The Trials Ends

"Yue!" Cai Jie called out the moment they saw Hui Yue walking up the staircase to the top of the tower.

As soon as the young man stepped foot on the top of the tower, the people present could tell that something was different with him. His weather-beaten skin had become fair; his long white hair had a healthy silver to it, and his eyes sparkled with energy and vigor. It was as though Hui Yue had become a flame of vitality. He now looked youthful and was bursting with power, but they simply had no idea how this had happened.

"You passed the Vermilion Bird's trials?" Cai Jie asked full of disbelief, and a proud smile spread on Hui Yue's face as he nodded his head.

"Amazing!" Cai Jie exclaimed. He too was filled with pride for his best friend. "I could only deal with the first trial. During the second, I had to give up, or I would have forfeited my life right there. Just that makes me fear the third test. I can’t even imagine what it was like."