Qian Renxue Watched from the Shadows as the Star Luo Empire Delegation Requested an Audience

"Your Highness, it seems Immortal Mountain's standards really are high."

"We've watched for two days now. The Wind Sword Sect, White Tiger Sect, Fire Leopard Sect, and students from Plant Academy and Thunder Academy have all come to have their Trait Entries tested, but every one of them failed.

Only Feng Xiaotian passed the assessment and earned the right to climb the mountain. Whether he succeeded in becoming a disciple remains to be seen."

"Clearly, the Immortal the elders spoke of lives up to his reputation. We'd best not make trouble for them."

Outside Immortal Mountain stood an exceptionally luxurious carriage.

Through its curtain, Snake Lance Douluo watched the scene at the foot of the mountain and spoke respectfully to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

Xue Qinghe had spent years in the palace. Although he had heard about Immortal Mountain, he had never met its teachers or students.

This time, he had come to Immortal Mountain with a mission.

First, Xue Ye had appointed him imperial envoy to learn the details of Immortal Mountain's situation. He was to establish friendly relations and, ideally, draw it toward the imperial family. Even if the empire could not bring Immortal Mountain into its service, he was to slow the progress of the sweeping reforms it was carrying out among the people alongside the Papal Hall, lest the fundamental interests of the imperial family and nobles be harmed.

Second, there was his mission from Spirit Hall. According to intelligence from the Worship Hall, Immortal Mountain was a terrifying sect that had risen out of nowhere and posed an enormous destructive threat to Spirit Hall. She needed to use her position as crown prince to restrict its growth, which would also drive a wedge between the imperial family and Immortal Mountain.

The two missions had to