Xiao Lingyue walked along the glowing pathway as he soon reached its end, his eyes adjusting to the change as the blinding light receded.
As his eyes began to focus a sudden feeling of danger surged within him as his heart shuddered!
His innate bestial instincts were far keener than the average human cultivator, warning him immediately as he tossed himself to the side as he rolled along the ground.
BOOM!
His eyes adjusted as he saw himself in a vast expansive hall which held glowing stairs which was the next trial.
His eyes narrowed while his brows furrowed as he swept his gaze over the one who had attacked him; a tall burly young man stood with his hands crossed as he looked down at him.
This left a nasty taste in Xiao Lingyue's mouth as he made a mental note to himself about this man...
"Heyyy seems like this one isn't completely useless." He said with a sneer as he looked towards the rest of his fellow disciples.
"Hehe, a bit too dirty if you ask me." A girl replied as her face radiated smugness and condescension.
Xiao Lingyue held his head low as his fingers grasped the ground pressing hard against the tiled floor before slowly standing.
His gaze passed quietly over the people in the surrounding areas as he noticed different small groups of disciples from different disciplines within the south.
He saw the one who had attacked him previously in the forest, as he sat pale-faced seemingly injured while being protected by three other disciples of the Cloud Chasing Sect.
He also saw the young female who attacked him within Silver Deer Forest as well as one of the twins who he had recently fought against. She was currently crying with other females consoling her as she seemed to have gone through some kind of loss.
He continued as he swept over the nearby disciples as he also noticed an assortment of disciples from the Blood Gate Cult's various peaks.
The one who had attacked him wore light green robes as he rubbed his knuckles, his eyes gleaming with a sinister light.
"I don't know where you itinerant cultivators get off getting in the affairs of sects..."
His ill intent increased as strand after strand of Spiritual Qi rushed through his meridians as he grasped his sword which was illuminated with golden light before sweeping it towards Xiao Lingyue's head!
Xiao Lingyue withdrew the spear from his storage pouch and swept it upwards, his Violet Qi blasting against the Golden Qi as they both were pushed a few steps backwards.
The shock was shown in the eyes of the disciples of his faction as they all stood, a deep voice sounding from within their group as it shouted, "Where the fuck did you get that spear!"
The group of disciples parted as a tall youth walked out.
His hair was a golden brown and its curly locks crashed over his shoulders in waves, his piercing, green hawk-like eyes and his straightened nose which seemed to be pointing at the sky made him look like a crane mingling amongst chickens as his aura flared revealing the meridians as they glowed resplendently in his body.
He had opened 34 meridians as he stood like a giant amongst the masses.
The eyes of the surrounding disciples showed a modicum of fear, even the young master Qiang's eyes revealed some wariness.
Xiao Lingyue stood with his eyes narrowed as he slowly made his way over to the Blood Gate Cult disciples, their eyes showing surprise as they wanted to know what this itinerant cultivator wanted.
As he came closer to them he suddenly flashed a Blood Gate Cult token he had as he draped the cult's outer robe over his shoulders.
The eyes of the surrounding disciples widened at the sudden change as their eyes all landed on the green robes cultivators.
Not many people would go against the Blood Gate Cults madmen without a life and death grudge, as they were the type of rabid dogs that would chase someone to the end of the world to get their revenge!
The young man's face turned sullen as his brows furrowed before saying, " Fellow Daoists, I am Shang MiGang of the ClearMoon Shang Family, would you give me some face and allow me to retrieve the spear of a fellow family member?"
"What type of thing are you to be asking our sect to be giving you face?"
What he didn't realise was that a person with a reputation, backing and cold personality was here and didn't care at all about giving face.
Qiu Zhi walked out with his sword strapped to his back, with a stern look on his face as his eyes radiated bloodlust!
Shang MiGang started as he had never expected the person would respond so aggressively, smacking his face in front ao many people!
His brows furrowed as his eyes went murderous!
His hands slowly reached for his spear as Qiu Zhi reached for the sword on his back!
The tension was palpable as their aura soared, showing that Qiu Zhi had also reached 34 meridians!
A sharp sword aura which was filled with a murderous will rampaged in surroundings effectively pushing others to take a step back.
Xiao Lingyue's eyes couldn't help but narrow as he noticed this; it wasn't that he was afraid of the two but because even with the opportunities he had they were still ahead of him in their internal cultivation.
Xiao Lingyue had 31 meridians open and with the power he had now, they were no longer a match for him but nothing good would come of revealing his edge right now so he slowly hid himself within the middle of the group as he retracted his aura while watching the standoff between these two before adding another name to his mental note...