Chapter 49

Jiang Chen had never used a knife . He gained countless wonderful insights when standing in front of the knife trail, but was unable to express them explicitly .

But his right hand, in which he was holding the knife, was clenching tighter and tighter . And his facial expression tensed more and more .

No one knew what he was doing there . He stood there motionless until the dawn .

A whole night had passed . Many people started to notice this strange guy .

Someone tried to approach him to figure out what was going on with him .

Suddenly Jiang Chen burst into laughter and started to brandish the knife in the air .

"Crazy!"

People cursed him and tried to stay away from him .

What should I name this slash?

Jiang Chen didn't know any knife methods, but after spending the whole night comprehending the knife trail, he had mastered a knife movement .

A slash! It had no name . It wasn't a movement, either .

It was only a slash! A slash that slashed at the mountain!

Ten days later, the Natural Law School started to recruit disciples .

This was the most celebrated day in Ninedragons .

The Natural Law School didn't only pay attention to the disciples' talents like other sects and schools . They valued the comprehensive ability of their disciples more, so their requirement for talent was almost the same as that of an ordinary school .

Their test tool was very simple, a stone in a strange shape .

To take the test, people only needed to put their hands on the stone . Then the stone would emit a light beam .

The candidate would pass the test if the light beam was at least twenty zhangs high .

The test was done in the palace of Ninedragons . Ever since the Xia Dynasty moved their capital, it had been used as the Duke's Palace .

At that moment, it was used to receive the representatives of the Natural Law School .

The spacious square was full of people .

The rare stone for the talent test was put in the center of the square . The elders of the Natural Law School and the duke were staying in an airship that was suspended at a low altitude .

"All candidates will take the rare stone test first . Please note that you have to be less than twenty years old . If you are older than twenty and intend to fish in troubled waters, it is at your own risk . "

A few people were standing beside the rare stone to administer the test .

Everyone was queuing up . One youngster after another went up to the rare stone and let it stimulate their genuine yuan . Then the rare stone would emit a light beam responsive to the strength of their genuine yuan .

Almost everyone could satisfy the requirement .

There were also people who wanted to try their luck, expecting to enter the second phase, but their light beams were very low .

They had to leave in dejection under people's laughter and the cold look of the elders of the Natural Law School .

The test went very fast, which Jiang Chen felt lucky about . Otherwise, if everyone in the area had wasted time, who knew when it would end .

And he saw someone he knew there .

To his immense surprise, Su Qian was there as well .

Jiang Chen knew she had changed a lot after the Pulse Invigorating Ceremony, but she was still in a low state…

"Eh?"

Jiang Chen suddenly found Su Qian had achieved the Gathering Yuan State . No wonder she wanted to try her luck here .

But how will she survive at the trial ground?

Jiang Chen was curious . He also noticed a man standing beside Su Qian . The two seemed very close . They were making eyes at each other while talking .

That wasn't Meng Fei . Jiang Chen didn't know him, but he found that the guy had achieved the peak of the middle stage of the Gathering Yuan State .

The crowd let out a cry at that moment .

Jiang Chen saw the light beam emitted by the rare stone had achieved as high as a hundred zhangs, which could be clearly observed from very far away . It caused an uproar in the crowd .

Even the elders of the Natural Law School who had been pulling a long face smiled at Wen Xin and encouraged her .

Then Hong Feiyu's sister Hong Youjun took the test . Her light beam reached sixty or seventy zhangs .

Although not as great as Wen Xin, it was also an awesome result .

"Wen Xin, looks like no one can break your record," Hong Youjun walked up to Wen Xin and grinned at her .

"There's no big difference between a hundred zhangs and ten zhangs . "

"That's not true . The elders will see everyone's performance at the trial ground . If you can stand out now, the elders will pay more attention to you by then . Maybe it will help you find a master as soon as you join the Natural Law School," Hong Youjun said .

Wen Xin didn't contradict her . Suddenly she set her eyes on one guy .

His light beam also reached a hundred zhangs and maybe even a little higher than Wen Xin's .

He looked over to Wen Xin with provocation . He turned one corner of his mouth upward, as if he were laughing at her .

"Zhang Shichao! He is from the capital . "

"He is one of the top 500 of the Eternal Flame List . " Someone recognized him .

Since there were too many people on the Eternal Flame List, it was difficult to memorize how great the influence of each ranking was .

So many people tried to memorize it in an easier way .

For example, it was an honorable thing to be listed in the top 800, and people would admire and worship you if you were listed in the top 500 .

"He's Zhang Shichao? It's said he has killed many people, although he is very young . He is cruel and emotionless . It's not uncommon for him to kill people in a competition . "

"Exactly . He's really a bad*ss in the capital . "

Zhang Shichao was standing aside, aloof, turning a deaf ear to what people were saying about him .

Yang Jianwei was in the crowd and feeling unhappy . He felt ashamed that the locals were surpassed by the guy from the capital .

He came forward and shoved the guy behind Zhang Shichao out of the way .

The guy was irritated, but when he saw it was Yang Jianwei, he backed off .

Yang Jianwei pushed his hand onto the rare stone with strength and a strong light beam shot upwards .

But it was moving slower and slower and finally stopped before it reached a hundred zhangs .

"Damn," Yang Jianwei cursed silently . He sensed Zhang Shichao's disdainful look and was deeply hurt .

Then a familiar figure showed up before him . It was Jiang Chen!

He recognized him as the one who had offended him on the Martial Saint Mountain the other day .

He had been trying to take revenge on him, but Jiang Chen had been hiding in the Hong Mansion, so he didn't have any chance to .

"Exceed twenty zhangs . You have to exceed twenty zhangs, so that I can teach you a good lesson at the trial ground," Yang Jianwei thought .

But to his disappointment, it wasn't Jiang Chen's turn yet .

Later, two more people stood out .

One was Su Qian .

Her light beam was eighty zhangs high, more or less the same as Yang Jianwei's .

"Her potential did get inspired by the Pulse Invigorating Ceremony . But she won't be able to become a powerful person due to the limitation of her mentality," Jiang Chen thought to himself .

The other person was in the late stage of the Gathering Yuan State, but was almost the same age as Jiang Chen . People were greatly surprised when he came forward .

"He's from the Black Dragon City . His name is Ning Ping!"

"He is Ning Haotian's younger brother . Maybe he will have a stunning performance, too!"

Ning Ping's light beam shot upwards and exceeded a hundred zhangs rapidly, but it stopped when it was about to exceed Zhang Shichao's record .

"Hum," Zhang Shichao expressed his disdain with a sneer .

Ning Ping shrugged his shoulders . It was certainly a pity for him, but he didn't care too much .

Finally it was Jiang Chen's turn .

Most people only regarded Jiang Chen as an average guy, so they didn't take him seriously . They thought he was guy with only ordinary talent, or maybe no talent at all .

Except Wen Xin and Hong Youjun . The two women were both watching Jiang Chen attentively .

Wen Xin was thinking about his instruction on the Martial Saint Mountain .

Hong Youjun said, "Wen Xin, did he instruct your swordsmanship?"

"Oh? Did he tell you that?"

Wen Xin was displeased . She thought Jiang Chen was taking advantage of her to boast himself .

Although that was the truth, she was unwilling to admit it, since his swordsmanship looked very ordinary to her .

If she gave it a second thought, what Jiang Chen had said that day was quite ambiguous . There could have been many interpretations .

"Yes . "

Hong Youjun thought she knew Jiang Chen had mastered the sword point, so she didn't mention it to her .