Chapter 508 - The First Crisis (1/2)
In a flash, the purple dragon with lightning had already arrived in the sky above the gorge. All of a sudden, fierce winds blew, and clouds were rolling violently. On the ground, with the howling wind, the dust and sand that flew up in the air blurred people’s eyes. Many of them looked at the dragon with ultimately horrified looks. Dragons were creatures in the legends of ancient times, which could summon the winds and command the rain as well as bring the thunders and drop the fire. These omnipotent dragons were capable of myriads of changes, and no ordinary people could resist them.
No one had ever seen a dragon before, but now they saw a real one with their own eyes. How could they not be shocked? Suddenly, the purple lightning dragon roared at the crowd below. It seemed that its voice was going to split the ground. Right after that, a heavy gale came on to blow, along with stones flying in all directions. Also, countless towering trees were directly blown away.
At this point, it seemed that even the ground also began to roar. The dragon roar reverberated through the gorge as though the sound alone could tear people apart. With fright, most of the newly joined disciples became as pale as ghosts and fled in all directions.
Chu Qi moved, unsheathed her Full Moon Blade, and put it beside Xiao Chen to protect him. Xiao Chen gently pressed her hand and said seriously, “Chu Qi, don’t move. Put your weapon away.”
“Howl…”
Suddenly, the purple lightning dragon roared again, but this time, it roared toward the place where Xiao Chen stood. The mighty dragon roar could nearly crack people’s internal organs. Xiao Chen instantly started to run all his True Energy. While trying his best to resist the force from the dragon roar, he tightly pulled Chu Qi. The strong wind almost blew his face out of shape.
A lot of people around him directly gave up their resistance and were sent flying by the dragon roar. Many of them escaped in fear of the powerful dragon aura, while others were so frightened that their legs went weak that they collapsed to the ground.
A moment later, the purple lightning dragon finally stopped roaring, and the surging clouds in the sky finally quieted down. At this time, three beams of light with different colors suddenly rose in the distance and flew toward them in the sky. Upon arrival, they turned into three white-bearded old elders with large fluttering sleeves, like immortals.
The one on the left was a red-robed elder. In the middle was a cyan-robed elder, and on the right was a purple-robed elder.
The three elders stood on their swords, floating in the air like immortals. None of them had revealed any trace of the aura that only belonged to true masters, but a sense of respect would arise spontaneously in the people’s hearts as soon as they saw them. These three elders were the three Perfected Immortals of the Cloud Mist Academy. All of them had a cultivation level of the Grand Completion Realm.
The elder in a red robe on the left was Perfected Immortal Chongyang, who was proficient in the magic spell. Xiao Chen had seen him when he went through the Sword Tryout in the Wastelands last time. The cyan-robed elder in the middle was Perfected Immortal Qingxu, who was perfect in the swordsmanship and sword techniques. As for the purple-robed elder on the right was Perfected Immortal Zihui, who was well versed in formations.
Now that the purple lightning dragon was circling the three Perfected Immortals. When they saw the arrival of the three Perfected Immortals, those new disciples below finally heaved a sigh of relief. However, the three Perfected Immortals looked a little disappointed as they saw that these disciples were in a state of disarray.
Perfected Immortal Zihui’s gaze swept across the crowd until he saw Xiao Chen, who was calm in the face of danger. His eyes showed a little appreciation. Then he looked at the purple lightning dragon and whispered, “Tian Zhi, go back.”
With a shrilling whistle, the purple lightning dragon roared and left immediately after turning into the winds and clouds. Xiao Chen calmed down. As he had expected, this was an ancient dragon soul. He didn’t expect that this Perfected Immortal Zihui was also a high-level Imperial Spirit Commander.
Xiao Chen estimated that this dragon was at least a Tier-Seven dragon soul, which had the strength above the Grand Completion Realm and could instantly destroy Guifeng’s body and soul. Of course, the Tier-Seven dragon soul was just his speculation.
The crowd slowly quieted down. They all looked up at the three Perfected Immortals with fluttering sleeves in midair. When they saw the stern looks of the three Perfected Immortals, they couldn’t help but appear to be a little nervous. The three Perfected Immortals looked at each other. Then riding on the rows of sword radiance, they went to the distance. It wasn’t until they had left that all the people presented felt a little more relaxed.
At this moment, the fog on the opposite side of the gorge also dispersed. After that, four rays of sword light followed. As the four rays landed on the ground, they instantly turned into four young people. They were the senior brothers who were going to welcome the newcomers this time.
It reminded Xiao Chen of the scene when he joined the Three Pure Sect that year. Everything was almost the same. But for Xiao Chen, this place was utterly a strange place without the three princes, Senior Sister Luo, and Bai Ying.
“Welcome to the Cloud Mist Academy. Next, let me tell you some matters about the entrance test.” A Senior Brother stood up and said with a light smile on his face. It seemed that he was not so stern. After saying that, he continued, “Of course, it is only a test for new students. Even if you fail the test, you can still enter the Cloud Mist Academy. Therefore, you do not need to worry.”
The meaning of his words was already obvious. Though all the new students who came to sign up this time were outstanding talents from all over the world, they had different levels of aptitude. Therefore, this test was aimed to screen out the students with the best ability who could be paid special attention to in the future. As for those with relatively ordinary aptitude, they naturally could only get ordinary treatment. It was a universal rule. In any place, there was no so-called absolute fair.
In fact, all of them knew the rule in their hearts, but they would not say it out loud. Now, everyone around them had become a competitor. The more competitors that they defeated, the more attention of the academy they could gain. Of course, it was the idea of a part of them who had some extremely distorted thoughts in their minds. This part of people thought that if they dug pits for and climbed on others, they could reach an upper position.
“Well, please show me your jade notes of places in our academy for inspection. Then you have to cross the illusory land here and reach the opposite of the gorge by yourselves. Remember, you must reach the opposite side as fast as you can. No matter what happens, don’t look back.”
A Senior Brother said very seriously. After that, everyone stepped forward and handed over their jade notes of places for the four Senior Brothers to check. Of course, Jiang Qianqian also came here. However, she frowned slightly and looked very unhappy because she knew the information in the jade note that she didn’t win the first place in the Sword Tryout.
After the inspections, these Senior Brothers counted up that 543 people in total signed up today. Half of them were the winners of the Sword Tryouts from places all over the Wastelands. Next, these new students had to fly across the illusory land in this gorge. Xiao Chen was fully prepared. Since the bridges with iron chains in Three Pure Sect did not daunt him that year, the easy illusory land now could pose no threat to him. Well, at least, he thought so.
When everyone was about to fly across the illusory land, a person behind them called out in an urgent voice. “Wait! Wait! Here is one more student!”