10: Chapter 10 Foundation Test, Dark Horse Song Xinghe

On the viewing platform.

An Elder stepped through the air and arrived at the center of the plaza.

"This old man is Elder Bai Yan of the Outer Sect. Today's Outer Sect Test will be hosted by me!"

Bai Yan first made a simple self-introduction.

Then, he dropped a magic seal from his hand, and a huge stone tablet appeared in the center of the plaza.

"The first stage of the test is the Foundation!"

"Next, the Disciples whose names are called, step forward and strike the stone tablet with all your might. As long as the spiritual light reaches three chi, you pass!"

After saying that, he looked to the side at an Elder wearing the attire of an Outer Sect deacon.

The deacon Elder nodded, took out a Jade Slip, and began to read aloud according to the names recorded on it.

"Ning Zhilu!"

As the deacon Elder's voice fell, a female Disciple leaped from the crowd and arrived in front of the stone tablet in the center of the plaza.

Seeing her strike a punching stance, her body spun, her five fingers clenched into a fist wrapped in Spiritual Qi, and she punched out.

"Bang!"

When her fist landed on the stone tablet in front of her, a red light instantly lit up, reaching a height of eight chi.

"Not bad."

The deacon Elder nodded with a smile while recording the score on the Jade Slip.

"Ning Zhilu, eight-chi spiritual light, passed."

Seeing this, the young girl withdrew her fist, leaped again, and retreated back into the crowd.

Then, the deacon Elder called out the next name.

"Ji Hang!"

"……"

In the crowd, Bai Yunzhou watched the testing process ahead.

For a Cultivator, the Foundation can be divided into two major parts in total.

One is the spiritual power contained within the body.

Which is commonly known as the Realm.

For a Qi Refining Cultivator, wanting to raise their Realm is actually not a difficult task.

As long as there are no defects in oneself, such as being heavily injured previously and damaging the Foundation.

Then one can rapidly accumulate spiritual power by consuming a large number of Medicinal Pills, thereby raising the Realm.

But the drawback of doing this is also very obvious, which is having only the Realm and nothing else.

Therefore, the Cultivator Foundation test has another item.

That is the strength of the Physical Body.

If a Cultivator normally Cultivates and raises their Realm.

Then during this Cultivation process, the Physical Body will be strengthened.

That is to say, normally speaking, the Foundation test would have two sessions.

One is the test of spiritual power, and the other is the test of the strength of the Physical Body.

But now with that stone tablet, passing just one session can directly test a Cultivator's Foundation condition.

"With my current strength of the Physical Body, matched with the Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivation, I wonder how many chi of spiritual light a single punch can produce."

Looking at the stone tablet in the center of the plaza, Bai Yunzhou couldn't help but ponder inwardly.

Just at this moment, a familiar name suddenly came from the center of the plaza ahead, attracting his attention.

"Song Xinghe!"

As one of the three seeded players of this Outer Sect Test, Song Xinghe's appearance immediately drew everyone's attention.

He leaped to the front of the stone tablet in the center of the plaza, raised his hand, and threw a punch.

A beam of light soared into the sky, stopping only at the position of one zhang and eight chi.

In an instant, everyone present caught their breath.

Even the several Inner Sect Elders on the distant viewing platform could not help but show surprise.

"One zhang and eight chi!"

An Elder dressed in green robes with a goatee exclaimed.

"When this Elder participated in the Outer Sect Test back then, it was only one zhang and three chi!"

"The profoundness of this child's Foundation is actually far above what this Elder had back then!"

"I'm afraid among the three of us, only Elder Zhou Mu can compare with him."

The Elder Zhou Mu he spoke of was the female Cultivator sitting next to him with an ample chest.

Possessing Core Formation Perfection cultivation, her strength was the strongest among the three.

"Does Elder Fang mean to say that this child is expected to become a Nascent Soul in the future?"

The one speaking this time was a burly man, who was the only Body Cultivator among the three.

Named Li Yunfan.

And the Elder Fang in his mouth was precisely the goatee Elder, Fang Bo.

Fang Bo did not take up the conversation, only looking at the young man in the center of the plaza with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

In the center of the plaza below.

Song Xinghe glanced at the score on the stone tablet, then looked over to remind the deacon at the side. Only then did the other party react and hurriedly said.

"Song Xinghe, one zhang and eight-chi spiritual light, passed."

Hearing the score announcement, he then retreated back into the crowd.

At this moment, the Disciples around the plaza finally recovered from their shock.

"The highest spiritual light previously was only nine chi at most. I didn't expect Senior Brother Song's single punch to actually reach one zhang and eight chi!"

"As expected of one of the three seeded players, such a profound Foundation is indeed something we cannot reach."

"I remember Senior Brother Song's strength only ranks third among the three seeded players. I wonder to what extent the Foundations of Senior Brother Wei and Senior Brother Sun above him can grow!"

"……"

In the crowd.

Wei Changfeng showed displeasure and let out a "hmph."

Today's Outer Sect Test, he was supposed to be the protagonist.

But now he had his thunder stolen by Song Xinghe!

But this was also fine; the more glorious Song Xinghe was right now, the more shocking it would be when he surpassed the other party later.

And not far away from him, Bai Yunzhou had a calm face.

After all, he had long known through Song Xinghe's panel that the other party might attain the Dao of an Immortal King in the future.

For such a future mighty figure to achieve this kind of score nowadays was truly normal beyond compare.

Even he boldly guessed that the other party might not have even used their full strength.

After Song Xinghe, dozens of people passed by.

Finally, it was the turn of another seeded player, Sun Yu, to take the stage.

Because Song Xinghe's performance was truly dazzling, and Sun Yu belonged to the same three seeded players, everyone naturally looked forward to his upcoming performance.

However, to everyone's disappointment, Sun Yu's performance was far different from Song Xinghe's, only striking a score of one zhang and two chi.

This caused quite a few people to show astonishment one after another.

"One zhang and two chi? This score is already at the top level for the likes of us, but compared to Senior Brother Song's one zhang and eight chi, it's simply a difference like clouds and mud!"

"Are you kidding? They are both three seeded players, and Senior Brother Sun's strength is even above Senior Brother Song's. How can the Foundation gap between the two be so huge!"

"Could Senior Brother Sun be nervous? Otherwise, how could he fall so far behind?"

"……"

Looking at the score he struck out, Sun Yu was also stunned for a moment.

Clearly, he hadn't expected that he only struck out a score of one zhang and two chi.

Falling short of Song Xinghe by a full six chi!

In the crowd.

Wei Changfeng looked at Sun Yu, showing an expression of disgust.

It seemed he felt that being listed as the three seeded players alongside the other party truly lowered his class a bit.

Then dozens of other Disciples passed, and finally it was his turn to take the stage.

Although Sun Yu's previous performance was somewhat less than satisfactory, his appearance once again aroused everyone's expectations.

After all, he had fought to a draw with a Foundation Establishment Inner Sect Disciple yesterday relying solely on the Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivation.

With such strength, how could his Foundation be bad?

The three Inner Sect Elders on the viewing platform also had expectant eyes after seeing him take the stage.

After all, they came to observe the ceremony today precisely to take Wei Changfeng as a Disciple.

Naturally, they had expectations for his performance that followed.

"Boom!"

In the center of the plaza.

Wei Changfeng had already gathered his strength and punched out, and the spiritual light on the stone tablet soared into the sky.

However, under this public gaze, the height of the spiritual light only reached one zhang and three chi before it stopped climbing upwards.

Wei Changfeng was directly dumbfounded.

"One zhang and three chi... How could this be?"

His score was actually only slightly better than Sun Yu's.

Compared to Song Xinghe, the difference was truly quite a large distance.

On the viewing platform.

Fang Bo looked at the height of the spiritual light on the stone tablet, a trace of astonishment on his face.

"His Foundation is actually worse than that Song Xinghe by this much?"

Li Yunfan couldn't help doubting.

"Could it be that he didn't use his full strength?"

After all, Wei Changfeng's battle with the Foundation Establishment Inner Sect yesterday had a truly dazzling battle record.

Coupled with the fact that the other party was currently the number one of the Outer Sect.

Ranking even above Song Xinghe.

But now his score differed from the other party by so much, which was truly a bit wrong.

"This child should have used his full strength!"

Fang Bo narrowed his eyes and said with certainty.

And at this moment.

In the crowd below, Sun Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

His score was only one zhang and two chi as well; if Wei Changfeng's score had surpassed him by too much, then he would really have lost face.

Those onlookers among the Disciples were deeply disappointed.

"Although the score of one zhang and three chi is not bad, compared to the previous Song Xinghe, the difference is truly too much."

"With this kind of Foundation, he can also fight to a draw with a Foundation Establishment Inner Sect Cultivator? I'm afraid this is a rumor, right?"

"How could that be? Many people saw this matter at the time, it's definitely not a rumor!"

"Perhaps Senior Brother Wei excels in actual combat; after all, a score of one zhang and three chi, if placed in previous sessions, could already be considered the first."

"There really is such a possibility."

"……"

In front of the stone tablet, Wei Changfeng wanted to punch again, but was stopped by the deacon at the side.

Regarding this, he could only return to the crowd unwillingly.

And at this time, he also heard the discussions continuously coming from around him.

Originally, he wanted to use this test to stand out, but he didn't expect a dark horse like Song Xinghe to abruptly emerge.

Because of this, when he cast his gaze onto Song Xinghe, it was full of hatred.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, the surrounding Disciples didn't dare to continue discussing the matter.

Thus several more rounds passed.

In the center of the plaza, a name familiar to everyone finally rang out again.

"Bai Yunzhou!"