Chapter 99

Xin Hai glanced at Shangguan Yun and said indifferently, "Senior Brother has gone to welcome the envoy of the Tower of Heaven. He will be here shortly."

At this moment, the formation lit up again, and the crowd immediately stopped their discussions, looking around. Feng Huayuan clenched his fists and stared at the formation with a dark expression, determined to instantly teleport to Wang Lin’s side as soon as he appeared, and make him suffer the cruelest tortures.

The formation shone brightly, and thirteen people walked out.

Feng Huayuan’s expression darkened even more, and he crushed another soul on the soul flag, sneering inwardly, "Wang Lin, if you are truly cold-hearted enough to ignore the lives of your loved ones and refuse to come out, then I, Feng Huayuan, have underestimated you. But I will search for you from the heavens to the netherworld. Even if you escape this time, once I reach the middle stage of the Core Formation realm, I will deepen the curse and find you."

The cultivators outside the ancient realm began to discuss again.

"This time, the qualification competition is very strange. In the past, the first person to come out was always the most, and the number of people coming out afterward gradually decreased. But this time, why are there more people in the second group than the first?"

"Strange, I have a feeling that this time, things are very strange."

"Which sect is it this time? Does anyone recognize them? Speak up quickly."

"It’s the Hehuan Sect. I know Wang Ying, that flirt. As soon as she appears, I can smell her scent from over ten miles away..."

"That’s right, it’s the Hehuan Sect!"

As the crowd discussed, the two Core Formation experts of the Hehuan Sect, Chen Huan and Chen Yan, immediately turned grim. They exchanged a glance, sighed inwardly, and then their expressions returned to normal.

The disciples of the Hehuan Sect came to Chen Huan and Chen Yan with dejected and complex expressions. The leading female disciple, Wang Ying, quickly threw a sound-transmitting jade slip.

Chen Huan frowned, took the jade slip, and placed it on his forehead, probing it with his divine sense. His expression immediately changed, and he stared at Wang Ying, saying in a deep voice, "Is this true?"

Wang Ying respectfully replied, "Ancestor, this is what we saw with our own eyes."

The disciples behind her, who clearly already knew the content of the jade slip, immediately nodded.

Chen Yan glanced at the crowd, took the jade slip from Chen Huan, and focused on it. After a long moment, she sneered, crushed the jade slip with her hand, and it instantly shattered into flying ash.

Suddenly, a gaze from the place where the righteous sects were located fell upon them. Chen Huan and Chen Yan immediately turned to look and saw Xin Hai looking at them and nodding.

Chen Huan and Chen Yan had also noticed Xin Hai’s actions when the disciples of the Piaomiao Sect came out, but they couldn’t figure out the reason. Now, after reading the jade slip, they understood.

Feng Huayuan frowned, sizing up Chen Huan, Chen Yan, and Xin Hai, suddenly feeling a sense of unease, but not knowing what was wrong. After pondering for a moment, he couldn’t figure it out and inwardly sneered, crushing another soul on the black flag.

At this moment, not only Feng Huayuan, but also the other major sects of the righteous and demonic paths had noticed the abnormality. They all had some doubts, not knowing what the disciples of the Piaomiao Sect and the Hehuan Sect had said that made the three Core Formation experts so grim.

Even the small sects, small families, and independent cultivators outside the ancient realm felt the atmosphere was strange and began to whisper and speculate.

At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and a ring of light silently appeared. The ring stood upright in the air, quickly expanding to a diameter of ten zhang, and four people stepped out of it.

The first person was fat, like a ball, with a smile on his face. The moment he appeared, all the Core Formation experts on the ground flew up and bowed on both sides.

This person was Lin Yi, the envoy left in the Zhao Kingdom.

Lin Yi laughed and said, "Everyone, I am here today to assist the senior envoy in opening the interdimensional passage. I will not interfere with your qualifications to enter, so you can rest assured."

The three people behind Lin Yi were Piao Nanzi, the white-haired Daoist of the Piaomiao Sect, and the emaciated old man of the Tian Dao Sect.

These three accompanied Lin Yi, descending from the sky and standing on a patch of open ground outside the ancient realm. The other Core Formation experts followed and stood to the side.

Xin Hai found an opportunity to stand next to the white-haired old man and whispered to him. This white-haired Daoist was the first expert of the Piaomiao Sect, the Venerable Xumei.

After hearing Xin Hai’s whisper, Venerable Xumei nodded with a normal expression.

At this moment, the formation lit up again, and five people walked out. As soon as they appeared, a cold and sinister aura spread. Their eyes were blood-red, and without a word, they looked around and then walked to a corner, sitting cross-legged in silence.

"Which sect are they from?" The crowd immediately began to discuss again.

After a long time, no one could guess which sect the five people belonged to, so they all looked around.

The Venerable Xumei, standing next to Lin Yi, suddenly smiled and said, "Envoy, look at these disciples of the Shi Yin Sect. They are all filled with a strong aura of malevolence. I’ve heard that the Shi Yin Sect has a secret technique that allows their disciples to merge with corpse puppets. These five people are likely the so-called human puppets."

Lin Yi nodded and smiled, "These five are indeed human puppets."

The emaciated old man of the Tian Dao Sect frowned and looked around, saying, "Night Daoist didn’t come..."

Lin Yi shook his head and said, "The Shi Yin Sect did not leave their token in the Jue Ming Valley as required, so they have been disqualified. Even if they don’t come, it doesn’t matter." After saying this, he casually glanced at the crowd in the northwest, thinking to himself, "Shi Yin Sect... This time, the opening of the interdimensional passage will likely result in several people successfully possessing and restoring their cultivation."

Thinking of this, Lin Yi suddenly looked at the Core Formation expert of the Wu Feng Valley, maintaining a normal expression, and said, "The Wu Feng Valley also did not leave their token in the Jue Ming Valley, so they have been disqualified. However, since you gave the token to another sect, the sect that received the token is not restricted and can have two tokens."

The Core Formation expert of the Wu Feng Valley was a black-faced old man. Upon hearing this, his expression did not change, and he only glanced at Feng Huayuan without speaking.

Feng Huayuan remained silent as well. Even as a guest ancestor of the Wu Feng Valley, he had paid a high price to obtain the token.

At this moment, the formation lit up again, and Feng Huayuan’s heart suddenly stirred. He felt the curse force approaching and immediately showed a bloodthirsty expression, narrowing his eyes and staring at the formation, ready to instantly teleport out as soon as Wang Lin appeared.