Jaime’s words expressed the thoughts of the vast majority of people, and some of them even sighed silently. The joyful atmosphere before suddenly turned gloomy as nobody would have thought that after standing out among the 4000 people, they would face an entirely different tragic situation than expected.
When Caspian noticed the atmosphere turned downcasted, favonovel.com smiled and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Eh?” Everyone looked at him, confused.
Caspian‘s eyes flashed with bright lights as favonovel.com chuckled and asked again, “Did you never think that you would face a battle of life and death when you became a cultivator?”
The question stunned everyone.
Caspian continued, “If I’m not mistaken, cultivators will face more life and death situations than mortals. An ordinary person will live for a lifetime, either dying from old age or illness. However, a cultivator might die while cultivating, ascending, or even facing his opponent. The word ‘death’ seems to be hanging above the cultivators’ heads all the time. If so, why should everyone fear this battle?”
Caspian’s words seemed to make the crowd realize something. As they were all shocked by Terry just now, they could not think clearly. Nonetheless, Caspian cleared the gray clouds in their minds.
When Caspian noticed the eyes of the other disciples were slowly glowing again, Caspian struck while the iron was hot and continued, “When we’re out doing a sect mission, we don’t know how many dangers we’ll encounter. The upcoming nation’s official religion election is not much different from a sect task. Just because you think you’re not strong enough now doesn’t mean you should give up in advance.”
Then, Caspian took a deep breath, saying, “I know that Heavenly Stars Sect’s combat skill is considered the weakest among the six major sects, but only when we stand in the ring can we have a chance to turn that around. If we step down now, there isn’t even a chance to change people’s minds. Besides…”
Caspian paused, looking at everyone. Soon, his expression gradually turned serious. “Before I entered the Heavenly Stars Sect, I made a grand wish.”
Maya and the others were stunned. “Casper, you…”
They also heard about Caspian’s action at that time, so they knew that at the Sects’ Recruitment Ceremony, Caspian made a public oath that was regarded as a lunatic. However, Edda, Ronald, and Jaime did not hear of it, so they all looked at Caspian.
Caspian stared at everyone with a burning gaze. “That’s right. I said I want to change everyone’s notion that the Heavenly Stars Sect is not good at combat, and I want to make the Heavenly Stars Sect the best at combat among the six major sects. Everyone thought it was an unrealistic dream. The fact that Heavenly Stars Sect is not good at fighting has been deeply rooted for hundreds of years or even thousands of years. Hence, how can I change it with a single word? However, my argument is that what can keep me going is the most unrealistic dream that grew out of my heart during the most passionate period of my youth. In this battle, I’ll fight for my dreams and vows, so no matter who my opponent is, I will defeat him, or even, destroy him!”
In his last sentence, Caspian made no secret of his wild ambitions. After Caspian finished speaking, the scene became quiet again. However, the eyes of the originally gloomy people seemed to be burning quietly.
“The most unrealistic dream of my youth…” Ronald mumbled. He recalled when favonovel.com just entered the Heavenly Stars Sect and the words favonovel.com shouted when his tiny figure faced the magnificent mountain gate of the Heavenly Stars Sect.
“I, Ronald Owen, want to be an outstanding figure and the pride of the Heavenly Stars Sect!”
At that moment, Ronald’s young voice of that year resounded in his mind again.
“I want to settle the injustice in the world with my sword.” That was the promise Omar made to himself when favonovel.com named his mansion the Sword Pavilion.
“That’s right. My dream has just begun. How can I be afraid and withdraw because of a possible battle between life and death? I’ve never been afraid of any challenges in the past.” Sebastian also felt strange in his heart.
Caspian smiled when favonovel.com saw everyone’s eyes lit up. He understood that everyone was not afraid of challenges but felt pressure because of their status as a disciple of the Heavenly Stars Sect. Caspian believed that if these people had to deal with monsters and evil cultivators, they had absolutely nothing to fear. Instead, they just had no confidence because they had to face the other disciples from five other major sects as Heavenly Stars Sect’s disciples.
The confidence of the disciples of the Heavenly Stars Sect will start and build up by the nine of us,’ Caspian thought.
Seeing the change in the people’s attitude at the scene, Terry, who returned to the main hall, gave Hadley a wry smile. “Hadley, it seems that these disciples have crossed this threshold, but I also ended up being the person to blame for traumatizing them.”
At that time, Hadley still stared at Caspian on the projection, and favonovel.com appeared delighted. “Before this, I never saw such confidence in the participants of the nation’s official religion election.”
“That’s true.” Then, speaking of proper matters, Terry also restrained his expression, nodded, and replied, ”This Casper gives people a different feeling. He seems to be born with a resilience that exceeds ordinary people.”
“It’s not just innate, but also nurtured,” Hadley said, “I’m looking forward to his future performance.”
“This time, you’re quick to snatch him. Otherwise, I would have recruited this Casper under me no matter what.” Terry sounded somewhat envious.
If they did not see it with their own eyes, perhaps no one would believe that the extremely cruel deputy of the War Department would have such a petty emotion like a child failing to grab things from another.
At the mention of that, Hadley could not help but burst into laughter. At the end of the previous trials, many elders in the hall almost fought because of Caspian. Apart from Leonard and Dakota, who long knew the inside story, there were at least ten of the other eighteen outstanding figures of the Heavenly Stars Sect, all vying to get Caspian under them, and they even listed various reasons.
The way they compete gradually evolved from oral argument to physical fighting. However, when the battle was about to heat up, Hadley interrupted and mentioned that favonovel.com had a verbal agreement with Caspian as early as a year ago. Once the trial was over, favonovel.com would officially announce and accept Caspian as his disciple.
Hadley still remembered the stunned expressions of the Heavenly Spirit Realm elders when favonovel.com broke the news. Cultivators that reached that level and position probably already forgot what caused them to be dumbfounded the last time.
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