Chapter 671: Temples’ Great Gathering (I)

Tan Wan had already been in Holy City for some time. For the sake of making some contribution during this Temples’ Great Gathering, she recently made all out efforts. The competition being on the verge of starting on the next day, Li Zhengzhi urged her strongly to take a stroll and relax her senses. This is why she went out from the Alliance’s general headquarters.

Just before, she accidentally caught sight of this white clad young man standing in front of the announcement paper. With her sharp sense for magic fluctuations, she immediately discerned the extraordinary facet of this man.

She had a very special feeling. Standing here, he looked human, but in her senses, this man was like a mass of light, a mass of very soft light, seemingly giving off no feelings of substance. That soft light gave off a great feeling of gentleness. Feeling very cozy, her tense feelings on the verge of the competition were greatly relaxed when looking at this young man's back.

This was clearly not an ordinary person. The young man’s special qualities greatly attracted Tan Wan’s attention; and she just came up to probe him for a bit.

Without a doubt, this was certainly a light user powerhouse. From his simple clothes, that should not be a mage. So could it be a priest? A warrior, assassin or knight would surely not be releasing such soft elemental fluctuations.

But what followed next shocked her greatly.

The wind essence she released was not brutal at all, her goal being only to interrupt this white clad young man’s surges of serenity. Just by pushing him back just a bit, that peaceful feeling should be interrupted at once.

But to Tan Wan’s shock, when her wind essence came in contact with that white clad young man’s back, it dispersed without a sound, turning into a breeze that revolved all around him, and rose up to fade away.

That person clearly didn’t do anything, so why did my wind essence obey his breath. His breath was all he had released, without the slightest transfer of spiritual energy!

Tan Wan was full of incomprehension, but even so, she only felt mystery from this man.

Unconsciously, Tan Wan strode forward and closed the gap with him, patting that white-clad young man’s back.

She had after all no evil intention, and didn’t have any wind essence in her hand, but some spiritual energy was gathered in her palm. At her level of cultivation, she was able to release powerful magic without even any chant or incantation.

But this time, that young man moved back. In a light flash, he shifted a meter away, causing Tan Wan’s palm to land in emptiness as he turned back.

“Long time no see, Tan Wan.”

This tall man’s face came to Tan Wan’s sight just as he turned back. Then her body shook intensely, as her gaze became instantly glued to him.

An exaggeratedly handsome face with golden hair draped behind his head, and a pair of golden eyes devoid of the slightest impurity. The warm smile on his face felt so pure, just like the aura dispersed from him.

Right, they had not met for close to five years, during which he became even taller, and even more steady and mature. He had gained a quite stalwart look to replace the unripe features from five years ago. If Tan Wan were to describe his imposing manner, the only word to come to her mind would be perfect.’

It’s him! But how could it be? Wasn’t he missing since long before?

This handsome face was just too deeply engraved in Tan Wan’s memories. Wasn’t it right for the sake of surpassing him one day that she had been cultivating so hard during the past four years?

Seeing this missing boy reappear for real in front of her, Tan Wan felt her heartbeat visibly accelerate. This man felt like light itself, an existence of incredible level in her mind.

“Salute Temple Head Li on my behalf.” The white clad young man nodded to Tan Wan, before leaving in an unhurried walk.

Tan Wan just stood there, suddenly raising her head only after looking blank for several seconds, but that white figure had already disappeared completely from sight.

“Is that him? Is that really him? I’m not dreaming?” Tan Wan muttered irresolutely. She had formerly imagined many times the scene of their next encounter. Wasn’t it for the very objective of catching up to him she had been cultivating so assiduously? But seeing him again, she realized with a start that the gap between the two of them had only gotten even larger. Why is it that when I look at him, I have that same feeling of mystery as when I look at Teacher? Only, teacher’s feeling of depths is even more straightforward, while his feels just distant.

If he has really come back, then how about Teacher’s plans? Thinking so far, Tan Wan suddenly had a change of look, and ran in the opposite direction with almost no hesitation. A breeze was attached to her body, turning him into a green ray disappearing toward horizon.

Morning.

Dawn rose gradually, and an expanse of white towered over the deep blue sky. Holy City was already in a bustling state.

All around the Alliance’s Great Stadium was an impenetrable crowd, aside from the few specialized entrances. But all around this stadium were ten projecting screens, broadcasting the stage of the Temples’ Great Gathering.

The magical crystal projector was invented long ago, but was used very rarely, because its consumption was really massive. A magical crystal of the seventh step would last for only half an hour before being out of energy. The magical crystals of the ninth step would make it last longer, but inserting one in a magic projector would cause unredeemable damage to it. So in other words, maintaining the broadcast had cost ten magic crystals. And the hunt of magical beasts of the ninth step was nothing so easy! That was an astronomic fortune!

These masses which had surrounded the Alliance’s Great Stadium were aiming at getting closer to the magic screens, to see as clearly as possible this marvellous once-in-ten-years event.

For the sake of preserving the order in Holy City, the streams of people were separated, and close to twenty thousand practitioners were mobilized by the Six Great Temples to put order. But without a doubt, this being the location of the real event, almost everyone wished to watch from this area.

There was quite some time before the first day of the competition, but this area was already bustling since long ago. Some people even held various gambling events in private, some betting for the ordering of points accumulation amongst the Six Great Temples, some betting for the number one in this round, and some betting for the final champion.