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nEveryone in the first floor’s hall had their eyes on the old man. Sounds of whispers started to appear from everywhere as people started to discuss the old man.

nMaster of Riddles? What a weird old man.

nZhao Luo thought while barely holding his chuckle when he heard the title of the mysterious old man in front of him. For him riddles were a joke.

n‘In the end the riddle is just about a simple word expressed in such a way that one being asked about it will be confused and yet this old man is a master of such riddles. Heh.’

nZhao Luo thought wondering if the test will be related to riddles.

nZhao Luo please don’t take him lightly. According to the rumors the Second Elder was the one who once taught the Xin Sect’s other ranked elders except for the first elder.

nYan noticed the look on Zhao Luo’s face and advised him.

nYes I know but how do you know that?

nZhao Luo knew what Yan meant but how did he come to know about this rumor.

nSo he asked Yan with a curious look. Zhao Luo may as well know a little more about Yan before the test starts.

nHaha I-i said it without knowing. Please don’t mind what I said. how would I even know about the second elder or any rumor regarding him?

nYan evaded Zhao Luo’s question while contradicting himself.

nHmmm.

nZhao Luo didn’t further question Yan.

n‘Boom.’

nA smacking sound came from where the Second Elder was.

nEveryone shushed as the smack sound reverberated in the air and focused their attention towards the second elder.

n‘How did he do that?’

nZhao Luo thought as he noticed that there was nothing around the old man from which he could make such a smacking sound by hitting it.

nThe old man was looking at Zhao Luo and gave a smile as if he had read his thoughts. This caused Zhao Luo to freak out a little.

nWhile he was looking at the Second Elder the Second Elder raised his hand and brought it down at a very normal speed.

nHe slowed his hand right before his palm would be facing the ground.

nBoom.

nA sound blasted from right under his palm. As if the Second Elder had smacked the air itself.

nThe intense air pressure locked the space since he had started his hand movement. Right before he slowed his hand the air pressure was at the threshold of what that space could bear and then space ruptured causing everyone to hear that blasting sound.

nBut what was even more interesting was what happened after the blast sound came.

n‘Boom.’

n‘Boom.’

n‘Boom.’

nThe sound traveled in the air resounding four-five times.

n‘So how did you find my Wind Plam?’

nThe voice of the second elder landed in Zhao Luo’s ears.

nZhao Luo had no words coming in his mouth as he was still focused on the old man’s action.

nSome of you may already know about me while some of you will know me soon enough.

nThe second elder said while moving his hand down on his white long beard.

nEveryone was listening to him with their utmost concentration as his earlier display was already too exceptional for them including Zhao Luo.

nThe first test will be simple.

nThe Second Elder said while giving them a faint smile.

nYou just have to keep on standing till the test time ends.

nHe continued. All the examinees were baffled.

nHow could ‘standing’ till the test ends be a part of the exam to enter the Xin Sect?

nOne of the examinees said in confusion.

nRespected Elder how long will the test last?

nA girl from among the group of examinees asked the Second Elder.

n‘She is a smart one.’

nZhao Luo thought.

nWhile standing may not even be something difficult yet if one keeps on changing the conditions then it may even become impossible.

nLike standing on water. Standing on a peak of a mountain. Standing on burning coal. The simple process of standing can be made as hard and impossible as one wishes to.

nThis the girl first asked about the time. This will let them know about the time that they will have to keep on standing for.

nThe test will only last for 3 minutes.

nThe second elder replied to the young girl.

nHe then waved his hand and took out a sand timer otherwise known as an hourglass and made it float in front of him.

nThus the sandglass was between them and the Second Elder.

nThe sand from the upper part would be completely depleted when the 3 minutes pass.

nStand in the way you are most comfortable with.

nSaid the Second elder.

nSome were starting normally. Some had to incline their backs on the wall. While some had a bent standing position.

nWhile Zhao Luo Yan and Feng Mei just stayed as they were.

nThe second elder snapped the finger of his left hand which was the start of the first test of this entrance exam.

nThe sand in the sandglass started falling to the lower part slowly. This was just the start of this exam.

n‘This shouldn’t be everything there is to the test.’

nZhao Luo thought as 10 seconds had already passed. He had his arms folded in front of his chest and his haors covering his shoulders.

nThe Second Elder looked at everyone around him and smiled as no one was sweating.

nThey didn’t have a problem standing till now.

n‘What if I do this then?’

nThe old man questioned them inside his mind as he raised his hand upwards.

nHe then starting bringing his hand downwards causing the pressure in the whole hall to rise.

nWhat?

nQuestioning shouts came from many people who were in the hall trying to keep standing while the mysterious pressure was crashing on them.

nThe old man grinned as the motion of his hand even though was slow but kept on coming down.

nProportionally the pressure on the people taking the test kept on increasing.

nI give up.

nThe girl who had questioned the second elder before had already thrown the white flag.

nHer looks were haggard while her face was completely red as if someone had tried to suffocate her.

nThe old man looked disappointed as he held some hopes towards this batch. Yet one of them had already given up in 20 seconds.

nHe waved his hand and the girl disappeared.

nShe then appeared back on the first floor.

nWith 2 minutes and 40 seconds still to go only 677 of the examinees were left.

nA minute later the hand of the old man was still quite high up as only 100 remained standing.

nEven among these most of them were already on the verge of giving up or just falling downright in their place.

nOnly a few were standing without any discomfort visible on their face.

nAmong these few were Yan Feng Mei and Zhao Luo.

nWhile Yan and Feng Mei were easily able to handle the pressure Zhao Luo hadn’t even felt anything till now.

nSince the start when the girl had given up he felt that everything going around was weird.

nBut then people started giving up left and right till only these 100 were left which confused him even further.

n‘What’s going on?’

nHe didn’t know why they were going up.

nRight when Zhao Luo was thinking that he felt like the second floor had fallen on his head.

nAn intense pressure fell on him and he looked upwards.

n‘The floor is fine though.’

nZhao Luo thought as he looked around and realized that others looked as if they were under way more pressure than him.

nTwo third of the sad had already fallen.

nOnly the last minute of this was remaining and yet this wasn’t the end.

nThe Second Elder increased his hand speed thus increasing the pressure on everyone by two folds.

n‘Mhmm.’

nFeng Mei groaned as she felt a crushing air pressure acting on her body but she still held on.

nYan was also barely holding on.

nMore and more people kept on falling after fainting under the pressure. These were the ones who never gave up until the end.

nOnly 20 people were left with the last 10 seconds remaining.

nThe old man brought his hand down again increasing the pressure by three folds.

nExcept for Zhao Luo and another man with red hair who was standing ahead of Zhao Luo everyone else was simply holding on with all of their willpower.

nSome were biting their lips. While others were holding on to their random thoughts.

n‘Just a little more.’

n‘I can’t lose now.’

nYan was still okay but Feng Mei’s legs were shaking. Her legs had already given up yet she still somehow kept on standing.

n3.

nThe old man started the countdown as only 3 seconds were left from the 3-minute test.

n2.

n1.

n‘Thud thud thud.’

nMany fell on their butts and sat down as the test ended.

nFeng Mei had lost control of her body as she was falling backward but before she could even hit the ground Zhao Luo embraced her keeping her from falling.

nThank you Elder Brother.

nFeng Mei thanked Zhao Luo while blushing as Zhao Luo only smiled and supported her to stand.

nWhat is he doing?

nA jealous voice could be heard from the second floor as Rose and Si Chen along with other disciples of the Xin Sect were observing the first test and their to-be juniors.

nThe jealous voice belonged to Si Chen. While Rose was only looking at Zhao Luo with cold eyes as if he had done something wrong.

nQuite Impressive.

nthe Second Elder praised the examinees who had passed the first test.

nAll of you will move to the second test.

nThe Second elder grinned while looking at Zhao Luo.

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