On the cruel Wutuo Continent, there were six stages for martial artists: Martial Guard, Martial Master, Martial King, Martial Honor, Martial Emperor, and Martial Saint.
Each stage had nine levels.
Different powers had different status and dignity, which affected the length of life.
However, most people would remain at the Martial Guard stage for their entire lives, and it would be difficult for them to break through.
Therefore, even though Du Heng was a Level Seven Martial Guard, he was only a Martial Cultivator of the lowest level. He could only obtain satisfaction from these ignorant children. If he wanted to obtain true status, he had to at least reach the strength of a Martial King. However, this was too difficult for a talented person like him.
It was difficult to even reach the Martial King Realm. In the eyes of ordinary people on the continent, a person with the strength of a Martial Saint was almost a legendary existence.
As for the higher level of strength, almost no one had seen it in the past three million years. If they had not seen it, it meant that it did not exist. Therefore, the Martial Saint was now the symbol of the highest level of strength. Higher levels were not on the strength rankings at all.
A moment later, as Du Heng withdrew his martial qi, the seven crystals on the Martial Test Stele dimmed one by one.
" Alright, let's begin the test!"
Du Heng enjoyed the admiration and said lightly,
"Remember, first of all, you must let your blood boil, because only then can you stimulate the warrior qi in your body. After the warrior qi is stimulated, you just need to inject all the warrior qi in your body into the Martial Test Stele.”
The first to go up was a five or six-year-old child who had just joined the training for less than a month. He pressed his hands hard on the martial test stele, his small face bulging and round. He tried hard, but unfortunately, he couldn't even stimulate his martial qi after using his strength for a long time. He was still cheering himself on.
"Alright, alright. Are you f * cking shitting here? Get lost, next."
Du Heng said impatiently, causing the other children who had just joined the training to laugh.
However, many children who had been trained for many years did not laugh because they had also experienced this stage.
The next child was a 13-year-old boy. He had been training for eight years and was very experienced in activating his warrior qi. He pressed one hand on the Martial Test Stele and with a thought, his warrior qi was activated and slowly poured into the Martial Test Stele. The first crystal lit up, the second crystal lit up, and the third crystal also seemed to have a faint layer of light. Unfortunately, it did not light up in the end.
Looking at the test results, the boy couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Three years ago, he had already reached the second rank, but now that three years had passed, although there was hope for him to reach the third rank, there was no hope for him to meet the academy's admission requirements.
The third person to come up for the test was a timid little girl. She looked to be about eleven or twelve years old, and her final test level was only level two.
Du Heng had an indifferent smile on his face as he coldly looked at the children's expressions after the test. He felt very comfortable in his heart. These children's performance was very similar to his own performance back then.
At this moment, a handsome young man in dark green clothes walked up.
Du Heng recognized the person at a glance.
It was the mayor's precious son, the genius of Puni Town, Hu Dingfei, who was now thirteen years old.
The mayor of Puni Town, Hu Dong, had been the mayor for more than 30 years. He had married more than a dozen wives, but unfortunately, he never had a child. Fortunately, his new wife gave birth to a son 13 years ago, which made Hu Dong extremely happy. At the banquet of the child's birth, he ignored the opposition of the whole family and divorced all his original wives, leaving only this new wife of the last.
It was not easy for him to have a son. Hu Dong doted on Hu Dingfei very much. The meaning of naming him Hu Dingfei was also in the hope that his son would one day be able to make a meteoric rise.
Hu Dong was now a Grade 8 Martial Master, the most powerful existence in the entire Puni Town.
A Martial Master was the stage of Martial Qi that a Martial Guard would advance to after breaking through to Level 9. Generally speaking, a Level 8 or 9 Martial Guard was enough to guard a small town. Hu Dong, a Level 8 Martial Master, was already enough to guard a small town. Even if he couldn't get a small town, it was enough for him to be a Consul in the city. With such a figure guarding a small Puni Town, in the eyes of the people of Puni Town, Hu Dong was already a god-like existence.
Hu Dingfei mainly trained under the guidance of Hu Dong, a Grade 8 Martial Master. Hu Dong's understanding of martial Qi was many levels higher than Du Heng's, so Hu Dingfei's results were naturally very outstanding. In addition, Hu Dong would often collect various precious medicines to strengthen Hu Dingfei's body and increase the density of his martial Qi.
Of course, this kind of special training was not something ordinary children could enjoy. Although the town also needed strong people, Hu Dong did not want a genius who could threaten his status.
However, although Hu Dong was willing to give all the worlds to his son, as the mayor, he still had to consider the safety of the town, especially in this chaotic world where strong people were everywhere. Even though he was a Level Eight Martial Master guarding the small Puni Town, everything would not go smoothly.
Therefore, Hu Dong's guidance for Hu Dingfei was basically at night. During the day, Hu Dingfei had to go to the martial arts field to maintain his training condition and strengthen his body.
Du Heng did not dare to put on any airs when he saw Hu Dingfei walk up to take the test.
"Little mister, this stone tablet is already dirty. Let me wipe it for you.”
Du Heng said flatteringly as he lifted up his clothes and wiped the Martial Test Stele. He was like a flattering pet, completely without the arrogant look from before. After wiping it, he bowed deeply to Hu Dingfei and smiled.
"Please, Little Sir."
Hu Dingfei looked at Du Heng's flattery indifferently without any expression. When Du Heng invited him to take the test, he forced a smile and said,"
"Thank you, Teacher Du."
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. How can I, Du Heng, be worthy of being Little Mister's teacher?”Du Heng said respectfully.
"Teacher is too modest." Hu Dingfei also said pretentiously.
He didn't like Du Heng's boastful attitude, but his father was the only Martial Master in the entire Puni Town. The others were all Martial Guards, and most of them were Level Five or Six Martial Guards. Du Heng was also the main force guarding Puni Town, so even if his status was higher than Du Heng's, he didn't dare to be too stubborn.
After exchanging some pleasantries, Hu Dingfei pressed his hand on the Martial Test Stele. His martial qi surged and slowly poured into the Martial Test Stele.
One crystal lit up... two crystals lit up... three crystals lit up... four crystals lit up... five crystals lit up... the sixth crystal was already emitting a faint halo...
Seeing that the five crystals had already lit up, the surrounding children all revealed envious and worshipful gazes, especially those girls. They all sent worshipful and admiring expressions to Hu Dingfei.
However, Hu Dingfei frowned slightly.
"Level 5, indeed, you can enter the academy, but…sigh!”Hu Dingfei thought to himself and could not help but sigh.
His goal was to enter all the higher education institutions on the continent. He was only two years away from participating in the selection as a rank 5 Martial Guard. If he couldn't improve further, he might enter the worst academy on the continent. Although his father had also graduated from the worst academy, he had a higher pride.
"Teacher Du, I'm going back!" Hu Dingfei pretended to be polite to Du Heng and left.
Du Heng looked at Hu Dingfei's departing figure and couldn't help but sigh. Another figure was about to appear in the Hu Clan. Although this was also due to the contribution of the precious medicines that Hu Dong had collected, he was already a Level Five Martial Guard at such a young age. He was really envious.
After Hu Dingfei left, the other children also took the test one after another. However, there were no more children who had more hope. Most of them were first or second-grade martial guards, and the highest was only a few third-grade martial guards.
As the test children left one by one, a dirty little boy at the end of the line was revealed.
Du Heng didn't notice it at first. After all, there were so many children in a long line. However, when there were only a dozen children left, the dirty little boy finally entered Du Heng's field of vision.
Seeing this dirty little boy, Du Heng couldn't help but fly into a rage.
"Lin Yuyang!" Du Heng shouted.
This shout shocked all the children who were waiting for the test. A few of the children who had finished the test and were about to leave were also stunned.
Everyone took a look. It was the child, Lin Yuyang, who had come to Puni Town from somewhere. At this moment, Lin Yuyang's entire body was tattered and dirty to the extreme. In addition, his face was not considered handsome and perfect to begin with. Without the contrast of good clothes, he looked a little ugly, making people feel very uncomfortable.
When the children saw Lin Yuyang, it was as if they had seen a plague. They all retreated far away, especially the girls present. They all covered their noses with disgust.
Lin Yuyang looked around and did not feel anything.
He had long been used to the contemptuous looks and disgusted expressions around him. In the past seven years, he had been to countless towns and spent every day cursing, spitting, and beating.
He didn't like these gazes and expressions. He was even angry at these gazes and expressions. However, he had no choice. He couldn't admit defeat. He could only swallow his pride and force himself to do those shameless things.
All of this came from that ethereal voice that seemed to come from the sky.
"Live on!"
"Hello, Teacher Du!" Lin Yuyang forced himself and said to Du Heng with cupped fists.
"Teacher?" Du Heng smiled contemptuously and said with anger and disdain,"
"I don't have a student like you. It's too embarrassing!”
Lin Yuyang knew that Du Heng would mock him, but he was not timid. He suppressed the anger in his heart and squeezed out a tough smile.
"Stealing is also stealing. Since it's stealing, I'll naturally take you as my master.”
"Hahaha…"
Du Heng burst into laughter when he heard this. The children around him couldn't help but laugh out loud. This sentence seemed to have said the funniest thing in the world.
"Why? The bones I broke last time have healed again? It had only been a month, right? As expected, the most despicable person had a tough life! Do you think a lowly thing like you is worthy of being my disciple?”Du Heng continued coldly,
"Could it be that you came today to test your own martial qi?”
"Yes." Lin Yuyang squeezed out these words from between his teeth.
Of course he was here to test his martial qi.
Because he was already thirteen years old. In two more years, he would be fifteen years old. When he was fifteen years old, he would be able to participate in the academy's test and enter the academy. This was his dream because only by entering the academy would he be able to strengthen himself, receive the best training, and escape his lowly fate.
He had never thought that he would become someone above everyone else. He only wanted to obtain an ability to allow himself to live.
Because he knew that to become a person above others, one needed extremely high talent. Only those with extremely high talent were the people chosen by God.
And he knew that his talent was very poor, very poor.
"Hmph," Du Heng said coldly,
"Could it be that you also wish to enter the academy? What a big joke. The plaything of my Puni Town also wants to stand out. Alright, I'll give you a chance to use the Martial Test Stele. However, there's a condition.”
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