The aura blue dragon didn't stop there though, it smashed through the golem and continued to coiling through the air. It wavered and crashed into the ground.
The the aura began to wobble more and vibrate the air, releasing a high pitched screech. The aura dragon collapsed into itself forming a shaking and lashing 'orb' of blue light.
The strings started to vibrate faster and more wild, as it did Hamar realised and jumped back quickly,
"It's gonna explode!"
Just as he finished his warning, the aura exploded in a burst of bright light. Once the dust settled, there was a large noticeable hole on the floor and even ceiling, as if a whole chunk was obliterated from existence.
Master Sheng stomped his foot and the dust all blew away,
"Impressive power, I see... You were inspired by fellow student Lan Qiang's move. It has potential but it is very unstable, perhaps Lan Qiang can help you improve it; with experience I believe it can go well."
Then he coughed and pulled out the hat of names again,
"And the next is..."
For the next while nothing especially notable happened, people used normal attacks. Some cut through the golem barely. Some mere scratching. Some blew it up, some had no destructive abilities.
That was until Tianmo was chosen to go next, he wore a black mask her his mouth and had dusty blonde hair. He walked up wearing tight black clothing with metal shielding on the shins and forearms.
Ashe walked near, he did not go close up but instead conjured sand from the ground. Then he used his hands and controlled the sand, turning it into a lance.
Then he did this multiple times until there was a storm of weapons made of sand hurtling towards a the golem. The all pierced easily and completely immobilised the golem without killing it, to which Master Sheng gave a noticeable smile but refrained from commenting.
Then by the end of the discussion, the class was ranked into four stages. Tier 1 had Hou, Hamar, Lan Qiang, Tianmo and another person who did not take the test, Jin.
Then tier 2 were those who were strong but not anything special or to be noted. Tier 3 were average, passable, just. Then tier 4 were those who did not do well, not necessarily due to anything of their cause.
Some were focused on support or healing and so could not do well in this specific test; just as Hamar would not do well in a healing test.
But still, they were all arranged into separate groups. Then each group got a different set of black robes to wear. They could be customised to suit to candidate but remained easily recognized as a group.
From tier 1 to 4, they had different trim and belt colours from white, purple, red, yellow. So Hou, Hamar, Lan Qiang, Tianmo and Jin all wore black robes with white trims/details.
Hou wore the new robes and held out his hand towards Tianmo,
"Nice to meet you, fellow tier 1. My name is Hu Li, your technique was very impressive,"
Tianmo carefully shook Hou's hand but did not say anything, remaining mute and just barely nodding. Then Hei Feng and Lan Qiang also introduced themselves to him. While they weren't exactly an official group, Hou (Hu Li), Hamar (Hei Feng), and Lan Qiang had become a defacto group.
Tianmo was an outsider to this but became tangentially connected to this group in the mind of the other students and Master Sheng. They were all tier 1 and so would be at a similar level; suitable to be in the same group.
This was almost all of tier 1 in one unified-ish group, only excluding Jin. Jin did not do the test and only came in shortly, nobody knew what they cultivated. They only knew of their name and their looks.
They did not even know their gender, presumably male but they were androgenous in their short appearance to collect the robe.
They had long black shiny hair and pale jade skin which was almost reflective. They wore no accessories or weapons, only a thin white robe they left under the black one they were given.
Hamar was the first to day something,
"I think we can say we are some sort of group, all tier 1s. What do you think we should call ourselves? We can't just say tier 1 without Jin..."
Tianmo raised their hand and then Hou and Lan Qiang both looked towards him,
"You want to say something?"
He quickly shook his head instead pulling up from the ground. The ground turned to sand which he used to draw characters in the air to form words,
"How about Lingtian group, as in 'overcome the heaven'? As in we will surpass tier 1 and beyond?"
How as sort of stunned and didn't say anything. And in that silence Lan Qiang was the first to speak,
"It's perfect! Let's go, already part of the Lingtian group, it's perfect for us. We all are extremely strong and so makes sense would would soar above all!"
***
At the same time as the Lingtian group was being established, Master Sheng stood in a secluded dark room talking to someone,
"You can't just come for the very minimum, go meet your peers and learn to grow,"
The person he was talking to stepped out of the shadows. In a black robe with a white thinner robe showing at the sleeves underneath. They had shining black hair and jade white skin which was almost glowing. They had striking red eyes which reflected Master Sheng's own, It was Jin!
"Dad, why do I need to do that?! None of them can satisfy me, I don't need any experience; I'm already strong enough to leave this teaching experience. Let me be a full member of the sect, even if the weakest role!"
Master Sheng pinched his glabella and shook his head,
"Just try a little, you might be surprised by what you see. Give it a few missions, if you see nothing then I'll do as you say and allow you to skip the training."