Apotheosis

The second Billy had finished giving the order, Perrin got ready to fight Zen.

Just at this moment, a flash emerged from inside Cloud Sect and a flying chariot shot out toward them.

Two armored people stood on the flying chariot. They seemed to be patrolling the area.

"They are inspectors," said a black-robed disciple.

Perrin's expression turned sour when he saw the flying chariot. According to the strict rules of the Cloud Sect, battles among disciples were forbidden.

However, there were so many disciples in Cloud Sect, and each had been cultivating martial arts that battles could not be avoided altogether. All the disciples knew that they needed to be careful about the inspectors catching them fighting with each other.

Since the inspectors were just above the crowd, Perrin and his friends could not do anything.

Aware of the current situation, Billy sneered at Zen. Then he patted Perrin's left shoulder before strutting away with his hands crossed behind his back.

Perrin said to Zen, "You are very fortunate today! Although you have come to the Imperial Capital, no matter whether you join Cloud Sect or not, there is no chance for you to live! I will not fight you today. However, be ready! I will wait for the right opportunity to kill you! If you are smart, you'll find poison or another means to commit suicide in some street corner. That death will be less painful than what I will do to you. The choice is yours!" Then Perrin and the other black-robed disciples turned and followed Billy.

After the group of black-robed disciples left, Nory who had been standing far away, slowly approached Zen. His voice was full of admiration as he said, "Zen, you are so brave! Even the outer disciples don't dare to provoke the inner disciples. You dared to anger them even though you've only just signed up for the initial exam? You r

had inexplicably flown out to swallow the Hell Fire Sword. Then it lit up a dragon scale, which had significantly increased Zen's strength. If Zen could light the second dragon scale, his strength would increase manifold.

Prior to his meeting with Perrin, Zen had not been eager to light up the second dragon scale. However, after having met Perrin, Zen knew that joining Cloud Sect was going to be more difficult than he had anticipated. This was a turning point for Zen.

To deal with the crisis, Zen needed to increase his strength as he did not have anyone to rely on in the Imperial Capital.

After all the preparation had been done, Zen closed his eyes and meditated. He was trying to communicate with the furnace in his mind.

The black fire had previously appeared in Zen's mind on its own initiative. As a result, it had melted the Hell Fire Sword into iron essence.

Would the black fire reappear or not? Zen was unsure.

The huge furnace quietly floated in Zen's mind. There seemed to be no movement that would indicate the appearance of the black fire. Zen's spirit slowly approached the furnace in an attempt to rouse it.

Zen circled the furnace two times, but nothing happened. How did the furnace start?