The Trial Convention, Li Yang's Objective

On the way to the Hall of Hundred Affairs on Sky Breaking Peak, Li Yang and the other two flew with all their hearts, never rising higher than thirty to fifty zhang.

"Senior Disciple Brother, we're already three feet apart from each other. Do we need to be even farther?"

Lan Ling'e's playful, girlish voice rang out, seemingly puzzled, but her words were full of slyness.

"Three feet? What use is that now? Look at the two of you."

What was the situation now?

A young man was pulling a chubby little boy by the collar, leading a peerless little fairy maiden with a beauty's face, slender legs, a narrow waist, skin like frost and snow, and jet-black hair soft enough to intoxicate.

With such a bizarre and peculiar scene, this damned three feet, this damned thirty and fifty zhang, were all useless!

After all, the three of them were too oddly matched to avoid drawing attention.

"Alright, steady yourselves. With this posture, have you both learned the Steady Character Scripture and fed it to the dogs?"

In the end, helpless Li Changshou transmitted his rebuke again, and only then did Li Yang and Lan Ling'e's demeanor return to normal.

Without any visible movement from the two, nor any shimmering light.

In an instant, the adorably chubby little boy turned into an ordinary, unremarkable young man, the dazzling little fairy maiden became a common fairy maiden, and with the addition of a young man who looked like an average person.

At once, the scene changed completely.

A line of Immortal Cranes flew past, and fellow disciples riding them nodded at the three before flying on without a care.

Faintly, the trio could catch their conversation.

"Senior Disciple Brother, which peak are these three fellow disciples from? I feel like I've seen them, but I haven't?"

"Tch, didn't you look at their identity tokens? They're all from Lesser Qiong Peak. If you're not familiar, just say so. What's with this 'seen but not seen' talk?"

Li Yang and the others, lagging behind, smiled faintly.

These fellow disciples included senior brothers and sisters in the Returning Dao Realm, as well as those in Void Refining, Spirit Transformation, and Qi Refining Realms.

None of them noticed the trio's situation, and even their voice transmissions were intercepted by the three.

"This Wind Whisper Technique for transmitting sound—it's not that great after all!"

Lan Ling'e muttered quietly, completely on purpose.

Li Yang secretly transmitted: "If your senior brother hadn't cracked it, do you think you'd hear it?"

Lan Ling'e quickly transmitted back in praise: "Senior Brother is the best, Senior Brother is the greatest!"

Such heartfelt flattery came purely from fear of Li Changshou.

But Li Changshou wasn't in their channel; he set up a separate one with Li Yang: "Junior Brother, tell your senior brother honestly, is your cultivation at the Ninth Stage of Returning Dao?"

Li Yang transmitted back: "Senior Brother, what are you saying? I've only been in the sect for ten years. Though I'm a genius, I'm only at the Fourth Stage of Spirit Transformation. Even if I've hidden my cultivation, it's no more than the Seventh Stage. You're overestimating me!"

Then he put on a show and even turned the tables: "Senior Brother, you've been in the sect for a hundred years. I've heard from Master that you're even more talented than me and Junior Sister. Now you're only showing the Ninth Stage of Spirit Transformation. Could it be that the cultivation you've hidden has already reached immortality?"

The two exchanged verbal blows, a naked test of each other.

In fact, just moments ago, their probing had been equally fierce.

Just as Li Yang hadn't dodged Li Changshou's grab at his hand, Li Changshou had nearly been fully shaken off by Li Yang.

They silently wrestled, both displaying at least the Ninth Stage of Void Refining's skill.

What did this mean?

It meant Li Yang was only a hair's breadth behind Li Changshou.

But just how wide that hair's breadth was, no one knew.

For Li Yang, at least, he had held back at the final moment, though he didn't know if his senior brother had done the same.

Truth be told, Li Yang couldn't say it out loud, but he knew very well that he absolutely had to go on this Trial Convention.

The Immortal Crossing Sect's Trial Convention was held every five years.

Its purpose was to lead disciples outside, let them see the world, and deepen their insights into the Dao.

Any formal disciple of the sect could freely sign up for this event, and there were as many as twelve destinations to choose from, catering to disciples at different cultivation stages.

In his first five years after joining, he had chosen to go out for training.

After all, back then he had chosen the Metal Stone Alchemy Technique as his avatar, and the sect didn't have such cheap and abundant metal and stone resources.

So, at merely the Ninth Stage of Returning Void, he had hidden himself to the Eighth Stage of Qi Refining and chosen to go out.

That time, he had reaped great rewards. He excavated two large iron mines, one large copper mine, and several medium and small deposits of other ores.

These ores were mostly mundane, located in desolate lands, and carried little Karma.

At the same time, he had killed a large number of demon beasts, harvested plenty of spiritual materials, and even seized the first-place reward for the Qi Refining Realm.

An Alchemy Furnace.

It was precisely with this furnace that he could refine large numbers of 'Metal' pill avatars.

Five years had passed, and these resources were nearly exhausted, needing replenishment.

That was one aspect. The second was that he needed some special ores.

The third aspect was his plan to undergo his tribulation and ascend to immortality outside the mountain gate.

Familiar with the original text, Li Yang knew that some things could be overdone and become counterproductive.

His senior disciple brother seemed steady, but he had also become an unlucky sod targeted by Hongjun.

So he didn't intend to hide too deeply; he would first become an immortal.

He needed a second trait.

Perhaps, in the future, one would unlock that could help him break free from the Heavenly Dao.

On the other side, Lan Ling'e glanced at Li Yang and the Senior Disciple Brother.

She didn't understand the frequency between her two senior brothers, so she opened a separate channel to send a voice transmission to Li Changshou.

"Senior Disciple Brother, why is the atmosphere between you and Second Senior Disciple Brother so strange?"

Li Changshou looked at Li Yang with a peculiar expression. He believed that Lan Ling'e's voice transmission to him couldn't be hidden from Li Yang.

"Nothing, it's just that your Second Senior Disciple Brother said my Ling'e is too beautiful, which is too dangerous and not steady at all, so he decided to beat you into a pig's head."

Li Yang's eyes immediately widened, and his gaze at Li Changshou was filled with fire.

This was definitely intentional.

He then looked at Lan Ling'e; her little mouth was puffed out, clearly angry.

But she didn't completely believe the Senior Disciple Brother's words. Instead, she sent a voice transmission to Li Yang.

"Senior Brother, the Senior Disciple Brother just sent me a private transmission saying you became an immortal behind my back. Is that true or false?"

Hearing this transmission, even Li Changshou fell silent. This girl wasn't a good person!

Who taught her that?

So hard to guess!!!

Li Yang's eyes didn't move or blink, but his mind was full of schemes. He replied, "Junior Sister, the Senior Disciple Brother told you that? Didn't he tell you that he and I became immortals at the same time? Back then, the Senior Disciple Brother was in a real mess. The Heavenly Thunder blasted his face black and swollen. Afterwards, he said about you, 'When the Junior Sister undergoes her tribulation, I'm afraid the Heavenly Realm will strike her into an immortal pig!'"

After hearing this, Lan Ling'e was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Li Changshou, then back at Li Yang. Her little mouth puffed out in anger, then she hugged her arms tightly and turned her head away.

"You two bad guys, you can both hear my voice transmissions."

"Stinky senior brother, bad senior brother, you always bully me. Ling'e won't talk to you anymore."

This...

Li Changshou and Li Yang exchanged a glance, then shook their heads in unison. After that, they took the opportunity to distance themselves from Lan Ling'e, at least a hundred zhang away.

"Eh???"

Lan Ling'e's small face was filled with great confusion.