Zhan Chen looked towards Nie Shan and could see his motivated and hopeful gaze.

“I am Zhan Chen. There is no need to add any esteemed before my name”, Zhan Chen replied with a smile.

Zhan Chen was never an antisocial person. It was just that he would seldom take initiative to be friendly with others. Now that Nie Shan was trying to strike a conversation, Zhan Chen had no reason to disappoint him.

After the formal introduction, Nie Shan asked about some other things related to Zhan Chen’s destination. Zhan Chen also clarified some of his doubts after asking Nie Shan about the ongoing situation.

“Brother, why don’t you give it a try. With your talent, it wouldn’t be strange even if you manage to lit up the purple colour”, Nie Shan looked towards Zhan Chen.

A curious look appeared on the face of Kai Min after she heard the words of Nie Shan. “Young master Chen, I also like to see your result”, Kai Min looked towards Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen smiled after hearing the words of Kai Min. He would never deny such a simple request from her. 

“Then wait for me. Let me show your how amazing your man is”, Zhan Chen whispered near the ears of Kai Min.

‘How cheeky!’, Kai Min’s face reddened after see heard the ambiguous words of Zhan Chen. A blush appeared on her face when she sneaked a look towards Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen smiled happily after seeing the shy look on her face. A blushing Kai Min had an different allure about her. She was already beautiful but she looked especially charming when she blushed.

Zhan Chen threw a meaningful look at Nie Shan before leaving. Nie Shan hurriedly changed the dazed look on his face and smiled with embarassment.

“Excuse me, miss Min. I have really made a joke of myself infront of you”, Nie Shan spoke politely. 

“No problem”, Kai Min replied. She was aware about her beauty. So, the reaction of Nie Shan was completely natural. She turned her gaze towards Zhan Chen who was walking towards the talent testing rock. 

Zhan Chen climbed the rock platform and walked towards the talent testing rock. He pressed his hand on the surface of the rock and an invisible energy entered his body upon his contact with the talent testing rock.

Dazzling rays of light came out from the talent testing rock and the light was so bright it blinded everyone for a moment. When everyone opened their eyes, there eyes automatically got attracted towards the shining talent testing rock.

The talent testing rock was shining with a golden aura at this moment. They have already seen blue colour and heard about the highest talent that was the purple colour but they had never heard about golden colour which was shining so brightly that even the environment was painted with a golden hue.

“Golden colour! Moreover the rays are so bright. I wonder if it is better than purple colour or not”, a cultivator spoke with amazement.

“It may be or may not be better than purple but I am sure that it is better than the blue colour”, a cultivator spoke with a confident tone in his voice. Many cultivators nodded their heads after hearing his words. Afterall everyone had seen the appearance of blue colour when Kai Min activated the talent testing rock. Radiance of her’s was never so muh dazzling like Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen smiled slightly after hearing the words of the crowd. He stepped out from the stone platform and the stone platform gradually lose its brilliance.

‘Compared to Purple colour! How can be golden colour compared to Purple colour? It is like comparaing a sixth stage stage expert with seventh stage expert. Moreover, I can’t beleive that there is no purple talent in the Northern desert continent’, Zhan Chen thought to himself inside his mind.

“Young master Chen, you are amazing!”, Kai Min greeted Zhan Chen after he came down from the rock platform. Zhan Chen smiled after hearing the words of Kai Min.

“It is nothing”, Zhan Chen said indifferently. He was already expecting this result. Nie Shan rolled his eyes from the side.

“How can this guy pretend to be so calm at this moment?”, Nie Shan languished inside his mind.

“Brother, congratulation. Your talent is indeed freakish. With your talent, you will shine in the grand sect competition”, Nie Shan spoke to Zhan Chen with a look of admiration in his eyes.

“Let’s go. I have to trouble brother Nie Shan to give me some information about my group”, Zhan Chen spoke.

“What is the trouble? This is exactly my intention”, Nie Shan replied hurriedly. He wanted to be close with Zhan Chen. So, he wouldn’t miss such a chance to know Zhan Chen much better.

Unlike Zhu Hao, he wasn’t with the people from his Nie family. So, he walked away with Zhan Chen without any hesitation.

From Nie Shan’s description, Zhan Chen found out that they were currently at the edge of the inner area of the Cleansing Insense ancient sect.

According to his knowledge, most of the sects generally had three areas. Outer area, inner area and core area. Beside that, there were some special locations like inheritance ground or forbidden grounds of a sect.

“So, we have yet to come in touch with the real wonders of Cleansing Incense ancient sect”, Zhan Chen spoke after hearing the words of Nie Shan. Nie Shan nodded his head in agreement.

Zhan Chen asked some more questions about the current situation. He wanted to find out about the situation of Shen Ruyan and others. But to his disappointment, Nie Shan didn’t have any impression of Shen Ruyan and the other cultivators of Zhan Chen’s group.

They were walking forward in a steady pace but suddenly Zhan Chen stopped. He noticed two Shen clan experts ahead of them. They were being chased by other cultivators.

“What is going on?”, Zhan Chen frowned lightly.

“Young master Chen, what is the matter?”, Kai Min asked. Nie Shan also looked towards Zhan Chen with a puzzled look on his face.

“Wait for me here”, Zhan Chen spoke and without replying to Kai Min, he dashed forward using the Ethereal wind steps. He was already in second stage of Core condensation realm. So, his speed was much faster than his previous times.

His figure blurred and he disappeared from the eyes of Kai Min and Nie Shan before they could blink their eyes.

“What is with this speed!”, Nie Shan exclaimed after a moment. He was very much puzzled about the sudden disappearance of Zhan Chen. But Kai Min was there with him. So, he decided to wait patiently for Zhan Chen.

(To be continued…..)