Tyrant Sky Martial Soul
Chapter 242 Prince Zhao Zhi_1

Chapter 242: Chapter 242 Prince Zhao Zhi_1

"Understood, Father."

Xu Ying nodded, then turned to look at Ling Xiao, her eyes seething with venomous resentment and coldness.

Ling Xiao merely glanced at her indifferently, without saying a word.

His battle with Zuo Leng was an open and fair fight, devoid of ambushes and deceit; moreover, it took place on the Cliff of Life and Death where they even signed a life-and-death contract.

The other party wanted to kill him, but instead, he was the one to turn the tables and kill his opponent. He felt neither a shred of guilt nor any sympathy.

"I will definitely kill you!"

Xu Ying’s words were very direct, devoid of any subtlety.

"Zuo Leng once said the same, yet he is the one in the coffin, not me."

Ling Xiao countered sharply.

His current targets were no longer so-called geniuses like Minɡ Tian, Xu Ying, and Zhao Zhi.

It was the previous generation of talents like Hei Suo and the Demonflame Celestial he was aiming to surpass.

To speak frankly, he didn’t really care about his peers. If he couldn’t surpass even them, how could he talk about exceeding the experts of the previous generation?

"What a boast! May I ask, young brother, how many stars is your potential?"

Xu Ling asked with a smile.

"Five stars."

Ling Xiao said blandly.

As for the matter of potential, he planned to keep it somewhat under wraps. After all, he could control his potential.

As long as he didn’t activate his Mountain and River Martial Soul, his potential was five stars, just enough to pass the Moon Hua Sect’s potential assessment. That was sufficient.

"Hmph, a mere five-star talent, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly, what a joke."

Contempt was written all over Xu Ying’s face.

Ling Xiao did not respond further, feeling too lazy to engage in a verbal battle. He had encountered such situations too often and had gradually grown accustomed to them.

With many people around, the wait to have one’s identity checked was excruciatingly long.

After all, the Moon Hua Sect did not want spies from other sects infiltrating their ranks.

In this long wait, unexpected incidents always occurred.

"Assassin! Catch the assassin!"

Suddenly, a cry of alarm rang out.

Ling Xiao looked towards the source of the noise.

It came from the location occupied by the four princes and a princess from the Northern Han Kingdom.

At that moment, the Crown Prince could be seen with a glaring wound on his throat, his windpipe having been severed.

It was clear he was done for.

Even Ling Xiao, if his windpipe was ruptured, would certainly not survive.

The Crown Prince’s strength was not weak; he was at the Eighth Layer Martial Vein Peak, yet he had been easily assassinated like this.

In the crowd, a shadow darted away swiftly toward the distance.

Ling Xiao could stop this person, but he did not move.

The affairs of the Northern Han Kingdom’s Royal Family were too far removed from him; he really had no reason to involve himself in these trivial matters.

Yet he had not expected that someone would dare to assassinate a prince from the Northern Han Kingdom at the foot of Moon Hua Sect’s mountain. It was as Hei Suo said, as long as one hadn’t joined the Moon Hua Sect, he dared to kill.

The Northern Han Kingdom’s Royal Family surely had many enemies. It was a pity to lose a prince with such promising potential, and moreover, one who was quite the expert.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

The Third Prince, Zhao Zhi, also spotted the assassin, which was quite uncommon.

After all, the assassin used a special method of concealment that, although not as powerful as the Shadow Martial Spirit, was usually hard to detect by martial artists.

With so many martial artists present, most of them were seeing stars.

But Zhao Zhi, he actually had some skills.

Zhao Zhi’s figure flashed, moving as swiftly as a gale, and in an instant, he was near the assassin.

The assassin, realizing escape was futile, simply turned around to attack.

Zhao Zhi was sixteen years old, his cultivation at the late stage of Martial Pulse Ninth Level, almost identical to Ming Tian a month ago.

The assassin was also at the late stage of Martial Pulse Ninth Level, with formidable strength indeed.

However, the battle between the two lasted only three exchanges.

With a terrifying kick, Zhao Zhi ignited the assassin’s body, burning it to ashes in an instant, leaving nothing but bones.

"Terrifying, this guy is simply a second Ming Tian, no, he may even have more potential than Ming Tian!"

Ling Xiao thought to himself.

There’s always someone better out there; this saying really isn’t wrong.

Yet, Zhao Zhi obviously wasn’t as lucky as Ming Tian.

Ming Tian had already received the cultivation from the Demonflame Celestial, and in one month, it’s unknown how much he had progressed.

"Is that the strength of Zhao Zhi, the Third Prince of the Northern Han Kingdom? In this Moon Hua Sect’s assessment, he is likely to secure the first place easily!"

"Indeed, he excels in leg techniques, which are extremely dominating. Among all the princes and princesses, he is the strongest one."

"Truly worthy of being a Crown Prince, too impressive."

The buzz of discussion was non-stop and greatly pleased the Third Prince Zhao Zhi.

And he successfully became a thorn in the side for all the talented individuals present.

But one would guess that he isn’t the type to fear being the target of envy; the more others viewed him as an adversary, the happier he probably became.

Speaking of this assessment for expanding recruitment, it’s actually quite straightforward.

The assessment was divided into four parts.

Each part would carry a score, and final selection would be based on these scores to determine eligible disciples.

Potential was just one of the components, although it accounted for a larger weight.

In the four assessments, the full mark for the other three components was ten points each, while the full mark for potential alone was thirty points.

The weight of potential alone accounted for a whole fifty percent!

In other words, talents with great potential naturally have a major advantage.

It wasn’t yet clear how many disciples Moon Hua Sect intended to recruit, so Ling Xiao didn’t dare to conceal his abilities too much. For potential, he planned to score ’just right’—not too high, but not too low either; otherwise, he couldn’t reach the admission requirements in total score, which would be self-inflicted trouble.

If Moon Hua Sect intended to recruit a hundred disciples, then as long as his total score ranked within the top hundred, he would be selected, but if only ten disciples were to be recruited, his total score would have to make the top ten.

However, the total number of recruits would probably be announced before the assessment began, so he wasn’t too anxious.

This information was naturally conveyed by Master Baiyun; before expanding recruitment, Moon Hua Sect would generally only select ten disciples, and now that they were expanding, the number was expected to be significantly higher.

As time passed, it finally came Ling Xiao and the others’ turn to enter the sect gate.

Only then did Ling Xiao notice that the Moon Hua Sect disciples responsible for vetting the talents were all Transcendent Realm martial artists.

If he saw this in the outside world, Ling Xiao would truly believe he was hallucinating.

Transcendent warriors, once regarded as treasures, how come they now seem as common as cabbages?

The power of a sect is indeed enviable!

He noticed that these Moon Hua Sect disciples’ potential was mostly between five to six stars, which was not as high as Leng Mei’s, let alone his.

This surely set high expectations.

As long as one works hard, that day when one advances to the Transcendent Realm will definitely come, and it will come quickly.

His background was clean.

The backgrounds of Dai Yuling and Leng Mei were also very clear, and although Leng Mei was once a slave, Moon Hua Sect didn’t seem to care much about that.

Hence, all three of them passed the first hurdle smoothly; otherwise, they wouldn’t even think about participating in the assessment.

"Master, why don’t we see any of Moon Hua Sect’s buildings?"

Upon entering the gate, they could see the steps, but no buildings could be seen on the mountainside or the summit, which puzzled Dai Yuling.

Leng Mei was also quite astonished.

Only Ling Xiao could vaguely see some shadows; it seemed the main hall of Moon Hua Sect was located at the summit.

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