Chapter 380: Beginning

"So big..." Feng Ning muttered the moment they entered the Cloud Hall. It was a huge place with space for more than a thousand people to sit comfortably next to each other.

Yi Chen and the rest nodded while curiously looking around the place.

The floor was laden with white marble, giving a clean look to the entire hall, while several tall pillars supported the entire structure on both sides.

Next to the pillars, the walls were draped with dark purple curtains that helped create a solemn atmosphere.

"What’s with all these red mats?" Qin Yao asked in confusion while looking at the circular mats that were spread all around the hall, each large enough to accommodate one person.

It was also at that moment that Instructor Tang pointed to those mats, some of which were already occupied by a few cultivators, and spoke.

"Take a seat and wait here. Once all the candidates are here, the instructor responsible for the third test will soon arrive."

Hearing those words, the nine of them nodded and, finding suitable mats, sat down beside each other.

’Are these runes?’ Yi Chen thought curiously while rubbing his hand on top of the mat after taking his seat. He could see quite a few symbols upon it that immediately caught his attention. Moreover, the symbols weren’t limited to his mat.

All the other mats around him also had the same set of symbols made on them.

It wasn’t just Yi Chen. All the other candidates also noticed this and became curious about the mats. However, a while later, they all naturally got bored and started interacting with each other to pass the time.

’The instructor should be arriving from there, I think...’ Yi Chen thought while looking towards the raised platform at the end of the hall before turning around to listen to the conversation Zhou Mei and the rest were having with each other.

’Clothes, huh?’ Yi Chen thought while watching them talk so enthusiastically about clothes. Qin Yao, on the other hand, talked with one of the other four candidates who arrived with them to control the jittery feeling in his heart.

’Even I’m a little nervous now, so it’s only natural for all of them to feel it as well,’ Yi Chen thought while looking around at the hall. One after the other, many groups of candidates kept arriving inside the hall, and the mats around them started to get filled up.

Just like Instructor Tang had said, after about an hour, all the twelve hundred mats were filled, and it was time for the third test to start.

Step

Step

Step

All of a sudden, the conversations happening inside the hall came to a pause as the creaking sound of distinct footsteps spread all around.

Everyone’s attention naturally turned to the stage at the end of the hall as a tall woman in elegant yellow robes entered their view.

The people sitting in the front rows couldn’t help but widen their eyes as their jaws slackened in amazement, utterly mesmerised by the sight in front of them.

Meanwhile, the ones at the back were also affected, as collectively they all held their breath as the instructor slowly made her way towards the centre of the stage.

"She looks so beautiful..." Zhou Mei couldn’t help but gasp at the sight, and Yi Chen couldn’t help but smile.

A feeling of infatuation began to well up inside his heart the longer he stared at her exquisite face that seemed to be carefully sculpted by God himself.

A desire to learn more about her instantly appeared in his mind, which prompted him to check her status panel the very next moment.

====== STATUS =======

Name: Yu Xong

Age: 323

Strength: 570

Cultivation: First Core Building Stage

Qi Nature: Air

Remark: Careful there, that’s a man. [Regenerate: 10,000 EXP]

====================

’A man?!’

Yi Chen was immediately jolted awake from his mesmerised state the moment he read it, as he once again glanced at the elder who, for some reason, had his eyes pointed directly towards him.

’So that’s the candidate both Elder Dao and Instructor Tang told me about. Let’s test him a little then,’ Yu Xong thought as the subtle smile on his rose-like lips widened.

Seeing that smile, a shiver ran through Yi Chen’s spine as he immediately pulled away his gaze to look at Zhou Mei and the rest.

They seemed to have lost all sense of themselves and were in a complete daze. Their infatuated eyes were completely affixed on Yu Xong, who was on the stage.

’If not for the system’s warning, wouldn’t I be doing the same thing as them at the moment?’ Yi Chen couldn’t help but feel creeped out at the thought.

Meanwhile, Yu Xong’s eyes narrowed the moment he noticed Yi Chen pulling away his gaze.

’M-My bewitchment failed?’

A feeling of astonishment naturally took over him at the sight, as he couldn’t help but purse his lips in an impressed manner. ’No wonder he managed to pique their interests.’

With those thoughts, Yu Xong soon arrived at the centre of the stage and addressed the crowd of twelve hundred candidates the very next moment.

"First of all, congratulations to each one of you for making it to the third stage of the test. It’s only a few..."

As Yu Xong continued on with his speech, a completely different conversation was taking place among the candidates.

"H-Her voice...she sounds just the way she looks!"

"Brother, I think I’m in love..."

"You think? I’m already in love here... I want to join the sect just for her now."

Hearing all sorts of conversations going on around him, Yi Chen couldn’t help but feel pity for the people around him.

’If only they knew...’

"...This final stage of the test is called the Heart Test, and here’s how it is conducted. You see these five large incense sticks right next to me on the stage?"

Yu Xong paused while pointing to his right.

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