Chapter 187 - Separation

But when the power flowed into Xiao Lin's body and circulated about within it for a few seconds and couldn't find any vital organ to attach itself to, then found his special Spiritual Arteries and specially-sealed dantian basically unresponsive and seemingly inanimate, since they didn't pulse with any type of energy, therefore made the penetrative power from the tab unable to detect even the slightest evidence of life in them. So, the power from the stony tab, eventually, sentiently likened him for a truly dead person and then swiftly returned back into the tab that Xiao Lin tightly held. Therefore, no type of connection was formed between Xiao Lin and the tab.

Xiao Lin who didn't know what was going on within his body and the stony tab that he clutched with his powerful fingers, prepared to say the oath after the ceremony-conducting elder floating in the air before them.

"I swear this day that I will never do anything that will bring about the ruination of the sect. I also swear to never participate or involve myself in things that could possibly bring down any degree of calamity upon the sect. But anytime that I go against the oath that I have sworn today, let my Spiritual Arteries be ruined, my dantian be shattered, and myself, turned into an empty shell" The elder said.

Once the elder mentioned that, the examinees, including Xiao Lin, immediately said after the elder.

The instant that they swore the oath with the elder and other elders watching them, he said, 'Good! Now, you guys have become true disciples of the sect. So, you have all been given the authorization to go into any place within the sect. Congratulations!"

"Thank you, elder" All the examinees said and then bowed in veneration to the elder floating high in the air before them.

Then once they straightened themselves back, the elder made a simple, wave-like gesture with one of his hands and instantly withdrew all the stony tabs that the new, true disciples clutched in their hands back at him. And once he did that, he said with a calm and affable expression appearing in his face, "You all can return to your rooms now. By tomorrow, you will be given rooms that you will stay, with materials that will mention to you when certain cultivation, battle and movement classes will take place."

Once the elder said that, Xiao Lin and the rest of the examinees that stood on the field nodded their heads.

Then they prepared to head back to their rooms to go relax and await further instructions from any of the sect's elders concerning where they would stay till they become senior disciples, as they were junior disciples at the moment.

On their way to their rooms, Xiao Lin and his group came across Jiang Yun, the girl who easily withstood the Hyper-Realistic Illusion from start to finish, showing herself as a dark horse during the test.

Xiao Lin didn't know her, so he didn't bother saying anything to her. But since Zhao Yu had made friends with her when it was only two of them that remained on the exam ground, Zhao Yu approached her and asked with a smile in her face, "Heyy, how are you doing?"

"I am good. What about you?" Jiang Yun responded and asked back with a smile also appearing in her face.

"Great" Zhao Yu simply responded.

She then questioned, "So, Jiang Yun, how does it feel to be a true disciple of this sect?"

"Well, I feel greater than any marvelous thing that you can think of or imagine. Haha" Jiang Yun said and laughed.

She then asked when she ended her cackle, "What about you? How you do feel at the moment?"

"Just like you. I feel great that I can punch through the skies and swim through the endless void. Hehe" Zhao Yu said and chuckled.

"Good" Jiang Yun said with a slight nod of her head.

She then looked at both Xiao Lin and Tian Xi who were busy looking around at the moment at the faces of other examinees and asked Zhao Yu who was right in front of her, "I received news that the three strongest people from this year's batch have become friends and have created a group. Is that right? Or those are just rumors?"

"Well, that's partially true. They are friends, but they haven't thought of creating a group yet. So, the rumors are partly true, partly false." Zhao Yu said while Jiang Yun nodded her head

Jiang Yun then said further, "Anyway, when they think of creating a group in the future, I wish they would let me know. I will like to join."

"Oh. Then you will be the first person to know once they plan on creating such" Zhao Yu said with a smile in her face while Jiang Yun nodded her head with an appreciative look in her eyes.

"Thank you" Jiang Yun said and then turned around to leave her presence.

Immediately she left, Zhao Yu walked back to where she left Xiao Lin and Tian Xi.

"Alright guys. Let's return to our room" Zhao Yu said once she appeared in front of them, while both Xiao Lin and Tian Xi nodded their heads at the same time in agreement and began to walk behind her.

Not long, they arrived in the room that they shared with one another and went in to relax.

"Tomorrow, we would be made to split and taken to rooms that we would stay throughout our level. I will really miss you guys. I wish we can stay together in the same room." Zhao Yu suddenly said while Tian Xi nodded his head.

"Don't worry, we boys will come to pay you a visit" Tian Xi while Xiao Lin nodded his head.

"Alright now, I am going to sleep. See you guys when I wake." Zhao Yu unexpectedly said while both Tian Xi and Xiao Lin produced smirk expressions in their faces.

Once Zhao Yu said that, she laid down on the bed to relax, eagerly anticipating tomorrow's activities in her heart.

...

"Senior, those idiots have become true disciples of this sect. Isn't it time for us to go beat them up for being unruly to their seniors?" Song Yu asked with an angered expression written all over her face.

"No, Song Yu. It's not yet time. Let's relax till it's time for us to set out and go deal with them. So, for now, let them enjoy the benefits of becoming true disciples of our sect" The senior that Song Yu spoke to and was called Bi Yuan, said calmly with a smile in her face. However, the smile hid the overwhelming, poisonous intents in her heart.

"Hmm. Alright senior. I will be patient enough then, senior Bi Yuan." Song Yu said while Bi Yuan nodded her head.

She then left where she was and returned to her room in the sect.

A day later,

"Alright, our fresh disciples, do come out of your rooms. It's time to take you to your normal rooms" An elder who had flown down to the middle of long rows of staying rooms, said as he tapped on the doors of the rooms with his finger.

As he did so, the fresh disciples began to come out of their rooms after the other to appear before the elder who nodded at them with a smile in his face as he saw them.

Once they had all come out of their temporary staying rooms, the elder flicked a finger at them and then small, shiny objects seemingly made of metal instantly appeared and shot out towards them at great speeds.

The instant the items flicked out at them by the elder appeared in front of them, they immediately turned into cards that the disciples caught between their fingers.

Then when they looked at the cards, they saw that it was the cards having the numbers to their rooms that they were given.

"Li Huang, I got room thirty-five. What about you?" Zhao Yu suddenly asked after catching the cards flicked at them by the elder and looked at it.

"Oh. I got room sixty-five" Xiao Lin said with a smile in his face.

"That's nice" Zhao Yu said and then turned her head to look at Tian Xi.

"What about you, Tian Xi? What room did you get?" She asked.

"I got room forty." Tian Xi replied.

"Okay. Now that we all know each other's room, we should make sure to visit the other whenever we have the time." Zhao Yu said while both Tian Xi and Xiao Lin nodded their heads.

Then they immediately shot out to the different rooms that were given to them by the elder that had appeared between the long rows of staying rooms that were firstly given to them as examinees.

As soon as they left where they were, the others immediately followed behind them and began to dash to the different rooms that were inscribed in the metallic cards that they caught between their fingers with unbridled excitement in their faces.