I am truly the Monkey King

A group of martial cultivators dressed in black suits guarded all the exits of the Fengqi Clubhouse.

A towering figure, two meters tall, with a broad blade strapped to his back, appeared in front of Su Hang.

"Hello, Mr. Su, I am Meng Wudi, the Director of Action Unit One at Qinyuan Province's Earth Spirit Hall. I didn't expect we would meet in this manner."

"You know me?" Su Hang asked.

"With your own strength, you saved fifty thousand people in Mei County. Now, within the Earth Spirit Hall of Qinyuan Province, there is no one who doesn't know of your existence." Meng Wudi looked like an ancient vanguard general, fierce and powerful, "Demon cultivators from the Foreign Land are vengeful by nature. They suffered heavy losses because of you in the Mei County incident, and this is their act of revenge against you."

"Director, the assassin used Eclipse Moon Powder, which is indeed from the Devouring Moon Ancient Clan," an officer from the action unit who was inspecting the scene reported.

Eclipse Moon Powder was a strange poison from the Devouring Moon Ancient Clan, capable of corroding a person into a puddle of blood within a minute.

"Anyone hit by the Eclipse Moon Powder is doomed. Are you alright?" Meng Wudi noticed the wound on Su Hang's arm.

"How could mere Eclipse Moon Powder kill me," Su Hang said.

Meng Wudi nodded and asked, "What's your opinion about this assassination attempt?"

"The opponent is very cunning, and they didn't leave any evidence behind." Su Hang narrowed his eyes, "But since they didn't kill me, they will surely take action again."

As long as the enemy took action again, he was determined to capture someone alive; maybe through them, he could find Qiu Jing.

"As far as I know, you were splashed with soup by a waiter, which is why you went to the restroom. Before we arrived, why didn't you look for that waiter to interrogate?" Meng Wudi scrutinized him closely.

With conviction, Su Hang said, "That was just an innocent person being used; even if I were to interrogate, I probably couldn't obtain any useful information."

"You guessed right. I would like to invite you to join the Earth Spirit Hall. That way, you can have the support of a vast intelligence network and, if necessary, call upon national strength to deal with demon cultivators. I hope you won't refuse," Meng Wudi seemed to know he had already declined Gao Yang's invitation.

"Good!" Su Hang agreed with a nod, "But I have one condition: after joining the Earth Spirit Hall, I won't accept any assignments at this stage. I need to find Qiu Jing and resolve the Life-Devouring Talisman."

"That's no problem," Meng Wudi replied with a smile, "According to the rules of the Earth Spirit Hall, you must undergo an induction test. Come with me now."

After greeting Tang Lifen and Li Qingdai, Su Hang got into Meng Wudi's car.

"You survived such a deadly trap; you're really fortunate this time," Ye Mei watched coldly as Su Hang's figure receded, "I will prepare another 'gift' for you at Tian Ce Martial Arts Academy. Wait for your return."

...

The Earth Spirit Hall was different from what Su Hang had imagined; it was an ancient, compound-style quad.

After entering the main gate and walking past a modern office building, they headed towards the Martial Arts Practice Room.

"Tonight, the Deputy Director of the Personnel Division, Old Liu, is testing some newcomers for entry. It should not have started yet."

Meng Wudi pushed open the doors of the Martial Arts Practice Room with a smile. Inside was a space as large as a football field, extremely spacious.

Sitting at the main seat leisurely sipping tea was a lean old man. Standing next to him were four cultivators draped in martial attire, three men and one woman, all between their twenties and thirties, brimming with youthful vigor and possessing extraordinary bearings; clearly, they were the elite trained by the Spirit Hall.

The sole woman among them was tall and imposing with a valiant spirit, graceful and familiar—it seemed as though he had seen her somewhere before.

Standing before these five individuals were three people.

One was a sixteen-year-old girl with a round face, youthful and beautiful, looking tender and frail, with her cultivation level in the middle stage of Innate;

The other, a man in his twenties wearing black sportswear, exuded coldness and pride as he crossed his arms and squinted, his cultivation level at the Perfection Stage of Innate;

The last was a middle-aged man with a sneaky appearance, resembling a conniving merchant, his cultivation level also at the Perfection Stage of Innate.

"Old Liu, I've brought a newcomer for the induction test," Meng Wudi took a seat next to the lean old man without fuss, grabbed the teacup, and guzzled down the tea, causing the lean elder to gently shake his head.

"How could a kid at the Innate Initial Stage bother you to escort him personally?" The thin elder was Deputy Director Liu.

"Because he's not ordinary," Meng Wudi said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the girl with the round face turned to look at Su Hang, her clear, large eyes sizing him up, as if trying to see what was so extraordinary about him.

The guy who looked like a crafty merchant greeted him with a grin, "I am Wu Shouchang, the head of the Wu Family of Southern Ridge. Young brother, let's keep in touch in the future."

As for the cool-looking man, he glanced at Su Hang and then haughtily curled his lip with a snort.

"Let me introduce the hall entrance test to you," Deputy Director Liu said with a beaming smile to Su Hang and the other three, "These four assessors beside me are at the Innate Initial, Middle, Late, and Perfection Stages of cultivation, respectively. You can choose any one of them as your opponent to challenge. I will score you based on the opponent you choose and the situation of the fight—the higher the score, the better the allocation and the higher the treatment."

"Ruan Lingling!" Deputy Director Liu directly called out.

"I'll challenge the one at the Innate Middle Stage," said the girl with the round face, who herself was at the Innate Middle Stage of cultivation.

She touched the two small bells hanging on her bracelet, and instantly, the bells transformed into two watermelon-sized meteor hammers.

That was a Seventh Grade Spiritual Artifact!

"A delicate little sister actually using such heavy spiritual weapons, interesting," Su Hang laughed.

When Ruan Lingling started fighting, Su Hang was surprised once again. She seemed like a different person, like a female tyrannosaur, with one wave of attacks after another, crazily smashing away with no use of any complicated or exquisite martial skills.

"Boom boom boom..."

On the thirtieth collision, her opponent was sent flying.

"Good, very good!" Deputy Director Liu immediately gave Ruan Lingling an "A," which was a top-tier grade.

The second to go was the crafty merchant, Wu Shouchang. This guy, with a cultivation level at the Innate Perfection Stage, chose an opponent at the Innate Late Stage, yet he was defeated and chased all around the place, showing his poor combat experience.

He was directly eliminated by Deputy Director Liu.

"Next, Li Bobo!"

"Let the weak ones go first. I am the king who concludes the show, and a king is destined to make a dazzling entrance by stepping over the weak," the cool young man said arrogantly.

Seeing Su Hang not moving, Li Bobo couldn't help but say, "Hey, dummy, he's talking about you."

"Weak ones, huh?" Su Hang's eyelids lifted as his gaze fell on Deputy Director Liu, "I challenge you."

Meng Wudi couldn't help but laugh.

He was very curious about this Su Hang.

This man had slain a Mysterious Scholar and a True Person and had emerged unscathed from the horrific Eclipse Moon poison bomb.

These feats had shrouded Su Hang in a layer of mystery.

He was eager to witness for himself the young man's abilities, and now the opportunity had come.

"Young brother, you are merely at the Innate Initial Stage of cultivation, whereas Deputy Director Liu is at the Grandmaster Early Stage, known as the 'Demon Eagle.' His Great Eagle Claw is famous throughout Qinyuan Province, and even an average Grandmaster at the Middle Stage is no match for him," Wu Shouchang couldn't help but warn Su Hang not to court death.

"Last March, three demon beasts at the Grandmaster Early Stage led more than a hundred others into Tianhu Village in Lingbei. Grandmaster Liu happened to be passing by. Alone, he fought a bloody battle for a day and killed all those hundred-plus demon beasts without a scratch on him," Ruan Lingling also quietly reminded Su Hang.

"If the person I challenge is too weak, how can it highlight the finale king's prowess later?" Su Hang said.

"You're kind of interesting," Li Bobo turned his head to look, "Alright then, if you can defeat Deputy Director Liu, I might reluctantly take you as my little brother."