Having finished seeing how the alchemy hall had developed since he had gone in to lend a hand in its developnt and ending up lost thinking about demonic cultivators, Xuan Hao continued wandering around in the Shattered Star Peaks without any clear goal in mind for where he was going. Soon enough, he found himself at a small resting spot along one of the small paths that had been created throughout the Shattered Star Peaks to make travel easier for those below the Domain Lord Realm.
Although, with the introduction of the teleportation formations connecting most of the important locations inside of the Shattered Star Peaks, the paths that had been bustling with life a few months ago had all beco rather desolate following the introduction of the teleportation formations.
Of course, it didn't an that there weren't any disciples or elders around using the paths that had been created throughout the Shattered Star Peaks since the Star Shattering Sect had settled down on the Seventh Star Peaks, there were still a lot of disciples and elders using the paths to get to so of the less important locations that weren't connected with a teleportation formation.
At the sa ti, there were also just those who preferred to walk on their own instead of using a teleportation formation and those who just enjoyed taking a walk through the peaceful and vibrant natural beauty that had by now grown more beautiful and spirited following the increased spiritual qi present in the air.
To make this reality more clear, a few older elders who should have just barely managed to reach the Nascent Soul Realm before their lifespan ran out, could be seen casually playing a ga of chess with each other at a small table not too far away, while a group of younger disciples still in the Qi Condensation Realm were sprawled on the ground not too far away with exhausted expressions plastered all over their young faces.
Even from a glance, it was easy to guess that the group of younger disciples still in the Qi Condensation Realm had just finished so kind of exhausting training and could barely move a single muscle at this point in ti… And looking at the almost resentful glares they were launching towards the two elders imrsed in a ga of chess, it was clear that these elders were the ones training them.
12… 17… 20 disciples in total… If I'm not wrong, that should be the number of disciples required to train for one of those repeatable missions given out by the Grand Mission Pavilion…
Feeling a hint of curiosity as he realized that the two elders should be in the process of completing one of the permanent missions found at the Grand Mission Pavilion that involved the training of the sect's younger generation, sothing that could only be taken on by elders of the sect, Xuan Hao turned his focus towards the two elders and twenty younger disciples who were currently the only ones besides himself at this rest spot.
OF course, given the fact that he had not made his presence known and was still hidden, the group of disciples and elders didn't notice his presence and were still fully imrsed in their own world. Especially the two elders, who seed far more focused on their ga of chess than anything else.
Not that he could bla the two, as the group of disciples were clearly far too exhausted to do anything in their current state at the mont, outside of laying down on the ground while trying to desperately absorb the rich spiritual qi in the air all around them to recover as fast as possible.
"Finally! I can move again!"
"Haha! No more rolling around in the grass unable to sit up!"
"Hehe, we managed to get through it. I can't wait to get back and take a bath before going to sleep…"
As the younger disciples began to recover at an extrely fast pace due to the rich environnt, it didn't take long before the previously quite disciples began chatting among each other happily following their recovery. Looking forward to getting back to their abodes to rest…
"Don't get happy too soon! Don't forget, those two demons are still around!"
Even then, there was one among the group that didn't look at things as positively as the rest, as he stood up and reminded everyone that they were still not in the clear, causing the happy disciples to suddenly freeze on the spot before all of them turned to look towards the two elders still imrsed in their ga of chess.
"This… Maybe we can sneak away before we get discovered? It looks like both of them are too absorbed in their ga to notice anything…"
"Indeed, they do seem rather focused on that ga…"
"Maybe this could really work…"
As one spoke up about a planned escape before their elders noticed that they had recovered their strength, it didn't take long before a second and third spoke up in support. Soon enough resulting in the group starting their little escape attempt by staying out of the two elders line of sight to the best of their abilities.
Even without knowing anything, it was clear to Xuan Hao that none of these disciples wanted to go through another training session from those two elders.
However, Xuan Hao also understood that there was no way these little disciples could escape the divine sense of the two elders-
"Hehe, do you little brats really think you can just sneak away when we aren't looking? I guess you have already recovered from earlier and are ready to proceed with the next step of the training?"
"This-!?"
"H-How!?"
"M-rcy!"
And so, before the group of disciples managed to get far, one of the two elders had already stepped out and appeared before them to block their futile escape attempt. Earning a rather surprised response from the younger disciples who had no idea how this elder had noticed them when he had clearly been looking in the complete opposite direction from the one they were escaping in.
Watching this from the side, Xuan Hao could not help chuckling a bit to himself at the failed escape attempt as he simultaneously felt the ntal burden that had been clouding his mind slowly dissipating alongside the comical scene of a few braver disciples still trying to escape even after being caught.
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