Online Cultivator
Final Test

Now that we know the identity of this cultivation miracle, what should we do, Sect Master?" One of the sect elders suddenly asked him.

"What do you think, Elder Xuan?" Long Yijun turned to look at his advice. "Since he's technically yours, what do you want to do with him?"

Elder Xuan shrugged and said, "How am I supposed to know? I don't even know his intention to come here! We can decide where to go after I have a little talk with this young man."

And then he continued, "In the meantime, you should prepare to open the Dragon Shrine, the Sect Leader. I feel good this youngster will get the last special jade slip of the last test and collect it all, being the first to do it in 10,000 years."

"Dragon Temple, huh? It had been a long time since someone was qualified to enter that place." Long Yijun smiled, and he continued, "Even if this young man doesn't manage to obtain the last special jade slip, I will still let him enter the Dragon Temple, because it's most likely what our Founder would have wanted if he were still here today."

After a moment of silence, Long Yijun suddenly said, "Although this might be almost impossible and a task that is very difficult to accomplish, I want everything related to the young man named Yusri hidden from the public. I don't want the other sects to know about his whereabouts for now, but when they do know, it will be a pleasant surprise for them."

"A pleasant surprise...? Are you thinking of letting him participate in the Mystic Realm next month?" Elder Xuan looked at Long Yijun with a shocked expression on his face. "He will only be a disciple for a month at that time while the other participating disciples will all be Core Disciples. I can't imagine Core Disciples being so happy about anyone who had just joined a sect recently taking one of their places so suddenly as they worked themselves all the way to the bone to get a place, and there are very few places available, which makes this situation even more sensitive."

"So what if the Core Disciple would be unhappy? If they were unhappy, they could go ahead and try to reach the 100 steps in the Evaluation Pool! Even if they were to complain, the cultivation world liked those with talent, so they had no right to complain unless they were more talented than him!" Long Yijun spoke in a stern voice.

The sect elders in the room exchanged glances. Although they did not reject someone as talented as Yusri taking the slot for the Mystical Realm, they did not know whether or not they should tell their students about this, either, because their disciples were also Core disciples trying to obtain a slot for the Mystical Realm.

Long Yijun noticed the puzzled expression on the faces of the sect elders, and he spoke, "Even if they are your disciples, it is best to leave them in the dark for now, he said, because it might affect their cultivation negatively. The Dragon Essence Sect was only given 3 slots for the Mystic Realm, and with Yusri taking one of these slots, only the other two Core Disciples would participate in the Mystic Realm. In fact, you can tell them that we have given one of the slots to a student—it's just not his identity."

"Yes, Sect Master." The sect elders acknowledged his orders.

"Now, let's see how this cultivation genius will do in the final test. Will he continue to surprise us, or will he do the opposite?"

Meanwhile, Yusri had just walked through the gate and entered the area for the final exam; it was a large but empty room with a tall stone tablet located several meters away in the middle of the room.

The stone tablet resembled the stone tablet he saw in the Flying Sword Sect that was used to rank the disciples, he said, but there is no name on this one—only complex symbols that somewhat resemble words.

"Congratulations on passing the previous three exams and reaching the final exam." A young woman with a very pretty face who had been waiting in the room said to Yusri after noticing his presence.

"This is the final test? Where are the other participants?" Yusri asks when he can't see anyone else there.

"The final exam is rather special and requires absolute peace and concentration, so everyone will have their own room for the rest of the exam" the young woman said.

"My name is Xue Jiye, and I'll keep an eye on this test."

"Before we begin, let me explain to you how this exam works and what you need to do to pass."

Xue Jiye then pointed towards the tall stone tablet and said, "That stone tablet contains many cultivation techniques from our Dragon Essence Temple, and your goal is to learn it and try to understand whatever technique it shows you. As for the technique that will be shown to you, it will change depending on your test results from the previous exam. Therefore, the better your results from the previous exam, the stronger and unique cultivation technique the stone tablet will show you."

"As for the conditions to pass this exam, you must understand at least 10% of the cultivation techniques. Do you have any questions?" Xue Jiye ended her sentence with a question.

"I have to understand 10% in order to pass, huh? What about the special jade slip? How many cultivation techniques do I have to comprehend in order to obtain a special jade slip?" Yusri asked.

"Special jade slip...?" Xue Jiye raised her eyebrows. This was the first time he had been asked about the special jade slip since he first started keeping an eye on the participants, and it had been two years since then.