On the Blue Stone Plaza, the important members of the Four Great Clans of the Azure Cloud City — Lin, Xiao, Chu, and Li — had gathered together.
Lin Tianying sat in the Lin Clan's seat, and his son, Lin Wu, sat next to him. At the same time, Lin Yun's stepmother, Jin Lian, and many elders of the Lin family also followed.
Xiao Shuang and her father, Xiao Batian, and the other Xiao Clan elders sat opposite them.
Apart from them, the Chu and Li clans' men were also present.
The geniuses of the Four Major Clans had been drooling over the Yu Province Martial House's quota for a long time.
In addition to the Four Great Clans, even the President of the Emerald Cloud Chamber of Commerce, Su Hongyan, had arrived with Lin Ying and Zhang Wei.
Lin Yun had said that he would come back today to participate in the martial examination. Lin Ying and Zhang Wei had no doubts about this, and so they had been waiting here since early in the morning.
Because she was worried about Lin Ying's safety, Su Hongyan also brought the upper echelons of the Emerald Cloud Chamber of Commerce to the scene.
As long as Su Hongyan and the others were present, no one would dare lay a finger on Lin Ying!
"The City Lord has arrived!"
A loud and clear voice suddenly rang out in the martial examination hall.
A fat middle-aged man appeared. He wore a jade crown on his head and an embroidered robe. A group of guards followed behind him.
Without a doubt, this was Greencloud City's City Lord, Mu Qingyun.
Everyone stood up from their seats to welcome Mu Qingyun.
In Green Cloud City, the Mayor's position was the highest, this was without a doubt.
Mu Qingyun's cultivation had reached the peak of ninth level Martial Warrior, and he was fully deserving of being the number one person in Green Cloud City!
Other than the President of the Emerald Cloud Chamber of Commerce, Su Hongyan, almost no one dared to sit on equal footing with him.
After the City Lord appeared, he took charge of the situation. He gave everyone a brief introduction of the situation of the martial academies, and then announced the start of the examination.
A two-meter-tall stone tablet was carried by two guards to the center of the bluestone square.
A middle-aged examiner stood in front of the monument and announced to the crowd, "The assessment is divided into three stages, namely the preliminaries, the promotion competition, and the finals. The preliminaries will only test your fist strength. If you reach the standard, you can participate in the subsequent assessment. "
As everyone knew, fist strength included many aspects, such as strength, explosive power, physical endurance, and so on.
Strength was relative. If a person had the strength of ten thousand Jin, but their physical fitness could not keep up, they would not be able to withstand the huge force and would be injured.
Lin Yun, who had used the power of the Demon God Core Crystal, was a good example.
However, that was because Lin Yun was using an external force that did not belong to him.
Under normal circumstances, as long as one's strength passed, the examinee's physical fitness would basically pass.
Because of this, many tests set fist strength as the most basic screening condition.
The middle-aged examiner paused for a moment before continuing, "The preliminary test will be judged by the number of halos that light up on the Strength Measuring Stone Stele. One halo is ten thousand jin, and so on. Five halos means you have passed!"
Hearing the examiner's words, the crowd couldn't help but gasp.
Five rings of light.
50,000 Jin of strength!
What did that mean?
The average fist strength of an ordinary person was two hundred pounds.
The average fist strength of a Level One Martial Disciple was four hundred jin.
A level two Martial Disciple had an average fist strength of 800 Jin.
So on and so forth, with every increase in level, the fist strength would double.
50,000 Jin of strength, this was the fist strength of at least a Level Eight Martial Disciple!
Examinees who had not reached the Level Eight Martial Disciple realm would not be able to reach this standard. They didn't even have the qualifications to participate in the subsequent tests.
The difficulty of this martial test was too exaggerated!
After the examiner finished his announcement, the preliminary test quickly began.
"Three halos, fail!"
"Four halos, fail!"
Ten minutes later.
Dozens of examinees were eliminated, less than a tenth of the passing rate.
For a moment, the entire venue was shrouded in a tense atmosphere.
After a large number of eliminations, a young man with drooping eyes, a crooked nose, and an eagle's beak stepped onto the stage.
"It's Lin Wu, the youngest son of the Lin Clan's Grand Elder, Lin Tianying. I heard that on his seventeenth birthday, he broke through to the Martial Warrior realm!"
"A genius like this will definitely enter the Martial Arts Institute. Let's see if he can enter the Yuzhou Martial House."
Lin Wu walked in front of the stone stele and punched it.
Peng — —
A muffled sound.
Ten halos suddenly lit up.
"Ten halos, pass!"
Hearing the examiner's announcement, everyone looked at Lin Wu with admiration.
Ten halos.
100,000 Jin!
What did this mean?
When a martial artist was in the Martial Disciple realm, they would increase their strength.
After reaching the Martial Warrior realm, they would only increase their Primordial Qi, but not their strength.
This meant that 100,000 Jin was the limit of a normal martial artist's strength.
Of course, this was only for normal martial artists. This did not include martial artists with innate strength, martial artists who had taken pills that could permanently increase their strength, or martial artists who had awakened their Martial Spirits that could increase their strength.
Lin Wu was not born with innate strength, nor did he take pills that could permanently increase his strength, nor did he awaken a martial spirit that could increase his strength.
As a normal martial artist, it was already quite impressive for him to have a fist strength of 100,000 Jin.
"100,000 Jin! Lin Wu is indeed the number one genius of the Lin Clan!"
"It seems that Lin Wu's foundation is very stable. If his foundation was not stable, he would only have a fist strength of 70,000 to 80,000 Jin after breaking through to the Martial Warrior realm. "
Hearing the crowd's praise, Lin Wu smiled proudly.
Once upon a time, under the brilliance of Lin Yun's genius, he was just a supporting character.
But now, Lin Yun's cultivation had been crippled, and Lin Tianying was in charge of the Lin Clan. He had invested a lot of resources into Lin Wu, allowing him to quickly grow into the number one genius of the Lin Clan.
This feeling of going from being a supporting character to being the center of attention was indescribable.
After an hour of preliminaries, 90% of the candidates were eliminated. Those who passed were the top geniuses of the various large clans.
"The number one genius of the Chu Clan, Chu Tian, is also 17 years old and is also a Level One Martial Warrior. But his fist strength is slightly weaker, only 90,000 Jin. "
"The number one genius of the Li Clan, Li Zhaosi, is the best. Even though he is also a Level One Martial Warrior, he was born with innate strength. His fist strength actually reached 150,000 Jin! In terms of strength, no one is stronger than him, right? "
"That's not necessarily true. The daughter of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Shuang, hasn't appeared yet. It wouldn't be strange for any miracle to happen to her."
…
After a long time.
Under the attention of the crowd, it was finally Xiao Shuang's turn.
Without a doubt, she was the highlight of this year's martial examination.
As soon as she appeared on stage, the crowd erupted.
"She's really beautiful. No wonder she is the number one beauty of Qingyun City!"
"I heard that she just turned 15 this year and already awakened her Martial Spirit. Is that true?!"
"I saw it with my own eyes that day at Tangren Street. How could it be fake?"
While the crowd was discussing excitedly, Xiao Shuang, who was dressed in blue, walked to the front of the stone tablet with a cold expression.
She raised her fist and coldly punched the stone tablet.
Bang — —
Only a muffled sound could be heard.
Rings of light continuously lit up. In the end, a total of 15 rings were lit up!
The crowd was in an uproar.
"150,000 Jin? Miss Xiao Shuang is indeed the number one genius of our Qingyun City! "
"She obviously isn't born with innate strength, but she has the same strength as Li Zhaosi. She's really too powerful!"
"I understand now. It's the Jiang Clan's resources! The Jiang Clan is one of the four large clans in Yuzhou. There is no lack of famous alchemists in the clan. With Miss Xiao Shuang's relationship with Kang Nam-gun, it's not difficult to get a few elixirs that can increase one's strength. "
Hearing the crowd's exclamations, Xiao Batian, who was outside the arena, couldn't stop smiling.
Xiao Shuang was still as cold as ice. Her pair of blue eyes were filled with arrogance, as if she didn't care about anything.
After Xiao Shuang left the arena, no one else went up. Because everyone knew that she was the last one, everyone rushed to take the test before her.
Running up after her to take the test was simply asking to be humiliated.
Just as the examiner was about to announce the end of the preliminary, a young man suddenly went up.
"Wait, there's still me!"
The arena suddenly became silent.
Everyone turned their heads at the same time and looked at the young man in astonishment.
It was a young man wearing a black cloak. His black hair fluttered in the wind and his black eyes were as bright as gemstones.
"Isn't … isn't that the Lin Clan's useless young master?"
"What? Half a month ago, he killed Xiao Xiong. Now he actually dares to come back. Does he want to die?! "
For a moment, the entire arena was in an uproar.
Seeing that Lin Yun had returned, Lin Ying and Zhang Wei's eyes lit up and they smiled in surprise.
Xiao Batian's smile instantly froze. His entire face turned extremely gloomy as he looked at Lin Yun with murderous intent.
Lin Tianying's face, on the other hand, was full of shock and astonishment.
He couldn't believe that Lin Yun was still alive!
Because at that time, he clearly felt that Lin Yun had entered the cave and his aura was then completely covered by the mighty aura.
He definitely didn't think that the mighty aura came from Lin Yun.
He would only think that the mighty aura came from a terrifying existence.
As for Lin Yun, he just happened to encounter that terrifying existence by accident.
It was also because of this that he gave up on chasing after Lin Yun and decisively turned around to escape.
Because as far as he was concerned, Lin Yun had absolutely no chance of survival after encountering such a terrifying existence!
However, at that moment, Lin Yun appeared before him, alive and well. It was unbelievable!
Whether it was Lin Tianying or Xiao Batian, they both had murderous intent toward Lin Yun. They wished they could hack him into pieces and grind his bones into dust.
However, none of them dared to attack Lin Yun recklessly.
That was because the City Governor and all the Elders of the Martial Arts Institute were present. Moreover, Lin Yun appeared as a candidate. If they attacked him without their permission, it would be too disrespectful to the Elders.
Of course, most importantly, the President of the Emerald Cloud Commerce, Su Hongyan, was also present.
If they attacked him, Su Hongyan would definitely not sit idly by.
Therefore, they could only suppress their murderous intent.
As Lin Yun walked toward the stone tablet, Lin Tianying glanced at Lin Yun's stepmother, Golden Lotus.
Golden Lotus understood and immediately stood up from her seat. She stared at Lin Yun with hatred and scolded him bluntly, "Lin Yun, you b * stard who's worse than a pig or a dog. How dare you come back after doing such a thing to me!"
Golden Lotus's words were like bait, causing the crowd to be filled with wild and fanciful thoughts.
Everyone at the scene whispered to each other, discussing spiritedly.
"What did Lin Yun do to his stepmother?"
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