Chapter 1762: Entering the Main Hall

Many of those present had entered the Six Worlds, where there was no direction, and their divine sense could not extend far, making it impossible to find specific locations. To obtain one array core was already a stroke of luck. Yet this person before them had actually obtained four...

Was this not too exaggerated?

In the air, Zhang Hongtian and Master Yang also gaped, their jaws nearly dropping.

This was something neither of them had expected.

“All of them are with you?”

Yan Qing, the Ancient Sage, twitched his face.

The strong experts of the Hundred Schools of Thought had expended countless efforts to obtain just one, yet this fellow had managed to get four all by himself...

Could anyone else even live?

Still, this was good; it would allow the main hall to be opened faster.

“Mm!”

Nodding, Zhang Xuan concealed nothing more. With a flick of his wrist, the Cold Ice Crystal and the Koi Fish flew out, gently swaying before landing on the walls on either side of the gate. Instantly, the light grew even brighter.

“You alone have earned four slots for the Master Teacher Academy...”

Seeing that he indeed had the array cores of four worlds, Yan Qing, the Ancient Sage, gave a bitter laugh and looked around again: “The array core of the Stone Forest World remains. I wonder who has it?”

Still, no one moved.

“That world is full of stones, recording techniques and martial skills. There probably isn’t an array core!”

“Yes, I spent several hours in that world, and there was no so-called array core at all!”

“What exactly is the array core? Please enlighten us...”

...

A clamor arose, and everyone turned to look at Yan Qing, the Ancient Sage, in the air.

Zhang Xuan was also full of doubt.

What the crowd said was exactly what puzzled him.

He had entered the Stone Forest World. As long as one found the correct sequence of techniques, one could enter the branch hall. Under normal circumstances, there was no array core. How could it be extracted and embedded into the groove before them?

“The Stone Forest World indeed has no array core. However... the technique that allows one to enter the Sage Relic Hall and take away the Sage Relic Stone is the array core!”

Seeming to know the Sage Relic Hall in great detail, Yan Qing, the Ancient Sage, said.

“The technique is the array core?”

Zhang Xuan was stunned.

Earlier, he had thought it a bit embarrassing to have obtained the array cores of four worlds. Now he realized it wasn’t four—it was five!

How embarrassing!

“Correct! As long as the sequence of the cultivated technique is imprinted into the last groove, the main hall can be successfully opened... Friends who entered the Stone Forest World, please come forward if the array core is with you...”

Nodding, Yan Qing, the Ancient Sage, was about to continue when Zhang Xuan, not far away, raised his hand again.

“What’s wrong?”

A foreboding feeling arose in his heart.

“Ahem... this array core is also with me...”

With an awkward smile, Zhang Xuan was full of embarrassment.

“...” Yan Qing, the Ancient Sage.

“...” Zhang Hongtian.

“...” Everyone else.

What are you embarrassed about?

We’re the ones who should be embarrassed, alright?

Four major powers, thousands of people, obtained only one array core. You, alone, got five...

Everyone felt like dying at that moment.

After finishing his embarrassment, Zhang Xuan came to the main hall gate again. With a point of his finger, a set of techniques was imprinted into the groove before him.

Buzz!

Light flickered, and the entire main hall shook incessantly. Then everyone saw the gate slowly open with a creak.

Immediately after, an ancient aura surged out, revealing the vicissitudes of tens of thousands of years.

“Now that the slots are confirmed, everyone, quickly select cultivators to enter the main hall!”

Seeing the main hall finally open, Yan Qing suppressed the frustration in his heart and spoke again.

The slots had been allocated: the Hundred Schools of Thought, seven; the Master Teacher Academy and various families, six; the Alien Spirit race, one; the Sacred Beast race, one.

This was the rule set earlier, and even if the Alien Spirits and Sacred Beasts were dissatisfied, they had no recourse.

Moreover, obtaining the Spring and Autumn Grand Ceremony depended on fate, not on having more people.

Soon, the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Alien Spirit race, and the Sacred Beast race selected their entrants.

Whether entering a branch hall or the main hall, one could not be over fifty years old, nor could one have reached the Ancient Sage realm.

Those who met these conditions naturally had higher strength and more opportunities, so there was no great difficulty in selection.

“How should we choose on our side?”

An Ancient Sage from the Master Teacher Academy looked over.

Almost all the slots had been obtained by Zhang Xuan alone, so naturally, the allocation had to follow his opinion.

“Me, Ruoxi, Zhao Ya, Wei Ruyan, Yuan Tao... Qiqi also needs to go in. That makes six!”

Zhang Xuan calculated.

“...” The Ancient Sage swayed: “You should at least leave two for the Master Teacher Academy!”

Although the merits were all yours, you couldn’t take all the slots!

“Don’t worry, I’ll leave two slots for you. By the way, Zheng Yang, Wang Ying, and Lu Chong must have come too, right? Where are they? Leave three more for them...”

Zhang Xuan continued.

At such a grand event, Zheng Yang, Wang Ying, and Lu Chong would surely have come. However, there were too many people here, and the three must have had some opportunities, so they hadn’t met yet.

Seeing him calculate like this, Master Yang couldn’t help but say: “We only have six slots in total...”

In one breath, he had already named over a dozen people; it was impossible to allocate!

“Six? It won’t be six in a little while...”

With a slight smile, Zhang Xuan instructed Zhao Ya and the others: “Go find Zheng Yang and the others, see where they are, and bring them back as soon as possible!”

“Yes!” Zhao Ya and the others quickly sent messages.

Now that the various worlds were connected, communication was possible. As long as they weren’t in some special relic, finding them should be simple.

“Personnel confirmed, now enter the main hall!”

With a loud shout, Yan Qing, the Ancient Sage, pointed his finger, and the “World-Transmitting Mother Talisman” appeared again, enveloping all the young experts selected by the Hundred Schools of Thought.

That Yan Xue stood prominently among them.

“Go on over!”

The Alien Spirit race and the Sacred Beast race each had only one slot. Though frustrated, they still flew over.

“Everyone, hurry up!”

Seeing Zhang Xuan and the others still dawdling without selecting suitable people, Yan Xue’s face darkened as he spoke.

“No rush. You go in first; we’ll follow shortly!”

Zhang Xuan said with a light smile.

“Go in first? Hmph, once we go in, you’ll have no chance to enter...” Seeing this fellow speak like that, Yan Xue was taken aback and frowned.

Was he brain-damaged?

The World-Transmitting Mother Talisman could only bring fifteen people in at a time; the number was fixed. After they entered, how could he still get in?

“You go ahead. I guarantee that before you enter the main hall, I’ll have chosen the people and join you...” Zhang Xuan said.

“Fine then...”

Seeing this fellow still stalling, Yan Xue couldn’t be bothered to waste words. Leading the group, he flew straight toward the main hall before them.

Whoosh!

They arrived at the main hall’s seal.

The warm radiance of the “World-Transmitting Mother Talisman” shone over them, enveloping everyone.

“No more waiting. In!”

Unable to hold back any longer, seeing that the other side still hadn’t sent anyone over, Yan Xue charged forward first.

Slap! Slap! Slap!

A surging force suddenly swept over. Before everyone could enter, it activated the seal’s attack. With a single blow, they were sent flying backward, falling to the ground like dumplings, spitting blood profusely.