Chapter 508 - The First Crisis (2/2)

All the people here turned around to look, seeing a young man dressed like a scholar running towards them. The young man had a folding fan in his hand, and his hair was neatly tied around his shoulders. He looked gentle and refined. But when compared to those thickly built people, he seemed rather weak and fragile.

The young man ran to the edge of the gorge and took a deep breath. He clasped his hands and said with a smile, “I’m sorry. I went to the wrong place in the southern district yesterday. Senior Brothers, sorry to keep you waiting for such a long time.”

Initially, the four Senior Brothers frowned a little when they saw that he came late. But after they heard that he ran to the southern district, they looked a little surprised, and so did the others. “The southern district of the city is where the Black Horn is located. How could he come back alive from that place? More importantly, how could he return unscathed?”

The young man smiled, taking out a jade note from his sleeve and handed it to a Senior Brother. “This is my jade note. Please have a look, Senior Brother.”

The Senior Brother took his jade note and sensed the information inside. He frowned and said, “Yumu Shisan? Alright, join the team.”

Yumu Shisan smiled gently and entered the group. Xiao Chen was a little dazed. “This person gives me a different feeling. I cannot sense his cultivation at all. Can this person also hide his cultivation like me?”

Then, under the guidance of the four Senior Brothers, they flew to the opposite of the gorge on their swords. As soon as they were above the abyss, a dense fog enveloped them. No one could hear the others’ voices, nor could they see each other. When the fog dispersed, they felt like they had entered another world, and the opposite side of the gorge seemed to be out of reach to them now.

Flying on his sword, Xiao Chen saw many ferocious beasts with wings around him. Although it was an illusory land, these ferocious beasts could attack them. Therefore, with caution, Xiao Chen carefully skirted around them, trying not to fight with them. In doing so, he could go his way with no delay. However, when he approached the opposite side, he suddenly heard many people that he knew calling his name behind him.

Xiao Chen shook his head and ignored these sounds, knowing clearly that these were nothing but illusions. However, when the last voice rang out, he gradually slowed down.

“Chen’er…”

“It’s my master’s voice.” Xiao Chen’s body trembled slightly, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and continued to move forward without looking back. However, Ling Yin’s voice seemed to follow him all the way. Xiao Chen felt extremely upset in his heart, but still, he struggled hard not to turn back. Finally, he arrived at the opposite side. But many people had arrived there before him, and so did Chu Qi.

In this test, Xiao Chen was not among those distinguished ones, and even his performance was slightly inferior. He had increased his speed to the limit and had also bypassed those ferocious beasts. However, he failed to go around the memory ingrained in his mind. Hence, the two Elders, who were standing in front of him, didn’t pay attention to him

“Well, congratulations to all of you for passing the first round of the test.”

An Elder on the left said loudly. He had a smile on his face when he spoke, but he still could not hide the trace of disappointment in his eyes. After all, this group of new disciples acted too slow. Perhaps, the ability of these students was just above the average. Thus, now he put his hope on the disciples who would sign up in the next few days.

“Ahem,” the Elder on the right coughed and said in a clear voice, “Now, let’s begin the Spiritual Meridian Test.”

The Spiritual Meridian Test was a must in every sect, including the Cloud Mist Academy. There was a large black stone standing beside the Elder. On the top of the stone were twelve small holes. In front of the stone were two palm prints. The stone was exactly the Spiritual Meridian Test Stone.

Xiao Chen frowned again. It was another Spiritual Meridian Test! Last time, he couldn’t enter the Three Pure Sect because his twelve Spiritual Meridians were black. There must be no exception if he wanted to join the Cloud Mist Academy this time. In the Three Pure Sect, Senior Sister Luo and Brother Yifeng could help him, but who would help him here?

One after another, the new disciples went forward to test their Spiritual Meridians. They had long been familiar with the Spiritual Meridian Test and also, they had already known how many Spiritual Meridians they had. Therefore, they were not nervous at all. However, the two Elders who tested their Spiritual Meridian became more and more disappointed because almost all of them had only six ordinary Spiritual Meridians. Even seven Spiritual Meridians were quite rare to see.

Suddenly, the crowd cried out in surprise, and the eyes of the two Elders lit up. On the Spiritual Meridian Test Stone, nine beams of pure white light without any flaws shot up into the sky. The person under test was precisely Jiang Qianqian.

“Nine Upper Spiritual Meridians!”

The crowd marveled at this scene. Although they were all outstanding people from all the places, they had rarely seen someone who had such pure Spiritual Meridians. Both the two Elders who tested her Spiritual Meridians looked at Jiang Qianqian with admiration. Some senior disciples who were watching in the distance were also surprised. It seemed to them that this new student was bound to be one of their academy’s key nurturing talents.

Jiang Qianqian smiled gently and withdrew her hand as if nothing important had happened. With light steps, she gracefully returned to the crowd. However, with a hint of disdain, she landed her eyes on Xiao Chen.

“Next,” said a senior disciple next to the Elder, who was in charge of the Spiritual Meridian Test.

The next one was Xiao Chen. At this moment, he tightly frowned. Though he didn’t know what consequences the test result would lead to, he knew one crucial thing that he mustn’t show his twelve beams of black light. Otherwise, he couldn’t enter the Cloud Mist Academy, definitely couldn’t! Perhaps, they would catch him and cut him apart for anatomical study.