My Martial Arts Level Never Drops

Chapter 328: Chapter 165: In the Spotlight

His face was fair and handsome, his eyes calm and still—deep and serene. He walked forward step by step, with not a trace of nervousness about him...

These onlookers had incredibly sharp eyes. The true state of these young ones held virtually no secrets from their gaze.

...Who was forcefully suppressing their excitement and nervousness, and who was genuinely composed and confident...

They could see through it all with a single glance.

And they could all see that this unfamiliar youth before them... was genuinely composed and confident.

But that wasn’t the crucial part.

Because soon, their expressions all flickered with momentary shock, and then, their eyes began to light up!

”This is... he’s ignited his Divine Fire?”

”Introducing Essence into the Body?”

”The True Essence Realm?”

In that first moment, nearly all the powerful experts of the Divine Domain noticed something unusual about this stranger, A Nineteen!

”Who... whose disciple is this?”

”I don’t know. He’s a stranger. I’ve never seen him before.”

”You didn’t bring the register?”

”Er... I didn’t.”

”Go, bring the register over!”

Someone gave the order.

Soon, a few nearby Black Armored Soldiers exchanged glances, accepted the command, and hurried off to retrieve the register.

The observers continued to watch, their eyes narrowed.

A faint white light even glinted in some of their eyes.

”That’s right, it’s the state of Introducing Essence into the Body... Moreover, judging by the Primordial Power within him, his Heaven and Earth Bridge is likely not of the ordinary Lower Third Grade... But as for the specifics, I cannot tell...”

”Not of the ordinary Lower Third Grade? Hiss! ... Could it be another Dao Body?!”

”...What do you take a Dao Body for? It’s not that easy to come by.”

Everyone’s gaze fell upon the unfamiliar youth known as A Nineteen. Just then, the Soldier who had gone for the register ran back and respectfully handed it to one of the men.

The man took it and flipped it open...

”Qin Fang... from Yanfang Prefecture? Age... twenty?! Hiss, he’s only twenty years old?”

”Twenty years old?”

The revelation of his age undoubtedly made everyone gasp in shock once more!

...This level of Talent was astounding!

”Hm? He was actually brought to the Post House by Junior Brother Yun?”

”Junior Brother Yun? Where is he? Didn’t he come?”

”...Junior Brother Yun has never been interested in crowded occasions like this...”

They discussed among themselves animatedly.

One admiring gaze after another landed on the youth, A Nineteen.

”So young, yet he’s already broken through to the True Essence Realm... With Talent like this, even if he’s not on par with Xueci, he can’t be far behind...”

A white-haired, white-bearded old man’s eyes glinted as he spoke, ”It seems we need to inform the Elders.”

They all nodded, their eyes flashing as they watched.

Then, someone took action...

Having already walked onto the plaza, Qin Fang naturally felt their gazes upon him.

Some of those stares exerted an extremely heavy pressure on him!

He subconsciously glanced up toward the Inner City’s Haiman but quickly looked down again, his own eyes glinting...

’Looks like my breakthrough to the True Essence Realm has been noticed.’

’When I met that middle-aged man and confirmed that those at the True Essence level and above could develop a strange sense for one another, I expected this might happen.’

’A spot in the top twelve... should be guaranteed now, right?’

He thought to himself.

He was now standing before a Black Armored Soldier.

Beside him, Xue Yi, filled with excitement, also took his place before another Black Armored Soldier.

Once all twenty people from A Courtyard were in position, the soldiers did not call out any more names. Putting away the register, they faced the group from A Courtyard and began to explain the Rule.

The Rule was simple: lift the large stone beside you, walk forward, and go as far as you can.

Qin Fang’s eyes glinted as he looked ahead at the plaza. It was roughly a thousand meters long, with lines drawn at equal intervals. A closer look revealed a large number of chaotic symbols covering the ground.

”There is an Array on the ground that will be activated shortly. The Array will increase the weight of the stone and create immense resistance. You must all act within your capabilities. Do not overexert yourselves.”

The Black Armored Soldier reminded them in a low voice.

The participants acknowledged the order. The Black Armored Soldier nodded and raised the small flag in his hand.

When all twenty Black Armored Soldiers had raised their flags, bursts of white light suddenly rose from the ground, covering the path ahead.

”Begin!”

The twenty Soldiers swung their flags down in unison, signaling the start of the assessment!

The twenty participants from A Courtyard all took a deep breath. Qin Fang then saw Xue Yi, beside him, walk to a large stone, wrap his arms around it, hoist it directly onto his shoulder, take another deep breath, and step into the white light.

Qin Fang didn’t hesitate either. He walked over and hoisted the large stone onto his shoulder.

He felt its weight for a moment...

’About... a thousand jin?’

A massive, thousand-jin stone was complete child’s play for him. He calmly followed, entering the white light.

For the first ten meters, everything was normal. But as he crossed the first white line, he felt the weight on his shoulder begin to increase significantly.

The air ahead seemed to grow slightly viscous, as if trying to resist him.

After one step, it was eleven hundred jin.

After two steps, twelve hundred jin...

By the time he smoothly crossed the second line, the weight had reached two thousand jin.

’Are they adding a hundred jin every meter?’

Qin Fang marveled inwardly. ’How is such precise control even possible?’

As he pondered, his feet never stopped. The third line, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth...

In the blink of an eye, everyone had arrived near the eighth line!

The weight of the large stone on their shoulders had already reached a massive nine thousand jin!

The air before them was as thick and dense as a swamp!

At this point, everyone’s speed had clearly started to slow.

They were all beginning to feel the immense pressure!