The finalised 150 students gathered in the main hall of the spirit sect for further announcement. The instructor arrived and started announcing that, " Everyone knows that the real reason for this competition is to find out the legend and the protectors. Luckily this time we have found out that the warriors are among you guys. So you guys are allowed to go for further rounds. Most importantly the final 5 acknowledged as the legend and the protectors will become the successor of the 5 Grand masters of the spirit sect. Those who eliminated should accept the defeat and leave the sect immediately without causing any trouble. The competition will start tommorow morning. "
The 150 students gathered began to disperse. Everyone's eyes fall upon the four friends. The female competitors fell for them and male competitors were envious of them. Several gossips started around the sect making the 4 persons famous.
Zhenzhu who is standing lonely Heared those gossips and turned to see them. She was neither surprised nor shocked to see them.
She thought ' It will be a disastrous one if the four of them were not selected. Such an outstanding students both in terms of talent and beauty.'
However her gaze fall on TuJiang. She was mesmerized by his looks. The one who saved her was this much handsome.
She thought, 'I never had a belief in love at first sight. But by seeing him, I am unknowingly falling for him.
Zhenzhu... clear your thoughts... love doesn't suits your ambition...'
No matter how hard she tried, she never moved her eyes from looking at him.
But the four of them being together never cared about others and ignored them. It's because since young, they were surrounded by many people only for their wealth and power not true friendship. Being betrayed for so many years, they never cared about others. As soon as the four of them met , became closed friends and shared their thoughts, they decided that they won't allow anyone to interfere and ruin their relationship. That's why they don't want to be in a relationship. They didn't care about the fake feelings of love. They thought all women were the same who only cares money and power. Unless for an act, they never saw the faces of women. But they respected their mothers and sisters spoiling them too much.
The next day, all the competitors assembled in the ground. The senior apprentice in the sect gave one green coloured test stone to each other and told them to hold it for a moment. The masters came for inspection and told all of them to open their hands.
One of masters came forward and replied, "The stone in your hands which became white can stay here and others may leave."
As expected, the losers didn't admit it and started quarrelling.
One of them quarreled, " We have risked our lives to join the sect. Yet you are giving this cheap stone to decide the winners of the first round. What a shame "
The other losers also criticized.
The master told, " This stone is not the cheap stone. This is the purity stone which resembles the purity of the heart. For those stones which are black in colour means, you have to clean your heart and clear your mind to avoid the attacking of inner demon. And those stones which turned white means they have already subdued their inner demons meaning their heart reminds pure."
Finally they retreated from the sect. At last there were only 60 students remaining. Many of them were eliminated from the first round.