76 Chapter 76: Noble Tes (1/2)

Executive Office, Premier Hall...

”Hahahaha, what a cunning brat. He even used our Hall's name to boost his sales!” Sheldon laughed in admiration towards Dylan's actions.

”So, he used the herbs that Sir Null gave him? A bit too rash if you ask me.” Azelmek commented with seriousness.

”True, but according to our intel, he is fairly competent when it comes to management in business. Maybe he still has some tricks up on his sleeves.” Sheldon answered with a wide smile.

”Hm, for now, let's just wait and see.” Azelmek said as he grabbed a document on his desk and reviewed it.

”Dylan Ford. Age 18. Born in Soaring Cloud City. Rumored to be the bastard son of True King Derik Ford... Interesting.” Azelmek mumbled to his self as he scanned through some documents he was holding in his hands.

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At Dylan's Residence...

Dylan was scanning through countless books he bought regarding the history of the Thunder Clouds City, its inhabitants, cultivation realms, the power structurres, and even the architectural composition of the city. He was already preparing for the Noble Test he will take tomorrow. Tomorrow would be the mark of their 12th day of stay in the city.

Although it was quite taxing to manage his store in the day and spend several hours to review at night, Dylan had no choice but to endure. He needs to pass the test with flying colors in order for them to stay. He couldn't bother his employees as they were sleeping like logs on their beds and review like him because he knew that they would be too tired to do so.

Through the information his employees gathered, Dylan was able to discover a rumor that once a person obtain a perfect mark when taking the exam he/she would be able to directly be conferred as a 3rd Rank Noble regardless of the cultivation and background.

Every rank would only allow a noble to have a corresponding number of servants. A 7th rank noble would be entitled to have upto 25 followers while a sixth rank noble would have 50. Each rank would grant double the amount of followers a noble previously had and it was strictly to be followed not a single one more. If a 6th rank noble would have 51 servants, then the additional servant would be immediately exiled from the city.

Since Dylan had 80 employees and 100 mounts, he had to directly gain the rank of 3rd Rank Noble because he would have the privilege to hire or have 200 employees because mounts are also considered as follower.

Truth be told, Dylan had already taken account that he could just sell the wolves but the sudden breakthrough of the pack of wolves shocked him. The employees have used the wolves to train themselves fighting fast opponents and develop their intuition and reaction time. They did not expect that they would breakthrough a level one by one! ,

Currently, all of the wolves have reached 10th level of Spirit Veins Realm and they were now all loyal to Dylan and his followers since they helped them breakthrough and treated them well by letting them eat three kilos of meat daily for the past 2 months.

Seeing the growth of both his employees and the wolves, Dylan was ecstatic and he wanted for such development to continue! That is why Dylan aspired to be able to earn a perfect score in the Noble Test.

However, the test was too hard because the passing of rate of the test was 3 passer for every 10 examinee and this was with the passing rate of 60%! Due to this, it also had another name the Banishment Exams since those who were not able to pass were to be banned from entering the city for a year before being able to take the test again.

Citizens would consider anyone who got a mark over 70, a genius and be rewarded with a High Spirit Rank Technique or Treasure and become a 6th Rank noble! A mark of 80 indicates the rise of a prodigy who would be rewarded with a Low Earth Ranked Cultivation Manual or Technique and a 7th rank! A rare mark of 90 would give one endless prestige of a 4th Rank and be labelled as a dragon amongst men and receive the core technique of the Thunder Clouds City, the Extreme Thundercloud​, a High Earth Ranked Technique!! A Technique that anyone in the city yearned to have.

But a perfect 100? It was rumored to be able to impossible to get. This is due to the forefathers of the city who made this standardized test who have given questions that would test an individual's comprehension skills.

The forefathers of the city were known to be the Thundercloud​ Kings who helped the 10th Generation True King of the Mystical Clouds to conquer the country as his most trusted generals. The forefathers created this standardized test because they wanted their descendants to be aware of its origins and history and to be able to be intellectually competent. Thus, they ordained this test to be a tradition that must be passed down for generations to come.

For outsiders, they only have 3 attempts to take the exam and if they were unable to pass after, they would be forever banished from the city., For members of noble clans, once they reached the age of 18, they were given 4 attempts but the difference is that they were not subjected to the 1 year banishment that outsiders will experience but some nobles had taken their test in a younger age.

But, members of Noble Clans have an advantage compared to the outsiders since they gain access to the answers of their predecessors. Thus, it was common for nobles​ to pass the 60% mark with ease. But despite of this advantage, they were unable to get a perfect mark.

This is due to he forefathers of the city who left behind a treasure which initially had 10,000 different questions and create questionnaires​ of a 100 items depending on the number of participants and were all different from each other to avoid cheating during the examinations. The forefathers alsoleft a mandate that for every 100 years that passed the administrators of the test would add an additional 100 questions about the current state of city within this periodon the treasure.

There were some administrators who tried to manipulate the machine for the sake of getting their descendants a higher score in order to get the Extreme Thundercloud Technique. But, they only failed on doing so because the machine only allowed them to add questions for every century and not subtract or extract any of this questions. Now, due to the constant addition of questions the treasure had more than 60,000 questions to utilize!

Although some clans tried to increase the number of their participants to increase the questions they would acquire and analyze,most still failed in this respect. But there were some clans who managed to ensure a passing score of 70% to their descendants like the Thunder Clan , Panther Clan,and 3 other powers.

Among the 5, the Thunder Clan was able to successfully get the Extreme Thundercloud Technique and made it one of their three defining techniques several hundred years ago. Twelve years ago, Victor Thunder took the test and got the score of 95 which was only recorded to occur for a total of five times. Each of those five have already became one of the unparalleled genius of their generations. Thus, the citizens of the city already speculated that Victor would become a supreme genius of this generation.