Sword Guiding Art

The people climbing the mountain were divided into two groups. Those who were younger and had yet to practice martial arts formed one group. People like Chen Fei, who were older and already possessed martial skills, were placed in the other.

"State your name, place of origin, age, and cultivation?" A Sword Return Tower Steward Disciple looked up at Chen Fei.

"Zhao Tie, Gelin County, nineteen, Bone Forging Realm." Chen Fei wore a faint smile.

This identity did exist. Chen Fei had spent a small price to buy it from a broker. People had their paths, rats had their burrows; wherever there was demand, there would be trade.

However, an identity bought this way was ultimately unreliable and could easily leave behind future trouble. But Chen Fei had never intended to remain at Sword Return Tower for long. Once he found the cultivation methods, he would leave immediately.

Moreover, most sects did not scrutinize the records of Outer Sect Disciples too strictly. In an age like this, exchanging information was inherently an extremely difficult matter.

Even for Inner Sect Disciples, identity checks were merely somewhat stricter.

Only when one became a True Disciple, involving the sect's core inheritance, would many sects truly spare no effort in verifying one's identity.

A short while later, Chen Fei passed the test without incident and became one of Sword Return Tower's Outer Sect Disciples.

Chen Fei stood amid the crowd, his gaze sweeping his surroundings. Like the other disciples who had passed the test, he showed a somewhat excited expression.

Excitement was the normal expression for everyone around him at this moment. If his face were cold and detached, that would be what truly seemed suspicious.

An hour later, the entry tests had all ended. Of the more than three hundred people, fewer than