Lu Qing was in no hurry. He first looked toward Spirit Terrace County. While he was in seclusion, he would sense it if the formation was triggered.
There was no trace of a Sound Transmission Talisman here either. As he looked down, aside from the snow having vanished without a trace and the scene changing to blazing sun overhead, Spirit Terrace County had not changed much since before his seclusion.
A hint of suspicion flashed through him, and he looked toward the Spirit Terrace River again. Its waters were jade-green and bottomless, while the ports along its banks remained as bustling as ever.
Those people haven't returned?
This seclusion had carried him straight into June.
He looked at his Disciple Token. White Crane Boy had left several messages of greeting. After replying, Lu Qing turned his attention to the Jade Slip.
After calculating the dates, Lu Qing reckoned that this tournament should already have ended.
He looked over the messages within.
[The Outer Academy Grand Tournament's Inner Academy entry slots are as follows...]
Setting aside the other messages, this roster of successful candidates also counted as intelligence.
Lu Qing swept his gaze over it and looked straight at the bottom. The final entrant was an Outer Sect disciple named Li Feng. His cultivation was a fraction higher than those who had barely scraped through in previous years: Eighth Realm of the Purple Mansion, followed by a parenthetical note—already entered the Nine Realms of the Purple Mansion.
Clearly, Li Feng had not just entered the Eighth Realm. He had waited at that realm for a long time and broken through to the Nine Realms of the Purple Mansion on the spot after the tournament.
Unsurprisingly, not a single one from his batch who had entered the sect last year