By the time Rainer opened his eyes, it had already dawned, the sunlight gently caressed his pale face which had regained some colour after resting all night.
He was able to hear a small commotion outside on the mountain so he washed his face to look presentable and left his cabin.
His doubts about what happened in the Divine Palace did not disappear, but there was nothing he could do now.
Like the previous time, the disciples had gathered in the central residence waiting for an announcement from the Sect.
A young man was leaning on the porch of the house with his arms crossed, ignoring the disciples who looked at him with eyes of admiration.
"Where have you been? I called you several times but you did not open the door..." Said the young Tyrant who had seen Rainer approach the group.
Although Tyrant was still a child, his appearance after the trial had become a little more mature, apparently he had also gone through many things during the trial...
"I trained all day and fell asleep from exhaustion." He said with an indifferent expression.
"Whatever you say, it's the first time I've heard that someone fall asleep from overtraining...you must be the first one!"
"Who is he?" Rainer asked, pointing to the young man in front of all the disciples.
"He is Li Feng, but he is known here as "Lightning Sword", he is a core disciple and one of the most powerful among them, it is not surprising his arrogant attitude towards a group of disciples like us."
"I have heard that the leader of the Sect has allowed him to participate in the Awakening Ceremony even though he has passed the age limit, the elders have great expectations on him." Tyrant replied with bitterness.
Rainer knew the reason, the so-called Awakening Ceremony was an event just as important as the Astral Beast Summoning, if you succeeded and awoke your lineage, you would be like a fish leaping the dragon's gate, you would no longer be just another disciple and you would become an elite.
This Ceremony had an age limit to apply to it, Li Feng had already surpassed that age limit but he was still allowed to participate without passing any trial,obviously everyone was upset by this decision, after all, the older you were, the lower the chance of awakening you lineage.
But Rainer did not consider it like that, if Li Feng was chosen to participate in the Ceremony despite his adulthood, it only meant one thing, he was strong and talented enough for the Sect to take the risk!
As Yunshi, Li Feng would participate in the Ceremony and they would leave two disciples without the possibility of a chance to try.
"The top officials know that I am not a Beast Warrior, or they think that I have not yet fully awakened, otherwise I would not stay here with the other disciples... "Rainer thought.
He was right, after an exhaustive investigation the Elders determined that Rainer had suffered an incomplete awakening, but this was actually better than the other disciples.
Of course, he knew that he had not suffered any kind of awakening or anything like that, but if there was something in front of him that would allow him to increase his strength without risk, why not just take it?
"Silence!" Li Feng, who had been quiet until now, shouted, silencing everyone present.
According to Tyrant, Li Feng was twenty-four years old despite his youthful appearance, it seems he had a complex with his childish appearance and let grow a beard that made him appear dumb, but no one dared to say anything about it out of fear of reprisals.
His immature voice resounded in the small square producing a couple of giggles that were soon silenced by his gaze.
After seeing that everything was silent, the young man spoke again.
"Today we have gathered here for two reasons, the first one is about the Awakening Ceremony, which has been scheduled for next week, the slots are limited so they will be decided through duels!"Although people wanted to make fun of Li Feng, no one did it after hearing the news, the Awakening Ceremony!
The eyes of all the disciples shone like sunshine, the chance why they joined such a cruel Sect had come!
Although the chosen ones would be selected through duels, if they were lucky enough to face weak opponents, anyone could win a seat in the Ceremony!
"The second news..."
The disciples who were jealous of Li Feng now looked at him as if he were their forefather and could not wait to bow and pay their respects.
"We have found two corpses in the back mountain, we think that the culprit is the traitor, Kirios, therefore this peak has been nominated to the search work, whoever finds his hideout will be rewarded!"
Everyone was looking at each other but no one raised their voice, who would be endangered by a stupid reward?
"Did I forget to say that those who do not participate will not be able to apply to the Awakening Ceremony?" A satisfied smile covered Li Feng's face as the disciples desired to drown him in spittle and insults.
As everyone discussed about their misfortune, Rainer wondered one thing...
"I remember that Kirios and his specimen murdered a couple of disciples, if one counts the corpse of that young man there should be three bodies! "
"Unless someone..." Rainer muttered.
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(Remember that Rainer only burned Kirios corpse in order to make Guo Yi look guilty,but it seems that things don't always work out the way they should).