Chapter 2114 - 2115: You, Come Forward! (Second Update)

The Sword Sect Elder’s gaze directly penetrated into their bodies, spreading over their bones.

Ling Feng immediately understood that this was testing bone age.

A person’s appearance can be deceptive, or someone who has taken special Spiritual Medicine and cultivated a special Cultivation Technique might look like a youngster even at seventy or eighty. That’s nothing strange—but bone age cannot lie.

The age of a Martial Artist represents their potential.

At the same Emperor Realm level, the lower the age, the greater the potential, naturally.

Ling Feng felt relieved. He was not even thirty; he definitely met the age requirements of any sect’s selection.

"Anyone over forty years old, step out and leave!"

The Sword Sect Elder spoke calmly, yet his tone carried authority: "Otherwise, you should have heard what happens to those who lie."

Since this was a selection for new Disciples, naturally there would be an age limit.

There was nothing strange about that.

Everyone looked at each other. Some people’s expressions changed; after some hesitant dawdling, the first person stepped out, then the second, the third...

Very soon, nearly twenty percent walked out of the crowd, looking sullen.

It was hard to imagine there were this many trying to fish in troubled waters.

"I only just turned forty today..." someone tried to argue.

"Get out!"

The Sword Sect Elder said directly, then his gaze fell on Ling Feng, and he said coldly, "You, come out!"

"Me?"

Ling Feng was stunned for a moment. His bone age should be fine, right?

"Come out!"

The Elder’s voice grew a few degrees colder. Ling Feng frowned slightly and had no choice but to step out from the crowd.

"I haven’t even reached thirty yet. Why are you making me step out?"

Ling Feng took a deep breath and looked at the Sword Sect Elder, speaking neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Hmph, your body is shrouded in a layer of strange black fog; I can’t probe your bone age at all. Don’t think you can use this to fish in troubled waters!"

The Elder’s gaze was like winter water, icy to the bone.

Ling Feng couldn’t help rolling his eyes. That layer of black fog was naturally the Sealing of Soul Sealing.

He hadn’t expected Soul Sealing to be so domineering: not only did it block his own Divine Sense from looking inward, it also cut off the Divine Sense of others.

"I’m not trying to fish in troubled waters!"

Ling Feng spread his hands and raised his voice: "Senior can use other methods to verify it. I can even swear by my Martial Arts heart!"

"Hmph! I will verify it myself!"

The Sword Sect Elder snorted. His Clone appeared before Ling Feng and grabbed his shoulder. In the next instant, his expression suddenly changed.

Twenty-four!

This youth was around twenty-three or twenty-four years old, at most not over twenty-five.

At this age, he was already one of the youngest present.

But then, the Elder discovered that this youth’s Sea of Consciousness and Dan Tian Energy Sea were both shrouded in a layer of black fog. With his powerful Divine Power, he actually couldn’t penetrate it.

He didn’t believe it and strengthened his Divine Power, attempting to break through that black fog.

However, the black fog suddenly condensed into an extremely evil and Gui Yi Ghost Face, letting out an incomparably terrifying roar. The sound of that roar followed his Divine Thought and stirred up a dreadful shock in his own Sea of Consciousness.

Thump, thump, thump!

The Sword Sect Elder retreated several steps in a row, staring at Ling Feng in stunned disbelief. "You... that is... a Sealing?"

"So it got discovered after all?"

Ling Feng shook his head with a bitter smile and said in a low voice, "To be frank with Senior, that is indeed Sealing Power."

"To think there’s such a powerful and utterly evil Sealing in this world!"

The Elder took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "Your Dan Tian Energy Sea is sealed, yet you still want to participate in the Sword Sect selection?"

"The rules don’t say that if the Dantian is sealed, you can’t participate in the selection, do they?"

Ling Feng pursed his lips and spoke calmly.

"Very well."

The Sword Sect Elder shook his head. "Since that’s the case, a test is a test. I won’t go easy on you."

"Senior is underestimating me."

Ling Feng smiled faintly and then said, "Can I go back now?"

The Elder nodded, inwardly shocked beyond words, and said in a deep voice, "Go back!"

He really wanted to see what ability a Martial Artist whose Sea of Consciousness and Dan Tian Energy Sea were sealed could possibly have, to be confident he could pass the Sword Sect selection.

Logically, someone like that was no different from a waste.

Yet this youth didn’t seem like a waste!

He found himself increasingly curious about Ling Feng.

But this scene, in the eyes of the other Martial Artists participating in the selection, looked utterly strange.

The Sword Sect Elder actually seemed to have been forced back a few steps by Ling Feng!

Either Ling Feng was too strong!

Or Ling Feng’s background was too big!

But whichever it was, Ling Feng clearly wasn’t some simple weakling.

The first trial, testing bone age, directly eliminated about twenty percent of the Martial Artists. Next came the second trial.

"This trial tests your destructive power."

The Sword Sect Elder said in a deep voice.

Martial Arts is the way of offense and the way of Strength; thus, testing Strength is the most direct display of a Martial Artist’s power.

Ling Feng had already seen plenty of similar tests.

This trial eliminated about half of the remaining Martial Artists.

Ling Feng was not among them.

Ling Feng’s method was extremely simple: he activated Dragon Elephant Divine Power and threw out a punch.

The final result was average—barely passing.

But in the Sword Sect Elder’s Eye Power, it was astonishing.

A kid without a shred of Elemental Power could unleash such terrifying destructive force relying solely on Brute Force. Without that Sealing, how terrifying would his Strength be?

"Just what is this kid’s background?"

The Elder narrowed his eyes, growing ever more curious about Ling Feng.

Because there were too many Martial Artists in the selection, by the time the second round ended, it was already dusk.

"All Martial Artists who passed the Strength test can go back and rest for today. Tomorrow we’ll continue with the third round of screening!"

After announcing this, the Sword Sect Elder looked at Ling Feng again and said in a deep voice, "You, come with me for a bit!"

With that, the Elder flew off, and Ling Feng had no choice but to quickly follow.

"Tch, I really didn’t expect that kid to pass!"

"If you ask me, that kid must be here on connections. Just look at the attitude of the assessment Elder, hmph!"

"Haha, if you’re not convinced, you should’ve picked a better set of parents yourself!"

The crowd erupted into discussion. Tang Yong watched the direction Ling Feng disappeared in and muttered, "This guy really is Mysterious!"

Thinking of this, his desire to fight Ling Feng grew even stronger.

"Investigate this person’s identity and background."

The one known as "Beixue Kuangjian," Nie Renjie, was also quite curious about Ling Feng.

He wanted to know what kind of background this kid had, to make the assessment Elder treat him differently again and again.

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