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nZhao Luo knew what his next destination was.

nI will go to the Xin Sect to train there.

nZhao Luo told Brother Sang with a serious tone.

nHe had already made his decision and there was no turning back on it.

n‘I can also meet Rose there. And Si Chen too.’

nZhao Luo thought.

nOther reasons like these gave Zhao Luo the conviction that he should join the Xin Sect as soon as possible.

nBrother Sang looked at Zhao Luo who was having thoughts about the ‘other reasons’ and thought.

n‘So he wants to join the Xin Sect. I will do my best to help him.’

nBrother Sang thought and after thinking for a while he made a very ugly face as if someone had kicked his balls.

nHow did I forget about that?

nBrother Sang yelled causing Zhao Luo to be scared for a moment.

nWhat happened?

nZhao Luo asked him. Why would a silent guy suddenly yell like that there must be a very big reason behind it.

nThe entrance exam of the sect will be held tomorrow.

nBrother Sang told Zhao Luo.

nWhat? There are entrance exams for sects too?

nZhao Luo was troubled by the word exam. He was already tired of exams even before he became a traveler.

nYeah every sect requires people to pass their entrance exam before they could join them. The entrance exam for Xin Sect is held twice every year. Once at the mid of the Year and the other one takes place before the Year ends. Coincidently tomorrow will mark the mid of the 11th year. So that’s why the exam will be held tomorrow.

nBrother Sang explained.

nZhao Luo listened to everything that Brother Sang had to tell him about the entrance exam. It was all general information about the entrance exam.

n‘So I will have to face my first exam tomorrow.’

nZhao Luo thought while feeling a little nervous.

nWhat type of exam will it be?

nZhao Luo asked Brother Sang.

nIf he could get some hint about the exam detail then he can prepare for it beforehand resulting in passing the test.

nHmm actually every time the exam is different than the last one.

nBrother Sang answered Zhao Luo’s question causing Zhao Luo to be disappointed. But it didn’t make sense for the exam to be different every time.

nThere should some similarities to the previous exams. You said that the entrance exam takes place twice a year right?

nZhao Luo questioned Brother Sang.

nYes it does happen twice but every exam is governed by a different elder of the sect. It’s almost impossible for one of the elders who already led an exam before to lead it again.

nBrother Sang explained to Zhao Luo.

nEvery elder pursues a different way. So when an elder leads the exam he will make the test according to the way he is practicing.

nSang kept on going with his explanation.

n‘Hmmm’

nZhao Luo was listening to it while thinking about the ways that these elders of the sect were practicing.

n‘If the elder who will lead tomorrow’s exam would be a fighter then I should be able to pass the exam easily.’

nZhao Luo thought as his fight with Bimba the sand lion’s herd leader passed through his head.

nBut who said there would only be a single exam.

nZhao Luo looked at Brother Sang who was ready to continue his explanation.

nThe exam can have parts or just a single test. Everything depends on the mood of the elder.

nBrother Sang associated the outcome of the test with the presiding elder’s decision.

nSo it all depends on how the presiding elder qualifies me.

nZhao Luo said the obvious.

nYes 3 years ago when I joined the Sect the test was simply a test of one’s power. I had to subdue 5 sand lions who were coming at me together. It wasn’t hard believe me I defeated the sand lion in less than a minute and joined the Xin Sect as an outer disciple.

nBrother Sang told about the time when he had joined the sect with a smile on his face.

nIt’s because you are not normal. Even Si Chen can’t defeat 5 sand lions in a minute.

nZhao Luo said as he remembered the fight between the sand lions and them in the Sara desert.

n‘But defeating 5 sand lions should be easy for me too.’

nZhao Luo guessed as he knew how strong his body was.

nSand lions weren’t a big challenge for him.

nSo don’t worry brother Zhao Luo even if the test is different it won’t be that hard for you.

nBrother Sang believed in Zhao Luo as he was a person who his great grandfather had told about.

n‘So how could be just someone normal?’

nBrother Sang questioned himself over Zhao Luo’s abilities.

nIndeed. Well everything will be clear tomorrow anyway so there is no need to worry about it now.

nZhao Luo stopped talking about the content of the entrance exam of the Xin Sect. It was useless to think about something which wasn’t even sure to happen. He could only try his best tomorrow.

nWe can leave for the 1st City tomorrow. The sect’s entrance exam happens in the Sect building present in the 1st City. So you can apply there. As for your identity-.

nBrother Sang took out a token from his storage ring and gave the token to Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo inspected the token in his hand.

nThe token had a picture drawn on it. Zhao Luo focused on the picture on the squared token piece.

nHe could see a man who was standing on a mountain of gold coins and more coins were coming out of his pocket.

nThere were big ‘S’ placed on top of both of his raised hands. The man resembled the guy who was sitting on the sofa in front of him.

nIt was Brother Sang.

nThe 2 ‘S’ shapes represented the Sang Sang of the ‘Sang Sang Merchants’.

nThe design is amazing.

nZhao Luo praised the features of the token causing Brother Sang to become happy.

nThe card was designed by his father who had passed away.

nThis token was only given to VIP members of the Sang Sang Merchants.

nAnd only some people held so much wealth that they could become the VIPs of this merchant group.

n‘The three Royal Families.’

n‘The five martial families of the 3rdd City.’

n‘The elders of the Sect.’

n‘The Core and Inner Disciples of the Xin Sect.’

n‘The leader of the black market of the Xin Range.’

nSo a person holding a VIP token wouldn’t be questioned deeply about his identity when registering for the entrance exam. Nobody will question him about where he was from?

nThis will solve the issue of your identity.

nBrother Sang said to Zhao Luo who was still looking at the token in his hand.

nThank you.

nZhao Luo thanked Brother Sang for the token.

nThere is no need to thank me when I am just doing my duty.

nBrother Sang didn’t accept the thanks of Zhao Luo instead declared this action as his responsibility.

nIt was already late and nighttime ao Brother Sang showed Zhao Luo his room so he could rest and then left him there.

nSo tomorrow will be the day.

nZhao Luo thought wondering how he will do in the entrance exam tomorrow.

nThere was a window in the room Zhao Luo went towards the window and opened it.

nHe could see the skies when he looked upwards.

nSo nice. The skies are still the same as they were before.

nZhao Luo thought while looking at the stars that were shining in the skies.

nThen he looked a little ahead and saw a mountain whose peak couldn’t be seen as it was hidden between the clouds.

nThat is how far up on the sky the summit of the mountain was.

nTomorrow.

nZhao Luo looked at the mountain and thought again.

nAfter a while he lied down on the bed in the room.

nWhile thinking about how much he went through except sleeping and finally he was here Zhao Luo fell to his sleep.

nThe serene night was as calm as a river without a ripple.

nThe next day.

nChirp.

nChirp.

nThe sounds of birds could be heard as Zhao Luo woke up from his sleep.

n‘Knock knock.’

nBrother Luo are you ready?

nZhao Luo could hear Brother Sang knocking on the door and asking if he was ready to go.

nShit.

nZhao Luo cursed in a low voice as he had just woken up thanks to the birds.

nYes I am ready. I will be coming out soon.

nZhao Luo said loudly so Brother Sang could hear him.

nZhao Luo slapped his face lightly and got rid of the sleepiness that was still looming over him.

nHe opened the door and went out to go with Brother Sang.

nBrother Luo let’s get you a haircut first.

nSang said as he saw the hanging hairs of Zhao Luo.

nIt wasn’t bad to have long hair but the hairs that were touching on the ground were weird.

nEven though Zhao Luo’s hair was a beautiful sight to behold it had to be cut.

nAs brother Sang was talking with Zhao Luo while going towards the door of the house two maids were entering through the door.

nOne of the maids was the one who had brought the Ramen for Zhao Luo.

nShe had a basket in her hand which had fresh fruits in it and a big scissor was next to the fruits.

nThere is no need to get a haircut.

nZhao Luo said to Brother Sang as he grabbed the scissor which was in the basket of that young lady when they got close to the maids.

nExcuse me.

nZhao Luo said to that lady and proceeded to cut his hair in half the length.

nThis caused his hair to be just long enough to reach his back.

nHe looked even more handsome with the proportionate hairs hanging behind him.

nBeautiful.

nPraised the young lady while looking at Zhao Luo.

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