Chapter 37: Master of Riddles
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nA young man entered the building through the missing door at the entrance.
nWait wait.
nThe man said as he ran towards the teleportation circle.
nZhao Luo stepped a little back to give the new guy some space to stand in the circle.
nAs the man moved towards the group Zhao Luo could see his face.
n‘Wow if it wasn’t for his voice I would have thought of him as a girl.’
nZhao Luo thought as he focused on the man’s features.
nWith a slim body and a girly face he had his shiny black hair swinging left and right as he ran towards the circle.
nHis face wasn’t just girly it was so attractive that if someone saw him they would keep on looking at him.
nWhile Zhao Luo was thinking about his looks the young man approached them and entered the circle.
nHello guys I am Yan.
nThe man who looked like a beautiful woman to Zhao Luo said to everyone while looking at them.
nHe glanced over everyone and didn’t know anyone except Brother Sang because Sang was famous in the 2nd City.
nWhile Feng Mei and her two subordinates weren’t known to him as they may be royalty but were from the 1st City.
n‘String.’
nHis eyes passed over Zha Luo as they were standing close to each other and as if his heart skipped a beat when he saw Zhao Luo.
nNice to meet you I am Zhao Luo.
nZhao Luo said when he realized that this new entry was looking at him.
nMe yan. Hehe.
nYan’s senses were in shambles as he replied to Zhao Luo with a red cheek.
nTeleporting.
nThe porter said as he couldn’t handle watching them anymore.
n‘Finally.’
nZhao Luo thought as they all disappeared together.
nSo annoying.
nThe porter said as peace finally descended around him.
nA black building stood tall in the middle of the 1st City. It was way bigger than the other black building of the other cities.
nThis building had the teleportation circle of the 1st City.
nInside the building the Circle was empty for now. The porter standing next to the rod was bored as the 2nd City’s people were running late.
nYawn.
nThis circle was at least 3 times bigger than the one that Zhao Luo saw on the 2nd City.
nWoooosh.
nWhile the porter was yawning his yawn was interrupted by the sudden teleportation of Zhao Luo’s group.
nThis time Zhao Luo had his eyes closed as he didn’t want to go through another headache because of this.
nWelcome to the 1st City.
nThe porter welcomed them as he scanned through the people who came from the 2nd City.
nOh My Welcome back my Queen.
nThe porter respectfully said while bowing in front of the little Feng Mei. This caused a confused look to appear on Yan’s face.
nYan looked around and saw that Zhao Luo was looking at her and pointed her finger between Feng Mei and the porter as if asking.
n‘Is she really a Queen?’
nZhao Luo could understand Yan as he went through something similar before too.
n‘Nod.’
nZhao Luo nodded while smiling at Yan.
nThe porter was giving so much respect to the queen was because he was from the Feng Family too otherwise no such reaction from any porter would be seen.
nFeng Mei nodded at the porter and with Zhao Luo Brother Sang Yan and her two subordinates moved out of the circle this leaving the building.
nBrother Sang was leading the way to the Xin Sect’s Branch.
nThe Xin Sect’s Branch in the 1st City was where the entrance exam would take place.
nAccording to the time the test would be starting soon. So instead of letting Zhao Luo sightsee around the city he made his way towards the Sect’s Branch first.
nHow long till we reach the Sect building?
nZhao Luo asked Brother Sang while walking.
nElder brother we will be there soon. It isn’t that far away.
nFeng Mei answered Zhao Luo before Brother Sang could even open his mouth.
nThis was another shocking moment for Yan.
n‘The queen of the Royal Feng’s just called this handsome guy her elder brother. What?’
nYan thought as royalty calling a guy ‘elder brother’ will only happen if the guy is from an extraordinary background or if he is someone extraordinary.
nBut she didn’t know that Zhao Luo wasn’t from any type of background. He was just a little special.
nEspecially to Brother Sang and now to Feng Mei too in just a small encounter.
nWhile Yan was going through different realizations a voice was heard.
nSo this is the Xin Sect.
nYes Xin Sect’s examination center for the people of the Xin Mountain Range who want to join the sect.
nZhao Luo exclaimed as Brother Sang explained to him properly.
nThey had reached a Big Building which was three-story high.
nThe building was painted with some mystical colors which would reflect an otherworldly kind of beauty in the onlooker’s eyes.
nYes let’s go in.
nBrother Sang said to them. Then they all followed Brother Sang who had entered the building.
nWhen they entered the building right after stepping their first foot inside it was like they had warped to someplace else.
nAs the inside of the building was around ten times larger than how it looked from the outside.
nIntriguing.
nZhao Luo commented as he felt his head shake a little when he entered the building.
nIt was like the entrance of the sect building had spitted him to this place.
nThen he moved his sight towards the front and saw many people standing there. There were more than a thousand and everyone was standing comfortably. This just showed him how amazingly big this hall was.
nSo they are all here to participate in the entrance exam. Xin Sect sure is popular.
nZhao Luo guessed as he said it to Brother Sang.
nYes and No.
nBrother Sang said as he looked around the people many of which were looking at Zhao Luo’s group too. Brother Sang continued to the explanation of his answer.
nSome of them are like me. Guiding their acquaintances here while others are like Queen Feng Mei’s subordinates. They are just here to accompany the one who will be taking the entrance exam.
nBrother Sang told Zhao Luo. This was a comforting explanation for Zhao Luo as the number of people taking the exam would then be lessened to quite a lot.
nThat’s better.
nZhao Luo said.
nEveryone here to participate in the exam kindly move up to the first floor.
nA Majestic voice rang out. Nobody could figure out where the voice came from. As the mysterious voice was giving them the feeling of nearness as well as coming from afar.
nYet only Zhao Luo had his eyes in one place.
nHe was looking upwards towards the first floor with his eyes slanted as he tried to see through the concrete above him.
nWell my eyes aren’t so good yet.
nHe looked away as the concrete of the wall didn’t permit his eyes to look ahead. It’s common not to be able to look through walls.
nThe first floor of the Sect’s Building 1st City.
nHaha we have an interesting one.
nA man who looked young said but the next instant he looked like an old man.
nEveryone who was here to participate in the entrance exam started walking up to the 1st floor through the stairs.
nWell let’s go little sister.
nZhao Luo said to Feng Mei as Feng Mei smiled at him.
nI will go with you too.
nYan also butted in Zhao Luo’s and Feng Mei’s conversation.
nThe more the merrier.
nZhao Luo told him and thus the group of three with Zhao Luo as their leader was formed.
nBefore they started moving up through the stairs Brother Sang put his hand on Zhao Luo’s shoulder.
nGood Luck Brother Luo. It’s all on how you perform on the entrance exam.
nBrother Sang wished Zhao Luo well and then nodded at Feng Mei and Yan when he looked at them.
nZhao Luo with Feng Mei next to him and Yan on his left started walking upwards with the countless others who were going up too.
nAfter a while they reached the top and soon everyone participating in the entrance exam was already there.
nThere is even less than half.
nZhao Luo wondered as he looked around him.
nIf there were more than a thousand people when they had entered now it was around more than half of that. There were still 678 people here on the first floor ready to take the entrance exam of the Xin Sect.
nWelcome.
nThe same voice which had told them to move up sounded again.
nEveryone was looking around to find who was behind this voice but couldn’t find him.
nThe first floor was also like a big hall.
nOnly Zhao Luo was looking at the middle of the whole floor.
nHaha it will be fun to test you. I can’t wait to get it started.
nA voice rang in only Zhao Luo’s ears.
n‘Who?’
nZhao Luo asked.
nYou will know soon.
nThe voice said while laughing lightly.
nThe lights of the hall turned off as darkness befell on them.
nStrength can be found even in the weakest person if one only remembers to look for the reason of that strength.
nThe voice said.
nJust like how it’s dark right now but even with the dimmest light this darkness will fall.
nThe voice said again mysteriously as from the center of the hall a little light could be seen.
nThe darkness disappeared as if that light had eaten away that darkness.
nThe old man who was talking to them could be seen with his finger pointing upwards and a dim light could be seen burning on his fingertip.
nI am the 2nd Elder of the Xin Sect. I will be supervising the exams this time.
nThe old man introduced himself and told them about his role.
nThe Xin Sect had many elders yet there wad ten elders below the Sect leader who were ranked according to their seniority from 1-10.
nThe elder who was the eldest in seniority was the First Elder. Yet the most Famous ranked elder was the Second Elder.
nIt’s the Master of Riddles.
nOne of the participants said with a ghastly face while looking at the old man.
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