Chapter 162: Entrance (II)

Chen Yiming’s expression remained unchanged, but he was worried.

If there was a test similar to a full body checkup, his strength that far exceeded that of an ordinary warrior might be exposed.

Seeing this, Wan Rong continued, “There’s no need to worry too much. Such examples are extremely rare. Those who don’t encounter too many obstacles when drawing concept diagrams in meditation mostly have outstanding spiritual talent.

The main content of the test is to give you some time to comprehend the concept diagram and then let you copy it. Unless you are secretly a master artist, it can be told at a glance whether you have comprehended the essence of the concept diagram or not.”

Chen Yiming heaved a sigh of relief.

The situation was not as bad as he had expected. It was just a test of his ability to comprehend the concept diagram.

This was too simple for him. He could completely control the time he took to give the division head a satisfactory result.

However, Chen Yiming didn’t understand the speed at which ordinary true disciples could comprehend the concept diagram. He asked curiously, “Master Wan, what are the requirements for comprehending the concept diagram?”

When Wan Rong heard this, he instantly recalled the glorious times in the past and said with a smile, “You asked the right person about this. I was once a true disciple too.

Usually, in a month, the concept diagram that is copied will meet the requirements if it has 30% of the essence.”

Wan Rong didn’t hold back at all and told Chen Yiming everything he could.

Chen Yiming nodded in understanding.

This way, since he had found out the criteria for copying the concept diagram from Master Wan, there would be no more obstacles preventing him from becoming a true disciple.

Not long after, the two of them followed a small path around the mountain and crossed a few mountain peaks to arrive at the mountain peak where the Mantis Snake division was located.

The inner sect disciple guarding the Mantis Snake division glanced at Wan Rong’s identity token and let him pass without saying anything.

After the two of them entered, they walked along the cobblestone path.

Along the way, they left the path and passed through a bamboo forest. Finally, they arrived at a spring.

A stream of clear spring water flowed out continuously. The water flowed along a concave channel and into the special collection equipment at the foot of the mountain.

Zhou Xuesheng, who was dressed as a scholar, was sitting cross-legged on a huge rock.

Chen Yiming had an impression of the factions that had besieged the three inner court heads of the Kunshan Sect that night. He recognized this person immediately.

“I am Wan Rong from the Mantis Snake Sword School in East Lake City. Greetings, Division Head.” Wan Rong walked over and bowed.

When Wan Rong was a true disciple of the Mantis Snake School decades ago, the division head was not Zhou Xuesheng.

Zhou Xuesheng glanced at Chen Yiming and said calmly, “Chen Yiming, stay behind. You wait outside first.”

With that, he waved his hand and sent Wan Rong away.

Wan Rong knew the rules and did not stay any longer. He turned around and left.

After Wan Rong disappeared from sight, Zhou Xuesheng smiled and said, “I heard from your master that you only officially entered the school to cultivate at the age of 17. After that, did you use any external means to break through?”

During the disciple realm, using external forces to break through would generally affect one’s potential in the disciple realm. At the warrior realm, one mainly cultivated the concept diagram, so they would generally not be affected.

However, a large sect like the Myriad Phenomena Sect had extremely strict requirements for their true disciples. Any uncontrollable factors brought about by trickery would be carefully eliminated, and they would try their best to prevent any outsiders from sneaking in.

“I used the purple lightning stone and lightning wood to temper my body,” Chen Yiming replied truthfully.

What was there to hide? If the Myriad Phenomena Sect wanted to investigate, they could easily obtain this information.

Zhou Xuesheng pondered for a moment and said, “It seems that your physical talent is very outstanding. The purple lightning stone and the lightning wood are both lightning-based treasures, and the Mantis Snake Sword Technique is not a lightning-based sword technique. The raging power of lightning is not something that ordinary people can withstand.

This way, the strength of your internal force will surpass most people of the same level.”

Zhou Xuesheng could tell at a glance that Chen Yiming’s advantage was that his body was stronger than most people of the same level. As for his internal force, it was cultivated from his body, so its strength was naturally closely related to his body’s condition.

Zhou Xuesheng asked again, “Are these the only two? Have you used any spiritual treasures to help you draw the concept diagram?”

Spiritual treasures were extremely rare, but it was not impossible to obtain them.

If he used such a treasure to help him break through to the warrior realm, his potential would be greatly reduced. After all, it was impossible for him to use spiritual treasures all the time in the future.

“No,” Chen Yiming replied.

His words were firm and did not sound guilty at all.

Zhou Xuesheng nodded and said, “It’s good that you didn’t. However, the Mantis Snake division will still send someone to investigate. If they find out that you hid it from us, you will be expelled from the Myriad Phenomena Sect.”

With that, he jumped off the huge rock.

“I believe your master has already told you the corresponding content of the assessment. Let’s start directly. Let’s test your grasp of the black fog internal force first.”

Zhou Xuesheng pulled out the longsword on his back. The longsword glowed with a jade-like luster, and his long black and white hair fluttered in the wind. In an instant, his elegant and easygoing aura turned into a sharp sword intent.

“Division Head, please provide your guidance,” Chen Yiming said.

After he finished speaking, he also drew the sword at his waist. His sword was much more ordinary, and it only shone with a black metallic luster. He stood against the wind, and even though he restrained his aura, he still gave off a feeling of a soaring sword intent.

“Not bad,” Zhou Xuesheng praised.

Chen Yiming’s aura gave off an extraordinary feeling. It was an aura of extreme confidence. This wasn’t something that could be faked. It was an aura that only a true sword genius would have.

As soon as he finished speaking,

with a flash, Zhou Xuesheng’s figure disappeared.

This was a high-end combat technique using the black fog internal force. Taking advantage of the lag in the visual feedback, even if Chen Yiming and Zhou Xuesheng were both at the second stage of the warrior realm, it could not be avoided since they were a short distance from each other.

Chen Yiming knew that Zhou Xuesheng was only testing him, so he didn’t overreact. He just covered his entire body with the black fog internal force that he had cultivated.

His black fog internal force was cultivated at the last minute. No matter how strong his Level-1 Undying Body talent was, under the condition that it had to cover a large area, it was only 20% to 30% stronger than the black fog internal force of an ordinary warrior.

This matched Zhou Xuesheng’s understanding of his outstanding physical talent.

“Bang!”

The two black fog internal forces collided.

They were both black fog internal forces, but one had mastered the transformation of the internal force, while the other was only an ordinary black fog internal force.

As expected, Zhou Xuesheng’s sword pierced through the internal force covering Chen Yiming’s body.

Immediately after, at the moment when Chen Yiming’s defensive internal force was pierced, Zhou Xuesheng retreated.

The entire process was controlled perfectly. Chen Yiming’s clothes weren’t even damaged.

Zhou Xuesheng reappeared at his original position and said with a smile, “Very good. Your internal force is 20 to 30% stronger than most warriors. This will make you feel like a fish in water during battles.”

Chen Yiming didn’t provide any explanation.

It was more than just like a fish in water. He had always been like a bulldozer, crushing everything in his path. As a result, he rarely thought about how to use his internal force.

Zhou Xuesheng continued, “Next, it’s your turn to attack. Let me see your mastery of the sword technique.”

Chen Yiming nodded and his figure swayed.

He copied the high-level combat technique that Zhou Xuesheng had used earlier.

The two of them quickly exchanged more than 10 blows.

During the process, Zhou Xuesheng continuously praised Chen Yiming’s astonishing learning ability. Unknowingly, he had started to use more and more high-end combat techniques with his black fog internal force.

Chen Yiming displayed his talent in swordsmanship while secretly learning the combat techniques that Zhou Xuesheng had displayed.

The reason was that Chen Yiming’s Level-2 swordsmanship talent gave him a strong understanding of swordsmanship.

As long as the combat techniques used by Zhou Xuesheng were still within the range of the swordsmanship, they would not be able to escape Chen Yiming’s ability to secretly learn them.