The barriers that were created by trees and the pathways that densely crisscrossed between, through the perception of his divine sense they became a vague pattern within the sea of his consciousness; the scenery before him that existed in reality had changed in colour, becoming distorted. Ordinary people seeing this scene would find it very mysterious, but for cultivators, to reform this into an image matching reality was not difficult.
Especially for those who had a strong and stable divine sense.
Chen Chang Sheng’s divine sense was extremely stable and strong, otherwise, his Fated Star would not have been located in such a faraway location and Luo Luo would never had climbed over the walls of the Hundred Herb Garden to look for him at the academy.
He closed his eyes and used his divine sense to perceive the paths within the Dallying Forest, it did not take long for him to finish investigating this sea of trees.
It had to be said that the planning behind the Grand Examination was well thought out. Using divine sense to perceive this sea of trees was something very similar to the process of searching for a Fated Star and introspective meditation; from the perspective of the topic setter, it evidently indicated that an examinee had to be at least in the Meditative Realm in order to pass through this forest.
Chen Chang Sheng suddenly had a thought; Wang Zhi Ce had often played this game alongside his studying, did he use it as a method to train his divine sense? It was well known on the continent that Wang Zhi Ce did not have a particularly strong divine sense, otherwise he would not have only started on the path of cultivation in his middle-age.
His divine sense drifted within the sea of trees, at the same time, many other divine senses were also acting similarly. He could nebulously sense the existence of these other divine senses, but had no method of interacting with them, as he continued probing the forest, he discovered more presences, it seems a lot of examinees were still entangled within the Dallying Forest.
The scholars from Cassia Mansion had their brows locked in a frown as they meditated with their eyes closed. Other examinees were in a similar state, with slightly pained expressions – only by examining the forest in its entirety could you form an image of the design in your mind, only through this could you begin to analyse the route that should be taken – for these youthful cultivators that had limited experience, it was a difficult task.
At this moment, Gou Han Shi began heading towards the forest, Tian Hai Sheng Xue started momentarily after; they soon disappeared amidst the budding green growth of Spring.
The Ethereal Opening realm was indeed on a different level.
The Hall of Zhao Wen was very quiet.
Upon the ending of the Academic Exam, major figures such as His Eminence, The Bishop; Mo Yu; Prince Chen Liu; Mao Qiu Yu and several others, arrived at the Hall of Zhao Wen.
There were constant reports on the Martial Trial coming in, carried by the clergy of Li Palace; Gou Han Shi and Tian Hai Sheng Xue entering the forest did not elicit any sort of reaction from those present; the Ethereal Opening realm should at least be capable of this. In their eyes, the two had been rather overly cautious.
At the moment Gou Han Shi and Tian Hai Sheng Xue entered the forest, an examinee exited, completing the first half of the Martial Trial.
This person was Liang Ban Hu, the Divine State’s Fifth Law.
This was equally unsurprising to the major figures in the Hall, they had a familiarity with ability of participants in this year’s examination; discounting Gou Han Shi, the other three youths from Li Shan Sword Sect were very noticeable in strength, for someone amongst them to be the first to leave the Dallying Forest was very reasonable. Prince Chen Liu asked with some curiosity: “What about Guan Fei Bai?”
The next person to leave the Dallying Forest wasn’t Guan Fei Bai, but… Zhuang Huan Yu.
This finally caused a stir within the hall, gazes turned towards Mao Qiu Yu and Prince Chen Liu gave a few congratulatory words. It was evident that Zhuang Huan Yu had not been neglecting his training for these past few years after defeating Qi Jian; from the strength of his divine sense, even though he had been demoted on the Proclamation of Azure Clouds to rank 11, he clearly had strength comparable to the top 10.
“Guan Fei Bai couldn’t place first; not even second at that, I wonder how angry should he currently look.”
The principal of Li Palace College said in a slightly mocking tone; the people of Zhou had long held ambivalent views on disciples from the Southern Domain’s sects.