Chapter 40
Because Fang Lin had already been tempered by countless life and death trials, he could not help but agree on Wang Hao’s advice. Too bad he does not know any of his master’s dark thoughts.
“Does that mean I am not going to give my all in fighting? That will be hard right?” Fang Lin turned his head to ask Boner, who might have an idea about the competition.
“That will be hard yes.” Boner nodded. He then continued. “As you know, all of you who passed the second stage are now technically Outer Disciples. In order to determine which have the best talents, they organized the final stage, which is a battle stage.”
“It’s the top 5 who gets apprenticed right? Does that always happen?”
“Actually, no. That’s only the pretext that people know about the final stage. But the truth is, even you can enter the top 5, no elder might be interested in you. Heck, there was a lot of years that nobody got apprenticed to any elder. And on the years where some are selected, some of them are not even in the top 5! There are some who got defeated in the battle stage, but because their talent interested some elders, they still got apprenticed!”
“If its like that, why does the sect tell the people its the top 5?” Tang Ya inquired while stroking Yao’er’s hair who had been sleeping on her lap.
“Huh? If I tell you that you might get nothing even you are in the top rank, will you have the drive to be in the top?”
“Well…no.”
“Exactly! The sect does not want the participants to lose motivation. Besides, those who got into the top 5 in the previous selections but failed to be apprenticed wanted the new participants to expect the top 5 to get apprenticed. Such jealous bunch! They just want the new participants to suffer like them!”
“That’s… what my master would do.” Fang Lin could not help but cast a dubious look towards Wang Hao, who just looked back innocently towards him.
“Shut up!”Tang Ya smacked her ‘Darling’s’ head. “If you do not behave, I as your wife will discipline you in the future!”
“Who told you that you are my wife!” Nonetheless, Wang Hao shut his mouth.
“So there you have it. That’s the top 5. The top 3 will have their weapons completed while the other 2 will just be there as a filler. There are no rankings within the top 5. It’s just the top 5.”
Fang Lin then inquired “What happens when you completed your weapon?”
“I do not know too.” Boner shook his head. “They tend to keep that as an important sect secret.”
Suddenly, they heard sounds of people approaching them. Looking at the map, they saw the icon of the exam proctor approaching them. Wang Hao immediately knocked Boner unconscious then he brought him and they teleported away.
The exam proctor arrived with a steely look on his face. “Come with me, the final stage will happen in a week. As of now, you all need to rest.”
But before leaving, Fang Lin could not help but ask “Can you tell us about our rank?”
“Your group’s rank?” The exam proctor looked at them. “I’m afraid I cannot tell you right now. You will know it in the day of the battle. But be assured that your group is in the top 10. Now, let’s go!”
The man then flew away, bringing the group in his tow.
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Fang Yu on the other hand, was busy in her own training. She gritted her teeth as countless amounts of yin essence penetrated her body. But while her master was vigorously running her hands on her back and legs, her master suddenly stopped. She appeared to have received a divine sense message. Fang Yu then sensed that Xiao Ya looked a little.. disturbed?
“Master is there any problem?”
Xiao Ya sighed, looking a little worried.
“The sect head of the Ice Empress Sect has arrived and wants to see you personally and alone!”
“….”