Sect Selection Trial Grounds
A flash of light blinded the crowd for a second as nine figures appeared sitting on the thrones.
Kaiqi City Lord takes out a small pagoda and throws it to the ground.
As the small pagoda falls toward the ground, it grows larger and larger until it is nearly 50 meters in height.
"The Constitution Test will take place inside this pagoda. It has eight floors. The gravity doubles as you climb up to the next story. Resting in a level for any longer than 15 minutes will get you isolated and attacked by beasts. "
"Unless you can withstand the punishment, you won't be able to proceed to the next level. You will get evaluated based on how many levels above your expected level you are. "
Kaiqi City Lord smiles with a sadistic gleam in his eye, "3 Levels above your own is extraordinary. 2 levels above is still decent. A level above is just barely satisfactory. I forgot once you enter the pagoda, you will be forcibly made to keep running for the entire duration. "
The entire pagoda seems to turn into a towering grey pillar of light as thousands of grey Qi threads emerge from it to pierce people, causing them to disappear in a flash of grey light.
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1st Floor, Constitution Testing Pagoda
Yu Ming opens his eyes to take in his surroundings. A vast plain stretches to the horizon wherever he looks. He also notices that the other people here are his age.
'If I am guessing correctly... the first five levels are the expected levels for 10 to 15 years..? I must make it to the fourth level then.'
"Commence!"
Abruptly, Yu Ming feels his entire body go sluggish. Raising his head slowly, Yu Ming feels a flash of panic as he realizes he doesn't know how to go up.
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3rd Floor, Constitution Testing Pagoda
Li Wei feels a crushing pressure, instantly making him fall to his knees.
"What are you doing, you moron! Circulate your Qi to resist the pressure. "
"Brother Wei, are you alright ?"
"Qi ...? I don't have any!! "Li Wei groans as he looks at the two girls who have no issues dealing with the pressure.
"Cousin Xin, your friend is still a mortal? "
"Cousin Yue, Brother Li is a villager and has no idea about cultivation. "
Zhang Xin helps Li Wei stand up and has him walk a few steps before he can continue on his own.
"Sister Xin, how can you ...? "
"Clan Elders helped me in reaching 1st Layer of [Qi Gathering] yesterday. "
Zhang Xin adds, "I have a 3 Elements Qi Root too. I heard yours from the crowd. "
"Let's move quickly, Cousin. We need to make ourselves scarce within 15 minutes. "
"I can't see any door. " Li Wei looks around, only seeing unending green grass everywhere.
"If we pour a little Qi into our eyes, It is visible. "
Zhang Xin and Li Wei stumble and follow Zhang Yue in a hurry as she breaks into a jog, heading east.
"So mortals have no chance from the start... " Li Wei grumbles before trying his best to keep up with the Zhang sisters.
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5th Floor, Constitution Testing Pagoda
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"Jian Xinting, you bitch! How dare you break Sect rules and attack us!! " roared a one-armed young man as he backed away from Jian Xinting.
"Cut the crap. Killing is not allowed however the Sects don't care for a little bloodshed. "
"You have already cut off my arm! What more do you want!? "
"Give me your pouch. " sneered Jian Xinting.
Watching as Jian Xinting walked off with his pouch, the boy glowers at her with hatred before rushing off to hide.
After all, as he is right now, he would be far too easy to bully.
"Sister Jian, there was no need to cut off his arm. " Lady Jin appears in a flash of gold.
"His Clan kept asking for my hand in marriage. Since they are so persistent, they must reap what they sow. "
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1st Floor, Constitution Testing Pagoda
It has been 15 minutes since the start of the test.
Yu Ming swallows nervously as he looks at the cat-like beast which has appeared in front of him.
'I should have brought a weapon!' is his last thought before the beast leaps to his face.
As the beast leaps on his face to maul off his face, Yu Ming attempts to dodge only to receive a claw on his shoulders for his efforts.
'I have only my teeth and nails' For once Yu Ming is glad that he didn't get cut his nails.
As the beast tries to rush toward him a second time, Yu Ming jumps on the beast and finally manages to straddle it after receiving two swipes at his thighs.
His eyes turn blurry with tears as he holds onto the beast's neck with all his life, cursing himself for never even thinking to bring a weapon.
Sensing that if he does nothing, he would meet his end by this beast, ' All things have gone up in smoke... I refuse!... I refuse!!'
Yu Ming savagely bites the beast's neck, feeling a warm liquid fill his mouth.
Using his nails and teeth to savagely attack the beast as the beast mutilates his hands, Yu Ming slowly feels the beast slow in the struggle until finally, it dies with Yu Ming on top of it.
Gazing down at the corpse under Yu Ming, indescribable emotions well up in Yu Ming.
Feeling like he had escaped a calamity, Yu Ming cannot bring himself to speak anything for a few seconds, finding an unparalleled joy in living on.
The joy does not last long as reality catches on and Yu Ming feels like his entire body is burning with his hands covered in bone-deep claw injuries.
Before Yu Ming can even think about how to take care of his wounds or figure out how to move to the next floor, he abruptly finds himself in another vast plain before a crushing pressure stomps him to the ground.
Feeling his entire body screaming at him, Yu Ming feels content to lie there for a while.
Feeling as if all the worldly concerns are beyond him, Yu Ming finds himself in slumber as a grey thread comes and pierces him in the head.
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4th Floor, Constitution Testing Pagoda
Zhang Xin and Zhang Yue watch as Li Wei disappears in a flash of grey light as soon as he falls unconscious.
"At least he won't be eliminated based on poor performance. Let's move on quickly, Cousin Yue. "
"Cousin Yue, why are you in a rush to head up? I have heard the upper levels see a lot of bloodshed. " Zhang Xin huffed as she tried her best to follow Zhang Yue.
After checking the surroundings were still the same vast plain and no one was approaching them, Zhang Yue replies while moving at a brisk pace, "Cousin Xin, you know I am the 6th daughter of the Zhang Clan Head. Do you know what is my Qi Root ?"
"... 3 Elements?.." "It's 4 Elements. If I don't prove myself in any Test, there is no way I will be allowed into a Sect. Do you know what Father said before selection? " Zhang Yue grits her teeth.
"He said that there is no way I will ever be selected with a 4-Element Qi Root. He wants me to marry that trash from City Lord's Residence as a concubine! I have come without his permission. I refuse to believe there is no chance for me! "
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Sect Selection Trial Platform
A beautiful woman in a palace dress sitting at one of the thrones asks Kaiqi City Lord, " City Lord, how many have passed the Root Test ?"
The City Lord humbly bows down before replying, "Replying to Senior, it is 6,478 children from 49,834. "
" It is much higher than usual. " The woman gazes at the City Lord while smiling enigmatically.
The City Lord feels a chill from her gaze while thinking, 'Once the clans got wind that all the surrounding 9 Sects will attend, they immediately sent all their competent descendants. Of course, it will be higher than usual. '
He straightens up, " Seniors, the Constitution has ended. "
"Proceed. " A raspy old voice commands.
With a wave of his hand, all the juniors appear, divided into four groups based on their roots.
"Constitution has ended! We have some of Kaiqi City's doctors waiting on the side. Get your treatment done before Heart Test. The Heart Test will start in an hour! "
He watches impassively as the crowd stirs and helps their friends to the medical station.