" Hello , I'm Finral , you can call me Fin…"
A boy with short spiked hair stood in front of Ryu as he stretched his hand for an handshake, but Ryu didn't take it.
" Oh my bad, you can't see…" the boy chuckled gently after giving his judgement because had a piece of cloth tied round his eyes, his mother asked him to do so so as not to cause a commotion in the academy.
" Are you also just coming today?" Finral continued jovially, it could be said he was a real easy going fellow .
"Yes…" Ryu gave a short reply
"Oh I thought you don't talk too much, whew thank God… I'm also a newbie and I'll be taking my test today , I came really late so I'm kinda nervous"
Ryu just listened and didn't reply, he didn't want to seem uptight but he wasn't really him again so the combination of both soul birthed into something entirely different and he didn't know how to cope on with it.
While he was still lost in his thoughts, he felt Finral coming closer to him.
" It's master young, I've heard about him alot but he seems totally different from the rumours"
Finral whispered before adjusting himself.
Ryu turned towards the direction which master young was coming from, although his eyes were tied he could still perceive his surroundings quite fine, another quirk of what he became. He had spent the last two days trying to get used to his new persona and he discovered this wonderous ability.
Within those two days he also noticed that his cultivation was now above the nascent soul realm and already in the early stages of the soul birth realm
He was stunned but his mother told him not to be surprised, he had evolved twice, the wraith had evolved due to his soul and he had also evolved due to the wraith and finally both souls combined and became something more powerful.
Master young walked into the room and saw about 10 children waiting to take the examinations, he was quite annoyed that he was asked to come take their examinations, usually the examination days would close after all examinations ended but for some reason they extended the whole ordeal and were still receiving applicants till a month after.
" Now now listen up all of you, I'll only say this once, for you to gain admission into my Zietung profound palace you must go through three simple tests, firstly bone measurement test , cultivation measurement test and finally combat measurement test, this three tests will tell us your age , cultivation level and combat prowess, the only rule is ''no usage of treasures allowed' ,if you're above 16 then you can quietly walk away now, if your cultivation is below the last stage of spiritual foundation realm you can also walk away quietly to save some embarrassment. Now you'll come forward and place your hand on this crystal "
He recited with his nose into the sky, one could tell from his voice how unwilling he was to be in this place at this moment.
A girl stepped forward and placed her hand on the crystal and immediately a series of words appeared on the cube that hovered above the crystal.
" Zasha stone, 16 years old nascent soul realm stage 3"
Master young looked towards her with a nod as she walked to the other end where a senior disciple was waiting.
"Sasha stone , 16 years old nascent soul realm stage 3"
The whole crowd looked towards Zasha at the other and came to a realisation that this two were twin sisters, they looked very much alike and if they dressed alike then there was no telling the difference.
"Ryu , 15 years old , soul birth realm level 1"
Master Young's mouth dropped open as he looked up, his lips quivering
'what! Who's this no named kid?..' he asked within himself as he tried to calm down, meanwhile the crowd was eerily quiet. Ryu who happened to be the cause of the commotion seemed oblivious to the surroundings as he walked towards the direction the twins went to.
"Finral bastel, nascent soul realm stage 1"
"Yes ! Yes! Ryu did you see that?, I'm a genius hahaha!"
He jumped in excitement meanwhile everyone wanted to stone him to death, how couldn't he realise Ryu was blind, obviously he wouldn't see that.
The exams went on and 8 people moved on the next stage while 3 were sent off. Their ages where above the required but since their cultivations were quiet higher than the minimum requirement they thought they stood a chance.
" Now the next and last test since the crystal played the role of both first and second, we'll proceed. You all will battle a inner disciple of my palace and he will give his assessment based your performances, you can pick any weapon from the rack below. Now proceed"
Master young stepped back before a young disciple with a slight grin on his face stepped towards the platform. He was excited to show this country bumpkins their place.
" I'm Shawn , I'm happy to educate you all today".
He said with a slight smile.
Master Young's mouth twitched for a bit, who couldn't hear the mischief in this disciple's voice?
Shawn was an inner disciple of the profound palace and was already at the 6th level of the spiritual enlightenment realm and was already considered quite the genius, because he was just a little bit over 20 , which could be considered quite good.
He was invited to evaluate the newbies by master young and he was feeling quite excited about it for some reason.
" I'm Finral, please go easy on me" Finral stepped up almost after the introduction and also bowed curtly .
" Take out your weapon" Shawn said with a slight stern voice . While Finral walked towards the rack and picked up a light Saber. He twirled it between his fingers for a bit before stepping back on the platform.
"Okay you can start now" master young said lazily, he already knew the outcome, a few younglings with a few bones broken that was a given, he didn't want to be bothered as he relaxed with his eyes half closed and a bored expression on his face.
Finral crutched down very low, his two legs wide apart as he held the Saber with his right hand stretched out behind him while his empty palm was placed in front of him.
"Hm...come" Shawn was quite puzzled with the unusual stance but still stood with a hand behind his back and a hand a front like he was waiting for a handshake.
Almost immediately he spoke , Finral seemed to vanish from sight with astonishing speed, to the children watching from below the platform, he seemed to vanish totally, but to Shawn ...
" Too slow..." .
PAK!!!
A slap landed firmly on Finral's face as he flew backward and landing outside the platform.
Ryu squinted his eyes but didn't say anything, he was quite impressed with Finral's speed but the gap between him and Shawn was too large to breach with just that level of speed, truthfully it was slow, but what made his eyes squint was the slap, although it was could be said that Shawn held back but was that really nessecary?
He could have stopped the Saber before it reach him, but he chose to slap the boy flying. Ryu took note of that and fell quiet, he was still thinking about a weapon he would choose.
"Next." Master young spoke up as lazy as he appeared to be.
A scrawny looking girl hopped on the platform, Ryu remembered her name quite well,she was called Ginna. She had the lowest cultivation level among them all being at the level 6 of the spirit foundation realm. She seemed to be a very quiet type as she only nodded towards Shawn before attacking immediately.
Shawn was amused at the sight of a scrawny Loli running towards him with what he could only describe as a snail pace speed. She got just two feets closed to him before her body suddenly bowed completely dropping down low , her forehead almost touching the ground, but when he was puzzled he found a small foot planted right in his face as he stumbled backwards.
She had stretched her leg from behind landing him a firm kick to the face and as he stumbled backwards still in shock, she made a follow up attack, using the momentum of the leg she kick him with, she bounced back upwards bringing a fist towards his stomach which he blocked immediately but was stunned to receive another fist planted in his face again!
" Woah...."
" Impressive..."
Had Finral been up now he would have made the loudest noise but he was out cold after that slap.
Shawn regained his bearing and couldn't help but re-evaluate this scrawny looking Loli .
He clapped his hand while walking back to take his position.
" You're good and quite scheming for such a little body, and I must admit you're also strong" he complimented quite frankly to which the girl blushed and turned away.
Shawn was stunned , he could feel his blood boil and he couldn't help but gulped.
"Let's continue" he said and readied himself.
Meanwhile Ginna also took a stance stretching her two little fist outward, she only looked more adorable with the seriousness on her face sending Shawn into another episode of daze, but before he could come back to, a small leg was rushing towards his face with great strength and he managed to stop it from hitting him, but suddenly she curled her leg up hooking it tight on the hand he used to stop her then went round and sat on his shoulders landing an elbow into his scalp.
"Guurrll ...." Shawn almost bit his tongue because he wasn't expecting that amount of strength from the little girl, before he could register what's going on, she flipped backwards landing behind him, sending a quick kick to his backside.
Shawn face flushed red from shame, before he could burst in rage he heard master Young's voice.
" Passed...next"
Shawn looked round to see the faces of everyone laughing, none of them even trying to hide it including master young, he could only grit his teeth and wait.
Ginna had already hopped off the platform .
"Sasha stone, please instruct me.." another tiny voice sounded close to him and this time he wasn't willing to be humiliated by a newbie like that anymore.
" I'll make sure to instruct you properly!" .
He immediately took his stance...
Meanwhile at the corner, Ryu stood staring with great interest and curiosity, he had concluded on a weapon but he also realised he never trained, after seeing Ginna's performance he came to a conclusion that he was going to do this the old way....fists and kicks!