Chapter 2803 — The Rules of the Trial
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Wei Zhao remembered that when he had taken part in the Frozen Palace's trial, Qing Yi, a Heaven-rank expert, had also come—but she was only of the mid Heaven rank, and their palace master was the one at the peak of the late Heaven rank. Here at the Xuandan Sect, the very man shouting the announcement was at the peak of the late Heaven rank. They were truly not to be underestimated!
Though the Xuandan Sect's envoy had allowed only ten minutes, which of these disciples who had come for the trial would dare to dawdle?
In less than three minutes, almost every disciple had filed out of the inn and gathered in the square before its doors. Wei Zhao came downstairs as well, and he and Zhao Qilei, Feng Shihua, Li Ciba, Ge Xian, and Yang Qiqi found a relatively clean spot and sat down cross-legged on the ground. The other disciples who came after them followed Wei Zhao's example, each finding a place of their own to sit.
The Xuandan Sect's envoy, meanwhile, stood expressionless upon a raised platform in the square before the inn, making not the slightest effort to conceal his power—the peak of the late Heaven rank, laid bare in full!
Beside him stood a young man in a gray robe, perhaps around twenty years of age. One glance was all it took for Wei Zhao's heart to fill with shock—Kang Jingming! This creature had actually come on behalf of the Xuandan Sect to receive the disciples taking part in the trial?
Wei Zhao's heart tightened. Now that this creature had seen him, would he not find some way to take revenge?
Kang Jingming seemed to be searching for something too. When his gaze fell upon Wei Zhao, a strange gleam suddenly flashed through his eyes...
The Xuandan Sect's trial was a great affair on the ancient plane. Kang Jingming was merely one elder of the sect; even if he were the young sect master, he could never play any tricks during the trial to target a single cultivator. If such a thing were ever exposed, the loss would be the Xuandan Sect's reputation—and who would dare take part in their trials after that?
Yet while he could not move against Wei Zhao openly, he could work mischief in the dark. Zhang Naipao of the Mingri Fuming Sect was a pawn Kang Jingming had made use of. Kang Jingming had long since investigated the enmity between Zhang Naipao and Wei Zhao, and so, by his maneuvering, Zhang Naipao too had obtained a map for the trial. When the time came...
Kang Jingming would not need to lift a finger. He could borrow a knife to kill—let Zhang Naipao deal with Wei Zhao! Once Wei Zhao was finished, every problem would unravel of its own accord.
Soon all the disciples who had come for the trial were present, every one of them seated cross-legged, waiting for the Xuandan Sect's envoy to speak again.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, the man who had made the announcement gave a calm nod, then said, "Since everyone is here, let us begin! First, a word of introduction: I am Tianjisuan, the elder of the Xuandan Sect in charge of this trial. And this is Elder Kang Jingming, who assists me in the affairs of the trial."
Though the speaker was only an elder of the Xuandan Sect, and though some among those who had come for the trial were core disciples of their own sects, this elder of the Xuandan Sect was plainly no ordinary elder—a fact plain enough from his very name!
The current sect master of the Xuandan Sect was called Tianjixing. That this man was called Tianjisuan meant that even if he were not Tianjixing's own brother, he was at least Tianjixing's cousin. No one dared to underestimate him! And most important of all, Tianjisuan's strength seemed to be true strength, not the hollow sort possessed by alchemists—here was a genuine martial cultivator.