"Alright, I will be bringing you two to your temporary residence first. This was the treatment we often give to those with good potential because they will become the pillar supporting our sect in the future."
"Tomorrow morning, the both of you will enter the examination to determine your talent and ability to handle the challenges. From there, you will be then selected by our elders to be their direct disciples."
"As a tip for you, because you attract my interest to see how high you can go, I will tell you something so you can get ready."
"Remember, the test is not all about cultivation, sometimes, they will check the aptitude, the upbringing, and the inner quality of a disciple. So try your best to pass the test. I'm sure with your talents, even our headmaster will be twitching to accept you as his disciple." the representative of the sect finished his sentence and left the residence.
Left with nothing to do, Zhang Wu Ji went to choose a room and sleep. Although the carriage was not uncomfortable, being put in the same carriage as Guan Qing Han was a torture because the lady did not stop herself from harassing the youth along their way.
The attitude of this two makes the representative understand one thing. The word "A man will be gentler than a rabbit before a woman that can control him" is true. In fact, after the two youth left the Li Jiang Town, the head of Guans immediately paid a visit to the Zhang's Manor to discuss a marriage between the two youths in their similar age, and also to wipe away the misunderstanding between the Zhang's, the Guans, and the Botanist Hall.
This sudden visit makes Zhang Qing Feng thought about something too.
"This brat does have some of my skills when I'm younger."
Back at the residence, Zhang Wu Ji was trying to sleep. During the past 6 days of traveling, his total strands of Inner Qi increase by another four again, making his current strands standing at 29. But as a none cultivator, he knows that if he was lacking in a certain kind of quality, it is possible that he will be sacked before he managed to pass a single round of the evaluation test.
"I can't completely depend on the two books to increase my Inner Qi, with the speed of two strands every three days, It will take me five months before I have enough to increase my strength by 1 Stage. I will need to find a new alternative, but what can I do?" he considered his option for a moment, and then remembered the two Qi Sensing Pills in his pouch.
"If I eat them and cultivates, it won't be a problem for me to get 2 strands immediately, but what can the six hours do for me, since the former brat can't even successfully get a single strand of Inner Qi after eating this like water for fifteen years?"
"Shit! I got no idea at all on what I can do now! Even if I use the White Blood Jade, where do I get the blood from?" he scratched his head for a while before a knock came from the door.
"Who? Her?" he went to the door with the two Qi Sensing Pills in hand and went to open the door. When he sees the lady was standing outside with her pajamas and a book in her hand, Zhang Wu Ji's caution against her is reduced.
"What can I help you with, Young Lady Guan?" only god know what happens to him to address the tigress as young lady Guan.
"You asshole! Call me Qing Han or Han-Han for god sake!" she cursed in mind, but slowly raise the book in her hand before she begins to talk.
"I... I was too rash on that day and took the liberty to take away the book you want... Can... You forgive me? You can have the book here." she placed the book right before him, and timidly, she talks.
"Ah! It's actually that book! What should I do now..." he was surprised that the book will find its way back to his side without him missing it.
"I am at the wrong too, I believe this Qi Sensing Pill will be better for you instead, please take this back." like exchanging their presents, he placed the two Qi Sensing Pills at her palm while keeping the book away.
"Is this the act of exchanging presents? Of I'm so into him now." she thought. In fact, her face is giving out a heavenly expression now.
"No, I can't take both from him because the pill still cost 1,000 gold coins each. The book only cost me a few hundred coins to purchase anyway... I guess I can do this instead." she considered about this for a while, before she put a Qi Sensing Pill back on his hand.
"This, you will take one, and I take one," she said. Surprised by her generosity, Zhang Wu Ji checked the status of his pill, before he decides to say something.
"Use that pill today, I'm sure you will be surprised with it." Zhang Wu Ji added.
"I will!" she replied in a smile, and turn around to leave the room, but before she forgets, she turned to him again and loudly said; "Good Night!" before she runs away sheepishly.
"She does have a very attractive side on her when she wasn't pissed off." Zhang Wu Ji comments before he returns to his room and closed the door.
After a while of acting like a gentleman, he exhaled.
"The book! You're back to my side! I'm going to see what is so amazing about you!" his calm demeanor changed after he exhaled. Being put in a difficult situation of having nothing to improve his speed of cultivation, the sudden appearance of the book was like a pie dropped from the heaven to feed this hungry bastard.
Qi Directing Sutra Volume 1
Usage 1: Increase the Strand of Inner Qi creation speed when beaten
Usage 2: Increase the Strand of Inner Qi creation speed when beating
Durability: 2/2
Special: Combine the following volume for further function.
"What? Increase in speed when I beat people and got beaten? This... How can I go with it?" he immediately considers his alternative, but except asking for Guan Qing Han to pummel him, there is no other choice for him to look for a beating.
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"Wait... I am inside the Seven Star Sect anyway, how about I... Go out and look for people to beat me or me beating them?" he stops considering Guan Qing Han first. Given her attitude, if Zhang Wu Ji asks for a beating, she will do it without mercy.
Secretly, he went out from their residence and randomly look around for a training ground. One has to say, the Seven Star Sect is at least fifty times bigger than his residence for sure! He was looking around for the training ground but notice nothing but closed buildings and some disciples were chatting at each other after their practice session.
With his skin on the face thickened, Zhang Wu Ji went to the group of students to ask for a direction, but most of them were so high up in their own little world and ignored Zhang Wu Ji's polite request.
"Senior brother, can junior know where is the training ground located? I am new to the sect thus..."
"Get the hell away! Look at yourself before you talk to us. Are you wearing the robe of a Seven Star Sect Disciples? If not, then don't come over to try and get close to us. We're from two different worlds."
"Look at yourself, not even a cultivator, but dare to treat yourself as a junior. Don't make me beat you until you have to crawl home."
The random bullets filled with despising sentences shot at Zhang Wu Ji mercilessly, but luckily, the youth was sturdy enough to not be pulled into the same level as them.
"Still not leaving? Then don't blame me to send you back home by crawling!" one of the disciples stand up and charged at Zhang Wu Ji with a punch, but not noticing the Iron Ruler from his back, Zhang Wu Ji whacked him using the ruler until he was unconscious on the ground.
"How dare you look for trouble with us!" the disciples immediately get furious from his atrocious action! Where should they put their face if they failed to teach a none cultivator a lesson for messing with Disciples of the Seven Star Sect?
But for Zhang Wu Ji, this was the best choice!
"Come to attack me!" he swings his Iron Ruler within discrimination at everyone and pummels them until they fainted on the ground. After settling the issue with this ten disciples, he went to another location.
The only differences are this time, it was not to look for the training ground, but to pummel disciples that way too high above themselves in their thinking.
"Even if the sect wants to send me away, so be it. After I'm done with you, it will be the bandits from the Lan Shan Mountain," he tells himself, as he steps forward.
From one section to another, Zhang Wu Ji very quickly obtained the name Torturing Demon. It was the first time they see a youth holding an Iron Ruler and walk around the residential area to pummel the disciples.
As for himself, it was a fun thing to pummel them, because with each of them was defeated until fainted, he will receive a small strand of Inner Qi flying around him like it was converging into a proper strand of Inner Qi.
"I'm done with the seventh group now, let us get the others." after defeating a few groups, his confidence grows, it seems unless they were well-trained elites, else, it would be difficult for them to resist the strike from his Iron Ruler.
But what he did not know is that his action has started to attract the upper-class students studying as a direct disciple of an elder. Since his residence was located at a Basic Disciple area, none of them were presenting any threat to the Torturing Demon.
As he went on with the giving of pummelling lessons, two elders standing inside the Reflecting Pagoda is occupied with their discussions related to the next direct student of the sect headmaster. In front of them was an old man in his eighties, with seven swords of different length standing behind him while their tip was inside the stone floor.
It seems that the representative that brings Zhang Wu Ji and Guan Qing Han is here as well. In fact, he was one of the two Grand Elders of the Seven Star Sect, the Grand Elder of the Right, Xing Yi Chen. As for the other person standing beside him, was the Grand Elder of the Left, Yang Chen Kun.
The headmaster in his eighties is the current and also fifth generation headmaster of the Seven Star Sect, known as The Lord of Seven Swords, Liang Tian! He was one of the most amazing figures that thread passes the Sheng Tian Process twenty years ago before he took the title as the fifth headmaster of the Seven Star Sect.
"It seems that the both chosen one from the grand elders is coming out to wreak havoc. Who do you think will cause more problem?" Headmaster Liang Tian says as he spreads his sense of an Inner Qi Lord across the land belonged to the sect.
"Hmm... Torturing Demon, huh?" Headmaster Liang Tian smiled when he heard about the commotion related to a demon holding an Iron Ruler looking for people to pummel.
"While at the same time, slight far from where Zhang Wu Ji is wrecking havoc, is another youngster in his 2nd Stage Inner Qi Fighter strength. Instead of causing trouble like Zhang Wu Ji, he challenged the disciples to fight him in a Battle Royale, with the rewards of 10,000 Gold Coins if they managed to defeat him.
"Tell young Sixth and young Eighth to go and teach them both a lesson. Hahaha..." the headmaster mentioned two people to take care of the commotion. After the two grand elder went for their arrangement, two person is on their move to handle this matter.
As the headmaster of the sect, Liang Tian personally accepted nine direct disciples. Each of them was called the young first to young ninth. Their title does not stay too long, and changes always happen whenever the younger tried to challenge the older.
After the arrangement is done, young eighth was sent to handle Zhang Wu Ji, while young sixth was sent to handle the other person.
With the strength of a 3rd Stage Inner Qi Warrior, the two young disciples of the headmaster went straight to where they were fighting, and very soon, Zhang Wu Ji is standing just right before him.
"Torturing Demon?" Young Eighth questioned.
"Me? I'm Zhang Wu Ji, can you lead me to the training grounds for me to practice a bit before tomorrow exam?" knowing that this person is much different from the weaklings before, Zhang Wu Ji greets him politely.
"Sure. When I defeat you, I will drag you to the Training Ground to be paraded. You're quite daring to come and make a mess with the Seven Star Sect." young eighth speaks his reason to stand before him. Being a person filled with pride as the headmaster's eighth direct disciple, he was proud and too proud.
"I'm here looking for the training ground, but none of the seniors cooperate, and even take action to assault me, am I not allowed to even retaliates?" Zhang Wu Ji tried to reason with him. But he received no respectful replied in return.
"If we say you're wrong, then you're wrong! We are the disciples, not you!" he blows up from Zhang Wu Ji's reply and took the advantage to launch an attack first.
"Shining Seven Sections!" the sword in his hand shines like a bright fluorescent tube that blinds his sight, but with Three Style Dog Ruling Art, he retaliates valiantly while having his sight blinded for a moment.
"What a heavy Iron Ruler, and he can still swing it like a feather." Young eighth retreats for a few steps, and tried to see the weaknesses behind the sudden burst of frenzied strikes, but failed to notice anything.
"Is that a profound technique?" he thought for a moment, and charged at the youth once more, with the same attack.
"Four Steel Ruler Art! Swing!" with the edge of the ruler is in his hand now, he made a 360 degrees turn with his Iron Ruler acting as the fulcrum! A sudden unconventional attack came and strikes young eighth aside before he can do anything to block the attack!
"I'm going to let you see an air blade!" Zhang Wu Ji swings the Iron Ruler again, creating an air blade heading at the disciple with high speed.
"You dare!" he shouts! Using the position of a direct disciple is the strongest force in the Seven Star Sect!
"Why not?" Zhang Wu Ji already standing two steps away from him, with the Iron Ruler aiming at his buttock.
"New Iron Ruler Art... Buttocks Blooming with Flowers!" the ferocious yet funny buttock strikes slaps at his bottom without a method to resist.
It was an unconventional attack, but when it was used unconventionally, it was the strongest attack to use against a person who followed the steps blindly until now!
Young Eighth! You're not weak, but your opponent is too unconventional against you!
In the end, even the direct disciple belonged to the headmaster falls into his hand.
"Boring. I'm going back now, I lost my interest to go to the training ground any longer." he turned around and left the place, taking his own sweet time back to his own residence.
And in between the fight between him and the others, he managed to pick up two good items in their fight.
Yin Ling Fruit Seed
Usage: Planted and grow for their fruits.
Yield: Possibility of three fruits when the plant matures.
Rock Ling Wood
Usage: help increase the medicinal properties when stored together.
Durability: 10/15
This two item was dropped on the ground when one of the disciples was disturbed by the fight. And since he did not return to collect them, it ends up getting into Zhang Wu Ji's hand instead.
As for the fight just now, he only managed to defeat and pummel ninety-eight students, since one of them was the young eighth with the strength of 3rd Stage of Inner Qi Fighter, he ends up getting three little strands from him.
Altogether, it wasn't much, but his total Inner Qi strands increase to 30. Unless the test is going to start on the third day morning, it will be impossible for him to get more strands of Inner Qi for now.
"I'll better off planting the seed then." he considered his ending in case he really failed to enter the Seven Star Sect and become their disciple.
Sleeping quite well, he wakes up from slumber the moment sunlight rise from the east. With everything was prepared before he came out, Zhang Wu Ji and Guan Qing Han enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast before they followed a disciple to the location the test is going to be conducted.
Here, he noticed that except for the two of them, there are another hundred and forty-eight more participants waiting to enter the testing ground. Almost all of them were well dressed, some are even better in term of clothing quality, design, and their expressiveness in showing out their wealth.
And at not too far from his sight, he sees at least fifty disciples with bruises and walking sticks on them. It seems that few of those he pummels yesterday are actually helping out in this exam.
"It seems that the exam is not going to be easy... I shouldn't pummel them that hard yesterday. Now I'm going to suffer for sure." Zhang Wu Ji slightly regrets his action yesterday, but not too much, because it brought him fun, and it brought him a strand of Inner Qi.
If he was given the chances to choose again?
Of course, he'll be going to do it even better the next time.