Chapter 175 First Challenge...
Even Chief Dona leaned out of his seat. However, he was not the only one.
Even the other chiefs were all surprised. All of them except the Chief of the Cutlass clan. He had a smug look on his face.
lofty was the most talented child his clan had ever had.
He was only about sixteen years of age and his cultivation had already climbed so high.
"Lofty of the Cutlass clan, Peak stage of the stone rank." Elder Harden announced loudly.
Usually, there were only three stages. The early, middle, and high. However, peak stage met he was already half a step into the copper realm.
As one got older, cultivation got more difficult.
There was a reason that the highest cultivation in this place was actually the copper realm.
When any of these chiefs were Lofty's age, they were still only around the early stage of the stone rank.
It took them many years before they moved all the way to the copper rank.
The fastest of them was probably Chief Dona, but even he took about twenty years.
At this rate, Lofty was sure to enter the copper realm even before he hit twenty.
Dona squint his eyes, and then he turned to the Chief of the Cutlass clan, "your boy! is he!?" he paused as seeing the chief of the cutlass clan's nod confirmed his suspicion.
Lofty also had S-grade Dantain.
However, unlike the Chikitsa clan, the Cutlass clan had managed to protect this secret.
Majorly because of fear that such a talent would be seized from them before he was let to bloom brightly.
After all, even within the seven sword clans, the cutlass clan were a minority.
Chiron also saw this and he smiled secretly.
It was no wonder Lofty was quick in cultivation.
However, in the original timeline, Lofty had not reached the peak stage of the Stone rank at this age. He was at the middle stage.
For some reason, he was now stronger.
Apparently, it was one of the butterfly effects of Chiron's decisions influencing this world.
Nora stepped onto the Platform next. She paced her hand on the crystal ball.
"Nora of the Chikitsa clan, early stage of the stone rank."
Once again, the crowd gasped in shock.
Nora's rank was not as high as that Of Lofty. However, it was wise to note her young age. She was after all barely nine years of age.
Never in the history of the sword clans have such a talent appeared.
She was barely nine and was already within the stone rank.
This time around, it was chief Dona that had a smug look on his face as all the other chiefs smiled his way.
Nora's cultivation was high, but not just high, it was high for her age.
Jan Jan who had been a rival for Ponzi stepped up next.
"Jan Jan of the Chikitsa Clan, early stage of the stone realm."
Although it was not as surprising as the other geniuses, it was still a good achievement. At least he was not slacking behind on his cultivation.
Then again, Jan Jan was already clocking twenty years in another month.
He grew up with the normal standard that was known.
At this time, someone with a hoodie stepped forward and placed his hand on the Crystal ball.
"Dolly of the Chikitsa Clan, Middle stage of the stone rank!" Elder Harden announced.
However, this made Chiron frown. Especially since the moment this person turned about and removed his hoodie, he winked at him.
He was young. With very pale skin, and he had black hair. If it was in a different kind of fantasy novel, Chiron would have said that this guy was a vampire because of his pale skin.
Although Chiron did not go out as much, he had really never seen this guy within the clan.
"Hmmm! another genius of your clan?" Chief Sancca asked.
Chief Dona nodded, "actually, he is. He is a bastard son of Elder Harden that has only just returned home. It is also my first time seeing his cultivation level. He is so young and also bright. Even though Harden had him outside the Clan, he still carries Chikitsa blood. So I allowed him to participate in the event at Elder Harden's request."
This new person Called Dolly that nearly looked as well as his name sounded winked at Chiron with a slight smile on his face.
Chiron had gotten all kinds of looks, but what was common with all of them was the fact that for some reason, he was not in their eyes. In other words, the people within the clan never found him worthy enough to look at.
However, this Dolly was staring right at him. For a moment there, both their eyes met each other and held in place for a few seconds before Dolly came down and walked away.
As he did, Chiron could not help but search his mind for any information on this man.
However, he could not find anyone.
Next was Carla. Seeing it was Carla's turn, Chiron brought his attention out of his head.
The reason was that Carla no longer had Spiritual energy. What flowed in her body now, was Demon energy.
If she were to touch the Crystal ball, there was a possibility that this event would immediately switch to an Execution.
However, he had placed certain backup plans. It was either it worked or he engaged in a fight.
Either way, he was going to see this to the end.
Carla placed her hand on the Crystal ball.
"Carla of the Chikitsa Clan, peak of the wood rank."
Hearing the announcement brought a certain peace to Chiron.
He had walked hard for this to work. Of course he used Runes, some seals and even his own spiritual energy. He had done it all to fool the Crystal ball.
After which was Cablen's turn.
Cablen was Chiron's cousin. However, he was not much in Chiron's eyes. Even his cultivation was meaningless to Chiron.
"Cablen of the Chikitsa Clan, high stage of the wood rank."
Then again, Caben was never active with his cultivation and the little he had was as a result of cultivation resources.
However, since the last test, he never came to look for trouble with Chiron again.
Next was Chiron's turn.
As he walked towards the Crystal ball, there were suddenly whispers within the crowd.
It was all about him.
Regardless of the rumours of the things he had achieved, he was still a person without cultivation.
Also, rumours were just rumours.
These people had never even seen him fight.
Many of them believed that it was impossible for him to have done all those things.
This was especially true for those of the other seven clans.
It was even preposterous that Chiron was stepping up to participate in this event.
but no one could stop him. According to the clan rules, only cultivators of the younger generation can participate in the event.
And Chiron had his cultivation badge.
That badge he had gotten from the bureau of cultivators after passing the test was proof that he was a cultivator.
Then again, no one said that a requirement for participating in the event had to be having cultivation.
Slowly, Chiron walked towards the Crystal Ball.
Many people had come to test. Some of them were even his own batch of school cultivation mates. All of them had shown their hard work well reflected on this crystal ball.
Chiron sighed he had better get this over with.
He walked up to the crystal ball and placed his hand on it.
Everyone watched in anticipation. Even though they already knew what the result was going to be. Curiosity held still on them.
This was especially true for all the geniuses that had assembled at Chiron's house the other day.
Each one of them watched closely.
Especially Rattle and Lofty. That day, Chiron had not fought, but he was in charge of the entire battle. From beginning to end.
After some time, Elder Harden's voice was heard.
"Chiron of the Chikitsa clan, NO CULTIVATION!"
Naturally, this got the crowd rattled up.
All fighters were divided into cultivation batches. With no cultivation, Chiron could not participate in the fight.
If he didn't participate in the fight, then he could not change the Fate of those geniuses with his own hands.
"I'm sorry Chiron, but I can't let you participate in this event." Elder Harden said in a stern voice.
Jan Jan suddenly burst out laughing.
Although he was not the only one, his was the loudest.
Chiron was not moved by what Harden said or even the crowd.
He turned to the participants, and then he turned back to Harden.
"Elder Harden! I'm still a cultivator. I may not have cultivation, but according to the rules, I can still challenge anybody to a fight."
Elder Harden raised a brow at this. However, it was true. It was clearly stated that those of lower cultivation could challenge those of higher cultivation.
And if Chiron won, automatically, he could fight others in that category.
Chiron also had this right.
However, what Chiron said next made the entire crowd speechless.
He turned to the crowd and pointed to the one person that was laughing the highest.
"I Challenge Jan Jan to a fight!"
"HUH!"
*Silence everywhere!*