Chapter 16 - Treasure Hunting Ground opens!
Many days went by in a flash with nothing grandly exciting happening within the sect. However, the only thing that happened was Chu Cheng who was also nicknamed Fallen Blue Dragon, receiving a medallion from an Inner Court Elder who praised and exulted him for his strength, strategic combat sense and top-notch battle skills after overpowering and superbly defeating more than three 1st-layer Ascending Law Warrior stage disciples at the twelfth layer of Common Law Warrior, a feat that was rather shocking to the Inner Court Elders, since it was a really great and vast divide that separated the twelfth layer of Common Law Warrior from the first layer of Ascending Law Warrior.
Also, Xiao Xiao who was nicknamed Winter Snake, was also able to win a medallion for herself and be called a genius. But all this didn't come easy as she faced both male and females disciples that were at the 1st-layer of Ascending Law Warrior stage, but whom she beat with an elegant bearing and a composure that was inimitable. And she was at the eleventh layer of Common Law Warrior that she executed this greatly admirable feat that was genius-like.
Only Warhammer didn't get anything, as he was defeated in the end by an inner court disciple at the 1st-layer of Ascending Law Warrior. As for Ji Fun, he didn't bother engaging in a battle with any of the Inner Court Disciples for an elder medallion.
Being the greatly determined and stubbornly resolute person that he is, his mind was now fully on Sun Kang whom he must fight and defeat. He felt that only a battle with Sun Kang will cause his blood to churn with excitement and satisfy that crave or urge for an intense epic battle that was building up all the time within him.
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Suddenly, the chimes of a ringing bell suddenly rang out above the space of the Outer Court Disciples residence, with many elders, about thirty of them appearing above the residence with full seriousness in their faces.
As soon as that chime rang within the ears of all the Outer Court Disciples, all of them immediately rushed out to look at the elders who hovered above them with a clearly serious look written on their faces.
Then elder Xiong Yan started, "I believe that we all know what that chime represent? And if you can't remember, which is just sad and speaks poorly of your memory, is simply the opening of the Treasure Wilderness that has not been opened for more than nine months now."
"In this wilderness that is filled with large numbers of different packs of aggressive and ravenous beasts guiding all sorts of treasures or cultivation herbs and flowers that are found at many different locations of the vast wilderness, we will urge you to be careful when you arrive within this wilderness."
"Although we are opening this place to train you, our dearest disciples, you should however be sensible enough to note life-threatening danger and make a run away from it. For it will not be funny that you got killed by beasts at a simple training ground."
"Now, as the name Treasure Wilderness implies, is essentially a region where you can amass consummate cultivation items, battle skill scrolls, battle technique sutras, and Common Grade-level treasures and artifacts that ranges from the low tier to the peak tier for yourselves! And battling amongst yourselves to snatch another person's item, is fully encouraged by us. However, no life-threatening attacks should be employed, as we would be watching and will definitely, severely punish you for it."
"Then one last thing, the region have been demarcated into different sections. Once you find yourself going beyond any colored Origin Energy line drawn across the region to indicate that you are going into another territory, you should immediately make a u-turn and return to your designated boundary."
"Those humming energy lines are meant to indicate that this region that you are about to enter is totally off-limit. And if you are stubbornly inquisitive that you over-step your damned foot into those regions, you should understand that things found there are way beyond what your cultivation stage can handle. So, no foolish adventuring into places that you don't understand. Or anything that you see and pounces at you, you will be left to defend yourself, because you have been forewarned!"
"I think I have said enough." Elder Xiong Yan said.
He then turned his head to look at Sun Kang who stood within the large crowd and was looking at him as he spoke.
After connecting gazes with Sun Kang with only him knowing what he was thinking, he said to two elders who stood by the sides of a large, solid iron door, "Open the door for them. It's time for them to leave to commence their training."
The two elders nodded their heads and then prepared to start the massive mechanism that will pull the large iron doors apart to reveal the desert-like wilderness to the eager, excited disciples.
Clank!
Clank!
Clank!
After the last, heavy clank sound rang out, the gigantic metallic doors fully opened. While the disciples who saw the vast wilderness after so many months, invoked bright smiles in their faces. Then they immediately rushed like hordes of beasts into the place to begin their crazy search for whatever item that they could find which they believe will be fully beneficial to them.
Sun Kang who was observing the expressions on the elders' faces, felt like the so-called Treasure Wilderness was opened for him. At first, he didn't think too much into it, but elder Xiong Yan's intentional look at him a moment after completing his introductory and explanatory speech about the wilderness, suddenly produced that strong feeling in him that the training ground and treasure-hunting field was opened solely because of him, to probably allow him train more and acquire tons of resources for himself.
'Seems like the elders are beginning to develop a rather strong affinity towards me.' Sun Kang said inwardly and smiled blissfully as he walked into the wilderness.
And as he did so, he said to himself with a stern look appearing in his face, 'Well, since a cultivation herb field have been possibly opened because of me, I must try to break through into the sixth layer of the Common Law Warrior stage. Only then do I think I would be able to challenge those voracious wild beasts that reside in those territories that have been crossed off as off-limits for we Outer Court Disciples.'