Ken was now in a gathering of all the disciples who would be going to the secret realm.

And due to sect rules and discipline, he had to stand with his batch.

But by now, there was no one from all of the three depths of the sect who didn't know who Ken was.

But he himself was seeing a lot of new faces, especially on the side of the official disciples.

There was no Eldora, no Sara, no Alex, and no Annalise, and only one of Magga's disciples was here, alongside one disciple who was with the monk; aside from that... he didn't recognize a single one.

On the other hand, from the looks he was getting, he was sure everybody knew him by now.

The core disciples also had a lot of unfamiliar faces, but the inner sect, not so much.

The same could be said all the way down to his batch.

They were stationed right in front of the gate, and the entire line of ships was still in front of them, but they weren't going to embark any of them.

Not when the most important members of their sect were going, No!

This was a very important journey, and even though the participants were known from inner sect elders to new outer sect disciples, it didn't mean more elders and even more important members of the sect weren't going.

And that included, but wasn't limited to, the sect master, his left hand, one of the ancestors, and a spirit elder who was amongst the top echelon of their race, even more respected than the above-mentioned three.

They were going as the face of their sects and races, representing them.

And for that very reason only were the new disciples allowed to see figures their peers and those who had been before them probably never laid eyes on due to their legendary status.

A huge shadow overtook the crowd of secret realm participants, prompting them to look at the sky following the gaze of the elders, and there... a majestic ship unlike any other was slowly floating above them.

A golden spiritual dragon ship, which was carved and formed from the most exquisite of materials this sect could muster—that much was obvious.

It moved like a flying eastern dragon zigzagging everywhere and even looked real, but there were some angles that gave out its reality as a ship.

And... for those who didn't think it was.

A blinding flash of light, and they were right on top of it, feasting their eyes on its white wooden floor.

"Disciples of our glorious sect and members of the esteemed spirit races." A voice profound in dignity and proud beyond words, a voice deep and enriched in majesty, struck their chests before their ears.

Their eyes quickly looked for the source and found themselves looking at a man of unrivalled... charisma.

His eyes were like a black hole, and his hair was tied, but it was long and black; still, it almost shone from how clear it was, and his face was sharp and handsome.

Around him they could see stars of formations revolving around him as if he were their sun.

And Ken immediately knew who this man was.

Wearing a majestic blue Chinese robe engraved with white drawings of various creatures and 7 stars as well as a mountain.

Across his shoulder he wore white fur from some kind of mythical beast that only accentuated his appearance, and this man...

was the Spirit Mountain Sect's master and leader, the Formation Fanatic, Lin Fan.

To his left was a man who looked middle-aged and stern, wearing some glasses on his face and a luxurious red robe with many details on its design.

But to his right stood a tiger spirit who looked old and dignified; his skin was white but blinding like light due to his nature, but most of it was hidden by black battle armor.

Further to his right was an older man than both the sect master and his left hand, but he stood straight, and his white hair was tied.

He wore a white and blue robe less luxurious than what the other three wore and was watching the disciples with a calm gaze.

"Today you will embark on a glorious journey to unknown lands, and your mission is to come back alive." the sect leader said, and without fail, everybody's attention was on him.

"Fight, explore, and make sure you save your human brothers if you see them in trouble, and most importantly, never forget your sect brothers!" With these words spoken, he stood there silently gazing at every disciple in turn, and in the end, he looked at the elders.

"Esteemed elders of our sect, please follow me." And with this, the disciples found themselves alone in the large upper floor of the ship.

They stood there for a minute, then two, before the official disciples relaxed, and just like that, everybody breathed a sigh of relief and started talking.

"Who was that? He was so charismatic! I almost couldn't breathe!"

"Have you seen those formations like stars revolving around him? I wanted to look at one and almost found myself sucked inside of it."

"Do you know who that was, Ken?" Darek, who knew Ken best, turned towards him.

Ken stood silent for a few seconds with a smile on his face, and when the top 10 started looking towards him, he just decided to speak.

"If that wasn't obvious, that man was our sect master." He said.

"As I thought..." Darek said these words, but they held double meaning.

"That was the sect master? Really! I thought he would be older! And he looks so handsome too." One of the girls said these words, and some of the boys couldn't help but throw a glance at her.

"What? I just didn't think he would look like that." The girl looked back at some of the boys and said with an annoyed look, as if telling them not to think deeply about it.

"I didn't think the sect master would really be here." Dareok spoke these words that everybody around here agreed with, and Ken nodded.

He knew more than anyone else how terrifying that man was, and he also knew that he could only be here because of how important and dangerous this secret realm was.

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