Examinations

Waking up early in the morning Li Wei and looking at the window of his inn again he can see that it is at the liveliest it can be.

Many youths are outside, some of them are looking desperate, confident, and anxious. Li Wei quickly judged them as the youths who will join the sect examinations later.

He also prepared for now. He makes sure to eat plenty today since it will grant him some energy.

Going outside with his two swords on his side, Li Wei quickly found the place where the examinations will take place. He can already see that there are a huge amount of people gathering in there.

There also plenty of cultivators that is wearing the same design of clothes with color of white and blue. Their clothes are embroidered with ranges of valleys in front and back which looks good and pleasing to the eyes.

To Li Wei, he have already seen that design of clothing, they are from the disciple of the Valley of Delights. Those colors are for the uniform of the outer disciple.

'The elders must be nearby in standby and the disciples will be responsible for accepting disciples in this area' Li Wei thought to himself when he suddenly noticed that they brought ten pillars near the stage where the examinations will happen.

Those must be the pillars that will determine the talent someone has and their cultivation level. Li Wei have already seen and used plenty of it so he knows what it is.

You only need to put your hand in the middle of the pillar and put your qi into it and everything will be fine.

"I'm excited! If I managed to become a disciple of the sect then I will have a better future"

"Yeah! If we managed to become a disciple then we will be the Carps that leap the Dragon's Gate!"

"We will not need to farm and scavenge resources from the mountain if we became cultivators"

"For this day, I make sure to work hard every day so that I will be accepted as a disciple of the sect"

Li Wei hears plenty of conversations like that near him. They sounded excited but Li Wei knew that they are anxious deep inside since they don't know their talents.

'They must be the teens that come from the nearby villagers who want to be cultivators and has potential' Li Wei thought to himself when he sees that plenty of them are wearing coarse clothing and he quickly knew that they are poor people with that clothing.

Just as he is trying to observe some of the aspiring cultivators, one disciple of the Valley of Delights but with a different color of clothing suddenly gathered their attention.

"All of you who want to participate in the examination listen to me!" He shouted using his voice and qi to make sure that everyone can hear him loud and clear.

"To join our sect you need to fulfill three requirements. First is you need to be at the Third Stage of Qi Gathering Realm or above, you need to have your talent asses to be at least level 5, and the last is later where you will be brought in a demonic forest that has plenty of demonic beasts ranging from Qi Gathering Realm to Foundation Establishment Realm" He said which made some of the people in the crowd more anxious.

"If you know that you don't fulfill the first two conditions then don't take the examination since you will just be wasting our time," He said in a harsh tone which causes the people in the crowd to be even more anxious.

"If you fulfill the first two condition but is afraid in fighting beasts at the demonic forest then you better just go home! Our sect doesn't want any cowards in it!" He said again but this time the aspiring cultivators have already formed their resolve.

Most of them here already know the requirements and have already passed them in their minds, what they hesitate about is fighting Demonic Beasts in a Demonic Forest. Demonic Beasts in the wild are weaker and lesser in number but the situation in the Demonic Forest is different since they are stronger and plenty in number.

They already form their resolve since the people who are living a hard life, especially those who come from poor family wanted to be part of the sect the most. They already know how hard it is to live a normal and humble life.

For some of them, it is better if they just die than suffer and worry about their future. They also have to live in fear of how dangerous their surroundings are which is stressful for them.

"Do any of you have questions? Say it now so we can start the examinations" The inner sect disciple said again while lo

looking at the participants below.

"If there is none then we can start the test," The inner disciple said and with a wave of his hands, the participants of the exam all choose a line in one of the pillars.

Li Wei also gets in the line in one of the pillars. He can do nothing for now since he is pretty far in the line so he only listens and looks to others' exam results.

[Zhang Cheng]

[16]

[4th Stage Qi Gathering Realm ]

[Talent: 5]

"Average Result, Pass. You need to wait there before you can be brought to the demonic forest with others" Said an outer disciple of the sect while pointing his hands to another stage where there are already other people and there are also many disciples of the Valley of Delights in there, guarding the area in case others will try to bring trouble.

[Guo Zhou]

[17]

[6th Stage of Qi Gathering]

[Talent: 5]

"Average Result"

[Shi Xiaojian]

[18]

[3rd Stage of Qi Gathering Realm]

[Talent:4]

"Trash, now leave"

Li Wei heard many results just the moment the test started, some are lucky to pass while some are unlucky because they didn't pass the test and they are deemed as trash.

Most of the people who failed are clearly those from poor families based on what Li Wei sees from their clothing. Many people from poor families also passed the test and Li Wei can see that it is the happiest moment of their life.

'Their life might change but it doesn't mean that they will be lucky again next time' Li Wei thought to himself because he knew what will happen next.

Those who are powerful clearly comes from the family who have a good background. Those powerful disciples will soon form a faction to oppress others and get their resources.

Li Wei makes sure to take note of these poor people since he knew that with enough time they can still be a dragon among men.

Not everything depends on talent in the world of cultivation, some just need some lucky encounters so they can fly to the heavens.

'If I invite them in my faction before they are oppressed then it will be the best situation' Li Wei thought because if he has faction it will be easier to amass more cultivation resources.

With a faction behind him, Li Wei can do many things he can't since he isn't alone. He will be the manipulator of the group while he will make sure to at least protect them.

[Xiao Hong]

[16]

[9th Stage of Qi Gathering Realm]

[Talent: 13]

"Good result," The disciple said which made the others speechless since most of them only got average or above-average results. The highest result is only 8 in talent and 7th Stage of Qi Gathering Realm.

So when they heard the result of Xiao Hong they can't help but be jealous of this guy. He has good talent and high cultivation so it's only natural that he will garner the jealousy of others.

Xiao Hong who heard the result can't help but smile. He already knew his result since the Xiao Clan also has one of these pillars in their clan.

Seeing the obvious jealousy and admiration that others are giving to him, he can't help but smile even more.

Who doesn't want to be famous? As a talented youth and hope of the Xiao Clan, he is arrogant since he have been taught martial arts and he is confident in using it.

He have already been taught that his achievements will be higher in cultivation if he perseveres more and more.

As for Li Wei, he can already see that arrogant look Xiao Hong and he can't help but think of punching this guy's face.

Li Wei already have enough of these arrogant troublemakers so he marked him as one of his potential enemies since people like Xiao Hong will only bring a headache to him and others.

He has already seen that face from most of his enemies, that superiority complex will soon be washed away from him when he realized that many people are like him and are superior to him.