The sixth day of the sixth lunar month marked the start of the dog days. Aside from the regions of the Northern Territory near the Ice Sea, the entirety of Divine Land had already become a furnace.
Yet no matter how scorching the ground was, the skies above Divine Land remained cool. Bo Xiaoya stood on the deck of a spirit vessel, both hands braced against the railing as she let the high-altitude wind wash over her face.
Her elder brother, Bo Xiaofeng, an assistant instructor at Leiyang Immortal Academy, stepped out of the cabin and asked, "Sis, aren't you going to rest or review your lessons?"
Impatience filled Bo Xiaoya's clear, cold eyes. "Brother, it's only the Unified Trial. A mere written examination can't stump me."
"Alright, alright. My little sister is the strongest, the most amazing." Bo Xiaofeng gave a helpless, wry smile.
Unexpectedly, instead of being pleased by her brother's flattery, Bo Xiaoya flared up. "Brother, are you an idiot? I've only ever lost once."
"It's been four months, and you're still brooding over it?" Bo Xiaofeng sighed. "Wasn't your target that Wang Qi from Xinyue Immortal Academy?"
Bo Xiaoya said flatly, "It's not as if you haven't heard. During the Heart-Questioning Pass a month ago, Yangshen Pavilion's Free and Unfettered Essence of Soul and Spirit test detected that he was an Exiled Immortal."
Bo Xiaofeng corrected her, "Statistically speaking, there's only a fifty percent chance that he's an Exiled Immortal."
"Brother, you should know the Immortal Alliance's attitude toward this matter, right?" Bo Xiaoya still looked unable to believe it. "Better kill the wrong one than let the right one go... A half-step Free and Unfettered Grandmaster and a battle-hardened Free and Unfettered great cultivator. The pressure from those two alone should have been enough to