We arrived at the large palace, but I don't have a name yet. You already know I am not the best at giving names. Well, nevermind, I'll first wait for the others to say their words as a reference.
As we entered, many teenagers greeted us. They are wearing orange to brown colored robes, which are the robes for junior sect members. All of them are about 13 to 19 years old, and most of them are young ladies.
This is my first time seeing many beautiful ladies all at once. They have different characteristics, but what is evident is their blossoming appearance. You know when a girl is becoming a woman but not there yet.
The allure of a young woman...if you know what I mean.
Cough! Cough! That's a discussion for another time. So they are the ones who will help us with our registration. The procedure is quite simple; they will record our information on jade slips using their QI.
These jade slips will serve as our records. We entered a vast and long hall with gigantic pillars lining up on both sides. In the middle of the aisle are four arches made of stones about 10 feet (3.05 m) high.
Oh, right! These are like metal detectors on airports. Where you will step through, and any metal on your body will be detected. Except these arches will scan the body and provide vital statistics. Like age, height, weight, and others. However, its most important function is. To determine whether the recruit has any ill intentions against the sect.
The sect must defend itself from enemies, especially to spies sent through recruitment. The hidden purpose of the registration is to weed out recruits that are potential spies.
These arches possess mystical properties. That detects the ill intentions of whoever passes through. The arches have formations that are not visible to the naked eye. The formations allow it to examine the heart or something.
Such precautions are not foolproof because spies still managed to enter the sect. I won't delve into the specifics.
The youths are already prepared to record any information provided by the arches. Thus, another uneventful scene where we wait in line.
I know you don't want to read through all this boring stuff, so I'll just skip this part.
I found out Sabre's name after she went through the arch. Her name is Chen Yuqi. For me to learn her name, I needed to get close enough to hear. But far enough for her not to notice.
Is it wrong that I am eavesdropping while her information was being recorded? Yes, like a creepy stalker?
Hmmm...okay, Chen Yuqi is an excellent name reference.
I don't want to waste more brain cells only for a stupid name. It will be more straightforward to interchange the surname and the first name, add any character like Su and voilà Su Yu Chen!
I don't know if it's a boy's name. I don't even know what it means. Usually, Chinese names have meanings, but I have no idea how they give names, so let's stick to this name.
My turn finally came to step through the scanner thingy... At first, I did not feel anything strange. But after passing through, I felt like I pushed through a bubble, with a thin membrane shrouding the arch. After that, I heard a mumbling voice from the teenage sect member tasked to record my information.
"Male, 9 years old, 130 cm in height, and 22.5 kilograms weight. What's your name?" He asked me, not taking away his eyes from the jade slip.
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"Su Yun Chen," I answered.
"Okay, you're done, proceed to the counter over there and receive your things."
Okay, so I got everything I needed from the counter. This would be the day I start to live as Su Yu Chen. I will be entering the world of cultivation. However, while I'm considering my future, I heard a commotion from one of the arches.
The hall became chilly and gloomy all of a sudden. A looming shadow appeared, and some children and youths nearest to the arches fell on the floor. A cultivator maintaining order released his aura suppressing the shadow, making it disappear.
"Such impudence! Who started this mess?!"
The growling voice of the cultivator echoed within the palace walls. The group of children moved out of the way as he approaches. At the end of the parting children is Bo Jin, who is standing around the unconscious group of people nearest to him.
He stared directly towards the man without backing down—a scary expression on his face causing his beautiful face to become strangely sharp.
"What happened here? Respond if you don't want to die!!!"
Bo Jin did not say anything for a few seconds. Making the man's face darkened.
"It's not my fault that these weaklings can't endure a little aura."
(Whaaaat! Savage! Is he always this arrogant?)
This should not be the case because this scene is only about him being bullied by a senior disciple. After all, the girls were flirting with him. He was supposed to only scare the bully with his aura. Nothing as dramatic as this.
"Good good good... you kid is something. Let's see how strong you are!"
The man is about to strike Bo Jin when a cultivator appeared and intercepted the attack. The newcomer looked at him without saying anything. But the man suddenly changes expression: from anger to surprise. He nodded to the other cultivator, glared at Bo Jin, and turned around.
"All free junior members bring unconscious people to the infirmary. The rest continue with registration."
He turned to Bo Jin and said, "You! Follow me."
Bo Jin nodded and followed after him, deep inside the palace. Everybody was affected by the incident. I can tell because, honestly, you can hear a pin drop.
The junior sect members started carrying the unconscious people. While the one recording on the first arch was replaced.
After half an hour, the registration was finished, with the children talking in a hushed tone. Our group also spent taking their things from the counter. Three middle-aged men and a woman appeared after the door at the end of the hall had opened.
The woman is absolutely stunning, with long beautiful black hair and flawless pale skin. Her eyelashes are long, and her lips are pinkish red. Blue eyes as deep as the ocean giving a very gentle feeling.
She is wearing green flowing robes with a belt on her waist, and the robes parted down, showing long perfect legs. This woman is Zhi Ruo, the Jade Peak Master. Her beauty is well known in the cultivation world. Yet, her strength and wisdom have surpassed her reputation as a fairy.
This is the reason she is the master of Jade Peak. She is a genius cultivator who has the Xena Warrior martial spirit.
Right now, I can't take away my eyes from her...she is the woman of my dreams. If she looks in my direction, I bet I will pass out. That's how beautiful she is...my Zhi Rou.
Let's ignore the other three; they are just old geezers. But you could already guess that they are the other Peak masters. They are wearing Gold, Silver, and Bronze colored robes, according to the three other Peaks.
A melodious voice sounded, making me fall into a reverie.
"Hello, everyone! I am Zhi Rou, master of Jade Peak. You can call me peak master Zhi. Together with me is peak master Zhang Wei of Gold Peak. Peak master Li Jun of Silver Peak, and peak master Wang Lei of Bronze Peak. I believe you are already divided into groups. Please follow your respective Peak Masters."
She ended her talk with a splendid smile.
I was standing rooted to the floor with a dreamy look on my face when somebody hit me on the back of my head.
"What are you standing over there? You will be left behind if you won't get moving."
I turned around, ready to scold who interrupted my daydreaming but instead, I jump backward when I saw who it was.
"Ahh! Yuqi...I'll get moving!" What the hell she wants from me?.
"Don't call me by my first name, or I'm going to kill you! How did you know my name?"
She glared at me with her beautiful eyes, which I find very cute, but I had already learned my lesson.
"I won't do it again, I promise, and I kinda overheard you during your registration."
She turned away as though I don't exist... What a weird girl, I won't call you by your first name for sure ...for me, your name is Sabre.
After the hallway, the way will branch into four corridors. I followed our group towards a corridor center-left. While the other children went to another.
At the end of the corridor is an exit out of the palace, leading to a long stair going up to Gold Peak. Yes, they are called peaks because they are situated at the peak of four mountains.
You see, most of the floating island is composed of mountain ranges. The four peaks are situated at the four grandest mountains.