Registering for the Armament Division

Chapter 31: Registering For The Armament Division

"I'll be leaving, Miss." Wang Hu Jie said to Feng Ming Xiu.

"You're going to take the entrance exams for the armament division, right?"

"Yes." Wang Hu Jie nodded.

"Then let's go together." Feng Ming Xiu smiled.

"Okay." Wang Hu Jie nodded.

Wang Hu Jie paused. "Miss Huang (Feng Ming Xiu's master) said she'll be away for a long time this time and she doesn't know when she'll be back. She just said to be cautious and do whatever you want as long as it feels right to you."

"Oh... I see. Thanks for telling me."

Feng Ming Xiu looked up at the sky and sighed. 'I miss the times when my master visited me all the time when I was younger. I miss the way my parents took care of me before they left. I missed when I played with grandpa before he died that day. I feel like everyone important in my life is slowly fading away. Will master disappear like mother and father, or die like grandpa? Will my maids, who served me since childhood after I saved them when I was little, betray me like my cousin did after my parents left? Do they put up a fake front in front of me and talk behind my back like my cousin? Will they disappear? Will they die?'

'Will I become like a demon? Will I... walk the wrong path if they all disappear?' Feng Ming Xiu closed her eyes took a deep breath and let it out after. She opened her eyes and looked around for a student to guide them.

Wang Hu Jie looked at Feng Ming Xiu worriedly. 'Miss. Are you truly okay? Even though you put up a cold front ever since the madam and master disappeared, I can sense your sadness. Even after searching for years, you still haven't found them. Part of you thinks that they might be dead, but you still hold hope that they are alive. You don't want to believe that they're dead. I worry that you might find them one day but find out that they're dead. How would you react? Would you be indifferent? Would you be sad? Would you be angry? Would you be so angry that you'd want to take revenge? Would you succumb to your Internal Demons* if you're in a state of rage and fall into a Qi Deviation state*? I'm worried about you miss.'

*Internal Demons – These are a practitioner's negative emotions and other mental barriers that hinder their training/cultivation. Internal Demons, in some cases, can even attack the practitioner from the inside, and failure to adequately resist them may result in Qi Deviation.

*Qi Deviation - A state wherein the cultivation base becomes dangerously unstable, causing internal damage to the body and symptoms of psychosis. People who succumb to their Internal Demons, who practice cultivation/martial arts incorrectly, or who rashly use forbidden arts are all at risk of falling into this state.

"Hey." Feng Ming Xiu noticed a person in the sect's uniform and walked up to the person. The person had their back facing her, so Feng Ming Xiu patted his shoulder. "Excuse me."

The person turned around and Feng Ming Xiu was surprised. "It's you." It was one of the people that she saved in the forest.

"So we meet once again. I didn't tell you my name before, did I? My name is Ouyang Bai." Ouyang Bai said to Feng Ming Xiu.

"So you're from the Ouyang family clan." Feng Ming Xiu nodded. "I'm Feng Ming Xiu. Can you show us to the armament division?"

"Sure, follow me." Ouyang Bai took out a flying sword and looked at Feng Ming Xiu. "Oh, do you have a flying sword?"

Feng Ming Xiu shook her head.

"I don't want to walk all the way to the mountain..." Ouyang Biming thought for a while, then asked Feng Ming Xiu: "Do you know how to use a flying sword?"

"Yes."

"Great." Ouyang Bai looked around, and he called out to a student. "Hey, Wan Bai!"

Wan Bai looked over at Ouyang Bai and came to him. "Yes, Senior Brother?"

"Can you lend me your flying sword? I'll bring it back in no time."

"No problem." Wan Bai took out his flying sword from his innerspatial ring and gave it to Ouyang Bai.

"Thanks."

"Yeah, yeah." Wan Bai said that, but he was staring at Feng Ming Xiu. "How beautiful..."

Feng Ming Xiu frowned when she saw this and looked at Ouyang Biming. "We should go now."

"Yes. Here." Ouyang Bai gave his flying sword to Feng Ming Xiu, put out the flying sword Wan Bai gave him, and hopped on.

Feng Ming Xiu did the same and followed behind Ouyang Bai.

Wan Bai stared at Feng Ming Xiu's figure and sighed. "I've never seen someone so beautiful before..."

Long, straight, loose black hair that was falling down her shoulders, dark brown eyes, and a nice figure. That was what he thought of Feng Ming Xiu

Wan Bai was almost drooling by thinking of Feng Ming Xiu. "I'll make sure to tell everyone in the dorm when I go back!"

Armament Division

Feng Ming Xiu and Ouyang Bai reached the mountain that the armament division was on.

Feng Ming Xiu came off the flying fly sword and gave it to Ouyang Bai.

He took the flying sword and stared at the Armament Division building. "Good luck with your exam."

Feng Ming Xiu nodded and walked away, and Wang Hu Jie followed.

Feng Ming Xiu walked away followed by Ouyang Bai's gaze. 'Back in the forest, she knew arrays and seems to be a cultivator. Now she's joining the Armament Division. I would be surprised if she would still be able to focus on them as well as armament.' Ouyang Biming smiled and left through the teleportation array.

Feng Ming Xiu saw an old man and went up to him. She saw a small metal badge on his robe with the words 'Sun Bin-Teacher'.

"Good morning Teacher." Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie said.

"Good morning. Just fill out this form then go in." Sun Bin handed the form to Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie. Feng Ming Xiu collected the paper and saw there were only a few questions. They just had to write their name, age, and where they live.

Feng Ming Xiu took the brush that was on the table and dipped it in the ink that was on the table and filled in the information on the form.

After they filled out the form, Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie gave the form to the teacher. Sun Bin looked at the form.

Sun Bin looked at Feng Ming Xiu and gave her back the form and said to her: "Go in and give the form to the teacher."

"Okay Teacher." They both cupped her fists and went into the Armament Division building.

Sun Bin sighed and leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes.

When Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie entered, they saw two teachers conversing with each other. Feng Ming Xiu looked at their robes and saw a badge that had their names, and under that badge was a badge that had their armament rank. She saw that they were both Armament Masters.

"Greetings to both teachers." Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie went forward and bowed respectfully while looking around.

Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie went to the desk and placed the form on the table.

The two who were in the midst of their conversation stopped and looked at them at the same time. One of them collected the forms, and the other teacher asked: "Have you made armaments before?"

"Yes." Wang Hu Jie and Feng Ming Xiu said.

"What Armament master ranks are you both at?"

"I'm a Junior rank Armament Master."

"I'm at the Junior rank as well."

"Really?" Both of the teachers looked as if they didn't believe them.

"Really. I can even refine a third-tier pill to show you I'm not lying." Feng Ming Xiu said.

"Well...before you do that, have you both read the Armament Collection?" This is a book that has the names of all the known armament materials on the continent.

"Yes." Both Feng Ming Xiu said.

"How much of it do you remember?"

"At least ninety percent of it." Feng Ming Xiu said.

"Eighty-five percent." Wang Hu Jie said

The teacher Mao Chuanli pointed at the two chairs in front of the table. "Sit there."

Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie sat in the chair.

"We're going to ask you a few questions. How you answer these questions will determine if you'll get a spot in the Armament Division."

Feng Ming Xiu nodded.

"Okay. First question. Give the armament that can be made using dazion, rosenite, sphalerite, and calcite ore."

"Those materials are used to make innerspatial rings." Wang Hu Jie and Feng Ming Xiu said.

"Good. Next, how is space manipulated to be used in the making of armaments such as innerspatial rings and spirit cards?"

"Space is manipulated by..."

The teachers asked many questions, but Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie answered all of them perfectly, which shocked both of them. They even had them differentiate between armament materials, but they both did perfectly well in that as well.

They had initially thought it was just their exaggeration, and that they were full of themselves. Now, when they looked at it, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other. Great! This was great!

'We've gotten ourselves two geniuses this year!' The two teachers thought. 'Now we will be able to show those other sects who really stands on top in the Annual Sect Competitions next year!'

'I said I would show my skills to them but they seem to have forgotten about it. Well, I have no intention of reminding them.'

"You did well. You're both admitted to the Armament Division." The teacher Bai Kou said to Feng Ming Xiu and Wang Hu Jie.

"Really?! Thank you very much, teachers." Feng Ming Xiu said.

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Armament Master ranks

Armament Master ranks are divided into Low tier, Middle tier, and High tier

Initial Rank Armament Master

Beginner rank Armament Master

Junior rank Armament Master

Senior rank Armament Master (Highest rank on the continent)

Great rank Armament Master

Master rank Armament Master

Supreme rank Armament Master

Ancestor rank Armament Master

Immortal rank Armament Master

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Armament ranks

Armament ranks are divided into Low tier, Middle tier, and High tier.

First-tier armament - Can be refined by an Initial Armament Master.

Second-tier armament - Can be refined by a Beginner Armament Master.

Third-tier armament - Can be refined by a Junior Armament Master.

Fourth-tier armament - Can be refined by a Senior Armament Master.

Fifth-tier armament - Can be refined by a Great Armament Master.

Sixth-tier armament - Can be refined by a Master Armament Master.

Seventh-tier armament - Can be refined by a Supreme Armament Master.

Eighth-tier armament - Can be refined by a Divine Armament Master.

Ninth-tier armament - Can be refined by a Saint Armament Master.

Tenth-tier armament - Can be refined by an Ancestor Armament Master.

Eleventh-tier armament - Can be refined by an Immortal Armament Master.