The First Elder looked at the disciples standing below, looking at him and listening to what he was saying carefully. At this moment, a smile appeared on his face as he said, "You all must be wondering why I'm suddenly explaining the layout of our Essence Sky World, right?"
Almost all the disciples nodded their heads together, expressing that they really wanted to know the reason.
The First Elder finally came to the main point, explaining, "Let me tell you, today, I explained about the layout of our Essence Sky World, mainly the Eastern Continent because our Floating Cloud Academy received a guest from the Middle Land yesterday. This senior came from a First Grade Force of the Middle Land called Star Seeking Tower."
"Even in the entire Middle Land, no other forces dare to go against the Star Seeking Tower. Star Seeking Tower is very powerful and the leader of the Star Seeking Tower is one of the most powerful people of the Middle Land."
"He came to the Wasteland in order to complete a mission. His mission is to choose a hundred geniuses and bring them back to the Middle Land as the disciples of the Star Seeking Tower."
Hua~
The moment the First Elder said this, an uproar once again broke out in the crowd. All the disciples became excited. They knew a great opportunity was standing in front of them. All they need to do is to go and hug this opportunity. However, they also understood that this opportunity is extremely difficult to hug, after all, there were about a thousand Inner Court Disciples but the middle-aged man will only bring a hundred disciples with him to the Middle Land. It means an intense competition was about to take place.
Alex also became excited. He long wanted to go to the Middle Land, and now, the opportunity was in front of him. All he needed to do is being selected among the hundred disciples to whom, the middle-aged man will bring to the Middle Land.
The First Elder didn't say anything this time, he let the disciples be happy. After waiting for two minutes, he finally exploded a bomb to everyone's expectation. He said, "Don't be happy too early. As I said previously, there are Nine Countries in the Wasteland and each country has one equally powerful force like our Floating Cloud Academy. This senior from the Star Seeking Tower will organize a competition among the Inner Court Disciples of the nine powerful forces and the top hundred will be selected to go to the Middle Land and become members of Star Seeking Tower, a First Grade Force of the Middle Land."
When everyone heard this, their excited expression immediately turned solemn. They knew it'll not be easy for them to go to the Middle Land. Among the inner court disciples of each nine forces, the top ten disciples are already at least Spirit Origin Stage Level 7 martial warriors. There are nine forces, which means 90 Spirit Origin Stage Level 7 and above martial warriors.
Leaving these 90 people aside, there are many other weaker Spirit Origin Stage martial warriors in each force like the Floating Cloud Academy of the Nine Countries. The competition for these 10 spots will definitely be intense. Those below Spirit Origin Stage Level 5 can simply forget about being selected. The chances are extremely low, almost none. Everyone took a deep breath and decided to give up.
The First Elder was clearly aware of what all the disciples below were thinking in their minds. He also shook his head in disappointment and continued to say, "To competition will be held three days later. Whoever wants to participate in this competition, can use their identity token to register in the registration hall. Three days later, our academy will bring everyone to the place where the competition is going to be held. The detail about the competition will be revealed on the day the competition would start."
"Now, if there is any question, you can ask. If not, those who want to register for the competition, go and sign up."
None of the disciples raised any questions. Just as the First Elder was about to dismiss the crowd, he saw a hand standing in the air among the crowd of more than 800 inner court disciples.
"Alex, what do you want to ask?"
Yes, the person who raised his hand was none other than Alex. He really does have a question that he wanted to ask. Now that the First Elder had already given him the permission to ask, he asked, "First Elder, previously, you told us that it is extremely difficult to cross the Valley of Death and travel between the three Cultivation Lands. Then how did that senior come from the Middle Land and how will he bring the selected hundred disciples back to the Middle Land?"
"Good question!" The First Elder praised Alex, saying, "I didn't clear this question before because I wanted to see if anyone would ask me or not. Now that you've asked me, let me tell you. This senior has already surpassed the Heavenly Completion Stage and has stepped into a new cultivation stage called the Crystal Transformation Stage. But even so, he couldn't cross the Valley of Death on his own. He still needed a flying ship made up of a very previous material to cross this Valley Of Death. The Valley Of Death is too chaotic, to the where even the space at some places in the Valley Of Death is distorted. Many terrifying thunderstorm tornados also appear in the Valley of Death from time to time. Only the ship made up of very special materials could cross those distorted places and the terrifying thunderstorm tornados."
"So, if anyone wants to cross the Valley Of Death and go to any of the three cultivation lands, they'll have to have this Flying Ship. Only then can one cross the terrifying Valley Of Death and visit the Cultivation Lands."
'So that's how it is!'
Alex nodded his head in understanding. He completely understood the reason now. He sighed and decided to go and sign up first.
The First Elder soon dispersed everyone. Alex arrived at the registration hall where he registered as an inner court disciple previously. After coming here, he signed up for the competition and returned to his courtyard.
Now, all he needed to do was to rank in the top 100 and he can go to the Middle Land.
However, Alex's aim was to enter the Profound Star Sect, not the Star Seeking Tower. So, for the very first time, Alex decided to stay low-key and become a disciple who will rank between place 91 to 100.
Although the Profound Star Sect was only a Second Grade Force while the Star Seeking Tower is a First Grade Force, Alex had still made this decision and it couldn't be changed. For some reason, he was still attracted to the Profound Star Sect. It was as if there was something special about this Profound Star Sect that was attracting him and was calling him, trying to summon him there.
After he returned to his courtyard, he saw Gatlin sleeping on the floor. Gatlin's return surprised him. He didn't expect Gatlin to come back.
Maybe, Gatlin had heard the sound of someone's footsteps, he half opened his eyelids and saw Alex, then said in an old and hoarse voice, "You've returned. Then go and make something for me to eat. I'm so hungry now!"
Alex shook his head and smiled helplessly. He didn't expect Gatlin to be so foody. All he wanted from Alex was food to eat. Because of Gatlin, Alex had started making food at home and won't go to other places to eat.
He didn't say anything and silently went to prepare some food for Gatlin. No matter what, Gatlin is still a Martial Emperor.
After Alex returned with three plates filled with different cuisine in his hand, he looked at Gatlin and asked, "Where have you been these few days?"
Without responding to Alex, Gatlin stood up and started eating without even washing his hands. Alex again shook his head helplessly and didn't ask anymore. He knew Gatlin will not respond and he can't do anything to Gatlin. Although Gatlin's cultivation base is sealed, his understanding of concepts is still there. With his concepts alone, he is enough to deal with any Crystal Transformation Stage martial warrior, and can even injure Martial King Stage martial warrior. So, there was no need for Alex to show attitude in front of the old man.
After finishing all the foods in front of him, Gatlin once again took out Spirit Wine from his Heaven Swallowing Gourd and gulped them down.
Just looking at the Royal Rank Weapon, the Heaven Swallowing Gourd, and Royal Rank Treasure like the Spirit Wine, Alex could not help but feel regret for not being able to duplicate them. But he swore he'll definitely come back with enough Energy Points in hand to duplicate all the treasures on the old man's body.
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