Everyone silently watched the six bedraggled souls, soaked like chickens caught in the rain.
"What a shame for those few. They worked so hard for so long and had already entered the Fate Lake, only to come out this quickly. That must feel worse than never getting in."
"This examination is really strict."
"Zhao Qingchuan looks so delicate, but he's truly tough inside."
"This is good too. At least it's fair."
The many candidates assumed Zhao Qingchuan was overseeing the Fate Lake examination and praised him one after another.
Zhao Qingchuan and the other four examiners smiled without saying a word.
Inside the Heaven Momentum Hall, five elders stared intently at the Fate Lake Mirror.
Time slowly passed. Two hours later, another four candidates were swept out of the Fate Lake.
By evening, only fifteen people remained in the Fate Lake.
The five elders shook their heads slightly.
Hu Jingtian pointed at the Fate Lake Mirror. Apart from the images of Li Qingxian and Duan Tianji, which continued changing at high speed, everyone else's images were slowing down.
For the slowest among them, time passed at only ten times the normal rate.
"That Nie Jiuming is a lazy fellow too."
"He never specialized in momentum configurations to begin with. Everyone has their own aspirations."
"Apart from Li Qingxian and Duan Tianji, the others all fall somewhat short. It would be a pity to expel them from the Fate Lake, but letting them stay makes my temper flare whenever I compare them to those two."
"Li Qingxian had already studied every course on the third floor with the utmost care. After entering the second round, he rested for only a while, then became just as utterly earnest as he had been in the first round."
"The key is that he still