Everyone followed three young men to a cliff, where the trio stopped walking.
Looking at the deep, bottomless cliff, everyone’s faces showed a hint of confusion.
"There’s no path left, how are we supposed to get across?"
"I heard that Ancient Martial Cultivators can use lightweight skills. Will they use their skills to take us across?"
"No wonder no one knows where the Hidden Sect is."
Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen used their Divine Sense to sweep the surroundings and quickly discovered that it wasn’t that there was no path, but the path was concealed by an Array. The Hidden Sect was indeed very secretive, and now they were looking forward to discovering more about it.
One of the young men took out an Array Flag and waved it. As his Array Flag fell, ripples of water appeared before them, and then everyone saw an endless mountain path appear at the side of the cliff.
"How magical!" Everyone widened their eyes in shock, looking unbelievably at the mountain path before them. Compared to others, they were also well-informed, but they had never seen such a scene before; it was truly surreal, like something out of a dream.
The three young men looked disdainfully at the others and started walking forward. How could these worldly people compare to the disciples of the Hidden Sect?
Everyone hurried to keep up, their eyes filled with anticipation and longing. They really hoped that they could stay forever in the Hidden Sect and become one of its disciples.
Leading the group to the entrance to the Hidden Sect, the three young men nodded at two guards at the entrance and took the group in.
Passing through layers of mist, a fresh air that was different from the outside world greeted them.
Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen showed a trace of pleasant surprise. There was Spiritual Energy here, and it was even denser than any they had encountered before.
It really was a great place for cultivation; if they stayed here to cultivate, their cultivation would certainly improve quickly. They just wondered whether there were any Cultivators here? If it were all Ancient Martial Cultivators, that would be a terrible waste of this Spiritual Energy.
"This place is beautiful! It’s like a realm of immortals!"
"If only I could stay here." The crowd excitedly looked around, their eyes full of amazement.
About two hours later, under the guidance of the three young men, the group arrived at a grand hall.
Looking up, they saw more than a dozen people standing on both sides of the hall. Judging from their clothing, they clearly belonged to the same power.
Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen immediately spotted Xu Qing and four others among the crowd. Just as they had guessed, these ten spots were to lure them here. The people of the Hidden Sect were really petty—was there such a need for this much fuss over some points and qualifications for entering the Emperor Realm?
Just then, a man with a majestic face and wearing a black robe walked in.
He coldly swept his gaze over Song Yan Ning and the others before sitting down at the head seat, "Do you know where you are?"
The crowd shook their heads, and Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen also shook their heads like the rest.
"This is Heavenly Trace Sect. I believe some of you here are not unfamiliar with Heavenly Trace Sect, right?" Jiang Donghao narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze on the crowd growing even colder.
The crowd looked at Jiang Donghao with confusion. It was their first time at the Hidden Sect, so how could they know about Heavenly Trace Sect? But the man before them was really terrifying, causing an uncontrollable chill to rise in their hearts.
Jiang Donghao let out a cold laugh, "You few, come here."
"Yes!" Xu Qing and the four others answered and walked out from the crowd.
"Look carefully, are those who stole your points among them?" This was a humiliation to Heavenly Trace Sect, which is why he didn’t hesitate to use any means to capture these people, to let them know that Heavenly Trace Sect was not to be trifled with.
Xu Qing and the others carefully scanned the crowd, comparing them to the figures in their memories.
After a long time, their gazes settled on Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen. They felt these two resembled the ones who had taken their points.
"Have you found them?" Jiang Donghao’s voice coldly rose again.
Xu Qing turned and bowed respectfully to Jiang Donghao, "Reporting to the Sect Master, my subordinates think these two resemble them, and we would like to hear their voices."
Jiang Donghao nodded.
Xu Qing looked at Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen, "Each of you say something."
"What should we say?" Song Yan Ning said.
"I honestly don’t know what to say either," Qin Yushen also said. Their voices were not their natural ones when they previously spoke with the others.
Xu Qing thought hard about it, then turned to the others, "Is that their voice?" This did not match the voice he remembered, but the other person might have intentionally changed their voice.
"Yes," the crowd nodded. By now, they had realized that coming to the Hidden Sect was not a good thing; they might never return from this visit.
Xu Qing’s gaze fell back on Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen. Aside from their build, the rest did not match. Could it be that he was mistaken?
"Is it them?" Jiang Donghao’s voice sounded once more.
Xu Qing and the others turned around, "Sect Master! We cannot be certain." In fact, whether it was true or not didn’t matter; these people were on a one-way street to death by coming here.
Jiang Donghao’s expression turned gloomy, "Then take them all away for severe questioning." He was extremely irritated; it had taken so much effort to bring these people to the Hidden Sect, and if not even one of them was the right person, then all his efforts would have been in vain. He could not possibly issue another ten spots to bring another group from the Emperor Realm.
"Yes!" Xu Qing and the others responded in unison.
"I know who did it," a panicked voice rang out beside Song Yan Ning.
The crowd all looked at the speaker, waiting for him to identify them.
"It’s them; they’re the most powerful among us, the ones with the highest points," Li Yanghao pointed at Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen. At this point, he didn’t care anymore; all that mattered was saving himself.
"Yes, it’s them," the others also echoed one after another.
Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen looked at each other. They had thought about saving these people, but now it seemed unnecessary.
Jiang Donghao’s gaze fell on Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen, "You might as well come clean now; it’ll save you some pain. Otherwise, you’ll regret it."
"It wasn’t us, really, it wasn’t," Song Yan Ning shook her head, pretending to be very scared. She couldn’t sense any fluctuations of Spiritual Power from Jiang Donghao, so there were two possibilities: either he wasn’t a Cultivator, or his cultivation was higher than hers.