Chapter 237: Entering the Mountain

　　“The barrier is gone!”

　　Hearing this, everyone present started smiling from ear to ear.

　　“Let’s go!” Ye Zhenyan stood up and went forward to the entrance first.

　　The others moved after him quickly, not wanting to be left behind.

　　Upon reaching the entrance, everyone stopped there silently. One person from each power went forward.

　　Sir Ning represented the Bon Voyage Fleet.

　　Ten of the representatives stood together to have a discussion for a short while before an old man voiced out loud, “Okay, time is precious, so those who are entering, please stand by the side.”

　　The younger ones paid full attention and stood quietly at the entrance.

　　After counting heads and confirming twice, the old man nodded to signal them. “In you go.”

　　This time around, Ye Zhenyan didn’t get to go first. Instead, it was Ancient Jade Summit’s three disciples.

　　The sequence of entering was decided by how powerful a group was. Ancient Jade Summit went first, followed by the sects and aristocratic families in Beiming that were worth mentioning. After them were smaller sects, and then powers like the Bon Voyage Fleet.

　　Lu Mingshu noticed that there was no one other than Ancient Jade Summit who sent three disciples. The middle-class sects and top three aristocratic families sent two, and everyone else could only send one.

　　The first to enter was obviously Ling Wuxia, followed by a male disciple and a female disciple. For the aristocratic families, the Zhang Family sent the twins, Zhang Rulin and Zhang Jingyu. As for the Huo Family, Lu Mingshu couldn’t recognize them. When she glanced over at the Ye Family’s side, her jaws dropped; other than Ye Zhenyan, which was expected, the second disciple was Ye Mingguang.

　　Usually, with Ye Mingguang’s background and his estrangement with the Ye Family, it was almost impossible for him to be picked. However, he was now here.

　　Was it because of the spring hunt? If that’s the case, it’s no wonder that Ye Zhenxing came to fight me. Helping Ye Mingguang was ruining their chances for this.

　　But what’s done is done, and there are no regrets. So what if I spoiled their plan? Come fight me if you’re unhappy!

　　It was now Lu Mingshu’s turn. She threw her bronze leaf into the water and rode the waves of the weak stream into Jasper Sun Mountain

　　“Eh?” Yu Ruohan narrowed her eyes at the Pure White Grace Pavilion’s participants.

　　“What’s wrong, Junior Sister Yu?” Seeing her face, Sir Ning asked.

　　“The Pure White Grace Pavilion participants look weird.” Yu Ruohan furrowed her eyebrows.

　　“Huh?” Sir Ning didn’t seem to notice anything.

　　“They aren’t any of the ones we thought would come. They are very unfamiliar.”

　　Sir Ning shrugged it off. “Maybe they are just like us, finding external help?” The Pure White Grace Pavilion was now in the same situation as them.

　　This was a perfect explanation, but Yu Ruohan still felt weird. “The Pure White Grace Pavilion base is stronger than us, and they have many outstanding disciples. Why would they need external help?”

　　Xuan Xiu huffed. “Senior Sister Yu, what are the disciples of the Pure White Grace Pavilion worth? To be very honest, Wen Xin is better than them!”

　　Yu Ruohan knew that Xuan Xiu felt bad for her disciple, so she decided not to quarrel with her. Besides, Xuan Xiu made sense; the Pure White Grace Pavilion had a strong foundation, but only if not compared to the really powerful sects and families. The disciples with a lot of potential were all part of a greater sect or family, so the White Grace Pavilion didn’t have a chance to recruit the truly talent disciples. Even if the disciples had a stronger foundation, they were just similar to Wen Xin.

　　“I may be thinking too much….”

　　…

　　The weak stream wasn’t actually weak at all.

　　On her bronze leaf, Lu Mingshu braved a huge wave, which nearly threw her off more than once.

　　This was her first test upon entering Jasper Sun Mountain.

　　This weak stream not only had turbulence, but the water quality was special too; nothing would float on it. As soon as someone stepped on it, one would sink like they weighed a thousand kilograms. It was extremely hard to get through the stream.

　　There was a total of thirty people going into the mountain, and they all showed their special skills.

　　Ling Wuxia was the most elegant and unconventional. With just a fiddle of her sleeve, some silk dropped to the water surface, and she stepped on it just like that.

　　As light as a feather, and she didn’t even seem stable, but no matter how huge the waves were, she was still slow and steady. The waves seemed to avoid her as she got closer.

　　The three aristocratic families and upper-class disciples all had their methods to brave it. Even if they weren’t as elegant as Ling Wuxia, it was still a piece of cake to them.

　　On the other hand, it was more difficult for the middle and smaller sects. Every time a wave passed by, they turned pale.

　　With the silver leaf under his feet, Ye Zhenyan glanced over at Lu Mingshu. Seeing that she was being tossed into the air by the huge waves, he looked at her in disdain.

　　Hmph, it’s just a botched copy of our family’s silver leaf, so of course, it won’t be as good. So what if she got first on the New Generation Ranking? This is Beiming!

　　At this moment, he saw Lu Mingshu narrowing her eyes as she tried to focus her mystic force. Her wrist within her sleeve turned bright blue. The light then went into the water, and the waves below her were all dispersed. Thus, she now had a smooth ride.

　　Ye Zhenyan’s eyes widened in shock. What’s going on?

　　Ling Wuxia turned toward her and laughed softly. “Mystic Dewdrops are indeed treasures. With them, Miss Lu could conquer waves even ten times larger with ease. It seems like Miss Lu is invincible on water now.”

　　She wasn’t loud, but all Harmonization Realms had good hearing, so everyone nearby heard it. They all turned toward Lu Mingshu immediately.

　　Lu Mingshu smiled lightly and made eye contact with Ling Wuxia.

　　Mystic Dewdrops? Oh yeah! There was news saying that the queen of Zhongzhou admired her a lot and even gave her a string of Mystic Dewdrops.

　　Ye Zhenyan stared at her shining wrist, eyes green with even.

　　Mystic Dewdrops were treasures of the world. They originated from the deep sea and could only be acquired after a thousand years. If one had a single Mystic Dewdrop, they would not fear any water in the world anymore. It was hard to get one, but she had a string of them!

　　Ye Zhenyan was itching to snatch it from her right now, but of course he wouldn’t do such a thing. Everyone knew that they belonged to the Zhongzhou royalty. If he stole them, Zhongzhou would surely not spare him. Haish! What a pity.

　　The crowd said nothing and went forward together. After a minute, they saw land.

　　Ling Wuxia waved her sleeve and jumped onto land first.

　　Following behind her was Ye Zhenyan, Lu Mingshu, and the rest

　　The smaller sect disciples that didn’t have any secret skills were fatigued. After landing, they were all as white as a sheet of paper, and many couldn’t even stand straight.

　　Just a weak stream to enter the mountain, yet it’s already so hard to deal with. Gaining the Grandmaster’s approval would surely be even harder.

　　However, the benefit of doing it was so great that no one was willing to give up.

　　For example, Zhao Yin was said to have just entered the Harmonization Realm when he was chosen. He was from a small aristocratic family, so perhaps Lady Luck would stand by their sides too.

　　After landing and having a good look around, Zhang Jingyu was the first to speak; “What’s going on? Why is Jasper Sun Mountain like this?”

　　Where they were currently standing had broken rocks everywhere. When one looked into the distance, it was all soil and rocks. There weren’t many plants to be seen.

　　Their seniors who had been here before said that Jasper Sun Mountain was all green, like a paradise in the mortal world.

　　Ye Zhenyan looked over to Ling Wuxia in surprise as well.

　　However, Ling Wuxia looked very calm. “It’s only switching the environment. An Assimilation Realm elder can do it too.”

　　Many nodded at her theory. It was true; once one reached the Assimilation Realm, there weren’t really restrained by the world anymore. Changing the environment around them wasn’t a surprising thing to do. However, most would make their environment lively and lush. This Grandmaster was really different to change his environment into something like this.