For Master Sky Claw and many others, this would be their last chance at greatness. Master Sky Claw has managed to reach the eighth transformation. So it is clear that the best he can manage is getting a force diagram.
Arthur shook his head and said, "Actually, it is not even certain that he will be able to get the force diagram. But he has a high chance of doing so."
The seventh transformation is the minimum level of cultivation that anyone who wants to get the force diagram as their reward for participating in the regional sect examination must have.
So Skylar, or Master Sky Claw, as he would like to be called, has a high chance of succeeding in his endeavor. If he were at the ninth transformation of the first mortal coil, it would be nearly certain that he would succeed in earning the force diagram.
Only those with the cultivation of the tenth transformation can be certain of earning the force diagram. Unfortunately, they don't need the force diagram since they are already at the tenth transformation.
He shook his head and said, "Even if Skylar fails, he should be able to earn a pill that will help him reach the ninth transformation. So his time won't be wasted."
"He can then use that strength to hunt in the green forest. As long as he is not swallowed by a giant python or gored to death by boars and tigers, he will be able to reach the second mortal coil eventually."
This is the major reason why the regional sect examination has a lot of participants every year. The other reason is that participating in the examination for the first time is free.
The regional sect examination is a chance of a lifetime. It is a chance for people to change their fate.
Despite how important it is, participation is free, and people can earn something even if they fail in the ultimate goal of joining a sect. So it is no wonder why many people will travel large distances to reach the site of the examination.
He read the newspaper for a long while before the attendants brought over the information they had on Scarred Raven.
There was a lot of information about him. Apparently, he was a notorious criminal.
His main job is that of an assassin. He belongs to an agency that people pay to have others killed for them.
This agency is called the Black Mantis. It is a local force in the Turin Kingdom. They have a leader who is at the second mortal coil, but the rest of its members are at the first mortal coil.
The agency is one level stronger than those of the gangs that do business in Agate City. After all, the strongest manpower that the gangs can produce are people around the seventh transformation.
So he has to be careful with dealing with the Black Mantis group. He has to be careful, but he still has to deal with them.
If he had his way, he wouldn't want to offend someone at the second mortal coil. But things are way past that because the Black Mantis group has been contracted to kill him.
That means they are destined to be enemies. It doesn't matter if he is willing to let them go after they nearly killed them. They will still come after him once they find out that he is alive.
He can't just return to his normal life after what happened. If they could trap him in the green forest before, they could trap him there again. They can even set his house on fire.
Maybe they will stop trying to kill him if he goes to them and pays them a lot of money not to try to kill him. But he is not willing to do that.
Since he is not willing to let them go for what they did to him, he must be prepared to lock heads with them. That's why he gritted his teeth to purchase information about both the Scarred Raven and the Black Mantis group.
He paid 15 gold coins to buy the second level of information about the two of them. This level of information is called the deep level. Raven cost 10 gold coins, while the Black Mantis group cost 15 gold coins.
The Scarred Raven himself is suspected to be at the seventh transformation. The information agency doesn't know for sure because the Scarred Raven rarely shows his strength.
The Scarred Raven always uses underhanded means to kill his targets. His favorite method is using poison.
He doesn't go up to a target and fight them to the death. Instead, he takes his time to plan and kill the target without risk to his life.
He is a careful and smart assassin. The only reason they estimate his power to be at the seventh transformation of the first mortal coil was that someone at the level of power pursued him after a failed assassination.
He managed to escape from that person. So he was determined to have power that is effectively at the seventh transformation of the first mortal coil.
That's not the only thing he learned from the deep-level package. If it were, it wouldn't be worth the money he paid for it.
He also learned about the known associates of the Scarred Raven and the places he frequents. He even learned about the base of the Black Mantis agency is.
Anyone who wants to give the Black Mantis agency a job will have to go to their base through a series of channels. So if he wants to find the person who paid them to kill him, his bet is to go to their base and ask around.
He thought about things and said to himself, "I should go after Scarred Raven first. He might run away if I attack his base first."
He doesn't know exactly where the Scarred Raven is, but he has a lot of information about the assassin that can help him catch the Scarred Raven.