Chapter 88 (1/2)

Donglin Martial Practice Hall, which covered a large area, was divided into three sections, namely, Martial Practice Room, Spirit Testing Chamber and Arena.

A footboy led Lin Xun to walk throughout the three sections. From time to time, Lin could see practitioners of all sorts, as well as some students wearing the uniform with the logo of Donglin School.

However, the cultivation of these practitioners was mostly within the nine levels of Martial Realm, and strong practitioners in Gang-Spirit Realm were hardly seen.

Obviously, though this Martial Practice Hall seemed to be of a large scale, the mainstream guests it attracted were practitioners of different levels in Martial Realm.

Before long, Lin Xun went into the Spirit Testing Chamber with the guidance of the footboy.

It was an extremely spacious chamber. In the middle stood a dark golden stone tablet which was over 33 meters high, from which wisps of spiritual energy waves pervaded around.

It was the Spirit Testing Stone, which was said to be a kind of spiritual instrument refined by the elites in the “Academy of Spiritual Weapons” of the empire. It was able to perfectly test practitioners’ spiritual energy.

On closer inspection, the surface of the Spirit Testing Stone was carved with precise patterns, each representing a different meaning.

Lin Xun noted that each pattern had a corresponding number, respectively 100 jun (1 jun is equal to 15kg), 400 jun, 600 jun, 800 jun, 1,000 jun, and so on.

The footboy then explained by his side, “Childe, generally speaking, the practitioners on the first level of Martial Realm have spiritual energy of within 100 jun, the practitioners on the second level of Martial Realm have spiritual energy of within 400 jun, and so on and so forth. Different practitioners have different levels of spiritual energy.”

Lin Xun understood at this point that the so-called “jun” was a measuring unit of spiritual energy.

“If you want to take a test, Childe, you just need to pay ten imperial silver coins,” said the footboy.

Ten imperial silver coins were five hundred imperial copper coins, and that was a considerable sum.

Lin Xun thought for a while and finally took out ten imperial silver coins. For further cultivation, he indeed needed to know what degree his strength of spiritual energy had achieved.

The footboy took over the money, and then he left, leaving the spacious chamber to Lin Xun alone. This was also for protecting the privacy of the guest.

After all, cultivation concerned the fundamental power of a practitioner. No one wanted it to be seen by others.

Lin was rather pleased with this.

He strode forward, looking up and down at the Spirit Testing Stone for a long time. Finally, he took a deep breath, turned all the spiritual energy in his body, and pressed his hand lightly into a groove at the base of the stone.

Buzz!

In an instant, a strange wave of energy diffused out of the Spirit Testing Stone. Lin Xun felt as if he had been enveloped in a jet of water. He didn’t feel any other discomfort except for this.

At the same time, a light suddenly appeared on the surface of the Spirit Testing Stone and went straight up. In a moment it rose over the “100 jun”, “400 jun”, “600 jun” and “800 jun”, which were carved on the stone.

Then it still went upward from the position of “800 jun.”

The spiritual energy of a practitioner on the fifth level of Martial Realm usually ranged from 800 jun to 1,000 jun. As to how strong the energy was, it depended on which specific position between 800 jun and 1,000 jun the ray of light would stop at.

If it just stopped at 800 jun, it meant that the spiritual energy of the practitioner who was on the fifth level of Martial Realm was too weak and the practitioner was mediocre.

If it stopped at the position of 1,000 jun, it meant that the energy in the practitioner had reached the peak on the fifth level of Martial Realm.

In general, the spiritual energy of most practitioners who were on the fifth level of Martial Realm would fluctuate between 800 jun and 1,000 jun, either high or low.

It was worth mentioning that this test standard was set according to the energy owned by most practitioners in the world. Accurate as it was, it only represented how strong one’s spiritual energy was. It did not mean how strong one’s cultivation was.

Soon, that ray of light went up to the position of 1800 jun, which meant that the spiritual energy owned by Lin Xun had reached the peak on the sixth level of Martial Realm.

But it wasn’t over yet!

The ray of light was seen to go still upward rapidly after it reached the position of “1800 jun”!

Lin was surprised too at seeing this.

Between 1,800 jun and 3,000 jun, that was the range of spiritual energy owned by the practitioners on the seventh level of Martial Realm!

Did it mean that by the energy he possessed, Lin was able to contend with a practitioner on the seventh level of the Spiritual Realm?

Before Lin Xun came to his sense, he saw the ray of light still rising continuously. In a few breaths’ time, it reached the position of 3,000 jun.

But still, it was not over yet!

It was not long before the ray of light burst into the position between 3,000 jun and 5,000 jun, a section for energy that could be possessed by a strong practitioner on the eighth level of Martial Realm.

As the ray of light reached the section, its ascending rate gradually slowed down.

Lin Xun made a great effort to control the emotions in his heart, focusing on watching carefully.

Eventually, the ray of light stopped at exactly 4, 900 jun and did not go upward any more.

But this position, which represented the spiritual energy of Lin Xun, almost reached the peak standard of practitioners at Da Zhoutian, the eight level of Martial Realm!

But we should know that the current cultivation of Lin Xun was only at Blood Burning, the sixth level of Martial Realm, two levels lower than the eighth level of Martial Realm.

It could be seen from this that, without mentioning the cultivation level, only in the strength of spiritual energy, Lin Xun had been able to contend with the peak practitioners on the eighth level of Martial Realm!

Seeing such a result, for a while, Lin Xun could not help but wonder whether there was something wrong with the Spirit Testing Stone?

If this result was true, did it mean that even ordinary practitioners on the eighth level of Martial Realm would not defeat him only by spiritual energy?

The ordinary overmatches on the eighth level of Martial Realm, and the peak practitioners on the eighth level of Martial Realm, were two different concepts!