"Like them, make your choice, then step forward and I will bestow the martial arts upon you!"
As soon as the words fell, more than thirty people rushed forward to General Li. With a turn of his fingertip, a sheet of paper as thin as a cicada's wing flew out!
Wang Xuance's gaze swept over the five martial arts. Once his mind was made up, he too stepped forward.
"What martial art do you choose?"
"General, I choose the Through-Back Fist Stance!"
The next instant, Wang Xuance's vision blurred, and a page inscribed with four pitch-black characters landed in his hand.
"Alright. Since you have all made your choices, I shall not waste any more words. Those taking part in the trial may select iron armor and weapons from the wooden chests. As for whether you choose a military horse, that is up to you!"
"Once you have chosen, someone will come guide you out of the pass!"
With that, General Li took a single step and transformed into a streak of yellow light, vanishing from where he stood.
"As for the rest of you, wait for me at the military equipment camp!"
The lids of the remaining two wooden chests flipped open with a clang, revealing weapons and iron armor!
Wang Xuance focused his gaze. The iron armor was purple-black, its fish-scale plates layered over one another. Under the morning sun, it gleamed with cold radiance and looked incomparably sturdy.
As for the weapons, bows, halberds, sabers, swords—every one of the eighteen kinds of weapons was present. They could not compare to weapons forged from special metals, but they were better than nothing.
At a unique plaza somewhere in White Light Outer City, more than thirty Three-Knock Blood Pass martial artists, including Wang Xuance, each stood upon a