READ NOVEL FREE Chapter 4: Succeeded Finally
The condition of Flying Sword Sect is that one must cut through half of the tree log with a sword using only three moves.
Pavitra has managed to qualify barely after using all the three moves, while the remaining three were waiting for their turn.
After half an hour, it was Arjun and Gopal's turn.
'I will be able to do this, luckily, I have practiced some sword moves while in the orphanage, I hope two years of my training does not go in vain' Arjun thought shook the sword with his maximum strength, and he succeeded in the first try.
"Yay, I succeeded!" Arjun exclaimed happily and then looked towards the Gopal but sadly Gopal didn't even reach halfway into the tree branch, even after using three moves, he was just millimeters away from the halfway mark in the log.
Just as Arjun walked towards Gopal an elder came and said "Kid, you have a good talent for sword dao, and our Flying Sword Sect will cherish your talent"
"Sir Elder, I thank you for giving me this chance, but can I also have my three friends join the sect" Arjun asked with a truthful and dedicated face.
"Kid don't overestimate yourself, we will only accept those who have a talent for sword cultivation, take this token, if you want to join the Flying Sword Sect you can come to this stall before sunset and show this token" The elder handed him the token.
"Thank you, Sir, for giving me this token" Arjun bowed down and accepted the token and left the stall.
After that, they went to the Soaring Cloud sect. The Soaring Cloud Sect required them to have a strong body, Leela failed this one while Gopal barely passed this, and Arjun and Pavitra passed with flying colours.
They didn't even try the heavenly Medicine valley because Gopal and Leela clearly didn't have any knowledge about herbs.
Now they are in front of the Heavenly Cultivation Sect, the test here is to be highly intellectual, they gave many puzzles and arithmetic problems. Gopal and Leela passed this one barely thanks to Arjun training them for two years in math. Pavitra managed to get 91 percent while Arjun got 100 percent. The passing threshold was 75 per cent which put many kids away from approaching the stall.
After seeing that Arjun had scored 100 per cent, an Elder came and said "Boy, you have high comprehension levels, and you will have a stable development at the Heavenly Cultivation Sect"
"Elder, thank you for your advice, I will join the Heavenly Cultivation Sect" Arjun said and cupped his hands.
"Good choice boy, take this bag of spirit stones as a gift from me, you can call me Elder Harish" the Elder gave it and left.
Arjun accepted the Spirit stones and to his amazement, he found 15 spirit stones inside the bag.
"Gopal, Pavitra, Leela, let us all join this sect, it is one of the top five sects with such a vast history of thousands of years, I have read in the books on the flying ship that the top five sects are in existence from more than a million years, and they are even older than the imperial families ruling over the five empires, and it is the only sect which accepted four of us" Arjun said to them.
"Ok Arjun, we will follow whatever you say" Gopal said with a smile. Leela and Pavitra also agreed.
Just as they were talking, they saw a girl around their age enter the stall to take the exam. Her skin was fair like Pavitra, her hair was also black and her eyes were green. Her eyes seem to be swollen from crying.
Arjun went near her and asked "Hi, I am Arjun, what's your name If you don't mind can you share with me why you are crying"
The girl looked at the kid before her and once again burst into tears and said "My... My name is Ahalya. I wanted to become a Pharmacy-related cultivator, and when I went to the Heavenly Medicine Valley and the other alchemy sects they said that I was not suitable to become their disciple because I don't have any knowledge for cultivation."
"Umm, if you don't mind can you share why you want to become a Pharmacy related cultivator" Arjun asked her.
"My mother... my mother raised me alone and died due to a disease when I was seven years old, If I were a doctor I would not have lost my mother, and that is why I want to become a Pharmacy related cultivator" The Girl said while crying.
Arjun hugged her and consoled her "Don't worry you will definitely become a good Pharmacist or even an Alchemist, now go and take this test for your mother"
Ahalya Blushed and said "Than... Thank you" in a low voice. While this was happening, we can look at a pair of blue eyes observing Ahalya with jealousy.
'Haa, she is lucky to have survived as an orphan and it would be very hard for her to learn about medicine on the streets' Arjun pitied her.
After an hour, Ahalya qualified for the test and came near Arjun to thank him for encouraging him, He even asked her to join the group, and she agreed. Arjun didn't know about the dangerous eyes which were throwing daggers at him.
As the Sun set, the Ceremony came to an end and Once again the Five elders hovered above everyone and said "We hope that every one of you has found a sect for you, and if you haven't you can try your luck tomorrow also, there would be some sects coming here tomorrow also and now those who selected can follow their respective elders"
The cultivator in the middle announced "All the disciples who have been selected by the Flying Sword Sect should gather at the Sect's stall on the first street.
Then the cultivator to his right said "All the cultivators selected by Soaring cloud sect should assemble at the sect stall on the first street"
Like this everyone went to the places announced by the elders. Arjun and the other four also went to the stall of the Heavenly Cultivation Sect. There they found an Elder with white hair hovering in the hair.