494: Chapter 487: Detection 494: Chapter 487: Detection The individuals from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect had only just appeared when they genuinely caused Chen Hai to have concerns and gave him quite the shock.
After all, their entrance was somewhat dazzling, as they came flying from the sky.
In Chen Hai’s subconscious, he had always believed that those who could soar through the heavens and burrow through the earth were formidable opponents beyond his capability to match.
And he himself, despite decades of cultivation, could run only on the ground and was yet unable to fly.
Of course, the reason for this might not necessarily be due to his insufficient realm, but rather simply because he hadn’t mastered the art of flying.
It should be noted that in his world of Blue Star, Transcendents were virtually extinct.
Anyone with a bit of trifling skill was a rarity, very hard to find.
Law is the foundation of cultivation.
Art is the application of law, allowing one’s strength to be better utilized.
Chen Hai’s method of cultivation came from the Black Water Leech Emperor, which was relatively complete in this regard.
However, the arts he knew were a bit here and a bit there, collected from various places.
Relative to his current strength and realm, most of the arts he knew were too low-tier, and he barely deigned to use them anymore.
Due to this, in the later stages, Chen Hai, when engaging others in combat, generally did not use arts but fought directly with fists and feet.
After all, he had forged a Semi-Saint Body, and the strength of his body had reached an extreme.
Using his body to execute punches and kicks was simple and brutal, many times more powerful than any art he knew.
In this world, the arts that Chen Hai had mastered previously might simply be of an insignificant level.
Seeing the several members from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect floating and flying in the sky, he was greatly moved and incredibly envious.
The greatest value derived from the deaths of Shen Zhengming and others was that it provided Chen Hai with a rough understanding of the strength of those from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.
Among them, Zhang Yushan, as the leader, was definitely the strongest.
How strong was he?
Not much was shown just now.
However, when Zhang Yushan made a move, Chen Hai did not feel much of a threat from him.
As for young people like Yang Jin, gun bullets could make them continually retreat.
Such strength, in Chen Hai’s eyes, was negligible, pathetic.
“Chen Hai, those people from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect are so cruel.”
“Dozens of our compatriots were slaughtered like cutting vegetables by them, killed completely.”
“If it were in the past, such people would be considered ruthless bandits, caught and executed directly…”
Ye Qingqing whispered softly to Chen Hai.
Perhaps, she had been too well protected by Chen Hai that her thoughts and beliefs had yet to change.
Seeing Shen Zhengming and his group instantly die so tragically, her face clearly showed a trace of pity.
“Qingqing, the world has changed, times are different!”
“The survival of the strongest and the elimination of the weak, perhaps, are the true essence of this world.”
“Shen Zhengming and his group held great power in Liuyuan County previously, but even now, they were reluctant to let go of the power in their hands, wanting to negotiate for benefits with several people from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.”
“Such people, blinded by their desires, end up like this; I can only say, they overestimated themselves…”
Chen Hai sighed after a pause, responding.
Perhaps due to the experiences of his youth, he had never held a good impression of bureaucratic types.
Even later, when his strength grew and his status rose, he was still reluctant to have many dealings with bureaucratic people.
If not for this attitude, his many years in Liuyuan would not have been so inconspicuous, without any connections to government authorities.
Had the people killed by Zhang Yushan from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect been his relatives or friends, he might have, without a second word, taken action.
But now, he had no reaction at all, merely observing from a distance.
On the Sports Square, one young person after another gathered in the open space where the people from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect were, led by their parents and families.
The death of Shen Zhengming and others, coupled with the naked threat from Zhang Yushan that spread throughout the county, was quite effective.
The people of Liuyuan from the peaceful era, faced with this situation, were thoroughly terrified.
People tend to follow the crowd.
At first, it was only the nearby onlookers sending their treasured children to the Sports Square.
Shortly thereafter, people who were confined in their homes also began to act with reluctance.
Within just ten to twenty minutes, the open area where several members of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect were located had become overcrowded.
The dismembered corpses left on the ground by Shen Zhengming and others had severely frightened the children.
Some children were pale and shivering while others were sobbing uncontrollably, their pants wet with urine.
At sixteen years old, this was merely the upper limit.
The lower limit set by Zhang Yushan and others was three years old.
Normally, a three-year-old child could speak and walk.
It was not surprising what kind of reactions very young children would have under such abrupt circumstances.
Seeing so many children gathered, Zhang Yushan and his associates were quite satisfied.
As for the children’s crying and panic, they ignored it completely, not taking it to heart at all.
“Yang Jin, it’s getting late, let’s start the talent detection,” Zhang Yushan, sitting cross-legged on the ground, took out a scroll and ordered the people around him.
“Alright, Uncle Master!” Yang Jin and the others nodded and began to move.
In front of Zhang Yushan, an area of several dozen square meters was cleared.
He had the children form queues in a fan shape and gather in this cleared space.
Then, Zhang Yushan carefully unfolded the scroll in front of him.
Meanwhile, Yang Jin and others were shouting, directing the children’s attention to the scroll.
Occasionally, some unruly children wouldn’t follow instructions; if you asked them to look east, they looked west, and if you asked them to look at the scroll, they looked everywhere else.
In response to this, Yang Jin and his associates, with stern faces and no mercy, went up and kicked and punched them.
Of course, they still measured their strength appropriately.
Their actions were meant to discipline the unruly children, not to kill.
Frankly, considering Yang Jin and his group were Inner Sect Disciples of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, their restraint was quite significant.
As Inner Sect Disciples of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, their status was exalted in any other city, regarded by ordinary people with admiration.
The Sect had sent Zhang Yushan here primarily because he was reliable and measured in his actions.
It was also because of his instructions that Yang Jin and the others behaved as they did.
After six or seven unruly children were harshly disciplined by Yang Jin and his group, all the children quieted down.
They looked at the scroll for just under a minute, and Zhang Yushan, with a look of disappointment, shook his head.
“Not a single candidate for immortal cultivation?
This sign seems a bit ominous.”
“Disperse these children and bring in the next batch!” he waved his hand and signaled to Yang Jin and the others.
The cleared area in front of him was only so big.
The number of children, whose attention could be focused on the scroll he held, was limited to twenty or thirty at a time.
At this point, there were at least a few thousand children gathered on the sports square.
It would be a busy task for Zhang Yushan and his team to test the talents of all these children.
“Bao Bao, are you alright?
These people are hitting children so hard, they are inhumane.”
“Mom, I remember the face of the person who hit me.
When I grow up and become capable, I will kill him.”
“Shush, don’t talk nonsense, let’s hurry back home!”
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No sooner had the group of children just tested left the area than their parents came to meet them immediately.
Seeing their children’s faces bruised and swollen, their parents felt utmost agony.
Grinding their teeth, they cast a distant glance in the direction of Zhang Yushan and his group, hating them in their hearts but still keeping their rationality and refraining from any rash actions.
Those unruly children were mostly around ten years old.
Previously during peaceful times, overloaded with information and spoiled at home, by this age, they had accessed a variety of content online and already had quite mixed feelings.
Hearing their own children speak of taking revenge on the members of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, the parents were extremely anxious.
Fearful that these words might reach the ears of the members of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, they quickly covered their children’s mouths and hurriedly dragged them away.