Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.24 - Stone Testers

The girl named Qiao Wu was a beautiful girl, her slightly stained cheeks and her sweet lips would make anyone feel anxious to see her. Added to that with the look in his eyes that showed hospitality made Fu Chen's heart skip a beat staring at him.

"Ah... Fu Chen, then I'm first huh?" Qiao Wu turned around to conduct a reading test after the Elder in front of him called out.

"Eh. yes-yes, please." Fu Chen looked at Qiao Wu from behind, there was a familiar feeling he felt when close to the girl. Fu Chen did not know what that feeling was, which was certain it was different when he was with his mother and sister.

"No-no!" fu Chen said inwardly while shaking his head. He then slapped both of his own cheeks. "All right! I need to focus on this selection!"

Kyoto who was next to them just stared flatly at the two. He admitted, Qiao Wu is a beautiful girl, maybe she will also be like Fu Chen if she is in her position.

The reading test was completed after all participants followed it. Unexpectedly, Qiao Wu turned out to be quite fluent in reading, Fu Chen started to second-guess the girl's background.

Sin Lou himself had just finished it when only 15 participants were left, his face looked so tangled after misreading a few times.

The next test was to measure the strength of each participant's punch. In the middle of the arena has been provided a large stone that is used for measuring. The stone was specially designed and would show the weight of each blow he received.

"Before you measure your strength, I will explain the rules and conditions for escaping that you must remember."

"The first rule you should remember! Each new participant will be declared escaped when the punch reaches a weight of 4 points. If not, then that participant is declared not to have escaped!"

"You know, the most important thing for a swordsman is his strength." The elder's voice became colder at the end of his sentence. "Therefore, the test this time will determine whether or not you qualify as a sect disciple…"

"Other rules, you just need to hit this rock with all the energy you have!" The elder held a large rock beside him.

"You will be given three chances to hit him, so try." He slightly moved away from the starting position to make room for the participant who would test his strength.

"All right, first one. you!" The elder appointed a large-bodied young man to come forward first. "Tell your name to your senior there!"

A disciple from the Sacred Sword sect had also been prepared to record each participant's blows.

"Well." said the young man, after saying his name he immediately faced a large rock one inch and a meter in the middle of the arena.

The young man took a breath for a moment before lashing out his punch. "Yeah!!" the young man shouted as he swung his ladder ready to hit the testing stone.

"4 points!" The elder overseeing the course of the strength test announced the results after seeing the numbers that appeared on the stone.

The young man then lashed out his second punch becoming even harder.

"5 points!"

"4 points! Next one!"

The previous youth was satisfied with the results he got. Without delaying the time, the other young man came forward to do the exam.

"Next!"

"Next!"

Fu Chen ignored Sin Lou's chatter when Qiao Wu's turn arrived, he felt attracted to this girl. At the first blow, Qiao Wu managed to get the number 4, a good start according to Fu Chen.

However, Fu Chen was shocked when the girl's final blow was successfully delivered. Qiao Wu got the number 7, Fu Chen and Sin Lou even opened their mouths in disbelief.

Qiao Wu immediately turned around and walked closer to Fu Chen, it seemed like only Fu Chen the girl recognized there.

"Hows it? I'm strong, aren't I?" Qiao Wu smiled sweetly with his hands back.

"Ehem. yes you are"

"Well, sweet lady..I mean, mighty lady, are you asking me?" Sin Lou cut Fu Chen off just like that, this was a good opportunity for him to become famous in the eyes of the girls.

Fu Chen was both annoyed and disgusted by Sin Lou's behavior, especially with his questions and style that always showed off his muscles.

"Sorry, but-"

"You take it easy, miss.." Sin Lou really wanted to corner the girl. "I will take care of you if we are chosen and become sect disciples. If we don't get away with it, I'll stay by your side."

"What the fuck is your boss, huh? And again, what do you mean keeping it inside the sect?! didn't you tell me to change for Mei'er!" Fu Chen smacked Sin Lou's head in annoyance, this young man was simply unbelievable to be his sister-in-law.

Instead of pondering Fu Chen's words, Sin Lou smiled broadly at them. "Does that mean you agreed to me?"

"In your dreams!" Fu Chen kicked Sin Lou until the young man was thrown close to the senior disciple of the Sacred Sword sect.

"What's your name?" ask the student without regard to Sin Lou's condition.

"Ugh.." Sin Lou had a little trouble getting up. "Sin Lou, senior. All right, I'll prove that I deserve Mei'er!"

"Ahah, yes of course.." Fu Chen smiled awkwardly, in his mind he really did not advise the girl to be close to the boy Lou.

"Oiya, are you from the village-"

Fu Chen's words were cut off when the elder mentioned the points, he failed to ask Qiao Wu's background.

"8 points!" said the elder on duty with a loud voice.

"Who is that?"

"It's not wrong, it's the son of the blacksmith!"

"He will be the best candidate of our Village!"

The spectators started cheering while waiting for Sin Lou to deliver the second blow. Sin Lou smiled widely at the praise, the villagers were even amazed by him, but why not Fu Mei?

Sin Zhou smiled faintly watching his son, he already knew in this selection there would be no fight, all because Tang Shu had already told him.

"You see that? My son was the first to reach the 8 point mark." Sin Zhou intended to heat up Tang Shu.

"Admirable enough, 8 points is at least equivalent to 80 kilograms. You really trained the boy's arm well," Tang Shu replied to Sin Zhou's question.

"8.5 points!" The elder on duty returned to his voice after Sin Lou ended his second blow.

"Damn, it should be further!" Sin Lou clucked in annoyance at his painful hand, the stone in front of him though not too hard, but still it was a stone.

"8 points!"

"Huh, this is already my limit." Sin Lou walked into the line of participants with a slight stagger. His gaze then turned toward Kyoto who was advancing from the line. Sin Lou straightened his body back up.

"Did you see it, Dry Rod? You won't be able to surpass that record." Sin Lou smiled widely after. "Hm.. I don't think the nickname Dry Stems suits you anymore." Sin Lou noticed Kyoto's more muscular body than a few months ago.

"remove! I don't care about a boy like you." Kyoto replied to Sin Lou's taunts with his flat face.

"Hoho, okay, okay. But a wood won't be able to crush a rock." Sin Lou was satisfied after heating up Kyoto's heart.

"Sih, what's my connection to fucking wood." Kyoto muttered softly, he felt irritated to be near Sin Lou.

"I'll show it with this punch!" hissing Kyoto when it was in front of the testing stone then immediately delivered the first blow.

"Damn.." Kyoto said sluggishly after taking his third hit, of the three punches, no one reached 8 points, all of which were just 6 and 7. He felt he had no face to boast about in front of Sin Lou.

"The Village Chief's son is not bad, the swordsman who was hired by the Village Chief I think is also quite experienced." Tang Shu commented as he looked at the results displayed on the testing stone.

"What do you mean?" sin Zhou asked not understanding Tang Shu's words.

"The swordsman only trained Kyoto physically, he did not teach martial arts nor how to absorb qi energy. If warriors in general, they would train Kyoto to absorb qi and not care about its physique, so that it can be felt by the Village Chief development of Kyoto."

"Because? Then what about your son? didn't you also teach her to absorb qi?"

"You take it easy, he'll show you something interesting later." Tang Shu smiled faintly looking at the back of his son, he believed Fu Chen could definitely withstand his strength.

"You, next!"

Fu Chen walked forward after being appointed by the Elders on duty. He faced the testing stone after mentioning his name.

The elder who was not far from him slightly frowned, he could feel the aura of a second-rate swordsman on Fu Chen's body. "Isn't he the owner of the Black Dantian? but why does he have the aura of a swordsman?"

The elder thought that maybe Fu Chen had only consumed a large amount of resources to obtain his strength now.

Fu Chen threw his first punch at the testing stone, after which out the number five of the stone.

"5 points!" The elder smiled sinisterly looking at the results displayed, he had already guessed Fu Chen could not use his strength well.

However, the moment the third punch had finished, the Elder was stunned for a moment. He just realized, it turned out that the points obtained by Fu Chen remained at number 5.

"This...what the hell is this young man?" The elder mumbled softly. He realized, if the points obtained remain the same then that person is able to control his strength properly and it is done by the boy before him.

"Is this something interesting you mean, Tang Shu?" Sin Zhou asked Tang Shu. He was also puzzled as to why the testing stone always displayed the number 5.

"Well that's right, isn't this interesting?" Tang Shu smiled proudly at her son.