“Your gaze is a little strange,” An Lan commented as he walked over, noticing Wang Teng’s expression.
“Really? I don’t think so. You’re thinking too much.” Wang Teng felt that a heaven-stage martial warrior was indeed extremely vigilant. He restrained his expression and shook his head sternly.
“No?” An Lan didn’t believe him. He felt that Wang Teng was up to no good.
“You’re a heaven-stage martial warrior. What can a planetary-stage nobody like me do to you?” Wang Teng felt speechless.
“Who knows? You’re a sly little fellow.” An Lan pouted.
“Hey, what are you saying? I just helped you craft the Thousand Armaments Vessel, and now, you’re trying to push me away? Are you kicking me to the curb because I’m not useful anymore?” Wang Teng asked angrily.
“Cough, don’t make me sound so heartless. Since you helped me forge the Thousand Armaments Vessel, I’ll keep my promise.”
“Hmph, heartless,” Wang Teng snorted.
Silence.
Heartless your head!
You sound as if we have some indecent relationship!
“Let me have a look at this Thousand Armaments Vessel. I haven’t observed it carefully, so I don’t know its quality,” Wang Teng said. He heaved a sigh of relief when he noticed An Lan’s thoughts going astray. He hurriedly changed the topic.
An Lan stretched out his hand, and a black rectangular box appeared on his palm.
The Thousand Armaments Vessel was three feet long and a foot wide. Nothing much could be seen on the surface except many complicated rune patterns. They looked mysterious and magical.
Its real power would only be displayed after segmenting the vessel into its various parts. To a divine spirit master, this was an extremely powerful weapon.
“I can win against any heaven-stage martial warrior with it,” An Lan smiled and said. He was in a great mood.
“Oh?” Wang Teng was shocked. He didn’t think that An Lan possessed such ability.
Heaven-stage martial warriors were formidable characters. Every one of them had the ability to destroy a planet. If they gave it their all, they could cause mass destruction.
Yet, An Lan was saying he could defeat any heaven-stage martial warriors.
What kind of idea was this?
Wang Teng didn’t dare to think.
While he was immersed in astonishment, a message popped up on his wristwatch.
“Wang Teng, there’s a message from the Noble Family Consultation Chamber.” Round Ball’s stern voice sounded in his mind.
It was overlooking Wang Teng’s identity account, so it knew the content of the message.
“Trial?” Wang Teng’s gaze turned serious as he hazarded a guess.
“Yes, they’ve come up with the final trial content. You need to go over now.”
“Okay.” Wang Teng nodded.
“What is it?” An Lan asked when he noticed something amiss with Wang Teng’s expression.
“The noble trial is about to start.”
“It looks like your battle with Cao Hongtu is about to officially start.” An Lan frowned. “I don’t think I can help with your trial.”
“Let’s take a look first.” Wang Teng walked out of the smithery studio.
They left the Secondary Career Alliance and boarded a rune energy flying car to head to the Empire Noble Family Consultation Chamber.
Approximately ten minutes later, they arrived at the Great Qian Noble Family Consultation Chamber and saw a figure standing at the entrance from afar. This was the guardian of the Noble Family Consultation Chamber, Ming Cheng, whom Wang Teng had met once.
“You’re here.”
“Guardian Ming Cheng.” Wang Teng nodded and bowed.
“The elders are waiting for you. Please follow me,” Ming Cheng said. He glanced at An Lan and continued, “Your friend won’t be able to enter. He can only wait in the lobby.”
Wang Teng hesitated before nodding. He used voice transmission to speak to An Lan. Then, he followed Ming Cheng to the ninth floor.
Everyone was waiting in an ancient grand hall.
The difference this time was, Cao Guan wasn’t the one representing the Cao family. It was Cao Hongtu. Sinclamon wasn’t representing the Parkers family either. Instead, Andrais’s father, Valteru, had taken his place.
As for the other families, Wang Teng didn’t recognize them. But he didn’t pay much attention to them last time, so he wasn’t familiar with them.
He followed Ming Cheng in. Everyone’s gaze turned towards him, their intentions unclear.
His seat was still opposite the Cao family.
The head of the chamber nodded at Wang Teng and said, “Have a seat.”
Wang Teng sat down and met Cao Hongtu’s gaze, who even gave him a smile.
“Wang Teng, the chamber has decided to split this trial into two parts.” The elder went directly to the point.
Wang Teng’s expression changed slightly. He looked at the elder and listened carefully.
“The empire’s baron title is an extraordinary title. The person holding it must possess great potential, ability, and intelligence. The first trial will aim to test your potential. To be a baron, you need to at least be at the cosmos stage. For that, you must have emperor-level talent.”
Wang Teng heaved a sigh of relief.
The first test isn’t so difficult. I just need to have emperor-level talent.
“The second trial will test your ability and intelligence. After some careful consideration, we’ve decided to send you to the Flaming River World for this trial,” the elder continued slowly.
“The Flaming River World?!” Wang Teng was confused.
What is the Flaming River World?
The head of the chamber noticed Wang Teng’s confusion and explained, “The Flaming River World is a small world left behind by a martial warrior at the peak of the universe stage after he died.”
It was a simple explanation. There was nothing else.
A world left behind by a universe-stage martial warrior.?Wang Teng took a deep breath. He was dumbfounded.
He understood what a universe-stage martial warrior represented after entering the universe.
People at that level grasped a part of the origin of the world. They possessed a small fraction of the ability to create a world, but the world they created wouldn’t be complete. Hence, it was called a small world.
You could only become a universe martial warrior if you managed to create your own small world.
After a universe-stage martial warrior died, the small world in their bodies would normally perish along with them. However, there was a slight chance that it might survive.
The probability was small, so every single small world left was precious.
The small worlds were all created based on the real world. There were many fortuitous encounters inside, and some universe-stage martial warriors even hid their treasures there. This was a good trial ground.
Normally, after these small worlds were discovered, they would become the training ground for various factions. Their disciples would get the chance to enter these worlds to gain experience.
The Flaming River World was one such small world possessed by the Great Qian Empire.
“Also, Cao Hongtu has achieved many military exploits, so he does have the right to inherit the baron’s title. We can’t deprive him of this right.” The head opened his mouth again after a moment of silence.
Wang Teng’s gaze flickered. His heart sank.
