After a series of challenges, Austin finally showed up at the Martial Arts Performing Field.
As soon as he arrived, Evan ran up to him to find out more information.
He finally reached Austin and paused first to regain his breath. "Tin, you finally came out from the Dummy Training Field. How was your harvest there?"
"Well, not bad," Austin said.
"But why did the examination suddenly come to an end?" he asked doubtfully.
He also felt quite disappointed as he was still hoping to harvest more, after his successful reap at the Dummy Training Field.
However, he abruptly and unexpectedly received the notice which stated that the examination had ended, and that he should withdraw from the field immediately.
Evan rubbed his sweaty forehead before he answered.
"It was said that the stewards are afraid that there won't be enough time, so they had to end it in advance," he said.
After Evan spoke, Austin suddenly realized something.
"Evan, there may be another session of the examination. Try your best at the session," he said earnestly.
"If you pass the examination this time, I'll treat you to a good meal at the Lotus Tavern in Peace Town."
Austin knew that he would surely be promoted, but he was a little worried about Evan.
"The Lotus Tavern?" Evan said surprisingly.
He took a deep breath before speaking again.
"Tin, I've heard that the ingredients chosen for the recipes are all meat from high-grade monsters and diabolic beasts, and their wine is also the magic wine refined by alchemists. Their prices are outrageously high," he continued.
Even though Evan's mind watered at the sound of delicious food, he couldn't help but think of the expensive prices.
"What are you worried about? If you want to try
re those villains and what makes them have the nerve to kill so many of our disciples and become enemies of our Sun Sect? And have they ever thought about the consequences of angering our Sun Sect like that? How can they not respect us?"
A tall, red-faced elder roared angrily as he abruptly slapped his hand on the chair's armrest.
"Elder Jiang, you are actually joking, right?
Those villains have killed thousands of our disciples; do you think they will respect us? You're just speaking without thinking first!" another woman said sharply.
Her face was stone cold, which made people feel that they should stay far away from her.
"Elder Li, you…!" Elder Jiang exclaimed.
However, he abruptly stopped speaking.
He couldn't find the right words to express his mixed emotions.
"You two Elders, stop arguing now," Theon waved his hand and sighed.
"I have been sending our disciples with high martial skills to investigate the matter during this period, but not much progress has been made," he said.
Then he added," Those who went missing seemed to have evaporated in the air—we found no bodies so we don't know if they are dead or alive."