Abyss

Zhu Shen soon reached the dragon gate as he looked at the huge dragon gate in front of him and was shocked. The dragon gate was so huge that even the dragons hovering around the gate were as tiny as flies.

As Zhu Shen approached the dragon gate he saw other people travelling in the direction of the dragon gate too. While most of them were walking towards the dragon gate, some of them were travelling on huge birds.

Zhu Shen saw a beautiful Pheonix in the sky as well as a vermilion bird. Felling a little bit jealous of the people riding the beasts he silently walked towards the dragon gate.

Soon he came in front of a huge plaza where everyone else was gathering. As he was wandering he heard some interesting conversations.

"Did you know this year's outer disciple selection is a bit special… this year miss Xia An from Xia family as well as Li Mei from Li family will be giving the disciple selection a try."

"Yeah, I heard that both of them have lit up 4 dragon claws on dragon slate… Truly impressive."

"This is nothing I heard that there is a genius from the Lin family who lit up 5 dragon claws…. His name is Lin Fan… and the sect master has already admitted him as his disciple-in-name."

"Wow… this time it will be a spectacle to watch the Entrance examinations."

As Zhu Shen was listening to their conversation he got to know a lot of interesting information.

'So today is the day of entrance examinations… I came at the right time.'

Zhu Shen got closer to the people conversing earlier and asked in a polite tone.

"The brother over there… can you please tell me which way is the entrance examinations being held?"

The young man looked at him for a moment. Looking at the ordinary appearance of Zhu Shen he pointed towards the location where entrance examinations were held. He didn't even take a second look at Zhu Shen and walked away with his friends.

Zhu Shen was really angry at the behaviour of the young man but there was nothing he could do so he swallowed his anger and walked towards the examination site.

The examination area was fairly simple. It looked more like a registration area than an actual exam hall. Zhu Shen got close to the desk and asked,

"How do I get registered, senior brother ?"

He was a little sceptical. He was joining a sect just like many Chinese novels he used to read.

The young man just looked at him and threw a token at him.

"Take this token and wait in line… entrance exam will start in 4 hours."

Zhu Shen looked at the emerald green token in his hand. This token was very different from the token he has seen before. But the runes on this token looked a bit similar.

'Where have I seen those runes...'

Zhu Shen was deep in his thoughts when a sudden commotion was heard from a distance. As he looked over, Zhu Shen saw a dragon landing in front of the waiting ground. A youth and a middle-aged man was riding on the dragon.

"This is Lin Fan… the one who lit up 5 claw marks on the dragon slate..."

All the people got worked up and looked at Lin Fan with worshipping gazes. Lin Fan didn't give anyone a single glance as he walked to the registration desk. But this was not the case with The middle-aged man following Lin Fan. The middle-aged man puffed his chest while walking beside Lin Fan.

As the pair reached the registration table they got very warm treatment, unlike other people.

'What a hypocritical society…' thought Zhu Shen as he directed his attention towards the runes carved onto his examination token.

With some thought, he finally remembered the runes were exactly the same as the runes on the teleportation formation he saw back at old man Qian's house.

'So these are teleportation runes… but why are they on an exam token?'

Puzzled, Zhu Shen can only wait and see. As he sat cross-legged onto the ground waiting for the examination to start.

In meantime, many clans bought their disciples for registration but zhu shen didn't even give them a look until a beautiful white peacock came from afar and landed in front of the waiting ground.

A beautiful girl descended from the peacock along with a middle-aged lady.

"What a beautiful girl"

Zhu Shen also lost his composure for a moment looking at the girl in front of him. People were drooling without them knowing as they watched the girl go by. Lin Fan also watched the girl with fervent eyes.

"I can't believe she actually came to the testing ground..."

Said a fatty among the crowd. The crowd grow restless asking fatty about the identity of the women.

"She is Su XinQian from the Su family. She also lit 5 dragon claws on the dragon slate…"

The crowd got excited after hearing the identity of the girl. This time the entrance exam will be really spectacular.

As the spectators were increasing, finally a dragon came from the dragon gate. This dragon was much stronger than the dragon Lin Fan rode on. It descended onto the testing grounds. People saw an old man riding on the dragon, they bowed and said respectfully

"Elder..."

The old man was an elder. The elder looked rather old but his breathing was deep and his eyes were still full of vitality.

"This time the entrance exam will be different…"

As the elder said that he whistled. Soon cries of flying creatures can be heard from the distance. As zhu Shen saw the dragon-like creatures he felt quite terrified. There were at least a thousand wyverns coming their way.

These wyverns landed onto the ground and obediently sat down.

"This is the first lesson for the younger generation. We the dragon clan ruled over this world for millions of years by controlling all the weaker creatures. There are 1000 wyverns here. If you want to be the outer disciple of the dragon gate you first have to tame one wyvern each."

"The wyvern you choose will become your lifetime subordinate and will live with you. So choose wisely."

The old man waved his hand and the restriction spell on the wyverns broke.

'Roar ….'

Without any restrictions, all wyverns let out a roar and charged towards all the participants present in the registration area. Soon, cries of participants could be heard as the wyverns attacked mercilessly. The greater number of participants they kill, the greater their chance of survival was.

Zhu Shen was feeling terrified at first but soon discovered that no wyvern was attacking him. All the wyverns avoided him like he was some sort of plague.

'Is it because of my bloodline?'

To check his theory Zhu Shen got close to the wyvern nearest to him. But that wyvern also avoided him. After confirming the fact Zhu Shen finally relaxed as he observed other people.

He soon discovered that other geniuses were trying to fight bigger wyverns to make them yield to them. Lin Fan and Su Xinqian both were fighting wyverns much bigger compared to the rest of the wyverns.

'I need to find a companion too…'

Zhu Shen started looking for possible targets and found a black wyvern in the back. This wyvern was much larger and had 4 claws instead of the usual 3. Around him were bodies of 12-13 dead participants.

That's it..!

Zhu Shen ran towards his target as soon as he got in range of the black wyvern, he discovered that unlike other wyverns the pitch-black wyvern didn't avoid him. Instead, it issued a growl of warning.

This was the first time Zhu Shen felt threatened but he still choose to walk towards the pitch-black wyvern.

"Look that guy is moving towards An Hei… Another one will die today.."

The spectating crowd looked at Zhu Shen sympathetically. This was not the first time An Hei appeared in the disciple selection round. Every time the black wyvern will kill at least a dozen of participants before leaving.

As Zhu Shen got close to the black wyvern An Hei, he just looked at the black wyvern for a moment before lifting his hand saying,

"Want to go and conquer the world with me?"

At first, the wyvern was mad at Zhu Shen but when he heard what Zhu Shen said he stopped his attack. His blood-red eyes looked at Zhu Shen carefully. After thinking for a while the black wyvern bent his head down like a general saluting to the emperor.

"Badum… Badum…"

Seeing that the wyvern stopped his attack Zhu Shen's beating heart finally calmed down.

'That was a close call....'

Zhu Shen looked at the black wyvern in front of him and soon got close to him. As soon as he touched wyvern's black body Zhu Shen felt satisfied.

"From today onwards I will call you abyss… you will become my Zhu Shen's companion...."

Without a delay, Zhu shen got onto Abyss's huge body.

"Roar….!"

Abyss let out a loud roar and started flying in the direction of the dragon gate.