Chapter 79: Talent Test
"The first assessment is a test of your disciples' talent!"
Gu Hang walks up to the instrument that was shaped like a giant stone tablet.
The instrument was called Talent Scouter! It's a very commonly found piece of equipment in this world, it could be found in almost all sects and clans.
(Excluding He Yi Ming's)
As long as someone slaps their hand on this device, the Talent Scouter can then measure their talent and physique, and quantify it into a number.
The higher the talent, the stronger the physique, the better the score you'll receive!
More powerful forces will have certain score requirements and if you don't meet those requirements, then you won't even be considered at all!
Heaven Academy doesn't have any specific requirements and anyone is eligible to take the entrance exam.
On average, those with no special physique or talent will score around 1-10 points.
In the eyes of powerful sects or clans, these numbers were synonymous with trash!
"Shit!" He Yi Ming's heart sank when he saw the first test.
Other people might not understand his disciples but how could He Yi Ming not know?
The players' bodies were all created by the system, the blankest of slates, that is, without any unique talents or special physiques.
How could he possibly beat the others with a bunch of blank slates?
He is scoring dead last for sure!
"Hahaha! I'll go first!" Gu Feng laughed, arrogantly glanced at He Yi Ming, and then loudly said.
"Gu Feng's disciples, may you please step forward!" Heaven Academy's staff care and loudly announce.
"I'll go first!" Among them, the man with the weakest cultivation, Half-Step Mid Stage of Spirit Realm walked over and put his hand on the Talent Scouter.
Suddenly, a number appeared above the stone tablet.
47 points.
"47? Oh, are you sure about that!" The man smiled and abruptly roared, a blood-red tattoo appear on his body, his Azure Back Demi Earth Dragon bloodline was quickly stimulated!
Suddenly the number on the stone tablet jumped again and turned to 95!
"Oh my god, 95 points?"
"That should be the...Azure Back Demi Earth Dragon Bloodline, right?"
"That man has the bloodline of the dragon race...how terrifying!"
...
This scene shocked everyone!
In this world, the entry requirement of most Second Grade Sects is only around 30 points while Third Grade Sects are only around 70 points!
Just the weakest disciples of Gu Feng managed to achieve an impressive 95 points!
"I'll go next!" The second person smiled and place his hand on the stone tablet, flames suddenly appear around his body as soon as he made contact with the Talent Scouter.
The next moment, an astonishing number of 97 points appeared above the stone tablet.
"That disciple must have the Fire Spirit Physique!" Many higher-ups of Heaven Academy instantly recognized this person's physique at a glance and were a little surprised.
The remaining two people stepped forward and score 98 and 101 respectively, both of them scoring extremely high.
Their total score reached an astonishing 391 points!
"391 points...gulp!"
"This must be one of the highest scores in decades!"
"If any one of these four people joins Heaven Academy, they will easily become one of the Heavenly ten!"
...
Most of the higher-ups of Heaven Academy were secretly shocked.
"Hahaha, did you see that? This is my disciples!" Gu Feng couldn't help but laugh.
When Gu Feng entered Heaven Academy, he only score 96 on the Talent Scouter, and now all of his disciples scored on par with him!
If it wasn't for Nangong Li and He Yi Ming, Gu Feng would have definitely taken the number one spot in the Heavenly Ten for sure!
"So these are Gu Feng's disciples?"
"Shit, I lost!"
"The gap is too huge!"
....
When the eight other people of the Heavenly Ten saw this scene, their faces sank.
Their disciples also went up to test but the highest score among them was a measly 83 points, far less than Gu Feng!
Soon, it was Nangong Li's turn.
The sect owned by Nangong Li was called Ice Palace, and it's one of the rare sects that only recruit one gender.
Due to this, all of Nangong Li's disciples are young females and in a few more years, they will all definitely grow into absolutely stunning beauties.
The appearance of these beautiful girls naturally attracted the attention of countless people.
"So these are the disciple of the Ice Palace? So beautiful!"
"Rumor has it that many large sects and clans want their disciples to marry the disciples of the Ice Palace!"
"If I can marry a disciple of the Ice Palace, I'll be content for the rest of my life!"
....
The eyes of many male students burned bright, but they only dare to keep their little thought in their hearts.
"Holy shit, what a bunch of pretty chicks!"
"F*** yeah, this is why I play this game, this is not the level of beauty IRL girls can reach!"
"Shit, I regret not following Master! If I was there, I'll lick/simp her until she questions her life!"
(TN: 舔狗 is a word in Chinese that translated literally means licking dog, but it actually translates to simp.)
"Ha, in your dream, with your cultivation, she'll one kicked you back to spawn!"
"When will they release the Ice Palace Dungeon, shit, I going to farm that place to death!"
"Dungeon? F*** that, I want to know when will they release the Ice Palace, I want to transfer sect ASAP! ! !"
...
The players watched the live broadcast with burning eyes, and a few players even started to lick the screen.
(But they were all eventually beaten up by the other players for covering the screen.)
Comparing the otherworldly beauty of these girls to all the photoshop models of Earth was like comparing a diamond with a pile of shits I'm telling you!
"Master, I want one..."
"NO!"
He Yi Ming took out a wooden bat and smack Beef Noodle into his place, bonking all the dirty thoughts out of his mind.
(He Yi Ming: I knew this would come in handy one day! Especially with all the players!)
At this time, the four disciples of the Ice Palace also begin their test.
"Ding!" However, the score of the first disciples shocked all of the audience!
137!
Next, the two other girls got scores of 135 and 139 respectively.
Finally, the last girl Qing'er touch the stone tablet with her small hand and an even more terrifying number appeared!
208!
Seeing this number, Gu Hang's expression changed drastically and he stood up from his seat, only after a bit did he regain his composer and sat back down.
"208 points! This must be the highest score in Heaven Academy in decades no century, right?" Heaven Academy's President calmly said.
208.
This score is enough to place someone on the top of most sects and clans of the Northern Spirit Realm.
Joining any sect, they will instantly become a Direct Disciple!
(Outer Disciple<Inner Disciple<Direct Disciple)
Joining any clan, if they were a male they will be recruited as a son-in-law and allowed to pick almost any female clan member, and if they were a female they will also be allowed to pick among carefully selected male clan members and be given a ton of wedding gift!
None of Heaven Academy higher-ups not even the President can reach this score!
"....." Gu Hang's face sank, he knew his grandson has already lost!
At least, this first test is a sure loss.
Although Gu Hang knew that the Ice Palace was very powerful and is stronger than the Heaven Academy!
However, this was the first time he witness their true power, Gu Hang never expect that just the disciples brought by Nangong Li would be more talented than almost everybody in Heaven Academy!
(Now his plan of making his grandson fight off his demon might have all gone down the drain.)
"How is this possible!" Gu Feng couldn't accept what he was seeing.
"Nangong Li, total score, 619!
Hearing the number announce by the staff, Gu Feng trembled.
Originally he thought with the disciples carefully selected by his grandfather who are all just as talented or even more talented than him!
This first test was in the bag!
But in the end...
He still lost to Nangong Li!
"Huh..." But soon Gu Feng calmed down.
With Nangong Lis' background, losing to her was normal, there is nothing to be ashamed of!
All he needs is to...
Defeat He Yi Ming!
"He Yi Ming, it's your turn!" Gu Feng said in a weird tone, his eyes staring at He Yi Ming's four disciples.
In Gu Feng's eyes, none of He Yi Ming's four disciples have any unique talent or special physique at all, all of them are complete trash!
Him losing this?
Impossible!
"He Yi Ming, you may now begin the test!" Following the voice of the staff, Luffy and the others all walked up with curiosity and excitement.
"I wonder what score will the disciples of He Yi Ming Senpai get?"
"Yeah, going off of how they perform when they jump off, they should have a chance, right?"
"Three of He Yi Ming Senpai's disciples should be fine but isn't the last one, the one that fell face-first into the ground way too weak?"
...
The students of Heaven Academy looked on curiously.
"I'll go first!" Luffy excitedly rushed up to the Talent Scouter and reach out his hand to touch it.
"Ding!"
Following the ding.
A number was displayed.
5.
(Whooo...That's kinda small...Yikes!)