Night fell, with a full moon high in the sky and countless stars twinkling.
But amidst that celestial sea, there was a swirling of nine-colored lightning, shining particularly brightly.
"The celestial phenomenon indicates that a divine entity is about to arrive."
On the peak of the imperial city in the Jiuzhou continent, an old man in golden robes stood with his hands folded, gazing up at the night sky.
Behind him, there were tens of thousands of imperial city experts, kneeling half-sitting on the ground, seemingly waiting for some command.
Boom -
Suddenly, the lightning gathered and transformed into a nine-colored divine lightning, descending from the nine heavens and starry sea.
In an instant, the night turned into day, and before the divine lightning fell, the earth began to rumble and tremble violently.
However, when that nine-colored divine lightning made contact with the continent, it did not cause terrifying destruction. Instead, it vanished into thin air.
At the same time, the earth was once again shrouded in darkness, and the once brilliant night sky had dimmed significantly, as if some essence had been extracted, restoring the usual calmness.
But at this moment, the old man's eyes were exceptionally bright, and even his excited body was trembling. His fingers pointed at the place where the lightning fell: "In Qingzhou, all those who have arrived tonight, bring them all to the imperial city!"
"Yes, sir!"
A thunderous reply echoed across the sky. Tens of thousands of imperial city experts headed for Qingzhou, determined to find the divine entity and use it for the empire.
Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, five years had passed. People still remembered the astonishing scene of that time, but no one knew what the empire had done. ...
In Qingzhou, numerous sects were scattered throughout the area, and the Qinglong Sect was one of them.
Today was the annual recruitment day for the Qinglong Sect.
Outside the sect, there was a sea of people.
However, a woman who wanted to have her child join the Qinglong Sect shouted abuse at a Qinglong Sect disciple.
"You such a low-class servant, do you have the right to drive me away?"
This woman pointed at the young man in front of her and was not only fierce-looking but also filled with contempt in her eyes.
The reason she dared to be so arrogant was that the young man was an external disciple of the Qinglong Sect.
External disciples, although they were also part of the Qinglong Sect, had an extremely low status within the sect and were like servants.
Even outsiders looked down upon them.
"Madam, the sect has closed. If you want to join the sect, come again tomorrow."
"Also, I remind you, this is the Qinglong Sect. It's not a place where you can act recklessly. I advise you to be cautious and behave properly."
The young man said solemnly.
His name was Chu Feng, and he was nearly fifteen years old.
Although he was an external disciple, his courage was much greater than that of ordinary people. From his confrontation with the woman, few dared to do so.
"Little rat, a mere external disciple dares to threaten me?"
"I'll tell you, you must arrange a place for us mother and child right away, otherwise I'll never leave you alone."
The woman became even angrier and grabbed Chu Feng's collar. That posture was as if she was going to hit Chu Feng if he didn't comply.
However, no one stepped forward to dissuade her, and instead, they were all gloating beside her.
External disciples were so humble, and in everyone's eyes, they were worse than pigs and dogs.
"Brother Chu Feng, are you in trouble?"
Suddenly, a sweet voice came from the direction of the sect.
Everyone's gaze changed, and the men's eyes even went wide.
It was a young girl. This girl was extremely outstanding in terms of appearance and temperament.
Especially the pair of beautiful legs beneath her skirt, white as snow, shone under the sunlight, making the men in the room gulp.
Although the girl was beautiful, her eyes were extremely sharp, and this sharp gaze was now fixed on the woman, with a cold voice: "What are you doing?"
"There's nothing, nothing. I'm just asking this young man some questions." He also patted the wrinkled clothes of the young man due to his pulling.
The woman's smile became extremely stiff, and even her face turned pale.
Not because of anything else, but because the purple long dress of the girl was the symbol of the Qinglong Sect's inner disciples.
Inner disciples and external disciples were like heaven and earth. This commoner girl couldn't dare to offend them.
The girl looked at the woman and said only one word: "Go away."
Upon hearing this, the woman didn't hesitate for a moment and led the boy away quickly. In a panic, she even fell over, looking extremely embarrassed.
Seeing this, Chu Feng walked up to the girl and bowed: "Thank you, Sister Chu Yue."
"What sister? You should be polite to me. We are family." Chu Yue frowned and was a little unhappy.
She was right. Chu Feng and her were indeed family. They came from the same family, the Chu family.
This Chu Yue was the cousin of Chu Feng's second uncle, only one year older than Chu Feng.
However, Chu Yue had passed the inner disciples' examination three years ago and became an inner disciple. Now she was a master of Spirit Power at the fourth level.
"The rules of the sect must always be followed." Chu Feng smiled brightly.
"Ah" However, looking at this Chu Feng, Chu Yue felt a pang in her heart: "Brother Chu Feng, this year's inner disciples' examination, haven't you participated? Could it be that you haven't reached the fourth level of Spirit Power?"
Chu Feng didn't answer. His face still wore a smile, and no one knew what he meant.
Seeing this, Chu Yue took a silk bag from her waist and placed it in Chu Feng's hand: "Consume it, maybe it can help you break through to the fourth level."
Chu Feng opened the silk bag, and immediately a powerful aura emanated. A finger-sized, crystal-clear immortal herb was lying in it.
"Miss Chu Mei, this is too precious. I can't take it." Chu Feng hurriedly returned the plant to Miss Chu Mei.
The Spirit Herb is a sacred medicinal herb for martial arts cultivation. It is extremely rare and has countless benefits for martial artists within the Spirit Martial realm.
And the Chu family provides each of them with one Spirit Herb every year to help them rapidly improve their cultivation levels.
It seems that this plant from Miss Chu Mei was also a family subsidy, but Miss Chu Mei didn't receive it. Instead, she gave it to him. This moved Chu Feng, but he couldn't bear to accept it.
"I'm telling you, just take it. Or am I your younger brother?" Miss Chu Mei was a little displeased.
"Oh, Miss Chu Mei, when did you become so generous? Even the Spirit Herb has to be given away?"
"Look, I'm also your younger brother. Just recently, I'm about to break through to the fourth level of Spirit Martial. How about Miss Chu Mei giving this Spirit Herb to me?"
A young man of the same age as Chu Feng walked over. He was also wearing the attire of an Inner Gate disciple.
His name was Chu Zhen. He was also from the Chu family. Five years ago, he entered the Blue Dragon Sect together with Chu Feng. However, as early as two years ago, he had already become an Inner Gate disciple.
"Chu Zhen younger brother, you have already broken through to the third level of Spirit Martial and successfully condensed the Qi. "
"But Chu Feng younger brother still hasn't condensed the Qi. This Spirit Herb is even more important for him." Miss Chu Mei forcefully placed the Spirit Herb into Chu Feng's hand.
"Miss Chu Yue, you are mistaken. Although the spirit grass is good, it is not beneficial to everyone."
"For someone like Chu Feng, who has such poor natural talent, giving him the spirit grass would actually be a waste."
"It would be better to give it to me." At this point, Chu Zhen snatched the spirit grass from Chu Feng's hand. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes were filled with menace: "Chu Feng, what do you say?"
Seeing this situation, Chu Feng also smiled slightly and then said, "You are right. The spirit grass is such a precious thing. It should be kept by those who deserve it. But since the spirit grass was given to me by Miss Chu Yue, you took it without asking, wasn't it too presumptuous of you to take it without considering the consequences?"
After Chu Feng finished speaking, he reached out his hand towards the spirit grass in Chu Zhen's hand.
"Are you going to take it?" Chu Zhen stared at Chu Feng angrily.
But Chu Feng ignored him and directly took the spirit grass in his hand.
"Are you really going to take it?" !"
Seeing that Chu Feng dared to ignore him, Chu Zhen's face turned dark and he was about to strike.
"Chu Zhen younger brother, what do you want?" Chu Yue asked in a stern voice.
When Chu Yue spoke, Chu Zhen finally waved his hand and stopped, but still glared fiercely at Chu Feng.
"Chu Yue sister, this fairy spirit herb was borrowed from you and me. I will surely return it double-fold in the future," Chu Feng said after collecting the fairy spirit herb.
"OK." Seeing Chu Feng accept it, Chu Yue was overjoyed, but she merely casually agreed without expecting Chu Feng to return it.
"This is ridiculous. What do you mean by 'return'? With what will you return it?" Chu Zhen asked.
Chu Feng did not respond to Chu Zhen but spoke to Chu Yue instead: "Chu Yue sister, I will participate in this year's Inner Gate examination."
"Are you addicted to bragging? You actually want to take part in the Inner Gate examination? Just based on you?" Chu Zhen sneered repeatedly.
At this moment, Chu Feng finally looked at Chu Zhen and asked: "If I pass the examination, what should I do then?"
"Not because I look down on you, if you can pass the Inner Gate examination, this year's family subsidy of fairy spirit herb, I will give it to you," Chu Zhen said.
"Is this true?" Chu Feng narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Chu Yue sister as a witness, but what if you can't pass?" Chu Zhen asked.
"Then my fairy spirit herb this year will belong to you."
Chu Feng left this statement and said goodbye to Chu Yue. Then he continued to get involved in the work of the Outer Gate disciples.
Watching Chu Feng doing the rough work, Chu Yue felt extremely sad. Then she turned to look at Chu Zhen with displeasure: "Chu Zhen younger brother, we are all family. You don't help Chu Feng, why do you make things difficult for him?"
"Family? Chu Yue sister, you should know that this Chu Feng is not from my Chu family."
"Having entered the clan for five years and still unable to pass the Inner Gate examination is simply a disgrace for my Chu family."
"Throughout the Chu family, who likes him? Only you are so kind to him, and you even gave your own fairy spirit herb to him to use," Chu Zhen was very puzzled.
"But he is a member of our family!" Chu Yue was somewhat angry and glared at him before walking away.
However, Chu Zhen stood in the same place and smiled indifferently. The Chu family doesn't need useless people. Although Chu Yue didn't get the fairy spirit herb, he knew that this year Chu Feng's fairy spirit herb must be his. ...
It was nearly midnight when the disciples' resting area outside the main gate was plunged into darkness.
After a busy day, everyone was very tired and went to sleep early. Only Chu Feng's room still had the light on.
He sat cross-legged by the bed, took out the fairy spirit herb given by Chu Yue, and whispered, "Hope this fairy spirit herb can nourish you."
After saying that, Chu Feng closed his eyes and placed the fairy spirit herb between his palms, forming a peculiar ritual.
At this moment, the qi within the fairy spirit herb also began to flow through Chu Feng's palm and enter his body, eventually gathering in his.
Meanwhile, the of Chu Feng suddenly made a chewing sound, as if something was eating.
If you could see through the skin, you could notice that deep within Chu Feng's, there was a cloud of lightning.
This cloud of lightning was divided into nine colors, each color resembling a huge thunder beast, emitting a terrifying aura that was not from this world.