Black Rock city

The artifact this time was also a Warrior grade but it was a flying artifact. Yes, Wei Yuan stole this artifact from the family treasury. He obviously knew that this is the only way to get out of this two thousand meters deep Ravine.

A pair of golden wings appeared on his back with a big golden lustre. Wei Yuan kicked the ground and flew upwards. The flying artifact continuously absorbed his evil Qi and he almost fell back into the ravine because of this.

"That was close."

The flying artifact broke into pieces just like the defensive artifact. He broke two Warrior grade artifacts just like this, but it was worth it.

"I would even break 100 such artifacts if that can help restore my body."

Wei Yuan just shrugged and looked at the broken artifact with indifferent eyes. That was not his artifact anyways.

Now it's time to join a sect. He already knew which sect he chose. The Tranquil Dragon Sect. One of the three great sects on the Xun continent. Everyone can get inside this sect as long as they are cultivators, however how can it be that easy? The entrance exam will be a brutal survival game where the elders of the sect can decide who can enter the Tranquil Dragon Sect. They will choose the top 200 every year. Luckily, only Qi condensation stage cultivators can participate and only Qi condensation seventh stage or lower.

Qi condensation is the most important stage of cultivation. It has a total of 100 stages. Each minor breakthrough will slightly change the body into a true cultivator body. Wei Yuan is currently on the fifth stage. He jumped this much because he absorbed all of the evil Qi inside the ravine.

"I have to hurry, the Family Head probably would have noticed the missing warrior grade artifacts by now."

THE WEI FAMILY

The Family Head currently stood before the treasury and was looking for the missing artifacts. He thought about the two artifacts and suddenly his arms started to tremble as an impossible possibility appeared in his mind..

"Don't tell me."

The Family Head quickly regained his calmness and rushed out of the treasury towards the Black Dragon Ravine. He already had a hunch of what could have happened, but he still wanted to see it with his own eyes. The Family Head arrived and his theory indeed came true. There was not a sign of Evil Qi inside the Black Dragon Ravine.

"The boy is probably already dead inside the ravine. Absorbing so much evil Qi. He must be insane if he's not dead."

The Family Head nodded in disappointment. His elder son actually tried to absorb so much evil Qi. He walked back and explained everything to his second son. Wei Yun was really anxious. He kept saying that his elder brother probably used some kind of plan to escape. This anxiety could become his heart demon and may affect his cultivation. His big brother was like a wall to him. Now he heard that he is probably dead or insane inside the Black Dragon Ravine and became calm again.

The only question that remained now was how did he get those two warrior grade artifacts from the treasury? There must be a traitor and his identity was obvious. Treasurer Yang must be the one who let him in. Why? Maybe Wei Yuan really had given him some benefits? The Family Head became nervous again and immediately summoned the old treasurer.

"Why did you give him the warrior grade artifacts?"

"He said that he will escape from the Ravine. I knew that escaping from there is impossible so I gave him those artifacts as a parting gift. I know it was a bit too much, but I liked the boy."

Of course, it was a well prepared lie. Treasurer Yang would never give such artifacts to someone who's about to die. He gave him those artifacts because he knew about his plan and decided to help him.

The Family Head facepalmed himself and told him to scram. Seems like he worried for nothing.

BLACK ROCK CITY

Black Rock city was the city near the Tranquil Dragon sect. Many low level cultivators were here due to the coming entrance exam. Rich young masters and poor villagers with average talents. Heaven defying beauties and ugly poor girls. Almost every beginner cultivator was here from the Xun continent. All of them wanted a better life. The famous Tranquil Dragon sect was the key. They all knew that there was no talent test in this sect and had excitedly rushed here. How foolish! Tranquil Dragon sect was one of the three great sects. Did they really think that everyone can get in? The answer is no, but everyone wanted to try. Even the more intelligent ones came here.

At one of the average looking inns of the city, a young man in a black robe stepped inside. Mysterious aura surrounded him. The aura of danger or the aura of opportunity, no one knew. This young man was just like Pandora's box. He was Wei Yuan. He calmly approached the innkeeper.

"How can I help the young master?"

"I need a room for one night. I don't care about the quality of the room. Just give me the cheapest."

The administrator gave him a cheap room without any second thought. This is the golden rule of business: Poor or rich, treat them equally.

He wanted to walk away, but sensed a slight killing intent and turned his head back. Wei Yuan found a group of three people beside a table. They looked like cultivators and he also sensed the Qi inside them. Wei Yuan immediately understood everything. Getting rid of the competition before the entrance exam was always a good strategy.

"This day will be quite eventful."

Thought Wei Yuan as he walked away. He entered his room and just closed his eyes as if he fell asleep.

Soon, three cultivators walked inside his room and one of the cultivators leaned forward. He wanted to stab Wei Yuan with a knife. Wei Yuan punched out and his fist went through the chest of his enemy. The cultivator coughed up blood, looked at his chest and passed out. Wei Yuan licked his finger. The blood on his finger burned with evil Qi. His opponent was an evil cultivator.

"Thanks for the meal"