Chapter 378: Aftermath

"Y-You... Just how did you do it?" Instructor Tang asked, with bafflement still evident on his face.

Even after taking his decades of experience with weapons into account, he was still unable to wrap his head around how Yi Chen was able to cut his mace into two as if he were attacking with a blade.

’If it was a martial technique, then I would still be able to understand, but it’s clearly not...’ he thought to himself.

Meanwhile, observing Instructor Tang’s expression and feeling all the intense gazes directed at him from the crowd below, Yi Chen couldn’t help but feel flattered.

With an embarrassed smile, he answered, "I...I just called out its sharpness. During these fifteen days while I was practising with the mace, I had an epiphany, and thanks to that, I experienced a significant breakthrough in both my sword and mace comprehension.

Every weapon has an innate sense of dullness and sharpness to it, and it depends on how proficiently the weapon user understands the weapon that gives them the ability to call it out the moment the need arises."

As Yi Chen said these words, he slightly lifted the mace he was holding in his hand and continued, "For when I will it, the mace acts as a mace."

BANG!

He heavily slammed the head of the mace onto the ground, creating a small crater on the stage. The very next instant, he swung his mace towards the debris that flew up in the air because of the impact and cut it in two.

SIIEK!

"...or as a sword when I so desire." Yi Chen finished his words as the broken pieces of the rock fell onto the ground.

Instructor Tang’s eyes widened the moment he witnessed this scene.

’A...A genius!’

He exclaimed inwardly the very next moment. Even though Yi Chen’s words were simple, the profoundness and depth they carried were not something just anyone could wrap their head around.

Even for Instructor Tang, it was far too profound to truly understand, but even then, he was able to sense that Yi Chen had reached a realm he was still far away from understanding...and so was almost every other elder in the entire sect.

’At just the Meridian Refinement Stage, he had reached a stage which even the peak Qi Absorption Stage experts fail to reach in their entire lives...’

"Y-You’re truly something..." Instructor Tang said while softly chuckling to himself in an impressed manner, but underneath that smile, he couldn’t help but feel a slight sense of self-ridicule.

’Just what have I been doing all these years...’

However, he immediately shook those thoughts away, not letting them plague his mind any longer and said while gesturing Yi Chen towards the side.

"You’ve passed. Go and stand there with the other successful candidates."

"Yes." Yi Chen nodded with a smile and turned towards Zhou Mei and the rest before making his way down the stage in their direction.

While at it, he could feel several piercing gazes of everyone present on him. Naturally, it didn’t evoke a sense of hesitation in his heart, but he didn’t let that embarrassment cloud his mind for any longer as he took a deep breath.

’Whatever... since I’ll be joining the sect soon, I’ll have to get used to this feeling at the earliest,’ he thought to himself as he finally joined the group of successful candidates.

"Brother Chen!" Zhou Mei exclaimed in her high-pitched voice and continued, "So that was the reason behind that mysterious smile of yours. Quick! Tell me how you did it as well. I’m dying to know the secret."

Seeing her energetic self, an amused smile formed on Yi Chen’s face as he answered, "It’s really not a secret. I just..."

Yi Chen tried to explain his move to Zhou Mei and the company, and as he did, the other three candidates who were sneakily listening to their conversation also leaned in.

Alas, even though Yi Chen wanted to explain everything to them, more than half of what he said went completely over their heads.

"Brother Chen... can’t you just tell it to me in brief?" Zhou Mei asked with a pale expression a few moments later.

Hearing the mind-boggling theories Yi Chen had just stated, her mind was in utter chaos, and it was through sheer will that she was able to keep herself from collapsing.

"Silly girl, weren’t you the one who asked me to share it? Now listen to it in full." Yi Chen flicked her forehead with a sadistic grin and was about to continue, but Zhou Mei’s pleadings finally managed to stop him from going on.

"Think over what I said from time to time." Yi Chen said while looking towards Zhou Mei, Qin Yao and the rest, "It’s only natural that you won’t understand everything, as your comprehension has yet to reach that stage, but there’s no need for you to rush. Just take your time, and you’ll eventually understand it..."

Yi Chen said with a smile.

"Then...is Brother Chen in a rush?" Zhou Mei couldn’t help but ask when she heard his words.

To this unexpected question, Yi Chen paused briefly and said, "Yes, since I’m planning to participate in the Silver Cloud Tournament in two years."

"The Silver Cloud Tournament??" Zhou Mei’s eyes widened in shock when she heard this.

’T-Then doesn’t it mean that he plans to enter the Qi Absorption Stage in the next two years??’ she thought as the feeling of the gap between the two of them widening even further surfaced in her mind.

"Yes, I wish to test myself against the continent’s best." Yi Chen made up an excuse out of the blue, as naturally stating his intention of attaining a top ten rank right now would attract unnecessary attention and mockery.

"This Silver Cloud Tournament...What is it about?" Qin Yao asked with a confused expression evident on his face. The same expression was also evident on Feng Ning’s and Feng Min’s faces.

’Isn’t this the tournament Brother Chen had inquired about at that time?’ Feng Ning thought, remembering the small exchange they had months ago. At that time, since she had no idea about it, she was unable to answer his doubts.

Therefore, now that the name was mentioned again, she couldn’t help but grow curious.

’Well, it’s only natural that they wouldn’t know...’ Yi Chen thought to himself and explained the details of the Silver Cloud Tournament.

Meanwhile, Instructor Tang continued to test one candidate after another until all one hundred had been evaluated.

Out of the hundred cultivators, only nine were selected for the test’s final stage. A passing rate of less than ten percent.

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