Chapter 40 The Selection Test Begins
Zachary followed Elva all the way out of the Bamboo Gully. She then kept walking towards the direction
of Zachary''s tent.
Elva didn''t speak at all as they walked. The dim illumination of the moonlight revealed to Zachary the
cold light in her eyes. She was obviously mad at him.
"You don''t have to walk me to my tent. I can go back by myself," Zachary said, to break the awkward
silence between them. He knew that it would be pointless to exin what he had done.
"Why did you give up on yourself and sink to such depths?" Elva asked sharply as she stopped walking
all of a sudden.
"Huh?" Zachary froze for a moment, but immediately understood what Elva meant. It turned out that
she misunderstood him and thought that he was there to peep at Sara while she bathed because he
was disheartened by his serious injuries.
"Although five of your meridians were broken, they still can bepletely healed. If you work hard, you
will be able to be a warrior again. If you need any help, find me and I will help you. Just stop doing
stupid things like this. And, don''t let me feel disappointed in you ever again!" Elva said in an agitated,
broken tone that showed how much she hated Zachary''s degenerating behavior. She sounded sharp
and straightforward, which was not her usual manner.
Because of Zachary''s actions, Elva didn''t behave like usual herself and lost her temper. He never
expected such a thing to happen. Even she never expected it at all.
"I am leaving now," she said. She suddenly realized that she seemed out of her usual self. She was
aware that she shouldn''t care about Zachary because they were not even close friends. She didn''t
even know him two months ago. And now she was mad at him because he seemed to be giving up and
degenerating because of his injuries. Such a thing was totally out of her expectations.
Elva immediately turned and hurried away as soon as she finished speaking. It was as if shemitted
some shameful deed.
''It never urred to me that Elva was so worried about me. s, if I had known about it earlier, I would
have been more cautious in peeking at Sara. I wouldn''t let Elva down again...'' Zachary smiled as his
eyes shed with evil but charming light.
Time passed by in the blink of an eye and the day of the selection test arrived.
This time, a total of more than sixty disciples from the Welkin Sect participated in the selection test. The
entire Welkin Sect had only twenty disciples at the Earth Level, and all of them participated in the test.
The rest forty of them were all at the Mortal Level. Thus, it was not hard to predict howpetitive the
test would be!
Bruce and Elva were the only disciples whose cultivation bases were at the Heaven Level. If a sect at
the medium stage that ranked at the bottom like the Welkin Sect could produce a single disciple at the
Heaven Level in ten years, it would be considered as an amazing achievement. Even a sect at the
medium stage which ranked better would have no more than two or three such disciples. Thus, to
produce a disciple at the Heaven Level was by no means an easy task.
Since the Welkin Sect did not have a disciple at the Heaven Level that participated in the test, the
disciples at the premium stage of Earth Level had the opportunity to pass the test. Twelve of them
epted Sara''s special training and guidance before the test. Thus, the remaining disciples of the
Welkin Sect with lower strength just came to try their luck. There was very little chance for them to
stand out.
Although in the previous tests, there were cases that the disciples at the Mortal Level stood out, such
cases were few and far between. Unfortunately, they were defeated in the first round of the final test
due to theirck of skills.
This selection test was divided into three stages: the preliminary contest, the intermediary contest and
the runoff.
The three stages would test candidates'' strength as well as their talents and qualifications. The
competition within the Celestial College was very cruel and intense. A warrior needed to rely on more
than just their strength to enter the college. Even if a warrior at the Heaven Level managed to enter the
college, they would be no better than a rookie. If a warrior wanted to be epted by the college and
survive there, they must also have abilities that normal warriors didn''t have.
The preliminary contest tested the warriors'' physical qualification, which was divided into three aspects:
power, speed and physical strength.
The rules of the preliminary contest were very simple: The participants would be divided into thirteen
groups, and the tests would be carried out within each group. Once the test was over, the two best
warriors from each group would be allowed to enter the intermediary contest, while the rest of the
warriors would be eliminated.
Although the preliminary contest was cruel, it also involved some luck. If a disciple with slightly higher
strength was assigned to a group with weaker average strength, the chances of their winning would be
greater.
Because there were twenty disciples at the Earth Level participating in the test, it would be almost
impossible for most disciples at the Mortal Level to stand out and enter the intermediary contest. Only
those disciples at the premium stage of Mortal Level might stand a chance.
Lewis and several stewards of the Welkin Sect sat near Sara on the high tform in front of the training
ground to watch the contest.
"Master Sara, which of the Welkin Sect''s disciples who received your training do you think is most likely
to win the championship?" Lewis asked seriously as he fixed his attention on Sara.
"I''m afraid it''s hard to say. Everyone has a chance, especially some of the disciples at the premium
stage of Earth Level. They are all almost equally matched. Although the gap of one level is enough to
decide who will be the winner in most cases, in the course of thepetition, the forms are ever-
changing and a warrior who is not careful and cautious may lose all of their chances of winning. And if
one is too anxious to win, such a state of mind can turn against them!" Sara replied calmly.
"Master Sara, you have made very good points." Lewis nodded immediately after he heard Sara''s
comments. Meanwhile, he thought, ''Sara does live up to her reputation as a warrior at the Imperial
Level. There is no w in her statement, and of course, she avoided to answer my question in a very
smart way.'' Lewis was aware that Sara likely had a candidate for the championship in her mind and
that she just would rather not say who it was. Just as she had said, anything could happen during the
test, and it was not true that the strongest would always win in the end.
"By the way, Master Lewis, I saw Elvast night," Sara said abruptly with her brows furrowed slightly,
as if something came across her mind.
"Really? If so, may I know your opinion of Elva?" Lewis asked Sara excitedly. Elva was his favorite
disciple.
"Her qualification is pretty good. Even at her current age, she has triple martial speed. It''s very rare.
Even the Celestial College only has a few disciples who have the triple martial speed at her age. I was
almost the same age as her when I managed to have triple martial speed. If she can continue to make
such great improvements, she will soon make a breakthrough and achieve quadruple martial speed!"
Sara gave a fairly high evaluation of Elva.
Lewis and the stewards were relieved to hear such a high evaluation of Elva, but they were also very
shocked. What Sara said also meant that her current martial speed qualification was already quadruple
or even higher. No wonder she had already be a warrior at the Imperial Level at such a young
age.
"Master Sara, thank you for thepliment!" Lewis, who was always a calm andposed person,
couldn''t help but smile.
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"However, I don''t know what rtionship Elva and Zachary have. Last night, I saw them together and
they seemed to be..." Sara said and stopped abruptly, keeping Lewis and the stewards in suspense.
She seemed to indicate to them that there existed a special rtionship between the two disciples that
they were likely not even aware of.
Lewis then exchanged surprised nces with the other stewards. They realized that she knew more
about the two disciples than they did.