Not only were the contestants shocked, even Vice Sect Leader Yun Yingnan and the other elders all froze for a while.
Which contestant in their right mind wouldn’t want to find a good mentor after joining the Frost Cloud Sect?
Without a doubt, the Frost Cloud Sect leader was the most sought-after mentor.
However, Su Han… had turned him down!
“Why not?”
Ling Qinghai also had not expected Su Han to refuse, and had only asked for the sake of it. In his opinion, Su Han should have been begging him for the position.
“Could it be that you think that I’m not good enough to be your mentor?” Ling Qinghai asked again.
This was his first time being rejected when recruiting a disciple.
“It’s not that you’re not good enough to be my mentor, but that…”
Su Han lifted his head and said calmly, “No one is good enough to teach me on the entire Martial Dragon Continent!”
“Presumptuous!”
“How dare you?!”
“You’re a cocky one. You’re only a Dragon Vein Realm cultivator. It’s bad enough that you don’t appreciate Sect Leader’s good intentions, but now you’re saying something so conceited?”
The moment Su Han finished speaking, all the elders immediately lifted their heads and used their strong auras to intimidate and pressure Su Han.
If it had been anyone else, the amount of pressure would have made him lose his breath and kneel on the ground, quivering.
However, Su Han remained standing upright, calm, and kept his gaze on them without changing expressions.
‘They laugh because I’m crazy; I laugh because they know nothing!’
Su Han had dominated the holy realm in his past life as the Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor. Although he had been reborn and lost all of his cultivation, he still carried the memories of his past life and any one of his realm abilities, cultivation techniques, or hidden techniques… would be able to make everyone on the Martial Dragon Continent quiver. Who could truly be worthy of teaching him anything?
If he were willing, even Ling Qinghai would probably have to beg to become his personal disciple!
“Alright.”
Ling Qinghai looked at Su Han for a while and suddenly smiled. “Alright, I won’t force you if you’re not willing to be my disciple. Let’s begin the third stage of the test.”
“Humph!”
The elders all snorted coldly, obviously thinking that Su Han was being ungrateful.
Meanwhile, Su Han took a look at Ling Qinghai, thinking that the Frost Cloud Sect still had potential to develop.
Although Su Han had not shown respect to Ling Qinghai or the vice sect leader, Yun Yingnan, he was still extremely satisfied with both of them since neither of them got angry at him.
Moreover, Su Han intended to found his own sect. Things would be easier if he had the help of the Frost Cloud Sect.
“The third stage: Testing Dragon Strength!”
Ping Yuzi had already run off, so the baton was handed on to Yun Yingnan. Naturally, he was the one who was hosting the third stage of the test.
“All of you will only have one chance. Unleash the dragon strength of your whole body onto the stone pillar over there. The screen up there will automatically display the number of your dragon veins. The person with the most dragon veins will come first,” Yun Yingnan said loudly.
The third stage was the most important stage. However, it didn’t matter to any of the contestants.
This was because they already knew how many dragon veins they had opened. At this moment, they could only hope for other people to have fewer veins, because that would increase their chances of getting into the Frost Cloud Sect.
“The third stage begins now!”
As soon as Yun Yingnan finished speaking, someone immediately walked up.
Pow!
The man held nothing back, and unleashed all of his dragon strength onto the stone pillar.
Hum~
A hum rang out from the stone pillar, and a few big words immediately showed up on the screen.
‘Five Dragon Veins’!
“Next.”
Yun Yingnan secretly shook his head. In the context of the Martial Dragon Continent, five dragon veins really wasn’t much and was considered to be average.
One could only be considered good when he had at least seven dragon veins.
Eight dragon veins made one a genius, and cultivators with nine dragon veins were usually heavily nurtured and valued by these sects. As for ten dragon veins…
Those were considered to be absolute geniuses.
However, age was also important when it came to the number of dragon veins. Although some people had the persistence to open dragon veins until they were seventy or eighty, those that opened more than eight dragon veins in their teens were truly considered to be geniuses.
Xiao Yuhui was an example of that.
A cultivator could open their tenth dragon vein at twenty years of age or eighty. The same number of veins could take a difference of sixty years.
Sixty years of time was already enough for one to cultivate to the highest realm.
Bam bam bam!
As the contestants struck the stone pillar one by one, the stone pillar started to send out a humming sound. As that happened, the screen on top displayed each contestant’s number of dragon veins.
‘Five Dragon Veins’.
‘Five Dragon Veins’.
‘Five Dragon Veins’…
Most people had opened five dragon veins. This was the basic requirement for joining the Frost Cloud Sect test.
Another person struck the stone pillar. This time, the screen showed six dragon veins. Yun Yingnan’s face finally revealed a smile.
“Six dragon veins—not bad.”
If it were any other time, he wouldn’t even care about six dragon veins. However, the several hundred people before had all only opened five dragon veins. His face was almost stuck from keeping a blank expression.
Naturally, he would be that much happier for someone to finally open one extra dragon vein.
As time went on, the third stage test also began to approach the end.
Only one person had opened eight dragon veins. That person was Leng Yihui.
Of course, Hu Zhengyao, Yang Lin, and the others had not yet gone through the test.
In the blink of an eye, only ten people remained to be tested.
“These ten people are probably the best in the group!”
Yun Yingnan smiled slightly. “Hu Zhengyao, why don’t you go first? Your father is a good friend of mine; don’t disappoint me.”
Hu Zhengyao nodded with a serious face.
Thump!
Hu Zhengyao suddenly erupted and struck the stone pillar.
The stone pillar instantly shook, and the screen on top showed three big words: ‘Nine Dragon Veins’!
“Haha, not bad indeed.”
Yun Yingnan laughed and said, “If you’re willing, you can become my personal disciple.”
“Of course, mentor!”
Hu Zhengyao’s face instantly revealed joy.
In reality, his father was only acquaintances with Yun Yingnan and was not at the level of friendship. Yun Yingnan had only taken him in as his personal disciple for his potential alone.
After Yun Yingnan stepped back, Yang Lin also took the test. The result was the same: nine dragon veins.
“I’ll take this man as my personal disciple!”
Immediately, an elder walked out. Evidently, he was satisfied with Yang Lin’s result.
Yang Lin let out a breath of relief. These elders were extremely respected in the Frost Cloud Sect and were only underneath the sect leader and the vice sect leader. It was also a great opportunity for one to become the personal disciple of an elder.
“Greetings, mento…”
Yang Lin was about to acknowledge his mentor when…
Yang Lin had proved himself as a cultivator with nine dragon veins, and was completely capable of joining a grade-seven, grade-six, or perhaps even a grade-five sect.
However, if he did join one of those sects, then he wouldn’t have the same treatment as he would have in the Frost Cloud Sect. Moreover, if he joined the Frost Cloud Sect now and improved his cultivation, he would also be guaranteed by the Frost Cloud Sect to be sent to become a disciple of a higher sect.
One would rather be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. Evidently, everyone understood this.
“Wait!”
Just when Yang Lin was about to claim his mentor, Su Han suddenly spoke up.
“What’s wrong?”
The elder frowned as he looked towards Su Han.
The elder had an extremely terrible first impression of Su Han after Su Han had rejected the sect leader.
Yang Lin also paused and looked at Su Han.
“Yang Lin, are you willing to become my personal disciple?” Su Han said slowly, shocking everyone on the platform.