Chapter 19: Chapter 19: The Inner Court Assessment.

Rize entered the assessment as soon as possible. There was no sense in wasting time with idle chat, the guy outside was as blind as a worm. His eyes were glazed over as if he was in trance. How he didn’t see her was beyond her.

Feeling a sense of nervousness and anticipation in her stomach as she had gone through so much pain and hassle to get blessed by Naga-Jin. Entering the testing chambers was the first step in joining the inner court. It was where an Elder would test how strong there Ki was after so many years of practicing the basics of harnessing Ki. If you didn’t meet a certain threshold they wouldn’t allow you in the inner court even if you did receive a blessing.

Entering the chamber, Rize walked briskly into the first available room. The room itself was simple, just circular with a single table in the center. In the room was one of the elders who were in the initial academy assessment she took over eight years ago. The youthful female elder who Rize had since realized was infamous among the ranks of the academy. Some called her the most talented cultivator in a generation rivaling even the eldest son of the Crown Prince.

The young elder looked up and a flash of surprise blossomed on her face. “Well look who it is I remember you…it is hard to forget someone with such striking eyes such as those.” She rested her chin daintily on her palm as she tapped her fingers on the wooden table.

“Well look who it is” lifting her head from her chin “I remember those eyes from anywhere. So striking and bold.”

Rize stopped before the young elder “This disciple greets Elder.” bowing politely she couldn’t help but be a bit nervous.

Nodding at Rize before motioning for her to take a seat across from her.

“The test isn’t anything to worry about it is merely myself assessing whether you have sufficient Ki to be brought into the inner court. As you know only those who gain sufficient amounts can be taken into the inner court.”

Rize followed the young elder’s instructions, her wrists firmly grasped in her hands. Pushing her thumbs on her wrist where a doctor would normally look for a pulse the Elder closed her eyes as if she were meditating.

After several moments passed the Elder’s eyebrows raised up for a moment. “Young disciple, what did you say was the god that blessed you again?”

“I didn’t say Elder, but the god who took me in goes by Naga-Jin.” Rize didn’t see a reason to lie; the academy was bound to find out eventually anyways.

The woman's eyebrows furrowed as she tried to recall that name, but no name was found in her memory came to mind. She didn't think the academy had a deity by that name, at least in the time that she had been here at the academy shaking her head she let go of the girl's hands "you've passed, not an extraordinary amount of ki, but satisfactory enough to join the ranks of the inner court. The nature of your ki is not something I have ever come across so I cannot assess you based on that. You may leave now dear" she said sweetly despite the words being laced with cynicism.

However in her heart Rize didn't care, she had finally gotten into the inner court after so many years of training and now she could finally go and see her mother regularly as outer disciples had to go through much more strict observation. She exited the door behind the master that signified that she had passed.

Today was the beginning of her putting all the naysayers in their place she thought as she walked through the door. A rare smile gracing her face.

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