Sneaking into White Cloud Peak

Chapter 41: Night Visit to White Cloud Peak

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed.

Lin Bai had taken the pills left by Ji Bei, and in these five days, he had healed his injuries.

As for Xu Rui, he hadn't returned since the battle that day.

During these five days, many new prodigies had emerged among the new disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect.

Now, the elders who had gone to various cities to recruit disciples had mostly returned.

The number of new disciples had reached over nine hundred.

And among these nine hundred, there were nine who were recognized by all the new disciples as the top prodigies.

One of these top prodigies was Lin Bai!

However, these martial artists also knew that the title of top prodigy was only temporary.

The one who took first place in the trial two days from now would be the true top prodigy.

Late at night.

Qi Shaolong and Tiedan had already fallen asleep.

Lin Bai quietly left the courtyard, quickly weaving through the new disciples' courtyard.

Soon, Lin Bai left the new disciples' courtyard and arrived in the desolate mountains.

"White Cloud Peak."

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Lin Bai looked at the massive peak in front of him, with several palace-like buildings on it, their lights shining.

"My Third Uncle wants me to become a disciple under Ling Tianzi, but I have never met this person. Today, I will go and meet him first, and also see how deep his cultivation is."

Lin Bai grinned and quietly ran up White Cloud Peak.

Lin Bai didn't follow the stone path up, but instead, he was in the forest, running along a secluded path to the top of the mountain.

"Master, someone is coming up. Should I drive him down the mountain?"

Just as Lin Bai was sneaking up the mountain.

A man with delicate features, more beautiful than a woman, entered a palace.

In this palace, a middle-aged man with long hair draped over his shoulders, thick eyebrows, and large eyes was sitting under the lamplight, reading a book with relish.

"No need, let him play around himself."

The middle-aged man said casually.

On the top of the mountain, several large palaces stood.

Lin Bai entered one of them and found that it was filled with books.

"This is actually a book hall!" Lin Bai curiously walked to the bookshelf and picked up a book at random.

Record of Exotic Flowers and Herbs.

This book recorded many strange and exotic spiritual flowers and herbs on the Barren Ancient Continent.

After reading for a while, although Lin Bai was fascinated, he was not obsessed.

After that, Lin Bai picked up another book.

Gazetteer of the Barren Ancient Continent.

This book described the map of the Barren Ancient Continent.

Lin Bai carefully read it.

"Master, he is reading in the book hall." The delicate man said.

"Seeing that he seems to be a sword cultivator, take the Thunderous Sword Intent Scroll and show it to him." The middle-aged man said casually, his eyes fixed on the book in his hand.

"Yes!"

The delicate man responded and turned to leave the palace.

In the book hall, Lin Bai carefully read the map of the Barren Ancient Continent, his heart shaken: "So the Barren Ancient Continent is divided into five continents, and each continent is divided into nine thousand domains."

"And my current location belongs to the Myriad Kingdoms Territory within the Eastern Continent!"

"And the Divine Martial Nation is just a small country on the eastern border of the Myriad Kingdoms Territory."

"This world is too big, too magnificent!"

"I must leave the Divine Martial Nation and see the outside world."

Lin Bai said with soaring fighting spirit.

When putting down the Gazetteer of the Barren Ancient Continent, Lin Bai suddenly saw a scroll called Thunderous Sword Intent Scroll on the bookshelf.

"What is this?"

Lin Bai curiously picked up the scroll and casually opened it.

The moment the scroll was opened, a thunderous divine sword suddenly pierced out from within the scroll, shooting straight towards Lin Bai's face.

"Not good!"

The terrifying power within that Thunderous Divine Sword made Lin Bai's hair stand on end, his whole body ice-cold.

It was as if, in that instant, the sword had shattered his very soul.

Clatter!

Startled, Lin Bai's hand slipped, and the scroll fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

He was so frightened that he landed on his backside, his entire body drenched in cold sweat.

"Was that an illusion? Then why did that sword feel so real?"

Lin Bai slowly picked up the scroll again, focusing his gaze.

In the painting, there was a man with his back to him, holding a sharp sword, standing amidst countless lightning bolts.

Suddenly.

As Lin Bai concentrated on the man in the painting.

The lightning in the picture seemed to come alive, dancing across the scroll and surging out, heading straight for Lin Bai.

Clatter!

Seeing the lightning surge out, the destructive power made Lin Bai's soul tremble.

His grip loosened, and the scroll fell to the ground once more.

Lin Bai hurriedly fled the book hall.

Without looking back, he ran down White Cloud Peak.

After Lin Bai left.

A middle-aged man, accompanied by an effeminate-looking man, arrived before the book hall.

The effeminate man chuckled, "Not bad, he actually lasted three breaths."

"Indeed, not bad," the middle-aged man agreed with a smile.

"But their Martial Soul is too poor, Yellow Rank One, it's useless."

The middle-aged man shook his head and smiled.

Hearing this, the effeminate man said, "Master, I thought you were going to take him as a disciple, that's why you let him come up White Cloud Peak. Since you look down on their Martial Soul, why did you let him up here?"

"Don't you think our White Cloud Peak has been deserted for too long, and it's become rather lonely?" The middle-aged man chuckled.

"If he comes again in the future, you don't need to bother with him, let him play around."

The middle-aged man shook his head and returned to his palace.

Back in the Newcomer's Yard.

Lin Bai was covered in sweat, sitting up in bed as if awakened from a nightmare.

Even now, Lin Bai couldn't forget the Thunderous Divine Sword that had surged out when he opened the scroll.

The countless lightning bolts on the painting, the majestic figure standing amidst the lightning.

"Just what kind of painting is that!"

Lin Bai gasped for breath, speaking with immense shock.

All night, the image of that painting occupied Lin Bai's mind.

The night passed without incident, Lin Bai tormented by that painting all night long.

The next day, Qi Shaolong and Tiedan went out to play together.

At dusk, the two returned, bringing back some news.

For example, a tenth Newcomer King had appeared in the Newcomer's Yard.

Someone had declared that they would definitely kill Lin Bai in the trial.

Someone else had said that they would defeat all the Newcomer Kings in the trial.

In any case, the Newcomer's Yard was a sea of ​​fire now, all the new disciples wanting to stand out.

And their gazes were all focused on the trial, which was only two days away.

After dinner.

Lin Bai lay in bed, the image of that painting constantly on his mind.

"No, I have to go take another look!"

Lin Bai got out of bed and headed straight for White Cloud Peak.

"Master, he's here again," Li Shanqing reported.

This middle-aged man was none other than the master of White Cloud Peak, Ling Tianzi, the master Lin Yue wanted Lin Bai to apprentice under!

"Where did he go?" Ling Tianzi asked.

"He went straight to the book hall without looking back," Li Shanqing said with a smile.

Li Shanqing was one of Ling Tianzi's disciples.