Chapter 1782: Entering the Main Hall

Many people present had entered the Six Worlds before. Without any sense of direction, their spiritual perception couldn't extend far, making it impossible to pinpoint exact locations. Obtaining even one formation core was considered pure luck. Yet, this person in front of them had obtained four.

How could this be so exaggerated?

Zhang Hongtian and Master Yang, who were in the air, also gaped, nearly losing their balance.

This situation was beyond anything they had imagined.

"Are they all with you?" Ancient Sage Yan Qing's face twitched.

The powerful individuals from the Hundred Schools of Thought had spent immense effort to obtain just one. Yet, this guy, by himself, had gotten four. How were others supposed to compete?

However, this was also good; it meant they could open the main hall faster.

"Yes!" Zhang Xuan nodded, no longer concealing anything. With a flick of his wrist, a glacial crystal and a brocade carp flew out. They shimmered gently and landed on the walls on either side of the main gate, instantly intensifying the light.

"You alone have earned four slots for the Master Teacher Pavilion..." Seeing that he indeed possessed the formation cores from four different worlds, Ancient Sage Yan Qing gave a wry smile. He looked around again. "The formation core for the Stone Forest World is still missing. Does anyone have it?"

Still, no one moved.

"That world is full of stones inscribed with cultivation techniques and combat skills. There shouldn't be a formation core, right?"

"Exactly! I stayed in that world for several hours, and there was no so-called formation core at all!"

"What exactly is a formation core? Please tell us..." A commotion arose, and everyone uniformly looked towards Ancient Sage Yan Qing in the air.

Zhang Xuan was also full of doubts.

What everyone said was precisely what puzzled him.

He had entered the Stone Forest World. As long as one found the correct sequence of cultivation techniques, they could enter the side hall. Normally, there was no physical formation core there. So how could it be extracted and embedded into the current slot?

"The Stone Forest World indeed has no physical formation core. However... the cultivation technique that allows one to enter the Saint Vestige Hall and retrieve the Saint Vestige Stone from within, *is* the formation core!" Ancient Sage Yan Qing seemed to know the Saint Vestige Hall in great detail as he spoke.

"The cultivation technique is the formation core?" Zhang Xuan was stunned.

Earlier, he had felt a bit awkward thinking he had obtained the four formation cores from the four worlds. Now he realized... it wasn't four, but five! How incredibly embarrassing!

"Precisely! As long as the sequence of the cultivation technique is imprinted into the last slot, the main hall can be successfully opened... Friends who entered the Stone Forest World, please come forward if you have the formation core..." Ancient Sage Yan Qing nodded and was about to continue speaking when Zhang Xuan, not far away, raised his hand again.

"What is it?" An ominous premonition arose in his heart.

"Ahem... this formation core is also with me..." Zhang Xuan gave an awkward smile, full of feigned embarrassment.

Ancient Sage Yan Qing was speechless.Zhang Hongtian was speechless.Everyone else was speechless.

What's there to be embarrassed about?! We're the ones who should be embarrassed!

Four major factions, thousands of people, only obtained one formation core. You, by yourself, obtained five...

Everyone felt like they wanted to die on the spot.

Having finished his "shyness," Zhang Xuan once again approached the main hall's entrance. With a tap of his finger, a set of incantations was imprinted into the slot before him.

Light flickered, and the entire main hall shook continuously. Then, everyone saw the large doors slowly creak open.

Immediately, an ancient aura surged out, exuding the vicissitudes of tens of thousands of years.

"The slots have now been confirmed. Everyone, please quickly select your cultivators to enter the main hall!" Seeing that the main hall had finally opened, Ancient Sage Yan Qing suppressed the frustration in his heart and spoke again.

The slots had already been allocated: seven for the Hundred Schools of Thought, six for the Master Teacher Pavilion and various other clans, one for the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, and one for the Saint Beast Clan.

This was a rule set beforehand, and even if the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe and Saint Beast Clan disagreed, there was nothing they could do. Furthermore, whether one could obtain the Spring and Autumn Codex depended on their fortune, not on having more people.

Soon, the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, and the Saint Beasts sent out their chosen candidates to enter.

Regardless of entering the side hall or the main hall, one's age could not exceed fifty, and their cultivation could not have reached Ancient Sage. To meet these criteria, naturally, the higher one's strength, the more opportunities they had. Therefore, there was no great difficulty in the selection process.

"How do we make our selection?" An Ancient Sage from the Master Teacher Pavilion looked over.

Almost all the slots were obtained by Zhang Xuan alone, so naturally, his opinion would be followed regarding their distribution.

"Me, Ruoxi, Zhao Ya, Wei Ruyan, Yuan Tao... Qi Qi also needs to go in. That makes six!" Zhang Xuan calculated.

The Ancient Sage swayed slightly. "At least leave two for the Master Teacher Pavilion!"

"Although all the merit was yours, you can't take all the slots, right?"

"Don't worry, I'll give you two slots," Zhang Xuan continued. "Oh, right, Zheng Yang, Wang Ying, and Lu Chong should have also arrived, right? Where are they? Let's reserve three more for them..."

At such a grand event, Zheng Yang, Wang Ying, Lu Chong, and the others must have also come. It was just that there were too many people here, and the three of them must have had their own opportunities, which was why they hadn't met yet.

Seeing him calculate like this, Master Yang couldn't help but say, "We only have six slots in total..."

In one breath, he'd named over ten people; there weren't enough slots to allocate!

"Six? It won't be six in a moment..." With a slight smile, Zhang Xuan instructed Zhao Ya and the others, "Go look for Zheng Yang and the others. See where they are and bring them back as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Zhao Ya and the others immediately sent out messages.

Now that many worlds were connected, communication was possible. As long as they weren't in some special ruins, finding them should be quite simple.

"The personnel are confirmed! Now, enter the main hall!" With a loud shout, Ancient Sage Yan Qing pointed his palm, and the "Legacy Mother Talisman" reappeared, enveloping all the young experts chosen by the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Yan Xue was prominently among them.

"Go ahead!" The Otherworldly Demonic Tribe and the Saint Beasts, each with only one slot, flew over despite their frustration.

"Everyone, hurry up!" Seeing Zhang Xuan and the others still dawdling, not having chosen suitable personnel, Yan Xue's face darkened as he spoke.

"No rush. You go in first; we'll follow shortly!" Zhang Xuan smiled faintly.

"Go in first? Hmph, once we're inside, you won't have another chance to enter..." Seeing this guy speak like that, Yan Xue was stunned for a moment, his eyebrows furrowing.

Is there something wrong with his mind?

The Legacy Mother Talisman could only bring fifteen people in at a time; the number was fixed. Once they entered, how could others get in?

"You all go first. I guarantee I'll have the chosen people ready and enter with you before you even step into the main hall..." Zhang Xuan said.

"Alright then..." Seeing that this guy was still dawdling, Yan Xue couldn't be bothered with more nonsense and led everyone straight towards the main hall in front of them.

*Whoosh!* They arrived before the main hall's seal.

The warm light of the "Legacy Mother Talisman" shone upon everyone's bodies, enveloping them all.

"No more waiting, enter!" Seeing that the other side hadn't sent anyone yet, Yan Xue could no longer hold back and was the first to rush inside.

*Thud! Thud! Thud!* A surge of immense power suddenly swept through. Before anyone could enter, the seal's attack was activated. In just an instant, they were sent flying back, tumbling to the ground like dumplings, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.