8 Stones of Eternity
Second Sessions. Carving Achievements.

Chapters 101. Masked Figure.

Before Yin Meili and Fang Yin returned to fight, a monk broke them off. Then, Chu Xing-fu as the leader of the academy, immediately met Matriarch Yin An.

Their conversation did not last long, less than a single stick of incense. After that, the spaceship belonging to the Yin Sect immediately headed to the parking lot, followed by the spaceship from the central Dove Academy.

And finally it's the spacecraft's turn from the second-rate Dove Academy to get a parking space. After everyone got off the spaceship, by the monks in charge of organizing the participants, the men and women were separated.

Male participants were placed in the eastern part of the Cloudy Mountain, while female participants were placed in the southern part. Likewise with all the male and female teachers who were placed in different places, not far from the place of the competition participants. Everyone was given a private room without having to blend in with the others.

Then, each participant gets a sheet about the rules of the competition, behind the sheet there is a picture of the competition location floor plan. The plan will be a guide for all participants so as not to get lost.

On the floor plan are four Rest Cities and one Exchange City. White Mountain at the center of the floor plan, mountain slopes with dangerous terrain, and extensive forests surround the slopes of White Mountain.

However on the floor plan, it did not record the Infomation about ferocious beasts, but there was an additional record if the location of the competition was still natural and protected by the Formation Array.

Inside his room, Cao Tian Jun read that sheet. What he read was not much different from the direction of the vice-leader of the academy, there were only a few points related to the new rules and the assessment to achieve victory.

To judge the winner, the conditions must be to get as many flags as possible. There are several different color flags. The highest value is a white flag with a value of 10, there are 20 pieces at the top of Mount White.

Red flag with a value of 5, the number is 100 pieces, and spread on the slopes of White Mountain. And lastly is the blue flag worth 1, the number reaches 1,000 pieces scattered throughout the competition's special location.

As for the rules of the competition, there are three phases, the beginning, the middle and the end. In the initial phase, it is not allowed to kill each other, especially when inside the city of Rest, it is strictly forbidden to fight each other until the final phase.

While outside the City of Rest, new participants are allowed to fight each other to seize the flag, but it is strictly forbidden to use spiritual energy, in other words allowed to fight by relying on physical (hand, hand, legs and body to fight) and special weapons have been provided by the committee.

In the initial phase, each participant will compete to capture the blue flag, the time lasts for one day (morning to afternoon). After the deadline expired, all participants were required to immediately return to the nearest Rest City for the calculation of the hunting results.

Participants who get a flag with a small amount, it is automatically declared dead, and on the day it is also removed from the competition venue. Participants who stop escaping, will continue to the middle phase to fight for the red flag.

There was one note that made Cao Tian Jun smile, where if any of the late participants returned to the City of Rest, then the Upper Cloud Temple party and the committee were not responsible for the participants.

In other words, the Upper Cloud Temple party hands off if any unexpected things happened to the participants, such as losing their lives from being killed by a savage beast, or getting killed at the hands of another participant.

In the middle and end phases, the rules of the game are not much different from the initial phase, fighting each other over flags with time restrictions. After the time ended, all participants had to return to the City of Rest.

For Cao Tian Jun who first entered the competition, this competition was very interesting, making him impatient to defeat all the geniuses in the Eastern Continent. But for the other participants who had already entered this competition, the new rules of the times were clearly not favorable to them.

Previously, the rule was very simple, which was only to seize the white flag during the time limit of a day. With the three-phase rule, it is clear the level of difficulty increases, and takes a lot of lives and time. This rule is what burdens the old participants and all teachers.

However, not all teachers are negative, even happy with this new rule, which each participant has the same potential, unlike the old rules dominated by superior institutions only. For example, if a non-excellent participant is able to collect many red flags and exceed the value of the white flag, it is certain to be the winner, but must follow through to the final phase.

In other words, when the competition began in the early phase, it was certain that the scramble was very intense, the excitement was many times more than before.

Finally, all participants and teachers understand the purpose of the committee that separates men and women, it is certain that they do not communicate with each other to set strategies. Let's just say this is a form of quarantine, and the free to interact is just a teacher.

Cao Tian Jun kept a sheet. "Tonight I have to act!" he muttered as he headed to the balcony of the room.

Outside the room, he saw the surrounding scenery covered in white fog emanating from the clouds, the air was very refreshing and the temperature was cold. Some people who do not have unique eyes, this white fog clearly blocks the eye view. As Cao Tian Jun had Heavenly Eyes, he clearly saw whatever he saw.

He listens to the sound of wooden beats and monks chanting in worship of the Gods, the sound of knocking and their adoration makes the mood, mind and mind calm, let alone today at night.

The movement of the white-robed person was extremely agile, touching the tip of his foot on the tile and darting like the wind. Cao Tian Jun who was behind him, clearly did not see the face of that person, but looking at his 175 cm tall height, it was certain that the person was a man.

As it turned out, the person headed outside the monk residential area, down the mountain leading to the Bamboo Forest. The curiosity in Cao Tian Jun's heart grew even greater when he saw several people with similar goals, overtaking the white-robed man. They greet each other and move together.

The men passed through tight guard unnoticed by anyone, even though many monks patrolled the defensive walls. Sleek if the monk approaches, then jump over the defensive wall.

"In a tight place like this ... What's your goal?" the muttered Cao Tian Jun who continued to follow them, the current number of them became 10 white-robed people.

They entered the dense Bamboo Forest, and Cao Tian Jun continued to follow behind him, adrift 20 meters away. In the distance, he saw in front of him there was a lake (Lake Green Water), across the lake there was a bamboo hut.

Not long after, those 10 people had arrived at the lake. They paused for a moment to inspect the surroundings, appearing extremely vigilant for fear of anyone trailing. Once it was safe, they immediately headed to the bamboo hut.

In front of the door of the bamboo hut, sitting cross-legged a masked man, all in black, wearing black gloves, could be said to have all the skin of the body invisible, what a very mysterious masked figure it was.

Cao Tian Jun who had Heavenly Eyes, could not see the original appearance of the masked figure. But his instinct, saying that the masked man was very strong, so he kept his distance from them.

The white-robed people immediately knelt down as they arrived in front of the masked figure. The masked figure opened his eyes which gave off a gleam.

Cao Tian Jun noticed the uniqueness of the two masked figure eyes were black and white similar to him, lashes were plump and pointed upwards. Looking at those traits, he guessed that the figure was a woman.

"You're late! Am I your subordinate!?" snapped the masked figure to the white-robed people.

Hearing the figure's voice, Cao Tian Jun's guess was mistaken, as the figure's voice was hoarse and typical of an old man. He let out a heavy sigh of not knowing who those people were due to being behind.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, we are late due to the new rules in the Upper Cloud Temple!" the reason for one of the white-robed people who was in the middle of his comrades.

"You're followed by someone, and he's the one I'm looking for. Catch him, he's using camouflage techniques!" the masked figure commanded when he heard the sigh from Cao Tian Jun.

Then he stood up as his fingertips pointed towards where Cao Tian Jun was hiding behind the bamboo tree.

The white-robed people were shocked, because they had not previously felt that someone was following. They immediately stood up and followed the fingertips of the masked figure, yet saw nothing.

Cao Tian Jun was the most shocked because it was only the first time his form was known to someone. His instincts were indeed true, that the masked figure was extremely strong. He immediately darted away before 10 white-robed people chased after him.

"Stupid, use your perception to detect it!?" snapped the masked figure to 10 white-robed people who turned out to be his subordinates.

The robed person was Liao Jingguo the leader of the Nine Deaths Temple, he who spoke to the masked figure. To his left was his representative named Lou Bingwen Ye.

The other was Yu Zhong the leader of the Dark Black College, he was together with his representative named Luan Jin, and the mainstay disciples who came were Wang Yelu and Lu Butong. Those who used to want to obtain the Holy Fruit at the peak of Five-Finger Mountain, unfortunately failed and returned empty-handed.

The other four white-robed people were Gong Yuma (Taois Yuma) who became the head of the War God Temple in the Upper Cloud Temple. To the right of Gong Yuma is Lim Kong from the Divine Eye College, to the right is Xi Qiang the leader of the Ninth Sky College and his representative named Gong Gan (sister of Gong Yuma).

Especially Lim Kong, he escaped when dealing with Tian Sun, and being one in the Ninth Sky College served as the second protector after Tan Zhang (The first protector of the Ninth Sky College).

And as for that masked figure, she was actually a woman, the ruler of the Black Dessert, who was none other than the Heavenly Serpent Queen, the daughter of the Celestial She and the Beast God. His name uses the name of his mother (Celestial She with the title Queen of Heavenly Snakes) as a form of respect and longing that since birth never met.

Celestial She targeted Cao Tian Jun for having the same Dragon bloodline as her. I don't know what his goal was to capture Cao Tian Jun.

After a moment of using his instincts, those white-robed people felt the aura that Cao Tian Jun had. They immediately chased after him.