THE SELECTION

Darsh asked a man, "How can I participate in the selection?"

The man didn't seem surprised.

"If you want to participate in the selection, you first need to take a serial number from that counter."

The man pointed to a counter that was just a little distance away.

"After you take your number, you will be called later and you will need to compete with another participant and this will continue until only a thousand people remain."

"Thank you, sir." Darsh bowed a little.

The man didn't expect a rich kid to be this humble. In his view, because Darsh was wearing expensive clothes he must be from a big and prominent family. This was also the reason why he wasn't shocked at all when Darsh asked him about the selection.

Darsh went to the counter and took a number from it. His serial number was 1312. After half an hour the selection event started. 

A man in white robes was conducting the selection.

"Everyone present here has come to join our prestigious sect today. And if you pass this selection you will have a chance to become an outer disciple of our sect. The disciples in our sect are divided into: Working disciples, Outer disciples, Inner disciples, and Core disciples. When someone joins the sect he will become an outer disciple who will receive fewer resources than Inner and Core disciples. To become an Inner disciple you need certain Sect Contribution Points. To gather those points you will have to do Sect Missions. At last, if you show great talent and an Elder of the sect shows interest in you, you have a chance to become that Elder's disciple and climb the ladder of Core disciples."

"But remember even if you have great talent you need to do hard work to achieve your goals."

"With this, I announce the selection event to begin."

Many people fought against each other and finally, Darsh's turn came.

"Number 1311 and 1312, come to the stage."

A voice sounded.

Darsh went onto the stage and he saw a man in his 20s in front of him. 

"Kid, surrender now or you will get hurt."

The man said in a mocking tone.

"Can we start now?"

Darsh said in an indifferent voice.

"The duel begins."

That voice sounded once again.

As soon as the voice announced, that man immediately ran towards Darsh at his full speed to attack him.

Everyone present felt pity for Darsh in that moment.

"How unlucky that kid is. *Sigh*"

A man in the audience said.

"Yes, you're right." Another man said.

As all the people were conversing about the outcome of the duel, the next scene surprised them.

In just a single punch Darsh had defeated that man. This was actually a predetermined outcome after all that man was only at the 1st stage of Manomaya level.

The duels continued and Darsh with no difficulty defeated all of his opponents. This was because his opponents had similar or sometimes lower cultivation than that man.

The selection concluded with no surprises for Darsh. He had made it into the finals without any real difficulty and won the last duel.

"The selection event ends now."

That man in white robes announced.

"Now all of you are the official disciples of the Swaraag sect. I am Aryan Kapoor and you can call me senior Kapoor from now on."

Out of nowhere a thousand tokens appeared in the air and surprisingly they did not fall. 

"Take these tokens and come to Swaraag sect 10 days later. If you are late then this token will turn into dust itself."

After saying this Aryan took out his sword and that sword also started to fly. Aryan stood on that sword and flew from there, instantly he disappeared and there was not a trace of him.

Darsh knew that cultivators in the Manas Initialization Realm could levitate objects but he did not expect that someone could fly using this method. Every human dreams of flying but it is not possible for them. Now that Darsh had seen someone fly, this faded desire of his reignited. 

He took the token and went back home. He told everyone that he had passed the selection with flying colors. This news traveled all over the city. In the joy of this news, Darsh's whole family organized a banquet the same night and invited all the big figures of Ariana City. 

Darsh warmly welcomed and introduced himself to numerous guests, flashing a friendly smile as the host of the event. 

The banquet ended peacefully and everyone enjoyed it.