C504 The Land of Trials

His feather wasn’t the master of the Palace of the Phoenix. It was all because of his own thoughts.

However, if the feather had nothing to do with the Palace of the Phoenix, why would that brat Ye Qian say that to him?

‘Chief Long, if you still love your only disciple, then you mustn’t touch the Palace of the Phoenix.’

Ye Qian’s voice sounded in his mind again. Long Zixuan closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair.

That brat shouldn’t have the guts to lie to him. What he said meant that even if the feather was not the master of the Palace of the Phoenix, it was definitely related to the Palace of the Phoenix.

That was why he couldn’t reject all his previous guesses because of this painting.

He finally got some information about the feather. He couldn’t give up at this moment. He would wait until he saw the feather.

Even if he wasn’t the feather, he would know where the feather was.

The charming figure who was kneeling in front of him raised her head and saw Long Zixuan’s eyes closed. She hesitated for a second and said, “My lord, we found out that this Vice-Principal Ye was once the junior sister of Second Young Master Yun.”

“After Second Young Master Yun sent the young master back, he disappeared. As for this Vice-Principal Ye, he would definitely go to see the young master when he returned to the Hao Yuan Empire. It could be said that the person who was closest to the young master was this Vice-Principal Ye.”

Long Zixuan opened his eyes and stood up from the chair. He looked at the charming figure and said in a cold voice, “Is Yu Feng still in the Hao Yuan Academy? I want to see him.”

He would know if it was true or not.

A painting could affect his judgment.

The charming figure was stunned for a second and then shook his head. He said, “My lord, Yu Feng is no longer in the Hao Yuan Academy.”

Before Long Zixuan could ask, he answered, “This person entered the Hao Yuan Academy for the purpose of taking part in the sect trial that is held once every twenty years. A few days ago, he entered the trial with the other disciples.”

“What did you say?”

Long Zixuan raised his eyebrows in surprise. It was such a coincidence. He wanted to see that person, but that person was no longer in the Hao Yuan Academy?

“My lord, Yu Feng has entered the trial.” This time, the charming figure answered in a concise manner.

Long Zixuan squinted his eyes and said, “Didn’t you just say that he entered the Hao Yuan Academy to take part in the sect trial every twenty years?”

He knew how dangerous the sect trial was. All the disciples avoided it. Why did he take the initiative to go? And he was taking part in the trial in place of Yun Yixuan?

What did it mean to take part in the trial in Yun Yixuan’s place?

Mei Ying nodded heavily and said, “That’s right. Originally, Young Master Yun was the eldest disciple of the Hao Yuan Academy. This time, he was the one who led the team. However, Yu Feng said something to his master, and the academy decided to draw lots to decide who would go.”

“And during the drawing of lots, the lot was obviously tampered with. Young Master Yun won’t go, so I can speculate that Yu Feng is going to represent Young Master Yun.”

“That trial is so dangerous. Other people would avoid it, but Yu Feng took the initiative to represent Young Master Yun. Furthermore, he’s only fifteen years old and is at the Void Transformation Realm. Therefore, the lord suspects that Yu Feng is the Young Lord, and it’s not impossible.”

Mei Ying told him everything he knew and speculated. In fact, he was pretty sure that Yu Feng was the Young Lord.

However, that portrait…

“Make some arrangements.” Long Zixuan turned around and said in an indifferent tone, “I want to see Vice Dean Ye.”

Trial Ground.

Feng Yu and the other disciples had been sent in for four or five days. They hadn’t met any disciples from other sects, so it was very peaceful.

The disciples of the twenty-one sects of the Northern Desolate Realm were all sent from their own sects, so they were sent to different places in the trial grounds.

However, all the disciples of a sect would be sent together, so they wouldn’t be separated as soon as they entered.

At noon.

The disciples who had been walking for the whole morning found a shade and sat down to rest.

The thirty-six disciples sat in groups of three or five. Even Pei Yun and Yuan Ze sat together. Only Feng Yu sat alone in a corner with an ice-cold expression and indifference.

Apart from her uniform, she didn’t seem to fit in with the team.

“It has been five days. We haven’t even met a single disciple from the other sects. We are so lucky. I hope we don’t meet any disciples in the next twenty days.”

A middle-grade disciple sitting with Nan Shenyuan and the others sighed.

Among the twenty-one sects, the Hao Yuan Academy was the weakest. If Senior Brother Yun was leading the team, they would have some confidence.

But at this moment, the leading disciple suddenly became a yellow-haired brat who was younger than them. If they met disciples from other sects, they would be wiped out.

These disciples really looked down on Feng Yu. They had been disliking Feng Yu for the past few days.

Sometimes, Pei Yun and Yuan Ze couldn’t stand it. They would say a few words to the disciples because of the dignity of the super disciples.

Although they had their mouths closed, they still looked at Feng Yu with disdain.

Only Feng Yu seemed to not know how disgusted these disciples were with her. No matter what others said, she just remained silent.

Ever since she entered the trial grounds, besides Pei Yun and Yuan Ze who came over to talk to her, she hadn’t said a word.

Because of this, Pei Yun and Yuan Ze became more and more interested in her. Yuan Ze was also a quiet person, but he didn’t think that there would be someone who was even more quiet than him.

They didn’t seem to have seen this junior brother smile, nor did they hear her speak.

How indifferent could she be? How could she be like him, not saying a word, not laughing, and not messing around? It was as if she didn’t have the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures of a human and was so quiet that it was shocking.

“Are you dreaming? Unless we don’t go to the peak of the nameless mountain, how could we not meet disciples from other sects?”

Another disciple’s voice sounded. This disciple was a high-level disciple.

The peak of the nameless mountain was a palace that the twenty-one sects had built together several hundred years ago.

It was said that after the palace was built, the array inside was the only exit from the trial grounds. The disciples who participated in the trial would have to go to the peak of the nameless mountain and leave through the array after a month.

Otherwise, when the array was activated one month later, some mysterious power would explode. If the disciples who hadn’t left yet died under that power.

The reason why he did that was to prevent the disciples who were participating in the trial from hiding and leaving after one month.

If the peak of the nameless mountain was the only exit, then all the disciples who were participating in the trial would have to come to this place if they wanted to leave. That way, they could guarantee that there would be an unavoidable battle between the disciples of the sects.

Every disciple who was participating in the trial knew about this.

“So what if we meet? I say, you’ve already come in, why are you so scared of death?”

Nan Zhenshen leaned lazily against the tree trunk with a straw in his mouth. His voice was raspy and his handsome face was full of disdain.

After he finished speaking, Pei Yun looked over with a meaningful look.

He hadn’t seen this guy for such a long time. This guy seemed to have changed a lot compared to before. He deserved a beating.

Nan Zhenshen sensed that someone was staring at him. He subconsciously turned his head and saw Pei Yun smiling evilly. His eyes were looking at him with an indescribable look.

Nan Zhenshen almost immediately remembered how miserable he was when he was in the East Desolation Forest.

He felt his heart tighten and his scalp went numb. Under Pei Yun’s gaze, he pulled out the grass from his mouth and smiled at him.

Even his voice was like a dog’s.

“Senior Martial Brother Pei, what do you think?”

Pei Yun’s eyebrows moved and the smile on his face deepened. He said, “Junior Martial Brother Nan’s words are reasonable. Since we are here, we should just accept it. It is useless to be worried.”

After he finished speaking, his eyes looked at Nan Zhifan again.

Nan Zhifan quickly turned his head and looked scared. Heavens, when he signed up, why did he automatically ignore this evil and terrifying guy who also came to participate in the trial?

Why did Senior Martial Brother Yun and the super disciple who just joined the sect draw lots, and not this guy?

He really hoped that it wasn’t Senior Martial Brother Yun who stayed in the academy, but this guy.

“Zhifan, what’s wrong with you?”

Seeing Nan Zhifan’s guilty and nervous look, Yang Shaofeng’s voice sounded out. This guy had a grass in his mouth just now, and he looked so casual and ruffian.

How did it become like this in the blink of an eye?

Nan Zhifan shook his head and didn’t speak.

On the other side, Pei Yun was still looking at Nan Zhifan. Yuan Ze, who was sitting beside him, looked at Nan Zhifan and then at him. He said with a weird expression, “Yun, you seem to be very interested in Crown Prince Nan, but he seems to be very scared of you.”

Pei Yun turned around and looked at him with a cold face, “I just thought of something interesting. What are you thinking about?”

As for being scared of him? That kid should be scared of him. If he wasn’t scared of him after he messed with him last time, he would be impressed by his courage.

Of course, he didn’t mind messing with him again.