Chapter 18 The Martial Arts Test Begins
Looking back on the scenes of participating in the martial arts examinations in previous years, Xing Tian could only smile helplessly.
At that time, I had not found the purple gourd and had not cured my congenital deficiencies. Therefore, both my boxing skills and physical fitness were far from my peers. Naturally, it was indeed normal that I could not pass the first level at that time.
However, today is different from the past. Xing Tian has already successfully tempered his body. It is easy to pass this first level.
Soon, officials in charge of the military examination led the crowds who participated in the military examination to an open area. There were many stone piers on this open area, with iron rings inlaid on them. The stone piers vary in size. The small ones weighed thirty kilograms in size, while the larger ones were as big as a washbasin, more than one foot high, but weighed 100 kilograms.
There were also several clerks next to them, with tables, benches, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and they were responsible for recording the grades of each candidate.
"The first level of the martial arts test is to test strength. As the saying goes, practice martial arts first. If you don't have a certain amount of strength, it's simply delusional to talk about martial arts. After a while, you call the name and come forward, and throw the weights. Those who are less than five feet tall will be eliminated. Those who are over five feet tall will be judged according to the weight of the stone pier they selected and the distance of the throw!"
After the official in charge of the first level of the assessment said that, he immediately began to arrange the test.
The candidates from more than a dozen nearby villages were divided into five groups and transferred forward. Naturally, some easily passed the stone pier and threw it out five meters away, while others tried their best, but they threw it within five meters and were eliminated.
The examiner in charge of this first level sat back in his seat, took a sip of tea and said inwardly: "In previous years, this first level would have been reduced by 20%, but compared with the next few levels, this first level would be very relaxed. I just don't know how many people can pass the martial arts test this year!"
Thinking of this, the examiner's eyes unconsciously moved to the group of young people in Wajin Village.
Before the martial arts examination began, Wajin Village was in the limelight. First, a waste candidate Xing Tian who participated in three consecutive martial arts examinations and was eliminated in the first level, and then Xu Jiang, who was valued by Yu Tonghai, the outer sect elder of the Guashan Sect, and would definitely rise to the top in the future. Both of them were from Wajin Village. Of course, this Wajin Village would not be able to attract attention.
"Next, Wajin Village, Xu Jiang!"
The clerk in charge of the record called the name on the list, but because Xu Jiang was valued by Elder Yu before, many people turned their attention to him.
At this moment, Xu Jiang seemed to have returned to his former arrogance. He walked into the scene, but shouted, reached out and grabbed the stone pier that weighed 100 pounds.
"Unless it is a body of a hundred jin of stone pier, only warriors in the body tempering realm can throw five feet out. Could it be that Xu Jiang has successfully tempered his body?"
The official in charge of the first level of the test sat upright and watched carefully. To be honest, it was not the first time he was responsible for the first level of the martial arts test. There were not many candidates who successfully tempered their bodies, but one person would appear in two or three years. Once the candidates in the body tempered realm appeared, almost 100% of them would be trained by the martial arts sect as treasures.
In addition to the test examiners, the candidates around and the martial arts masters from various villages were also shocked. The next moment, Xu Jiang lifted the stone pier and threw it out with force.
The stone pier flew out and landed six feet away, and hit the ground with a bang.
"A hundred jin stone pier, six zhang distance, excellent grades!" The clerk, who was responsible for recording the score, was also stunned for a while. This was the first time he saw a candidate who could throw a hundred jin stone pier out of five zhang.
But he was surprised, but he saw that the candidate named Xu Jiang was valued by Elder Yu of Guashan Sect. Elder Yu was a real master in his eyes. It was reasonable to be able to speak to his disciples by such a master.
So, with everyone's surprise and envious eyes, Xu Jiang walked towards the venue where the second level test was located.
The martial arts examination continued, and Lu Meng threw the 50 kilogram stone pier out of five feet away afterwards, and passed the first level with a medium assessment.
"Next, Wajin Village, Xing Tian!"
Mr. Wenshu shouted, and Xing Tian also came out of the attention of many people.
Because of Duan Ming of Changqiao Village, Xing Tian was eliminated in the first level of the martial arts test for three consecutive years, and as soon as he appeared, he actually attracted great attention, and the degree was no less than that of Xu Jiang.
This is the strange heart of people. They always like to see others worse than themselves. It seems that when they see someone worse than themselves, they will naturally feel superior.
"Look, it's this waste!"
"It's pitiful. He should be almost fifteen years old. In this way, this year is his last chance. If he fails the martial arts test, he can only go home to farm and die of old age in the fields."
"Yes, Xu Jiang was indeed very talented just now. They all came from the same village, but Xing Tian was much worse than the other party!"
Duan Ming from Changqiao Village had just passed the first level test at this moment. Like Lu Meng, he chose a stone pier worth 50 kilograms, but he threw it seven feet away, with excellent grades.
Seeing Xing Tian appearing on the stage, he stopped watching, sneering, as if he wanted to see how the other party was making a fool of himself.
Xing Tian walked over and stopped at the smallest stone pier, which was the thirty kilogram stone pier. This action naturally attracted a burst of harsh ridicule and ridicule. However, Xing Tian had heard too much about this doubt before and was unmoved at all.
Looking at the thirty-pound stone pier in front of him, Xing Tian’s mind had the experience of the past three years. Three times in a row, he returned home in a desperate situation at this first pass, and he never threw this thirty-pound stone pier five feet away.
Originally, with his current strength, he was more than enough to choose a hundred kilogram stone pier, but these thirty kilogram stone pier had another meaning for him.
That's shame!
In three years, it was the 30-pound stone pier that blocked Xing Tian's footsteps. Many ridicule, humiliation and despair all originated from this stone pier.
And today is the time to wash away shame.
"Did you choose a stone pier worth thirty kilograms? This kid is self-aware, but unfortunately, even a stone pier worth thirty kilograms is not easy to throw five feet away!" A black-bearded man who looked outside the venue said with a sneer.
"That may not be true. I think he can succeed!" A voice sounded beside him.
The black-bearded man was Wu Tiande. He turned his head and saw that the man in blue shirt he had bet with him had appeared again, but he smiled and said, "So it's Brother Qu, why? We didn't make a bet before, why don't we continue?"
"I'm just thinking this way!" The man in blue was obviously in high spirits, so the two of them actually took out a silver note and then turned their attention to the field.
At this moment, Xing Tian reached out and grabbed the iron ring of the 30-pound stone pier, but swung his arm and threw the stone pier out.
I didn't drink too much, so I saved myself from moving my muscles and bones. I grabbed it and threw it away, as if it was not a stone pier, but a sandbag.
Whoosh!
The stone pier was thrown high, drew a curve, and then hit the ground heavily. That place was already outside the field.
The whole audience was silent in an instant.
The stone pier was actually thrown thirty feet away.
The clerk, who recorded the results, was about to pick up his pen to dip ink, but he was stunned when he saw the stone pier that had flew out more than 30 feet away, so he didn't know that the ink dripped down the tip of the pen. The official in charge of the first level was also standing there with a teacup on the spot. Looking at the stone pier that was thrown out of the field, his mind had not turned around for a long time. Even the two of them reacted like this, let alone the people off the field.
"Are you wrong? Could the stone pier be hollow?" a man shouted.
For a moment, there were a lot of discussions off the court, and almost everyone's faces were extremely weird. It was no wonder that they were originally looking at others as ugly, but the other party showed unexpected excellence. Under this gap, unless they were extremely experienced people, it would be difficult to suppress the muscles twitching on their faces.
"Fake it, it must be fake. Even a thirty-pound stone pier cannot be thrown so far, unless this kid is a martial artist in the body tempering realm..." The black-bearded man Wu Tiande was dumbfounded, his eyes almost protruded, but he also knew that martial arts test was a big deal, so how could he make a fake?
The man in blue shirt beside him laughed and took the other party's silver notes: "I thought I would make a fortune yesterday, but it was true, thank you!"
Wu Tiande was angry and was about to turn around and curse, but he found that there was a figure of the man in blue shirt behind him.
However, he didn't know that the man in blue shirt moved his footsteps while talking, moving out of the crowd with an extremely exquisite footwork. Many people felt a gust of wind, but they couldn't see the figure of the man in blue shirt at all.
Outside the crowd, the man in blue shirt looked at Xing Tian in the distance, but murmured: "I dug a divination in the mountain a month ago, saying that I could receive a good disciple in this martial arts test. Now it seems to be true. It's really a piece of uncensored jade. It's not in vain. I went down the mountain myself, but there was still a little twists and turns in the hexagram, but someone needed to resolve it..."
Thirty kilograms of stone pier were thrown thirty feet away, and this result directly caused a sensation.
Since the martial arts examination held in Wumen Town, no one has ever thrown the stone pier thirty feet away. It is a distance of 100 meters. This is because those strong candidates will choose the stone pier of fifty kilograms, eighty kilograms and one hundred kilograms. How could they still choose the stone pier of thirty kilograms like Xing Tian?
Finally, Mr. Wenshu discussed with the official in charge of the first level for a moment and gave Xing Tian an evaluation of "excellent".
When Xing Tian stood in the second level test site like other candidates who passed the first level, no one dared to underestimate him anymore.
Chapter completed!