Chapter 62 - The Entrance Test (2/2)

“Master is indeed unfathomably profound!” Yi Qing’s eyes lit up as he said, “This must be some high level cultivation technique? Can Master repeat?”

Profound your head! Hey, what are you holding a pen for! This is a freaking joke alright? Yi Qing, can you not forcefully support your Master’s bluff?!

“So that’s what it is!” Yu Hong nodded in understanding. “Sect Master, please demonstrate for us.”

Huh? All of you really freaking believed it! Where’s your intelligence?!

“Uh, actually I was thinking…”

“Enough!” Lonemoon could not stop himself from interrupting. He looked back at Shen Ying coldly and said, “Shut up! Go and eat your rice.”

“…” Weren’t you the one who made me ask?

Lonemoon rubbed his forehead and took a deep breath before suppressing all the curses in his heart. “That’s it for today. You guys can go and take a rest. We will talk about cultivation matters tomorrow.”

Finished, he took out a couple of tokens to remove the restrictions and signaled them to go to their lodgings at the right side of the front hall.

Everyone was a little stunned as they looked at Yu Hong. Seeing her nod, all of them then saluted and took their leave.

So tiring…

“The problem with this group can’t be overlooked.” Yi Qing finally said after all of their figures were out of sight.

“Of course I know that.” Lonemoon rolled his eyes at him. Your intelligence only returns when the matter doesn’t concern Shen Ying. “Just now amongst them, there were already three people who have completed their Core Formation, yet the cultivation techniques they reported are only some low level ones, some of them skills that not even an itinerant cultivator would practice. Who would believe that? Obviously, none of them were speaking the truth.”

He looked in the direction which they had left. “From the look of things, they probably met with some trouble which is why they seized the opportunity to hide here, and that trouble must be pretty huge.”

“Sect traitors? Or escaped slaves?” Yi Qing furrowed his brows. Either possibility did not put them in a good light.

“They must have something with them which conceals their aura and that’s why we can’t see through their identity.” He flipped the flute in his hand. “But they can’t hide it for long. If we’re lucky, perhaps we’ll find out tomorrow.”

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Late into the night.

A silhouette of a person appeared at an area beneath a roof and was checking out the surroundings nervously.

“Sister Hong…” The next moment, another eight people appeared at her opposite side who went up to that figure quickly.

“Coming.” Yu Hong looked at the rest of them and took count. “Is everyone here? Have any of you been discovered?”

“Don’t worry, Sister Yu Hong,” one of them replied softly. “We have checked both front and back. No one is tailing us. Apart from the three of them, this Invincible Sect really did not have other people.”

“That’s good!” Yu Hong heaved a sigh of relief, but still looked at them nervously. “We cannot let down our guard too early. Don’t forget this place is within the Demon Realm. You guys also saw those high level demons from before. They are not opponents that we are able to handle.”

Everyone’s expressions became grave. “Sister Yu Hong, can we really… escape to the Lower Realm safely?”

“Yes, yes we can!” Yu Hong held the hand of the girl beside her tightly, not sure if she was encouraging them or herself. “We have escaped even from the Sky Severance Cliff, so what else is there to fear? As long as we can hang on until we reach the Lower Realm, we will get our freedom. With that person’s protection, we can start anew and no one would dare to belittle us again.”

As she spoke, everyone’s eyes lit up as if gaining new hope. “That’s right. I have heard that she was just like us… As a woman, she… she will definitely help us.”

“But…” There were some who were still worried and one of them said hesitantly, “Sister Yu Hong, do we really have to leave? I think… those two Supremacies don’t look like bad people and this is in the Demon Realm. That old crook, Zhen Xiang… even he won’t be able to find his way here. Moreover, those two Supremacies are at the Soul Formation stage and on top of that, they are sword cultivators.”