Chapter 176: Back to Pill Making (1/2)

”I shall allow you to enter the Forbidden Fields, but only for 3 days. We don't have much time otherwise. We will have to leave for Cardinal City on Friday if we want to reach it,” Ma Rong said.

”When exactly is the competition starting, Master?” he asked.

”It should start around Sunday, but it will take us time to reach there. So, you will only have 3 days of searching inside the forbidden fields. I don't know how useful that would be, but you will get the time.”

”Thank you master!” he said from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing that there was nothing more to talk about, Alex walked out of Ma Rong's house and walked all the way down to the Disciple hall in the sect valley.

'Let's see. I had 12 when I started, I used up 2, 4 were used by the folks at tiger sect, 1 was given to auction, and I just gave 2 to master. Meaning, I only have 3 left.' Alex sighed as he counted the amount of Spirit cleansing Lily he still had.

The sect valley was bright and full of light as the lanterns in the road gave it the feel of a festival. ”Ah, I've missed this,” he thought. He reached the Disciple Hall and went directly to the third floor under the stares of different people.

He walked up the stairs to the third floor, and just as he was nearing the 2nd floor, he bumped into someone walking outside. Both he and the other person stumbled backward.

”Hey, watch where you're going,” a voice came from in front of him. He saw a person being caught by another person they were with. They were both female disciples.

”I'm sorry. It was my fault,” he said as he looked more closely and realized that he knew one of the two females. The female disciple he had bumped into was a tall woman with black hair and an emotionless face. Although she looked a little angry right now.

On the other hand, the girl who caught the tall girl was a little shorter than her and looked the same. Only, her face wasn't as emotionless.

”Oh, it's you, sister Zhou Mi. I'm sorry about that, I was in a bit of a hurry,” Alex said as he looked at the smaller girl. This was the girl he had met when he had attended Kong Yuhan's ascension.

”Junior Brother… Yu Ming, right? What are you doing here? The upper floors are not for outer sect disciples,” Zhou Mi said.

”You know this guy?” the taller girl asked.

”I've met him once before when I was with my other friends,” Zhou Mi replied.

As the two sisters were talking, Alex noticed something finally. 'A core disciple,' he thought. He had only seen core disciples before, and only now he was interacting with one, finally.