194 Looks like another Act Tough Criminal has appeared (1/2)
Chapter 194: Looks like another Act Tough Criminal has appeared
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After giving two sticks to General Li and handling all the relevant administrative matters, Xu Que finally stepped into the palace.
This was his first time entering the palace after transmigrating, and yet the impressions and memories which swarmed his mind were so vivid.
The training ground was located right beside the throne room, over a large patch of flat lands. When Xu Que looked over, he realized that a large spell had been placed over the training ground and resembled a dome, clearly separating the training grounds from the rest of the palace.
The piece of flat land was extremely wide and was the size of about seven football fields. More than a dozen stages were fitted all around the training grounds. An Imperial Guard stood beside each stage, watching out for any suspicious activity.
Right in the middle of all these stages was a peculiar looking teleportation spell, which was surrounded and maintained by ten Original Infant Staged cultivators. Xu Que watched but couldn’t determine the purpose of a teleportation spell.
What was the use of a teleportation spell here? Could it be that the candidates would be transported to another location to be tested? Xu Que muttered under his breath softly.
At this point a student walked past him and heard him mumbling to himself and smiled. ”Fellow brother, haven’t you heard the announcements yesterday? Apart from testing literary talents, candidates would even be tested based on how well they fought.”
”Oh, then what was the purpose of the teleportation spell?” Xu Que asked curiously.
The student replied him passionately, ”Of course it has something to do with the demons which have been causing problems to Fire Nations. Hundreds of victims had been harmed by these demons over the past few months. The teleportation spell would thus be a test of how well a candidate can fight. It would thus send the candidate into a forest to kill the demonic beasts.”
Xu Que was taken aback by how simple the test was.
The student then started sweating as he continued speaking, ”Brother, doing this is no easy feat. The demonic beasts are innately stronger than most humans of the same cultivation level. Besides, this test was about which candidate could kill the most Golden Core Staged demonic beasts. The fighting here would be very intense.”
When Xu Que heard this he was elated. A test of who could kill the most demonic beasts, that was interesting.
Killing demonic beasts? Isn’t that too simple? It’s just TOO EASY.
”Fellow brother, please do not let your guard down while you’re attempting to kill these beasts. If you get into trouble in the wilderness, nobody would be able to rescue you. And yet getting to that stage isn’t easy. Look, we still have to get through the first round of literary tests.” The student stretched his hand and pointed towards the elevated stages within the training grounds.
Xu Que looked at the dozens of stages and creased his eyebrows, ”Why were these stages needed for the tests then?”
”Of course it’s for us to compete against one another fairly. This test is actually a test of our martial arts foundations. The spells around the stage would seal up our core energy. Hence we’re only allowed to use our own physical strength and compete against one another.”
”So this was to test our basic martial arts capabilities? I thought it was to test our knowledge on poems.”
”Naturally there would be tests on poems, but you have to first pass through this stage of martial arts testing before you can advance to the next stage, which would discuss poems.”
”So that’s the case, thank you my fellow brother for you guidance.”
Xu Que clasped his hands in a salute.
The student returned the salute as he departed.
Xu Que swept a glance at the training grounds as his lips curled into a smile. After all, martial arts was much simpler than reciting poems.
Hehe, this is going to be too easy.
Right at the same time, the crowd started to thicken within the training grounds. Many cultivators who had queued up early had been granted admission into the palace grounds, along with several other esteemed candidates who had been allowed to skip the queues like Xu Que had.
All of a sudden, the crowd broke out in audible discussion as people were roused and alarmed. The scene was rather noisy, and Xu Que was unsure about what had just transpired./
When Xu Que turned his head to look, he saw that the huge gates had been opened where several members strolled in under the protection of several Imperial Guards.
”Quick look, those are the disciples from the three biggest sects across the five nations.” A student shouted out in excitement.
It’s been long rumoured that disciples from the three great sects would participate as well, although nobody had expected so many of them to show up.
Indeed, each of them looked extraordinary, and everyone could tell that these disciples were extremely powerful
The group leading the way belonged to Jade Sword Sect, and the person leading the sect was dressed in white robes. He must be the legendary swordsman, Ye Zhang Feng.