Great Tyrannical Deity - Chapter 11
After two days and two nights of absorbing qi, the qi crystals on Shi Li’s hand finally turned to dust. Shi Li stood up and looked at his body. His muscles were now more defined, thanks to his qi pockets expanding.
His qi pockets now had the total size of a small lake and he could now circulate qi five times faster because of how pure it is. If other people knew about Shi Li’s cultivation technique, they would kill for it.
“Whew. Finally I’m done. I guess this will be the direction I’m heading to strengthen my body?” Shi Li asked himself.
He condensed his qi to his fist and made a casual punch on the strength measuring pillar. He now has the strength of 600 ren! With the combination of the force multiplier, he can go up to 4200 ren!
He looked at the number on the strength measuring pillar and calmly smiled. “So that’s why I feel like this is my current limit. It seems I have reached my bottleneck.” Shi Li said.
Indeed, his bottleneck was long overdue thanks to his new technique. But even with this amount of strength, Shi Li was happy since he can defeat peak Qi Creation cultivators with ease.
He took a shower and went outside to head through the streets of Grand Tian City. His aim was the city plaza. Why? The disciple recruitment event was starting!
Many other people were rushing to get there, fearing that they would lose a spot in the event. Shi Li was also rushing, but he was more leisurely in terms of running. With him exerting 1000 ren on his legs, he could dash tens of meters in one breath. If it was his full strength, 50 meters wouldn’t be a problem for him.
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By the time he got to the plaza, it was already crowded with people. These people had hopes of joining a good sect and rise like a phoenix reborn. Shi Li was not different from them.
After minutes of incessant chattering from all directions within the plaza, an elder stood on the plaza stage, with qi enhancing his voice, shouted “Silence.”
Hearing this one word, all of the people instantly became silent. They feared that making one sound would probably kick them out of the event.
The elder checked his surroundings and nodded. Then, the elder said, “I am Li Zunqian, the third elder of Heavenly Fist Sect. Welcome to the disciple recruitment event.”
“Today, we will be picking out some disciples from all of you so make sure to do your best.” He continued.
This word of advice made many people pumped, including Shi Li.
The elder said, “Alright, let us start. This event consists of three tests. The first is the cultivation test. This checks whether your cultivation level is appropriate for your age.
When you’re picked, please tell us your name, age and where you come from. Then, put your palm on the pillar right beside me.” The elder points to the pillar a few meters away from him. It was white in color and had a texture of smooth marble.
“This pillar will show two numbers: the first number is your realm and the second number is your stage. Remember that higher is better.” The elder says and points at a man. “You go first.” The elder continued.
The man was surprised for a bit but went forward to step up on stage.
“My name is Wan Xiaoyan from Azure Sea Town, currently 20 years of age!” The man loudly shouted. He then went to the pillar and put his palm over it.
The pillar emanated a faint blue aura while the man’s palm was there. After a while, it showed two numbers. One and four.
“Tch. Muscular Refinement Stage 4 at 20 years? Disqualified.” The elder coldly replied.
“B-b-but…” The man tried to think of a reason to get to the second round but the elder just coldly said, “Get lost or I’ll kick you out.”
With this threat, the man made sure to run as fast he can, never coming back into the city ever again.
This made people sweat out cold sweat but the test still continued. The elder picked out some more people.
“Liang Xiaoqing from Yan Leave Village, currently 18 years of age!”
“Hun Difen from Void Dao Town, currently 16 years of age!”
“Zan Tianma from World Sea Village, currently 22 years of age!”
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These lines continued to be shouted but most of them got the same answer from the elder.
“Disqualified!”
“Disqualified!”
“Disqualified!”
They were not able to meet the standards of the elder. Instead of thinking of an excuse like the man before, they bowed and left politely.
“Man. This is gonna be harder than I thought.” Shi Li muttered. It was gonna be harder for Shi Li since he was just at the second stage of Muscular Refinement!
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The elder continued disqualifying many people but he then pointed to one person. “You, come up.” He said.
The man that was pointed hurriedly came up on stage and said arrogantly, “Tian Jiaoren from Grand Tian City, currently 17 years of age!”
This Tian Jiaoren then put his palm on the pillar. The pillar shook and emanated a red aura. The elder was surprised, “Hoh? This youngster is in the Qi Creation realm huh.”
The pillar emanates a certain aura in terms of cultivation realm. Blue for the first realm, red for the second realm and yellow for third realm. As for higher than the third, no one knew since they were most likely in top tier sects stronger than the sects here.
After a while, the pillar showed two numbers. Two and nine.
The elder replied, “Qi Creation Stage 9. You passed the first test. What was your name again?”
Tian Jiaoren humbly answered, “Tian Jiaoren.”
The elder nodded and said, “Tian Jiaoren huh. Hopefully you get to the top three sects.”
Tian Jiaoren then replied, “Thank you, senior.” As he was coming down the stage, Tian Jiaoren muttered to himself, “Heh. All of you are just my, Tian Jiaoren’s stepping stones.”
After this, the elder then pointed out into the distance and said, “You, come up here.”
This finger that was pointing made everyone look at the direction the elder was looking at and it was pointing…at Shi Li.
Shi Li pointed at himself and asked, “Me?”