323 Uncertainties 2 (1/2)

”Nothing. It's just that I've never used a sword before, so I'm not used to it yet.” Lu Sheng let out a warm smile.

”Then let's begin.” The proctor was clearly in a good mood. Because of Wang Yunlong's performance, he even changed his attitude toward Lu Sheng, who was from the same county.

”Alright.” Lu Sheng spun his sword a little, and swung it forward.

The blade appeared to be moving slowly, but was in reality extremely fast. It landed on the amber rock lightly, then nothing happened.

”What….” The proctor was confused. He looked at the amber rock, then at Lu Sheng. There was no mark on the rock, which had never happened before. At the very least, he hadn't heard of it ever happening before.

'Did he miss…?' The proctor didn't speak, but suddenly felt unbalanced.

”Boom!!”

The ground around the amber rock started to shake. At the same time, the rock slate all around it shattered as well.

The amber rock was also instantly filled with cracks with just the snap of a finger.

”Snap.” The sword that Lu Sheng held in his hand finally cracked as well, crumbling into a million pieces.

All slates within a 20 meters radius around Lu Sheng were also filled with spider web-like cracks in an instant.

”!!!” The proctors all stood up from their chairs, staring at the amber rock and Lu Sheng with awestruck expressions.

”Is this… Jade tier!!??” one of the senior apprentice sisters shouted involuntarily.

”The amber rock's testing limit is Scarlet Jade tier… but he somehow shattered it…” Everyone was dumbstruck, staring at Lu Sheng with stunned expressions. They blanked out, not knowing how to react.

Not only the proctors, but even the other candidates watching were quiet at first, only to explode into chatter a while later. The whole place instantly turned into a flea market, filled with all kinds of shouts and exclamations.

Lu Sheng casually handed the broken sword hilt to a proctor. He then walked to the speed test with a smile on his face.

The speed test was also very easy. Lu Sheng didn't even put on the weights properly. Instead, he held the weights in one hand, and tapped his feet, lightly crossing the distance between the two towers in two breaths.

”Jade tier…. White Jade tier….!” The proctors all cheered.

The last test was conducted by a senior apprentice brother with the strongest True Qi level through simulating certain pressure points in order to test Lu Sheng's potential talents.

His finger shakily pressed on Lu Sheng's wrist with complex and excited emotions.

A Jade tier prodigy! He was bound to become a high-ranking member of the sect in the future—a totally different place compared to normal disciples like him. Maybe this would be the last time he could be so close to someone so powerful.

”Hisss.”

A sliver of True Qi wiggled inside Lu Sheng's wrist, and into his empty veins.

He was instantly surprised by the unimaginably tough veins. The True Qi he'd injected didn't even go through one-third of the expected distance before Lu Sheng completely absorbed it.

”Jade tier…. Scarlet Jade tier!” The senior apprentice brother almost gasped out Lu Sheng's potential talent rating with how he said it.

With that, the record keeping senior apprentice sister's whole body shook, while Yun Xiufei, who was at the back of the line, started trembling. The chubby guy next to him muttered incoherently as if he had gone mad.

Everyone else fell into a strange silence after the initial commotion.

”When the difference between two people isn't so severe, there will be jealousy and envy. But when the distance is stretched to an unreachable length, people will classify him as a totally different species. A species incomparable to their own.”

”Bang!”

The tea cup on the proctors' table was knocked onto the ground and shattered.

”Hurry! Hurry and inform the manager within the sect!”

”Department of Internal Affairs! Go get Manager Cheng from the Department of Internal Affairs! Elder Xu as well, he's there too!”

”It's us, the White Jade Hall, who are in charge of this test!”

”This is a test for all the sects as a whole! Who gives a damn!!”

A crowd of senior apprentice brothers and sisters descended into chaos, all trying to inform their respective sects or groups as fast as possible.

”Jade tier prodigy…. hasn't been seen in years… A prodigy among prodigies, with a Scarlet Jade rating in two tests at that.” Wang Yunlong stared calmly at Lu Sheng. He seemed to be the only one who wasn't surprised. Despite the envy and shock on his face, there were no emotions present in his eyes. It was as if they were two stagnant ponds.

He silently brought Cheng Ling into a corner.

”Did you see that? Your potential is everything. It is your hope, your talent, and your future,” he said calmly as he stared at the chaotic testing field from afar.

”Can you… really help me?” Cheng Ling asked in a low voice.

”I might not be able to get you to be as talented as that, but I could help you pass the test,” Wang Yunlong said flatly.

Cheng Ling thought about it, and questioned in return, ”How… how do you know you could?”

”Because I'm A tier in two tests. I could teach you some special tricks.” Wang Yunlong smiled.

Cheng Ling was silent for a little bit before she asked again, ”And what will that cost me?”

Wang Yunlong again stared in Lu Sheng's direction.

”All you need to do is try to improve yourself. I don't want to use this favor yet. We will talk about this when you are stronger.”