Ron's heart raced as he picked up his pace and ran as fast as he could. After two hours, Ron saw the mountain peak and the gigantic gateway structure of Zhang sect came into his vision. The gateway was at least 150 meters high with pillars of four meters diameter.
Adjusting his breath, Ron quickly entered through the gateway; there was an elder waiting for him.
At first, Elder was shocked when he looked at the blood-soaked Ron in front of him. But quickly adjusted himself and took out a token from his robes and threw it at Ron.
"You're the last person to arrive. Take the token and rest for now at the camp; the second test will start tomorrow."
With that, the elder took his leave without looking back. He sighed that he was able to safely arrive here.
He looked from the top of the mountain only to find that there were tens of other mountain peaks all around, forming a protected valley in the middle. Exactly on the opposite mountain peak, there were large ancient structures. It was not only that; on most of the mountain peaks, there were some residence areas and buildings.
In the central area, which is enclosed by all these mountains, spanned tens of kilometers. It had three different walls separating into different sections, with large gates to enter or exit each.
Ron felt it was similar to Agnum City, but the only difference is that the walls are not circular; instead, they are parallel to each other facing the gateway structure. The nearest area to the gateway has the most area, and the area after that is smaller, and the final one just occupies the area of one square kilometers.
When he arrived at the camp, most of the people avoided him, but Ron ignored them and went to clean up himself and change his clothes. After cleaning himself up, he checked his storage immediately. Ron collected many blood refinement realm corpses and the blood lotus from the cave; he wanted to check how many points he was able to gain, so he quickly started evaluating them.
[Fifth Level Blood Refinement Realm: Horned Wolf: 250 points]
[Third Level Blood Refinement Realm Swift Hound: 150 points]
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[Peak Yellow Grade Hundred Year Blood Lotus: 900 points]
Ron stood still like a statue; it took a while for him to recover from the shock.
'Yessss! My god, I've won a jackpot! The blood lotus alone is worth 900 points, and the rest of the seven corpses combined are worth 1540 points!"
He immediately exchanged everything for points.
"Status"
SilverSurfer Ron Rogers
[Cultivation: Third Level Body Refinement Realm (Low Level D Rank)]
[Vitality: 1.2]
[LOCKED] Focus
[Knowledge: -]
[Storage: Tag Change Token, ..]
[Points: 3,244]
[Task Progress: System Node Placed; Time Remaining: 105 Days]
Ron's eyes were twinkling like stars in the sky, and he didn't dare to look away, afraid that it might be a dream and the points would disappear.
Unable to contain his joy, Ron immediately used this opportunity to breakthrough to the Fourth Level of Body Refinement.
"Alexa, exchange 400 points and breakthrough to the fourth level."
Ding!
[Confirmed!]
Spiritual energy rushed from his dantian into all corners of his body; it started strengthening his muscles and bones as it cleansed all the impurities out of it. It was still hard for Ron to get over the intense pain, which felt like millions of ants crawling all over his body.
After a while, he successfully broke through to the fourth level. He wanted to continue, but he was also afraid of the pain.
"Let's not use the points right away; it's too much pain for me to go through, and I need to digest and strengthen my foundation as well."
He then heard curses outside his tent about pungent smell, just then an intense and horrid smell attacked his nostrils. He noticed that when he broke through, the smelly gooey liquid came out of his body again. He immediately jumped back to take one more bath. He decided to get some sleep and slept early inside the tent.
The next day, Ron heard a dong sound and went to the tent. The elder was waiting for them in front of the camp. As he made his way towards the elder, along with others, some of the people whom Ron has saved came close to him.
"Hey, I'm James; thanks for saving me back there! I didn't even get to know your name."
"Hello! Do you remember me? You saved me as well from that wolf beast!"
The elder noticed the murmurs and spoke with his spiritual energy.
"SILENCE!...."
Everyone stopped speaking, and it became quiet.
"That's better; you might not have become a part of the sect yet, but remember this: when an elder of the sect is in front of you, keep yourself in check!"
"Now, let's start the second test of the selection process. In this test, you will be given a choice of martial techniques, and whoever is able to comprehend them to beginner level mastery within an hour will pass this test"
The elder wiped his hand in the air, and five different martial arts manuals floated in front of him. The manuals were "Fierce Sword Art," "Golden Fist Technique," "Swift Sword Technique," "Iron Body Technique," and "Fire Palm Technique."
Everyone went forward to pick one of the techniques and went some distance away to practice it. Ron saw the mortal kid as well, but he is no longer a mortal and has broken through to the body refinement realm, which was a surprise for him. Next was Ron's turn, and he decided to choose "Swift Sword Technique," as it is compatible with his weapon.