Warrior’s Promise

“His talent’s not up to par!”

“He’s going to fail!”

“He can’t possibly pass the test!”

The disciples in the square saw that Su Mo had not been able to hit the Talent Gong. They shook their heads.

They were very clear about the difficulty level of this Talent Gong test. The requirements were not too high.

It had been so long, yet Wu Shan was unable to do it. Obviously his talent was not good. Surely he would fail.

Su Mo frowned when he heard Elder Du Yue and Xiao Yushu. He began to have doubts. He might have used a bit of Vastness Purple Qi power, but such little power was absolutely incomparable to the flourishing power of the Great Rotating Sacred Sword Primordial Spirit.

But such a powerful Primordial Spirit power could not get even a slight reaction from the Talent Gong. How peculiar!

How tough was the Talent Gong test anyway?

Su Mo could not believe it. At this rate, how could Palmy branch have ended up with so many disciples?

The Cloud Ridge World might have been an Upper World, but Su Mo refused to believe that all the millions of disciples in the Palmy branch were that talented.

“Wu Shan, you have failed. Allow me to send you out of Palmy City!” Xiao Yushu called out to Su Mo, who was staring blankly in front of the Talent Gong. He speculated that Su Mo did not want to accept this result, but what was meant to be could not be changed.

He snickered, eyes filled with glee. This young man before him was such an innocent idiot.

Huff!

Su Mo ignored Xiao Yushu and exhaled deeply. Once again, he poured another ounce of Vastness Purple Qi power into the Talent Gong.

This time, although he still did not use a lot of the Primordial Spirit power, the force was definitely several times stronger than his previous attempts.

Boom!

Just then, something happened. A loud roar sounded, absolutely deafening.

The Talent Gong had rung!

It had finally rung!

But, it was not a normal sound. In fact, the Talent Gong had exploded, its pieces scattering about.

“T-This…!” the crowd was stupefied. How could The Talent Gong have exploded?

“What’s happened?”

“How could it explode?”

“It’s never been done before!”

A bunch of disciples discussed amongst themselves. The Talent Gong’s explosion was surely newsworthy.

Elder Du Yue and Xiao Yushu were dumbstruck too. They had never expected the Talent Gong to explode. The Gong’s material might not have been too sturdy, but it was infused with lots of arrays. It could not affected by external forces, only by talent.

The force of any talent could not make the Gong explode. It was supposed to ring loudly and nothing more.

“Elder, now that the Gong has rung, I supposed that means I’ve passed the test?” Su Mo turned to Elder Du Yue and asked uncertainly. To tell the truth, he had not meant to destroy the Gong.

But it had exploded anyway, and to deafening proportions, so he was not sure if it qualified as passing the test.

“This doesn’t count!” Elder Du Yue’s face sank as he shook his head.

“Elder, didn’t you say that as long as the Talent Gong rings, it means I pass the test? Half of Palmy City could hear that!” Su Mo said sternly.

“T-That’s an explosion, not a regular ring!” Elder Du Yue argued. A problem must have arisen because he had fumbled with it just now, which had led to the explosion. Therefore, he could not let Su Mo pass the test.

“Wu Shan, there must be something wrong with the Talent Gong. Explosions don’t count!” Xiao Yushu shook his head before turning to Elder Du Yue, “Elder Du, let’s give him a new test.”

The Talent Gong might have exploded for whatever reason. Xiao Yushu was adamant not to let Su Mo pass the test. He had to take a new one.

“Right!” Elder Du Yue nodded. He had so many Talent Gongs here he cared little about losing one.

So, with a wave of his sleeve, another identical Talent Gong appeared next to Su Mo.

“There, Wu Shan, do it again!” Elder Du Yue commanded.

Bearing no expression, Su Mo looked at Elder Du Yue, then at Xiao Yushu. It seemed as clear as day that these two did not want him to pass the test.

But he did not point that out. He was at a disadvantage.

So he nodded, raised a hand again, and placed it on the Talent Gong.

This time, he carefully controlled his Primordial Spirit power so that it was much weaker than his previous attempt but stronger than his first try.

He carefully controlled the power of the Vastness Purple Qi Primordial Spirit so he could ring the Talent Gong but not cause an explosion.

Xiao Yushu and Elder Du Yue exchanged glances. The latter nodded to the former in assurance.

He had tampered with the second Talent Gong too. It would not make a sound.

This method was actually quite simple. When he had conjured the Talent Gong, he had already injected a hint of Power Source to suppress the array inside.

But because of what had happened with the first one, he was extra careful this time. He was of the opinion that his Power Source must have caused the explosion.

Xiao Yushu looked calm as he turned to watch Su Mo.

Suddenly there was another deafening roar. The Talent Gong exploded again.

However, the blast was not as powerful this time. The Talent Gong was torn into several pieces instead , not completely to smithereens.

“Ah!”

“Another explosion….!”

“What’s going on here?”

The onlookers were completely stunned. Two Talent Gongs exploding back-to-back was simply unheard of.

From what they knew, the Palmy branch had always used the Talent Gong as an entrance exam to test potential talents, and it had never exploded.

What was happening today?

That was two explosions in a row!

Xiao Yushu’s face sank. He turned to glare at Elder Du Yue with a hint of anger and blame.

Elder Du Yue was too unreliable. Was this what he called ‘tampering’? Two Talent Gongs had exploded!

Elder Du Yue was stunned too, his brows twisted together. He had suppressed the array that had made the Gong ring. It should not have led to an explosion!

Could it be that Wu Shan’s talent was so strong that the Talent Gong could not handle him?

At that point, Elder Du Yue shook his head. That was impossible. The Talent Gong could endure any talent. It had not exploded in millions of years.

“T-This… Elder, the quality of the Talent Gong’s too poor. Perhaps that counts as me passing the test?” Su Mo asked. He was basically certain that this Talent Gong was not meant to ring.

If this kept going, either the Talent Gongs would not react, or they would explode some more.

Su Mo speculated coldly that both Xiao Yushu and Elder Du Yue were clearly out to get him, not wanting him to pass, and he most certainly would.

Elder Du Yue’s fury shot up from within. Poor quality? This Talent Gong was made by the top powers of the Supreme Realm, how could the quality be poor?

But he was unable to refute it. He could not possibly say the Talent Gong had exploded because he had tampered with it, could he?

“Wu Shan, the Palmy branch’s entry requirements have always been strict. That doesn’t count!” Xiao Yushu said, than he cast Elder Du Yue a hinting glance.

“That’s right, Wu Shan. I’ll give you another test!” Elder Du Yue nodded. He waved his hand, and another Talent Gong appeared before Su Mo.

The Talent Gong this time was slightly different from the last two.

It was greyish-white, lined with complicated patterns, and somewhat smaller than the others.

Xiao Yushu’s eyes glimmered at the sight of the Gong. Its difficulty was much higher than the last two.

If the candidate had a relatively strong Primordial Spirit or a pair of ordinary Primordial Spirit twins, they would be able to pass the two previous tests, but the Talent Gong this time would require a relatively strong pair of Primordial Spirit twins to get through.

“This…!” the crowd of disciples gasped when they saw this Talent Gong. Elder Du Yue was surely making the test unusually difficult.

They all knew that this Talent Gong test was much more difficult than the first. Elder Du Yue was purposely using this to make it difficult for Su Mo!

Yet the crowd said nothing of it. It was not their place to intervene in the Elder’s matter.

Xiao Yushu looked indifferent. Using this highly difficult Talent Gong was for the best. He really did not want Su Mo to pass the test, so he did not care whether Su Mo realized they were doing this on purpose.

In truth, if Reverend Jin Wu had not ordered it, he would have directly driven Su Mo out of Palmy City.

“Wu Shan, here’s another test!” Elder Du Yue instructed. This time, he had not modified the Gong because he believed Su Mo could not possibly complete this grueling task.

Only less than five hundred out of the millions of disciples in the Palmy branch had been able to overcome the difficulty level of this Talent Gong.

“Fine!” Su Mo nodded, raised his hand for the third time and placed it on the Talent Gong.

All eyes fell on the Talent Gong. The previous two had exploded. There could not possibly be a third time. Wu Shan definitely could not pass this test.

Both Elder Du Yue and Xiao Yushu snickered. They had not tampered with the Talent Gong this time.. Surely it would not explode or, with its level of difficulty, make a sound.