An hour passed, and the elder came back. He asked them to follow him, as he flew low on his sword. They soon entered the outer sect area, There were some outer sect disciples that came out of their huts and looked at them like fresh lamb.
The elder led them towards the central area of the outer sect, which had multiple tall buildings. The elder stood at the entrance of one of those buildings, the large sign board read 'Cultivation Hall'.
"Hope you're all ready for the next test!"
"Take out your tokens and hold them in your hands. This is an entry token for low-grade cultivation rooms in the Zhang sect, which allows you to cultivate for 6 hours. For those who are below the Qi refinement realm, this is a huge opportunity"
"We have already noted down the cultivation levels of everyone here. As long as you are able to breakthrough one level in your cultivation realm, you will pass this test"
"Don't consider this a test, it's also an opportunity. Even if you fail to clear this test, you can still solidify your foundation in the cultivation rooms, that's a huge benefit"
"You may enter the cultivation rooms now"
Soon they started to flood the cultivation hall, and once Ron entered, he saw many cultivation rooms over there, divided into multiple floors. Most of the rooms on the first floor were already occupied, so he went directly for the ones on the second floor and was able to find an empty one.
At the entrance of the door, there was a slot to insert the token, and Ron inserted the token, which the elder gave to him. As soon as he did it, the door of the cultivation room slid open.
Once he entered the room, the door closed on its own, and a shining crystal illumined the room. The room wasn't that large, hardly 35 square feet!
Suddenly, the spiritual energy in the room started to increase drastically, and Ron sat down cross-legged.
A minute has passed, and only then has Ron realized that he wasn't able to absorb the spiritual energy in the air!
Unlike other cultivators, Ron didn't have any cultivation techniques that could help him absorb the spiritual energy in the air. Doesn't that mean that all this spiritual energy is going to get wasted?!
'That's so unfair! Why didn't they give me a cultivation manual before entering the rooms!'
What Ron didn't know is that the elders of the outer sect were monitoring all of the candidates from a secret room. They observed each and every one, to make sure that none of them can cheat by consuming elixirs or pills for breaking through.
One of the elders focused all his attention on Ron, it was the same elder who conducted the first two tests. When the others noticed it, they couldn't hide their curiosity.
"Elder Su, we noticed that you were paying attention to this kid, is there something special about him?"
"Haha…Indeed this little one is a bit different from others. When I saw him at the first test, he was covered in beast blood, and I sensed that the origin of the blood is a mixture of beasts in Blood Refinement realm. Then in the second test, he mastered the Swift Sword technique to intermediate level in just under 10 minutes, which is unprecedented"
"What! That's really interesting. Elder, is it possible that this kid might be a spy from another sect?"
"I indeed doubted that, but when I enquired, he was all clean. So, there's nothing to worry about him right now. Let's see what he does"
The others nodded and looked forward to the candidate's performance.
Oblivious to all this, Ron was cursing the elders for not providing a cultivation manual, just then, he heard a notification, which lifted his spirits above cloud nine.
[Found that Host is inside a spirit cultivation room, would you like to absorb the spiritual energy in the room and convert it to points?]
"Yes!"
[Confirmed!]
[+0.05]
[+0.05]
[+0.05]
[…]
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Ron saw his points increase every second, and was filled with ecstasy. As he had more than 1600 points, he didn't waste any time and used his points to breakthrough two levels at the same time.
He was waiting for a terrible pain to wash all over his body, similar to the other times. But strangely, it wasn't as intense. The spiritual energy in the room filled his skin pores and forged his muscles, while the spiritual energy from his dantian swept over his body and refined his bones like iron.
It might be because of the cultivation room, that Ron wasn't feeling the intense pain, but it was all for the best, as he broke through his cultivation and reached the sixth level body refinement realm at once. The black gooey liquid was much worse than the previous two times, but as if expecting that, he took out two cotton balls and placed them in his nose!
'There are still five and a half hours left to spend in the cultivation room, and it will take another five hours for the points to reach 1700, so that he can reach the next two levels. Hmm…why don't I go ahead and sleep till then?'
While Ron decided to take some rest in the cultivation room, there was chaos inside the monitoring room.