Crimson Heavenly Sect Test
After a while, Fang Xian reached the Crimson Heavenly Sect's occupied area.
Crimson Heavenly Sect had a vast land to their name, it was around twenty acres long and ten wide, and it was filled with many residences and practice grounds - it really was a prosperous sect.
Fang Xian smiled lightly, reminiscing on his time in this sect as a heavenly cultivator. He reached mortal rank four after many years of hard work in that life, and now he had achieved that same level with a simple technique from an overlord.
It truly makes one think, how powerful are overlords really? Fang Xian had been cultivating for less than a year, his cultivation level was the middle of rank four and his battle strength with his soul technique is most likely at rank eight!
However, this power wouldn't go unchecked by heaven, Fang Xian would definitely face great trial in the coming years to atone for this sudden power gain.
Fang Xian sat down in front of the sect area and cultivated until he felt a tap on his shoulder.
He stopped purifying his soul qi and opened his eyes, looking at the figure who interrupted him with a smile.
'Sect leader, rank eight cultivator, Ye Wang.' He remembered instantly.
"Hello sir, how may I help you?" Ye Wang inquired, smiling at Fang Xian.
"I would like to join your sect, I have travelled from Northern Continent to come here! I have heard tales of your sect's great accomplishments, this sect is the only one I have ever wanted to join!" Fang Xian proclaimed, his words laced with falsehood.
"Haha, calm down. I can see that you are a rank four cultivator slightly above middle-level. That means you would be an external elder if you join. However, to become an external elder, you first need to pass the test. If you get an A grade on the test, you can become an actual elder, and if you get higher than an A grade, you can be an elder with rank five authority." Ye Wang said. "Anyone who gets higher than an A grade has the ability to become my personal disciple!"
'So what if I can become your personal disciple? Who are you but a mere rank eight?' Fang Xian thought in his mind, he didn't say anything on the outside, displaying feelings of nervousness.
"Enter. We shall see who you truly are." Ye Wang said, raising his hand and creating a portal.
'Rank eight mortal transport path soul beast, designated portal transportation, a pillar of the Crimson Heavenly Sect, this is imperative in my plan!' Fang Xian thought to himself, silently entering the portal.
Fang Xian knew this test well, after becoming an elder, he had given many people this test himself, but how would Ye Wang know that?
He also knew that no body except the man undertaking the test could interfere or be present, meaning Fang Xian could use his immortal soul aura and Ye Wang wouldn't know.
However, Fang Xian didn't use this, on the off chance that the aura was still detectable, he would expose his greatest trump card, and also become a subject of greed from immortals, he did not want that at all.
Instead, he decided to use a weaker version of Chaotic Dragon Formless Blade, this version was called Dragon Blade, using dragon blade, sheath, unsheathe and shadow sword.
This soul technique was a rank four level soul technique, it cost almost half of Fang Xian's total soul qi to activate.
'The disadvantage of not using chaotic harness is quite significant, however, I need to get an above A grade rating for my plan - this is crucial.' Fang Xian gritted his teeth and waited as the portal transported him to a secluded dimension, the testing zone.
Without any warning, numerous essence beasts charged at Fang Xian and attempted to attack him, he simply laughed and activated Dragon Blade, destroying all of them in the blink of an eye.
Dragon blade was an immensely powerful soul beast, Fang Xian himself had underestimated its true ability, just the single soul beast could compare to peak-level rank four, combined with the amplification of shadow sword and the further amplification of sheath and unsheathe, it could compare to a rank five.
"First stage complete. New record set, twenty-one seconds - previous record, forty seconds." A voice rang out from seemingly nowhere.
'The interlude between stages is around a minute, if my memory serves correct.' Fang Xian recalled, inspecting the area.
He was in a large black place, there was just enough light to see a few feet around oneself. The place was cube shaped and was filled with many essence beasts.
Essence beasts were wild souls that broke down into a physical form, becoming a beast. They were also sorted into sixteen ranks like cultivators and soul beasts, however, one rank nine essence beast had existed in the past, it was recorded in the records of many ancient sects, including True Heaven Sect, which had the most information on it.
The essence beasts present in this test were rank four, naturally Ye Wang was shocked at the speed of Fang Xian.
'Is he a rank five cultivator? No, he shouldn't be, he is a blade path cultivator, how could he cultivate transfiguration simultaneously? He is simply a rank four with immense luck who obtained this soul technique.' Ye Wang thought.'I need to make this harder for him, this next round will be the last, but it will have rank five essence beasts and even contain a rank six essence beast, how will he pass this?'
Fang Xian couldn't use Chaotic Dragon Formless Blade, he couldn't expose his identity as a chaos path cultivator.
To face a rank six essence beast, he had no method of coping.