Outside the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation.
No matter what happened deep within the formation's core, the vanguard officers standing at the front could neither see nor hear it. They only knew that the sandalwood incense kept burning, and it was about to run out.
"Second grade?"
Zhao Kang and the others watched from afar, more nervous than if they themselves were undergoing the examination.
"Where there is something abnormal, there must be a demon at work."
Xu Wencai waved his feather fan. "Lord Chen and I studied the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation inside out long ago. By my calculations, it should have ended already. Yet he still hasn't come out. Something must have gone wrong. Let's keep watching."
"Why hasn't General Chen come out yet?"
Bai Tingzhi tried to climb to a higher spot to look inside, but weapons blocked his way.
"This general, please follow the rules. Otherwise, your qualification will be revoked."
Tang Yingke sat on a stone stool, using his sword to scratch at the ground.
"Brother!"
Bai Tingzhi leaned closer. "Last time, I saw you muttering a whole lot to General Chen. Do you know something? Tell me too."
"It's nothing."
Tang Yingke avoided the question. "Lord Chen is capable. He won't die."
"He won't die?"
No matter how lacking in brains Bai Tingzhi was, he could tell something was wrong.
Breaking through the formation was not supposed to kill anyone.
If he said that, then there really was a problem!
"That's all?"
Yin Hanwen watched the first stick of sandalwood incense nearly burn out. "I could break the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation too. I thought this kid was capable of something great, but he fell in the second round."
Wen Qiushi added, "He still can't escape the Crown Prince's