Chapter 32: The Cliff

Wen Hai applied a slight force with his palm, and the Jade Slip transformed into countless spiritual lights.

After the spiritual lights scattered, lines of characters appeared in the previously empty air of the Main Hall.

Everyone quickly read through them and couldn’t help but exchange glances.

Xia Xingchen’s face still held an expression of disbelief.

“The people in the Northern Territory treated those so-called geniuses like little ancestors, yet they never imagined they were letting real pearls gather dust. Such an extraordinarily talented seedling was actually treated like wild grass, left to fend for itself in the barren mountains of Chores Peak. What a waste!”

Exactly!

Everyone then couldn’t stop the corners of their mouths from twitching.

But who could have guessed that the person they casually discarded was actually a one-in-ten-thousand genius?

It could only be said that Zedi Sect’s luck in this aspect really wasn’t great.

The genius they had worked so hard to find was right under their noses.

However, it was precisely because of their luck that they encountered him, wasn’t it?

Those small places and forces sending their disciples into the Five Great Sects—they weren’t unaware of their intentions.

Letting it go unchecked was because they thought it would be more advantageous for them.

But if there was a good seedling who stood on their side from the very beginning, who would refuse?

Lu Yu waved his hand, dismissing the characters in the air.

“Have the disciples of Shadow Gate investigate more carefully.”

Such a disciple, if no accidents occurred later, would definitely be placed within the Sect’s key cultivation scope. His origins would certainly need to be examined with utmost care.

“Yes!”

The disciple serving in the shadows immediately cupped his hands and withdrew from the Main Hall.

Shen Qingyi waited quietly to the side.

Only a handful of people trapped in the Illusory Realm had awakened so far. Sensing Shen Qingyi’s gaze, a woman turned her head and met her eyes, but after a brief moment of contact, she turned away as if nothing had happened.

The wait wasn’t very long. After about three hours had passed, Shen Qingyi and roughly over a hundred others were taken away by disciples of the Lingdao Sect. They did not know how the Lingdao Sect would eventually arrange for those disciples who had not yet awakened.

Shen Qingyi obediently followed in the group.

The group quietly passed through corridor after corridor before stopping again. There was no path ahead.

The leading disciple turned to face them.

“Ahead lies our Lingdao Sect’s Ask Dao Cliff! Once you cross Ask Dao Cliff, you will officially enter our Lingdao Sect! Everyone, I and the Lingdao Sect wish you a smooth path forward, hearts set on the Great Dao, and the courage to advance fearlessly! Enter!”

“Swish! Swish!”

The swords held by the surrounding Lingdao Sect escort disciples all flashed, pointing straight at the sky.

“Stand!”

Witnessing the imposing presence of the Lingdao Sect disciples, the line of entry test-takers couldn’t help but feel their blood boiling with excitement.

Shen Qingyi also felt somewhat stirred.

Among the cloud-shrouded mountain ranges stood majestic and lofty Ting Lou and various immortal pavilions. Strange and rare beasts often flew past in the sky, or one could catch glimpses of Cultivation practitioners, sleeves fluttering, performing Sword Flight.

So this was the world of Cultivation! Vast and boundless, mysterious and powerful!

Shen Qingyi couldn’t help but feel a yearning in her heart—to one day soar through the skies freely, just like those Sword Flight Immortals!

“Those whose hearts hold the Great Dao, fearless and undaunted! Those who enter our Immortal Sect, advancing without hesitation! Proceed!”

The Lingdao Sect disciples retreated one step in unison. Their long swords transformed into streams of light as the disciples mounted them, performing Sword Flight and hovering in mid-air.

Only Shen Qingyi’s group remained on the ground.

Seeing this setup, the group couldn’t help but feel somewhat panicked.

Someone couldn’t hold back and asked.

“Honored Immortal Masters, this… there’s no path ahead, and we do not know any magic arts. We cannot fly in the air like you, Honored Masters. How are we to cross this Ask Dao Cliff?”