God Slayer Chronicles 41 Talent Tes

There is, of course, a test for each of you. This is first and foremost a test of your talent." Green beard waved his hand for the students to follow him.

The walk wasn't long, but while they did Sha Ku managed to get some vital information out of Yu s.h.i.+.

The entrance exam to enter the Spirit Sword Sect was exceedingly arduous; one has to traverse their way from the outer regions of the Spirit Sword highlands, which are festering with all manner of beasts, then if they survive that they're required to climb the colossal mountains.

This is not only a test of talent, ingenuity and cultivation but also willpower. This is thanks to the special effects of Spirit Sword Mountain.

When ascending the mountain, the sect would activate the boundary suppressing formation, suppressing the cultivation of everyone below Qi Core down to that of a mortal. This was a tremendous test of willpower, especially from those that came from cultivation clans, meaning that they won't have the natural advantage they usually possess!

The further one climbed, the better the results they would get. Some wouldn't even manage to reach Vanquis.h.i.+ng Peak, whereas others would climb up to the hardest of them all – Elemental Peak!

Of course, some people would stop at specific points, depending on their personal preference, but that was exceedingly rare. Surprisingly it happened twice this selection process though, each deciding to stay at demonic peak's height. This was Wen Fe and Yu s.h.i.+!

As they finished their walk, they arrived outside a large hall, built with pillars holding up a large ebony arch and a ginormous gate with a pitch-black sword at the centre of the doors.

"This is the lower hall, where we'll test your talents. d.a.m.n brats." The green bearded elder chuckled.

As they were walking along the Sha Ku approached Elder Tun, having questions.

"Elder Tun, why are you so nice?" Sha Ku raised his eyebrow and peeled his eyes.

"Why am I so nice?" The skinny elder laughed.

"It's because you're at the lower level of demonic peak of course." He spoke loud enough so that all the students could hear him.

"I try to do my best to instruct you younglings, but I don't use overly violent or brutal means. But as soon as you enter the second level… it'll be a different story. Elder Fang isn't nearly as kind as I." The green bearded man smiled, thinking back to a memory.

"Think of it as the deep breath before the plunge."

He stopped speaking as they entered the hall, pus.h.i.+ng the doors open with a wisp of sword Qi, causing the majority of the youngling's mouths to fall open in awe.

Sha Ku secretly scoffed at the other junior disciples; they were such green boys. He'd seen sword Qi that could cut planets apart like a knife through b.u.t.ter!

When they entered the hall, there were eighteen seats divided by three rows. They were more large pillows than seats, but that wasn't what was important. The important thing was the table in front of each of these seats, there was a large orb in each of them, resting on a stand.

Elder Tun walked to the front of the hall, clapping his hands and instructing everyone to take a seat. Most of the students took the first two rows, whereas Yu s.h.i.+ and Sha Ku sat in the back row in the right corner.

Although it was excluded from the rest, Sha Ku thought it was rather s.p.a.cious.

Elder Tun took a deep cough, gathering everyone's attention, "The orbs placed on the desks are called Wonder Orbs. They detect someone's talent by changing colour."

"There are seven colours, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Golden and Purple. Each shows a greater talent than the last. In out Demonic Peak only two people have ever managed to reach purple. The first was the founder of our peak, way back in ancient times. His name was Kew.a.n.g Yun; rumour has it that his talent was so great it shattered the Orb, of course, this is just a legend."

"The second to achieve Purple was a disciple that we don't often talk about on demonic peak, for it is our greatest embarra.s.sment in the past few hundred years. His name was An Tang, brother to our great Hall Master himself!"

Hearing the name s.h.i.+vers went down Sha Ku's spine!

An Tang, the old man who was a cripple, he was a purple level talent?!

The man who was called trash?!

This was just inconceivable, feeling a deep pity in his heart he truly felt sorry for the man.

"Elder Tun, what are the talent level of the elders?" Yu s.h.i.+ suddenly raised his hand while the others glared at him for interrupting the story.

Elder Tun chuckled, "You're a clever one. Yu s.h.i.+ wasn't it? You want to know if you have the talent to surpa.s.s us?"

Yu s.h.i.+ nodded in response.

"Well sorry to disappoint you, but the three elders and hall master never had the greatest of talent, unlike his brother. Elder Fang, Ko and I only ever achieved the blue boundary." Elder Tun said with some regret as if he wanted to reach for the start, but some invisible force was stopping him.

"Then the Hall Master?"

"The Hall Master," Tun Fong smiled, "Back on the day we first joined demonic peak the Hall Mas-ter's...o...b..turned pitch black."

"Pitch Black?!"

One of the disciples in the front blurted out in bewilderment.