Lin Hao was not far behind Ye Xiao.

Before when he met Lin Hao at the Heaven Sword Sect, he was already at the First Stage of the Martial King Realm, and now after two months, he had once again made a small breakthrough in his cultivation.

Now, he was already at the Second Stage of the Martial King Realm.

This was also an astounding speed of cultivation.

Ye Xiao did not say anything but at this moment, he also did not felt good.

Suddenly, under the gazes of this group of people, Ye Xiao felt two killing intent locking on him. He looked in the direction from where the killing intent was coming and saw that the killing intent was actually coming from the Grand Xia Empire's main group of candidates.

He looked at everyone and discovered some familiar faces.

Hao Yue, Yun Xianer, Zhao Qing'er, and... Zhao Yufei!

Ye Xiao was not surprised to see Hao Yue, Yun Xianer, and Zhao Qing'er but he was surprised to see Zhao Yufei among them.

Since Zhao Yufei could participate as a member of the Grand Xia Empire, it means that Zhao Yufei was someone from the Grand Xia Empire, to begin with.

Maybe, because of some special reason, she went to Azure Dragon Country and become a disciple of the Heaven Sword Sect.

What surprised him more was her cultivation. She was actually already at the Eighth Stage of the Martial King Realm. Only half a step from reaching the Ninth Stage of the Martial King Realm and another step away from becoming a Martial Emperor.

How old was she?

She was even a year younger than Ye Xiao. But her cultivation was still more than him. She was stronger than him.

The killing intent that he felt was actually coming from Hao Yue and Yun Xianer.

There were also some people who did not know him, but they also revealed a hint of hostility towards him. Most of these people had deep relationships with Hao Yue and Yun Xianer.

Maybe, both of them have already those people about Ye Xiao offending them and because of this, those people showed hostility toward him.

Grandmaster Wang again looked at the candidates and warned them with a serious face, "Once you enter the secret realm, don't easily trust anyone, especially those so-called 'comrades' who smile to your face while hiding a knife. You must be careful."

"The enemies you could see coming at you weren't dangerous. The real dangers were the ones you didn't see coming."

Ye Xiao, Lin Hao, and others nodded their head.

They also understood very well what Grandmaster Wang was trying to tell them.

Suddenly at this moment, a terrifying aura falls down from somewhere and immediately enveloped everyone present in the big hall.

Not long after, a middle-aged man with the demeanour of a king entered the big hall with some of the officials following behind him.

"The emperor is here!"

"We have seen the emperor!"

"We have seen the emperor!"

.....

Immediately, everyone started to greet the emperor of the Grand Xia Empire. The candidates of the Azure Dragon Country were no exception.

But there were still some exceptions. These exceptions were Ye Xiao, his master Grandmaster Wang, Tong Nian and her grandfather, and Lin Hao.

These five people did not greet the emperor but at this moment, no one noticed them.

There were already too many people present and all of them suddenly started greeting the emperor, stirring up a commotion in the big hall.

Who will pay attention to this group of third-grade country's people?

"Everyone, no need to be too polite. We will not waste our time here. Let's go to the location where the secret realm is going to open!" The emperor of the Grand Xia Empire said in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant.

He led everyone to a big teleportation circle and said, "We will enter this teleportation circle that was led down here to ease our journey and not to waste much time."

"Now, my Grand Xia Empire's candidates will enter first and then the first rank country's candidates then second-rank country's candidates and so on. This will be also the order in which you all will enter the secret realm. Now let's go!"

When he finished what he has to say, the candidates of the Grand Xia Empire entered the teleportation circle and with the activation of the teleportation circle, they disappeared without any trace.

After the Grand Xia Empire, the first-rate country also started to enter the teleportation circle followed by the second rank countries.

When it was the turn of the Golden Fragrance Empire to enter the teleportation circle, while others entered the teleportation circle, one of the old man's gaze fell down on Ye Xiao.

"Ye Xiao! So you are from a third-grade country!"

This person was the First Elder of the Wang Family of Southwood City. When he saw Ye Xiao, he was surprised at first then his gaze suddenly turned cold.

He never thought that the person whom the three big families of the Southwood City thought as a descendent of a big family from the Imperial City of the Grand Xia Empire was actually just a brat from a third-grade country.

Then again one question surfaced in his mind.

If Ye Xiao came from a third-grade country then where exactly he got so many spirit stones on him.

When he thought of this, two possibilities appeared in his mind.

The first one was that Ye Xiao obtained the spatial ring of a deceased mighty cultivator and the second possibility was that Ye Xiao has discovered a mine of the Spirit Stones.

Whatever the situation was, his gaze immediately turned red with greed but at this time he controlled himself and calmed down.

He did not say much and entered the teleportation circle.

Ye Xiao was also shocked to see the changing expression of the First Elder of the Wang Family. He told himself in his heart that he has to be careful of this person for a while.