The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 770 - 768: Martial Soul Assessment!

Chapter 770: Chapter 768: Martial Soul Assessment!

Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, and Ji Xiang left the ninth floor, and at the moment they appeared in front of Ascension Tower, the top three rankings on the nine stone tablets were already set.

Out of the hundred thousand who attended the six-stage assessment of Ascension Tower, Lin Bai, Bai Xiaoxiao, and Ji Xiang distinguished themselves, securing the top three seats.

As soon as the trio of Lin Bai appeared, the fourth Qin Beiao, the fifth Longqing Feng, the sixth Fang Ji, the seventh He Qian, the eighth Yao Feng, the ninth Hua Yuxian appeared one after another from Ascension Tower.

Finally, when the tenth, Qi Yao, appeared, the top ten spots were locked in.

Liujing Feng stepped forward, coming to stand in front of Lin Bai and the others.

He looked at Lin Bai, his expression was cold and his smile was icy.

Yet Lin Bai looked at him calmly.

"Since you’re the first to come out, come and take part in the Martial Soul assessment," Liujing Feng said, "But I have to warn you that Martial Souls of Mysterious Level and below are not accepted by Miracle Ridge."

Lin Bai responded with a slight smile, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Right away, Liujing Feng pulled out a stele from his storage bag.

This stele was for testing Martial Souls.

The testing Stele landed in front of Ascension Tower, signaling the start of the Martial Soul assessment.

Liujing Feng said, "Let’s start the Martial Soul assessment, following the order of those who came out of Ascension Tower."

"Lin Bai, you’re the first."

Liujing Feng ordered coldly.

Lin Bai chuckled bitterly inwardly.

Bai Xiaoxiao looked at Lin Bai with concern. Participants may not have known about Lin Bai’s Martial Soul, but Bai Xiaoxiao knew it very well.

Lin Bai’s Martial Soul was only of Yellow Level First Grade.

Lin Bai casually moved forward, pressing his hand onto the Stele.

The power of the stele then began to autonomously detect the grade of Lin Bai’s Martial Soul.

A Martial Soul represented a warrior’s potential.

Every Martial Soul had corresponding sky-reaching potential limitations, known as Bellflower.

For instance, only one among one hundred thousand warriors with a Yellow-Level Martial Spirit can break through the Divine Elixir Realm.

That was what Bellflower meant.

In the martial arts path, the level categorization was severe. Martial Arts Ninth Level, True Martial Realm, Xuanwu Realm, Earth Martial Realm, Heaven Martial Realm, Human Elixir Realm, Earth Elixir Realm, Heavenly Elixir Realm were in ascending order.

The Human Elixir Realm, Earth Elixir Realm, Heavenly Elixir Realm, were also collectively called the Divine Elixir Realm.

After the Divine Elixir Realm, there were Flying Sky Realm, Yin-Yang Realm, Life and Death Realm, Wending Realm.

The Martial Arts Ninth Level, True Martial Realm, Xuanwu Realm, Earth Martial Realm, Heaven Martial Realm, Human Elixir Realm, Earth Elixir Realm, Heavenly Elixir Realm, Flying Sky Realm, Yin-Yang Realm, Life and Death Realm, Wending Realm, were known as the Twelve Realms of Spiritual and Ordinary.

Once, in ancient times, a senior strong expert had said these words: Martial artists pass through twelve stages, forming the Soul Condensation Pill, breaking through Yin-Yang, knowing Life and Death, shaking the Wending, seizing the cosmos, only then can they call themselves strong ones.

And the Divine Elixir Realm was the second step to becoming a strong one.

The function of the Martial Soul was to test whether a martial artist has the potential to become a strong one.

Because every Martial Soul had Heaven’s Mandate Bellflower.

For example, Yellow-Level Martial Soul is hard to break through the Divine Elixir Realm.

Mysterious Grade Martial Soul, is hard to break through the Wending Realm.

Therefore, Miracle Ridge cultivates talents, but hardly spares Martial Souls of Mysterious Level and below any more looks.

Liujing Feng saw Lin Bai walking towards the testing stele, immediately squinted his eyes, and a momentary chill flashed deep in his eyes, saying, "This man has such exceptional talent in Sword Art and an indomitable Daoist Heart, I wonder what grade his Martial Soul is."

"If it’s too high, I’m afraid we can’t allow him to continue to grow."

Liujing Feng was also very curious about Lin Bai’s Martial Soul.

Not only Liujing Feng was curious, Pei Ji and the other high-ranking elders were all eagerly looking towards the testing stele.

"Lin Bai is so powerful, passing the six illusions of the Ascension Tower assessment in first place, his Martial Soul must be just as remarkable."

"Yeah, it’s probably an Earth-Level Martial Soul."

"An Earth-Level Martial Soul! It’s really enviable. Such outstanding natural talent and such a good Martial Soul, I’m afraid my Mysterious-Level Martial Soul will never catch up with Lin Bai in my lifetime."

Many warriors speculated that Lin Bai’s Martial Spirit should be above the Earth Grade. They lamented quietly and mockingly confessed that they would never be able to catch up with Lin Bai in their entire lives.

When Lin Bai stepped on the Martial Spirit Testing Stone Stele.

His hand touched the stone stele.

Whoosh—

A flash of yellow light appeared, and Lin Bai’s Martial Spirit grade appeared on the stone stele.

"What!"

"Did I see it wrong?"

"Yellow Level First Grade?"

Many warriors revealed expressions of disbelief once they saw the yellow light.

Then, many warriors rubbed their eyes frantically, looking at the Martial Spirit grade displayed on the stele!

"Yellow Level First Grade!"

"Indeed, it’s Yellow Level First Grade!"

"How is this possible? His incredible sword talent, only a Yellow Level First Grade Martial Spirit?"

"Yeah, how could such a gifted talent in sword art be only Yellow Level First Grade? If his Martial Spirit were Mysterious Level, wouldn’t his talent in sword art be able to destroy the world?"

"Unbelievable."

"Ha-ha, and I thought he was some big shot, turns out he is just a Yellow Level First Grade trash."

"Yellow Level Martial Spirit, he’ll never be able to achieve anything in the Divine Elixir Realm in his lifetime. Trash."

"Yellow Level Martial Spirit, trash Spirit!"

All the warriors who saw Lin Bai’s Martial Spirit grade started to scoff.

"Humph, thought he was a genius, turns out he’s just a nobody."

"Looks like it won’t be long before I can trample Lin Bai under my feet."

"Yes, once I breakthrough the Human Elixir Realm in the Miracle Ridge, I can easily crush Lin Bai solely with my cultivation strength. No matter how strong his sword talent is, how is he going to face it? It just takes the absolute power to crush everything!"

"Actually a Yellow Level Martial Spirit, ha-ha, trash."

After a short moment of shock, all the surrounding warriors started to scoff.

Lin Bai stood still, shrugged helplessly, and a lackadaisical smile appeared on his face.

Lin Bai had long predicted this result, and there was nothing to be shocked about.

After growing extensively for more than a year, Lin Bai was no longer as caught off-guard as he was in Lingxi City.

Qin Beiao, who came out of the Ascension Tower at this moment, saw Lin Bai’s Martial Spirit grade and was immediately shocked: "What! He’s just Yellow Level First Grade!"

"I was beaten by a trash with a Yellow Level First Grade Martial Spirit?"

"This is simply a great shame!"

Qin Beiao clenched his fists, his eyes spewing fire as he glared at Lin Bai.

Longqing Feng appeared shortly after, also looking upset: "I lost to a trash with a Yellow Level First Grade Martial Spirit, does that mean I’m not even as good as trash with Yellow Level First Grade Martial Spirit?"

"Heh, laughable."

Longqing Feng’s eyes flashed fiercely, his heart filled with raging anger.

Ye Banqiu and Zhao Lingshen, who were in the crowd, saw this scene, and Ye Banqiu sneered immediately, "Haha, I thought Lin Bai was some hotshot, turns out he’s only a Yellow Level First Grade."

Zhao Lingshen smiled and said: "Now, the ones who can’t accept this fact aren’t us, but Qin Beiao and Longqing Feng. Look at their faces, they’ve turned liver-colored."

Ye Banqiu laughed: "Yeah, a peerless genius from the Saint Seal Sect, a Heaven Level First Grade Martial Spirit, Qin Beiao; a Crown Prince of the Azure Dragon Empire, Heaven Level First Grade Martial Spirit, Longqing Feng, all crushed by a Yellow Level First Grade Martial Spirit, no one can bear this."

As Ye Banqiu and Zhao Lingshen pointed out, Longqing Feng and Qin Beiao completely couldn’t accept this fact now.

If Lin Bai’s Martial Spirit grade had been higher, perhaps Longqing Feng and Qin Beiao wouldn’t have felt so bad.

But a Yellow Level First Grade Martial Spirit like Lin Bai had actually crushed two Heavenly Martial Spirits.

Wasn’t that like saying Qin Beiao and Longqing Feng were trash? They couldn’t even beat someone with a Yellow Level Martial Spirit!

Qin Beiao and Longqing Feng were now burning with rage, glaring at Lin Bai, looking unfriendly.