Chapter 42

But no matter how they looked at it.

This poem was still just a poem.

They probably had no chance of passing the second trial and participating in the Final Test of the Academy Grand Examination!

However, at that moment.

Another person stepped forward and leaped onto Qianjin Platform.

It was none other than the Daughter of the Thousand Doors, Yin Luoxia!

The people below did not think highly of her, however, because comprehension was something elusive.

But if one could comprehend something, then one could comprehend it.

If one could not, no amount of thought would be of any use.

Those who could truly pass had already comprehended everything half an hour ago.

And those who had failed to comprehend anything.

Ultimately, it was impossible for them to comprehend anything!

"I am Yin Luoxia. I respectfully ask Second Mister to accept me as his disciple!"

Yin Luoxia suddenly knelt on one knee and spoke.

Jiang Mu Ming immediately perked up and said, "You spent nearly an hour without comprehending what was hidden in my poem."

"What makes you think I am willing to accept you as my disciple?"

Yin Luoxia was completely fearless.

Instead, a trace of confidence flashed across her face as she looked straight into Jiang Mu Ming's eyes.

"Because I have already comprehended two martial arts techniques from it!"

At once.

A huge commotion erupted below the platform!

"What? That's impossible!"

"We can barely comprehend even one martial arts technique, yet she comprehended two?!"

"How is that possible? Even Ye Dingzhi failed to comprehend two martial arts techniques from it! What makes her think she can?!"

No one could believe it.

But in the next moment, Yin Luoxia stood up.

"Second Mister, please take a look!"

"One technique is Cloud Riding, and the other is Sea Breaking!"

Yin Luoxia drew her sword and unleashed one technique that was ethereal, as though riding upon the clouds, impossible to fathom.

The other was domineering, as if it had descended from the Ninth Heaven, cleaving mountains and splitting seas!

She had truly comprehended two martial arts techniques from it within an hour!

The people below were all stunned.

Even those who had already passed the second trial could not help feeling shaken.

So Yin Luoxia had not climbed Qianjin Platform earlier.

It was not that she could not get onto Qianjin Platform.

She had simply been waiting for an opportunity—an opportunity to make a stunning impression! Only by comprehending two sword techniques from the lines of the poem at once could she amaze Second Mister of the Academy.

Only then would she have a chance of being accepted as his disciple.

As expected of the Little Gambling King of the Thousand Doors. The subtlety of her thoughts was truly astonishing!

"These two sword techniques are indeed not bad."

Jiang Mu Ming assessed them. "But if you're saying they can amaze me and move me to accept you as my disciple..."

"They're still far from enough."

Leaving everything else aside, could it be that none of those who passed the previous assessment had comprehended a second martial arts technique from it?

Ye Dingzhi and Baili Dongjun were both extraordinary prodigies of the world.

Both of them would one day be able to break through to the Profound Spirit Realm.

Yet even they had failed to make Jiang Mu Ming want to accept them as disciples. What made Yin Luoxia think she could?

"However, if you perform well in the next trial and make it to the end..."

"I can consider it."

The trial that followed would be the Final Test, as well as the one that tested everyone's strength the most.

A single wrong step could cost them their lives.

"One hour has passed!"

"All unrelated candidates, leave the grounds!"

The candidates below who had failed to comprehend anything from the poem left one after another in disappointment.

After coming here today.

They had finally learned how vast the world was and how many outstanding talents existed within it.

They were merely ordinary members of the countless motes of dust in this vast world.

"Then, next comes the Final Test."

"The rules will once again be explained by me, Young Master Zhuo Mo, Lei Mengsha!"

Lei Mengsha stepped forward once more.

But just then.

An old man with a head of white hair suddenly appeared on Qianjin Platform, holding a jug of fine wine.

He swayed unsteadily.

As if he might fall off at any moment.

"The rules are simple. There are four brocade pouches here, and each one contains a different clue."

"You will form four teams."

"Follow the clues in the pouches to find the places they point to. Once you do, you will have passed the Final Test."

"But in the end, only one person will be able to become my disciple."