Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 17 Darren's Talent (Part One)

Jimmy grew delighted over Darren's mention of the seventh level of the Meridians RefiningScripture. "Have I just discovered a genius who has the talent of the Black Degree for the sect?” heexcitedly thought.

'If this is true, I will certainly be rewarded for it. Moreover, it would also be beneficial for me to makefriends with such a genius.’

"Brother, do you need me to practice the seventh level of the Meridians Refining Scripture for youto see?” Darren asked. Jimmy was still recovering from being so worked up by his thoughts that hewas a bit caught by surprise with Darren.

"There's no need, Darren,” he said, smiling as he waved his hands. "Let me just report this to theelders and ask for their instructions.”

Having discovered a genius who seemed to have the talent of the Black Degree was important newsthat needed to be immediately delivered to the elders. Jimmy took out a Jade Slip and sent amessage to the IImen Sect.

A few moments later, Jimmy got a reply saying that an elder from the llmen Sect would be sent outto check and confirm whether his claim was true or not.

Expecting that it would most likely take some time for the elder to arrive at the Chu Clan, Jimmyturned to the rest of the disciple candidates from the Chu Clan and said to them, "You guyscontinue to do the next test first."

Soon after, an ancient door appeared next to them. It was the door that led to the one-of-a-kindtest room of the llmen Sect.

The door opened with a creaking sound. The room was dark and pitch black. One couldn't help butbe mystified.

"Amazing! How extraordinary! What a treasure! By going through the door, people can get intoanother space which has been specially set up for the test of the llmen Sect,” came a candidate'samazed remarks. They couldn't help feeling surprised by the greatness of the whole thing.

"Go through the door. Although, you should all know that not everyone would be fortunate to passthe test. Good luck, candidates,” Jimmy indifferently said to the rest of the disciple candidates fromthe Chu Clan. He didn't care about whether they would pass the test or not anymore.

Nicholas and the other candidates all walked into the test room with low spirits. They knew thateven if they were able to pass the test, they would not be able to attract people's attention as muchas Darren did

They just couldn't accept it. Not at all. The second test had not even started and yet Darren hadalready got the qualification to enter the sect. They had no idea how he came from being a good-for-nothing to basically a genius. There wasn't any doubt that this fact made them feel depressed"And as for you, Darren, there will be an elder coming over to test you. Just try to give it your best.It's entirely possible that you might have the talent of the Black Degree!" Jimmy said, grinning fromear to ear.

Hearing this from Jimmy, the other members of the Chu Clan started to chatter among themselves,each of them getting restless.

"An llmen Sect elder makes an appearance at the Chu Clan! This has never happened before!"

A group of Chu Clan elders nearby were having a discussion. Several of them kept stealing glancesover at Darren every now and then as it went on.

After a few more moments of discussion among them, Kenny Chu, the clan's third elder, walkedthrough the crowd and approached Darren.

"Well done, Darren. Be sure to do your best to impress the elder from the Iimen Sect. Bring moreglory to the Chu Clan — your clan,” the third elder said, trying to gain favour from the boy.

His sugar-coated words undoubtedly showed the Chu Clans sudden acknowledgement andapproval of Darren, and his talents in particular.

Finding out that the boy was most likely possessing the talent of the Black Degree, even the ChiefElder, along with the Chu Clan elders, wasn't able to keep himself at a standstill. But Darren knewbetter than to trust the half-hearted condescendence.

"Oh, really? I had no idea until today that I'm regarded as a member of the Chu Clan. Silly me,”Darren replied sarcastically.

"Hey. Don't you say that Darren," Kenny Chu said as he gave Darren a reassuring smile. Darren wassurprised to replace no trace of annoyance on the third elder's face. "No matter what happened in thepast and no matter what happens in the future, you are always a member of the Chu Clan. We areall glad to see you have such a great talent.” Kenny Chu continued.

Darren just snorted in response.

The third elder's reassuring smile turned into an awkward grimace. He realized that there was nouse in trying to sweet talk his way to gain Darren's good opinion. Feeling dejected, he walked backto the place where the other elders were.

"Alas, my dear brother, Darren seems to have harbored deep resentment towards us," he sighed outto them.

"You depraved, high-handed old men!" came a cry from the side. "You never once cared aboutDarren! You even tormented him back when he was weak! But now that you've seen he has talentthat you could use to your advantage, you start patronizing him? Shame on you.”

It was Tyler Chu, the guard of the Martial Skill Library. He was probably the only person who daredtalk to the Chu Clan elders in this manner.

"Tyler Chu, what the hell do you mean by that?" The elders were not happy about this.

"Oh, it's nothing special. You old men are extremely shameless, is what I mean by that. Is it clearnow?" Tyler Chu boldly stated at the elders. He didn't care about whether they were happy or not."How dare you, Tyler Chu!" the Chief Elder's face blew up in anger. "I know you have learned thethird part of the Profound Nine Sword Skills, but that doesn't give you the right to talk back to me,the Chief Elder! If you continue with this behaviour, I will not hesitate to engage in a fight with you.You best believe I won't go easy on you," the Chief Elder bellowed. His force of the Spirit Realm wasjust on the verge of being released.

"Don't you dare act all high and mighty!" Tyler bellowed back. "I heard that when the chief waskilled, you people were too frightened to show up. Instead of coming out to defend the clan, youhid in the Elders Cabinet, trembling like little leaves. What brave men you all are!"

What the guard of the Martial Skill Library said was somewhat exaggerated, but it was still basicallytrue. None of them from the Elders Cabinet showed up at the time when the clan was under attack."Stop being so self-righteous. You are also an elder. Where were you during that time? The attackerwas a strong cultivator of the Mysterious Realm. He could have easily killed us in a single secondwith just one finger! Besides, are you an idiot? Why would we risk fighting him and dying fornothing when we could have just saved our strength?" the third elder said, stroking his beard as hetried to make himself look wise.00000