As the group of three heads forward, discussing general knowledge of the cultivation world that Kraven lacks, they stop as they see Group 332 ahead, currently going through testing.
"ENOUGH WITH THE CRYING AND ENTER THE FORMATION" The man in charge of testing screamed at a young girl no older than 12 as she sobbed on the floor knowing that should she fail this test she would be a slave for life. The girl raised her head about to look at the man towering over her but she caught a glance at a boy younger than her being escorted by two people wearing sect robes, In a moment she thought that she could latch on to the boy she assumed to be the son of a powerful person in the sect.
"Please help me young master" she shouted while running towards Kraven before she grabbed his arm and snuggled her face into it.
Staring at Kraven's blank face she thought her plan had worked.
"Perfect I can use this young idiot to get out of the tests and get him to have me made a Sect Disciple without going through the test" The young girl schemed Seemingly not for the first time.
Let go of me," Kraven said with no emotion in his voice.
"huh," the girl said startled the young man would say that to her she looked into his eyes and she was stunned "So cold, his eyes are so cold, it's like he doesn't even consider me the same species as himself, even the people that sold he into slavery had warmer eyes than he did," the young girl thought while frozen in fear.
"Do I need to repeat myself?" Kraven said, becoming increasingly irritated by the girl clinging to his arm.
"Sorry I'm so so sorry," She said while retreating away from the boy.
The girl ran straight back to the towering man to continue the tests so terrified of the young boy that the sect tester didn't seem intimidating at all anymore and entered the formation immediately.
"What the fuck was that," Jason and James thought in tandem.
"It's like the pressure you feel when standing in front of a cultivator of a higher realm it can make you feel unparalleled fear if they want it to, but Kraven doesn't have any cultivation so how the hell did he do that" Jason thought turning to look at James who was thinking the same thing.
"It could be a Bloodline or a Unique Physique" James Said to Jason using voice transmission to speak privately.
"But those are extremely rare even for disciples of the 12 Rulers" Jason replied
"It's only a guess but I think I'm right he used Cultivation pressure without any cultivation how else do you explain it" James pressed Jason for an answer"
"I" Jason was interrupted by the Tester
"James, Jason what are you doing here I thought you two were on the transporting side of the mission," the tester said
"Yeah we were but the group we brought are kind of sick from being suddenly teleported you know how it is," Jason explained in a nonserious tone.
"Teleported why the hell was your group teleported" the tester asked perplexed as to why a group of slaves was teleported here instead of traveling normally.
"Well, some idiot despite being in enemy territory decided it would be a good idea to kill a few righteous sect disciples leaving traces for the elder of that sect to follow so the more sensible leader of the mission had to send an emergency message to the sect and request help thankfully Elder Silverstorm was near enough to help," James replied before Jason could think of a lie to tell to make it seem like it wasn't his fault.
"That's not fair those fuckers were asking for it bragging about breaking through to the Qi Gathering stage with a Low-Tier Qi Gathering Technique, I was helping that sect get rid of some weaklings they should be thanking me," Jason retorted in his twisted logic.
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The slaves in the room couldn't help but shiver from the horror of his words and the fact he thought nothing of killing was terrifying to these young children, but what was more horrifying was the boy next to him he looked to be younger than most of them by a few years and he was smiling and laughing at what he said they instinctively knew that this boy was fundamentally different from them.
"Jason you're fucking crazy you know that," Kraven said unable to hold his laugh in any longer.
"See Kraven thinks I'm right," Jason said putting his arm on Kraven's shoulder while laughing with him.
"Who is this child that you seem so fond of Jason" The tester asked curious as to the identity of a boy who could befriend an Inner Disciple so easily.
"Oh I forgot to introduce you, this is Kraven a slave I bought in the
"A pleasure to meet you Senior" Kraven said trying to be serious
"I'm not your senior yet" The man now known as Dwayne said
"You explained where your group is but why is the young boy here," Dwayne said motioning toward Kraven
"Elder Silverstorm said to not waste time waiting for the others in that group and to bring him here for testing," James explained concisely.
"Elder Silverstorm took interest in a slave that isn't even a disciple yet," Dwayne said via voice transmission to James and Jason.
"Even asked his name," Jason said seriously which was not like him.
"Why does Dwayne have such a shocked look on his face it's like they're talking without saying anything aloud, cool hopefully I can learn that eventually," Kraven thought not knowing what was being said.
"His name, unbelievable even True Disciples might not have Elder Silvestorm ask their name," Dwayne thought intensely.
"Well it looks like you need to be tested for your innate talent," Dwayne said recovering from his shock.
"Not to be rude but I have no idea how we do that or what the tests are," Kraven asked as he had no clue what the tests were.
"That's right you weren't here in the beginning were you," Dwayne said having forgotten.
"The 3 tests are Innate Talent, Comprehension, and finally Willpower each test is scored in Stars I'll only explain the innate talent test for now as I'll explain the others when we are there,"
"The innate talent test is done by placing a person in a Qi Gathering formation and seeing how long they can absorb the Qi inside passively before they become saturated and can't absorb more, each minute = 1 star, the highest you can get is 10 while people could potentially score higher after ten stars it's just a waste of time as 10 means they are a genius,". Dwayne explained.
"The highest in this group so far is 3 stars pretty poor," Dwayne said and then remembered someone had just entered the formation before they started talking.
"Claire 5 Stars," he said after looking at the formation that displayed 5 Stars with the girl standing next to it.
Kraven for the first time paid attention to the girl who was about 130cm tall and had a scrawny build which was normal considering that the room was full of slaves with brown hair that went to her shoulder blade and brown eyes, her skin and hair were dirty again shared by most of the people in the room.
"Kraven, enter the formation," Dwayne said giving him an order.
Kraven nodded and entered the formation quickly.
After Kraven entered the formation he could feel the presence of the Qi in the air something that was only possible in the formation as to feel Qi in the air normally you had to be in the Qi Gathering Realm.
It did not take long for his body to begin absorbing the Qi, but unbeknownst to Kraven as the Qi continued to enter his body something deep within him began to stir as if awakening from a deep slumber, as the minutes passed his body began to feel increasingly heavier and hotter to the point he couldn't stand anymore and felt like he was on fire but couldn't scream and he was soon after expelled from the formation.
Kraven appeared outside the formation dripping with sweat and looking very fatigued but he was still able to feel people staring at him.
"Did I do bad or something?" Kraven asked nervously
"No, quite the opposite, Kraven 7 Stars" Dwayne announced and it felt like nearly everyone was struck by lightning including Kraven.
Jason and James looked each other in the eyes and they were both thinking the same thing but both felt very differently about the fact James was going to lose the bet.
"Know that everyone has been tested we move on to the Comprehension test," Dwayne said motioning for the group to follow him.
"Nice one Kraven 7 Stars is a great score in 1 test you're pretty much halfway to the 15 stars you need to enter the sect, also dude you're soaked here's some spare clothes they'll shrink to fit you don't worry," Jason said as a training outfit consisting of a pair of shorts and a t-shirt appeared out of thin air.
"Don't worry about that you need to hurry along or we'll get left behind," Jason said looking at Kraven's face when the outfit appeared out of thin air.
"Oh right," Kraven said jumping up and quickly stripping to put on the uniform showing his battered and bruised body from years of abuse at the hands of his 'helpers'.
"Man that heat was no joke felt like I was being burned alive oh well, onwards," he said running in the direction everyone went.
"He shouldn't have felt any heat an increase in weight as his body got saturated yeah, but no heat," Jason thought of another thing to add to the ever-increasing oddities about Kraven.