The most melodramatic rebirth in history

Chapter 169 Floating Stone Platform
Whoosh, whoosh whoosh—!
"Greetings, elders! We are late, please forgive us!" Before the dueling arena gate, several young men dressed in blue disciple robes landed smoothly and respectfully clasped their fists to the six elders in front of them.

"No need, let's go!" The old man with the hooked nose, who was at the head of the group, glanced up at the sky, and immediately called on everyone to set off together, disappearing in front of the dueling arena gate.

"Strange~...!" The moment they entered the dueling arena, Xu Peng and the others were not only excited, but also puzzled by the old men walking in front of them. They had not been subjected to Elder Luo Bin's wrath!

Then look outside the dueling arena...

During the descent, the man in blue seemed oblivious to the strange changes below, muttering to himself in amazement, "It is somewhat magnificent!"

Even though it wasn't Feng Ling's first time at the dueling arena, he was still captivated by the scenery. In that case, it's not hard to understand why Zhu Bupang and the other person had lost their composure earlier.

This is their first time here!

"Wow! My goodness, who designed this dueling arena?" Zhu Bupang, who caught up with the man in blue first after deliberately slowing down his descent, exclaimed in amazement once again.

Because they were previously quite far away, and due to the obstruction of the silver city walls, Feng Ling and his companions had not been able to see the internal structure of the dueling arena. But now…

"Rectangles, squares, and small triangles,"

A rhombus shape within a hundred meters, a large circle within a kilometer…!

As they descended closer to the ground, one after another, mysterious floating stone platforms came into view...

The stone platforms vary in size and shape. Judging from Feng Ling's visual estimation, there are more than twenty in total, including the irregular ones.

At first glance, it easily evokes the image of the morning cultivation platform in front of the cave dwelling of the core disciples of Qiaojian Peak, yet they are not entirely the same; one could only say that they are somewhat similar.

"You two better get serious later! If you get into the top three among the inner disciples, you'll receive a mystery gift package!"

After landing smoothly, Feng Ling smiled and turned to the two people following behind him, giving them a brief explanation.

"Boss, what if we come in first place? Shouldn't we get a special reward?"

"Junior Brother Gou, are you stupid? With a pretentious leader walking all over the inner sect, we might as well forget about getting first place!"

Zhu Bupang gave the thin disciple a vicious tap on the head, then winked at the man in blue.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to win first place without me!" Feng Ling's lips twitched slightly, he thought to himself, but shook his head and remained silent on the surface.

He had a plan in mind. After eliminating the evil spirit master disciples in the inner sect, he would pretend to "go beyond his level" to participate in the competition for core disciples. How could he possibly care about the empty title of the first in the inner sect?
It's fair to say that if he wanted to, he would be 99% confident of winning first place in the core disciple competition!
"Huh? Boss, why did those elders leave?"

"Oh no, we're doomed! How are we going to get in?"

Outside the silver city walls, where there had previously been a few disciples and elders, all had vanished in the blink of an eye. The dueling arena gates were also tightly shut, leaving only gusts of cold wind swirling past...

Feng Ling and his group were only one step behind Xu Peng and his group. In addition, when the conflict occurred in the air earlier, even if all the elders did not see Feng Ling and his group's faces clearly, they should at least know the number of people.
There's no reason for it to be this fast.

Or rather

If you're in such a hurry, why don't you just close the shop?

In this way, anyone who isn't a fool can see that Elder Luo Bin did this on purpose! As for the other elders who are turning a blind eye, they probably don't want to get involved in this mess!

"It's alright! I expected this, boss. Someone will come and open the door for us after this happened!"

After thinking it through, Feng Ling raised an eyebrow, smiled and waved to calm the two restless people down for the time being. Then, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

Even if it wasn't intentionally aimed at Zhu Bupang and his companion beside them, they could clearly feel their bodies inexplicably tremble. "Rumble..."

Just as they were wondering, the tall, silver gate made a heavy sound and slowly opened, revealing an old man with white hair inside.

"Disciple greets Master...!"

Seeing the withered old man stride up to them, two joyful cries rang out. Zhu Bupang and his companion immediately bowed and respectfully paid their respects.

"You two, get up!"

After being awakened by the withered old man, the two men were filled with admiration for the man in blue and also felt extremely fortunate.

Fortunately, our leader had given his master a heads-up beforehand; otherwise, being punished would have been a minor issue compared to the regret we would have felt!

"Thank you for your trouble, Elder Ling!"

"Feng Ling... young brother, you're too kind!" With the two disciples, one fat and one thin, present, both the main body and the clone could only offer a perfunctory clasping of hands.

Fortunately, their postures were all upright, so Feng Ling wasn't too troubled.

"Wow! As expected of the boss...!"

Just as Zhu Bupang and his companion were thrilled that the man in blue was treating their master as an equal, Feng Ling was actually feeling utterly devastated and helpless.

"Chirp chirp..." Suddenly, the spirit bird that was circling in the air tilted its head back and spread its wings, and like a kite with a broken string, it fell rapidly towards the cliff, seemingly overjoyed.

"Hmm? Strange...!" Due to the time constraint, Feng Ling glanced at it and didn't pay too much attention: "Let's go, let's go in quickly!"

After speaking, Ling Weiyun turned and walked towards the passage inside the dueling arena.

"You two, follow me!" The main body turned around and called to Zhu Bupang and the other two who were lost in thought. The group followed the white-haired old man into the arena.

"Click—!" Just as they stepped through the arena gate, it closed by itself, startling the last two. Then, a shimmering, ancient circular passage appeared before them, as enchanting as scattered snowflakes.

A faint white light reflected on their faces, and only after their eyes adjusted to the dim environment could Zhu Bupang and his companion see clearly.

The radius of the passage was five meters, but the ground beneath their feet was a full three meters wide, indicating that the bottom of the circular passage had been forcibly filled in.

"The three of you go down there; it leads to the kilometer-long circular platform at the bottom of the dueling arena."

After walking along the passage for about fifty meters, a four-way intersection suddenly appeared. One fork led to the left, one to the right, and most surprisingly, two more forks led up and down!
However, it seems that only the three-way passage is usable. For some reason, the passage leading upwards is blocked by a heavy rock, the surface of which is covered with dirt and dust.

Judging from its desolate appearance, it has been neglected for at least several decades!
"Master, is most of the dueling arena built on the mountainside?" Zhu Bupang asked the withered old man curiously on behalf of the two of them.

"Hmm, not bad!" Ling Weiyun's clone didn't hide anything and nodded in agreement. Before they could even hear what he said, the two of them exclaimed in surprise.

He spoke again, instructing, "Remember, if you don't want to be discovered, enter quietly and don't speak. Someone will come and make arrangements for you one by one!"

"Yes!" Seeing the two's respectful attitude, the withered old man nodded in satisfaction and then went alone to the right passage. Just as his figure was about to disappear, he heard a voice behind him: "Disciple respectfully sees Master off!"

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Amidst the myriad troubles and disturbances of the world, may the sages bring you, the readers, a pure land for your souls.

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