Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Direct Disciple Examination Pavilion.

The pavilion towered to a height of one hundred meters. As Lin Chen stepped into the pavilion, the open doors slowly closed.

Snap!

An ice-blue pillar of light descended inside the pavilion, enveloping Lin Chen.

Canglan energy.

When this Canglan energy fell upon him, Lin Chen felt as though his entire body was being scanned.

In the next moment, the ice-blue pillar disappeared.

However!

Three more pillars of light descended from the top of the pavilion, and when the pillars dissipated, they revealed three ice-blue figures.

War Puppets?

Lin Chen squinted at these figures, immediately recalling the War Puppets he had encountered at the Heaven-Supporting Sect ruins. It was quite normal for the Canglan Sect to have War Puppets.

”Defeat the War Puppets of the same Realm, the shorter the time, the better.”

A majestic voice sounded inside the pavilion.

Whoosh!

The bodies of the three ice-blue War Puppets transformed into afterimages, launching explosively towards Lin Chen.

Lin Chen’s eyes shone brightly. According to the voice’s hint, the quicker he defeated these three War Puppets, the higher his score would be. Hence, he held nothing back, his body suddenly enlarging to a ten-meter figure, surrounded by flames.

Bang!

Transformed into a ten-meter giant, Lin Chen swept a foot across, instantly striking the War Puppet on the left, sending it flying. At the same time, his right hand pressed down on the War Puppet attacking from the right, slamming it onto the floor.

Zzz.

The War Puppet charging head-on was the only one that reached Lin Chen, yet before it could touch his skin, it was engulfed and burned by the flames surrounding him.

Three breaths.

One War Puppet was immobilized by Lin Chen’s right foot pinning it down, another flew back to crash into a stone pillar, embedded within and unable to escape, while the last one was consumed by flames, crackling audibly.

The pillar of light descended once more, enveloping the three War Puppets. Soon, the War Puppets gradually faded, eventually transforming into ice-blue energy, disappearing along with the light pillar.

”First stage cleared, time taken: three breaths.”

The majestic voice echoed again, and in the next moment, the top of the pavilion changed, with Canglan energy flooding down like waves, enveloping Lin Chen.

Lin Chen did not dispel this Canglan energy, as he did not sense any malice from it. As the Canglan energy wrapped around him, it began surging like ocean waves crashing against the shore.

Snap!

With each surge of Canglan energy, Lin Chen felt his Divine Soul tremble.

”Thus, the first stage tests one’s Martial Path combat prowess, while the second stage tests one’s Divine Soul.”

This Canglan energy not only impacted his Divine Soul with every surge, but also carried a pull as it receded, attempting to extract his Divine Soul from his body.

Lin Chen began to activate the Thousand Mechanisms Evolution Technique, stabilizing his Divine Soul, allowing the Canglan energy to continuously assault him, while his Divine Soul remained unshaken.

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Outside the pavilion.

The Steward who brought Lin Chen inside was also waiting.

The sect’s Direct Disciple examination consisted of three stages, and ultimately, the total score of all three stages determined passing.

The first stage tests the disciple’s combat ability. Those who can become Direct Disciples are outstanding in their Realm, and can defeat ordinary Martial Artists in the same Realm, even taking on two, three, or four at once...

The three War Puppets are derived from Canglan energy and will match the entering disciple’s strength, remaining in the same Realm. If one fails to defeat the War Puppets, no score is given, whereas defeating the three War Puppets awards scores based on defeat time.

Within one breath, fifty points.

Every additional breath reduces the score by one point, and beyond forty breaths, no matter how long it takes to defeat the War Puppets, only a minimum of ten points is awarded.

The second stage is the Divine Soul test.

The Canglan Tide has a shocking effect on the Divine Soul; if one’s Divine Soul is unstable or weak, it is difficult to withstand the Canglan Tide’s impact, which will autonomously decide to stop or continue based on the examinee’s condition.

After all, they are Canglan Sect disciples. The sect examination is to verify disciple strength, not cause harm.

The longer one withstands the Canglan Tide, the higher the score for the second stage, which has a total of seventy points.

Beyond ten breaths, ten points are awarded. Almost all entering disciples last for ten breaths, twenty breaths award twenty points. Each additional breath adds one point, until reaching fifty points.

The first fifty points are one breath per point, but after fifty breaths, earning the extra twenty minutes means an additional point every ten breaths.

Seventy points full score means lasting for two hundred fifty breaths.

Since the founding of Canglan Sect, only two disciples have achieved the full score of seventy points.

The impact of Canglan Tide on the Divine Soul grows stronger with each wave, and those who lasted to seventy points achieved Innate Realm status by the time of their examination.

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Within the Canglan Tide, Lin Chen felt his Divine Soul being drawn into an ice-blue ocean, with innumerable Canglan energies crashing in like storm-laden waves, each surge stronger.

Under this oceanic energy assault, Lin Chen was not merely passively defending; his surrounding Divine Thoughts transformed into oars, constantly battling these energies.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Eventually, the originally ice-blue Canglan energy transformed into dense purple-black energy, akin to the disparity between shallow and deep seas, causing Lin Chen’s consciousness to blur, while his surrounding Divine Thoughts formed a protective shield.

Snap!

When the shield shattered, the Canglan Tide abruptly vanished. Lin Chen opened his eyes, momentarily confused, but soon regained clarity.