Chương 20: Testing talent

Long Feng shrugged.

"Alright Master. I'll listen to you." He sighed and withdrew his consciousness out of the Dantian and continued his meditation again.

"Hey, brother Long Feng, don't you think the Mortal heaven sect is a little weird? I mean other sect's entrance test include battles and fierce competition, but here, they are just giving us such easy tests." Yan Jian edged closer and asked. Long Feng thought about it and nodded.

"It doesn't matter. They are desperately in need of talents for them to groom to represent them at the province tournament." Long feng replied.

"Yes. If the Mortal heaven sect still comes last in this upcoming tournament, then they would be removed from the top three Yang level powers of the city." Yan Jian added. Long feng smiled.

"If you know that, then why do you still want to join the sect?" He asked.

"Isn't it obvious? They are looking for talents, and I believe myself to be one, so I came" Yan Jian replied with a grin.

"Alright. Continue your cultivation. I'm going to see if I can make more friends. Perhaps among those Yin level guys. I'll meet you in the sect" Yan Jian said before moving to other people. Long feng shook his head, before going back to his cultivation. He wanted to strengthen his level so as to increase his combat power. Back then against that rank two Yin level old man from the Gong Clan, he completely wasn't able to fight back and would've been caught if he hadn't used cheats.

Even back then he was already at the rank seven connate realm. Technically, he should have been able to hold his own against a rank two Yin level cultivator, yet he got his ass whooped. There were two reasons to this. One was that the old man was too experienced and had his own battle tactic while Long Feng merely fought roughly. Two was Long Feng's foundation. He had just broken through and he wasn't able to bring out his full strength.

Now if he could strengthen his foundation, he might be able to fight that old man again if he was still alive. Three days passed. Currently, many people had given up. Some were sleeping, some were attacking the walls, hoping to break it and go back outside. Only few people were still cultivating. Suddenly, the token began to glow. Many people felt dizzy, and when they opened their eyes, they were back outside the valley, and the token was gone.

Back inside the hallway, Long feng and the others numbered only around fifty people. They all rose to their feet at this moment.

"Congratulations. You have passed the second test. Time for the final test, the test of talent." The voice of the elder rang out again. A small platform appeared. It was covered with special runes all around it. Long feng knew instantly that it was a formation.

"This is a talent testing platform. Once someone stands on it, those runes will glow. The brighter they glow, the higher your talent is." The voice said.

"You will all need to stand on the platform. Be at rest, even if you have a bad talent, the sect will still accept you all this one time." You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. After a minute, someone walked up and climbed the platform. the runes hummed before releasing a weak glow.

"Barely passable" the voice commented. The man was disappointed with his results. He walked down the platform gloomily. More people climbed the platform. Most of them were like the first person, barely passable. Some were passable. Only three people were good. Yan Jian, a young rank one Yin level cultivator; Lin langtian and a fourteen years old young lady whose name and cultivation level was a mystery. She was wearing a white veil over her face, so her appearance was also a mystery.

In short, everything but her gender was a mystery. Soon, it was Long feng's turn. He stepped onto the platform and waited. Everybody waited, but, nothing happened. No humming, and not a single rune glowed. The runes even began to dim. Long feng was stunned! The platform was releasing soul power into his body so it could measure his talent, but immediately it entered his body, it vanished as though it had entered a black hole. It didn't even get close to his dantian. Long feng's hands began to sweat.

What did this signify? That he had no talent? Did he really have no talent? That was impossible. What about Wu Kong? If he had no talent, then what were those three Dragons doing within his dantian? It could be something else, but it couldn't be that he was lacking talent. It just didn't make sense.

"Is something wrong with the talent platform?" Someone asked. Even the elder was silent. This had never happened before. Even the lowest of all talents would still be able to make even a single rune glow, but for Long feng, not a single rune was glowing. That meant he was totally useless, or the talent platform was misfunctioning.

"No talent" the elder's voice resounded. Normally, Long feng would definitely not be allowed into the sect, but the current situation was different. He possessed an incredibly pure soul power. The Mortal heaven sect couldn't lose such a potential seedling. Also, they had reassured earlier that no matter one's result, one would be allowed entry this one time. Long Feng could be considered lucky. Long feng walked down the platform slowly contemplating what happened. He didn't know what to think of what just happened.

"Young friend, your case is quite special, so I will have to report to the council of elders to decide first. In the meantime, you can stay in the sect as an inner court disciple." The voice added. Long feng nodded. Normally, every sect was divided into three or four. The outer court disciples, also known as half disciples consisted of the weakest and most useless disciples of a sect. Their talent was next to nil. Next was the inner court disciples. then, the elite disciples and finally, the core disciples.

the elite disciples could be called dragon amongst men, while core disciples were simply the future of the sect. the new sect master was usually born from the core disciples. Long feng should have been sent to the outer court, but due to his soul power, the Mortal heaven sect was sending him to the inner court. After the remaining people tested their talents, the test was finally over.

"Walk down the hallway. You will find two gates. The outer court disciples should enter the left gate and the inner court disciples should enter the right gate. Do not enter the wrong gate" The voice commanded. Everyone began to walk down the hallway again. Many people cast curious glances at Long feng along the way. Some of them were filled with disregard or disdain. Yan Jian walked over to Long feng and muttered to him.

"Don't worry about the talent test. It's never accurate. Besides, with just your soul power, you can gain respect within the sect. The sect would never neglect such pure soul power. They will aid you in cultivating your soul power. You can become an elite disciple, probably even a core disciple if you work hard enough." he reassured. Long feng smiled and nodded. At the end of the hallway, there were indeed two gates. The disciples with low talent headed towards the outer court gate.

Only nineteen people were going to the inner court, including Long feng.

"I don't know how this guy gets to join the Inner court with us. I mean, it doesn't seem fair to us." Someone murmured as they stood before the gate, evidently referring to Long Feng.

"I don't know what bullshit luck you stepped onto, but at the end, you are still trash. So what if you have soul power? Maybe, all that was a trick of yours to join the sect. You should know, though, that only strength matters within the sect. You can't conceal your trash cultivation level for long. Try to make sure you are not sent back to the outer court where you belong" Lin langtian strode past Long Feng while speaking before walking through the gate. Long feng was bewildered.

"Who's that guy? What's his problem?" They hadn't ever met before now. He didn't even know the guy's name, yet the person spoke as though he met his foe?

"Ah. Ignore him. You'll find that in this world, there is never a reason to start a conflict. He's Lin Langtian I think. Good talent. Rank two Yin level cultivator." Yan jian laughed and explained. Long Feng sighed. He had successfully made an enemy without even trying to. Due to his special dantian, no one here could see his cultivation, not even that elder could.

Therefore, paired with his result at the talent platform, some people thought he would have an incredibly weak cultivation level like a rank one or two connate cultivation, which was why he was concealing it.

"He's strong. It'll be best if you keep away from him." Yan jian added and patted Long Feng's shoulder before walking through the gates. Long Feng stood still for a while.

"Lin Langtian huh?" He shrugged before stepping forward and entering the gate.