Chapter 369: Entering the Gates

The chaos which Yi Chen’s results had brought soon subsided, and the elders kept verifying the age and cultivation of the candidates one after the other with no signs of rest.

Meanwhile, Yi Chen was approached by quite a few other people among the group who introduced themselves to him in the hope of getting closer to him.

Because of the revelation earlier, it had become more or less obvious to everyone present that Yi Chen was sure to clear the entrance test.

Among the new faces he kept greeting, he soon also found a few familiar faces.

"Brother Chen!" Feng Duli exclaimed with a lively expression and rushed towards Yi Chen while waving his hand, "I finally met you!"

"Brother Duli!" Yi Chen, too, replied with an enthusiastic smile while scanning his status panel.

"Oh? It seems Brother Duli has grown even stronger during the time I was gone," Yi Chen said with an impressed manner.

"Hahaha, Brother Chen is truly perceptive. After fighting alongside you in the Inter Clan Tournament, it was only natural for me to also be influenced by your fiery performance.

In the past few months, I gave it everything, devoting my entire being to cultivating before finally breaking through to the Sixth Meridian Refinement Stage."

Feng Duli answered enthusiastically before remembering something as he gave out a self-deprecating laugh, "...But still, compared to Brother Chen’s rate of advancement, mine isn’t even comparable."

"Brother Duli, you’re comparing yourself against someone who was never your competition in the first place. The only competition you have is you yourself, and from what I just heard, it’s apparent that you were able to win over that self, so keep your head held up high, for you deserve it."

Yi Chen pursed his lips a little and consoled Feng Duli a little, seeing his sudden drop in mood.

"Brother Chen’s right. I lost myself for a moment there. I indeed should be proud of my achievements, for they are something I’ve achieved for the very first time in my life." He replied while regaining the bright smile on his face.

"Indeed. That’s the spirit." Yi Chen nodded with a relieved smile and added in a joking manner, "Moreover, so what if your pace is a little slow? If someone tries to bully you, you can come to me, for I’ll make sure to teach that individual a lesson they’ll never forget."

"You said it, Brother Chen! You said it! Now you can’t take it back, you understand?" Feng Duli immediately responded in an enthusiastic manner, causing both Yi Chen and others to laugh out loud.

Since they were all together, the time seemed to pass much more easily for them as another three hours passed by.

During this moment, although the instructions were very clear, Yi Chen and the others still got to witness quite a few candidates, which at the end numbered in the hundreds, who had resorted to unnatural means in order to raise their cultivation levels.

Once caught, they all were blacklisted from ever applying in the future entrance test.

However, for those candidates for whom this was their last attempt, or they’ve lost all hope of advancing normally, they didn’t care about it at all and tried every shady trick they could think of to hoodwink the elders and the Qi Measuring Orb.

"So, it took five whole hours..." Yi Chen said as he glanced at the crowd of cultivators that were currently assembled in groups of a hundred, and each of those groups was individually being guided inside the Sect’s gates by a designated elder.

Soon, it was the turn of their group as they were guided through those enormous blue gates.

"They look almost life-like..." Qin Yao muttered while glancing at the blue coiling dragon that had been carved on the gate’s outer surface.

"Indeed. It clearly matches the image of the dragons which we’ve read in those legends." Feng Min added from Qin Yao’s side.

Hearing the two’s exchange, Yi Chen’s eyes also fell on the dragon figures and out of curiosity, he checked their status.

====== Status ========

Name: Dragon Carvings

Remark: Represents the Clan’s Core Technique [Regenerate: 10,000 EXP]

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A desire to check the other remarks also welled up in his heart the next moment, but he quashed that desire the very next moment after checking out the remaining experience points he had.

[EXP: 487,000 -> 87,000 EXP]

His status spree at the treasury had cost him a lot of experience points earlier, and although he had enough for now to check the next few remarks, he still chose not to.

’It’s better to save them until the entrance test’s over, for they might help me find out the very clues I need to complete the upcoming tests perfectly.’

He thought while looking away and continued to make his way inside along with the rest.

Several sect disciples wearing white robes could be seen moving all around the place, going from one building to the other, purpose visible in each of their steps.

Seeing their arrival, many passing disciples greeted the elder who was guiding them before immediately making their way towards where they were supposed to be.

’Weapon Training Hall...’

’Hundred Meditation Hall...’

’Mind Tempering Hall...’

Reading several signs on top of the buildings they passed by, everyone began to develop some sort of understanding about the sect’s layout.

Time after time, many from the group kept glancing up towards an enormous tower that was several kilometres away from them.

"That’s the Azure Spirit Tower, right?"

"Yes...it looks even more incredible than what I’ve heard. A pity I have only a limited amount of Spirit Stones with me."

"Same...we’ll have to find ways to collect as many spirit stones as possible lest we lose this opportunity."

Silently listening to their words, Yi Chen too glanced at the tower while musing to himself, ’So that’s the Azure Spirit Tower...from the rewards which our clan received, shouldn’t I be entitled to a 30% discount there?’

An expectant glimmer formed in his eyes as he looked forward to visiting the tower in the future.

A few more minutes silently passed by before their group finally reached the designated place of testing.

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