From the eyes of the people on the outside, the highest stone stele was something they could almost do anything for.
Just observing it through the projection one could see all sorts of emotions flashing past their eyes but in the end, helplessness.
When Musk's appearance was projected, even though just for a small period, the middle-aged man opened his eyes and took something from his sleeves, before some golden energy emanated from his palm into the token. He seemed to be sending a message.
The man's name seemed to be Chen Haoren, the current sect leader of the only existing immortal faction in the Realm. All the other factions had different paths, but the immortal faction seemed to focus more on longevity, in the end, they gave up ultimate combat power for longer lifespans due to the exercises they practice. In the same way, the strongest faction seemed to be the martial arts faction their combat power seemed to be based on their bodies, and when they cultivate techniques even beyond their realm, making they have the shortest lifespans.
Other factions range from the Martial art, Soul lineage, Bloodline lineage, Ancient clans, and Demon clans among those that have produced a realm lord-level figure. All of them compete for supremacy.
Ancient clans and Demonic Clans have little to no interactions with the rest as they isolate themselves in their territories, mostly independent spaces to avoid their bloodline from being diluted or they call it polluted by interacting with those, not from other ancient clans.
That, however, was only in the Nirvana Realm, other Realms had stronger systems too after all based on the rankings the Nirvana Realm barely entered the top 20. But that was not the concern of many factions in the realm, but increasing their power.
Over the years, the number of realm lords produced from the Nirvana Realm seems to decrease. In reality, the realm lord is a cultivation realm, but the Nirvana realm seems to have converted it into a title. It goes without saying, this has weakened the realm a lot.
It is also the reason the factions at the top seem to be selecting disciples, and from the look of it, the immortal factions seemed to have set their sights on Musk for some reason. The only likely reason might be the old man that saved him from the sea and threw him on the island.
The projections all seemed to have focused on the highest stone steles, and in this region, it was possible to break through a great realm. The issue of time was not important, after all the set timeline was important for those involved in this trial to make improvements before the next test. The reason that everyone was excited when they entered this island was not just the huge stone steles, rather in this place, time did not seem to move. Or it should be said that in not only on the island but the entire situation of the secret realm was time moving faster than the outside.
On this island, regardless of how long one stayed, they would leave without having aged at all, and thus a huge opportunity. In this way, everyone was willing to go for the strongest inheritances, but Musk seemed to not have realized this, but anyway, he had time.
At the very peak, the moment the woman with red hair arrived, she also had to pass some filtering test before she could enter the inheritance grounds.
The pressure being released on her was indeed immense but she did not feel anything at the beginning until she had moved more than half the distance before she started to struggle. The same can be said for everyone that rushed for the huge stone steles, with the drawings on them seeming alive.
Everyone had their choice and when they arrived, even those that were in competition for the same stele did not attack each other. The fastest to reach the stele will be able to get their chance first.
On the outside, everyone was focused on this scene, but one old woman with a beautiful face but eyes that seemed ancient, obviously an old antique that was roaming in some town seemed to receive a message and when she injected her pale golden essence energy into the token, a sound could be heard.
"Junior sister Luo!" When Luo Mei heard the voice from her senior brother Chen Haoren she listened carefully before pouting.
"Hmm! And here I thought he missed me! Turns out he just wants me to run errands for him." As if thinking about something, she was about to go ahead with some mischievous plan, but before she even had the time to implement it, a mysterious force descended on her.
Her actions were in slow motion before they stopped completely, then a voice that sounded in her head, as though the heavens were offering a decree to a mortal. "Luo Mei...! stop acting like a baby. With the number of Yuan epochs, you have lived, you should know when to accomplish some tasks with seriousness."
The voice seemed as though it had spoken with some sound effects since her name produced an echo close to three times before the echoing continued in a vanishing fashion.
By the time she reacted, the message seemed to have been passed to her, and at the same time, she seemed in a daze.
"Damn! Why master that old man meddling? Senior brother you just wait! I will deal with you when the time comes." As she said this through the token, she turned around and shot into the sky. When outside the city, she broke through space headed in some direction.
Meanwhile, in the city she just left, some old man sitting down in ragged clothes was looking at the direction the woman just left and the place the force descended, with some rare change on his face. His eyes seemed to contain huge chess pieces moving and they resembled stars, with some hand signs being performed by him.
But before he could be happy, suddenly some power strike him seriously until blood was oozing from his mouth, eyes, and even nose. "Little thing, dare to calculate this old man! On account of Old Li that pervert, I'll let you off.."
Even the chess pieces that reflected in his eyes were scattered and the result he obtained unsatisfactorily, but he was very lucky he survived. If that old man had not stopped him with that attack, the backlash alone would have killed him. He crushed some talisman allowing him to escape through space. At the same time, he felt some terror at the last moment before abandoning the idea of calculating anything else, it was a very strict warning coming from his intuition that the moment he attempted to do it again, then things might be beyond even his master.
He was already capable of guessing that something was happening considering the fact that the factions in the Nirvana realm for one were all willing to use resources to open the trials for disciples. At this moment he was almost certain of his guesses, but he decided to play it low key until he arrived at the Heavenly Mystic Pavilion.