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Chapter 10

After the first trial, the amount of people left is just a tiny bit of that huge crowd which was before.

Pretty sure they will come back next Spring. As Seven Profound Martial House has trials every Spring and Autumn.

Since the first trial was done everyone is allowed to have a short break.

Xiao Tian Long took the pair of cousins to get some good food.

As Lin Ming originally comes from a family which owns a restaurant the teen knows one or two things about food.

So, the outworlder opened up about a healthy diet and stuff like that. Mixing Meat with vegetables and about specific drinks as well.

While Lin Xiaodong took notes on this as well.

Once the meal times were over everyone walked to the second trial.

It was in front of a beautiful lake. This was already inside the territory of the Martial House.

In the middle of the lake, there was a floating platform. On this platform was a group of old people watching them. These were the elders of Martial House. However, one could see that a pretty girl was sitting there as well.

This was Qin Xingxuan, she was there with her Master Miyu.

The moment the girl saw Xiao Tian Long she gently waved her hand at him. She already saw the first results of his first trial.

2900 Jin is a lot. He took first place in the trial.

"So that is Xiao Tian Long. 2900 Jin, is very impressive, however, his martial talent is only in the middle of Third grade. Quite a pity."

"Yes. If only it was fourth Grade, it would be the perfect student for Seven Profound Martial House! He might even make it into Heaven's Abode!"

The elders started to discuss his potential and lack off. Which made Qin Xingxuan's eyebrows twitch from annoyance.

"Tian Long only has been cultivating for three months. And he already reached the late stages of Muscle Training. If this is Medium Grade Three Martial Talent then Xingxuan is even worse than his… is it not?" The black-haired girl's words snapped at the two elders who were looking down on Xiao Tian Long's questionable Martial Talent Grade.

"Then he might have had a fateful encounter which helped him to progress this fast!"

"Then it's part of his talent is it not? Though Xingxuan spends most of her time with him." Miyu added from his side.

"There was not a single time that he went out from the Marshals Quarters for a prolonged time. So it's difficult to say that he had a lucky encounter." The teacher of Qin Xingxuan explained as he tried to recall at any point did Xiao Tian Long left.

"...This… this doesn't make sense. Then how does he cultivate this fast."

"My intuition is that there was a misunderstanding with his martial grade test. He should be at Xingxuan level or even higher." Miyu said truthfully.

"...Master, it's his training methods and efficiency, Tian Long is simply genius. He walks around the hurdle which is his Martial Talent. He is good at inscriptions and alchemy, even the shop owners praise the pills which he is selling."

Her teacher nodded at her words as well, what she said is true as well. Even if his talent is Grade three he will simply find different methods to pass through that as he is just that good.

While the rest of the elders had contemplating looks. They will see the truth with the second trial anyway.

~~~

As Xiao Tian Long approached the inscribed circle he could see how this works and how this illusionary trial is made.

He slightly stroked his chin as he inspected it. The teen got the picture of how this works, however, he saw some faults as well. The faults were not in their use but how could he use this on a weapon, for example?

This is more or less meant for stationery use, not active use on a battlefield. Well, he already saw this, it was time for the trial to begin.

He wants to see if he can pass this.

The trial is not complex, he will see a bunch of scenarios and other things. His resolve and even lust are going to be tested.

So without further waste of time, he dived into it.

The first trial was fear one, where one gets eaten up by a ferocious beast. After all, what is the point of being a martial artist when you are afraid of a beast?

Xiao Tian Long could only take a deep breath and endure this thing. He even channelled his Golden Sword Divine Meridians. The art allowed him to remain sharp.

Once he passed the first trial, the second one was when one is overwhelmed with thousands and thousands of soldiers who want to kill you.

Again, it was a fear-based thing.

Once again… Xiao Tian Long simply endured this as he looked at the thousands of soldiers. This was even better than watching a movie as it was just that realistic.

Then… it was the third test…

He was surrounded by a multitude of beauties who were dancing around him as well as starting to undress. This was it!

A harem! A freaking harem!

Honestly, he started to lose himself here! Any Otaku worth his salt would want one!

HOWEVER!

He started to frown… he realised that he doesn't know any of these girls! It's so random! It's SHIT!

That moment he realised that he wants a harem of beauties which he collects himself! This shit is for the weak!

And so he passed the harem…

Then the next one was quite weird because he passed it extremely easily… he was having a normal life with Qin Xingxuan which is something he didn't want in the first place!

If he wanted something like this then he wouldn't have entered into a cultivation world in the first place!

Then it was Dream temptation. One could say the hardest part of the third test.

As in front of him was an older version of Qin Xingxuan who was asking to come with him so that they could do all the things together…

The funny thing… he already has this come true? So this was just a joke.

Even when she started to undress in front of him all Xiao Tian Long did was appreciate how nicely the beauty developed when she got older.

~~~

"Impressive, both Lin Ming and Xiao Tian Long passed this almost as fast as Ling San."

"Yeah. It appears Xiao Tian Long spent slightly longer than Lin Ming."

"The third trial…" Qin Xingxuan asked curiously. She didn't care about the people that her lover brough she only cared about him.

"The third trial is… well… one gets tested by temptation, mostly… I think he saw a beautiful girl in that illusion." One of the elders said with a slightly nervous tone.

This made Qin Xingxuan's eyes widen before she narrowed them and looked at her lover as if he did something horrible!

There is no point in being seduced by an illusion version of her! He has the real deal!

This made the elders sweatdrop, while Miyu only chuckled seeing this. It was quite natural for a healthy man to think about beauty.

"Sadly, Lin Xiaodong failed the third trial."

"Indeed, though he can try next time. There is a high probability he could pass it."

The elders continued to talk about the trio more than any other, they completely missed Wang Yanfeng which was quite the afterthought.

The thing was that Qin Xingxuan's interest in Xiao Tian Long is making the elders think about him more, and the people who are associated with him, like Lin Ming. It doesn't help that Lin Ming passed both trials with barely any effort.

Thus making Wang Yanfeng who is Grade Four Talent just not a bad one. It didn't help that it took him longer than the other two to pass the second trial.

~~~

Then the fourth trial started. Xiao Tian Long was dropped into the pits of hell where thousands of ghosts were about to descend on him.

To counter this, he released his golden sword energy and shredded all the ghosts which wanted to mess with his head.

He remembered that this was supposed to cause the appearance of his heart Demons… which is ridiculous if one could think about this. He is not originally of this world and he never grew up with all those martial nonsense to begin with.

So, it was extra easy for him to pass all of this!

~~~

While all of this was happening a girl was watching Lin Ming from a bamboo forest not far from the trial grounds. She was quite pretty, like a beautiful flower. This was Lan Yunyue.

The very same girl which caused Lin Ming to become obsessed with Martial Arts. However, she never expected that Lin Ming would find such a friend which would help him dominate the trials like this!

This could only make her frown from not knowing what to do!

~~~

Then it was the fifth and the last trial of the Dream trials! Pain tolerance!

To counter this Xiao Tian Long once again channelled the pure sword intent to counter the pain he was receiving. It worked like a soothing feeling which washed over his whole body!

Eventually…

His eyes snapped open as he stood up and proceeded to walk toward the Exquisite Pagoda. The very last test before he could be admitted to the Martial House.

Just a few moments later after him, it was Lin Ming who stood up as well. He was just a few seconds short of beating Xiao Tian Long. However, the pair have beaten Ling Sen's previous record!

"Incredible! Such a strong heart for Martial Arts! But… it's such a pity that their Talent is only Third Grade!" The Elder shook his head in disappointment.

While Qin Xingxuan who was still grumpy from seeing her lover being seduced by imaginary versions of herself could only frown. She almost snapped out. However, she does hold herself and instead decides to just ignore these old geezers who have no clue about what true talents look like!

"Hmm, I can safely bet that Xiao Tian Long will pass, his fighting prowess is top-class. The Exquisite Pagoda will cause no issue for him." Miyu spoke, he was trying to divert the conversation away from Tian Long's Martial Talent Grade and instead speak about his fighting prowess.

"Xingxuan can vouch for him as well. Not many can fight Tian Long in a sword battle, his Sword Intent is deadly, and it is only going to get greater." The black-haired girl was the first one to praise him. As his woman, it comes naturally for her to praise him whenever she could.

The elders could only shut their mouths and accept the fact that he is the best, or otherwise this pretty girl will remember it… especially when she will leave the Martial house and move to the Seven Profound Valley.

"Indeed, Sword Intent at such a young age, I doubt anyone could stop him from gaining first place." The elders were…of course were on her side on this one!

~~~

The Seven Treasure Exquisite Pagoda was one could say the gem of the Martial house, a Pagoda built crafted from materials not found in Sky Fortune Kingdom, there are in total of seven floors each floor has a multitude of arrays carved into them.

Another Xiantian-level instrument which would make anyone from Sky Fortune Kingdom drool. This thing is even better than the Dream trial one, as that one causes harmless dreams, while this one was in truth a Killer Array! It could technically kill if the safety mechanism is turned off.

In other words, it could be used as a training tool and Xiao Tian Long was thinking of ripping it off from this one and installing something similar in his house realm.

Thankfully there is no such thing as copyright laws in this place…

'Wait… they do but only for techniques… oh well… I prefer techniques of my own creation.' The teen shrugged internally as he waited for the beginning of the last trial.