Immediately that happened, the elders seated in the Elder Hall and were watching the examinees, had their eyes glow. Then that elder that was speaking in Xiao Lin's defense, gazed with a smile in his face at the female elder that was praising the girl that finished the comprehension test first and said, "Well, he's not that bad. I am sure that before the remaining days are up, he would go join your girl at that place that she is. Haha."

"Well, I won't be too sure about that. He has only been able to make the stony board project a beam of energy at him, while that girl has caused the stony board to project four beams of energy at her. So, if I were you, I will not immediately jump to the conclusion that he will finish the task very soon and go join her where she is" The female elder called Elder Chu said with a smile as she gazed that elder that was speaking in defense of Xiao Lin.

However, once the female elder said that, a beam of energy suddenly shot out of the stony board towards Xiao Lin. And once it arrived in front of him, it immediately penetrated into his body and turned into dozens of motes of brilliance and energy which saturated his body in the next instant and invigorated it.

Haha!

One of the elders laughed.

He then said to Elder Chu, "You see, he has made another bean of energy to be launched at him. Just seat back in a relaxed manner and see how another beam of energy will be sent out at him from the stony board."

But just as the elder finished talking, another beam of energy shot out of the stony board towards Xiao Lin, which then penetrated into his body and turned into dazzling, colorful motes of energy that rapidly moved round his body and permeated it in the process. And as they did so, some of them surfaced in his mind and fused with it, thereby nourishing his mind with energy, which then caused his comprehension rate to go up by many folds.

"What? Another one? That was quick. Haha!" That elder that spoke just now, said and produced a raucous laughter. While Elder Chu who was thoroughly amazed at how Xiao Lin had caused the stony board to shoot another beam of energy at him again, furrowed her brows.

She then turned her head to face that elder and said, "Well, he's not doing bad. But you can't compare him to that girl. He may beat her in other areas, but when it comes down to unraveling and comprehending the mysteries of techniques, he is certainly inconsequential before her. And it's only a matter of time before she surpasses him in skill sets because she would become exposed to lots of powerful techniques that she will comprehend and master and would enable her to overwhelm and subdue the boy if they ever meet to fight. So, that girl is still the winner. Haha!"

Kekeke!

The elder that Elder Chu spoke to only cackled. He then said, "Well, we shall see. What is only making me look at you with the gaze that you don't really know what you are saying, is that you speak like the boy too will not try to improve himself and grow his battle power and develop his skills. It's like as if once he becomes a member of this sect, he will go to sleep and allow the girl to far surpass him in skills and abilities. The girl is not even a competition for him in the first place. Anyways, no disrespect Elder Chu, but I shake my head at your retarded way of thinking"

Hmph!

Elder Chu harrumphed and turned her head away from him to gaze back at the examinees taking the test.

And immediately she turned her head to gaze at the people other than Xiao Lin taking the tests, her eyes was attracted over to Xiao Lin's side because of the brilliance of the multi-colored beam of energy that suddenly shot out of the massive stony board before the large number of examinees at Xiao Lin, which then penetrated into his body like it was immaterial and turned into many motes of energy that rapidly pervaded both his mind and body, nourishing them to negate the fatigue and weariness that might have come upon them.

Once this happened, the elders who were looking at Xiao Lin, didn't make a sound or say anything, as any sound or word uttered at this point in time, could probably result to a serious argument or fight between them and Elder Chu who seemed to be quite unhappy at Xiao Lin's rapid progress in the comprehension test.

Anyways, it wasn't that she was not happy with his progress, it was just that the male elders were seriously hyping him like he is the best that they had seen so far, which then caused her to be quite mad at them, and unfortunately at Xiao Lin because he was the one being really hyped about by the elders who seem to don't give a damn about anyone's feelings or thoughts about the other examinees. Therefore, she was trying to prove them wrong that he wasn't really the best, but as beams of light emitted from the stony board towards him one after the other anytime that she mentioned something about him, she became annoyed.

Xiao Lin who didn't know that his actions and the collective hype of other elders had caused an elder to be really mad at him, snapped open his eyes and stood to his feet to go stand at the place that the girl who first finished the test stood at.

Actually, he wouldn't have made any move if he hadn't been spoken to directly by that same anciently voice that spoke to the girl, which was that he should go stand beside the girl since he had successfully completed the comprehension test.

Now standing beside the tall slender girl who was looking at him, he said, "So, you are the first to finish. Congrats"

The girl only smiled and said, "Thank you. Congrats to you also for being the second to finish"

Xiao Lin slightly nodded his head with a smile manifesting in his face. He then turned it away from her to look at the other people still taking the apprehension tests.

"So, where did you come from to take the sect's discipleship exams? I bet that it must be really far away" The tall slender girl who was previously bored as she had been standing here for hours with no one to talk to, but was now glad that Xiao Lin had come to join her, asked with a smiling expression written on her face.

"Yea. It's really far away. Well, I am more of a pilgrimage or traveling cultivator. I have been in more towns than I count. And I don't really put the names of places that I have been to in my head as they aren't that important. So, I don't have the name of that particular town, sorry." Xiao Lin said while the girl only smiled.

"It's okay." She said.

Xiao Lin nodded his head and asked her, "So, what about you? Where did you come from for these exams?"

"Well, the town I am from is a neighboring town to the town that the sect is based at. So, when I heard that the discipleship exams were up, I immediately hurried down here as I didn't want to miss the exams. Or I would have to wait another one year again, which wouldn't be too good for me." The girl replied.

"Oh. I see. Well, you are here now and will surely have been noticed by the elders who are currently monitoring us to take notes of our abilities." Xiao Lin said while the girl smiled.

"Well, I hope so. And I hope that my unbridled mouth hasn't ruined their impression of me." The girl said with her face looking down.

"Huh? How do you mean?" Xiao Lin asked as he turned his head to look at her.

"Well, I told this voice that might have also sounded in your head that it should let me advance to the next phase of the test so that I can finish before everyone else and be noticed by the elders who would argue amongst themselves on which department or faction that I should join" The girl replied.

"Oh that. Nah, it's nothing actually. Their impression of you isn't going to be ruined because of you just saying that. Instead, it's going to shoot higher. They will see you as someone who is eager to complete the tasks that they laid down for us, and as someone who is definitely hungry for success and is ready break records so that you will be noticed by the best elder out there who would be currently watching us to take notes of each of our performances." Xiao Lin said and winked at her.

"Thank you for cheering me up. I really appreciate it" The girl said with the down expression on her face disappearing while Xiao Lin only nodded his head.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!...

Not long, multiple bright and colorful beams of energy began to shoot out from the immense stony board towards many of the people currently taking the comprehension tests.