Chapter 967 (1/2)

Chapter 967

When the flying boat arrived above the Xuantian Dao Sect, Ouyang Qiuyu hastily went out to greet it . The flying boat had a flag waving to indicate its affiliation: the Xuantian Dao Sect .

The Xuantian Dao Sect it indicated was not the branch sect within the Eastern Wasteland . It was the head Xuantian Dao Sect located in the Central Plains . Every ten years, the head sect would send flying boats to the branch sects to bring disciples who met the qualifications back to the head sect .

Those disciples all had to have reached Sea Expansion, and they needed to be no older than fifty .

“Ouyang Qiuyu, leader of the Eastern Wasteland’s branch sect, greets senior from the head sect . ” Ouyang Qiuyu hastily bowed .

Long Chen and the others had no choice but to follow . But Long Chen merely bent his waist slightly to indicate that he was bowing .

In reality, Long Chen looked down on this move . The flying boat took a full incense stick’s time to descend . The people on it refused to show themselves, intentionally waiting for all the Xuantian Dao Sect’s disciples to gather and bow to them . That was irritating to him .

Stairs descended from the flying boat . A group of people walked down, all their auras vast like a sea .

The person at the front was a middle-aged man with a stern face . His long hair fell to the back of his head, and his brows were raised, giving off a strict feeling .

“Is everything prepared?” he asked Ouyang Qiuyu .

“Reporting to senior, everything is prepared . This time, the Eastern Wasteland’s branch sect has a total of 417 people who qualify to be sent to the Central Plains to take the test,” answered Ouyang Qiuyu .

The truth was that other than the Dragonblood Legion, there were few that met the qualifications . Amongst those remaining people, some were disciples sent from other sects .

Their sects had entrusted them to the Xuantian Dao Sect, as their own sects didn’t have the power to properly raise them . If they were sent to the Xuantian Dao Sect, they could go to the Central Plains .

These sects felt that holding back their disciples was worse than letting them go to another sect . If their disciples could take root in the Central Plains and gain some skills, when the time came, they might come back and bring them over to the Central Plains as well or improve their original sect .

This was emotional persuasion . If it paid off, then it would pay off extremely well . Those disciples that were sent off might leave their family or partners back in the sect . They were like a kite string connected to them, making it so when they did gain power, they wouldn’t forget to repay their original sect .

“In accordance with the rules, we will leave in three days to give the disciples time to say goodbye to their friends and family . Arrange a residence for us,” said the middle-aged man . His voice wasn’t loud, but it was filled with unquestionable dignity .

“Yes, the arrangements have long since been prepared . ” As Ouyang Qiuyu spoke, Sea Expansion Elders came forward to lead them away .

A total of thirty-eight people came off the boat . Only that middle-aged man’s aura was reserved so that no one could tell his cultivation base . However, the pressure he gave off made it unquestionable that he had to be a terrifying King .

The others who came off the boat were all young disciples . Their cultivation bases were all at Foundation Forging, but their auras were extremely condensed . Just like the middle-aged man, they gave off an immense pressure .

Once they had left, Guo Ran speechlessly said, “They really know how to be posers . We came out to greet them, but they didn’t even glance at us . ”

Long Chen nodded . Ouyang Qiuyu and Shui Wuhen, along with the other higher-ups, had left with that middle-aged man’s group . The disciples remaining didn’t quite know what to do .

“Let’s scatter . ” Long Chen waved his hand, telling the disciples to go do whatever they were doing before . This had been nothing more than a show .

“Long Chen, I have to leave . ” Once they returned, Yue Xiaoqian reluctantly opened her mouth .

“Sister Xiaoqian, you’re not going to stay with us?” Tang Wan-er grabbed Yue Xiaoqian’s hand .

“Aunt Yu said I can’t go with Long Chen to the Central Plains,” said Yue Xiaoqian .

“Why not? Long Chen, go ask aunt Yu to have Xiaoqian accompany us,” said Tang Wan-er .

During this time, Tang Wan-er had surprisingly begun to stick up for Yue Xiaoqian, because Yue Xiaoqian was younger than her and naturally naive . Tang Wan-er treated her as a little sister that needed protecting .

When she was with Meng Qi, she felt herself to not be sensible or mature enough . But with Yue Xiaoqian, she felt like she had a true partner, and the two of them had been chattering incessantly this entire time .

“It’s not a good time for Xiaoqian to accompany us to the Central Plains . ” Long Chen shook his head .

Yue Xiaoqian began to cry, causing Tang Wan-er to be infuriated . “You scoundrel Long Chen, what are you talking about?”

“Sister Wan-er, don’t make things hard on Long Chen . The Central Plains are where the world’s strongest experts reside . It’s not a good idea for me to go with you there,” said Yue Xiaoqian .

Long Chen was helpless . There was no way around this, as there were just too many experts in the Central Plains . According to aunt Yu, some were approaching the level of G.o.ds . If Yue Xiaoqian went, it would be all too easy for her ident.i.ty to be exposed .