Chaotic Sword Emperor-Chapter 28 – The assessment is over!

The glow continued.
The crowd slowly realized something was amiss.
"Why hasn't the grade of the Fate Palace appeared yet?"
"Could it be that he hasn't condensed a Fate Palace?"
Everyone shook their heads in denial; after all, Su Mu could shatter a Bronze Humanoid with a single punch, so how could he not have reached the Fate Palace Realm?
Su Mu himself was utterly bewildered by the situation, clueless as to what was going on.
"Su Mu, try again." Tian Yuyue's brows furrowed as she prompted him.
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Nodding, Su Mu once again channeled his power into the Fate Palace stone. Everyone's gaze was fixed on the stone, yet it only emitted a faint glow without any other reaction!
"What on earth is going on?"
With the same bizarre occurrence happening twice, unrest began to stir among the crowd, and even the five instructors were baffled, having never encountered such a situation before.
"Could there be a problem with the Fate Palace stone?" Tian Yuyue hurriedly jumped down from the platform to inspect the stone, but could find no fault with it.
"You, come and test it." She randomly asked someone else to test it, and the stone promptly provided accurate results for that person.
Now Tian Yuyue was completely at a loss. What exactly was happening?
"Could it be that Su Mu's Fate Palace is of such a high grade that it can't be detected?" The crowd, favoring Su Mu, began to speculate in his favor.
But upon hearing this, the instructors immediately objected.
"The Fate Palace stone is a treasure of our Martial House. It has never been wrong since its use. It can detect Twin Fate Palaces and even Triple Fate Palaces, and even a tenth-grade Fate Palace can be accurately identified!"
With this revelation, Su Mu suddenly realized that the Fate Palace stone could only detect up to a tenth-grade Fate Palace. His Transcendent-grade Fate Palace was two grades higher than a tenth-grade Fate Palace, so of course, the stone couldn't detect it.
"What exactly is going on?" Hearing the Martial House instructor's explanation, everyone was puzzled.
The instructors from the first four divisions exchanged glances and discussed among themselves before reaching a conclusion.
"There's only one situation where the Fate Palace stone fails to detect!" As the instructor from the first division spoke, everyone perked up their ears, afraid to miss a single word.
Su Yilong was also watching intently, his fists clenched and sweaty palms betraying his anxiety. The situation was full of uncertainties, and he couldn't accept Su Mu surpassing him, as it would be his lifelong nightmare!
"This situation has occurred before with an instructor. He told me personally that if a Fate Palace is below third-grade, the stone won't detect it!"
"Below third-grade!"
The crowd was stunned, then turned their heads to look at Su Mu in disbelief.
A man who could shatter a Bronze Humanoid with a punch had a Fate Palace below third-grade, meaning it was only second-grade or even the worst, first-grade!
That would be the most useless and trashy Fate Palace!
"Ha ha... A Fate Palace below third-grade? That's trash!" Suddenly, raucous laughter erupted as Su Yilong jumped up in delight, looking at Su Mu with eyes full of glee and disdain.
"It's good enough that he could re-condense a Fate Palace at all, even a trashy one is still a Fate Palace, right? Ha ha..."
Seeing Su Yilong's arrogance, the crowd remained silent, offering no rebuttal. Since ancient times, the victor has always been king, and Su Yilong's complete overshadowing of Su Mu had become a fact.
"But he really did shatter the Bronze Humanoid with a punch, and besides, wasn't Su Mu only in the early stages of the Fate Palace Realm before he was crippled?" The crowd couldn't accept it; it just didn't make sense.
"Sir, the results from the Bronze Humanoid inspection are out!"
The Bronze Humanoid that Su Mu had shattered was being examined, and just then, the results came in.
"Speak quickly!" The instructor from the first division urged, his expression eager.
"Upon our inspection, the Bronze Humanoid had pre-existing damage and multiple old cracks. The one Su Mu shattered was also the very one that Su Yilong had knocked away!" The analyst immediately revealed a result that pointed directly at Su Yilong!
"Does this mean Su Mu shattered the Bronze Humanoid because Su Yilong had already damaged it?"
"Did Su Mu just take advantage of the situation?"
The crowd's expression changed. If this was the case, Su Mu's feat of shattering the Bronze Humanoid was nothing remarkable; all the credit went to Su Yilong!
"So the strongest person is Su Yilong!"
"Doesn't that mean Su Mu really only has a Fate Palace below third-grade?"
"What are you still questioning? Do you really think Su Mu could be that impressive after recovering his cultivation? Even I could shatter a Bronze Humanoid crippled by Su Yilong with one punch!"
"Exactly, just think about it. If your hand was broken and then reattached, could it still function as well as before?"
Suddenly, the tone of the conversation shifted, and most people were convinced that Su Mu had only condensed a trashy Fate Palace!
"How could this be!" Huang Yiyun bit her lip tightly, her face pale, unable to accept this outcome, which she believed impossible!
"Brother, tell them your Fate Palace is strong, that you're stronger than Su Yilong!" Turning to Su Mu, she didn't want to let those people slander him any further.
Su Mu's expression flickered, then he shook his head slightly. Tell them he had a Transcendent-grade Fate Palace? With the Martial House and the remains of the Bronze Humanoid as evidence, would anyone believe it?
From the previous words of the instructor from the first division about the accuracy of the Fate Palace stone, it was clear that these people only knew about Fate Palaces up to the tenth grade, at most they knew about Twin and Triple Fate Palaces, but they had no idea that there were stronger Transcendent-grade Fate Palaces beyond the tenth grade...
Before this, he himself didn't know, so speaking out would only lead to disbelief and accusations of nonsense.
The Bronze Humanoid was shattered by him due to Su Yilong's actions, which only proved the analyst's rash judgment. The Bronze Humanoid had been used for assessment tests for years and was bound to have scars and cracks. To conclude that it was Su Yilong's doing just because it had been knocked away by him was laughable.
However, there was no need to explain any of this. Now that he could join the Martial House, his initial goal had been achieved, and this even brought another benefit.
Su Mu turned to look at Su Yilong, seeing his extremely arrogant demeanor, a cold smile appeared on his lips. Wasn't this perfect for his plan to kill Su Yilong?
"The assessment is over!"
After being labeled as a waste, Su Mu immediately attracted less attention, and the Martial House instructor promptly announced the end.
Huang Shiren and the Grand Elder, witnessing the outcome, were left speechless, shaking their heads in resignation. However, they did not lose faith in Su Mu.
The Fate Palace determined future achievements, but they must not forget that a Fate Palace could be upgraded later. With Su Mu's unyielding character, they firmly believed his future accomplishments would not be low!
Tian Yuyue watched Su Mu with a complex expression and sighed as she returned to the platform.
Atop the platform, after the instructors exchanged glances, their eyes unanimously fell on Su Yilong. The assessment was over, and now it was time to divide the new recruits!
Su Yilong, they all wanted to snatch him for their own division!
"Su Yilong, would you like to join my first division? You will receive the best resources!"
"Su Yilong, whatever the first division can offer, my second division can match, and even more!"
"Su Yilong, join my third division, and you can ask for anything you want!"
"My fourth division may not have much else, but we have plenty of resources. Su Yilong, join us, and you can have anything you desire!"
Immediately, the first four divisions fiercely vied for Su Yilong, offering all the conditions they could.
The crowd, witnessing the intense competition over Su Yilong by the four instructors, couldn't help but sigh, no matter a person's character, as long as they have high talent and strength, they will be sought after everywhere!
Tian Yuyue sat there, silent as the instructor from the fifth division, lacking the confidence to compete for Su Yilong and also not wanting to snatch such a scoundrel, lest she bring disaster upon her fifth division!
Faced with the tempting offers from the four instructors, Su Yilong wore a proud and smug smile but ultimately shook his head.
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