C38 Talent Test
A day passed quietly.
The next day, the Ling Family's grand competition finally came to an end in a fiery atmosphere.
The martial arts field was crowded with people, forming a huge circle.
In the middle of this circle, many geniuses, elders, family heads and other important figures from the direct line of descent were gathered together.
Ling Nanqin's father, who was also the patriarch of the Ling Family, Ling Xingye, walked into everyone's line of sight and said in a clear voice:
"The martial competition is an annual grand event of the Ling Family. The overall competition is the highlight of the event. It represents the peak of the younger generation of the Ling Family. Any disciple of the Ling Family who has achieved a good result in the overall competition will be rewarded generously."
When Ling Xingye said the reward, everyone's eyes revealed a look of interest.
"This is the overall competition. The rewards will definitely be much more generous than the collateral martial competition." Many of the Ling Family's clansmen started guessing.
As for the people who knew some information about the Ling Family in advance, their eyes were filled with anticipation.
"In the top eight of the competition, each person will be rewarded with a high-ranked martial skill, 20 Human Essence Pill, and in the top four of the competition, they will be rewarded with a high-ranked martial skill and 30 Human Essence Pill!"
"As for the champion of the overall competition, he will be rewarded with a quasi-Martial Arts of Earth Rank and 50 Human Essence Pill. In addition, the champion of this year's overall competition will also be able to obtain the qualifications to enter the Royal City of Dayan's Ling Clan."
When Ling Xingye mentioned those rewards, the crowd below was boiling with excitement.
One had to admit that the Ling Family was truly wealthy. For such a precious Human Essence Pill, they would be rewarded with dozens of them at once.
The champion could actually get 50 Human Essence Pill, which was a huge amount of hundreds of thousands of silvers. An ordinary sixth level Mortal Origin Stage Fighter would probably need to hunt for a lifetime's worth of Demonic Beast to earn such a huge amount of wealth.
And that was not the main point. The main point was Ling Xingye's last sentence.
The champion of the overall competition could enter the Imperial City's Ling Clan!
What kind of place was the Imperial City?
The absolute center of the Dayan Dynasty, the place where martial arts flourished.
Perhaps 80% of the top experts of the Dayan Dynasty were gathered in the Imperial City.
The name of the Imperial City was synonymous with fortune and future for Ling Yun and the others who were located in remote cities.
The Ling Family of the Imperial City was one of the major families in the Royal City of Dayan. They were one of the branches of the Ling Clan in the Dayan Dynasty.
If they could obtain the qualification to enter the Ling Clan of Imperial City, it would undoubtedly be like a carp leaping over the dragon gate and rising to the top!
It was just like how Ling Yun had entered the Ling Family of Thunder City from a remote mountain village.
"I must enter Imperial City and enter the Ling Clan!" The eyes of many of the powerful direct bloodline geniuses sparkled with ambition.
"The reason why I have been cultivating so hard recently is for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break through. I must get my wish."
"The champion is mine..."
Ling Yun was no exception.
To him, the Ling Clan was not just an empty term, it also had a special meaning - Heaven-overriding Thirteen Styles.
Only by entering the Imperial City's Ling Clan would he be able to obtain the complete Heaven-overriding Thirteen Styles skill.
Ling Xingye's words pushed the atmosphere of the martial arena to a small climax.
He was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. He cleared his throat and continued, "The overall competition is divided into two parts."
"The first part is the qualification test. As the name implies, it tests your constitution and talent, and then ranks according to the results of all the participants."
"The top 32 of the qualification test can enter the next segment - Battle of Martial Arts, and determine the final champion."
"Now, all the direct descendants of the participating families will come over to draw lots for the test."
There were a total of sixty-six direct descendants participating in the overall competition, and they all came forward to draw lots one after another.
Coincidentally, Ling Yun drew the sixty-sixth place, which was also the finale of the draw.
In the center of the martial arena, there was a white jade stone that was as tall as a person.
The jade was translucent and emitted a hazy radiance.
Someone pointed at the jade stone and said, "This is the legendary testing stone. It can test the talent and potential of the Fighter. If the yellow light is emitted, it means that the Fighter is a low-grade talent. The green light corresponds to a middle-grade talent, and the red light corresponds to a high-grade talent. A High-Grade Talent can be considered an absolute genius. "
Someone asked: "Only these three colors?"
"Of course not, between the lower, middle, and upper grades. They are further divided into the upper, middle, and upper grades, and above the upper and upper grades. There is also a super grade talent, but a genius with that kind of talent... It's too rare. There has never been such a genius in the history of our Thunder City's Ling Family. Only the Royal City of Dayan has such a genius. "
"As expected of the Imperial City. It's a place filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. There are even geniuses with extraordinary talent."
...
Amidst the discussions of the crowd, the first participant made his debut.
"Place your hand on the testing stone and circulate your essence energy with all your might." Ling Xingye said.
"Understood."
The man nodded and stretched out both of his hands. His palm emitted a dazzling Yuan energy light and pressed on the testing stone.
Very quickly, the Test Stone turned sparkling green.
"Intermediate talent, not bad." Ling Xingye nodded in satisfaction. The first direct descendant to enter the arena had already obtained the grades of medium-grade talent, which was a good start.
A medium level talent meant that this young direct descendant could at least reach the tenth level of the Human Origin Stage in the future.
The tenth level of the Human Origin Stage could already be regarded as an elder of the Ling Family.
"Next..."
The contestants went up to the stage to take the test one after another.
Ling Ge, medium upper grade talent.
...
Ling Nanqin, superior upper grade talent!
When Ling Nanqin's test results came out, the entire martial arena erupted with cheers. Ling Xingye could not help but nod his head in satisfaction.
High grade talent. In a remote city like Thunder City, she was almost a peerless genius.
Ling Xingye was naturally excited and proud when he saw his daughter's extraordinary talent.
The test continued.
...
Ling Hui, medium talent.
Ling Wei, medium level talent.
...
Ling Kun, Upper Upper Talent!
When the result of the test of the number one young expert of the Ling Family, Ling Kun, came out, it set off another wave of climax.
"Another superior talent. The heavens really bless our Ling Family."
"Young master Ling Kun is extremely strong, and his talent is the best among the young generation. He must have the qualifications to enter the Imperial City."
Ling Kun's eyes sparkled with pride. After the result of the test was out, he left with no regard for anyone else.
The test continued. There were only two people left.
Ling Jue, superior talent!
"Young Master Ling Jue is also very strong. A superior talent is only inferior to Miss Nanqin and Young Master Ling Kun." Below, a wave of exclamations sounded again.
Ling Jue quietly heaved a sigh of relief. He was very satisfied with the result of his test.
"The last one, Ling Yun."
When Ling Xingye's voice rang out, Ling Yun tidied his clothes and calmly walked towards the testing stone.
When Ling Yun and Ling Jue passed by each other, Ling Jue gave Ling Yun a provocative glance. Use Sinister Sen Yu said angrily, "I have superior talent. Can a trash like you compare with me? Hehe, if you can't even rank in the 32nd place... That would be too disappointing. "
After saying that, Ling Jue was about to leave.
However, Ling Yun's words instantly made him stop in his tracks.
Ling Yun said, "Is a superior talent really that great? In my eyes, it's too trashy. "
Ling Jue felt like his lungs were about to explode from anger. What did this lowly brat, Ling Yun, say? A superior talent had actually become trash in his mouth! He was truly boasting shamelessly.
"Fine, fine, fine, fine. I'll wait and see what kind of test you can come up with!"
