——(POV third person)——

Hu Anjing looked at Li Huang and nodded with a smile on her face.

"Yes, now you definitely have enough points to get into the formation with me." She said.

"I think so too. Let's give the sect disciples a heads up and then be on our way." Li Huang said to her. As they can't use long-distance sound transmission methods in the trial, telling them about their departure in person is the most effective method to go with.

Hu Anjing nodded to his words. After that, the trio went back toward the sect's temporary camp.

On the way, they came across a medium-sized horde of giant apes that now to them looked like miniature apes.

Needless to say, after what they had experienced for the past hours, they were hacking out a path between them easily and cut them as if they were cutting cabbage.

It didn't take long for the giant apes to lose their will to fight and run away.

"We have eliminated so many apes that I'm starting to miss the giant gray worms…" Li Huang said sarcastically as he sheathed his sword.

"Yeah, it is getting repetitive…" Hu Anjing said.

"Their attack patterns are all the same…" Ye Ling also added.

As these beasts were all from the same race and only differed in size the battle excitement was almost nonexistent for the trio when they were fighting them for the umpteenth time.

Soon they reached the temporary camp of the heavenly sword sect and the other disciples greeted them.

After exchanging the pleasantries, Hu Anjing started telling them about her plan.

"Me and senior brother Li will go to a test formation that I have found, so junior sister Ye will be solely in charge for the period of time that we are in the formation, is that clear?" Hu Anjing said as she looked at all of the disciples present there.

""We understand, senior sister."" They cupped their fists and said.

She gave a few more pieces of advice to them about the other sects and how to interact with them and then dismissed them.

Now that the three of them were alone, Li Huang decided to give Ye Ling one more piece of advice.

"Keep an eye open for the Blue Bulls sect. If anyone would be brazen enough to cause a problem for us it is them. There is no reason to take drastic measures against them, they want us to start the war so just play with them if you come across them. The scrolls would be a good method of playing with them." Li Huang said.

As he was in the sect the longest, he knows quite a lot about the chemistry and the dynamics of the holy lands. The blue bulls sect would love to have a war with us but they don't want to be starting it so they are looking for an excuse for years.

"Thank you, senior brother." Ye Ling cupped her fist and said. She wasn't very good at talking with others but that didn't mean she is stupid. She knew that she has to be ready for the worst-case where they meet with blue bulls sect disciples.

"…Also make sure that Jin Fen doesn't ruin your plan as he has a tendency to choose the most stupid option available in any given situation…" Li Huang said after some contemplation.

If anyone could be a dangerous factor here, it is Jin Fen as he is like a ticking bomb, ready to explode.

'From what I can tell, almost everyone who gains a sudden leap in power, be it money, standing, or cultivation thinks that they are the center of the world and would be always arrogant. Now if you put someone like Jin Fen in a situation that he deems disrespectful to him, conflict is the only outcome possible.' Li Huang thought about why Jin Fen acts as he does.

Ye Ling frowned as she didn't know what Li Huang meant by this but she nodded and thanked him nonetheless.

Li Huang wasn't worried about Ye Ling's reaction because she would soon understand Jin Fen's mentality.

"We better go now so that we can finish it faster." He turned to face Hu Anjing and said.

She nodded to him and looked at Ye Ling.

"Be careful until we get back." She said sternly to her. As she and Huang were the strongest here, with them away, this is the best chance to inflict a heavy blow to the heavenly sword sect.

"I will, senior sister." Ye Ling said with the same amount of seriousness.

With this, Li Huang and Hu Anjing got on the way to go to the formation that Hu Anjing got her eyes on.

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"So, where is this formation exactly?" Li Huang couldn't hide his curiosity and asked as they were 'walking' toward the formation, it was a walking speed in this world's standard.

"Oh! I forgot to tell you, it is in the tundra biome that we had mapped before." Hu Anjing said. Actually, she didn't find this one by herself and one of the sect's disciples found it but as she was interested in doing a duo activity with Li Huang she checked it and decided to go here after she found him.

They were almost going the same way that they went to fight the apes and if they didn't want to talk to the other disciples they could have got there faster, but that was something necessary to do.

In just half an hour they reached the formation as they increased their pace.

"So this is the formation?" Li Huang said as he was looking around the place. The land was barren and permafrost could be seen everywhere. If this group didn't only consist of Qi cultivators, the climate could easily result in someone's death as it was so cold that nothing could grow on this soil.

On a frosted ground, two formations could be seen that were placed close together as a hint of it being a test for two persons. The formations were so entwined that they looked like an infinity symbol (A/N: ∞).

"Yes, at first one of the disciples wanted to enter it but when she got to know the entry cost and the rule that it has to be a group of two entering it, she just reported it as she didn't have enough points to enter it and didn't have a team." Hu Anjing explained.

"How did she come to know this rule?" Li Huang asked.

Hu Anjing just looked at him and pointed at the stone pillar behind the formations that had some words on it.

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~~ The formation only works when two people are participating.

Choose your partner wisely. ~~

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"I see. One more thing…" Li Huang said as he was looking at the stone pillar.

"Yes?" Hu Anjing said.

"Don't you think this is a formation for couples? Like a romantic couple…" Li Huang said as he continued to look at the stone pillar trying to decipher something new.

Hu Anjing was stunned for a second but answered him soon after.

"Well, we won't know until we try it…" She said shamelessly without looking at Li Huang.

Li Huang raised an eyebrow at that remark.

"That's true." He shrugged and walked on one of the formations.

"Let's try it then…" He said and gestured for her to do the same.