Global Game: I Can Choose Instance Rewards

After a short while, the Dragon Girl, known as Long Dao, who was waiting in the side hall, suddenly saw Wang Zhifan return, carrying four slender and exquisite weapons in his hands, which immediately caught her attention.

Wang Zhifan held two sharp blades in each hand, with each blade reflecting a different kind of brilliance, presenting extraordinary hues of blue, red, purple, and green. At a glance, they were clearly very high-grade sword-type weapons.

However, the appearance and style of these long swords were very different from anything Long Dao had seen before. Their blades were noticeably narrower, with a slender, special elegance, and the guard was designed like the shape of petals, looking elegant and unique, as if they were not products of the Calamity Realm.

"Daoist, these are..."

For a moment, looking at the four somewhat strangely styled yet very elegant long swords Wang Zhifan brought, a look of surprise and confusion appeared on Long Dao’s beautiful face.

"These are the stock from my warehouse, all crafted by a female master swordsmith hidden in the deep mountains, giving them their distinctive look. But rest assured, they can definitely withstand your power, and each one has a special function...

For example, this one with the reddish sheen possesses a substantial fire attribute power and can also enhance your slashing destructiveness... This blue one, on the contrary, inherently comes with frost to freeze or slow down enemies, also keeping you perpetually clear-headed and calm... This purple one is of the Thunder Attribute, attacking with it comes with heavenly thunder damage while increasing all your speed... The green one represents the wind attribute, especially suitable for dealing with enemies in heavy armor, easily breaking through armor, and extending blade aura outside..."

Wang Zhifan introduced each of the four weapons he brought to Long Dao in terms she could understand, explaining the features of these Black Tower’s Exquisite Weapons, leaving Long Dao, who had never seen such things, utterly intrigued.

In fact, the four long swords selected by Wang Zhifan all belong to a series; they are Black Tower’s Exquisite Weapons known as the "Elf Blades," yet each corresponds to the elements of fire, ice, thunder, and wind, hence they look nearly identical but have distinctive features.

"May I try them myself?"

After earnestly listening to Wang Zhifan’s introduction, Long Dao felt an itch in her hands and couldn’t help but widen her bright eyes as she asked Wang Zhifan.

This was partly because the four long swords in front of her had designs that precisely matched the aesthetics of a young woman like her, and partly because the various special effects Wang Zhifan described were hard for her to understand, prompting her desire to personally experience them.

"Of course you can! You can take all four of these swords, but be careful, as they don’t come with scabbards and could easily harm you."

Wang Zhifan nodded immediately upon hearing her request, also specially reminding her of the absence of scabbards for this series of Black Tower weapons.

"Don’t worry, Daoist, I’m not a child who’s just started using swords... I’ll be back shortly..."

Feeling slightly speechless by Wang Zhifan’s reminder, Long Dao eagerly extended her hands to grab the four long swords and swiftly left the Martial Venerable Hall, rapidly flying towards the sky outside Celestial Essence City.

For someone of her strength, when it comes to testing the swords, it undoubtedly requires a wide and deserted place. If she tried testing them directly in the hall, she would either only scratch the surface or destroy the surrounding architecture entirely.

"Not bad... It seems she’s at least very satisfied with the weapons I chose, based on her first impression."

Watching the Dragon Girl swiftly leave with the four Elf Blades, Wang Zhifan felt very gratified, having already anticipated that she would be pleased with the gift he had given her.

A woman’s affection for something is impossible to hide, and with the exquisite quality of the weapons being enough to withstand her extraordinary power, she could at least use these four swords as temporary weapons.

Wang Zhifan then prepared to return to the inner hall, intending to check how the individuals brought by Qingfeng, who had been pondering over the "photos" he left, were doing. However, just as he was about to step into the inner hall, he was stopped by Master Xuanzhen, who was busy examining the bone structure of the seekers.

"Honorable Martial Venerable! We have a hundred individuals who’ve passed the bone-checking test; should we arrange for the next test?"

It turned out that by this time, those who had been tasked by Qingyangzi to assist him had initially screened out a hundred youths with martial arts potential. These youths, together with the elders who brought them, were all unified in a corner of the grand hall waiting. If the number increased more, it would cause the originally spacious grand hall to become cramped.

"Alright, if you could continue with the bone-checking, I’ll initiate the special trial now."

Wang Zhifan replied to Xuanzhen with a sentence and then stepped towards the multitude of eligible youths being managed by the two assisting Daoists.

He faced the crowd and said, "Young ones, the moment that will decide whether you’re accepted by the Martial Venerable Hall has arrived! Now, all of you follow me to the underground palace to start the trial! Your elders need not follow, just wait for a moment to see the outcome!"

"Might I ask, Martial Venerable, what kind of trial is it exactly?"

"Will combat be required? My child hasn’t formally practiced martial arts yet; I hope the Martial Venerable can test other aspects!"

"Why do we have to go to the underground palace? Why can’t we accompany them?"

"Silence! No noise in the hall!"

...

In an instant, the group that had been kept relatively quiet by the assisting Daoists began stirring with discussions again, prompting shouts to quiet down the parents of those youths.

Seeing the situation was still relatively stable, Wang Zhifan immediately led these hundred somewhat anxious, excited, or calm youths towards the underground palace, guiding those who had passed the preliminary selection into the underground area of the Martial Venerable Hall.