"I... when did I ever say anything else?" Xiao Hua smiled behind Xue Xue, rubbing his nose as he said, "I only said that if your injuries had not healed... you should rest a while longer. Since you have already recovered, of course you can continue forward with me!"
"Hmph~" Xue Xue snorted coldly and continued flying onward without slowing. "This woman..." Xiao Hua muttered, urging his mana as he followed close behind Xue Xue into the valley!
Just after Xiao Hua entered, a somewhat youthful voice came from atop the thunder boat. "Fellow Daoists... this is the final trial for my sect's disciple selection. Every one of you must enter. Whoever fails to enter within a quarter hour will be considered to have automatically withdrawn from the selection and will be transported to Thunder Peak!"
"Ah?" The remaining hundred-plus cultivators were all greatly startled. They immediately scrambled up from the ground and, not daring to delay any longer, entered the valley mouth one after another!
Once every cultivator had entered, another ray of light, much like the previous one, shot out from the thunder boat. When that light shone upon the valley the crowd had entered, the entire valley began to tremble. Then came a rumbling roar, as though mountains were shaking and the earth was splitting! After that, the thunder boat suddenly glided away, vanishing once more into the night.
As for Xiao Hua, he followed behind Xue Xue into the valley. Yet at the instant he entered, several different scenes swayed past his eyes. His vision blurred, and he found himself standing atop a high mountain! All around him were only towering peaks and endless ridges. Where was there any trace of Xue Xue?
"Ah??? An illusion array?" Xiao Hua was greatly alarmed. He had truly never