Double Cultivation
the Profound Flower Sect disciples examination lV
On the second day of the examination, Liu Lanzhi appeared to check on their progress.
"How are you, Su Yang? How many new students do we have now?" he asked with a excited tone.
"210" he replied calmly.
"Eh…?" Liu Lanzhi looked at him with a blank expression for a while.
"H-Only 210 students... new?" Liu Lanzhi saw thousands of people gathered there. He was unable to understand how they had only managed to receive 210 disciples when there were tens of thousands of participants there.
"really. And we only accept a maximum of 1,000 students for now" he added.
"But why so little? Wouldn't it be better for us to accept as many disciples as possible to increase our numbers?" Liu Lanzhi asked him with a puzzled face, as the more disciples the Sect had, the better their reputation would be.
"i know what you're thinking, but we don't need to fill our Sect with trash just to boost our reputation, because it will only damage the Sect as time goes on. What we need today is not a reputation or a number but that solid foundation will last even for thousands of years.
And to achieve that, we cannot allow just anyone to join us. However, once our foundation is solid enough, we can begin to receive more disciples regardless of their talents." replied Su Yang.
"So ..." Liu Lanzhi looked at him with a shocked expression, and he asked, "You seem very experienced at this, almost like you've done this before. Did you have your own Sect before? if it's true that would explain your skills."
"I wouldn't call it a Sect, but something like that" he replied in a mysterious tone.
Liu Lanzhi then proceeded to watch the exam for the next few hours, as she was curious about his methods.
"What is that red pill?" Liu Lanzhi asked him after seeing its mysterious effects.
Since Su Yang had not briefed on the exam, he was completely unaware of everything that was happening.
"Demon Heart Pill. It will discover the worst fear or trauma that person has ever experienced before and recreate it inside their head and make it many times more terrifying, almost like a realistic dream. To pass through this ordeal, one must have a Heart Dao strong enough to overcome their worst fears, or the Demon Heart Pill will affect their minds and hearts and dominate them."
"What about the third trial? I've been watching for a while now, but I don't understand what the trial is about." Liu Lanzhi then asked.
"To put it simply, it was to test their talent in cultivation. The water in the bowl was also known as the Heaven Consumption Water, and had the ability to absorb the Profound Qi that came into contact with it. Where I come from, it was commonly used to test one's Profound Qi absorption rate. If the Heaven Consumption Water was unable to fully absorb the blood containing Profound Qi mixed within it, then it meant that the individual with that blood had a naturally high level of Profound Qi absorption, make him a very good cultivator."
"Of course, there are many different levels to Heaven Consumption Water, and the one I use now is the lowest."
Su Yang chuckled and said, "You can't find something like this here even if you search around the world, so I made it myself."
"I won't even ask how you made it.." Liu Lanzhi sighed.
“Actually quite simple. You just need plain water and a little material. The most important thing is the technique. If you want to use the Heaven Consumption Water in the future, I can give you the recipe later on. It's not worth much anyway."
"really? Then I won't be humble!" Liu Lanzhi quickly accepted his generosity.
"By the way, what's the meaning behind that fight?" he asked her a moment later. "Are you hoping someone will actually defeat our disciple?"
However, Su Yang shook his head and said, "i didn't expect anything. The only purpose of these sparings is for me to be able to analyze their abilities and provide them with cultivation techniques that benefit their strengths and weaknesses the most."
"What's? Is that possible? To choose the perfect technique for a disciple ..it usually takes months, even years to observe closely. And you're telling me that you can do the same thing just by watching them fight for a few minutes?" Liu Lanzhi had never heard or seen anyone do so many things for a new disciple before. Su Yang was definitely the first person to be so thorough and serious.
"of course. Who do you think I am? If I can't even do something so basic, I don't deserve to be called an Immortal" he said with an arrogant smile.
On the third day of the exam, the Profound Flower Sect had received 510 new disciples, but as the days passed, fewer and fewer people managed to pass the exam.
"Hmmm? The participant there ..." Liu Lanzhi suddenly pointed to one of the participants who was currently in the second exam and spoke, "i recognize him! He was once an Inner Court disciple in our Sect before the Million Snake Sect attacked!"
"Oh really?" Su Yang raised an eyebrow.
"i'm sure! Although I might not recognize every single disciple, I have memorized the faces of most of the Inner Court disciples!"
"Then what are you thinking?" Su Yang asked her, her gaze filled with interest.
"Whatever it sounds like now, I have sworn to myself that I will not allow those who leave the Sect on that day to set foot inside the Sect again! However, you are the one in charge of the exam now, so I will give you the final decision!" he replied with a deep frown.
Even a blind man who was unable to see the unpleasant expression on his face could now easily recognize his hatred for those who left the Sect with just his tone alone.
"alright. But let's see first, if he can pass the third exam" Su Yang said.