"It's already so late. It's time to go back." When Ling Yunfan woke up from his sleep, he looked up and realized what had happened. He then slowly loosened his grip on the rain foam, and patted it as he said, "It's getting late, we should go back."

Lingyun had no other choice but to pick him up and walk towards the territory of the Apothecary Guild. At this moment, he could not use any forceful method to wake up the rain that was already sleeping, so he could only bring him back.

However, when he returned to the territory of the Alchemist Association, he suddenly felt that something was amiss. Everyone in this territory had mysteriously gone to rest, as though they had disappeared.

However, since he didn't want the rain to catch cold, he could only bring it back to the stone room he cultivated in. He placed the blanket on the bed beside him and sat down to begin cultivating the second layer of the Godly Demon Annihilation Technique.

"..."

In the blink of an eye, the sky lit up, and the rain droplets that were sleeping woke up. Lingyun, who should have been sitting on the ground cultivating, did not know where to go.

There was a slip of paper by her bedside. When it was discovered, she immediately picked it up and took a look.

"Because I have broken through to the Profound Realm, according to the rules of the Hidden Dragon Sect, once an inner sect disciple reaches the Profound Realm, they will need to pass the Profound Realm test and advance to become a core disciple, so now they must quickly return to the sect to receive the test. Originally, I had planned to call you over, but seeing that you were sleeping soundly, I recalled that you, Yu Mo, in order to travel day and night, didn't rest at all, so you should just stay here, I'm really sorry!"

After he finished reading the contents of the paper, although Yu Mo was unhappy about Lingyun secretly running away and leaving her, but she was still happy that Lingyun Fan was about to become a core disciple.

"..."

"There are still more than a year and a few months before the life and death battle between you and Li Xue'er begins. After you become a core disciple, you must quickly come here to cultivate and prepare for the upcoming battle." Sitting on the White Eagle that was flying in the sky, the Great Elder of the Nebula Pavilion said to Ling Yunfan beside him with a serious expression.

After hearing the words of the Great Elder of the Nebula Pavilion, he nodded and said, "I also plan to do so. Although I am anxious to avenge my clan members, without absolute strength, there is nothing I can do. Furthermore, I don't have any clues either.

After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes and continued with his training.

"..."

After seven days had passed, the Senior Elder of the Nebula Pavilion brought Lingyun back to the main hall of the Hidden Dragon Sect, and directly met with the Sect Master and the other three elders.

He saw that this Ling Yun Fan, who had only been in the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Stage for less than half a month, had actually broken through to the profound practitioner realm from the ninth level of the Core Formation Stage. Not only did his entire body emit an even stronger aura than that of an ordinary practitioner at the first level of the profound practitioner realm.

"Disciple Ling Yunfan greets the sect master and several elders!"

Coming into the main hall, Ling Yunfan respectfully clasped his hands and bowed. Normally, people would kneel on one knee to pay their respects, but due to Lingyun's principles, he chose to bow.

Even so, Sect Master Xuan De Ao, who was seated at the very front, did not display any trace of displeasure. Instead, he nodded his head with a smile on his face.

However, aside from Elder Yun and the sect master, Bai Mu Bing and Elder Hong Xun showed a displeased expression on their faces. Bai Mu Bing said with a dutiful tone: "You aren't kneeling in front of the sect master and elders, are you looking down on us?"

"I saw that the kid was looking down on others because he relied on his status as the Great Elder's disciple." After Bai Mu Bing stepped out to make a move against Ling Yun Fan, the message also immediately followed.

It seemed to be full of hostility.

"I, Ling Yunfan, do not put others in my eyes, but since I will never kneel to anyone because of my principles, please understand that I am unable to comply!" After he finished speaking, Ling Yun Fan replied to him with a fearless look.

"You …"

After hearing Ling Yun Fan's words, Bai Mu Bing was planning to say something, but before he could say anything, the Sect Leader Xuan De Ao quickly spoke up: "Alright, our Hidden Dragon Sect doesn't have this kind of sect rule, so you two shouldn't go make things difficult for an inner disciple."

After he finished speaking, he once again asked Ling Yunfan, "You've come this time to participate in the core disciple exam, right?"

"Yes, what test is it?" Hearing the other party's question, Lingyun immediately responded.

"Grand Elder, please take him to the broken pagoda in the core region for an assessment!" After obtaining the answer, Xuan De Ao immediately spoke to the Grand Elder of the Nebula Pavilion beside him.

"Yes."

After receiving the order, the head elder immediately bowed and brought Lingyun out.

Not long after he walked out of the hall, Ling Yun Fan suddenly asked the Great Elder of the Nebula Pavilion, "What level are the cultivations of Elder Bai Mu Bing and Elder Hong Xun?"

One of them is at the 7th level of the Spirit realm while the other is at the 5th level of the Spirit realm." One of them is at the 7th level of the Spirit realm and the other is at the 5th level of the Spirit realm. Seeing Ling Yunfan suddenly ask a question, the Great Elder of the Nebula Pavilion also answered his questions in detail.

Upon hearing the answer given by the Great Elder of the Nebula Sect, Ling Yunfan was also slightly shocked in his heart as he thought, "As expected of one of the strongest sects in the Sky Roar Continent. As expected of one with a strong foundation, it seems like I still have a long road ahead of me.

Then, Nebula Great Elder also curiously asked, "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"No, I'm just curious." Hearing this, Ling Yunfan also shrugged and did not say anything more.

Under the lead of the Great Elder of the Nebula Pavilion, within a short period of time, the two of them stepped into a teleportation array and arrived at the so called core region.

In fact, this core region was just the upgraded version of the inner sect's area, because the two were almost the same. Other than the denser nature spirit energy in this place, there were also a lot of people in the core region who wore the same kind of clothing as Ling Yun, and there were also a lot of people walking around.

Moreover, the disciple token hung around his waist had a carvings on it.

"The core disciples of the Hidden Dragon Sect are indeed very powerful. I wonder how strong the top core disciples are?" Looking at the various core disciples that were walking around in the core area, Ling Yun Fan could not help but exclaim.