Su Ning presents to the jury her big bag of spirit stones. She is thus done with her third test. Behind her, Kang Bojing stands with his big bag of spirit stones, Ready to buy his way into passing the third test. A long line of young masters could be seen waiting their turn to drop their family's money off. Meanwhile, the regular folks are busting themselves trying to obtain the substantial sum that would put them one step above the rest.
With Yi, Xuiying, and Junjie things went in a different direction. Yi showed off his fancy moves in front of potential buyers. Three swords in the stock quickly sold with a twenty-five percent markup. At every step of the way, the three doubled their capital. Yet, they might not be able to dish out the large sums young members of the clans were able to dish out. They crossed their fingers and wished for the best.
