Zhang Xiaohua was deeply embarrassed. "Well... I truly don't know. I'll have to ask Senior Brother Lu to enlighten me."
Lu Chaoxian smiled. "It is perfectly normal that Junior Brother Ren doesn't know. Actually, with this 'You Lan Mu Lian,' there is no need to explain 'You Lan'—it refers to this You Lan Grand Canyon. 'Lian' certainly means a trial. The key lies in the character 'Mu.'"
"Mu?" Zhang Xiaohua scratched his head, puzzled. "Doesn't it mean dusk? Could it be that one can only cultivate at dusk?"
"It does mean dusk, but it is not about cultivating at dusk. Rather..."
Before Lu Chaoxian could finish, inspiration flashed through Zhang Xiaohua's mind. He cried out, "Ah, I understand! After asking for so long, it turns out this was the reason!"
Lu Chaoxian gave him a thumbs-up and laughed. "Junior Brother Ren truly is clever. Before I even explained it, you already understood."
Then, without caring whether Zhang Xiaohua truly understood or not, he continued, "This character 'Mu' means exactly what Junior Brother Ren thought: only at dusk can one enter You Lan Grand Canyon for the trial. In other words, there is only one shichen at dusk each day when we can head into the canyon. Think about it—if all the inner sect disciples and disciples from every hall of the Incense-Passing Cult gathered here, it would be impossible for everyone to enter."
"So all the disciples entering You Lan Grand Canyon are arranged to come at different times."
Zhang Xiaohua added.
"Hehe, exactly. Generally speaking, the inner sect disciples enter first. By the time we had just set out from Baiyue Peak or Tianmu Peak, they had probably already entered."
"Oh." Zhang Xiaohua answered, rising to stand atop the carriage. How the inner sect disciples and outer sect disciples