Fifty Heavenly Chosen youths, heading north, made their way towards Immortal Sect City.
Each one of them was full of high spirits and boundless ambition, eager to write their own stories in the Heavenly Chosen Battle.
Of course, there could only be one protagonist in the story.
However, every Heavenly Chosen youth was the protagonist of their own story!
The Dao Head of the Earth Sect, Ziwei, naturally had to go to Immortal Sect City as well. However, she did not fly with the other Heavenly Chosen youths.
That would be too undignified.
Chen Xiao felt a pang of regret. He had rather wanted to experience that feeling of "tasting the marrow and knowing the flavor" on that white jade tiger…
Hou Tu City was located in the southern central region, while Immortal Sect City was situated in the central region of the entire Immortal Hidden Realm. The distance between the two was not the furthest, but it was definitely not short, spanning over twenty thousand kilometers.
Of course, for these Heavenly Chosen youths riding on flying treasures, twenty thousand kilometers was not a great distance.
However, flying treasures had their differences in quality, and the abilities of the cultivators who piloted them also varied.
Initially, the difference was not obvious, but as the distance increased, the disparity became apparent.
The group of fifty people quickly divided into a first echelon, a second echelon, a third echelon, and so on, down to the fourth and fifth echelons…
And in the first echelon, there were only two people: the Saintess of the Earth Sect, Li Miaozhen, and the Saint Son of the Earth Sect, Li Shouzheng.
Seeing that her Senior Brother Saint Son could actually keep pace with her, Li Miaozhen's eyes widened, as large as Su Meinan's.
"Senior Brother Saint Son, you can actually keep up with my speed?"
Li Miaozhen looked at Li Shouzheng, her widened eyes filled with disbelief.
Although their flying treasures were of the same level, with no discernible difference in quality, the gap in their strength was a whole tier.
Li Miaozhen had thought that with her full power, she would surely be able to leave everyone far behind.
Naturally, this included her good-for-nothing Senior Brother Saint Son.
However, to her surprise, the Senior Brother Saint Son today not only seemed to have a changed temper but also a changed strength.
Riding the white jade tiger and keeping pace with her, he was not at a disadvantage. And most importantly, he looked so nonchalant and at ease.
This was completely wrong!
"Is it difficult to catch up to you?"
Chen Xiao asked back with a frown.
Let alone catching up to Li Miaozhen, if he wanted to, he could easily accelerate and leave Li Miaozhen far behind.
The only reason he hadn't done so was because he didn't know the way. He had to follow Li Miaozhen, who did.
"Asking the obvious!"
Li Miaozhen gritted her small white teeth. "You're very strange. When did your strength catch up to mine?"
Chen Xiao was not worried about his strength being exposed, as he had already prepared his excuse: "It's not that I've caught up to you, but my strength has always been above yours."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Li Miaozhen was like an angry little kitten. "If your strength was always above mine, then why did you lose to me in every competition?"
Not only did he lose to her, but he also got so angry every time that he wished he could kill her, though Senior Brother Saint Son didn't have the strength for that…
"Lost to you? Heh, that was just me letting you win…"
Chen Xiao sneered and continued to act cool in Li Shouzheng's persona. "Besides, true strength should naturally be displayed at the most critical moments. I am determined to win the championship of this Heavenly Chosen Battle. Junior Sister Saintess, you can fight for second place with the others!"
"Tch… fight for first? You?"
Li Miaozhen rolled her eyes. "Senior Brother Saint Son, it's not that I look down on you…"
"Since you're not looking down on me, then don't say anything more!"
Chen Xiao directly shut Li Miaozhen up.
Because according to international convention, after this sentence, one would usually say something that looked down on the other.
"You, what makes you say that? I don't believe you. You must be talking nonsense!"
Li Miaozhen didn't hold any grudge against her Senior Brother Saint Son. She was just competitive, and for years, she had enjoyed suppressing Li Shouzheng, forcing Li Shouzheng to suppress her as an elder brother. How could she tolerate Li Shouzheng being stronger than her?
"Don't believe me? Then let's have a race!"
Chen Xiao thought to himself that since he had nothing else to do, he might as well have some fun with this foolish girl.
"Race what?"
Li Miaozhen asked.
"What else can we race in the sky? Of course, it's speed, you idiot!"
Chen Xiao gave her a foolish look.
"Fine, let's race. Am I afraid of you?"
After saying that, Li Miaozhen circulated her aura, and the speed of her paper kite increased by another notch, instantly leaving Chen Xiao a hundred meters behind.
However, Li Miaozhen had to unleash her full power to achieve this speed.
Chen Xiao sighed and shook his head, "So naive!"
Then, he casually accelerated, and the white jade tiger let out a roar, turning into a beam of light and flying away.
Li Miaozhen felt a gust of wind sweep past her. Before she could even react to what had flown by, Chen Xiao had already left her far behind.
Li Miaozhen was stunned. This speed was dozens of times faster than hers. When did her Senior Brother Saint Son's strength become so formidable?
Could it be that what he said was true, that he had been hiding his strength all these years?
Thinking of this, Li Miaozhen felt both resentment and shame. Recalling her arrogant demeanor every time she defeated her Senior Brother Saint Son, she wished she could find a crack in the clouds and disappear into it forever.
After a long while, she used a jade talisman to transmit a message to Chen Xiao: "Senior Brother Saint Son, you really didn't lie to me. Junior Sister is completely convinced by you. However, haven't you noticed a problem?"
"What problem?"
Chen Xiao replied.
"You're going in the wrong direction."
"…"
In the end, although Chen Xiao won the race, Li Miaozhen was the first to arrive at Immortal Sect City.
There was no help for it; when one sprints in the wrong direction, the faster they run, the more they stray.
Within a hundred kilometers of Immortal Sect City, it was a no-fly zone.
Due to the influence of the rules of this realm, upon reaching a certain range, all flying treasures would automatically descend to the ground.
After landing, Chen Xiao found Li Miaozhen looking at him with a mischievous smile.
"Senior Brother Saint Son, you really didn't lie to me. You've actually been hiding your strength all these years!"
Li Miaozhen said with a playful smile.
Chen Xiao glared at her irritably.
"At first, I thought you had been possessed by someone else. With your flying speed just now, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say you were in the Dao Integration realm!"
Li Miaozhen said.
Chen Xiao's eyes suddenly sharpened. He thought, could this foolish girl have guessed correctly?
And then, Li Miaozhen continued, "But I quickly realized I was overthinking it. Only someone like you, Senior Brother Saint Son, could make such a foolish mistake as to get lost! Hahahaha!"
Amidst Li Miaozhen's carefree laughter, Chen Xiao gazed into the distance.
A hundred miles away, Immortal Sect City stood between heaven and earth, towering and magnificent, exuding supreme majesty…
"Junior Sister Saintess, let's enter the city."
Chen Xiao ignored Li Miaozhen's teasing and said calmly.
Li Miaozhen pouted. Her Senior Brother Saint Son had truly become different from before, seeming much more mature.
If it were in the past, he would have already gotten into a big argument with her.
Could it be… that he acted that way only to hide his strength and not arouse her suspicion?
Senior Brother Saint Son was truly capable of forbearance!
Li Miaozhen felt that her guess was very reliable and regarded her Senior Brother Saint Son with even greater admiration.
Chen Xiao did not expect Li Miaozhen to think so much. He had been worried that he couldn't imitate Li Shouzheng's idiotic personality and would arouse suspicion. In the end, Li Miaozhen had already filled in the blanks herself.
The hundred-kilometer journey was not a great distance for a Void Transformation realm expert. Before long, they had entered Immortal Sect City.
Compared to Hou Tu City, Immortal Sect City was more majestic and grand, with city walls that were a full head taller than those of Hou Tu City.
Chen Xiao, however, involuntarily compared it to the modern metropolises of the secular world.
The conclusion he reached was that there was no comparison at all…
After all, one was a place whose economic level and urban appearance were still stuck in the past, while the other was a modern metropolis. The gap between the two was difficult to describe in a few words.
But corresponding to the city's development, the residents here were all exceptionally powerful beings.
As they walked along, Chen Xiao did not see any cultivators below the Nascent Soul realm on the streets.
This point far surpassed Hou Tu City, and it was simply incomparable to Zhenwu Town, the first town he entered in the Immortal Hidden Realm.
"Senior Brother Saint Son, let's go in and sit for a while."
As Chen Xiao was strolling leisurely and looking around, Li Miaozhen suddenly pointed to a wine house.
The wine house was named 'First Tower'. It was bustling with people and full of guests, very lively.
"Are you hungry?"
As soon as he spoke, Chen Xiao knew he had asked a foolish question.
What cultivator in the Void Transformation realm would ever be hungry?
Li Miaozhen stuck out her tongue, thinking, I've misunderstood Senior Brother Saint Son. He's still as foolish as before.
"Senior Brother Saint Son, this is the First Tower. Every time the Heavenly Chosen Battle is held, the Saint Sons and Saintesses from all over come here for a drink to wish for good luck. You told me this yourself. Don't you remember?"
Li Miaozhen looked at her Senior Brother Saint Son with a look of disdain, her expression exaggerated.
"Oh, I don't remember. After I woke up yesterday, my mind was hazy, and I couldn't recall many things."
Chen Xiao casually explained.
"No wonder Senior Brother Saint Son doesn't even recognize the way to Immortal Sect City! Alas, how pitiful. I don't have such after-effects!"
Li Miaozhen said triumphantly, as if she had finally won once.
"Alright, let's go in and wish for good luck."
Chen Xiao did not want to delve deeper into this matter and stepped inside.
The main hall on the first floor was already full. After Li Miaozhen proudly revealed her identity, the waiter immediately led them to the second floor.
Privileges were ubiquitous; even in the Immortal Hidden Realm, it was no exception…