Chapter 155 - The Power of the Sect (2) (1/2)
"There are only about 200 ovens and time is pressing. Your test would be to make a small weapon. It could be anything as you wish. We will silently judge your work from here. As soon as your finish, place it on the table and stand beside it. We will wait until everyone is done, before announcing the winners. There is a time limit of 3 hours, but the fastest you are done the better it would be."
After saying his words, Minzhe sat back down. Just then, Xiang He clapped his hands twice and the servants that he brought today started working. At least 200 of them went to put coals inside the ovens and then 300 went to help set up the stoves for the cooks. The guards didn't need anything, as their test were all about their strength. Since the Blacksmiths and the Cooks had to wait, The guards test was up first.
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Tefei silently stood beside Qianru, both of them was standing in front of the crowd. There was at least a thousand of them. This would certainly take too long to handle, but they were both used to it. They both commanded two armies before. One army consisted at least a million each or more. Back then, Tefei commanded the Spiritual Beasts, while Qianru commanded that humans.
"We will do it this way. Inside the Red Pass Mountain, Your first test will be luck. We had hidden 500 red strings. It is your test bring one here, Only 500 slots can go forward to the next test. You may begin." Qianru held a red string on her hand to let everyone see it.
Everyone nodded and left towards the mountain. What they didn't know that Tefei summoned quite a bunch of Spiritual Beasts. They were all guarding the strings individually, some were even in groups. They thought that it was going to be an easy test, was actually the hardest of all.
Qianru had an evil smirk on her face, seeing everyone headed towards the mountain. This was one of her evil ideas. Soon, sounds of screaming could be heard. The ones who were taking the other tests shivered. They heard what the guards test was, Qianru had to maximize her voice, in order for the people that stood behind could hear her. After all, there were about a thousand of them.
The Blacksmiths and Cooks felt lucky. At least they wouldn't have to trade their life for a spot.
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About half an hour later, the servants had filled all the ovens with charcoal and wood. Seeing that it was all prepared. Xiang He stood up and stood in front of the stage. He had been waiting for this moment. Though he wasn't able to judge, he was still there to help.
Though his Master was absent for the last 5 months, there wasn't a day that he stopped improving himself. Before, he could barely light up a flint. Now, he could conjure fireballs.
With a waved of his two hands, Xiang He finally showed his fire element. The first one in so many many years.
"Haaaa!!!" Xiang He jumped up high and conjured exactly 200 fireballs in the air.
Everyone froze. What the hell???! What kind of sorcery was this? Although they knew how powerful an Emergent Stage was, nobody in record could summon fire. Much less, control them!
One by one, the fireballs flew straight to the ovens. Lighting them up and instantly heating the Oven! It was hot enough that it could certainly melt most metals. Everyone was astounded! They all gulped their saliva. How monsterous was this Sect?! This only shows how great the Blue Rose Sect was.