Chapter 500 - Baili Xiaohualuo (1/2)

“Is this the person you were talking about?” The red-robed old man’s gaze remained fixed on Xiao Chen in the distance as he asked.

Jiang Bietian smiled and said, “Yes, I don’t know where he came from. His registered name is Xiao Chen. But I’ve sent someone to investigate him. It seems that there’s no such a person. He should be using an alias.”

“There’s no such a person? Could it be…” At this point, the red-robed elder frowned as if he was deep in thought. Jiang Bietian smiled and said, “But it’s fine. I don’t know what he came to the Yan Prefecture City for, but now it seems like he’s also here to enter the Cloud Mist Academy.”

The elder nodded and continued, “His talent doesn’t seem to be bad either. It would be good if he could achieve the Nirvana Realm without taking any pills. But I don’t know what he is really capable of. After all, The Annihilation Times has come. Although the disciples’ cultivations are higher, they are all superficial. What your daughter has is rare.”

Under the platform, Xiao Chen walked to the registration counter. Chu Qi was also there. Because he had heard that the Wastelands Sword Tryout would weaken the stronger party, so for the sake of safety, he decided at the last minute to let Chu Qi to also sign up for the registration. In the battles of the same level, Chu Qi was almost guaranteed to win. Therefore, the one million Spirit Stones could not run away.

Because of this, this time, Xiao Chen generously paid the registration fee of 2,000 Spirit Stones. He didn’t feel distressed at all and even felt very happy in his heart.

It was already afternoon after the registration. Next, it was time for him to prepare for the Sword Tryout in two days. Xiao Chen was not in a hurry because he was not as nervous as others. Anyway, his strength would be weakened at that time. Therefore, he had been wandering around in the city with Chu Qi in the past two days. He spent the money at where it was needed. He was not as distressed as he was when he first came.

About this, Chu Qi had always been silently following him and did not say a word. In the past two days, Xiao Chen also learned something about the Cloud Mist Academy. For the disciple recruitment of the Cloud Mist Academy, as long as they were qualified, anyone could go, even someone like Liu Qing, who was a disciple of a sect.

And after entering Cloud Mist Academy, they would not be requested to leave their previous sect. They could completely keep two identities, and Cloud Mist Academy would not force them to stay. One day, if you did not want to stay there, you could leave at any time.

But generally speaking, people who went to the Cloud Mist Academy would have feelings for it. This kind of feeling was different from the feelings of sects. Even if they reached the legendary state in the future or had their own influence, they would not forget that they had learned skills there.

They would never forget that there was always a teacher who carefully taught him. As the saying goes, a teacher for a day is a father for a lifetime. Therefore, even if there was a different standpoint in the future, they would never be its enemy and would never be his teacher’s enemy. Of course, there was always an exception, and this exception already existed.

In the past two days, Xiao Chen knew that this time, the people who took part in Wastelands Sword Tryout were all going for the qualifications of entering the Cloud Mist Academy. No one cared about the one million Spirit Stones, which made him very surprised. However, when he really knew about the Cloud Mist Academy, maybe he would not be this surprised.

Finally, on the day of the 9th of September, the Double Ninth Festival, there were also customs such as dogwood insertion in the Wastelands. However, this day, the city of Yan Prefecture City was the most lively. Because of the Wastelands Sword Tryout, people from all walks of life gathered outside the square to watch. Of course, there were also many cultivators. In fact, there was not much difference between them and those in the Violet Manor. Every time there was a grand meeting, it was inevitable that there would be a scene of tens of thousands of people going out home and an empty alley left then, which caused some thieves to show up.

Xiao Chen came to the square and saw a sea of people. There were more people than the registration two days ago. On the east side of the high platform sat City Master Jiang Bietian and the unfathomable old man in red. On the other two sides of the platform, there was a purple-robed old man and a cyan-robed elder. They were Perfected Immortal Zixuan of Pure Mind Sect and Perfected Immortal Qingyuan of Heaven Heart Pavilion. They were both seniors in the Apotheosis Realm. Everyone was very respectful to them. However, these two people were also very respectful to the old man in red.

There were also many people who were puzzled about it. Perfected Immortal Zixuan and Perfected Immortal Qingyuan were both highly respected Cultivators’ sect in Yan Prefecture City, but they had never seen this old man in red before. Therefore, some people started to whisper.

“Who’s this senior sitting beside the City Master?”

“You don’t know him at all? It’s Perfected Immortal Chongyang, one of the three Spiritual Masters of Cloud Mist Academy!”

“Chong… Perfected Immortal Chongyang? Is it really Perfected Immortal Chongyang?”

“Of course. This time, Perfected Immortal of Cloud Mist Academy come to our Yan Prefecture City in person, which is enough to show that Cloud Mist Academy also attaches great importance to our Yan Prefecture City. Otherwise, why would there be one more spot than other places?”

For a moment, the crowd became noisy. Xiao Chen also calmed down. It turned out that the old man in red was a Perfected Immortal from the Cloud Mist Academy. No wonder he could not see through his cultivation. It seemed that there were really strong people in the Wastelands, which was no worse than the Violet Manor. This person’s cultivation must be at least the same level as his grandfather, Su Ying.

At the noisiest moment in the crowd, a pale cyan shadow suddenly flew over and fell on the high platform at the east end. The crowd immediately fell into a short silence, and then someone shouted, “It’s Miss Jiang!”

Some people from Pure Mind Sect also shouted, “It’s Junior Sister Jiang. As expected, she also participates in the Wastelands Sword Tryout this time!”