Chapter 275: The S Rank Trial (1)

On the fourth level of the Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth;

There were thousands of cultivators on the platform and they were all waiting for the trial entrance to be opened.

The majority of the cultivators were sixth and seventh realm cultivators from all over the Celestial Realm, with the fifth realm cultivators numbering only in the mere hundreds.

The main reason why there were so few fifth realm cultivators here was because it was a daunting challenge to even reach the fourth level.

Needless to say, these fifth ream cultivators that can reach to this level are all geniuses or cultivators with extraordinary good fortune to be able to reach at around the same time as the sixth and seventh realm cultivators.

Right now, everyone was staring at one another because they were all competitors in this trial and also at the black portal that was shimmering on the side of the mountains.

This black portal would only open when 10,000 cultivators had touched the black stele.

At the moment, there were only 9994 cultivators presented and short of 6 cultivators required to open the black portal.

The name of this trial was the Sky Jade Mansion.

In this trial, all the cultivators had the same starting point and this trial required that they entered a Sky Jade Mansion to complete the trial.

The details of this trial were sketchy and they would not know the exact details until they were inside the trial.

But one day was clear and had kept them from leaving the area was that the trial had a 'S' denoted to it at the top of the black stele.

And it was this 'S' that had stopped the cultivators from leaving!

This was an S Rank Trial, a trial with fabulous rewards and profound treasures within it!

The chance of encountering an S Rank Trial was roughly 1 in 1000 trials and that was the main reason that was stopping the cultivators from leaving the vicinity and decreasing the headcount required.

As the numbers grew close to 10,000, everyone was inhaling nervously and praying that the last six cultivators would soon arrive in the vicinity.

The atmosphere in the vicinity was getting more and more unfriendly as the numerous genius cultivators were all staring coldly at one another for the fabulous treasures that lay within this trial.

If it was not for the fact they would need every cultivator to be alive to enter this S Rank Trial, a fight would have long broken out between the cultivators.

Some of the cultivators had been here for as long as more than a month and they were getting more and more impatient.

It was because they had wasted valuable time to camp here and should already have been on the fifth level by now.

But as this was an S Rank Trial, they began to grit their teeth to wait for the trial entrance to be opened.

A fabulous looking maiden with a golden zither in her arm had suddenly said sweetly to the thousands of cultivators at the entrance. "Why don't I play a little music to entertain everyone here and to cool the mood here?"

Although her sweet voice was soft but her sweet voice had much clarity. This spoke volumes of her internal profound art.

Immediately many of the cultivators were looking in her direction and into her sweet and alluring smile.

Naturally, there were also many cultivators that were already looking into her direction ever since she had arrived a few days ago. Naturally it was because she was also an extremely alluring eye candy maiden.

A cultivator in black robe that carried a long black spear said coolly as his quiet voice drowned out all the incessant muttering. "I don't mind at all."

Many of the cultivators were startled by the internal profound art of this black robe cultivator that could put many saints to shame.

The fabulous looking maiden smiled gently as she said. "You must be the Verdant Black Spear Cultivator Lin Antian. You're from the Spill Sky Celestial am I right?"

The black robe cultivator was startled. "You know me?"

How could a cultivator from another celestial fraternity possibly have known about him?

The fabulous looking maiden returned a sweet smile. "Someone as famous as you is naturally well known throughout the Celestial Realm."

"Hmph!" There was a cold humph from another cultivator in purple and his cold humph seemed to be rippling several times in the vicinity, startling the many cultivators with his internal profound art as well.

Everyone turned to look in his direction and was quite startled that it was actually a cultivator in purple that they had been mocking for the past several weeks.

The reason why they had been mocking him was because he was always carrying a pink rabbit in his arm and he looked like a weak cultivator.

But he turned out to be such a powerful internal profound art cultivator!

"Oh it is you?" The fabulous looking maiden smiled. "If I am not wrong then you must be Tang Yumen, a great saint from the Barren Celestial Fraternity."

Tang Yumen began to frown. "You know me?"

He too had a perplexed look on his countenance.

The fabulous looking maiden giggled softly. "Naturally I do because you are a renowned cultivator as well."

A third cultivator in a grey robe coolly said. "This maiden here must be an extraordinary cultivator in order to know so many cultivators from the different celestial fraternities. I wonder who this maiden is?"

The fabulous looking maiden giggled softly as she returned a meaningful glance at the cultivator in grey robe. "You must be the Charming Cultivator Chu Ren. You're indeed a really charming cultivator."

Chu Ren began to laugh heartily and his laughter began to thunder throughout the vicinity.

His internal profound art was not weak either!

And everyone could see that he was indeed very good looking as well!

Chu Ren said coolly. "It isn't fair that maiden knows our names but we don't know your name, am I right?"

When he had said that, many of the cultivators were echoing. "That's right! This maiden should at least tell us her name!"

The fabulous looking maiden averted her eyes shyly before she said coolly. "Yu Jingjing is my namesake. I hail from the Endless Celestial Fraternity and I'm the Holy Oracle Priestess of my sect the Holy Oracle Sect. As long as you are a renowned cultivator, I will surely know who you are."

Many of the cultivators were now muttering. "So her name is Yu Jingjing…"

Yu Jingjing smiled. "Please allow me to compose music with my zither to create an ambience mood for everyone. Who knows, maybe my music will be able to reach out to the lost cultivators that are nearby and bring them to this vicinity?"

Many of the cultivators were now gasping and praising her. "That is a good idea…"

"Why not?"

"To be able to hear a great beauty composing music for our ears, is such a great thing…"

Yu Jingjing smiled as she gently put down her zither in front of her. "Please allow me then to pleasure everyone with my music…"

"Wait a minute!"

There was a loud shout from above the cliffs and a lone cultivator had suddenly stood on the cliff. This caused everyone to look in his direction.

This cultivator was a stranger that had suddenly appeared and he was really a good looking cultivator.

He was grinning. "I've finally got everyone attention. I've to shout several times. Haha."

Many of the cultivators were thinking; of course he had to shout several times because it was obvious his internal profound art was weak and he had to shout loudly to deliver his voice on top of the thousands of voices that were all talking at the same time.

One of the cultivators from below began to shout back. "Don't just stand there. Go and touch the black stele and wait like the rest of us!"

But the stranger cultivator pretended not to hear and instead he was laughing jovially. "This Maiden Yu, I am just a little curious. Do you know who I am?"

Yu Jingjing displayed a displeasure frown. "From your robe style, you're from the Desolate Celestial Fraternity. As for who you are, you're just a nobody because you are a beardless cultivator. In the Desolate Celestial Fraternity, a beardless cultivator is to be mocked and ridiculed."

When she had said that, many of the cultivators were roaring with jovial laughter.

The stranger cultivator seemed to have a shock on his countenance and he was frowning with displeasure. "I am a nobody?!"

All of a sudden a veiled maiden in white that was standing in the crowd said coolly. "He is Ji Yuan, a great hero from the Desolate Celestial Fraternity. He is also a sword saint as well as a great poet. He isn't a nobody!"

The veiled maiden in white had an alluring figure and her voice was really beautiful and moving.

Many of the cultivators began to wonder what this maiden really looked like behind her veil…

The veiled maiden in white that had just spoken was actually Feng Minyue and she was quite startled to see Ji Yuan again; it was because she had ensured that she had covered her tracks well so that Ji Yuan would not be able to follow her.

She had thought. "If we are fated to meet then this may be our destiny. The Empyrean Warrior Labyrinth is a vast place with numerous trials so it is unlikely that we will be able to meet here…"

But to her astonishment, she had met Ji Yuan here so soon…

At the same time she was wondering; where are the other maidens in his group?

Yu Jingjing smiled as she looked in Feng Minyue's direction. "You are from the Nine Celestial Fraternity. Naturally, you won't know the exact situation in the Desolate Celestial Fraternity…"

"He is really Ji Yuan!"

"The Great Hero Ji Yuan!"

"He is here!"

Many of the cultivators that were from the Desolate Celestial Fraternity were all shouting excitingly. "He is Ji Yuan!"

All of a sudden Yu Jingjing had a flushed countenance and she was stunned that so many of the cultivators from the Desolate Celestial Fraternity were all claiming to know Ji Yuan…

"Hey, isn't this my Brother Ji Yuan? Hahaha." A bearded cultivator began to shout loudly and his internal profound art was not weak at all.

Ji Yuan blinked his eyes as he recognized Mo Bei…

"You look really ugly without your beard. Hahaha." Mo Bei laughed.

Ji Yuan: …

I am ugly?!

"Don't just stand there and quickly touch the black stele. We're in luck. This is an S Rank Trial!" Mo Bei waved at him to the direction of the black stele.

Then he smiled coldly in the direction of Yu Jingjing. "It seems that you are not as up-to-date."

Yu Jingjing replied coldly. "That is only because the Desolate Celestial Fraternity is only a small celestial fraternity. No one wants to know anything that has happened in a barbaric celestial fraternity, especially in a place where there are weirdo cultivators that prided themselves on their beards."

Mo Bei: …

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan frowned. "Maiden Yu, actually I think you are a fraudster yourself, am I right?"

Yu Jingjing hummed coldly. "I will be a fraudster? You are maligning me!"

Ji Yuan rubbed his chin before he said coolly. "The three earlier men, actually the four of you are in this together, am I right?"

Yu Jingjing: …

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