Chapter 3497 — Arriving at the Trial Grounds
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Wei Zhao guessed that the Five Elements Mountains were part of the Five Fiends Mountains, but the two were probably not directly connected—something must separate them, for one could not possibly come and go freely.
At the foot of these desolate, uninhabited Five Elements Mountains stood a grand, luxurious inn, its style similar to the inn from the Xuandan Sect trial—prepared expressly for trial participants.
That similar style only strengthened Wei Zhao's conviction that the Xuandan Sect and the Five Luminaries Sect were connected; otherwise they could not have been built so alike!
In the parking lot before the inn's entrance, several cars were already scattered about—clearly brought by other trial participants. Wei Zhao parked his car and got out with Zhao Qilei. A few more cars stood scattered across the lot now; he could not tell whether they belonged to other participants or to the Five Luminaries Sect itself.
"You three—this is no ordinary inn. An important meeting is to be held inside, and we do not take outside guests. If you are not here for the meeting, then please turn back," said a man in a Bagua robe, blocking Wei Zhao, Wang Xinyan, and Han Jingyi just as they entered the inn's lobby. His tone was polite, but his words carried unquestionable firmness.
"We're here for the trial," Wei Zhao said mildly. "I take it that's the meeting you mean?"
"Oh? So you're trial participants? Then please show the invitation issued by the Five Luminaries Sect—or, if you are rogue cultivators, please show your fragments of the Cloud-Tier Island map," the Bagua-robed man said, nodding to the three of them.
"Of the three of us, these two are rogue cultivators, and I come from a branch of the Five Luminaries Sect—Leader Bai's faction," Wei Zhao said.
"What?!" The man started at hearing that Wei Zhao belonged to a branch of the Five Luminaries Sect. Recalling his prior instructions, he could not but be cautious. "Very well—state your names, then demonstrate your strength, and I will register the three of you!"
"No problem!" Wei Zhao, Han Jingyi, and Wang Xinyan all circulated their mental cultivation formulas and unleashed the full extent of their late Heaven-rank, peak Great Perfection strength, leaving the Bagua-robed man utterly aghast! He himself was merely an early Heaven-rank disciple of the Five Luminaries Sect, and these three were all Heaven-rank Great Perfection—far too formidable!
Under the rules of this trial, any expert of Heaven rank or above could participate, with no upper limit. So when the Bagua-robed man saw their strength, he nodded hastily and said, "That will do. Then please show your admission-ticket fragments and your sect invitation, and I will complete your check-in."
Wei Zhao nodded and handed over the three map fragments and the recommendation letter Leader Bai had written for him. After examining them carefully, the man registered each of them in turn, then returned the items to Wei Zhao. "Good, that's all. Keep these safe. They will be collected when the trial begins—do not lose them, or you will have no way to take part."
"Rest assured." Wei Zhao took them back and nodded. (To be continued)