will help you quickly heal your wounds. I apologize for the behavior of Elder Fei Sun."

"Disciple accepts the blessings of Elder", Xi Ansel extended his hand and took the pill.

The whole crowd was shocked. For a vice sect leader to speak this gently to a kid and more over giving him a 1st grade high class healing pill. 'Who in the world was he?'

Everyone here knew the value of medicinal pills. A 1st grade low class pill was worth a few copper coins and was considered to be trash. A mediocre class 1st grade pill was worth a few silver coins but a high class 1st grade pill was worth 10 gold coins. 10 GOLD COINS!!! It was enough for a small family to live a satisfactory life for a decade.

This made the mass realize how beneficial it would be to join a sect.

The expressions of Hu Xiobai's group was extremely ugly. They thought that Xi Ansel was done for but here the tables were turned. Each and every emotion could be seen on their faces- anger, fear, grief and a bit of regret. They were shaking vigorously with a pale face.

After seeing the shocked expression of the crowd, Xi Ansel couldn't help but chuckle because they didn't know the personality of the Vice sect leader. He was an extremely humble and upright person. He rarely made any appearance in public. The reason he didn't say anything to Xi Ansel was because he never meddled in disciples affairs except for the extremities. If Xi Ansel were to kill the short guy then even if elder Fei Sun wasn't there, the vice sect leader would have definitely appeared.

Another reason the vice sect leader didn't interfere was because he hated those, who abused their powers and oppressed the weak. He found them very disgusting and the shorty was one of them. Not only did he speak insulting comments to the other party but he being a 3rd stage elementary realm even dared to attack the 2nd stage elementary realm Xi Ansel.

The vice sect leader then looked coldly towards the shorty who was wailing like a dead pig and waved his hand in the air. Suddenly a few men with white uniforms came running and took him away. These people were from the medicinal pavilion. They were carrying him on a stretcher and the direction in which they went was followed by a line of blood.

Seeing this everyone held their breaths and they looked towards Xi Ansel with fear.

Ignoring the looks of the crowd Xi Ansel swallowed the pill.

[DETECTED 1ST CLASS HIGH GRADE PILL]

[ABSORBING THE PILL - 10%.....20%...99%]

Wu Long's voice could be heard clearly in Xi Ansel's head and in a few seconds the whole pill was absorbed and there wasn't a single wound to be seen on Xi Ansel's body. All his internal and external wounds were healed.

Everyone who saw this process was appalled but they could only sigh inside after seeing the miraculous speed of healing of the high class pill. The most shocked one was the vice sect leader, because he clearly knew that it was not possible for a 1st grade pill to heal so quickly, but he quickly changed his facial expression.

The vice sect leader now looked at the crowd, "First of all let me welcome you all. Each and everyone of you have gathered here from various different places, some from villages, some from different cities and some are even from various prestigious families. All of you share a common goal and that is to become stronger. This 'Martial Sect Test', is going to be a stepping stone in your path to cultivation. Behind this Three way door lies your destiny. Are you all READY?" the vice sect leader's voice sounded clear in everyone's ears.

Everyone felt their hearts beating twice as fast. Some were too excited , some were too nervous, some were too curious and all of them roared together, "YES".

The enthusiastic voice of thousands of cultivators caused the whole city to tremble.

The vice sect leader pointed towards the Three Way Door and smiled, " Then, Let the test begin!".