The three-day period has arrived, kid… This venerable one has already selected a suitable guiding elder for you.
Suddenly, that mysterious existence’s voice rang out.
Immediately after, the surroundings around Chu Feng began to shift and change.
When the transformation stopped, Chu Feng had already left the cave and entered an entirely new world.
At this moment, Chu Feng stood upon a vast grassland. Not far away on the grassland stood a small house built entirely from piled stones.
Though the house was small, it was extremely exquisite.
Standing on this boundless grassland, it did not feel out of place at all. Instead, it complemented the surroundings perfectly, as if it had always belonged to this prairie.
“This time, it should not be an illusion, right?”
Yet what Chu Feng cared about most right now was whether the place he currently stood in was still an illusion.
This was not because Chu Feng was overly suspicious. It was simply that the illusions he had experienced inside the Lying Dragon Selection Formation earlier were far too realistic.
So realistic that even now, Chu Feng could not be certain whether everything before his eyes was real.
The reason Chu Feng suspected this place was that, while the world appeared normal on the ground, the sky above was extremely abnormal.
Dark clouds densely covered the void. Those clouds rolled and surged violently, resembling an inverted ocean that blanketed the entire sky.
Piercing rumbling sounds exploded again and again. Each time a rumble sounded, two streaks of purple lightning flashed within the black clouds.
There were far too many purple bolts of lightning, and they always appeared in pairs.
It was as though countless pairs of enormous purple eyes hid inside the dark clouds, secretly watching the world below.
Although Chu Feng felt no sense of oppression or danger, the mere sight of the sky made him deeply uneasy.
Chu Feng tried using his Heavenly Eye to observe, but he detected no abnormalities. He could not even see through what exactly those purple lightning bolts hidden in the clouds truly were.
Chu Feng had no idea whether this was merely a strange phenomenon or a sign that real disaster was approaching.
In short, the scene in the sky gave Chu Feng a very bad feeling.
Rumble rumble rumble…
While Chu Feng was observing, the door of the stone house opened. An old man with white hair and a neat appearance, yet dressed in very plain clothes, walked out from inside.
“Why have you come here?”
The old man looked at Chu Feng and took the initiative to ask.
Before Chu Feng could reply, the old man’s body suddenly trembled. The movement looked as if he had been possessed by a ghost.
However, the strange state lasted only a moment. The old man quickly recovered.
But when he looked at Chu Feng again, his gaze had become extremely complicated.
It seemed as though he recognised Chu Feng, yet also did not recognise him. The look in his eyes resembled one of self-doubt.
“This person’s name is Duan Liufeng. His name also contains the character ‘feng’, which shares some fate with you. Let him become your guiding elder.”
“Remember, you encountered this Duan Liufeng while cultivating outside. After he informed you that you could enter the Lying Dragon Martial Sect and had the qualifications to become a disciple, you followed him directly to this place.”
“You know nothing about anything else.”
A secret voice transmission entered Chu Feng’s ears. It was the voice of that mysterious existence from within the Lying Dragon Selection Formation.
“Senior, within the Lying Dragon Martial Sect, may I mention anything about you?”
Chu Feng had originally wanted to reply to the mysterious existence. He asked this question because he felt that this mysterious existence was truly quite enigmatic.
Chu Feng vaguely sensed that while this existence had some connection to the Lying Dragon Martial Sect, that connection seemed rather unusual.
Yet although Chu Feng’s secret transmission followed the same channel as the mysterious existence’s earlier message, he received no further response from that mysterious existence.
“Chu Feng, follow me.”
Suddenly, the old man named Duan Liufeng spoke to Chu Feng.
The self-doubt had vanished from his eyes. Now he looked at Chu Feng as though he truly knew him.
Although his memories had been altered by the mysterious existence, Duan Liufeng had clearly adapted to the new memories.
He genuinely believed that he had brought Chu Feng into the Lying Dragon Martial Sect from outside.
Chu Feng followed behind Duan Liufeng while secretly observing him.
He originally wanted to check Duan Liufeng’s cultivation level, but he discovered that the old man’s clothes were made from special materials. Unless Duan Liufeng actively revealed his power, even Chu Feng could not see through his cultivation.
Chu Feng felt far too much curiosity about the Lying Dragon Martial Sect.
After observing for a while, he finally asked, “Senior.”
“Just call me Elder Duan.”
Before Chu Feng could finish speaking, Duan Liufeng reminded him, indicating that Chu Feng should simply address him as Elder.
Chu Feng understood that Duan Liufeng was not being overly modest. It felt more as though he believed he did not deserve to be called “senior” by Chu Feng.
“Elder Duan, has something happened in the sky above?”
Chu Feng asked.
“You are quite curious.”
Elder Duan said.
“Such a spectacular sight. I doubt anyone could avoid being curious.”
Chu Feng smiled as he replied.
“Actually… there is no harm in telling you.”
“After all, if you fail the test, your memories will be erased and you will be forcibly expelled from the Lying Dragon Martial Sect.”
“And if you pass the test, you will learn about this matter sooner or later.”
After thinking for a moment, Elder Duan finally spoke those words.
“That is the Lying Dragon Martial Sect’s great calamity that occurs once every ten years.”
“If it is not resolved in time, it will cause destruction to the sect.”
Elder Duan explained.
“Does the same great calamity occur every ten years?”
Chu Feng asked this because he wanted to confirm one thing.
If the great calamity was always the same, then after so many years of inheritance, the Lying Dragon Martial Sect must have long developed methods to deal with it. In that case, the calamity would not be a serious threat.
But if every great calamity was different, then it would surely pose some trouble for the sect.
“The previous great calamities were the same, but this time is different.”
“In the past, the great calamity could be resolved without the Sect Leader taking action. The Vice Sect Leader alone was sufficient.”
“But this time it has already lasted a full three days. Even when the Vice Sect Leader joined forces with several Lying Dragon Elders, they still could not resolve it.”
“It seems we can only wait until the Sect Leader comes out of seclusion before this calamity can be dealt with.” Elder Duan said.
“This great calamity has already lasted three days?”
“And it is different from previous ones. Could this calamity be related to me?”
When this thought occurred to Chu Feng, he could not help but ask again.
“Elder Duan, do you know about the Lying Dragon Selection Formation?”
As soon as Chu Feng spoke those words, Elder Duan’s advancing figure immediately stopped. He turned back to look at Chu Feng, and his gaze became complicated once more.
“You actually know about the Lying Dragon Selection Formation?”
“Who told you about it?”
Elder Duan asked with considerable seriousness.
