Chapter 11 – Barbarian Ghost Sect (1/2)
Chapter 11 – Barbarian Ghost Sect
The place where the platform landed was a grassy plain. Not far from the plain was a sparsely filled forest that hid a couple of rock houses.
Liu Ming took a couple of looks at the rock houses before glancing around the plain.
Another forty to fifty meters away from him was another platform that many youths also stepped down from.
“Go down. How much longer are you going to stay?” An impatient voice came from behind Liu Ming and when he looked, the middle-aged man was darkly rushing toward him.
At this time, almost everyone had left the platform and his pause at the edge of the platform was a little eye-catching.
Liu Ming lowered his head and apologized before walking with the crowd in front of him. Finally, he gave the mountain in front of him a look.
The mountain was incredibly tall and the bottom half was covered with varying structures. A long, deep path twirled around the mountain like a serpent and led straight to the top of the mountain.
The top half of the mountain was hidden behind white clouds and couldn’t be seen well.
Blobs of gray clouds flew down from the top half of the mountain. On top of these clouds were single or multiple people that had varying attire. They were young and old, male and female, and because of their height, their faces were indistinguishable.
These people were obviously Spirit Apostles in the Barbarian Ghost Sect. When they passed over the plain, a few of the more curious ones took a peek while others just flew by without so much as glancing down. This demonstration of power created an excited buzz among the waiting youths.
There were even some that started daydreaming of their life after becoming a Spirit Apostle.
At this time, the middle-aged man left the platform. After seeing the messy and loud youths, he criticized them without reservation.
“This is Barbarian Ghost Sect, not your home. Everyone shut up and line up behind me.”
After this the man jumped onto a nearby path that led toward the rock houses. The few hundred youths quickly made a couple of questionable lines and followed him.
On the other platform, a female dressed in white led the other group of youths down another path.
A little while later, the two groups met at an intersection in the forest.
Without any orders, the two groups naturally joined together and combined as they quickly walked out of the forest. What greeted them was a grass field with rows of stone houses.
At this time, there were about a dozen green-clothed people waiting there respectfully.
“I have brought the people with Senior Shun. You guys organize them. There is still half a month before the Opening Spirit Ceremony and during this time, they can wander around this hill but not leave it. If they do, their qualifications to attend the Opening Spirit Ceremony will be taken away.” The middle-aged man coldly glared at the green-clothed people before ordering coldly.
“Yes! Senior Zhang, Senior Shun. We will definitely take care of them.” Of them, a vicious-looking male, walked up and respectfully answered.
“Oh, Fang Xiong Junior’s work is quite reassuring. I’ll be going to the Administration Hall to get my reward.” The middle-aged man nodded and responded with an easy expression.
Then he and the white-cloaked female muttered a few words before gray clouds sprouted under their feet. With a shudder, they flew toward a mountain.
“Alright, you brats heard him. You will be living here for half a month and during that time, you are not allowed to leave this forest. If I find someone disobeying my orders and leaving this forest: the first time I find you will result in ten Snake Whips, second time will be thirty Snake Whips, and the third time I find you, I will take away your qualifications to participate in the Opening Spirit Ceremony.” The man named Fang Xiong waited until the middle-aged man left before he stood up straight and rudely yelled at the hundreds of youths waiting.
“What? Didn’t the person from before say that we could walk around a little? How did it become not leaving the forest? I came to participate in the Opening Spirit Ceremony, not to be imprisoned!” Hearing Fang Xiong’s words, someone in the crowd protested.
“Brat, what did you say!”
Fang Xiong’s face darkened as he grabbed the air in front of him. Immediately, a well-built youth from the crowd was pulled out of it and stumbled to the front.
When the youth stood back up again, he had a knife in one of his hands. With eyes full of anger, he stared at Fang Xiong, but he didn’t actually run forward to vent his anger, knowing the difference in strength.
“I’ll tell you the truth. We were the same as you a couple of years ago. We were also participants of the Opening Spirit Ceremony. However, since we weren’t successful in opening our Spirit Seas, we were forced to adhere to the rules and work for twenty years. Seeing that there are seven to eight hundred of you here right now, you guys would be lucky if even ten people become Spirit Apostles. In the Opening Spirit Ceremony, at least two-thirds of you will die and the rest will become Outer Sect Members like us. Therefore, don’t even think of being all arrogant. If you guys don’t listen, we won’t hesitate to use force. What Senior Zhang said before was out of respect. This place is way too big for us to let you brats run amok. One more thing, the weakest of us is a High Tier Practitioner and I’m an Elite Practitioner. If someone says that they don’t agree with my conditions, they are free to come and fight with me. If someone beats me, I’ll let him or her do whatever he or she wants.” Fang Xiong looked at the youths and spoke savagely.