"They look happy don't they?" Fan Jin, one of the Envoys of the Sage pavilion and also, the pharmacist Iris had met in the song city! Said.
"I would be surprised if they were not" Ye Shan, another envoy and also the second male in the highest cubicle watching the match said.
"Say, Ye Shan, Do you have any idea where little Mei would be?" Fan Jin asked again.
"Don't know, she always likes adventures so she could be anywhere" Ye Shan replied.
"She'll be here to bring back Long Xu lan and Ling Yan with us right?" Fan Jin asked.
"Hopefully" Ye Shan replied simply.
In a restaurant, with lots of food and drinks on a table, in a private room, a young girl suddenly sneezed.
"Those two duck heads must be gossiping about me. I'll give them a good beating when I get there!" Xiu Mei, who is known as 'little Mei' by her martial brothers, said before abandoning her feast and walking out of the restaurant after leaving a generous pay.
Iris and Ling Yan were taken to the pharmacy, where they were given instant medications. As the winners of the final martial tests, they were giving the best treatments and assigned the best pharmacists in the imperial capital city!.
The crown prince of course, tried to curry favour from the Sage pavilion Envoys.
"Exteemed guests of the Sage pavilion, the winners of the test are now receiving medical treatment. So, I prepared a banquet so that our exteemed guests will not feel bored." Crown prince Bai Su said.
"Not interested" Ye Shan said with his usual poker expression.
"Take us to see the winners of the test" Fan Jin said. Although he was the most jovial among all his martial siblings, he hated bootlickers the most and he didn't care if this particular bootlicker was the crown prince of the Xuan Yuan empire.
"Ah! You boys cannot even handle a small crown prince from the weakest empire? Watch this" Xiu Mei who just entered said. She was way shorter than the rest of her martial brothers but she lifted her chin with a fierce look.
"Hey your highness" She began with a mocking smirk.
"Take us to those kids or you're getting a good beating!" She threatened and released a fierce aura.
"O..of.....c.. course...exteemed guests....t... this way" The crown prince shuttered.
"Good" Xiu Mei said and dropped her aura.
The crown prince led them straight to the pharmacy and to their personal room.
The moment Iris and Ling Yan saw them, out of curtsey, they stood up.
"Oh you don't need to greet us kids" Fan Jin said. Even if their age difference wasn't much.
Ling Yan gave them a small bow and sat down, while Iris ignored them and turned to the crown prince.
"Your highness" She said and offered a bow. The crown prince was stunned but he was glad that someone still respected him.
"Envoys of the Sage pavilion" Iris said and gave them a bow.
"Ha! Can you believe that?! You just had to greet him first huh?!" Xiu Mei said in mock dissatisfaction.
"He's my empire's crown prince. He deserves the respect and besides, you called me a kid I'm just returning the favour." Iris said unfazed.
"Wow! She's bold. I like her already" Xiu Mei said, this Time, with pure delight while Fan Jin and Ye shan simply nodded.
"Why do I feel like I know you" Iris asked and stared at Fan Jin with probing gaze.
"You do know me Miss Long, we met at the Song city" Fan Jin said with a small smile.
"You met our juniors already? How could you meet them behind our backs! Utterly shameless!" Xiu Mei said and folded her hands under her breast with a sullen face.
"Little Mei, don't be like that. There's no way someone as dumb as this monkey Fan Jin knew they would be our juniors and it's not certain that they'll pass the test anyway" Ye shan said.
"There's another test?!" Ling Yan asked in surprise.
"Of course! Did you think that just passing this test is enough to be a disciple of the Sage pavilion? Ha! No kidding" Xiu Mei said.
"We'll pass the test" Iris said with determination.
"I like your confidence" Ye shan said simply.
"We better start our journey if we want to make it on time for the acceptance test" Xiu Mei said.
"Already?! But we're barely recovered" Ling Yan protested.
"If they want us to Leave now, then they have a way to heal us completely" Iris said calmly.
"Smart! Here, take one each" Fan Jin said as he handed a pill bottle to Iris.
Iris immediately swallowed her pill and sat in a half lotus position to direct the high grade pill to heal her internal injuries.
Ling Yan also followed suit while Xiu Mei Drove the poor crown prince who had been watching the whole scene, out with just a glare from her.
After a while, they were completely back to full health.
"Okay! Let's get going" Xiu Mei said.
" Were are your space rings?" Ye Shan asked for Iris and Ling Yan to show it to him.
"The lowest ranking disciples of the Sage pavilion uses at least, the middle grade Space ring and the direct disciples of the Holy son uses the high grade Space ring. Here are your new rings. You can have them since you'll be participating in the final test in the Sage pavilion" Ye shan explains with his poker face and hand's them their new Space rings.
Iris and Ling Yan quickly transferred their belongings into their new Space rings and set off with the Envoys.
It has been seven days since Iris, Ling Yan and the Envoys left Xuan Yuan empire after settling their various issues and Saying goodbye to their families. They were traveling through the desert on magical beasts, a cross between a bull and a Rhino with one horn on their nose and two other horns from the side of their massive heads.
It would take more than three weeks to get to the Sage pavilion which happened to be at the edge of the Lan empire, which was the greatest and strongest empire of this world.
All the while they travelled, Iris remained in a half lotus position, continuously cultivating her spirit qi. And after another Seven days, she broke through not into the initial stage of the green spirit, but to the middle stage stunning the Envoys!.
On the seventeenth day of their journey, Ling yan broke through to the middle stage of the green spirit.
At night, Xiu Mei who was a barrier master, would set up protective barriers around them. Though both sides didn't usually converse, this night was different.
"You want to Spar we me?" Ye shan asked incredulously. He had the most solid foundation among his companions.
"Yes, I wish to know how strong my foundation is" Iris said calmly.
"Defeat Fan Jin first. He has the weakest foundation among us" Ye shan simply said.
"Wow! Thanks Brother Ye shan for the unnecessary spilling of information to our juniors" Fan Jin said with a eye roll.
And so, Iris journey to Strengthening her foundation began.
On the night before they got to the entrance of the Sage pavilion, Iris finally defeated Fan Jin, meaning her foundation was now stronger than his. Ling Yan now became a little bit weaker than Iris in Foundation but that only flared his determination to become stronger.
"Here we are" Xiu Mei said as they stood in front of an ordinary looking tree.
"What's here?" Ling Yan asked in confusion.
" A teleportation array" Xiu Mei replied.
" Unlock the array let's get in already" Fan Jin said impatiently.
"I thought you were a barrier master?" Iris asked with a frown.
"I am also an Array master" Xiu Mei replied with a proud smirk.
"Wow!" Ling Yan exclaimed obviously impressed.
Xiu Mei unlocked the teleportation array and it immediately brought them into the high mountain where the Sage pavilion was sited, Covering the whole mountain top with the clouds below.
"Here, take this detoxifying pill. It will help with the poisonous fog in the area" Fan Jin said and handed them a red pill.
Iris, as always, swallowed the pill first, followed by Ling Yan.
"From here you're on your own. You have to find your way to the gates of the Sage pavilion through the poisonous fog. The pill will not cure the poisons, it will only slow down it's effect. You have to get to the pavilion gates in three days or you'll die of the poison." Ye Shan explained seriously.
"This is the final test to be accepted into the Sage pavilion. I wish you luck" Xiu Mei adds before they teleported away with a teleportation device.
"They didn't even leave us a map!. How do we know what direction to go?!" Iris said feeling frustrated already.
"In some ancient texts I read, it says that the Sage pavilion is at the north at least Ten miles away from here" Ling Yan said.
"Where's north then?" Iris asked.
"That way" Ling Yan said pointing in the correct direction.
As they walked, they had occasional bruises from bumping into trees and sadly, the wounds turned black, Indicating the presence of poison.
Two days passed in a blink of an eye.
Inside the Sage pavilion.
"Do you think they'll make it?" Fan Jin asked.
"They have to" Xiu Mei replied worriedly.
"If they cannot pass this test then how can they become disciples of the Sage pavilion?" Ye shan asks with a poker face.
"The girl is strong" A powerful voice came from the handsome man with cold and commanding presence who had been quiet the whole time.
"The guardian thinks she's strong?" Fan Jin asks in surprise.
"She's the reason why her companion hasn't died yet" the man Fan Jin called guardian said in his cold voice.
"Miss Long is quite strong" Xiu Mei adds.
"Hmm....but she's not in a good shape either. If they do not get here by evening, they'll die" the guardian said coolly.
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