Surprised, Shaken, Stricken
Chapter 43 - Surprised, Shaken, Stricken
The words spoken by Old Shan caught the attention of all the freshly recruited disciples on the first floor of the library.
They had already witnessed the conflict between Ling Zixiao and Qin Nan at the White Jade Dojo.
The fact was, none of the new disciples were optimistic about Qin Han winning.
"Tsk, tsk, this Qin Nan is pretty ballsy to come up with such a bet, eh? Where does his confidence come from?"
"In my opinion, this Qin Nan is completely out of his mind."
"I think so too. Ling Zixiao is a super genius with a ninth-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirit; how is Qin Nan’s Martial Skill talent comparable to his?"
"Looks like Qin Nan is about to go down hard, not being allowed to enter the Skills Library for the rest of his life."
"HAHA, serves him right."
"……"
Hearing the conversations around him, Ling Zixiao’s face grew even more conceited, as if he were sure to win this Martial Talent Battle.
On the other hand, Qin Nan’s face was calm like the water’s surface, as if he did not hear the people mocking him.
Old Shan scanned the crowd with a glance, but did not say a word; he then waved his hand, and a huge boulder appeared out of nowhere.
The boulder was the height of a man, with the color of ocean blue just like the sea; in the middle of the boulder was a crescent, which looked like the reflection of the moon on the surface of the sea.
Everyone’s eyes were filled with astonishment.
Apart from being surprised at the boulder itself, they all had a more shocking question, how did this boulder appear?
Even Qin Nan’s face showed confusion.
Not only could this Old Shan appear suddenly, he could also make a boulder appear out of nowhere. What kind of sorcery was this? What was his real identity?
Old Shan was not influenced by the stunned expressions of the crowd; he smiled calmly and said, "This boulder is the one I mentioned before: the Ocean Crescent Boulder. When you place your palm on the boulder, this Ocean Crescent Boulder will emit different types of light based on your Martial Skill talent. Before the Martial Talent Battle starts, I would like to tell you in advance that the lights emitted from the Ocean Crescent Boulder are classified into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet—seven colors—with red being the lowest grade and so on, with violet as the highest grade!"
The new disciples at the scene nodded their heads respectively, as an indication that they understood.
Of course, they had no way to attest to this, but besides, why would such a powerful person lie to them?
Old Shan glanced at Qin Nan and Ling Zixiao and asked, "Who’s first?"
"Me, of course." Ling Zixiao’s face was filled with pride as he stepped forward and gave Old Shan a respectful bow, before scanning the crowd. His gaze stopped on Qin Nan as he smirked disdainfully, "Qin Nan, open your eyes and watch closely the grade of my Martial Skill talent; check out the color it possesses!"
After saying this, Ling Zixiao reached his hand out with extreme confidence and placed his palm on top of the Ocean Crescent Boulder.
As soon as his palm touched the huge rock, the Ocean Blue Boulder emitted a buzzing sound. Immediately after, blue colored light rays filled the whole area.
Everyone opened their eyes wide; Ling Zixiao’s Martial Skill talent has reached the blue color grade?
Even Old Shan had a slightly shocked expression on his face as he said, "Blue light rays, your Martial Skill talent isn’t bad."