The furor simmered down, albeit with great difficulty. Everyone, especially the Elders of the League, was still very much anxious at the trio's safe return and they needed to hear from them what had actually happened that day.
But it was an interrogation that needed to be done in private. The Elders mentioned nothing about the anomaly that caused their disappearance, speaking to them only about the next stage of the tournament. The anomaly had unsettled the public and it was imperative to avoid an all-out panic.
To compensate Xiao Chen and the other two their lost time, the Elders agreed to allow them to enter any level of the Violet Illusory Land of their choosing.
This was done with the acquiescence of contestants from other schools and sects, for they too acknowledged that Xiao Chen, Xiaoyue, and Huangfu Xin'er had been the top leaders in the race of the Forest of Illusory Moon and they were hence qualified to enter the highest strata of
The following day, Xiao Chen, Huangfu Xin'er, and Xiaoyue were led into the upper level of the Violet Illusory Lands. Just as he stepped into the mystic domain, Xiao Chen could immediately feel the richness of the robust Spiritual Qi swirling around him. He was no longer in a dark cavern from which he had come from, but in an open field of a beautiful paradise. The glorious expanse of grasses that stretched far out of view, bedecked with lush trees and red blossoms while the rolling mountains and hills hemmed in the horizons took every breath out of Xiao Chen. A mystic domain of such size could only be possible with no expense spared, all thanks to the power and time contributed by countless conjurers in the past. The rich Spiritual Qi could only come from an Earth Spiritual Meridian; one that undoubtedly belonged to Tianyuan City. But to ensure that the spiritual energies from the Spiritual Meridian were not drained beyond capacity, the Violet Illusory L
"What do you mean?" The two youngsters were startled to be stopped by Xiao Chen. For a second, they stared at him wordlessly before one of them said to the other, as if woken up from a dream, "Let's go, Senior. This man's most likely mad." But before they could leave, Xiao Chen's face darkened. "I repeat once more," he growled, "Where is this Spirited Lingzhi you've spoken of!" "What Lingzhi? You must have heard us wrongly." His face now blackened with rage, Xiao Chen hissed like a snake boring down on its prey, "So I'll need to wring the truth out of you, I see..." The pair of apprentices felt themselves trembling as Xiao Chen's dark persona slowly took over. There was no way they would win against him in a fight. "YOU! WHO ARE YOU! ARE YOU INSANE!?" One of the boys screamed with fright. But the commotion attracted some people who crowded around them. Realizing this, the other boy yelled at the top
The captain of the Constables cast a scathing look at Xiao Chen and hissed venomously, "You'd do well to remember that you are still on probation, Xiao Chen. Any infriction now would see your qualifications to join the Sword Assembly revoked!" A devilish sneer curled at Zhu Danfeng's lips. "This man intrudes upon the peace of my estate, took the Immortal Lingzhi that was mine, and wounded my students! What say you, a captain of the Constables of the League?" The captain turned his head to look around and studied the students of the Order of the Divine Fire still writhing in pain and moaning on the ground. He threw a salute to Zhu Danfeng and said, "We'll provide a satisfactory resolution for your benefit, Master Zhu. But we'll need you to come with us for a statement." With that, he thrust a finger at Xiao Chen, barking to his men, "Arrest this man!" Tens of Constables immediately enclosed around Xiao Chen, who swung his saber before jabbing
Qingluan and Ziyun'er had returned. Xiao Chen walked to them. Word of the massacre had reached his ears, although the scale of news had grown faster than what he had imagined. "I'll be taking the Leopard Cat Spirit with me into the Violet Illusory Lands. So be careful out here for the next few days." The night's breeze brushed gently that night as he sat beside the unconscious Zhiluan. A sudden rustle came from outside, and Xiao Chen's Divine Sense throbbed. He sprang up, booming loudly, "WHO GOES THERE!" The door creaked open slowly. Basking in the placid glow of the moonlight was a gentle-looking little girl in a red dress. Her hands were held behind her back as she giggled, "I'm relieved to find you well, Handsome. I was so worried for you when I heard you went missing..." Xiao Chen's forehead creased as he recognized Yu Linglong, the young woman who was one of the Devil's Practice whom he last met at Canglan City. "Why are you here?" he
"Xiaoyao Zi, you don't know what's going on here, this place must be sealed up immediately; otherwise, it will most likely devour all of Tianyuan City as soon as the chaos spreads out!" Indeed, it looked like the chaos was spreading out. People seemed to be more nervous right now than the time when the Forest of Illusory Moon collapsed. Immediately, the six Elders started to deploy the battle formation together. Zi Mo looked inside the chaos and muttered, "Young man, I've told you not to do anything stupid. This time, you have to make your own luck..." This chaos had come up suddenly 18 years ago, no one could ever get close to it, nor was there anyone who knew where its edge was, but the Elders guessed that there had to be some mystic domain out there, right inside of the chaos. The chaos was completely sealed up in two hours, now the place was just woods looking from the outside. In this circumstance, some Elders of the Immortals' League d
Xiao Chen frowned and said, "Look at what?" as his train of thought got interrupted by Zhiluan. Zhiluan pointed at the pool, its face shocked. "There's someone! Now it's gone! The person is there again! Oh, gone again..." "What's there again and what's gone again?" Seeing it speaking incoherently, Xiao Chen looked into the pool and was startled by what he saw. A reflection of a fairy in white unexpectedly appeared in the pool. The fairy's eyes were closed and her arms were crossed in front of her chest. Her sacredness was unparalleled. Suddenly, it was gone again. Suddenly, it appeared again. Stunned, Xiao Chen immediately turned to look at the Unsullied Sword that was circling around in midair. Every time the Unsullied Sword circled to the side of the pond, the reflection of the fairy would appear. Could this actually be the reflection of the Unsullied Sword? With this thought, he immediately used p
After a long time, Xiao Chen looked at Evernight and saw that his face was pale. He said, "Evernight, you go back to the zither." Evernight was the Zither Spirit of Fuxi Zither. Now Jade Zither was lost. Its Soul power could not last long. And now he was his only best friend. Xiao Chen sighed, and felt sorry that Evernight always spent his Soul power helping him. "Boy, this place is full of strange things, we should leave as soon as possible." Zhiluan came up, and said, while holding his head high, "Is this place weird? But I feel that this is a beautiful place. I would like to live here for another three or five years, before leaving." Evernight ignored Zhiluan. He flipped his sleeves back and disappeared. Seeing that, Zhiluan looked around and wondered, "Why did he suddenly disappear? Boy, who's that arrogant guy just now?" Xiao Chen glanced at him and said, "If it weren't for that arrogant guy just now, you wou
Xiao Chen frowned, but did not pursue the matter further. He only began to question Zhiluan again, when she had calmed down. "Why are you so flustered? What did you see?" Zhiluan landed and pointed to the northwest, saying, "There's a exit there that has some restriction." Xiao Chen looked in the direction Zhiluan was pointing at, and saw a white, hazy skyline in the horizon. Rightfully, only the master of a mystic domain knew about its exits, and most of them were covered with obfuscating barriers. "No matter, I'll go and take a look with you tomorrow," he said. The Immortal's Sword Assembly was drawing near, and even though this realm was abundant with Spiritual Qi, he wanted to leave as soon as possible, so as not to cause Xian'er and the others undue worry. He did not sleep, but began cultivating quietly, while standing guard outside the cave. Moonlight cascaded down, causing the surroundings to look illusive. Previously, h