A massive flame seemed to have suddenly started burning behind her. Within the flames, a massive creature was hidden and only its golden eyes keep gazing outwards.
It was just that he had this feeling the creature inside the flame had been suppressed by something or someone thus unable to showcase its might.
He felt a strong suffocation from the creature's gaze.
"Interesting! This pressure is definitely on a comptly different level than me. It doesn't match something outer disciples should possess."
He sighed as his gaze became solemn.
"This woman is a martial artist that has supressed her cultivation to enter this Spiritual Plane! Damm! They can also play like this!" He complained as he felt the changes in this plane.
A strange roar seemed to be rising from the gathering purple aura.
"Primal Space is opening!" He heard another excited shout.
The roars came to a halt! But the sound of a massive door opening was left behind.
Dong!
Rumble!....
The spiritual plane before then ruptured, an opening appeared resembling a door, in space.
An ancient aura spread out from the opening causing everyone to retreat.
Lookin before them, massive ancient forest presented itself.
The moment the entrance appeared, even though Wang Li was standing further off, he clearly could see a change in the woman's demeanor.
She seemed uneasy, and pulled out something like a compass made from a strange black metal.
"Hmm! She actually took out something. It seems that this woman's target is clear and she is desperate to obtain it. Now that I think about it, perhaps the main character is among us outer disciples already." He looked at all this without any intention of meddling.
He watched the woman and got lost in thought.
"It seems that even with my Dao Opening Saber technique I'm no match for this woman." He checked things calmly.
He could clearly feel it. The level of a martial artist was completely different than where he stood.
Having come to understand this, Wang Li sighed.
"In the sect, I can't just focus on Mountain and Seas Art. When I leave this place, it is important to seek out other combat techniques to strengthen my Dao Opening saber technique. Currently I only have seven forms, but all of them are completely unworthy of their names."
Wang Li was actually able to forge this technique because he realized some techniques couldn't fuse with the Mountains and Sea art. Only those that had effect of strengthening the body among weapon techniques could be merged.
Those purely offensive however didn't and he thus went ahead to form the Dao Opening saber technique. Just as he called it, Wang Li views this technique as his way of opening his own dao.
It is just that he has almost never focused much on it. Things are different now, he could feel the strong offensive power behind that woman and felt he had gone astray.
He was going to put more effort into the offensive technique too.
Having reached this conclusion, Wang Li didn't exhaled slightly.
He made up his mind, to not focus on others in the future, but learn from them.
Sighing, he walked foward towards the entrance. The most important thing for him now was to elevate his body to the limit using treasures present in the newly opened space of the Spiritual plane and gather some to use for passing the peak selection trial.
When he took a step inside, he felt endless vitality drowning him.
Inhaling slightly made his body relaxed.
He took another breath just to savour that feeling.
"This is indeed a true treasure land!" He sighed as he looked around.
That woman seems to have taken that direction, I will go the opposite direction." With his mind nade up, he moved.
Wang Li was avoiding her simply because she was too strong and it would not be beneficial for him as it would be impossible to keep gains right under her nose.
He didn't dare to gamble his life on the mercy of the strong.
Even though he had chosen the opposite direction, he wasn't alone on this path.
"Bodhi Tree Essence!" Suddenly someone exclaimed, causing his figure to move towards the place.
Looking up, he saw a tree about a meter tall, but with thick stem.
On the leaves of the tree, a strange dew was gathered and just standing some distance he could feel the fragrance.
The fragrance made his mind clear, thinking enhanced.
The dew was clearly a treasure, but even so, no one approached.
The group gathered here were all outer disciples and clearly not fools.
Such a good treasure was clearly not easy to take. Even though they wanted to make a move, they had to be careful.
Wang Li just like the others also looked around carefully. Instead of rushing to make a move, he was watching out for hidden dangers.
In such situations, hideen danger was either the plant it self or companion beast that guarded the treasures.
"Since the dew gathered from this tree is so intoxicating, I wonder if the plant itself has any other benefits?" Wang Li had this thought and couldn't push it out of his mind.
He indeed was not just thinking about getting the dew, he had even thoughts on the plant itself.
He was bold, after all this were all within the Spirit Stream Sect, making any moves would probably give rise to problems.
He had to be careful about it. But he didn't think much about this, after all everyone was completely focused on the dew.
The greed in their faces was difficult to conceal. Clearly the longer they stayed in this place, the difficult it was to control their greed.
The chance to become a peak disciple was indeed too important, but it couldn't overpower the desire to consume part of the gains from those gathered in this place.
Wang Li wasn't the only person that wanted to take advantage of the resources in this Spiritual Plane.
Most however could still remain rational as they knew the importance of joining a peak. Only after joining a peak did one really become an official member of the Spirit Stream Sect.
Even Wang Li wasn't willing to miss out such a chance at all.
He was patient though, just like everyone else waiting for someone else to take the lead in probing the situation for them.
Wang Li's reason for this was simple, he had concerns about the actual threat level of this spiritual plane.
The fact that the woman he had seen might he hidding her cultivation made him more cautious.
He assumed the worst and thus had to play his cards well to pull benefits from this place.
Outside the Spiritual Plane, Nine figures were seated in the clouds.
"Junior Sister Wang Lu is not coming this time?" One of them asked.
He had red hair, and blood red strips crossed all over his skin, a kin tattoos.
"Why would she be here? You really think she will take on disciples?" A woman with deep blue hair snorted as she looked towards the man.
"Old woman! You can't always be jealous of junior sister!" The red haired man replied.
"Who did you call an old woman?" The blue haired woman got angry from just this words.
"What? Did I say something wrong? You are a decade older than me. Its just right to call you an old woman! Besides, when are you going to get married? If you can't find someone willing to take you in due to your age, how about you let me help you out." The red haired man relentless continued.
He was the peak master of the strongest peaks in the sect. They called themselves the Absolute Yang Peak!
"Hehe! Talking about my marriage as though you are any better. Even if a woman is placed before you can you do it? I heard your True Yang art has strict requirements for cultivation. What is the difference between you and a eunuch? Oh! I know! There is no difference. You both can't do it!" The blue haired woman retorted.
She was the True Water Peak. She practices the Heavy Water Art.
"Hehe! What a lively scene!" While the two were clashing with words, a soft voice sounded before a female figure manifested.
"Junior sister!" Seeing the woman appear, the Absolute Yang Peak master called out enthusiastically.
The peak master of True Water Peak snorted, "Simp!"
She clearly disdained him, and her unfriendly gaze shifted to the new arrival.
"Why is Junior sister Wang Lu here? It's not like you are going to select a disciple, so why are you here?"
Wang Lu didn't get angry, instead she turned towards the golden pillar reaching the heavens.
"Who can tell! Maybe this trial is my lucky moment! " Wang Lu replied casually.
Hearing her words everyone turned towards her with slightly unnatural expressions.
Clearly each of them waa doubtful.
"Ahem! Junior sister Should not joke around! Don't we know you best. What time do you have to teach disciple"' a man in daoist robes commented lightly.
"Sect master is the one that is idle! Even has time to appear in the selection of peak disciples!" Wang Lu looked at the man in Black and White daoist robes and casually replied.