allendalepharm Chapter 32 The Most Difficult Entrance Examination in History?
Chapter 32 The Most Difficult Entrance Examination in History?
The assessment was exactly as he had predicted. Kong Tianxu opened the tray and carefully scanned the six pieces of metal in front of him. They were all ordinary alloys and fine steel, with no rare metals.
The most distinctive feature of these six pieces of metal is their varying hardness; the last piece is even somewhat soft.
Upon hearing Ye Yulin's words, the expressions of the students turned somewhat grim, but the previous oppressive aura remained, and no one dared to raise any objections.
Those who were assigned to Class One were basically noble children with some background. They must have known something about the test before entering the school, but it was completely different from the information they had heard!
While some cursed the source of the information in their hearts, a few others remained calm, clearly either from prominent families or with considerable confidence in their own abilities.
To Kong Tianxu's surprise, one of them was a boy who looked like an ordinary citizen.
It seems we should pay some attention to this; someone who can enter Class One as a commoner must have extraordinary abilities.
He memorized the other person's appearance, and before everyone could finish processing the information from the previous sentence, Ye Yulin continued:
"To ensure fairness in the skills assessment, none of you may use your own carving knives; you must use the one on the side of the tray. The instruction manuals for various techniques are under the carving knives. You have fifteen minutes to complete the entire assessment. Completing just one technique is enough to pass. Those who fail will be ranked in order of the quality and order of their completion."
Upon hearing Ye Yulin's words, only Kong Tianxu, Cain, and Xu Tianzhen, who were sitting together, remained calm. The entire class erupted in commotion. Even the previously relaxed students were now unsettled. They couldn't use their own carving knives, and there was a time limit...
There are six techniques, some easy and some difficult, but even for a Soul Master with a certain foundation, none of them can be mastered in a short time. Even with the assistance of a Soul Guidance Experiment Table, completing just one within a quarter of an hour would be quite a challenge.
Moreover, once they lose their usual carving tools, their carving speed and accuracy will drop by at least one-third!
This level of difficulty is probably the most challenging among all the bizarre entrance exams for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master trainees, right? This is clearly just deliberately making things difficult for them!
Immediately, one student stood up. "Teacher, why can't we use our own carving knives? Aren't carving knives part of a Soul Master's strength?"
Ye Yulin said calmly:
"Of course, but these patterns are just the most basic skills of high-level Soul Masters. There are countless patterns that are much more difficult to inscribe in the core array. If even this requires the assistance of an inscription knife, then you don't need to stay here. To paraphrase a word my teacher said back in Class One, Class One was only formed to cultivate level nine Soul Masters and even higher-level beings."
"Before the assessment, I must remind you all that this assessment is the most difficult in the academy's more than three thousand years of history. To date, no freshman has been able to pass it perfectly, and even passing is no easy feat. I know that the freshmen in Class One are either exceptionally talented or come from extraordinary families, so we won't let you drop out. If any of you give up now, you can go directly to Class Two. If you fail the assessment, you can only go to the lowest-ranking Class Thirty-Two."
"Those who want to give up should leave as soon as possible."
No one gave up voluntarily; the students of Class One possessed a certain degree of pride. Ye Yulin scanned the entire room, his subtle yet palpable pressure growing ever clearer, making everyone feel suffocated. His deep voice was icy cold:
"Any more questions?"
No one dared to utter a sound, silently grumbling as they lowered their heads, pondering which carving method was the simplest. Xu Tianzhen also took a deep breath, beginning to adjust her state. A quick glance out of the corner of her eye revealed that Kong Tianxu remained motionless, sitting upright in his chair, eyes closed, resting.
There was absolutely no reaction? Ye Yulin was surprised. He was releasing a sixth-ring level of pressure, and the Silver Dragon Martial Soul was indeed extraordinary.
He inwardly praised him, and without giving it much thought, after announcing the rules of the competition, he didn't even repeat them, but instead shouted:
"I now announce that the assessment begins!"
At a command, dozens of trainees sprang into action, and at that moment, the differences in their abilities became apparent.
Some trainees grabbed a piece of metal without thinking and started flipping through the booklet, trying to figure out how to cut it. Others flipped through the booklet from beginning to end with a look of despair, clearly having forgotten what kind of shape the question was about.
Some trainees didn't even need to consult the manual; after careful observation, they selected one of the six metal pieces and began carving.
Their martial spirits are different, so the methods they use in the carving process are naturally unique.
Cain's method was the simplest and most brutal—the dark golden light from his fingertips spread to the carving knife in his hand, directly enhancing the knife's power through his soul force, and he just went for it.
Kong Tianxu finally opened his eyes. Completing the assessment was not difficult for him; what he was considering was what level he needed to achieve.
If it were in his usual style, he could have just done something that was passable, but Grandpa clearly took it very seriously, even inviting Elder Ye from the ancestral hall.
Since that's the case, let's make a big splash this time.
His energy and spirit had reached their peak during the simple breathing adjustment. Kong Tianxu's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he pinched out a piece of metal. The extreme low temperature of over minus 150 degrees Celsius penetrated the metal, instantly destroying its internal structure to a great extent, making it ideal for carving.
He focused the tip of his carving knife, imbued with the power of wind and thunder, onto a corner of the metal block, and a smile appeared on his lips.
A cube has six faces.
The moment Xu Tianzhen heard Ye Yulin announce the start, she immediately began to act. She didn't particularly like Soul Masters, but that didn't mean she lacked talent in Soul Master creation. On the contrary, her talent for Soul Masters was quite outstanding.
You can see from her carvings that the moment she begins to wield the knife, her mind becomes extremely focused, her movements are fluid and graceful, both disciplined and agile.
The high-temperature power of the Sun Martial Soul adhered to the tip of the blade, and with a few quick strokes, the hole was already partially formed, so skillfully that it seemed as if there was no need to think about the choice of where to strike.
Hehe, after practicing so many times before, the effect was still very obvious, she thought to herself with secret pride.
As the only princess most favored by Xu Guoyi, she naturally had the opportunity to learn about the entrance examination from her father in advance. In order to beat the genius from Grandpa Kong's family, she had been preparing for several months.
Just as Xu Tianzhen was smugly preparing to look down on Kong Tianxu's carving progress, which was undoubtedly far behind her own, the scene before her eyes widened her eyes—
Kong Tianxu stroked a piece of metal that was the hardest and least suitable for drilling, lightly touched it with his carving knife, and then began to wield it like a storm!