Chapter Seventeen Through Testing

  "Did I pass?" Just as everyone was shocked beyond measure, Lin Wu's voice came.

  "Passed... it passed." Wen's face was filled with an unbelievable expression at this moment, and he hastily handed a sign to Lin Wu, saying.

  Lin Wu took over the token and left the Rose family without delay.

  With Lin Wu's departure, the scene fell into a period of silence. Lin Wu's performance was too strong, and the external release of Dou Qi was a symbol of a sword master. In the entire Violet Kingdom, there were only a handful of strong people at this level. Now, Lin Wu could achieve external release with just the strength of an initial sword master, which was unthinkable.

  The remaining 8 candidates lost their confidence to continue after seeing Lin Wu's performance, which was really a blow to them.

  After those eight candidates left, Wen Guan's family turned to Joseph and said: "Joseph, tell us about that young man."

  "His aura is very weak, but his martial skills are mysterious and he cultivates attribute techniques. There's a lot of uncertainty about his future, no one knows if he's actually wind-attribute or not. Overall, his strength can only be compared to that of an intermediate swordsman at most. That Cross Slash was quite unexpected, but due to the aura, its power still can't threaten high-level swordsmen." Joseph said, clutching his chest in pain. This time, he had underestimated him, but who would have known that a beginner swordsman could use external aura martial skills? Thinking about this made Joseph feel very depressed.

  "Oh, I see, then let's tell Old Wu about it." said Wen Guanjia nodding his head.

  ……

  "Huuuh~~" Lin Wu returned to the inn, his entire body weakly collapsing onto the bed. The previous move, Ten Character Slash, had exhausted Lin Wu's internal energy.

  All the way, Lin Wu was holding on to walk back. Normally, when practicing the Ten Character Slash, because the fighting energy was not extra consumed, so after releasing it, at most, he would just feel a bit tired. But this time in actual combat, after Lin Wu had consumed some of his fighting energy, the aftermath of insufficient fighting energy after releasing the Ten Character Slash became apparent.

  "Peak of a high-level swordsman!" Lin Wu let out a soft sigh, now he was using all his might and relying on the skills in the game to only inflict some light injuries on a high-level swordsman, and this was only possible when the opponent was unaware.

  As a primary swordsman, being able to slightly injure a high-level swordsman who is only one step away from becoming a great swordsman can already be considered a miracle. However, Lin Wu deeply felt his own inadequacy; in this world where the strong are like forests, he as a primary swordsman was truly too weak.

  Gently stroking his right hand, Lin Wu thought to himself, "If I use the power of the gods and ghosts, I wonder if I can defeat a high-level swordsman?" Lin Wu thought for a moment and suddenly shook his head. The power of the gods and ghosts was strong, but it couldn't be used at will. Otherwise, after a long time, he would also suffer from the backlash of the power of the gods and ghosts. Not to mention defeating a high-level swordsman, he would be consumed by the power of the gods and ghosts and lose his mind.

  Shaking his head, Lin Wu struggled to sit up. At this moment, Lin Wu was like a lamp that had burned out of oil, but the effect of cultivating Dou Qi was the greatest, so he didn't want to miss it.

  ……

  When Lin Wu came back to his senses from the state of cultivation, it was already the second day's dawn. The whole night's cultivation not only restored Lin Wu's Dou Qi completely but also allowed him to break through one level. Previously, Lin Wu's strength was at the middle stage of a Primary Swordsman, and now he had reached the upper stage of a Primary Swordsman due to this breakthrough. Although there wasn't a qualitative improvement, his Dou Qi quantity had increased by more than double, which was absolutely great news for Lin Wu who was originally extremely lacking in Dou Qi.

  Unfortunately, Lin Wu's training in the Gale Slash was quite poor, otherwise even if he were to advance from a low-level swordsman to a mid-level one, his increase in fighting spirit would not be just double. To know that the total amount of fighting spirit for a low-level swordsman is very small, generally the basic increase in fighting spirit is at least 2 times the original amount.

  As for this point, Lin Wu didn't mind because the power of attribute Dou Qi wasn't solely determined by the amount of Dou Qi.

  Today, he still had to attend a round of testing, so Lin Wu finished his breakfast and headed towards the Thorny Family Manor. After this round of elimination, only over ten people were left, among whom three were high-level swordsmen, and the rest were all mid-level swordsmen or above in strength. Only Lin Wu was an elementary swordsman.

  So Lin Wu's appearance instantly caught everyone's attention. The people present did not know about the battle between Lin Wu and Joseph, so they all looked down on Lin Wu.

  "Hey, little brother, you're really something! You actually passed?" Lin Wu appeared, and that arrogant young man came to Lin Wu's side in surprise.

  "Lucky." Lin Wu said with a smile.

  After finishing, Lin Wu also looked around at the remaining dozen or so people. Among them were three high-level swordsmen, one of whom was that arrogant young man by Lin Wu's side, and two others who were also quite young, probably coming for Eirina just like the arrogant youth.

  Lin Wu was sizing up the crowd while they were also sizing him up, because Lin Wu's strength as a low-level swordsman had passed the previous test, and they couldn't help but feel very curious about it.

  However, there were also many people who looked at Lin Wuding with disdain in their eyes. In their opinion, Lin Wuding must have used some kind of trick to pass the test. Those people knew very well that the examiner was a high-level swordsman at the peak of his skills, and an elementary swordsman like Lin Wuding couldn't even withstand one move.

  The crowd waited for a while, and then the gentle-looking Wen butler who Lin Wu had seen before appeared in front of everyone.

  When Wen Gu saw Lin Wu, his expression changed slightly, because Lin Wu's ten-character slash had indeed left a deep impression on people.

  "Hehe, everyone please follow me, the final test will be hosted by Miss." Wen Guan's family dry coughed and said.

  As he heard that, Lin Wu's heart was stirred up, and the beautiful figure slowly emerged from the depths of his memory, with a warm current flowing through his heart.

  Not only Lin Wu, but the rest of the people also felt extremely delighted. More than a dozen people who passed the test were all admirers of Miss Ailina, and they could show off their strength in front of Miss Ailina, and finally be chosen as her guard, which was a great opportunity to get close to her.

  "Haha, hurry up and go." The young man with delusions of grandeur heard this and was overjoyed.

  A group of people walked into the Rose family, and after a while, Mr. Wen led everyone to a sea of flowers. Looking at the vast rose sea in front of them, smelling the intoxicating fragrance that seemed to fly their souls outside.

  The rest of the people, except for Wen's calm expression, all showed shocked expressions.

  At this time, a faint figure emerged from the sea of flowers, her appearance was like that of a goddess, making the endless sea of flowers lose its color. "It's her." Lin Wu looked at the vague figure in the sea of flowers, his breathing quickened involuntarily.

  A beautiful face identical to one deep in his memory gradually appeared before Lin Wu's eyes.

  However, Lin Wu did not notice the delusional young man and the rest of the crowd. When he saw that figure's face change color, it was as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

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