Elven Legacy (Part 2)

Chapter 318: End Of The Test

With Ember and Sarah by my side, we spent the remainder of the day simply walking through the forest, enjoying the scenery; of course, I concealed our presence, not because Sarah and I were doing something we shouldn't, but so that we'd come across cultivators, since if not, they'd purposefully avoid me, which would make gathering enough coins a tedious process.

'Well, while the men would definitely avoid me, I'm not so sure the woman would do the same.' Mused Elif lightly as he thoughtfully rubbed his chin, only to shake his head and forget about it.

Marley and Idonea were having it pretty easy and were close to acquiring their tenth coin; however, knowing how competitive those two are, I strongly suspect they won't be stopping at merely ten coins. Eyvor, Echo, Birger, Goliath, and Shelia were also experiencing relatively easy battles; in fact, most of them already had ten coins, and only Goliath needed another coin.

Since everyone was vastly weaker than me, I, of course, had no trouble acquiring enough coins for both Ember and Sarah, and when that happened, we simply ignored any cultivators that we happened to encounter. The rest of the felt like it was moving rather slowly, but eventually, twenty-four hours passed, and almost instantly, we were all teleported out of the dimension while reappearing just outside where the dimensional rift used to be.

"It's about time; I was growing bored." Muttered Elif lightly as he looked at Axzul, who was floating above the group.

"Everyone, summon your golden coins; those of you who have acquired ten have passed." Declared Axzul firmly and calmly as she looked down at the crowd below, her words causing many unfortunate cultivators to sport ugly expressions.

Waving my hand, I summoned all thirty of our coins out of our respective dimension rings and had them float just above our heads in a stacked formation; I must've done something correctly since everyone else did the same, yet most cultivators didn't have ten golden coins. In fact, the majority had either three coins or less, and while most people tended to stop once they acquired ten coins, that couldn't be said for everyone.

Among the many cultivators, I noticed a few had more than ten coins, though when I glanced at Marley and Idonea, I was left quite speechless. Both of my servants had over thirty coins, which was more than double the next closest person; though, after taking a closer look, it seemed Idonea had one more coin than Marley, bringing her total to thirty-seven coins in total, causing her to proudly smile. However, given the extent of their injuries, acquiring that many coins clearly wasn't easy.

With a wave of Elder Axzul's hands, she gathered everyone's coins before storing them within her dimension ring, before snapping her fingers, once again teleporting us as we now appeared within a large room while a pedestal with a floating crystal ball was in the distance. However, after doing a quick scan, the number of cultivars was significantly less than before, not even a tenth of what they previously were, causing me to assume only the people who had acquired ten or more golden coins had been teleported by Axzul.

"Here is the last test before being accepted into the Realm Sect; you must simply place your hand upon the crystal ball." Stated Axzul lightly as she softly landed on the ground right beside the pedestal while gesturing to the hovering crystal ball.

Everyone was a little hesitant by her words, as she has proven to only give the most basic of knowledge, though still, after a few moments, someone approached the pedestal before placing their hand on the crystal ball, causing it to release a soft glow as a number was projected into the air.

'Hmm, 89?' Mused Elif with a slight frown as he gazed upon the number in the air.

"89? He's quite old." Said Sarah lightly as she gazed at the young man who had sighed in relief, her words causing Elif to look at her in surprise.