Chapter 29 - Frustration

However, as Instructor Qin rushed to the scene, he noticed that the child who should be close to death, abruptly opened his eyes and released an aura so tyrannically powerful that everyone in the vicinity felt as if an earthquake occurred.

His pupils were as small as a needle's point, but the core disciples on the gates, they felt that they were being swallowed in a deep abyss of bloodshed and carnage. The core disciple on the left even had slight incontinence.

Instructor Qin stared in utter shock at the monster in a little child's body. What shook him back to reality were the instructors who were prepared defense protocols. Instructor Qin quickly ordered them that it was a false alarm before returning to the entrance gates. Instructor Qin still could not fathom how this little child could have such a fearsome aura.

This was actually because Tian Longmeng was frustrated by the blatant and unnecessary bullying of the commoner people. Well, to be more accurate, of him. Tian Longmeng did feel a sense of compassion towards the commoners' social situation, but not to the point of fighting for them.

However, with the sudden pinpoint oppression on him, that was not prevented by the instructors, Tian Longmeng finally erupted.

What became the result was actually a recreation of his father's "Imperial Dominance" that he experienced, albeit much milder. That experience was engraved so deeply into his subconscious that he was able to recreate it unknowingly in this moment of rage.

He released the pressure on the core disciples after Instructor Qin, along with two other instructors, came to take away them. The core disciples left with their entire body looking paler than a skeleton.

Instructor Qin stood on the right gate door and declared the opening of the opening examinations while avoiding the judgmental gaze of the little child. "All of those who have been able to persist have received the ability to enter and participate in the examinations. Enter and head to the training grounds."

With that, Instructor Qin left and disappeared inside the martial academy. Many of the people who were able to persist began conversing with one another anxiously. They just realized that they were so close to failing the examinations yet it did not even officially begin.

That testing phase was only put so that those without a ready spirit and sturdy will would be instantly excluded from the exam. Even if you had powerful cultivation but was caught unaware and fainted, you would be excluded. It was only natural because what purpose would one serve if they could be killed without doing anything meaningful, no matter how strong they were.

A lot of applicants began losing their confidence as they walked to the training grounds. It seemed like the opening examinations would be a lot harder than they thought.

The ones who woke up later and saw their dreams crushed by the closed iron gates is a story for another time.

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The applicants entered the training grounds and had another chance to marvel at the magnificence of Tang Fei Martial Academy. Even Tian Longmeng was not exempt from this as he was mesmerized by the scattered yet complete vibe the plainly structured buildings and outline of the martial academy.

The major point of Tian Longmeng's praise was the mechanisms in the training grounds. They were multiple training grounds scattered throughout Tang Fei Martial Academy. People could be found exercising their techniques on some stone and wooden dolls in one of the training grounds. At another, there was an open arena where people sparred and fought against each other.

Seeing all these different training grounds had Tian Longmeng psyched up for cultivating here because he would be able to have a lot of opportunities for sparring and competition.

The training ground the applicants headed towards had pole-like boulders and black pillars on hexagonal platforms. There could even be an 11-layered pagoda seen in the near distance.

A completely new instructor appeared to them with some disciples who seemed to be assisting him. The instructor spoke, "I am Instructor Cheng and I will be administering the first test out of three."

Instructor Cheng then directed them to the pole-like boulders. "The first test is of raw power. To pass this test one must hit the standard of 250 jins."

Many people became shocked at the difficulty of the standard. One person even commented, "Damn, if that is the case, I could never enter Tang Fei in my life."

Tian Longmeng was just as shocked, but for a completely different reason. "That low!!!" He screamed in his head while trying to comprehend the general standard of the applicants present.

Tian Longmeng's strength was already well over 1500 jins and if he was to go all out, he could clock in around 2000 jins of strength. Even as a mortal, he was well over the standard 250 jins of strength.

Because of this Tian Longmeng began entering a state of denial. "There is no way people could fail at this. We are all cultivators here after all. This has to be some joke."