Almost at the same moment, the two small boats reached the shore together.
Huang Ying looked up at Xu Yuan, surprise flickering in her eyes. She seemingly had not expected this poor outer mountain disciple to actually catch up.
What did he rely on? Could he have thrown mid-grade spirit stones into it?
Huang Ying narrowed her eyes, but did not take the initiative to ask. She simply stepped off the boat and onto the shore.
Xu Yuan followed close behind. Yet after coming ashore, rather than observing the other disciples as she did, he closed his eyes and turned his awareness inward.
After perfectly circulating the Heart Sutra for so long just now, his nascent divine soul had become even more solid, beginning to take on a humanoid outline.
At this level of strength, it had already reached that of an ordinary late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator. No wonder he had been able to maintain a pure state of mind for so long, treating the disturbances of external evils as though they were nothing.
Half a quarter-hour later, people began landing from the sea one after another. In just a short while, more than a dozen people stood behind the two of them.
Just as Xu Yuan thought the examination would continue for some time and intended to explore the wonders of his solidified divine soul, the lightning in the sky and the wind and waves upon the sea suddenly dispersed, while that enormous face slowly dissolved.
As a familiar oppressive aura descended, a hunched old man appeared in the air above the examination disciples.
"Only thirty-five remain in the Bitter Sea. This examination is over."
After coldly issuing the announcement, Xu Yuan and the other disciples who had made it ashore hurriedly looked up. The sight in the distance