A lucky cat fell from the sky.

Chapter 762

Although Wu Cheng intended to open the storage ring, it would actually take a very long time.

This kind of primordial consciousness requires cultivation to at least the sixth or seventh level, so Wu Cheng had to stay in the alliance until he cultivated primordial consciousness.

There's nothing he can do about it now. As a mortal with strong defense and a tough body, Wu Cheng is still at the bottom of the Zi Yuan Universe.

After Xu Qian finished explaining the assessment to Wu Cheng, he led Wu Cheng forward and cut in front of everyone else, taking the first place in line.

Wu Cheng let it go. Although he didn't like cutting in line, sometimes having this privilege and using it occasionally could deter many people.

In this chaotic environment, Wu Cheng didn't want to be bothered by a lot of ignorant nobody.

Xu Qian called over the guy in charge of the assessment, Old Li, and secretly gave him a bribe of five mithril, asking Old Li to take good care of Wu Cheng.

The assessment was quite fair; all it took was going through the formalities with Wu Cheng to get five secret silver coins, which made Old Li extremely happy.

Soon, Wu Cheng's first test arrived.

Old Li explained to Wu Cheng, "This test measures the purity of the main element in the crystal core. The purer the main element, the higher the score. However, the score for the four basic elements is lower than that for mutated elements, and the score for mutated elements is lower than that for light elements. Of course, in our small town, a purity of over 50 is considered quite good at the beginning. If it's over 60, then you can be considered a potential cultivator and will be given special training. As for the history of this assessment point in our town, it seems that someone with a purity of over 80 passed the test here and became a Yuan Master within a month, and was recruited by the Daoist Alliance of Loose Cultivators."

"What if we could measure 100% purity?"

"With 100% purity, one could probably enter the main alliance of the loose cultivators on this planet directly. The main alliance is very different from ours; the competition is fierce, but the treatment and opportunities are much better. However, I have never seen or heard of a genius with 100% purity. If someone is truly 100% pure, why would they need to join our alliance? Those sects would treat them like ancestors."

After he finished speaking, he pointed to a huge crystal ball and said, "This is a crystal ball without elemental properties. It is used to test the purity of elements. You just need to put your hand on it, with your palm completely in contact with the crystal ball, and at the same time shout 'Imlasa,' and you can activate this crystal ball and measure your elemental purity."

Wu Cheng was secretly pondering whether he should keep a low profile or aim for a high score.

With his three crystal cores and divine light, he could easily achieve any purity level except for light and darkness.

After some consideration, he decided that it would be better for him to spend some time in the small town's independent cultivator alliance, get a general understanding of the world, familiarize himself with the local customs and cultivation knowledge, and then make further plans.

Thinking this, he used his divine light to simulate a crystal core with 75% purity of wind element and 25% purity of earth element, and then slowly placed his hand on the crystal.

The crystal quickly lit up, displaying two colors: yellow and green. Yellow made up three-quarters of the crystal, while green made up one-quarter.

The main element is wind, with a purity of 75. Since it is a four-elemental element, it only scores 75 points, which is a bit of a pity.

Old Li said.

However, this result really startled him.

The town's independent cultivator alliance probably hasn't produced such a high score in over a decade.

No wonder Xu Qian was so eager to curry favor with Wu Cheng.

The purity of this element should be considered genius-level. As long as the next two steps go smoothly and there are no mishaps in his cultivation, he should be able to join the Dao Alliance in no time. Those of us who invested in him beforehand will benefit greatly.

Wu Cheng withdrew his hand, quite satisfied with his test.

This result is just right—it allows me to get more attention without making myself too conspicuous.

Old Li led Wu Cheng to the location of the second test.

The second test, however, was a test of strength, requiring the test taker to lift a huge five-colored stone.

These five-colored stones are composed of a five-colored crystal formed by the equal distribution of the four elements plus a colorless layer.

It is said to have been left behind by a celestial maiden from the upper realm who mended the sky. Because it has five colors in equal proportions, an extremely high density, and also possesses divine properties, it was used as a tool for calculating power.

"This stone is called Five-Colored Crystal. The five colors on this side represent five counting units. First, the color that matches your attribute counts as one stone. The attribute that counters yours counts as a thousand. The transparent one counts as ten thousand stones. Generally speaking, the strength test is the easiest to score in the three assessments, but it is also the most difficult."

I said it's easy to get points because if you have the strength, you can get tens of thousands of points, while if you don't have the strength, you might only get a hundred or so. And the points here are divided by one hundred; if your strength is less than one hundred shi (a unit of weight), it's equivalent to getting no points.

Wu Cheng nodded and stepped forward to begin his strength test. He hugged the stone, and with a burst of strength from his arms, the yellow color representing the wind element lit up instantly, as did the water and earth elements, while the fire element also rapidly increased.

Old Li watched from the side, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.

Reaching a power of several thousand stones directly seems quite rare these days.

The strongest tester in history barely reached 10,000 shi, but judging from this trend, Wu Cheng might break the record.

Sure enough, the red color represented by the fire element had reached its peak, and the colorless level suddenly emitted rays of colorful light.

The colorless level has also been upgraded by one level, and it's still going up.

This means that Wu Cheng's strength has already exceeded 10,000 shi and is striving towards 20,000 shi.

Just as the colorless light was emitted, Wu Cheng suddenly felt the divine light in his mind also light up, and it kept flashing, as if responding to the colored light.

Not only that, Wu Cheng felt the divine light increasing. Previously, his divine light was as thick as a copper pen, but now it had become as thick as a thumb. After this divine light was strengthened, he felt his mind was clear, as if his thinking was much faster and his strength had increased a lot.

He applied a little more force, and the colorless first-level marker immediately rose another level.

Twenty thousand shi (a unit of dry measure).

Old Li's eyes nearly popped out of his head; 20,000 shi was twice as much as 10,000 shi!

With the strength of 20,000 shi, is this even human?

Generally speaking, even for a Yuanzhe (a type of cultivator), especially one who primarily uses fire element, the maximum power they can achieve is only 20,000 shi (a unit of weight).

Of course, the stone here is not the stone from the ancient Jiuyuan, but just a simple unit of measurement, which is actually lighter than a jin.

Even though it's a little lighter than a jin, a strength of 20,000 shi is still quite astonishing.

Moreover, Wu Cheng seemed to still have energy to spare.

It wasn't that Wu Cheng had spare energy, but rather that he discovered the higher the line for the colorless level rose, the greater the benefit to his divine light.

The more benefits Shenguang receives, the more his power will increase.

This is an infinitely repeating process, from which Wu Cheng can greatly benefit.

With 30,000 shi of grain, the divine light in his mind had grown from the thickness of his little finger to the thickness of his index finger.

Wu Cheng was in high spirits and wanted to continue pushing, but at that moment Qing Li shouted in his mind, "Stop!"

"What's wrong?"

"Kid, you're in danger. Don't you know your strength far exceeds that of ordinary people? Thirty thousand shi of strength—that's already considered a strength genius. If the town's testing point produces someone with more than thirty-five thousand shi of strength, they'll be reported directly to the Daoist Alliance of Loose Cultivators. And if it exceeds fifty thousand shi, they'll definitely be sent directly to headquarters. You're not even on a solid foundation yet. Standing out like this only leads to your death. If someone uses you as human flesh, don't blame me for not warning you."

Upon hearing this, Wu Cheng was so frightened that he immediately let go.

The light on the five-colored stone dissipated.

Old Li, watching from the side, was also a little disappointed. If the amount had been increased just a little, Wu Cheng would have been specially recruited by the Daoist Alliance of Loose Cultivators, and he, as the person in charge of the test, would have benefited as well, perhaps receiving a reward of several hundred or even a thousand mithril.

Even so, Wu Cheng's power still frightened Old Li.

He decided to cling tightly to Wu Cheng's thick legs.

Only by clinging to Wu Cheng's powerful backer can he have a chance to climb the social ladder; otherwise, at his current age, he might end up spending his entire life in this small town.

Thirty-two thousand shi (a unit of dry measure) brought Wu Cheng a score of three hundred and twenty.

Old Li led Wu Cheng to the third level.

The third stage is a battle test.

The opponent in this battle is not a real person, but a puppet.

There are three types of puppets to choose from: a gold-shelled puppet, a silver-shelled puppet, and a bronze-shelled puppet.

These three types of puppets represent different combat capabilities.

Defeating the gold-shelled golem earns 200 points, defeating the silver-shelled golem earns 100 points, but defeating the bronze-shelled golem only earns 50 points.

Defeated by the puppets, they received no points.

In this case, it depends on the candidate's level of self-awareness.

Many young people have the problem of being overly ambitious, wanting to challenge even stronger opponents, only to be defeated and get no points. Others lack confidence, possessing the ability to challenge the silver-shelled opponent but choosing only the bronze-shelled one, thus losing fifty points unnecessarily.

For most young people, the scores from several tests won't be very high, so those 50 or 100 points are crucial.

Old Li, however, felt that Wu Cheng should have the ability to challenge the Golden Shell. But he didn't recommend that Wu Cheng go, as the Golden Shell puppet was difficult to challenge, and in Old Li's view, it would be a thankless task.

Even if the challenge fails, Wu Cheng's score will be enough to get him into the upper zone.