This was a hope that they had held throughout all the numerous times they had hosted this trial by fire in the Ninth Mountain and Sea.
It was actually a far more important reason than disciple recruitment!
The three elders were panting slightly, but considering their high cultivation bases and levels of concentration, it didn't matter how many years they had watched the recruitment event with such hope; they wouldn't allow others to pick up any clues by looking at their facial expressions.
However… a virtually imperceptible flicker of astonishment could be seen in the eyes of the old man from the Kunlun Society, who seemed to have picked up on a few of the oddities about the situation.
Time passed by slowly. Several hours later, rumbling once again surrounded Meng Hao, quickly vanished… and then returned with even more intensity than before.
This indicated that the divine ability Meng Hao was creating was growing in power!
