The steward just collected the cards without looking at the disciples' faces. But when he saw Zen's disciple card, he was surprised that Zen was an outer disciple. What was an outer disciple doing in this place? Since he became a steward here, he had never seen an outer disciple because this was not a place where an outer disciple should be at.
The steward then raised his head and looked at Zen. He looked down on Zen's disciple card again with a shocked look on his face. He said slowly, "You are Zen Luo, right? I must remind you that this is the entrance to the grade eight and above of the Seven Star Sword Light Platform. In consideration of your comprehensive strength, I'm afraid you're not yet eligible to enter. I suggest you try the other entrance."
The black robe disciple who had been kind enough to persuade Zen had finished his registration. He then turned around and said to the steward, "You're just wasting your time. I just told him that, but he insisted on entering the eighth layer!"
The steward thought Zen might not be aware of the rules of the Seven Star Sword Light Platform, and he was about to explain more to him. But, upon hearing what the black robe disciple said, he soon realized that Zen intended to enter the eighth layer.
"Well, Zen Luo, the Seven Star Sword Light Platform not only has magic arrays. The polar magic stone also contains the Magnetic Aurora that could hurt people!" the steward continued.
"Save it. I also explained that to him. He insisted on doing that," added the black robe disciple.
Then there was nothing more the steward could do but to shake it off. He was just a steward on the Seven Star Sword Light Platform, not Zen Luo's master. His greatest obligation was to inform the disciples of the danger and difficulty. But if one didn't take his advice at all, then there was nothing more he could do.
So the steward accepted Zen's disciple card and handed a token to Zen. ?And since it was Zen's first time to enter the Seven Star Sword Light Platform, the steward gave him the instruction, "You can choose the grades when entering the Seven Star Sword Light Platform with this token. The points deducted for every level are different."
"Hm, I see," answered Zen as he reached for the token. Then he followed the black robe disciples inside.
The Seven Star Sword Light Platform was quite a large and beautiful building. If seen from afar, it looked like an ordinary viewing deck. But when Zen came closer to it, he saw a small platform surrounded by balustrades of white marble stones with various kinds of animals carved on them. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen by far.
As he walked further, he saw a small bridge floating in the air. The small bridge was wide enough for one person only. All the disciples could only cross the bridge one after another.
In the middle of the bridge, it diverged into branches that led to different platforms.
The black robe disciple walking in front of Zen suddenly turned around and smiled at Zen. He then asked, "Which platform will you choose?"
The difficulty of each platform was different. The right one was labeled "Eight", while the left one was labeled "Nine", and the middle one was labeled "Ten". The labels indicated the difficulty level of each platform.
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