CHAPTER 1244: CHAPTER 1244 COLLECTING MEDICINAL HERBS

Upon hearing Lin Chen’s words, Elder Zhao’s face immediately turned dark. This kid is really bold, daring to speak like this in front of him.

Lin Chen’s meaning was clearly that the rules weren’t explained before the assessment.

However, Lin Chen’s statement wasn’t wrong; the truth is that the rules weren’t explained before the assessment.

But Lin Chen’s audacity surprised Elder Zhao; even the Top Ten Heroes of Yunlong City wouldn’t dare speak like this in front of him.

Bear in mind, Lin Chen is only at the fifth level of the Nirvana realm, facing a Creation realm Third Layer expert like him, is he not afraid at all?

He should know that if he really makes him angry, a single slap would be enough to kill him.

However, Elder Zhao had no idea that Lin Chen had already slain Creation Realm Third Layer experts before.

After hearing Lin Chen’s words, Elder Zhao chose not to pursue the matter further, as Lin Chen’s actions in the first stage of the assessment, if mentioned, would only make the surrounding martial artists astonished and further fuel Lin Chen’s arrogance.

Therefore, this matter should be tacitly understood, not openly discussed.

"Hmph, you should know what you have done; the old me said that this time, I will let you off first, and once you’ve passed the assessment, the old me will deal with you slowly,"

Elder Zhao looked at Lin Chen and said indifferently, already considering Lin Chen a disciple of Yunlong Heavenly Palace in his heart.

After all, Heavenly Pride like Lin Chen is highly desired by Yunlong Heavenly Palace experts.

Upon hearing Elder Zhao’s words, Lin Chen smiled awkwardly, knowing what Elder Zhao was actually referring to.

Lin Chen also understood Elder Zhao’s true intention; the other party wanted to use these words to advise him not to act too flamboyantly.

However, Lin Chen was also helpless; it wasn’t intentional to flaunt his strength.

When helping Yu Weilian and others, Lin Chen didn’t even infuse spiritual power into his punches.

If Lin Chen had used spiritual power, the power of his punches would have been far greater than this.

Subsequently, Elder Zhao didn’t dwell further on Lin Chen’s matter but announced the second stage of the assessment to everyone.

The content of the assessment was for everyone to go to a secret realm in Yunlong Heavenly Palace to pick spiritual medicine, specifically a sixth-rank supreme spiritual medicine known as "Ice Clear Flower."

The assessment required picking at least ten Ice Clear Flowers.

This assessment wasn’t as simple as it appeared; the secret realm of Yunlong Heavenly Palace has been established for a long time and contains powerful magical beasts; the danger level is no less than that of other mountain ranges.

Thus, entering it posed a risk to life.

"Everyone should think carefully; the second stage is ten times more dangerous than the first stage; now, you still have the chance to regret and choose to withdraw,"

said Elder Zhao, with his gaze sweeping over everyone.

However, no one left the square.

That’s ridiculous; after trying so hard to get here, how could they retreat?

Their families went through a lot of trouble to secure assessment slots; if they give up now and go home, they would surely be scorned by their clansmen, and they themselves would never forgive themselves, condemned to live like cowards forever.

"Since no one is withdrawing, follow me,"

said Elder Zhao, looking at everyone indifferently.

Then he led the way, soaring towards the mountaintop of Yunlong Heavenly Palace, with the other martial artists following closely, orderly and organized.

Joking aside, in this Yunlong Heavenly Palace, they wouldn’t dare to run around recklessly, breaking the rules.

Shortly afterward, everyone followed Elder Zhao to the top of a cloud-enshrouded mountain; halfway up the mountain, there was a massive flat area and some buildings.

Upon landing, everyone looked ahead and found several giant stone-carved lions, with a teleportation gate behind them.

However, the teleportation gate seemed to be closed.

Around the teleportation gate, in the southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast directions, stood giant jade stone pillars, each with an elder sitting on it, all at the early stage of the Creation realm.

Elder Zhao led everyone into the Stone Lion Square, explained the purpose to the four Creation Realm experts, and handed over a token.

One of the elders took the jade token, verified it, nodded to the others, and the four began casting spells, with rays of light emanating from their sleeves and landing on the teleportation array.

Boom—

Following a powerful spatial fluctuation, the teleportation array before them immediately activated.

A spatial vortex formed, clearly possessing teleportation power; indeed, this must be the teleportation array leading to the secret realm within Yunlong Heavenly Palace.

"You can enter now. Remember, you only have one month in the secret realm. At three-quarter past noon in one month, the four elders will close the teleportation array. Regardless of whether you have obtained spiritual medicine or not, you must find the nearest teleportation passage and teleport out."

"Otherwise, you’ll be trapped inside."

Elder Zhao looked around at everyone and advised.

Everyone responded with a nod, understanding what being trapped inside would mean.

The secret realm is fraught with dangers; if trapped, they would have to wait for the next teleportation gate to open, which is six years later, and by then, they might have already perished to the powerful magical beasts within the secret realm.

As Elder Zhao finished speaking, martial artists rushed in, fearing the spiritual grasses would be snatched by others if they were slow.

"Once inside the secret realm, do not rush to collect spiritual medicine. First, send a message and gather with me,"

Lin Chen looked at Yu Weilian, Yang Minghui, Su Yun, and others, saying indifferently.

Upon hearing Lin Chen, Elder Zhao rolled his eyes, thinking to himself that his previous comments to Lin Chen seemed like rubbish. This guy’s words explicitly indicated intentions to cheat and help others again.

But there was no choice in the matter; Yunlong Heavenly Palace’s assessment had a fixed procedure for passing through the main hall in the first stage, whereas the second stage varied depending on circumstances, changing as necessary.

Like this time, due to the demand for a large quantity of Ice Clear Flowers by the Heavenly Palace Elixir Hall’s alchemist, the assessment involved gathering herbs.