At the end of the bottom of the cliff lay yet another abyss.
Many Elders of the Cloud Sect waited here, waiting for everyone to emerge from the bottom of the cliff.
Yet everyone who emerged looked dazed, their eyes vacant.
A floating bridge without handrails spanned the two sides of this abyss. The gray-haired elder, Elder Du, the woman in the long dress, and several other Cloud Sect disciples all waited at the head of the bridge.
An eerie light gleamed in the gray-haired elder's eyes as he stared at everyone, carefully discerning the mental state of those emerging from the bottom of the cliff.
He soon picked out three people whose minds had not been affected. The gray-robed old man beckoned to the three whose minds had not been affected by the Yin Power at the bottom of the cliff.
The three were immediately dragged involuntarily before the gray-haired elder.
The gray-haired elder addressed the three frightened-looking people coldly. "Why were the three of you unaffected by the Yin Power?"
The three grew nervous for a moment... They had clearly already emerged from the bottom of the cliff, yet for some reason, they were being questioned because the Yin Power had not affected their minds.
"The three of us carry an unusual treasure that protects our Divine Souls from the erosion of Yin Power..." one of them explained.
"Oh?" The gray-haired elder narrowed his eyes, staring straight at the three as he said coldly, "Since you possess such an unusual treasure, your backgrounds must be extraordinary. Why, then, do you still wish to join my Cloud Sect?"
The three paled, and one immediately explained in a panic, "This unusual treasure was something the three of us obtained by chance. It isn't because our backgrounds are extraordinary..."
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