Chapter 362: Arrival at the Sect

’The last thing I was expecting was to see the three of them here...’ Yi Chen thought while greeting the three elders.

He had initially thought that only Feng Haoran would be coming to bid him farewell, so seeing the three of them alongside him had naturally surprised him a little.

"Hahaha." Feng Haoran patted Yi Chen’s back in his typical way while saying with a smile before doing the same to Qin Yao, who almost fell on the ground because of the intensity.

Seeing this, Yi Chen could only exchange his gaze with Qin Yao with a feeling of camaraderie as Feng Haoran continued with his words energetically, "Good, I don’t need to worry as the two of you look well rested.

Remember to keep a calm disposition throughout the tests and don’t think of anything else while at it. Your only focus should be on performing your best in all the stages you understand?"

"Y-Yes, Patriarch." Both of them nodded simultaneously upon hearing his words.

"Also, I came to know about the Ninth Elder leaving in order to cultivate in seclusion." Feng Haoran said while glancing at both Qin Yao and Yi Chen, "Since the two of you spent so much time with him, it’s natural for you to miss him. However, do remember that many of your fellow clansmen also care deeply for you."

Feng Haoran paused with a smile and continued, "Moreover, in the future, if there’s anything the two of you need any guidance with, then you can approach me anytime. I’ll be more than happy to guide you."

"...Thank you, Patriarch. I’ll keep your words in mind." Yi Chen nodded with a grateful expression evident on his face.

However, clearly knowing the underlying reasons behind his actions, he didn’t let those words influence the opinion he had of him.

Meanwhile, Qin Yao followed Yi Chen’s footsteps and thanked the Patriarch for those words, as the same was once again repeated to the two of them by the other three elders.

A few minutes later, they finally boarded the carriage that had been arranged for the two of them by the Clan and left in the direction of the Heavenly Azure Dragon Sect.

"By what time will we arrive?" Yi Chen asked the carriage driver, who replied that it would take them four and a half hours to reach.

"...It really is a long way from here." Qin Yao muttered to himself.

"Indeed. Luckily, today only the first stage is going to happen, and we’ll be given a few days to complete the second test." Yi Chen said with a hint of relief while glancing out of the carriage as he saw the carriage slowly make its way out of the city and towards the exit gates.

Naturally, they weren’t the only ones that were making their way towards the Heavenly Azure Dragon Sect, so by the time they neared the exit gates of the Jade City, a long convoy of carriages could be seen waiting near the gates as the guards allowed them to leave one after the other.

Watching Qin Yao curiously taking his head out of the window and checking out all those carriages, Yi Chen couldn’t help but let out a chuckle and asked, "What? Looking for Feng Min?"

"Well..." An embarrassed expression immediately formed on Qin Yao’s face after getting caught red-handed by Yi Chen.

This reaction made Yi Chen even more amused as he commented a second later, "It’s best to look for them when we’ve arrived at the Sect. From what I came to know from Zhou Mei, more than ten thousand Meridian Refinement Stage cultivators are participating in the entrance test today.

So, the probability of your finding Feng Min in this convoy of carriages, which will only increase once we are out of Jade City, is extremely dismal."

"So much?! But aren’t there only about five hundred seats? I thought it would be a couple of thousand at most..." Qin Yao muttered in shock as a trace of anxiety started welling up in his heart.

"I had also thought the same. However, if you look at it from the perspective that these talented Meridian Refinement Stage cultivators are coming from all the major and minor cities in our White Jade Continent, the number does start to make sense.

Just our Jade City alone should hold more than three thousand of these cultivators."

"Brother Chen’s right..." Qin Yao nodded in understanding while pulling his head back inside the carriage as he curiously mentioned the next moment, "To take up the test of so many cultivators in a single time...I wonder just how vast the Heavenly Azure Sect truly is."

"From what I’ve heard, it won’t be wrong to call it a huge city instead of a sect. That’s just how vast the Heavenly Azure Dragon Sect is," Yi Chen answered as he recalled the details Zhou Mei had shared with him.

The expectation in his heart to see the Sect with his own eyes seemed to increase second after second as the initial anxiety he was feeling soon got submerged under it.

The wheels of the carriage continued to crackle as the convoy of carriages, which now amounted to more than a few hundred, continued to make their way in the direction of the Heavenly Azure Dragon Sect, which, just like the Jade City, was situated just next to the Great Demon Forest.

"We’ve arrived, Young Master Chen." The carriage driver’s words immediately caused both Yi Chen and Qin Yao to look outside the window, only to see lines of trees that represented the entrance of the Great Demon Forest.

There was no trace of a sect that was as large as a city to be seen, making Yi Chen turn towards the carriage driver to ask once again, "Are you sure you aren’t mistaken..."

Hearing his question, the carriage driver smiled and nodded, "Yes, Young Master. I’m not mistaken. Look there."

As he said that, the driver pointed in the direction of the carriages that were lined at the very front.

One after the other, the carriages moved past what appeared to be a transparent film in front of their path, before completely disappearing from their eyes the very next instant.

"...An Illusory Array?"

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