Chapter Ninety-six Test

  "Haha! Old guys, Ning Chong was the first one I wanted to take as a disciple, and now he's mine!"

  "Fart! What makes you so sure? I was the first one to praise Ning Chong!"

  "What's all the commotion! Who among you is older than me? Who has more seniority than me? Ning Chong should be my disciple!"

  ……

  The test for the new inner door disciples was being prepared, but in private, the various elders were still arguing over who would be Ning Chong's master, and they couldn't stop quarreling. For a time, the atmosphere became increasingly tense, with the elders competing with each other, refusing to give in, and shouting at the top of their lungs. In the end, they even argued until their faces turned red and their necks bulged, and some people rolled up their sleeves, pushing and shoving each other again, almost becoming like street thugs.

  The seven elders who were guiding the test equipment turned pale again, took a few steps forward, and roared at the crowd of elders: "Shut up! Last warning, whoever continues to quarrel will be the first to lose the opportunity to take Shuiningchong as their apprentice!"

  This move was too lethal, and the elders immediately closed their mouths as soon as they heard it, afraid that they would lose the opportunity to take Ning Cong for themselves if they spoke out of turn. However, the elder who had just argued with each other still glared at each other with their eyes wide open, continuing their standoff in this way.

  This time's test actually had simple preparation work, but the cost was extremely expensive. Just one testing tool that can only be used a limited number of times is worth hundreds of millions! If such tests are conducted frequently, even a wealthy family like Ning's would go bankrupt!

  This is exactly why the Ning family generally only conducts simple and vague tests on their family members until they have qualified to enter the inner door, at which point they conduct such precise tests.

  Time passed for a few moments, and finally, the test preparation for the new inner door disciples was completed. The seven elders immediately let the five new inner door disciples, including Ning Chong, line up to wait for the test.

  This time's test for new disciples is extremely strict and precise, but the content of the test is very simple, only testing one thing - innate talent.

  The innate body attribute that a martial artist is born with and cannot change, which directly affects their cultivation speed.

  In the world of Shenwu, the innate quality is divided into five elements: gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Generally, it can be divided into single-line to five-line five types. Among them, the best is the "single-line" innate quality, followed by "double-line", "triple-line", "four-line" innate quality, while the worst is the "five-line root bone" with all five elements present.

  The root bone is very important for martial artists. Generally, if the root bone quality is one level higher, the cultivation speed can be doubled. In other words, theoretically, a single-element root bone quality martial artist's cultivation speed can be five times faster than that of a five-element root bone quality martial artist!

  Just this point alone can reveal the pros and cons of one's innate talent. For a martial cultivator, it is of utmost importance!

  In addition, after knowing the accurate root bone quality, Wu Xiu can choose to cultivate corresponding attribute methods, which can also achieve twice the result with half the effort, obtain auxiliary bonuses, and effectively play out the advantages of cultivating methods.

  It is precisely because of all this that the root bone quality is undoubtedly the first standard for measuring a martial artist's potential and future!

  After the preparations were completed, on the main stage in the martial arts arena, a delicate wooden table had been moved in, and on its surface was placed a square wooden box. The wooden box was exquisitely beautiful, with red silk padding at the bottom, and under the opened lid, one could clearly see a carefully placed crystal clear transparent glass ball.

  This crystal ball is a tool for testing one's innate talent and worth a fortune - the Yuan Magnetic Crystal Ball!

  There were only five people taking the test, and the one in charge of the testing was still Qi Changlao. He looked at Ning Chong and the other four who had lined up below the stage, and began to call out the names of the testers from lowest to highest score, letting them come forward for the test.

  "Come on up, Ning Fan!"

  Among the shouts of the seven elders, the first person to be tested walked up. This person was a somewhat short and stout young man, with a tense expression, trembling slightly. After stepping onto the stage, he stood in front of the testing wooden table, but looked around in all directions, at a loss for what to do.

  The seven elders shook their heads helplessly, pointing to the crystal ball: "Hold the crystal ball with your right hand, gaze at the crystal ball, and inject a thread of inner energy into the crystal ball."

  The stout young man was lucky enough to make it into the top five due to Ning Fan Yu's loss, which was like a pie falling from the sky onto his head. He was naturally overjoyed and a bit dazed, and as soon as he got on stage, his mind became a mess and his emotions grew even more tense.

  At this time, hearing the seven elders' reminder, he finally woke up a bit and shakily stretched out his right hand to grab the crystal ball.

  A moment later, the crystal ball emitted three colors of light, bright and soft.

  "Not bad, it's three lines of root bone quality."

  The seven elders nodded. The three lines of root bone quality are almost the standard for inner door disciples, and currently, there is no one whose root bone quality is inferior to that of the three lines. In a certain sense, these three lines of root bone quality are a threshold for entering the inner door.

  The seven elders nodded to the deacon beside them, who recorded down the test results of the short and stout young man, then read out the name of the next person.

  The second person's test was uneventful and still had a three-line root bone quality.

  Next, it was Ning Que's turn to test. Ning Que calmly and composedly walked onto the stage, without needing the Seventh Elder to say anything, and took up the crystal ball to begin testing.

  After a moment, the crystal ball emitted a soft glow, which was actually a mixture of blue and green.

  "Good! It's a mid-grade spiritual root and bone quality in the Five Elements Double Row!"

  The Seventh Elder shouted out excitedly, a smile spreading across his face. Ning Que's innate talent was among the best even within the inner sect, and for such a talented individual to emerge from their family, the Seventh Elder couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

  The people around were also full of praise, discussing and speculating that Ning Yue was indeed the dark horse who suddenly emerged in this outer gate competition, if not for the demonic Ning Chong suppressing her, perhaps the brightest dark horse in this competition would have been her.

  After Ning Yue's turn, it was Ning Mo's turn. Ning Mo still had a carefree expression, as if he didn't have a heart or lungs, and it seemed that the fact that he lost to Ning Chong in the outer sect competition hadn't dealt him a huge blow.

  A few steps onto the stage, Ning Mo Feng didn't head towards the wooden desk first, but instead turned his head back, curled up his lips and smiled, revealing a mouthful of pearly white teeth, looking at Ning Chong below the stage with an expression that was somewhat provocative and defiant.

  Ning Mo knew Ning Chong's test results from back then, so after losing to Ning Chong in battle, although he knew his strength wasn't a match for Ning Chong's, he was confident that at least his innate talent wouldn't be inferior. That's why he has this provocative attitude now.