Jared Burn didn't listen to this elder and said to the other elders directly, "Find Ceceada Apex. Dismissed."
Jared Burn just said this and prompted everyone in a hurry to prepare and leave the hall, but when they turned around to leave, a figure outside the entrance of the luxurious hall rushed inside in a hurried manner.
"Wait!"
A loud voice echoed from the entrance of the hall, coming from the figure and prompting everyone to look with dissatisfaction evident in their eyes.
However, the figure can be seen to be walking with hardship and pain, one of his arm bandaged carefully and hanging on the side like a paralyzed limb.
Every step forward makes the figure wince in pain. Sometime, the hanging arm will swing due to the inertia of his movement, making him grit his teeth in distress.
The figure is wearing a robe for the outer field students, on the upper left part of the robe, a name can be seen - Jerald Apex!
Elder Mino and Elder Rene saw Jerald Apex hurriedly walking forward in pain and fought the urge to smack themselves in the head, thinking about their stupidity.
"Why didn't we bring him here earlier?!" Elder Mino whispered to Rene in a silent voice.
If they brought Jerald here earlier, they wouldn't have to mortify themselves in front of the upper echelons!
Jerald is Ceceada's brother! Why they didn't bring him here earlier?!
Their testament would have been much better if they brought the blood brother of the Ceceada!
'What are we thinking!' Elder Rene scratched his head in frustration, thinking that he is getting older.
Impatience grew out of the other elders eyes because of the slow walking of Jerald, and some made tsk sound out of dissatisfaction.
Elder Rene saw their emerging impatience and immediately moved towards Jerald, helping him to move forward by assisting him.
One can see the students, especially the first one to initiate suddenly lit their eyes when they saw Jerald, thinking that they will be able to strengthen and fortify their statements earlier.
Even if they got embarrassed, on the bright side, with Jerald here, they will be able to save some of their faces in front of the powerhouses!
With the help of Elder Rene and Mino, it didn't take long for them to bring Jerald in the sound amplifier formation.
Behind Jerald are the two elders, helping him to stay erect under the curious gaze of the powerhouses.
"Thank you,"
Jerald turned his head and looked at elder Mino and Rene and bowed his head slightly for a moment, thanking them for helping him. He then swept his gaze around the elders in the hall while exhaling slowly, trying to fend off the fear that is emerging from his heart.
After looking at all the elders, he then tilted his head upward, his eyes showing reverie as his gaze landed on Jared Burn.
"Ceceada Apex is my brother..."
Jerald said in a slow manner, having a hard time believing the words coming out of his own mouth.
Yesterday in the training field, he just affirmed in his heart that he will no longer consider Ceceada as his brother because he is a trash, having only Low Mortal Physique... but right now, he can only say these words honestly in front of the legendary powerhouses.
Hearing Jerald, all the elders looked at Elder Rene and Mino in a questioning and dissatisfactory gaze, thinking to themselves:
if this is true, why didn't these elders bring Ceceada's brother earlier?
Jared Burn's eyes also exhibited inquisitive gaze, looking at the two elders of the outer field.
"Umm... It is because he got injured yesterday, so we didn't bring him... w-we care for our students!"
Elder Mino quickly came up with a rough excuse and said in a stammered and hurried manner when he sensed the inquisitive gaze from everyone in the hall.
Some elders heard this and shook their heads, thinking that this is an stupid and irrelevant excuse.
Who would care for students of the outer field that much?
In their own perspective, if they are on the two elders shoes, they will still force their own disciples to go here even if all their limbs are cut off.
"Heh... you should have still brought up in your statements earlier that Ceceada Apex's brother is here."
An elder said while sneering, not believing elder Rene in any way.
The other elders nodded to this statement when they heard this, thinking the same way.
Elder Mino and Rene wanted to retort, but couldn't brainstorm a good excuse right now.
Fortunately, Jared Burn is focused on the present moment and ignored what they are talking about and looked at Jerald carefully, feeling that the student in front of him looked familiar, "Jerald Apex? You are the student with High Mortal Physique?"
If he remembered correctly, roughly three years ago in an entrance examination, there is someone who got High Mortal Physique and that student is named Jerald Apex! At that time, he wanted to immediately take in the student as the second main disciple even if the student is not even starting cultivation yet. However, he is very close to breaking through the second level of Elemental Formation realm and doesn't want to waste a single day in his 300 years of lifespan. Thus, he just remained in seclusion. Plus, it is also a great way to test the endurance of the said student...
All the elders ears perked up when they heard this and looked at Jerald, trying to know if it is true by spreading their sense.
Jerald felt multitudes of sensing mana pass by his body, making him feel like he is naked in front of these people.
"It is most likely true! I just sensed his body and found out that he is on the peak of level 4!" An elder exultantly said when he sensed Jerald's realm.
"I also sensed that his age is just 16!" An elder said in shock while laughing, removing the initial dissatisfaction that he had from seeing Jerald's slow entrance earlier.
Level 4 at just 16 years old! For them, this kind of cultivation speed makes Jerald a genius among geniuses!
The main disciple and the patriarch also have the same physique, but at the same age, they are only at the level 3 of Body Refinement realm!
Having the same physique doesn't imply the same cultivation speed. The same physique can be vaguely ranked based on the varying speed. For example, If Auster Burn and Jared Burn have the Class A of High Mortal Physique, then Jerald is Class S of High Mortal Physique!
Murmurs of surprise echoed throughout the entire hall when they also sensed the same thing.
Jerald heard and saw all of their compliments, but he didn't show any emotion. Seeing his brother leaping to level 9 in a single day shocked him greatly... making all of his accolades look trash compared to his brother.
"If that is true, I remembered correctly... but that's not the matter right now, tell me everything you know about Ceceada right now," Jared's voice that contains a bit of surprise echoed in the entire hall, sweeping away all the murmurs and liberating Jerald from his train of thoughts.
Jerald heard this and took a deep breath before telling everything that he knew about his brother. He recounted everything that happened yesterday. Like, how he saw his brother breaking through multitudes of realms at once, how he injured himself when he fought his brother, their life before they awakened and many more. At the same time, he also said that he looked just like his brother.
Although what he just said is kind of similar to the first student to speak, he said it in more articulate and greater detail, clearing up some of the doubts that formed on the mind of some elders. Also, the fact that he is related to Ceceada made his statements more valid.
Some elders still can't believe that an outer field student managed to beat their main disciple, considering that the main disciple have the legendary red sword that makes up a third of the entire sect's worth!
Even if Ceceada actually did breakthrough to the level 9 of Body Refinement realm, it still shouldn't be possible that he will be able to beat Auster because he have the legendary red sword.
Various theories formed on the minds of everyone in the hall. Some speculated that Ceceada probably got a legendary treasure that helped him break through several realms at once or he probably met a strong cultivator that gave him treasures.
This speculations cleared of most of their doubts as these are actually possible to happen.
Seeing the heavy injury of Jerald also contributed a lot for clearing up most of their doubts. Also, they can't find a reason for the two elders and these students to lie in front of them, when they can just easily punish them by lying.
At the moment, the only best decision is to wait for the main disciple, Auster, to wake up and state everything that happened yesterday.
Jared Burn assimilated everything that Jerald said, forming a plan in his heart.
He looked at the two elders of the outer field, alongside the students they brought here and said, "You may go."
...
In a forest, a young man with a long hair can be seen running in an extremely fast speed, yet his movements seemed gentle and unhurried.
On his hand that is extended forward, a bright light is being emitted.
Thick flora and curly branches of the trees around him seems to protrude from everywhere he go, making the scene a bit terrifying.
From time to time, he will see some remains of various corpses. Sometimes from humans, sometimes animals.
If humans, there will be sometimes treasures left from their mangled bodies. Like rings, weapons, and many more.
If animals, their carcass can be sold depending on the rarity... many of these animals are larger than trees in size. Not only are they larger, they are also stronger!
Cultivation is not limited to humans!
Just from these scene alone, many people wouldn't dare to enter this forest.
The deeper he went into the forest, the less he can see the corpses of humans, but the quality of treasures they have increased! Same goes to the size of the animals.
In the young man's hands, one can see twentyish rings on each hand, about five for each fingers.
These are the treasures that he collected from all these people...
If one can see inside the rings, one will see heaps of treasures, while carcass of various animals taking most of the space!
Right now, the young man is wearing a long, white robe that looked very ordinary.
His eyes are showing no fear because he can see through the forest as if it is in a broad daylight with the help of the light being emitted from his fist.
He doesn't avoid the trees blocking his way, letting his body hit those trees and making them explode to pieces almost immediately.
Banging sounds echo intermittently throughout the forest, frightening various animals away and destroying the serenity of the forest.
Shockingly, his seemingly ordinary robe doesn't get damaged from these collisions.
He had been running for five hours straight, yet he is not even showing signs of exhaustions.
This young man is Ceceada!
The forest he is in right now is called the Dyst forest. It meets the very edge of the Rook City, just a few dozens of kilometers away from the market place.
For all he knew, the size of the Dyst forest is historically unknown, with no one reaching the other side outside the forest yet.
Even with his extreme speed now and five hours of moving straight in the forest, he is aware that he is not even a hundredth close to the farthest distance traveled here according to the historical records.
In 'his' rings, he can see various maps of the explored area recorded by those who traveled here and died, thus, he isn't really worried that he might get lost.
One of the reason for his 'visit' in the forest is obvious, collecting treasures. The other reason is to hone his combat ability!
Right now, he is not even aware of half of his strength, making him feel itchy.
As a cultivator, he is aware that combat ability and treasures are almost just as important as the realm.
If you have better combat ability than your opponent having the same realm, your likelihood of winning will shoot up!
The robe that he is wearing right now is one of the treasures that he found within the rings that he "collected" from the corpses that he sees along the way, making him feel extremely rich. Although the robe looked very ordinary, it is very durable. Thus, Ceceada like it very much.
Roar!