"Everyone, this is the Evil Dragon Palace. The Evil Dragon Palace is built on top of the True Dragon Mountain Range. There are a total of three hundred mountains, and the buildings of our Evil Dragon Palace are built on top of them. Among them, a hundred are the hundred halls. The rest are the Elders, Vice Hall Masters, Hall Masters, Pill Hall, Weapon Hall, Tower of Trials, and so on. After you settle down here, you will slowly familiarize yourself with the Evil Dragon Palace. Because you are new disciples, I will first bring you to the Cloud Ascension Platform. After you meet the elders there, you will be able to determine where you belong.
"Yes."
Long Chen and the others noted it down and nodded.
Long Chen raised his head and looked at the majestic mountain range in front of him. It was roughly a hundred thousand li, or even a million li. In such a huge place, there were a total of three hundred mountains with majestic palaces. This was only one of the palaces of the True Martial Emperor Palace. In terms of size, it was almost the same as the Emperor Dong Imperial Palace. Moreover, how could the Emperor Dong Imperial Palace have so much Emperor Spiritual Qi?
If even the Evil Dragon Palace was like this, what about the other peak palaces? What about the Martial God Palace?
While Long Chen was lost in thought, Liu Qingfeng had already brought them to the Cloud Ascension Platform. The Cloud Ascension Platform was located on top of a very tall mountain. At the peak, there was a platform with a radius of a thousand li. This was the so-called Cloud Ascension Platform. The Imperial Star's cloud layer was very low, and it was shrouded in clouds all year round. At this time, the Cloud Ascension Platform was also shrouded in clouds.
Standing on the Cloud Ascension Platform and looking down, Long Chen could see many demonic beasts flying around the Evil Dragon Palace. Among these demonic beasts, there were many experts, and even Divine Realm existences. Long Chen personally saw one of the demonic beasts flying and transforming into human form, walking together with the disciples of the True Martial Emperor Palace.
Although the disciples who could enter the Imperial Palace weren't necessarily strong, their potential and quality were indeed much stronger than the Divine Martial Realm disciples of the Martial Saint Palace.
"This is an immortal beast raised by our Emperor Palace. Just like the demonic beasts, it also possesses intelligence and can transform into a human form. However, its heart belongs to our True Martial Emperor Palace. Immortal beasts are the companions of our Emperor Palace's cultivators. Therefore, in the future, you must refrain from ordering immortal beasts around. It's very possible that this inconspicuous immortal beast is a pet raised by some almighty expert."
Noticing the doubt in everyone's eyes, Liu Qingfeng turned around and chuckled.
After leading Long Chen and the others to the center of the Cloud Ascension Platform, Liu Qingfeng faced them and said, "In the Imperial Palace, every palace hall has an opportunity to replenish new blood once every three hundred days. It has been almost a year since the last time you came up to the Cloud Ascension Platform. In this one year, among the thirty thousand disciples of the Evil Dragon Palace, only twenty or so have died due to various accidents. Your arrival just so happens to balance out the situation."
Speaking up to here, Liu Qingfeng looked at the other peaks shrouded in clouds and said, "The Evil Dragon Palace values new blood very much. Currently, there are six Vice Palace Masters permanently stationed in the Evil Dragon Palace. I don't know how many will come, but I reckon there will be twenty to thirty elders and hall masters. When the time comes, I will tell them about your performance in the Martial Saint Palace. Whether you can become an elder's true disciple or enter one hundred halls and become an ordinary disciple will depend on your luck."
Everyone nodded. It seemed like this was also a test.
After Liu Qingfeng returned, someone from the Evil Dragon Palace had already gone in to report. Everyone waited for a short period of time before elders and hall masters arrived on the Cloud Platform. Some of them rode on immortal beasts, and even more of them rode on immortal cranes. After arriving, the immortal cranes would usually transform into handsome men and women, standing behind these warriors. Basically, the hall masters and elders were all existences in the fifth layer of the Divine Martial Realm, and they were not young either.
These people were all around the same level as Old Devil Su Zhen. There were even some at the level of Underworld Emperor Gao Yan. Of course, there were also one or two at the level of the Netherworld Mansion Master. In about fifteen minutes, all the elders and hall masters who were interested in the new blood had arrived. Long Chen stood in front of Liu Qingfeng, not daring to move. After all, among these elders and hall masters, there were already people whose battle strength surpassed his.
Each hall had roughly two hundred hall masters and two hundred elders. In other words, there were three thousand halls in the True Martial Emperor Palace. In total, there were around sixty thousand fifth layer Divine Martial Realm cultivators, or even higher, reaching a terrifying number of one hundred thousand.
After arriving, the elders and hall masters did not say anything. They just watched from the side and chatted with others of the same status. This gave Long Chen and the other rookies a lot of pressure. Liu Qingfeng was still standing there quietly. He was the disciple of the Evil Dragon Palace Master, so his status was not lower than these people. Therefore, he did not need to salute.
After a short while, the Hallmaster and the elders arrived. There were around fifty strong cultivators of the fifth God Qi layer. After glancing around, they didn't find anyone particularly eye-catching, so they didn't really care. Of course, even if someone was eye-catching, it wouldn't be their turn to look at them.
At this time, several strong gusts of wind broke through the clouds and arrived in an instant. Long Chen felt a terrifying pressure descend. The feeling he had when facing Chu Tiange appeared again. Long Chen immediately realized that this was the grand True Martial Emperor Palace. Even if it was just one of the halls, it could not be underestimated.
There were three people in total, two men and one woman. The men were middle-aged men and the woman wasn't young either. She was an attractive and charming woman. If Long Chen wasn't wrong, these three people were all in the sixth layer of the Divine Martial Realm and had already mastered the Peerless Golden Body. Following the arrival of the three people, a few young disciples appeared behind them. They were probably the disciples who had followed them. These three people should be the Vice Palace Masters that Liu Qingfeng had mentioned. In the Evil Dragon Palace, they were only below one person and above ten thousand people.
Among the two men, one of them was a short and stout cultivator. His skin was dark, and he had a barbaric aura. His pair of blood red eyes were waiting for Long Chen and the others. He gave Long Chen the feeling that he was a bit weaker than Chu Tiange. He should be in the sixth layer of the Divine Martial Realm. The other man was the opposite. He was a handsome middle-aged man like Sumo. His long black beard fluttered in the wind, and he looked very gentle. In his eyes, there was a kind of indifference and tranquility as if he had seen through the world of mortals. Compared to Sumo, he was slightly older. In terms of strength, he was the most terrifying person present. He should be on the same level as Chu Tiange, at the peak of the sixth layer of the Divine Martial Realm.
Long Chen would definitely not be able to kill Chu Tiange a second time.
Last time, if it wasn't for Lingxi, Long Chen's ending would have been very miserable.
Therefore, Long Chen was in awe of this man with long black hair that fluttered in the wind like a waterfall. That man's eyes were like a deep pool of water, unfathomable. That feeling of being able to see through one's heart was enough to make one's heart tremble. That simple blue and white robe on his body added a kind of ethereal temperament to him.
In general, putting aside his strength, he was a very amiable person.
Behind this middle-aged man, there was a pair of twins. They looked very similar. At this moment, they were curiously looking at Long Chen's side. After discovering that there wasn't a single cultivator of the same level, they raised their arrogant heads, disdain flickering in their eyes. Before the Vice Palace Masters could say anything, they had already spoken.
"Today's level is even worse. Not even one of them is at the peak of the third layer of the Divine Martial Realm. Moreover, they are not young either. It seems that they don't have much potential."
"That's right. Two years ago, the Fire Cloud Hall brought back a ten year old youth. Today, he is already at the peak of the third layer of the Divine Martial Realm. For these people to reach this realm, they must be a hundred years old."
Just as the two were about to say more, the middle-aged man in front of them turned around and gave them a very ordinary look. However, it made them shut their mouths.
The main characters had already arrived. Liu Qingfeng cupped his hands towards the three Palace Masters and said, "Palace Master Jiang, Palace Master Chen, and Palace Master Li, these are the young disciples that Senior Nangong Lie selected to enter my Evil Dragon Hall. Their cultivations are not bad. Let me introduce them one by one."
Liu Qingfeng didn't waste time and directly introduced the twenty people one by one. Along the way, no one interrupted to ask for them. In other words, no elders were willing to accept them as true disciples.
Among the Vice Palace Masters, the handsome middle-aged man said, "Since it's like that, then first enter the various Great Halls to gain experience. If you have impressive results, then there will only be people willing to accept you as disciples. If you have outstanding talent, then I, Jiang, will personally accept you as disciples."
The other two Vice Palace Masters smiled and nodded, but didn't express their opinions.
This time's meeting on the Cloud Platform was just a formality. There weren't any particularly outstanding disciples, so everyone was dispirited. Since Palace Master Jiang had spoken, then it meant that they could disperse. Among the three thousand Great Halls, the position of the elders was slightly higher than the Hall Masters. They were also slightly stronger, had slightly more authority, and had higher horizons. When the elders accepted disciples, they had to consider a certain amount of things and couldn't be done casually. Here, there weren't any disciples that would make people want to fight over them.
The Evil Dragon Hall was only a mid-tier Hall. The possibility of those envious disciples appearing was very small.
At this time, those elders were preparing to leave, but the Hall Masters didn't. After all, these new disciples were going to join the hundred Great Halls and become ordinary disciples. Ordinary disciples could also become true disciples through hard work, or even higher.
Just at this time, Liu Qingfeng took out Long Chen. He gently pushed Long Chen to his side and said in a clear voice, "Let me introduce the last one to everyone."
Previously, he didn't introduce Long Chen, so everyone left him out. After all, Long Chen was only at the second layer of the Divine Martial Realm and had just developed his divine sense. Among the new disciples, he wasn't that outstanding.
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A total of five chapters. I still owe everyone seven chapters. I'll pay it back slowly.