Chapter 5173 — The Ancient Trials
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
In particular, these past few months of collective seclusion, striving to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, had blurred day and night; from beginning to end, the chances to truly gather with Wei Zhao had been few and far between, let alone to relax properly as they were doing now.
"Wonderful!" Ying Ziyu leapt up in excitement, then said something that made Wei Zhao and the others all smile knowingly: "Why do I suddenly feel like I've just finished an exam? Light and easy!"
"After seclusion for so long, we've finally succeeded in Foundation Establishment. Isn't that just like finishing an exam!" the others laughed. What was rare was that they had all succeeded together, and it felt like a graduating class after the college entrance exams—except that this exam had no test papers and no textbooks. Otherwise they would all have had to drag them out and burn them in celebration.
"Well said. But your exam isn't over yet—succeeding in breaking through to Foundation Establishment only means you've gotten your admission ticket. What comes next is the real main event," Wei Zhao said, pouring cold water on their enthusiasm.
"Leader, you mean the Trial Tournament?" Wu Chengtian could not help asking. He had been the first among them to emerge from seclusion, and by now the Trial Tournament had become a topic on virtually every Ancient Alliance disciple's lips. A casual stroll outside would catch an earful of it—there was no avoiding knowing.
"More or less." Wei Zhao nodded. What he actually meant was the Ancient Trials, though calling it the Trial Tournament was not wrong either—if they could not even get through the Trial Tournament, then there was no point mentioning the Ancient Trials.
"We're to take part too?" Qiu Lingshan was taken aback, and the others all wore looks of curiosity. Ever since arriving at this transfer archipelago, they had cultivated on their own and had no dealings whatsoever with the Ancient Alliance. By Wei Zhao's account, the greatest significance of this place to them was as a future home base; they had never imagined they would need to interact with the Ancient Alliance.
"That's right. From what I understand, only those who place well in the Trial Tournament are qualified to take part in the Ancient Trials that follow. The opportunity is extremely rare, and I hope everyone will participate," Wei Zhao announced to the group.
"The Ancient Trials?" The others exchanged glances, wholly unprepared for this. But they had always followed Wei Zhao in all things, and since he had said so, they would not object; after digesting it for a moment, they all nodded in agreement.
"That's wonderful! Other people at most go traveling abroad—we're going traveling beyond the realm, far more high-class!" Ying Ziyu was positively thrilled.
The others could not help but smile, and Wei Zhao laughed: "All right, then why don't you write a Travels in the Ancient Jianghu—I guarantee it'll be the only one of its kind under heaven."
"Sure! But if we really do go to the Ancient Jianghu, can we come back afterward?" Ying Ziyu voiced what everyone was thinking. This training excursion into the secular world came once every thousand years for the Ancient Alliance—never mind whether they could live that long; even if they truly had vast powers and boundless longevity, by the time a thousand years had passed, the entire secular world might well no longer exist, let alone their family and friends.