The Supreme God of Martial Arts

The disciple then gave Austin another sheet of blank examination paper.

Without any hesitation, Austin quickly wrote down on it the required information for all the remaining dozens of the basic elixirs.

He checked the two sheets of the examination paper again before handing them back to the Magic Hand Sect disciple who had given it to him.

The disciple stared at the two sheets of the examination paper which had been fully filled with answers with widened eyes. Austin's speed and efficiency in filling in them stunned him to the extreme.

Each applicant would have ten minutes to fill in the things that were needed. But Austin just spent half of it to complete all his answers! The disciple raised his eyes to look at the young man in front of him, an expression of astonishment still hanging on his face.

Austin, however, walked out of the Isolation Array in a calm manner, paying no attention to the disciple's face that was full of curiosity.

All the remaining applicants walked into the Isolation Array for the test one after another.

Tpassed quickly and soon, all the applicants had already taken their turns and finished their tests in order.

Fitch, Len and Lind then stepped into the Isolation Array to assess all the examination papers submitted by the applicants.

Another half an hour passed. Everyone held their breaths in anticipation.

Finally, the three walked out of the Isolation Array.

They all looked stunned, as if something impossible had happened.

Fitch held a nlist in his hand. He unfolded it in a stern manner and began to announce the names of the applicants who had passed the first test.

According to the requirements, all the applicants, whose nhe would announce, would walk one step forward and would line up squarely in a row.

When he mentioned "Marsh", he as well as Len and Lind could not help but turn to look at Austin with a look of appreciation.

Even their gazes were full of admiration.

Fitch flashed a mild smile at Austin and nodded at him as greeting.

Obviously, this overt appreciation caused envy in the hearts of all the applicants present.

Marsh was the pseudonym Austin used when he applied for the test yesterday.

About one hundred people had passed the first test. As for all the other ones who failed the first round, they all left the Magic Hand Sect in low spirits.

Then Fitch pronounced the rules for the second test.

Its focus was the quality of the warrior's vital energy.

To test the quality of their vital energy, each applicant must put his or her palms on a vital energy testing stone one by one.

Then they must launch their vital energies from their bodies into the testing stone. The stone would then flash a blue light. In order to show the strength and quality of the warrior's vital energy, the light would either dim or brighten up.

The testing stone was big as an adult's head in size and was pure, stain-free white.

In this second test, only ten people would be granted an opportunity for further assessment.

This meant that only ten of the most excellent applicants would be able to pass the assessment. The rest of the applicants would immediately be knocked out from the test! The test then commenced after Fitch had detailed all the rules in this round.

As prescribed by the rules, each applicant walked to the testing stone and carried out the test one after another.

The testing stone flashed no light when sapplicants put their hands on it.

For sapplicants, it just showed a very faint ray of light.

The testing stone only flashed a bright blue light for a few applicants.

Austin noticed that the brightness of the light of the testing stone was mainly determined by the quality of the applicant's vital energy, instead of the level of vital energy cultivation base.

As a result, sapplicants with higher level of vital energy cultivation base had unfortunately failed the test, while a couple of applicants with comparatively lower level of vital energy cultivation base passed, though to everyone's surprise.

Austin felt extremely curious about the reason behind this phenomenon.

Soon it was Austin's turn to take the test.

He walked towards the testing stone in a calm manner.

Fitch, Len and Lind turned to look at the young man with expectant expressions on their faces.

Due to Austin's excellent performance in the previous test, they all paid him extra attention.

Austin stared at the testing stone before gently putting his hands on it.

He focused on initiating the vital energy force within his body and injected a portion of its force into the pure white stone.

Instead of launching all of his vital energy force into the stone, Austin intentionally subdued the strength of his vital energy cultivation base to the preliminary stage of Sky Realm.

While transmitting his subdued vital energy into the testing stone, his face was expressionless.

After a fraction of a second, the testing stone suddenly started flashing numerous rays of glaring bright lights in all directions.

It was so bright that a huge area around it had been illuminated under its blue light. With the intensity of the light the testing stone was flashing, the whole room seemed to be bathed in a blue ocean.

The sudden, unexpected, and surprising change made Austin the focus of everyone's attention.

Everyone looked at him with widened eyes. The scene was so unbelievable that they all felt stunned and startled.

The applicants weren't the only ones in a state of shock—Fitch, Lind and Len also felt shocked at the testing stone's unusual response to Austin's vital energy. They stared at the young man with renewed astonishment in their eyes, unsure of what to do next. Although they had organized the test countless times before, this was the first tthey saw such a scene.

Silence dominated the whole square for an awkward amount of time.

"Marsh, you, well, obviously passed the test!" Fitch pronounced excitedly after he regained his senses a few moments later. A bright smile was gracing his face.

"This is unbelievable! The quality of this boy's vital energy is so pure! But he's so young! He also has an outstanding knowledge of basic information about elixirs. He is indeed so excellent!" Lind exclaimed as he turned to Fitch in excitement.

"I think we must report this boy's situation to Steward Foster immediately.

He has the qualities to be our formal disciple, a genuine disciple of the Magic Hand Sect! We would do him a huge injustice if we just recruit him as a refinery assistant.

He deserves a better platform to show his great natural talent!" Len suggested.

"Let's see what he'll do in the next test before making any decisions.

We still don't know whether he would be able to pass the third test as he did in the first and second ones.

If he behaves as excellently as he did in this second test, I'll report his performance to Steward Foster immediately.

There might be a chance that Steward Foster would allow this boy to be one of our formal disciples," Fitch said after contemplating on Austin's situation.

Both Len and Lind nodded in agreement.

It seemed that "Marsh" was going to be a disciple of the Magic Hand Sect very soon! As stated in the rules, only ten people was able to pass the second test.

All the other applicants left the venue in frustration.

After that, they immediately started the third test. It was the last test to assess all the remaining applicants’ qualities.

Fitch ordered to prepare ten piles of elixirs in front of the last ten applicants.

In each pile, the elixirs were mixed with scommon basic elixirs and sadvanced valuable elixirs.

The test would go like this: Fitch would announce the nof selixir and each applicant must be able to correctly pick that kind of elixir from the pile before him or her as soon as possible.

Just like in the first test, the testing focus in this third test was on the selection of elixirs.

But this taround, it would be more difficult to tell one elixir from another.

According to the rules, in addition to picking the right elixir from the pile of various elixirs within a few seconds, the applicants were also required to identify the elixir's growing years, living environment and accompanying plants.

The third test kicked off as soon as Fitch finished explaining all the related rules.

"First, a ten-year-old green cedar grass." Len was responsible for hosting the third test. His voice resonated throughout the whole room when he called out the elixir of the test.

The ten applicants started to look for this kind of elixir in the pile in front of them as soon as Len finished speaking.

The green cedar grass was a common grade three elixir with a negative nature.

Therefore, it was usually used as an auxiliary elixir to offset the extremely strong positive effect of selixirs during the process of pill refining.

Austin's eyes swept the pile of elixirs in front of him up and down. He was sharp to spot that there were several green cedar grasses of different growing years in it.

They ranged from seven years to ten years.

Austin then picked up the ten-year-old green cedar grass immediately the moment Len finished speaking. He was so familiar with every detail of those elixirs that he didn't have to think before making a decision.

Fitch, Len and Lind exchanged a look of approval with each other at Austin's quick response.

Then the other nine applicants picked up the required green cedar grasses in succession.

"A fifteen-year-old earth dragon potato living in timid sands." "A twenty-year-old sun-facing fruit." Len named dozens of elixirs at grade two, grade three and grade four in a row.

Again, every applicant must select the elixir with right growing years and environmental conditions as prescribed.

As a grade four elixir refiner, Austin encountered no difficulty in identifying all the required elixirs.

He was always the first one to pick the right elixir among all the applicants. And he did it almost at the stas Len would finish speaking. And he was always correct! He did it perfectly as if he had already gone through the exam multiple times.

"Wow!" All people inside the venue could not help but feel amazed at how well Austin was doing.

They all felt stunned, surprised, and inspired all at the stime.

"Send Steward Foster here! Hurry!" Fitch ordered to a Magic Hand Sect disciple by his side, even though the test was still half way through its course.

His two companions showed no objections as this was exactly what they intended to do. Steward Foster must know the boy's excellent performance.

They all wondered whether Marsh would be offered an opportunity to beca formal alchemy disciple of the Magic Hand Sect. It would be exceptional if that happened.