Chapter 2460


    The group made a shy return to the inner ind, without any pit stops. Fade was brought directly to a tall stone building at the center of the ind. The lobby was vast, with hundreds of seats on both sides.


    Right in the middle in front of the lobby, there were a total of 19 seats.


    Three huge and gorgeous seats adorned the center of the seats. These represented the positions of the Three Pces.


    On either side of the Three Pces, there were 8 seats for the Sixteen Pce Halls.


    However, the seats were vacant at the moment.


    All of the main deacons, along with Fade, were standing in the hall. They were heatedly discussing the incident at the heart of the tree.


    Camelia was rather concerned about Fade. She smiled and exined to him, "In a while, the chiefs will appear and personally interrogate you about the incident."


    "You don''t have to be too nervous, just tell them what you know and don''t hide anything, understand?"


    He nodded obediently. "Got it."


    "Great!" She nodded in reply and continued, "You were actually in first ce, so you should have been given the chance to choose a Martial Hall to enter, but it was dyed by what happened."


    "If everything goes to n, after the interrogation, they''ll allow you to choose to enter one of the Halls."


    "Our Green Wood Hall has always thought highly of you. Moreover, I''ve also received the stone that you sent earlier. When the timees, you..." Before she could finish, the other main deacons interrupted her.


    "Camelia, you''re being unfair! The questioning has not even started yet and you''re already trying to poach Fade."


    "Fade, although Green Wood Hall is prestigious, Fiery me Hall is truly strong. It''s the best choice."


    "Hah, Fiery me Hall is nothingpared to Stormy Hall." "Little boy, that woman, Camelia, may look kind. However, she''s like a venomous snake in reality. Don''t get fooled by her." A beautiful and flirtatious woman stood by Fade, crooning to him in a seductive voice.


    "If you want to have a go at a woman, Fade, our Beauties Hall is the best choice to make. There are hundreds of beautiful women in it. There are women like me there too. Do you feel a flutter in your heart, little boy?"


    "Red Serpent, stop flirting. Doesn''t the Beauties Hall only recruit women? Fade is a man. You shouldn''t have anything to do with him," a different main deacon butted in.


    The woman named Red Serpent was the main deacon for the Beauties Hall. She immediately refuted, "The rules have changed this year for the Beauties Hall. We want to recruit men as well, what about it?"


    Almost every main deacon wanted to recruit him for their own Martial Hall.


    The exception was Poison Cloud Hall because of what happened to Jaston. Abrd did not have a good impression of Fade. The nces he sent his way were evidently full of anger.


    Just as everyone was chattering avidly, a voice rang out. "The chiefs are arriving!"


    Immediately, the entire ce fell silent.


    Everyone stood aside and settled down, lowering their heads and bowing in greeting.


    Fade bowed as well, with Camelia next to him.


    Then, he felt a group of people entering quietly.


    Although he wasn''t looking at them, their auras wereparable to immovable mountains that were about to crush him.


    "Lord Level experts! These chiefs are


    mostly Lord Level experts," he thought to himself. He immediately tensed. Once again, he recalled the matter of the elixir core and made sure that his uing n was wless.


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    The sixteen chiefs took their seats.


    "Well, everybody is here. Let''s get started!" Announced the chief of Thunder Hall, Thurl.


    Camelia quickly brought Fade forward and bowed respectfully to the chiefs. She then said, "Fellow chiefs, we''ve brought the student, Fade Chen, back with us."


    Instantly, he felt sixteen sharp gazes all fall upon him. They resembled sixteen sharp des, ruthlessly stabbing him.


    Fade instinctively wanted to dodge, but his rational mind told him to not move at that moment.


    Hence, he looked up, weing the stares and making eye contact with the chiefs.


    "You little brat, how bold of you! WhyAll content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    are you not lowering your head in greeting? How dare you look into the eyes of the chiefs? Do you have a death wish?" Abrd, who already disliked him, tried to seize the opportunity to speak ill of him. He immediately chided him under his breath.


    However, before Fade could answer.


    The chief of Green Wood Hall, Janus, waved his hand and said, "Fade is not from the inner ind, so he doesn''t have to be so bound by our rules. Additionally, he has performed well."


    "Being able to look straight into our eyes without retreating, while beingposed, that alone surpasses many." The leader of the Stormy Hall, Adair, also nodded in praise.


    Abrd''s face stiffened. His expression became nervous and difited.


    Fortunately, the chief of Poison Cloud Hall, Veda, protected his underling. He waved his hand and said, "Well, let''s not waste time. Let''s begin the interrogation!"


    "Fade, tell us every single detail of what happened when you entered the Prohibition Tree. Don''t miss any single thing out."


    The chief of Fiery me Hall, nn, added, "That includes how you entered the heart of the tree and exited it, as well as how you went to the outer ind. Every single detail."


    With a smile on his face, Janus good-naturedly nodded to Fade. "Don''t be nervous. Go ahead!"


    Fade had already expected as much. He hade mentally prepared, so he wasn''t anxious at all.


    However, he still faked being a little nervous. He puffed out his chest and took a deep breath. Then he said, "At that time, the other students and I were sent into the Prohibition Tree by the deacons..."


    He told the story in great detail. Up until that point, it was all true. He was not concealing anything and told them everything that happened.


    Of course, the key point was the part when he entered the heart of the tree.


    He only vaguely talked about some bud in the shape of a tree. He did not mention that he had absorbed and refined it so that it became his own elixir core. Instead, he told them that the seedlings were floating in a mist, and he had only absorbed the aura emanating from them before he fainted.


    By the time he woke up, the bud had already disappeared. He himself had also appeared on the surface of the sea.


    After that, he exined how he survived at sea. He drifted in many different directions, and ended up going back to the outer ind.


    The entire story was mostly true except for the matter of the elixir core. He had only lied about that.


    Obviously, that was the focus of all the chiefs.


    After they heard his entire story, frowns inadvertently crossed their faces.


    "After entering the heart of the tree, you saw the bud and fainted shortly after?"


    "Fade, did you see anything else? You exited the heart of the tree and finally returned to the outside world, but you didn''t feel anything at all?"