"Brother Dao, please don't be busy rejecting me yet!" Hua Ruyan showed a pleading look, and said pitifully: "I know that if there is no companion in this Sunny Valley, then my final fate will either be killed by demon beasts or killed by other monks, therefore, I am willing to exchange a treasure for your cooperation!" Besides, both of us are mid-grade monks in the Yuan Infant Period, and if we meet a team that is not very strong, I think ......"

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested!" Nie Lingfeng didn't wait for her to finish, and immediately refused.

"This Daoist brother, even if the little sister begs you, the treasure I am talking about is a yacon fruit on the second layer that purifies the spiritual root......"

"What? Yacon? Nie Lingfeng was shocked when he heard this, "What year?" ”

"Ten thousand years above!" Hua Ruyan was moved when she saw Nie Lingfeng, and immediately smiled: "Actually, because my mother has swallowed the 10,000-year-old yacon fruit, my sister and I have extremely good spiritual roots, and our cultivation is also very ...... very quickly."

"Now that you have swallowed the 10,000-year-old snow fruit, now ...... Anything else? ”

"Huh!" Hua Ruyan smiled slightly and said, "Brother Dao doesn't understand this!" This 10,000-year-old yacon fruit is a fruit that will grow every 100 years after 10,000 years, only the fruit is a treasure that can purify the spiritual root, and I also have an alchemy recipe at hand, as long as I obtain the 10,000-year-old pure spirit grass and use these two 10,000-year-old immortal grasses to refine it into an elixir together, the effect is several times stronger than directly swallowing the snow lotus country......"

"Ten Thousand Year Pure Spirit Grass?" Nie Lingfeng was immediately overjoyed, he had a lot of 10,000-year Pure Spirit Grass on hand, and his own Pure Spirit Pill was all refined with 10,000-year Pure Spirit Grass.

"How?" Hua Ruyan looked at Nie Lingfeng suspiciously, "Could it be that Brother Dao has heard of the Ten Thousand Year Pure Spirit Grass?" We don't have that thing in the Hades Continent! It's a pity! ……”

"Show me your alchemy recipe!" Nie Lingfeng stretched out his palm and said.

"Hmm!" When Hua Ruyan saw that Nie Lingfeng wanted his own Danfang, she immediately understood that he had agreed to team up with her, therefore. Very excitedly, he took out the Dan Fang, handed it to Nie Lingfeng and said, "Brother Dao, I don't use this recipe, you can take it!" ”

"Good! Thank you very much! Nie Lingfeng probed into his divine sense, checked the Dan Fang, and found that there was no problem, so he immediately put the Dan Fang away.

"Brother Dao, you are injured now, let's reply first! I'll give you the Dharma Protector! Hua Ruyan said.

"No!" Nie Lingfeng swallowed a body refining pill and said, "How far are we from the second layer now?" ”

"It's not far, it's about two days away!"

"Hmm!" Nie Lingfeng calculated. The distance Hua Ruyan said was about the same as the distance she estimated, so she nodded and said, "We've been delayed a little bit, I think, I'd better move forward and heal at the same time!" ”

"It's fine." Hua Ruyan knew that there was a ban on air here, so. Can't fly. If the monk in the infancy period healed while walking, there should be no problem, so he took the lead and walked forward.

Hua Ruyan's meaning of leading the way in front was very obvious, she was trying to show Nie Lingfeng that she had absolutely no ill will towards him. He would not guard against Nie Lingfeng, otherwise, a monk would not dare to expose his back to others.

The two walked and chatted at the same time. Nie Lingfeng still has to heal his wounds, although there is no danger in the middle, it also makes people feel boring, after all, a high-level cultivator has to move forward step by step like a mortal here, this is really a bit difficult!

"Brother Duan, you said that we haven't met a single monk for so long, have they all entered the second layer?"

"I think so!" Nie Lingfeng nodded, and said to Hua Ruyan, who was walking beside him: "Actually, no matter how early they enter the second layer, they will at most suffer less attacks than others, and when they enter the third layer, that is the key!" ”

"Could it be that Brother Duan is also here for the baby fruit?" Hua Ruyan was surprised.

"What? Isn't there anyone who wants to come here for the sake of baby fruit? Nie Lingfeng looked at her in surprise and asked.

"Alas!" Hua Ruyan sighed, and then smiled bitterly: "Brother Duan seems to have been deceived too!" ”

"How?" Nie Lingfeng couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.

"Do you think," Hua Ruyan slowed down for a moment, and then asked rhetorically, "How long does it take for a Yuan Infant Cultivator to ascend to cultivation?" ”

"It's only ten or eight years at most, right?" Nie Lingfeng replied cautiously.

"Yes!" Hua Ruyan nodded and said: "If a monk in the lower grade of the Yuan Infant Stage wants to advance to the middle grade of the Yuan Infant Stage, if the resources are sufficient, he can generally be promoted after about five years of penance, and if the middle grade of the Yuan Infant Stage wants to advance to the upper grade of the Yuan Infant Stage, it will take about ten years or so. ”

"yes!" Nie Lingfeng couldn't help but suddenly realize, as long as he is a monk who has advanced to the Yuan Infant Stage, the general spiritual roots are very good, although it is very difficult for a monk to advance from the Jindan Stage to the Yuan Infant Stage, and some people will not be able to enter it for the rest of their lives, but once they reach the Yuan Infant Stage, then, his future cultivation will be very flat, at least there is no level before reaching the Tribulation Period, since everyone understands this truth, as long as there are spirit stones, they can advance smoothly, then why do they have to risk their lives to find this little Pei Infant Fruit?

"Brother Duan, actually, this is all an ancient monk's deception! ……”

"Scam?" Nie Lingfeng was shocked when he heard this, "What scam?" ”

"Did the ancestor of the Tribulation Period in the Gate arrange a task before you entered the Sunny Valley?" Hua Ruyan didn't answer him, but asked.

"Yes!" Nie Lingfeng nodded.

"It's for you to hunt the demon beast Neidan inside, right?"

"Hmm!" Nie Lingfeng nodded in surprise.

"Actually," Hua Ruyan sighed, and then continued: "Every sect's Yuan Infant Stage Cultivator has to accept the task of the sect elder before entering this Sunny Valley, and this task is a difficult task for nine deaths......

"Why is that?" Nie Lingfeng's heart suddenly lit up, as if he was looking for some answer, but he still asked.

"I think they're deliberately sending us infant monks to our deaths!" Hua Ruyan said angrily: "Actually, although the difficulty of these tasks is not great, but. They also want us to kill each other in this, nominally for the reputation of the sect, but in fact, they are disregarding human life! ……”

"yes!" Nie Lingfeng suddenly understood, isn't this a kind of "attrition policy"?

Seeing Nie Lingfeng say "yes", Hua Ruyan was obviously stunned.

Nie Lingfeng immediately explained, "Actually, these Yuan Infant Elders of various sects are really practicing a downsizing policy! ”

"Attrition policy?"

"Yes!" Nie Lingfeng nodded and said, "The immortal cultivation resources in our Hades Continent are very scarce, and the resources consumed by cultivators below the Yuan Infant Stage are relatively small, but. Once it reaches the middle grade of the Yuan Infant Stage or above, all it consumes is the top-grade spirit stones and fairy spirit grass, so in this way, it reduces the use of those elders in the Tribulation Period, therefore. They came up with such a method, using trials to reduce some of the low-level monks in the Yuan Infant Stage. ……”

"That's right!" Hua Ruyan suddenly realized like an initiation: "I know. According to my sister's reading of the trial records of the previous generation, nine out of ten of the disciples who came to participate in the trial in our Hundred Flowers Hall died here, and only a few people were able to get out...... I thought, the same is true of other sects, right? ”

"Hmmm! It must be like this! Nie Lingfeng nodded and said, "You want to." Are you the only one left in this trial in your Hundred Flowers Palace? ”

"Hmm!" Hua Ruyan nodded and said, "In the last trial, our Hundred Flowers Hall was almost wiped out, and only my mother survived with the Hidden Jade Pendant......"

"That's right, our main task now is not to find the baby fruit, but to think about how to survive!" Nie Lingfeng suddenly became nervous. After all, if those ancestors of the Tribulation Period wanted to let themselves die in this, it was really very simple. Therefore, he needs to be careful in everything.

Hearing Nie Lingfeng's words, Hua Ruyan also became cautious, they were not afraid of other monks' sneak attacks, they were afraid of encountering some high-level demon beasts, after all, monks could communicate, and those demon beasts would not listen to their "alarmism".

The journey was safe, and finally, the entrance to the second floor was in sight.

Nie Lingfeng and Hua Ruyan didn't know whether to be happy or sad, the two of them didn't see a living person along the way, and even when they reached the entrance of the second floor, they didn't see a single figure.

It's a very strange place, there are white pebbles all over the place, and there is even a cobblestone staircase that only allows one person to walk, which leads to the second level of Sunny Valley.

Along the way, Nie Lingfeng and Hua Ruyan now have a good friendship, so in order to avoid encountering unpredictable dangers, Nie Lingfeng took the lead in climbing the steps.

But he didn't want to, Nie Lingfeng had just climbed the steps, and he was immediately pressed by the pressure on the steps and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Hua Ruyan was quick and helped Nie Lingfeng.

"Brother Duan, I forgot to say, there is a very big pressure on this step, and when ordinary Yuan Infant Stage lower-grade monks pass by here, they must have someone in front and behind to help relieve the pressure, otherwise, they will definitely be swallowed by this bloodstone."

"Bloodstone?" Nie Lingfeng was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, it's the pebbles on the ground...... Hua Ruyan stretched out her hand and pointed to the ground, and said: "This kind of stone is very strange, as long as it touches the monk's skin, it will immediately start to swallow, and without a respite, a monk will be eaten cleanly......"

"So horrible?" Nie Lingfeng stammered.

"That's right, that's why the demon beasts of the first layer can't go to the second layer, even the demon beasts comparable to the ancestors of the Tribulation Period can't pass through here......"

"I see!" Although Nie Lingfeng was curious about this bloodstone, he didn't dare to try it himself, so he could only carefully add a shield to himself, and then strode up the steps.

In fact, just now it was just that Nie Lingfeng was defenseless, so he almost said, now, with Nie Lingfeng's strong body, he came to the center of the steps without any pause, and when Nie Lingfeng looked back at Hua Ruyan, he was suddenly shocked, because Hua Ruyan had been left under more than a dozen steps by herself, and now she was sweating profusely, trembling slightly, and struggling to walk, and she couldn't even speak.

Nie Lingfeng had no choice but to stop and wait for Hua Ruyan, originally he wanted to retreat to help her, but he didn't expect that his body couldn't return at all.

"No wonder this Hua Ruyan is so embarrassed, it turns out that there is a formation control here!" When Nie Lingfeng stopped and turned around, he actually saw traces of the formation under the steps. Only then did I realize that these things were arranged by the senior monks to increase the difficulty of the trialists. Moreover, this difficulty is not ordinary, it not only requires the monk's cultivation to reach a certain height. Moreover, it is also necessary for his physical strength to reach a certain level.

Of course, if a large number of monks are advancing together, then the pressure will be reduced, because several people nearby can bear the pressure from the steps together, and now Hua Ruyan's cultivation is also a mid-grade in the Yuan Infant Stage, but she is not a body refining cultivator, and her physical strength is simply not able to withstand the pressure of this step alone.

When Nie Lingfeng wanted to use his divine sense to check the layout of those formations. But he was surprised to find that his divine sense had just touched the formation and was bounced back, and he couldn't touch the content of the formation at all.

Since this was the case, Nie Lingfeng no longer thought about studying the formation, and could only stand in place and watch Hua Ruyan move up step by step. This mere dozen steps actually seemed like a long and dangerous journey. It took nearly half an hour for Hua Ruyan. Only then did he sweat profusely and walked to the next step of Nie Lingfeng.

"Brother Duan, you ...... Are you okay? Hua Ruyan asked intermittently after taking a breath.

"This bit of gravity doesn't do anything to me!" Nie Lingfeng smiled and said, "Do you need my help?" ”

"Then it's troublesome Brother Duan!" Hua Ruyan was not a shy little girl, and after hearing Nie Lingfeng's words, she immediately stretched out her Qianqian jade hand.

Nie Lingfeng grabbed the boneless little hand. Then put up the shield and walk towards it.

Because of Nie Lingfeng's protection, Hua Ruyan suddenly relaxed and walked away. She said softly: "Brother Duan, the pressure of the last thirty steps will be doubled, you have to be careful!" ……”

"Hmm!" Nie Lingfeng nodded, because he had to protect Hua Ruyan behind him, at this time, he already felt a little strained, so after hearing that the pressure of the last thirty steps would be doubled, he was slightly startled, and hurriedly swallowed a body refining pill and a qi gathering pill for himself, and then sprinted towards the final step.

Finally, on the top of the last thirty steps, even if Nie Lingfeng had already prepared, he was crushed by the huge pressure, and Hua Ruyan, who followed closely, actually fell on Nie Lingfeng's back at once, if there was no Nie Lingfeng as a "meat pad" in front, I am afraid that she would be ruined this time!

Nie Lingfeng was afraid that she would fall, so he quickly turned around and hugged her body, and suddenly, the soft fragrance was in his arms, and bursts of virgin fragrance rushed towards Nie Lingfeng's nose.

"Need my help?" Nie Lingfeng put his head on Hua Ruyan's crystal earlobe and asked.

"What else do you need to say?" Hua Ruyan reluctantly glanced up at Nie Lingfeng, and said weakly, "Do you want me to beg you?" We're teammates! ”

"Oh, that's good, you close your eyes!" Nie Lingfeng smiled slightly, and after seeing Hua Ruyan obediently close her eyes, he immediately backhanded her delicate body in his arms, and then suddenly rushed towards the top of the steps with great luck.

Because Nie Lingfeng puffed out his breath, although he added a person's weight, he still gritted his teeth and persevered, and it was only tea time, and his heavy footwork had already stepped on the top of the steps.

When he had just climbed the steps, his whole body suddenly loosened, and the whole person seemed to have collapsed, and "Goodong" fell to the ground, and at the same moment, a poisonous snake-like flying sword had already stabbed towards Nie Lingfeng.

"Ahh ......" Hua Ruyan, who was hiding in Nie Lingfeng's arms, didn't even wait to stand up, but her arm was cut off by that sword light, and even her ribs were cut off twice.

And Nie Lingfeng fell down, but he dodged the attack of the flying sword.

"Look for death!" After Nie Lingfeng felt that he was being attacked by a sneak attack, he didn't have time to get up at all, so he sacrificed his Han Jiao Sword.

Because the Han Jiao Sword was a high-grade magic weapon, it already had its own sword spirit, and it was also a Han Jiao who had signed an agreement with Nie Lingfeng, so under Nie Lingfeng's command, the Han Jiao Sword suddenly emitted a burst of cold aura, and slammed towards the sneak attack sword light.

"Whew! ......" A figure was so startled by the cold aura of the Han Jiao Sword that it immediately rushed out of its stealth and looked at Nie Lingfeng in surprise.

Nie Lingfeng glanced at the other party, but saw that this person was dressed in white, with a face like a skeleton, obviously an elder of the Skeleton Sect, he couldn't help but grit his teeth angrily and said, "Bastard, Lao Tzu must destroy your Skeleton Sect!" ”

"Stinky boy, don't be ashamed!" Although the elder of the Skeleton Sect was taken aback by the cold aura of the Han Jiao Sword, it was obviously impossible to scare him away with just a magic weapon flying sword, so in order to get that magic weapon flying sword, in order to avoid future troubles, the ruthless light in front of his eyes flashed.

"Look! ......" Just as the Skeleton Sect Elder wanted to attack again, Nie Lingfeng suddenly let out a loud shout, and the whole person suddenly jumped up from the ground, and a talisman had already been sacrificed in his hand.

"Boom! ......" This talisman from Duan Qingshi's treasure house suddenly turned into a puff of poisonous smoke and swept away towards the elders of the Skeleton Sect.

"Not good!" The elder of the Skull Sect knew the power of this poisonous talisman, especially the fact that this talisman was extremely sharp when it came out of the hands of a mid-grade cultivator in the Yuan Infant Stage, so he secretly screamed in his heart, hurriedly teleported, and escaped. (To be continued......)