Chapter 39

As the martial artists curiously examined the stone carvings, Elder Sun said, "Although our Wind Sword Sect is established on the sword, it actually encompasses various martial techniques. These stone carvings, as you can see, were created at great cost by our sect. Each stone carving contains a martial technique!"

Upon hearing Elder Sun's words, the martial artists were all amazed!

Martial techniques are absolutely powerful and mysterious to martial artists. The reason they wanted to join the Wind Sword Sect was for the numerous martial techniques and cultivation methods within it. They never expected to come into contact with martial techniques even during the assessment.

"After the assessment begins, you can choose the stone carvings that suit you and meditate on them. You will have one hour to meditate. After one hour, you will demonstrate the martial techniques you have comprehended. The degree of your understanding of the martial techniques will be the result of this round of the assessment."

After announcing the rules, Elder Sun scanned the martial artists and asked, "Do you have any questions? If not, we will start immediately."

"Elder, may I ask what level these martial techniques are?" a martial artist at the peak of the fourth level of Body Tempering asked.

"All the martial techniques are of the lower Yellow Rank," Elder Sun replied.

It turned out they were only of the lower Yellow Rank, the lowest level of martial techniques. Many martial artists showed a look of disappointment upon hearing Elder Sun's words. They had originally thought they would be high-level martial techniques.

Their expressions naturally did not escape the eyes of the elders. One of the elders stood up and said, "Don't think that lower Yellow Rank martial techniques are nothing. With your current strength, you can only comprehend lower Yellow Rank martial techniques. Even if we let you meditate on middle Yellow Rank martial techniques, you wouldn't understand them at all! If you can comprehend even a fraction of these martial techniques in one hour, it would be considered a remarkable insight."

Looking at the martial artists beside him, Long Tai sneered. They were truly a bunch of arrogant fellows. Were martial techniques so easy to learn? He had practiced the family's Dragon Seizing Hand technique since childhood, and even after so many years, he had only just entered the hall of mastery, far from perfection.

After being scolded by the elder, these martial artists no longer dared to aim too high. For them, even lower Yellow Rank martial techniques were worth their excitement. Their eyes showed a hint of anticipation, eager to start meditating and hoping to make a stunning impression.

"Since there are no more questions, the assessment will begin now. In one hour, it will be time to test your results." After Elder Sun finished speaking, he walked out of the stone chamber, but before leaving, he gave Long Tai a meaningful look.

Long Tai nodded, giving Elder Sun a confident look, as if he was sure of his success.

Seeing Long Tai's expression, Elder Sun smiled slightly and walked out, satisfied. He was confident that Long Tai would win this round.

After Elder Sun and his group left, the martial artists became excited. They quickly found the stone carvings that suited them and began to meditate, as this was the closest they had ever been to martial techniques, and they could not afford to waste the opportunity.

"Xuan, which one do you think I should meditate on?" Yao Lei scratched his head and asked. He had not yet chosen a weapon, so any of the stone carvings would do for him.

"Choose the one you like the most." Lu Xuan did not give Yao Lei any specific advice, as only he knew what weapon suited him best.

"I'll choose the saber, it's powerful!" After a moment's thought, Yao Lei made his decision and walked toward the stone carving of a saber-wielding figure. There were already many martial artists standing before the carving, clearly all saber users.

Lu Xuan did not hesitate and went directly to the stone carving of a sword-wielding figure. The most martial artists chose the sword-wielding carving, influenced by the Wind Sword Sect, as the most martial artists in Lincheng used swords.

Seeing Lu Xuan approach, the martial artists immediately made way for him. Although Lu Xuan was unknown, his performance in the first two rounds had earned him respect. Being first in both rounds, he had outperformed Xia Ye and Long Tai. Once he entered the Wind Sword Sect, his status would be higher than theirs, so they could not afford to offend him.

At the sword-wielding carving, Lu Xuan also saw two familiar faces: one was Xia Ye, who also used a sword, and the other was the Feng surname swordsman. He had been lucky enough to enter the third round and had a high chance of passing the final assessment.

Xia Ye glanced at Lu Xuan, snorted, and then focused on meditating. He had lost to Lu Xuan in strength and mental fortitude, and he did not believe he would lose in the insight assessment.

After watching the martial artists quickly find their carvings, Long Tai walked unhurriedly to a carving of a claw technique, his expression full of confidence, as if he was certain of victory.

In fact, Long Tai was indeed certain of victory this time, as he had already meditated for three days before this!

This was why both he and Elder Sun were confident of winning this round!

While others had only one hour to meditate, he had dozens of times more. If he still couldn't win first place, Long Tai would have no reason to exist.

In fact, Elder Sun had been prepared to bet with Uncle Jiu from the beginning, originally planning to bet on Long Tai and Xia Ye. Although it later became Lu Xuan, it made no difference.

To ensure Long Tai's victory, Elder Sun had taken the risk of breaking the rules and secretly brought Long Tai to the stone chamber three days ago, where he meditated continuously for three days. This was also why Long Yang had no chance to tell Long Tai about Lu Xuan's affairs, as Long Tai had been here all along.

Long Tai did not believe that anyone could surpass his three days of meditation with just one hour. He was determined to win first place in this round!

The stone chamber gradually became quiet as all the martial artists entered a state of meditation. Lu Xuan was no exception. As his mind fully immersed in the stone carving, the world seemed to shrink to just this carving. Suddenly, his vision blurred, and the stone carving seemed to "move" as if it had come to life.

"Lightning Sword Technique!"

Without warning, these four words flashed through Lu Xuan's mind.

Lightning Sword Technique, could this be the name of the martial technique?

At that moment, the stone carving seemed to transform into a martial artist in Lu Xuan's eyes, wielding a long sword and executing a series of profound sword techniques!

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