On Qinghuai Peak, halls and pavilions stood everywhere, while people hurried back and forth. The surging heaven-and-earth Origin Energy stirred up by their swift movements, along with sonic booms in the air, gradually vanished without a trace.
At the summit of Qinghuai Peak, clouds and mist curled around an ancient hall that was grander than the others. Its somewhat mottled exterior bore faint traces of the passage of time.
In just half an incense stick's time, Lin Chen followed Cang Han and Lan An to the summit of Qinghuai Peak. They then entered the main hall, where Cang Han led him before a white-robed elder with graying hair and a vigorous countenance.
"Not bad, not bad..."
"Your bone age is under twenty, your Origin Energy has reached the peak of the Creation Realm, and your Spiritual Power is at the level of a Two-Mark Talisman Master. Lan An, you've brought the sect quite a promising seedling this time."
Before a bluestone testing platform, the white-robed elder personally examined Lin Chen with his Origin Energy. After finding no unusual or strange fluctuations, he turned to Lan An and said with a smile.
"You flatter me, Senior Brother Wu. For someone so outstanding to join our Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace is simply fate," Lan An replied with a light laugh.
Hearing this, the white-robed elder nodded and slowly shifted his gaze to Lin Chen.
"This old man is Wu Bai, currently a steward of the First Palace. You may call me Old Wu from now on."
Feeling the elder's gaze upon him, Lin Chen immediately understood and hurriedly nodded in acknowledgment.
During the brief moment Wu Bai had examined his body, Lin Chen had gained a rough understanding of the man's strength.
Though Wu Bai did not exert the same overwhelming pressure