Chapter 15 (1/2)

In fact, this cave was also a dreamland, but it was equipped with Qimen Dunjia Formation. As long as one broke the formation, he could be teleported to the other end.

It was dark inside the cave, but there was a dim light from the formation. The path was constantly changing. Sometimes sharp stones fell from above, and sometimes a stone wall might suddenly appear to block one’s way. The most dangerous situation was that the ground would suddenly become a bottomless abyss.

Many people went round and round and then showed up in a dead-end which indicated that he was eliminated. Some people were scared and lost their bearings. When they reached the place where they set off, they were angry and kept cursing.

However, Xiao Chen was an expert at formation, and this complex and dangerous Qimen Dunjia Formation was just a children’s maze game to him. He turned three steps into two steps, moved horizontally and then jumped vertically, and casually broke through this formidable Qimen Dunjia Formation of the Three Pure Sect.

A vast scene suddenly came to Xiao Chen’s sight. It was a green valley with folds of flowers, dancing butterflies, and running streams. Beyond the valley stood many mountains.

The bright lights made him narrow his eyes. He took a deep breath and instantly felt refreshed. A voice resounded from his left, “Haha! Junior brother, I’m faster! You will pour and clean the chamber pot for me in the following three months!”

“Nah! I am the winner!” Another voice rose on Xiao Chen’s right.

Two rows of sword radiance fell on the ground at the same time. When they noticed Xiao Chen, they stared agape at him. “You! How can you be faster than us? When did you get here?! Have you cheated?”

Xiao Chen pointed backward and said with an innocent face, “I just got here.”

The two disciples looked at each other for a long time as if they had lost their souls. This had broken the record of the Three Pure Sect in hundreds of years. It even took Senior Brother Mo Yu, who had the best talent in the sect, 30 minutes to get here.

After a long time, the two disciples came to their senses and then almost bent their knees. They both said loudly, “Master! Please accept our highest respect!”

At this point, in the small pavilion on the top of the Lingtai Mountain, the Second Elder laughed with the astrolabe in his hand, “Hahaha! This is what a disciple of a Cultivators’ sect should look like! It seems that I, Xingzhen Zi, am going to have a successor! Hahahaha! This kid is mine. None of you can take him from me!”

The Forth Elder immediately said, “Bullsh*t! You already have so many disciples. Don’t you worry that they might revolt?”

The Fifth Elder stroked his beard and frowned, saying, “What’s the background of this kid? Can he be a spy sent by the Skygale Sect or Cold-billow Sword Sect?”

The Second Elder, Xingzhen Zi, laughed in tears and said, “He ain’t no spy. He’s the fourth young master of the Xiao Family. Sect Leader went to the Cloud Province to visit the Xiao Family and asked their chieftain to conduct an investigation on that Soul-consuming Evil Flower.”

The Third Elder, Bai Ying, sighed and said, “It seems that I haven’t had a Core Disciple yet…”

The Second Elder laughed harder upon hearing this. He then said, “Third Junior Sister, you haven’t even reached the Core Forming Realm. Who wants to follow you?”

Bai Ying stood up with her hands on her back and said with a slight smile, “You’re talking as if you could defeat me.”

The Second Elder blushed upon hearing this. Although he was at the Core Forming Realm, he was not confident enough to defeat his junior sister who was only at the Foundation Building Realm. He waved his hand and said, “Come on. You said that you won’t have a male disciple.”

“Things change. You should continue to chatter. I’m leaving.” She then walked out. The Second Elder shouted, “Hey! Don’t cheat, junior sister! You can’t interfere with the test!”

“Who said that I’ll go intervene?” As her voice fell, she disappeared in the clouds with sword radiance.

The Forth Elder stroked his beard and said, “Brother Xingzhen, don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Did you forget that he failed the second round?”

The Second Elder glanced at him and asked, “What do you mean?”

“Do you still remember the Inner Demon that our master used to talk about? I think that this kid carries too many burdens. If he falls into the swamp of his burdens, there will be an Inner Demon in him. Then, he is very likely to fall into the Devil’s Practice…”

“Humph! Stop it! Don’t you think that I’ll give this kid to you just because you said so…”

At this moment, a stern-looking old man came to their back and said, “What are you talking about?”

The three elders immediately stood up and said respectfully, “Senior brother, greetings.”

This man was the First Elder of the Three Pure Sect and was in charge of penalties. When the Sect Leader was absent, he made the calls in the sect. He looked at the mirror and then looked at the Second Elder, saying, “A senior from the Violet Manor just arrived.”

“What!?”

The three elders trembled and looked nervous and scared. Xingzhen Zi said hurriedly, “Does he come here for that incident in the sky 16 years ago?”

The First Elder nodded and said, “Yes. You come with me.”

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Down the mountain, the third round finished. There were 2,000 participants before, but only less than 300 remained. The crowd was not that noisy now.