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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nThe thing that truly shocked the five peak masters was not the fact that Su Zimo had endured through the eight distresses.

nIt was that slash of his.

nAs Perfected Golden Cores, all five of them could sense the sort of energy the slash carried along – its might had surpassed even the full strength of a Perfected Qi Refinement Warrior!

nFor a mere mortal to surpass the strength of a Perfected Qi Refinement Warrior with just a burst of his physical body, what sort of a phenomenon was that?

nThat was proof that this man’s body was as tough as spirit beasts! In fact, he might even be able to match early-stage Foundation Establishment spirit demons!

nNot just that, Su Zimo’s slash carried a heavy killing intent!

nThis man must have killed quite a number of times to display a slash as such!

nYet, how could a mortal have killed so many times?

nFurthermore, their shock came from the fact that Su Zimo had dared to strike at Xuan Yi with such resolute decisiveness!

nOne had to understand that Su Zimo was but a mere mortal.

nHowever, Xuan Yi was a Perfected Golden Core, the peak master of Array Peak! To mere mortals, he was what they would define as immortals!

nYet, Su Zimo’s slash had the intention of murdering an immortal!

n“Why did you strike at me?” Xuan Yi’s gaze was bright as he glared at Su Zimo and asked grimly.

nBy now, Su Zimo had realized that he had fallen into an illusion and everything he had experienced was merely his hallucinations.

nLowering his head, he replied, “I mistook you as the one who had struck at me to push me off the peak. Hence, the attack.”

nThe five peak masters had expected that answer.

nHowever, that answer was also troubling at the same time.

nThis was a man that couldn’t be tamed. Be it whether the other party was an immortal or had anyone strong backing him, as long as this man was offended, he would kill the other party!

nTo them, Su Zimo was like a double edged sword. Resolute and sharp, not only could he kill, he could injure them as well.

nIt was hard to tell if it would be a fortune or disaster accepting someone like this into the sect.

nHowever, Su Zimo had an extremely rare mental fortitude such that he was even able to endure through the tribulations of the eight distresses. It would be difficult for Ethereal Peak to give up on such a rare talent.

nFurthermore, Su Zimo had already passed all three tests of the sect.

nExchanging glances, all five peak masters could not arrive at a decision.

nNormally, Spirit Peak’s master, Wen Xuan, would definitely be the first to accept someone as such. Yet, he was keeping silent at the moment.

nContemplating silently, Wen Xuan retrieved a spirit testing stone from his storage bag and handed it to Su Zimo. “Test your spirit root again.”

nSu Zimo gripped the spirit testing stone tightly.

nIt shone scarlet red and emanated heat.

nAll five peak masters nodded their heads in agreement.

nFire element, heaven spirit root. That’s right.

nBefore that thought passed them, the spirit testing stone turned into ash and scattered from Su Zimo’s fingertips.

nEveryone was stunned.

nWhat had just happened?

nThe fat child pointed at Su Zimo agitatedly. “Peak master, see! I didn’t lie!”

nEven though all five peak masters were Perfected Golden Cores, they had never seen anyone who could turn a spirit testing stone into ash for a mere test.

nIt was weird.

nSuddenly, an authoritative voice boomed out in all five of their minds.

n“This lad has too much killing intent and is too brash. Since he has a Fire spirit root, we can let him join the Weapon Peak to learn more about the craft of refining weapons. We can make other plans for him after we shave away some of his aggressiveness.”

nThat voice was from Ethereal Peak’s sect master. Other than the five peak masters, no one else knew what was going on.

nThe peak master of Weapon Peak was the disheveled old man.

nHe snickered at Su Zimo. “Come, follow me back to the Weapon Peak. From now on, you’ll be a trial disciple of Ethereal Peak. You’ll be under me.”

n“Understood.”

nSu Zimo nodded.

nThe haughty man, white bloused woman and little fatty were inducted into Spirit Peak naturally while the three remaining mortals were assigned to Elixir, Array and Talisman Peak.

nWaving his oily robes, the disheveled old man collected Su Zimo and left the peak.

nBefore long, Su Zimo was brought to the Weapon Peak as the disheveled old man remarked, “I’m your master from now on. We don’t have so many rules here in Weapon Peak. You can just call me old man.”

n“Xue Yi. Yes, you! Come here!”

nThe disheveled old man beckoned to a disciple passing by nearby.

nThe man named Xue Yi was frail and skinny. Running over, he nodded his head to the disheveled old man and greeted courteously, “Master.”

n“Su Zimo here has just joined the sect and he’s your junior brother. Go get him one of our sect badges and items for trial disciples before choosing a cave abode.”

nAfter giving his instructions, the disheveled old man waved his robes and left.

n“I’ll be troubling you then, senior brother,” Su Zimo greeted with cupped fists.

nXue Yi smiled and waved it off. “It’s fine, don’t stand on courtesy.”

nHe brought Su Zimo before a majestic cockloft and introduced, “This is our Elixir Peak’s Spirit Weapon Chamber. If any of the trial disciples from the five peaks want a spirit weapon, they would have to come exchange for it using their contribution points. To exchange for spirit stones, elixirs and cultivation manuals, one would have to use contribution points too.”

n“How do you get contribution points?” Su Zimo asked.

n“There is a mission stele within the five peaks that will refresh with new missions every now and then. The greater the difficulty of the missions, the more contribution points they give.”

nXue Yi brought Su Zimo to the Spirit Weapon Chamber and greeted the elderly guard, “Senior, this is a new disciple of Weapon Peak and he’s here for a sect badge.”

n“Oh, name?”

nThe elderly guard opened his sleepy eyes and asked feebly.

n“Su Zimo.”

nFrom his storage bag, the elderly guard retrieved a long jade badge where one side was etched with mysterious patterns and the other side was smooth and blank.

nWith his sharp nails, the elderly guard shot out a stream of spirit qi and wrote down in cursive letters – Su Zimo.

nTossing the badge out, the elderly guard went back to sleep.

nSu Zimo took the badge over and examined it to find out that there was nothing extraordinary about it.

nXue Yi smiled. “Junior brother, don’t look down on this sect badge. Holding it gives you freedom in and out of the sect and even the mystifying fog barrier outside can’t affect you.”

nSu Zimo nodded his head and kept it carefully.

nSuddenly, Xue Yi slapped his own head as though he recalled something. He then turned and smiled to the elderly guard. “Senior, are you forgetting about something?”

nWithout even opening his eyes, the elderly guard tossed out a storage bag casually.

nReceiving it, Xue Yi passed it to Su Zimo. “Junior brother, there’s a manual for the Spirit Peering Art and Qi Condensation along with 10 inferior-grade spirit stones. Do keep it well.”

nXue Yi knew that Su Zimo had not mastered Qi Condensation yet and hence opened the storage bag before placing one of the two manuals in the latter’s hands.

nHe summoned a flying sword and had Su Zimo hop on it. Arriving at the mid of the peak, he pointed to a row of cave abodes. “Weapon Peak does not have much disciples so many of our cave abodes are empty. Just pick whichever one you fancy, junior brother.”

nRemembering that he had to cultivate his Mystic Classic of the Twelve Demon Kings of the Great Wilderness, Su Zimo chose a secluded one at the corner as his home in Ethereal Peak.

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