Chapter 144: The Road to Death (2/2)

“Junior Martial Sister, don’t bother continuing to speak rubbish with him. Just let him scram.” Mu Yang walked up from behind her with a tone of disgust towards Li Jiuyang.

“Li Jiuyang, didn’t you already hear? You can scream now.” Lu Meihong spoke curtly.

Li Jiuyang trembled and hastily spoke, “But I was personally appointed by Elder Han……”

“I’ll go talk to Elder Han tomorrow personally.” Lu Meihong forcefully interrupted Li Jiuyang, “Now I’m in charge of this area and your role as an outer sect manager stops now. Very soon, you will receive a letter of your resignation.”

Once Lu Meihong said that, not only did Li Jiuyang’s, but all the outer sect disciples felt their hearts shudder. All of this was just because she had a powerful father. With a single sentence, an outer sect manager was disposed of without the slightest ability to resist.

At the side, Dugu Feiyan and Liu Yijian watched this scene with relief. They were lucky to have left Li Jiuyang’s tutelage for Li Chong’s so quickly. Otherwise, they would've been dragged own with Li Jiuyang, their futures ruined.

“Hehehe……” Li Jiuyang suddenly boomed with laughter, a penetrating laugh that was filled with despair and anger: “It’s just a mere position as an outer sect manager, so what if I don’t have it! Hahaha, Li Chong, you’ve finally fulfilled your dream. You should be satisfied now, right? Hahaha!”

Li Jiuyang continued to laugh madly as he left, leaving everybody only the sorrowful sight of his desolate back and the echoes of his crazed laughter.

……

The entrance assessment this time was something no newcomers could imagine. Who could’ve thought that due to Lu Meihong’s damned “meticiulous care” wanting to play around, countless lives with limitless potential and spirit would be damned on the road on joining the Zhengyang Sect.

The thousand who had come had no idea of their fate in the entrance assessment as they made their way to the fog ridden valley. The valley was level and expansive, enough to hold thousands so the thousand currently inside weren’t cramped at all.

The clouds surrounded all four sides of the valley densely like a wall. Apart from the entrance they came from, there was no way out.

Everybody was baffled. Could it be that it really was just a valley?

The one in charge of leading this time’s assessment, Han Yuan was at the front of the crowd. He bowed respectfully at the clouds above the stone wall, his voice clear: ”I respectfully ask the Sect Protector Elders to open the Hidden Territory Exam Room!”

“Hidden Territory?” A fire immediately lit in everybody’s hearts upon hearing the two words. So it turns out the exam room was actually a hidden territory.

A hidden territory was something all cultivators couldn’t be more familiar with. It was a place filled with treasures that could give them endless benefits if they got their hands on one. There was no way they couldn’t be excited.

Qin Yu was also in the crowd and was startled upon hearing somebody mention ‘hidden territory’. He hadn’t thought that the exam room would be connected to a hidden territory.

At this moment, his heart was filled with anticipation of getting some good treasures in the hidden territory to let him breakthrough faster. For him, the initial stage of Transformation Realm was still far too weak.

Under everybody’s anticipating and excitement, three figures appeared in the sky through the clouds and mist, floating there silently.

Suddenly, the crowd flared up, their eyes filled with fascination, respect, and zealous admiration at the three figures within the clouds and mist.

Void Realm. The three Zhengyang Sect Protectors were famed for their Void Realm strength.

Qin Yu frowned slightly upon seeing the three Void Realm cultivators appear. It seems like the hidden territory was special for it to require three Void Realm experts alltogether to open it. If it really was like this, then it would really be exciting. If he could break through to Spirit Realm inside, then he would definitely be able to get revenge. However, he didn’t know how long he would be able to stay in the hidden territory.

“Open!”

In the air, the three figures shouted in unison. Their power was astonishing to the point where the entire Zhengyang Sect could hear their voices.

Rumble, rumble...

A boom sound suddenly echoed, causing the valley floor to tremble with the rumbles like an earthquake.

“Ah!!”

Countless people cried out in alarm as they hurried to stabilize themselves before staring at the now split open stone wall in shock. They were utterly stunned.

On the split open stone wall laid a huge crevice that grew bigger as it continued to crack.Because of the stone wall’s cracking, the two mountain peaks that laid on the two sides of the wall slowly started to be pushed apart.

With a normal person’s strength, the thought of splitting open a stone wall or moving a mountain was utterly unthinkable. However, this was done right in front of their eyes, and with only three people at that.

This was precisely the power of a man who was a master of cultivation.

Therefore, everybody young aspired to be a master just like them. That zealous desire burned brightly in their hearts as a spark that grew into a blaze. They wished they could just rush into the crevice and enter the hidden territory to become a powerful expert with a limitless future through that one step.

But for most of the people here, the step they took was the first to their demise.