Seventy-two examinees who had passed the trial followed an elder out of Heaven's Mandate Hall. Lin Bai silently followed at the very end of the group, looking rather inconspicuous.
Wu Yuanlin, Yang Chang, and Qingqiu Yun, meanwhile, walked at the front. After all, the three of them had been the first three to pass the first trial, and there was no doubt that they were the most dazzling figures in the examination so far.
Not far from Heaven's Mandate Hall, everyone followed the elder into a stretch of deep, primeval mountains. They descended through the clouds and landed before a secluded pavilion nestled deep in the mountains.
A group of white-bearded elders had already been waiting in front of the pavilion. After landing, the elder stepped forward first, cupped his fists, and said, "Senior Brother Li, everyone behind me is a martial artist who passed the first trial today. I'll leave them to you from here."
Among the elders gathered before the pavilion, a purple-robed old man swept his gaze over them and asked with a frown, "Why are there only these two people?"
The elder smiled helplessly, then sent a voice transmission, saying, "Martial Uncle Yan got drunk and botched things. What he was supposed to send was the Six Harmonies Art, but what he sent was the Four Intentions of Extinction. These people only managed to pass because we deliberately eased the difficulty. If we had raised it even a little, I'm afraid there wouldn't have been this many people passing today."
"What! The Four Intentions of Extinction!" Senior Brother Li was so startled that he broke out in a cold sweat. He then shook his head speechlessly. "Fine, fine. Leave the rest to us."
Senior Brother Li immediately stepped forward and called out, "First, congratulations to all