C1143 Origin of the Thousand Jin Cauldron
C1143 Origin of the Thousand Jin Cauldron
"From the moment each person was born, they could be classified as a certain attribute of the five elements. The majority of the people here are all of one attribute, those with the slightest bit of talent get 5: 2, those with the least bit of talent get 5: 3, those who are gifted with talent get 5: 3, and those who are blessed get 4: 4. When you are fighting with your life on the line, four attribute lights suddenly appear on your body, so 4: 5 is already an extremely rare attribute."
"This old man is asking you, how does your Master evaluate you as a genius in the way of the sword?" Zou Wu Xu asked lightly.
Soong Wenshan did not dare to hide anything, and answered: "Master is saying that his mental strength is stronger than ordinary people, and he has a good overall view, thus he is able to control his own sword techniques very well!"
"Nonsense!" Zou Wuxu snapped.
Soong Wenshan was sullen, but he did not dare refute him.
Zou Wu Xu explained: "The reason why you have such accomplishments in the way of the sword is because your mental energy is indeed very strong, but that is not the main reason. The mental energy of Weiqing beside you is truly strong. The sword is a metal that belongs to the five elements, and the first attribute is metal. Therefore, your ability to control the sword does not originate from your spiritual force, but from the compatibility between your body and the sword! "
"The so called 'one with the sword', everything in this world is under control. It means that your body is one with the sword, you are one with the world, and you have achieved the realm of being colorless and limitless without boundaries!"
Soong Wenshan immediately cupped his fists: "Thank you for your guidance, Instructor."
Without another word, Zou Wuxu's gaze fell upon the other nine men. "Continue."
Following that, seven people were tested consecutively. The result was not bad, five of them passed 600, two failed, the highest was 903, the result was still considered fair and proper.
The only ones left were the strongest two: Wang Loonggui and Weiqing.
"Which one of you will go first?" Zou Wu Xu asked.
Wang Loonggui took the lead and said: "I'll go first, Brother Wei is profound and unfathomable, it cannot be judged by common sense. I'll take the test first, so as to not get hit by you."
Weiqing said softly.
Although Weiqing was outside the curtains and could not see any activity in the upper half of the hall, Weiqing had still found some useful things. This meant that the longer he stayed in the place, the higher the results would be. According to how Soong Wenshan had stayed in there for half an hour to date, he could roughly speculate …
Huangfu Changtian's 1588 and Yuchi Zhenxiang's 1558, they had stayed inside for at least an hour.
If Weiqing wanted to win the bet, he would have to wait at least for the Thousand Catty Cauldron s for an hour and a half, or maybe two hours of test.
This conclusion was very important to Weiqing.
This was because during the exam, the examinees had no way of knowing how many points they had scored. The exam results would come out the moment they could not bear the Thousand Catty Cauldron's weight and let go. Therefore, Weiqing needed a rough estimate. Only by doing this would he be able to guarantee that he would have a chance to win the bet.
Why was Weiqing so confident this time?
His self-confidence did not come from him, but from the seven teachers of the seven great academies.
Fu Changsheng could tell that Song Dao Ling's grade was not bad with a glance, and Zou Wu Xu could easily tell the secret on Soong Wenshan's body. These instructors from the Seven Great Academies were indeed extraordinary, and had extremely sharp eyes. The Seven Great Academies had reached a secret agreement with Weiqing and had then chosen the right place to enter. Obviously, the Seven Great Academies all wanted to have Weiqing, and Zou Wuxu had said that Weiqing was the one with the strongest mental energy in the entire place. These seven instructors must have already seen some unusual things from the eighty-eighth floor of the Thousand Storey Tower that Weiqing's team was about to challenge.
If it was not so, Zhang Aotian would not have requested for Weiqing's result to be above 1500 units.
Wang Loonggui had been here for even longer than Soong Wenshan. He had not lived up to everyone's expectations and directly refreshed the result of the participants from the Nine Regions to 1355.
Although this result wouldn't be in the top ten, it would at least be in the top fifteen.
Considering that the Southern Star Domain was much larger than the population and territory of the Nine Prefectures, it was already a very good result for one person from the Nine Prefectures to be able to fight their way into the top fifteen places, where experts were as common as clouds. What Weiqing found strange was that Wang Loonggui was also injured, and his injuries were even worse than Soong Wenshan's. At first, Weiqing thought that Wang Loonggui was fighting with his life on the line for the reputation of the Nine Regions, he was impressed but when he thought about it, he felt that something was wrong.
Soong Wenshan and Wang Loonggui obviously had more plans than the rest of the team.
Although the two of them were representatives of the Nine Prefectures who had come to participate in the Fighting Techniques Conference, their current thoughts were that they would rather be nurtured by the Seven Great Academies than to fight for the reputation of the Nine Prefectures.
Everyone knew in their hearts that regardless of how the results of the Seven Academies' examinations were, even if the Seven Great Academies had the protection of their students and entered Fighting Techniques Conference's arena, even if the opponents didn't dare to kill anyone, the Seven Great Academies would definitely kill them in pain, and they would at least sustain heavy injuries if they didn't die. In this kind of situation, it would be better to risk it all and allow himself to achieve a better result in the Seven Academies' assessment. As for his Fighting Techniques Conference, it would instead be possible to give up on the fight because of his injuries.
Following after Soong Wenshan and Wang Loonggui's injuries, it was highly likely that they would forfeit and not participate in the Fighting Techniques Conference anymore after participating in the Destiny Decree.
As a result, Weiqing was the only core participant left in the entire Kowloon Athletic Group.
If Weiqing was also injured, then his Kowloon Athletic Group would probably be destroyed in the first round of Official Competition.
Now, a difficult problem had appeared in front of Weiqing. Should he give up after getting injured in the Seven Academies like Soong Wenshan, or should he still participate in Fighting Techniques Conference to gain some face for the Nine Regions?
Looking at Zang Annning and Soong Wenshan, it was clear that these three had privately discussed this matter after participating in the seven Courtyard's examination. It was not by chance that they were injured, but more like it was on purpose. Thinking to this point, Weiqing felt a bit of regret and anger in his heart. In front of right and wrong, the Nine Regions was indeed not united enough.
"Weiqing, it's your turn."
This time, the instructor who walked out from the upper half of the palace was not Zou Wu Xu, but Fu Changsheng.
Weiqing followed behind Fu Changsheng and walked through the curtain. Their perspectives were completely different as the walls of the palace were lit by the stars, which seemed to fill the entire sky with stars and night sky in the dim light. On both sides of the palace, there were seven chairs meant for the seven instructors and between the palaces, there was a Bronze Cauldron that was as tall as two people that emitted a chilly radiance under the starlight.
After Fu Changsheng sat down, he made Weiqing stand beside the Thousand Catty Cauldron, and gave a look to the other instructors, causing the seven to emit Barrier s from their bodies, and wrap around the space within the five meters of the Bronze Cauldron. Then, Zhang Aotian stood out. He casually waved his hand, and Flying Sword s flew out from his body and started to circle around the Barrier. It seemed to be some sort of mysterious array.
"We can begin now!"
"Simply put, you are not allowed to use any magical equipment's power. Besides that, you can use any other means!"
"What you want to do is very simple. It will start from the moment you lift the Thousand Catty Cauldron, until you are unable to bear the weight of the Thousand Catty Cauldron and it lands on the ground. During this time, the Divine Inscription on the Thousand Catty Cauldron will record your results. So you can be at ease. The first reason why we seven instructors are here is for the sake of justice for the seven families and not to give anyone the chance to practice favoritism and commit irregularities. The second reason is because we want to protect the lives of the examinees when necessary! "
Weiqing frowned: "Is my life safe?"
Fu Changsheng said slowly, "The Thousand Catty Cauldron was refined by a primal chaos divine beast and it has a spirit. The harder you persevere, the more danger you will cause it to feel. It will unceasingly resist your control!"
"Let's begin!"
Weiqing took a deep breath as he went to touch the Thousand Catty Cauldron behind him.
He felt an ice-cold sensation on his hand that seemed to be a type of metallic ice. But Weiqing could feel it from his fingers, and gradually discovered that this ice was not metal, but a type of ice-cold life force, which also meant death. Furthermore, when he thought about how Fu Changsheng had said that the Thousand Catty Cauldron was refined from a Primordial Divine Beast, when Weiqing touched the Thousand Catty Cauldron, he felt that what he had touched was not a pile of metal, but the icy body of the Primordial Divine Beast!
This feeling was very important.
Regarding life, with Weiqing's current age, there was no way he would have such deep insights.
During the fights and killings along the way, Weiqing's concept of life was very vague. In the past, when his strength was low, in order to survive, Weiqing would never be lenient towards his enemies. As his strength and position increased step by step, Weiqing began to have control over the slaughter. However, this control was not pity, but rather, it was control over the slaughter.
After that, Weiqing appeared and gradually became the leader of a region. He moved about unhindered in the Three Realms, and only after becoming a high ranking being did he have a sliver of understanding towards life, and began to pity all living beings.
However, this pity was still not from the heart. It was more used to increase the mental state barrier of one's own cultivation.
It was only when Weiqing became an important figure in the Three Realms, not only could he control his own life and death, he also started to control the fate of more and more people. It was only when Weiqing became an important figure in the Three Realms, not only could he control his own life and death, he could also control the fate of more and more people.
This truth, Weiqing had never verified it before, there was only twelve words to describe it.
Gratitude for life, reverence for life, transcendence for life.
These twelve words seemed to be a little too written. To put it simply, Weiqing felt that no matter how glorious or declining the Three Realms were, when they were born, they should not abandon the Three Realms and Nine Prefectures, because this land had given birth to themselves.
As for the reverence for life, it was something that Weiqing had comprehended from his fights and battles along the way.
One's power was never reflected by how many people one had killed or how many people one had control over. Only when one treasured their own lives, revered the lives of others and did not have any distinction between high and low could one be considered to have entered the door of true cultivation. To respect life was not to respect the weak; it was to respect the nine heavens and also to respect oneself!
And surpassing life, was the lifelong pursuit of a cultivator. As for how to surmount it, Weiqing still did not have a clear idea.
Weiqing kept touching the Thousand Catty Cauldron with one hand and thought about it with his eyes closed.
The seven coaches couldn't sit still any longer.
"Hehe, geniuses often exist, but peerless geniuses are not. This kid is indeed a bit different from the others. After making up his mind, this is the way of the best!"
"That's right, young people always have a lack of patience. This Weiqing seems to be quite old and haughty."
Old Fu, we have already said those words countless times in front of the examinees, but just how many people were able to hear them? All of them seemed to be very obedient, but in reality, many people are actually very anxious to prove themselves in front of us, fearing that their actions would make us unhappy and that they would care about the opinions of others.
"Old Zhang, you went out and chatted with Weiqing for a while, right?"
"No, I'm just anxious!"
"What's there to be anxious about, for a majestic Sage Sovereign Expert to be unable to hold itself back even after taking a piss? Do you really think the six of us are blind and don't know anything? Don't quibble, I advise you not to think of any useless things. Everyone knows that Weiqing is a good seedling. Whose bridal sedan is he going to get into, but by drawing lots, don't tell me that you still have the ability to hide things from us six? "
"None of your business. If you have the ability, don't participate in the lottery. Your Royal Academy sure is rich."
"Haha, do you think I'm a three year old child? With your little method of provocation, you think you can fool the south of Situ City?"
"Don't say anymore, the Thousand Catty Cauldron is responding. It seems like this brat has figured something out."
Just as Seven Masters was about to hit him, Weiqing stood still as a pine tree. One of his hands gently rubbed against the Thousand Catty Cauldron's slightly rough metal skin, and the dark and lackluster Thousand Catty Cauldron began to shine with a faint radiance from time to time.
"This kid, why does this old man like him the more I see him."
"Even if you like it, it doesn't have your share."
"This Thousand Catty Cauldron is a prehistoric life beast that escaped from the Aurora World and has been hiding in the Flowing Waves Mountain for thousands of years. Its strength is even more terrifying than a Supreme Elder's strength, but we seven great academies lost eight people before in order to kill it, and even after refining this Thousand Catty Cauldron with its flesh, we seven great academies have not been able to figure out why it has such a profound and complex life cycle!"
"The origin of life is the most profound and eternal theme in this world. Not to mention us, even the gods above the ninth heaven wouldn't be able to explain it. This guy has some skill, he was actually able to trigger the light of Thousand Catty Cauldron's life, thus, if this guy wants to break through the 1500 level, it should not be difficult! "
"Old Fu, how about we make a bet?"
"Betting on what?"
"I bet that Weiqing's score will definitely surpass 1600, or else I will give up. After that, you guys, Seven Stars Academy, will give up on him!"
"Scram! With just this little bit of effort, you still dare to take it out and make a fool of yourself!"