When Vinia and the others arrived, everyone was already gathered except for Chen Yue.

  Seeing that Chen Yue was waiting there without any abnormality, Vinia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The other few people, on the other hand, showed more or less disappointed expressions.

  In fact, due to the large number of people being teleported and the long distance, the six people were separated when they arrived. It was okay for Vinia and the others. As deacons, as long as they didn't provoke others, no one would dare to provoke them. Kaxiu had the strength of the third level. Although he was also shocked by the huge teleportation device when he first arrived at the association headquarters, not many people would laugh at him either.

  The really unlucky one was West. He had experienced a treatment similar to Chen Yue's. However, he didn't have Chen Yue's luck and strength, and he couldn't endure the provocation of these apostles with dark psyches. So it was inevitable that a conflict broke out. By the time Vinia and the others found him, he already had a black eye and was slightly injured.

  "Are you okay?" As soon as they met up, Vinia asked.

  Chen Yue shook his head and glanced at the other people, without mentioning the encounter just now.

  "Since everyone's here, let's leave immediately. The Trial Ground only has a collective teleportation once a month after it's opened. Don't miss it," Kles Nor said somewhat unhappily. Seeing his favored disciple being bullied while Chen Yue, who was at the same level, was unharmed, he naturally felt a bit unbalanced in his heart.

  After saying that, he summoned his ship-shaped familiar, which hovered in mid-air.

  "I didn't expect this familiar to have the ability to fly," Chen Yue sighed. On the other side, Vinia also summoned the Water Spirit.

  The Water Spirit pointed downward with her slender fingers, and a stream of water surged up from the ground under Chen Yue and Vinia's feet, forming a water puppet in the shape of a flying beast, carrying the two of them on its back.

  "Let's go," Vinia said lightly. As soon as she finished speaking, the water puppet suddenly flapped its water wings and flew into the sky.

  Chen Yue looked back and saw that Piaro and Kaxiu didn't seem to have familiars with flying abilities, so they chose to board Kles Nor's ship-shaped familiar and rose into the air right behind the water puppet.

  Seeing the two familiars rising into the air, the apostles who witnessed this scene exclaimed one after another, with extremely envious looks in their eyes.

  Chen Yue's sharp eyes took in their expressions, and a momentary doubt flashed through his mind. Although flying familiars were rare, it didn't seem necessary to be so surprised.

  ...

  After rising about a thousand meters, suddenly, as if encountering an invisible wall, the water puppet came to an abrupt halt.

  Fortunately, Vinia had already slowed down, so this sudden stop didn't cause any discomfort.

  "What's going on?"

  Just as the doubt in Chen Yue's mind had just arisen, he saw a stream of light sweeping over from the sky, instantly passing through their bodies. At the moment when the stream of light passed through them, Chen Yue clearly saw that Vinia's apostle badge flashed.

  "Identity verification completed. Passage permitted."

  A cold mechanical voice rang out. Different from the gentle mechanical voice Chen Yue had heard at the teleportation device, this time the voice was cold and carried an air of authority.

  Chen Yue understood that both of these voices should come from the intelligent system. However, compared with the intelligent system of the Apostle Association in the Tianye Empire, they gave Chen Yue a more humanized feeling. As expected, they should be much higher in level.

  After passing the inspection, the space above suddenly opened up, and the water puppet flew up smoothly.

  At this time, Chen Yue realized that after passing through the obstacle, a huge light membrane that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see appeared in the originally clear sky below, dividing the whole sky into two halves.

  This light membrane undoubtedly existed in reality, but miraculously, it couldn't be seen at all when looking from below.

  "This is the Radiant Membrane, used to isolate the Aerial Passage," Seeing Chen Yue's confusion, Vinia explained with a smile, "The association headquarters is much larger than you can imagine. It's even bigger than the Free Capital. If we just walked, we wouldn't be able to reach the Trial Hall even after walking for several days. So we can only rely on this Aerial Passage to fly. This is also to let you experience the hierarchical system of the association headquarters. Hehe, for ordinary apostles, the sky is also a forbidden area."

  Chen Yue was startled. The Free Capital was a super metropolis composed of thirteen cities, and the association headquarters was actually even bigger than it. It was really hard to imagine its vastness. In comparison, the Apostle Association in the Tianye Empire was pitifully shabby, only occupying part of the third district of the Free Capital. They were completely different.

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  With a few light laughs, Vinia told Chen Yue about this hierarchical system.

  As Vinia told the story, Chen Yue also deeply felt the strict hierarchical division of the Apostle Association.

  At the association headquarters, ordinary apostles were not allowed to fly, even if they had familiars that could fly. The disciple level was a bit better. They could fly in the air, but only below the Radiant Membrane and couldn't enter this Aerial Passage.

  Only apostles at the level of deacons and masters of one side could pass the inspection and enter this Aerial Passage. According to Vinia's introduction, flying in this specially made Aerial Passage was twice as fast as flying in the ordinary sky.

  About five thousand meters above this layer, there was an even higher-level Aerial Passage, but only apostles above the deacon level could enter it. Vinia had never entered it either.

  "Once you obtain the disciple qualification and become a master of one side, you'll be able to fly here," After a pause, Vinia continued, "The Trial Ground also has a similar division. Although it's not as strict as the headquarters, it's much more chaotic there. So, you have to be careful."

  Chen Yue nodded movedly. Perhaps this was Vinia's real purpose. Only by experiencing it personally could one remember it firmly and have more confidence in the dangerous Trial Ground.

  There were many buildings in the association headquarters, looking magnificent. However, after being shocked by the teleportation device, Chen Yue had already become numb. The heights of most of these buildings were below the Radiant Membrane, but there were also some buildings that towered into the clouds, making Chen Yue understand that these should be relatively special and important places.

  Besides these special buildings, there were also some extremely tall and pointed tower-shaped buildings, standing straight, with their heights far exceeding five thousand meters. As for exactly how high they were, due to the existence of another layer of the Radiant Membrane above five thousand meters, it looked blurry, and Chen Yue didn't know their specific heights. He could only conclude that they must extend into the upper Aerial Passage.

  "Those are the Reception Towers, specially used for entering and exiting the Aerial Passage," Glancing at those tower-shaped buildings, Vinia explained casually.

  Since the flying speed in the Aerial Passage was too fast, it was easy to go up but difficult to come down. Besides those special buildings, only these Reception Towers could allow for safe entry and exit.

  Although the flying speed was twice as fast and there was no need to pay attention to the speed like the apostles below to avoid hitting buildings, the association headquarters was too large. It still took several hours to fly from the teleportation area to the Trial Hall. Taking advantage of this free time, Vinia gave Chen Yue a detailed introduction to the situation of the association headquarters and some precautions for entering the Trial Ground, which benefited Chen Yue a lot.

  "By the way, Teacher Vinia, why did it prompt that we arrived at the Eastern Region Division when we were teleported here instead of the association headquarters?" Chen Yue suddenly remembered something.

  Hearing this, Vinia's expression was a bit strange: "Actually, this is the Eastern Region Division. It just governs numerous apostle associations in the eastern part of the continent."

  "However, the real association headquarters in the true sense no longer exists. For us apostle associations located in the eastern part of the continent, this is the headquarters."

  Chen Yue was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect to get such an answer. It seemed that the Apostle Association wasn't as harmonious as he had imagined. Since there was the Eastern Region Division, then there must also be the Western Region Division, the Northern Region Division and other forces. He just didn't know what the relationship between them was like.

  At this point, Chen Yue finally had a vague concept of the power division of the entire continent. It wasn't as united as he had originally thought.

  As if feeling that it was too early to talk about this topic, Vinia quickly changed to another topic and said casually, "Chen Yue, after registering later, if there's still time, I'll take you to the Sky Palace to meet my teacher."

  "The Sky Palace?" Chen Yue was stunned. This was the second time he had heard this name.

  "Yes," Vinia smiled brightly, "It's the core of the association headquarters. Almost all the high-level officials live there."

  No wonder those apostles were so surprised when they recognized the origin of that man. It turned out that the status of the Sky Palace was equivalent to that of the Emerald Tower in the Tianye Empire's association. It was a symbol of identity and status. The deacons who came from there were a notch higher in rank than ordinary deacons.

  "Hmm, you don't seem very surprised?" Seeing that Chen Yue's reaction was a bit flat, Vinia wondered.

  "I've heard this name before this," Chen Yue nodded and told the story of his encounter with that man.

  "So it was him. He's really meddling," Vinia said with a faint smile, "It's no wonder. His teacher is the elder with the weapon-type familiar that I mentioned to you. He's very knowledgeable. It's normal that he could recognize the Blade Beast without you opening the life aura. As for the thing he gave..."

  Taking the colorful bead in her hand and looking at it carefully, Vinia's expression suddenly changed, and she said, "This is the Glassy Bead. He's really generous. He actually gave this thing away. Chen Yue, put it away carefully. With this thing, your chances of survival in the Trial Ground will be much greater."

  Chen Yue replied and put it away carefully. Since Vinia was in front of him, it wasn't convenient to let Meteorite Crystal put it away immediately. However, Vinia didn't mind. She frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

  "Strange. What on earth was the matter that required him to take action?" Judging from the identity and strength of that man, he was probably even stronger than Vinia. One could imagine that the things that could alarm him were definitely not that simple.

  After thinking for a long time without any result, Vinia suddenly felt a bit uneasy and lost the interest in talking.

  They remained silent all the way. Two hours later, they finally arrived at the Trial Hall.