Chapter 117: Third Round, Begin! (1/2)
An hour had passed, and the second round was finally concluded.
Only a tiny fraction of examinees was remaining and advancing to the third round.
”Congratulation to you all to successfully pass the second round and officially join the Heaven Sword Sect.”
”For the disciples who have only passed the Second Gate, unfortunately, you don't have the qualification yet to advance to the third round. There will be elders from outer courts that will help assign you a room in the outer courtyard.”
Several Outer Court's Elders appeared and quickly lead the examinees who were recruited as Outer Disciples.
Many of the new outer disciples felt slightly regretful that they couldn't get the opportunity to fight for a better starting point at the sect.
However, they also knew that their strength wasn't sufficient yet they were really excited and couldn't wait to start cultivating in Heavenly Sword Sect.
After the outer disciples left with the Outer Court Elder, Elder Lan continued her explanation.
”For the disciples who have passed at least the third gate you can join the third round and with a good result you might be able to directly become an inner disciple.”
”The disciples who had passed at least the fifth gate, you have officially become an inner court disciple and have an opportunity to become a core disciple depending on the results of this round.”
”There are 41 peoples who reached the Third Gate, 5 peoples who reached the fourth gate, 3 people who reached the fifth gate, and one people who completed the trial by reaching The Ninth Gate. We have a total of 50 people who are going to join the Third Round.”
”This round will test your comprehension aptitude of Sword Dao. Now, we will go to the next examination area.”
Snowy and the group of examinees led by Elder Yan to a two stories ancient building that exudes a sharp aura which reminded people of the building in the Sword City.
Hanging on the top of a huge gate on the first floor, a wooden board with the words ”Sword Pavilion” carved on its surfaces was the first thing that welcomed anyone who wanted to enter the majestic building.
As they enter, more than a hundred stone tablets were scattered all around the room. If someone accidentally came upon this room, they might mistake it as a graveyard and the stone tables as the tombs.
”As you can see, there are many stone tablets were erected around you. You will find sword marks engraved on the surface of those stone tablets. Every stone tablet is a medium for you to learn a sword technique which ranges from Mortal grade technique to Earth grade technique. In fact, all of our sect's swordsmanship heritage, except for Heaven grade technique, was available in this room.”
”You have six hours to comprehend the sword technique on your chosen stone tablet. After the comprehending period ends, we will set up the stage for you to show what you have learned. The examination this time around is quite special, so we make a special arrangement for determining your results.”
”You will be divided into five groups consisting of 10 people each, and every examinee will have to battle with all other examinees in the same group. Two people with the most winning count from each group will be selected to advance to the last round. The remaining disciple will be granted a qualification to join the biannual inner sect disciple's selection.”
”The battle was set up as a spar and not a death or life battle, so if any of you is caught red-handed to intentionally harm another disciple you will instantly to be eliminated from the third round and will receive punishment from the punishment hall.”
”Do you understand?”
Elder Lan scanned the room and found that a number of people were raising their hands, waiting to be picked by Elder Lan. She chose a female cultivator that seemed to be at the third level of Qi Transformation stage.