"Holy crap! Someone did it! They earned the spirit stele's recognition!"
Someone in the crowd shouted.
"Who? Who exactly earned the spirit stele's recognition? I'm so jealous! Why couldn't it be me?"
"That's incredible! They must be the first person in Jiangnan City to earn the spirit stele's recognition, right? I wonder which lucky person it was."
"Whoever they are, now that they've earned the spirit stele's recognition, they've already taken one step into the Immortal Gate. From now on, they've truly leapt over the dragon's gate!"
The area rang with people's envious chatter.
Everyone craned their necks, trying to see who had earned the spirit stele's recognition. Ma Junfan and Liu Qi were no exception.
Unfortunately, there were simply too many people around.
Aside from those who were already standing nearby, how could anyone else see who this "lucky person" was?
A long while after the first "lucky person" appeared, a second person from Jiangnan City finally earned the spirit stele's recognition.
A mark of spiritual light landed on someone, and an excited shout immediately rang out. "Hahaha, it's me! It's me!"
"I earned the spirit stele's recognition too! This is great! What did I tell you? I really am a 'child of fortune'! Even an event with odds this low could happen to me."
"From now on, I'm a disciple of the Immortal Gate, an Immortal cultivator who stands above ordinary people!"
The man shouted excitedly, his face flushed.
Ma Junfan and Liu Qi, who had already reached a spot near the front of the line, couldn't help but freeze at the sound. They exchanged a glance, then hurriedly craned their necks to look.
They could make out a vaguely familiar figure not far from them, inside the spirit stele's testing range, shouting excitedly. The two of