There were a lot of people gathered in a cubic shaped hall. A tense atmosphere radiated the room as a mixture of excitement and anticipation could be felt from the people that gathered in the room. On the platform at the front of the hall, three aged men were sitting down on decorated seats overlooking the crowd gathered in the hall. They wore similar long white robes that had the figure of a majestic crane holding onto a branch with its talons stitched across the chest area of the robe to adorn it. The man sitting on the left seemed to be discussing with the one in the middle.
“Elder Dickson, who do you think is the most talented youth among the ones gathered here today?” The aged men that sat at the left asked as he looked towards the one at the middle.
“Well, considering their age group, Sanya shows the most promise considering he has already advanced to the 5th stage of origin for a while now and he hasn’t showed up for the skill test.” The man at the middle smiled as he spoke.
“ Haha first elder, you can’t be so sure that he has advanced to the 5th stage of origin. And even if he is at the fifth stage of origin, it doesn’t mean he is the most talented. In fact, Bana is also at the 5th stage of origin and he is under 14 years old. If not that this skill test is done every two years and the age restriction is 15 years old, he wouldn’t have participated in this year’s test considering the progress he can make in 2 years.”
“As expected of the disciple of the 3rd elder Mabu. You have never disappointed me once unlike some other person that brings ‘waste’ into the clan. Since our 500 years of history, there haven’t been anyone who would deliberately bring in ‘waste’ into the clan and even accept it as a disciple until now. Its really disappointing, really disappointing.” Elder Dickson sneered and took a quick glance at the man that remained quiet throughout the conversation.
“Haha, of course that’s to be expected. Bana is not just my disciple, he is my grandson and he’s got the blood of his grandfather flowing in his veins. For him to be even compared to ‘a waste’ is really undeserving of his potential.” The man on the left answered with a mocking smile.
“ What do you have to say 2nd elder Tupe, or don’t you think we are deserving of your opinion?” Elder Mabu asked the quiet man in a condescending manner, obviously trying to arouse the man’s anger. But the man just ignored Elder Mabu and continued to look towards the crowd gathered in the room. Elder Mabu’s face became twisted as he began to boil with anger when he saw that the man just ignored him without even looking at him.
The conversation was definitely loud enough for the 2nd elder to hear that even the people close enough to the platform could hear it. In fact, the purpose of the conversation was to provoke the 2nd elder. First Elder Dickson and Third Elder Mabu both knew Bana was the most talented participant, it was even no news to all the people who had gathered in anticipation of the test but they wanted to provoke the 2nd elder. Since three years ago, Elder Dickson and Elder Mabu have used every opportunity they had to provoke Elder Mabu because of his inept disciple. In this martial world, power was everything. The strong owned all and the weak owned none. It is even known that the practitioners who have reached the peak of their martial arts are so formidable that they have godlike abilities like abilities to split mountains and live indefinitely.
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Elder Mabu also knew this fact, which was why he always ignored them whenever they spited him. What made matters even worse was that his disciple was not originally from the clan. Initially, when Elder Tupe brought the child to the clan, the other elders were not happy about it because Elder Tupe had never accepted any disciple so they were jealous of the boy’s potential. But as soon as the boy started cultivating and they discovered he was of even less than average talent, they were the first people to start making fun of Tupe for making a ‘waste’ his disciple. But despite how much they provoked Tupe, he did not even show a change in attitude towards the boy, he adopted him as a son and most times, he had to protect the boy from offensive remarks and actions from the clan which further aggravated their actions but of course, he can’t always protect him from everyone at every time.
“ Ahem Ahem.... Be quiet everyone” Elder Dickson cleared his throat as he stood up from his seat and addressed the audience that gathered. “ Welcome to this biennial event to determine the talented youths who hold the hope of our clan. As we all know, this event is held for everyone between the age of 14 and 15 who haven’t taken the skills test. If you are within this age group and you haven’t taken your skills test, come up to this platform and line up in front of me.”
One by one, the teenagers filed out from within the crowd onto the platform and stood in a single horizontal line in front of Elder Dickson. “The test will be divided into two sections… The ki test and the meridian test. The ki test will be used to know your cultivation level and the meridian test will be used to know how much internal energy you can use. 3rd Elder Mabu will take it from here.” Elder Dickson said as a cold smile appeared on his face.
“I have a bad feeling about this,what are they trying to accomplish?, Elder Dickson should have just led the participants straight to the inner chamber to begin the test” Elder Tupe frowned slightly while thinking to himself .
Mabu stood up from his seat and walked towards Dickson. He nodded at Dickson who replied back with a nod, and Mabu’s face that was all twisted up in anger earlier was replaced with a sinister smile when he began to address the audience.“This year, we have made some changes to the skill’s test.”
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AT: Sorry for keeping you waiting. Various things came up in real life that took my time. I also had to think of how to proceed with the story because I just wrote the prologue on a whim. I spent a lot of time thinking of how to introduce the character of the mc so that took a bit of time. I hope you enjoy this story. Expect another chapter in less than 12 hours. Please don't forget to rate and notify me of any errors, thank you.