A hundred and twenty breath counts had passed. The crowd looked at the table. Most candidates had only drawn a couple of crooked strokes with the powder. At least that beat other candidates who did not even manage to leave a mark. Some could not even concentrate their Celestial Chi on their hands. Certain pictures looked intricate though no one could tell what they were.
The crowd turned to look at Li Xu, hoping that at least one or two candidates would have met Li Xu's expectation. Alas, he shook his head and the crowd was disappointed. It was not easy to be Master Xuanyi's disciple.
"Second group!"
Very quickly, the first batch of candidates stepped down and the second batch went up. Mo Teng happened to be assigned to the second group. He and the rest took their positions as the test was about to begin.
