“How can he …… his power …… be so strong?” Lin Mishan’s teeth clenched her lower lip as her eyes stared deathly at Zhang Ruochen.
Such a result was too much for her to accept.
Lin Fengxian was also shocked, staring at Zhang Ruochen who stood in the martial arts arena, his entire body looked like he was petrified.
The average young martial artists could only see that Zhang Ruochen’s power was strong, however, the hearts of those martial artists with high cultivation were even more shocked.
First of all, Zhang Ruochen’s ability to shock the thousand-pound stone disk more than a meter off the ground when he stomped his foot on the ground wasn’t really just a counter-vibration force.
Rather, he had injected the true qi in his body into the ground, and the true qi transformed into layers of waves that impacted at the bottom of the stone disk.
It was only under the superposition of the layers of waves that the stone disk was shaken up.
If one were to rely solely on the force of the counter-vibration to send the thousand-pound stone disk flying, even a martial artist in the Great Circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm would simply not be able to do it.
His ability to control his true qi was simply exquisite and meticulous, causing many of the older martial arts powerhouses present to feel awestruck and somewhat ashamed of themselves.
Secondly, the thousand-pound stone disk falling from five meters in the air, how terrifying was that surge of impact, it was simply not something that a Yellow Extreme Realm martial artist could catch.
However, Zhang Ruochen still used his true qi, transforming into layers of waves that crashed into the bottom of the stone disk, counteracting the impact of the disk’s descent.
It was also because of this that he was able to catch the falling stone disk steadily.
Such a tactic could only be seen by a martial arts powerhouse with truly superior eyesight. It was precisely because they could see the clues in it that the martial dao powerhouses present were shocked and felt incredulous because of it.
The Ninth Prince’s ability to control his true qi was more subtle than many Xuanji realm martial artists.
A martial arts prodigy had been born!
Zhang Ruochen walked out of the martial arts arena as he walked past Lin Mishan. Lin Mishan’s eyes stared at him coldly and sharply as she said, ”You’re hiding it really well, is this a deliberate attempt to humiliate me? Let me tell you, one’s strength can be quickly increased to an incredible level by taking heavenly materials and treasures.”
“However, when it comes to a real battle, it’s not like being powerful is a sure win. The end of the year examination has only just begun, and I will let you see the true gap between us later.”
Lin Mishan simply couldn’t see Zhang Ruochen’s subtle use of true qi, which was why she thought that Zhang Ruochen had been lucky and had taken some sort of heavenly material to have the powerful strength he had now.
As a matter of fact, it was indeed possible for some ordinary people to take strange flowers and fruits by mistake and suddenly become immensely powerful.
Hearing Lin Mishan’s words, Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head, not bothering to pay any attention to her as he walked straight towards Concubine Lin.
“Mother, I did it!” Zhang Ruochen said.
Consort Lin, who was standing amongst the concubines, felt as if her entire body had been struck by lightning, her eyes were crystallized, and she said with some trembling, “Dusty, is it really my Dusty?”
Consort Lin hugged Zhang Ruochen tightly and cried out in pain.
She had waited for this day for far too long.
It was thought that it would never be possible to wait this day out, but it did not occur to her that Zhang Ruochen had done it, that he had become a martial artist, a teenage powerhouse! Impressing everyone, making everyone stop mocking him.
What she wanted was actually very simple, just wanting a fair treatment.
Those concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs standing on the side, after seeing this scene, their minds began to ponder, “In the future, we must not offend Concubine Lin!”
“Good!”
The Yunwu County King stood up with an open heart, staring at Zhang Ruochen with excitement, saying, “Jiu’er’s great achievement, this king is extremely pleased, regardless of the result of the end of the year examination, the royal family will organize a banquet to celebrate for three days. Jiu’er, why don’t you come over and let this king take a closer look?”
“Dust child, quick, quickly go over to pay respects to your father.”
Consort Lin wiped away her tears and immediately pulled Zhang Ruochen towards County King Yunwu.
“Greetings to the Great King!” Concubine Lin and Zhang Ruochen bowed their hands at the same time.
County King Yunwu stared at Zhang Ruochen and gazed carefully as he said, “Your cultivation has reached the Yellow Extremity Realm Small Extremity Position, right?”
Just now, Zhang Ruochen had displayed his power, so naturally, he could not hide it from County King Yunwu’s eyes.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Yes!”
“In three months’ time, reaching the Yellow Extreme Realm Minor Extreme Position is by no means something a normal person can do. Jiu’er, in the recent period of time, what kind of strange encounters have you gotten?” County King Yunwu said.
Zhang Ruochen said in an unassuming manner, “Reporting back to the Great King, I have indeed obtained some strange encounters. But that is my secret, and I have the right to keep it to myself, not to mention that I don’t want to make it public.”
“Daring! The Great King is your own father, what other secrets can’t even be told to your own father?” The queen said angrily.
The Yunwu County King slightly raised his hand to stop the Queen from continuing, staring at Zhang Ruochen with a few appreciative looks as he said, “Every martial artist has their own secrets, and since you don’t want to talk about it, this King won’t force you. Take the end of the year examination properly, this king is looking forward to your next performance.”
The next person to walk into the martial arts arena was the Nine County Lord.
The Ninth County Lord claimed that Yu Xi was born with a heavenly beauty, her skin was glistening white, her figure was tall, and her body exuded the aura of an elegant aristocrat.
She was only one day older than Zhang Ruochen, her martial arts talent was not below Lin Mishan, and her beauty was not below Lin Mishan, and she was one of the four great beauties of the Yunwu County Kingdom, and was known as the “Twin Beauties of the King’s City” together with Lin Mishan.
The Ninth County Mistress also lifted the tenth stone plate and threw it 13 meters away, her strength was slightly weaker than Lin Mishan’s. The Ninth County Mistress threw the stone plate 13 meters away. Lin Mishan threw the stone plate fifteen meters away.
The Ninth County Lord frowned slightly as she walked out of the martial arts arena and stood beside Zhang Ruochen, a charming smile in her eyes, “Ninth brother, you have to be careful in the King’s Mountain Hunt later on! I’m your formidable enemy!”
Zhang Ruochen and the Ninth County Lord were of similar age, so they often played together when they were young. After the Ninth County Lord opened the Divine Martial Seal, she spent her time repairing the martial dao, and the relationship between the two gradually grew rusty.
The current Zhang Ruochen was even more unfamiliar with the Nine County Lords, and only nodded gently before saying no more.
The next person to walk into the martial arts arena was the eighth prince, Zhang Ji.
Originally, the Eighth Prince thought that he had reached the Minor Extreme Position and could easily crush Zhang Ruochen during the End of Year Examination, and could even receive the appreciation of County King Yunwu.
However, Zhang Ruochen had performed so amazingly that his self-confidence was severely hit.
“I must lift the tenth stone disk! Zhang Ruochen is just a waste, if he can do it, I will definitely be able to do it as well.”
Originally, the Eighth Prince had only just reached the Minor Extreme Position and had no intention of going over to lift the tenth stone disk. However, under Zhang Ruochen’s pressure, he then desperately wanted to lift the tenth stone disk.
“Raise it for me!”
The Eighth Prince clasped his hands around the huge stone disk, the veins in his entire body, protruding out, and surprisingly, he really slowly lifted the stone disk up.
However, just after lifting it half a meter high, his five fingers slipped, and the stone disk fell down violently, smashing on the back of the eighth prince’s feet.
“Ah!”
A pig-killing scream came out of the eighth prince’s mouth, “My foot, my foot …… help ah ……”
His foot bones were smashed.
Afterwards, it fainted from the pain and lay in the center of the martial arts arena like a dead pig.
Two forbidden guards immediately rushed into the martial arts arena, removed the thousand-pound boulder, and carried the eighth prince down.
Next, another young martial artist walked into the martial arts arena.
All of these martial artists were above the age of sixteen, selected elites from various clans, and more than half of them lifted the jack stone disk.
Among them, the most outstanding performers were three people, all of their cultivation levels reached the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position, and they threw the stone disc twenty meters away.
The fifth prince, aged nineteen, with a cultivation of the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position, threw the stone disk twenty meters away.
Situ Linjiang, age seventeen, the Situ Clan’s number one expert of the younger generation, with a cultivation of the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position, threw the stone disc twenty-three meters away.
Xue Kai, age nineteen, grandson of the current State Master, cultivation of the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position, threw the stone disk twenty-four meters away.
The first round, the strength test. Other than Zhang Ruochen, Lin Mishan, and the Nine County Lords, these three had the most dazzling performance.
Next, was the second round of assessment: the King’s Mountain Hunt.
Only martial artists who lifted the tenth stone disk were qualified to participate in the second round of the test.
In the first round, there were a total of forty-three young martial artists who lifted the tenth stone disk up.
The guards relocated the forty-three robust gazelles into the martial arts field, each gazelle resembling a small elephant with a sharp unicorn horn, and their entire body granted with silver armor.
On the back of the antelope horses hung a one meter and five long wire bow and five Thunder Thrilling Arrows.
The State Master stood on the stone platform and said aloud, “The fact that you are able to lift a stone disk weighing a thousand pounds means that you are strong enough to fight against a first-order savage beast. However, you must remember that the strength of even a first rank savage beast is more powerful than you can imagine, and the speed of a first rank savage beast is even faster.”
“With your strength, the only way to break through the skin of a savage beast and shoot it to death is to use the Thunder Thrilling Arrow.”
“Each person only has five arrows, the more the number of barbarian beasts shot, and the stronger the strength of the barbarian beasts shot, the better the result will be. Only young martial artists who have shot the barbarian beasts will be able to participate in the third test, the schoolyard competition.”
“In the King’s Mountain, it’s full of dangers, and you might even get killed, if you encounter a second-ranked barbarian beast, you will immediately run for your lives!”
“The King Mountain hunt, now begins.”
Lin Mishan’s legs stomped on the ground and lightly leapt, displaying a graceful and dexterous stance as she landed on the back of one of the antelope horses and stared towards Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Cousin, the strength test is only my weak point, now is the time to truly utilize my strength, I hope that you won’t be too far off from me. Giddyup!”
“Pah!”
Lin Mishan swung a whip on the antelope horse’s buttocks, and the antelope horse immediately spread its iron hooves, and rushed off into Wang Mountain in an absolute blaze of glory.
