Chapter 386: 386
The approaching figure was a middle-aged man, however, his body was not of flesh and blood, but an obsidian colored metal .
"That…!"
Su Mo was taken by surprise as it was his first time seeing a person built from metal . "How is it alive?"
"Su Mo, that's a puppet . As long as it doesn't run out of energy, it'll live forever . " Wu Sheng saw that Su Mo was shocked, so he explained, "Puppets of low level aren't intelligent, but supreme puppets are as smart as a normal human . "
"Oh? Puppets?" Su Mo was both amazed and uncertain .
While they chatted away, the middle-aged puppet had already arrived above the square and was floating in the air .
Despite everyone being restricted to the ground, the puppet was completely unaffected .
The middle-aged man stood in the air, surveyed the crowd with his greyish white metal eyes, and said, "Not bad . This batch is much stronger than the previous one . I hope that some of you can join my Firmament Palace . Even if you can't become an official disciple, becoming an unofficial disciple is pretty good too . "
His voice was so coarse that it numbed everyone's eardrum . It was like two pieces of metal were grinding against each other .
"Unofficial Disciple?"
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief . Each and every single one of them was a top-notch genius below the age of 25 in the East Continent and was renowned in their respective domain .
Geniuses like them were under the utmost care and support whether in their families, or their sects .
However, despite this, their chances of even becoming an unofficial disciple of the Firmament Palace were miniscule .
Having said that, the crowd was aware that even becoming an unofficial disciple of the Firmament Place was better than becoming a pro-disciple of the top experts in East Continent .
Firmament Palace contained vast amounts of powerful ancient martial arts and Legacy, along with its infinite wealth . As long as one could become a disciple, they would obtain unimaginable benefits .
"Congratulations on clearing the first trial of perseverance, but that was just the beginning . If you wish to obtain the Legacy, or even become a disciple of my Firmament Palace, you will have to continue working hard . " The middle-aged puppet pointed at the stone pillar and continued, "That pillar can test your talents, including your martial soul, body constitutions, bloodline, willpower, and everything else . There are a total of nine grades, and you're only qualified to continue with the other trials if you can reach the fourth grade . Anyone that reaches the sixth grade will become an unofficial disciple, and those who hit the seventh grade will become an official disciple of my Firmament Palace directly . "
"It's really choosing its descendants!"
Having heard the puppet, revelation dawned upon Su Mo . The Firmament Palace had continuously resurfaced throughout all these years in order to look for descendants . However, Su Mo was puzzled that Firmament Palace had seemingly failed to find a suitable descendant despite having existed since the ancient times .
If that was the case, how high would its standards for choosing a descendant be?
One could become an official disciple if their talent reached the seventh grade, but Su Mo was still unsure of the amount of talent required to hit the mark .
"These nine Property-testing Steles each represent one of the nine properties . Your property talent is similarly divided into nine grades, and the qualifying criteria to continue the trials or become a disciple, is the same as that of the stone pillar . " The puppet explained the test clearly .
It seemed like the Firmament Palace valued body properties as much as talents and allowed those without enough talent to qualify so long as their body properties were satisfactory .
After finishing his explanation, the puppet continued to float in the air and waited for the test to start .
Many geniuses were not in a rush to do the test . They had all come here three years ago, so they knew what they would roughly rank as .
Meanwhile, some of the geniuses who were here for the first time, were eagerly looking forward to the test .
"I'll go first!" A loud yell was heard as a figure bolted forward .
It was a young man in green who was about 20 years old with his cultivation at Lv 6 True Spirit Realm .
The nine Property-testing Steles stood uniformly in a row while the Test Pillar for Talent stood before them . Hence, the young man in green proceeded to the pillar first to test his talents .
Seemingly unnerved, he took a deep breath before slowly placing his palm on the Test Pillar .
Everyone else was interested to see his results since it would give away the difficulty of the test .
As his palm rested on the stone pillar, a milk white light suddenly burst out of the pillar and formed two glaring halos .
"Second grade talent, you're disqualified!" The puppet shook his head and announced .
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