"The rules of this Inner Sect Selection Contest are the same as before, all the disciples enter the Trial Valley to hunt demonic beasts, get badges, and successfully come out of the Trial Valley three days later, and the top fifty people who have obtained badges are the candidates to enter the Inner Sect this time!" Chang Heng came to the front of all the disciples of the Inner Sect and loudly announced the basic rules of the Inner Sect Selection Competition.

"Okay, this year's Inner Sect Selection Contest starts now, and all the participating disciples will enter the trial!" Chang Heng's voice became even louder.

And as his voice sounded, several disciples at the gate of the Valley of Trials opened the tall and bulky door.

Seeing that the gate of the Valley of Trials was opened, all the participating disciples of the outer sect poured into the gate one after another, and in addition, there were ten men and women wearing the costumes of the disciples of the inner sect.

After entering the Valley of Trials, the stronger disciples generally chose to act alone, and the weaker disciples generally wanted to rely on the stronger disciples, so they could only go with those disciples who were about the same strength as themselves.

In this way, all the disciples either walked alone or in groups of three or five, and they went deep into the Valley of Trials in different directions, and began to hunt for demonic beasts.

"Zhirui, you should also act alone, don't come with me, I'm afraid that Wu Tao will affect you if he deals with me!" Seeing that all the disciples dispersed one after another, Aotian suddenly looked at Zhou Zhirui beside him with a serious face, and said in a deep voice.

"No, I want to walk with you, I'm not afraid of being affected by you!" Zhou Zhirui looked at Aotian with firm eyes and said stubbornly.

Seeing Zhou Zhirui's stubborn appearance, Aotian's heart swelled with a warm current, and there was a woman who was willing to share the hardships with him, what more could a husband ask for.

After this period of getting along, Aotian has clearly felt Zhou Zhirui's intentions, and he has quietly put this peerless woman in his heart.

It's just that maybe because of face, or because he doesn't know how to take that step forward, he hasn't pierced the barrier between himself and Zhou Zhirui.

After a slight silence, Aotian looked at Zhou Zhirui with soft eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, we will definitely enter the Inner Sect smoothly!"

"Well, it must be possible!" Zhou Zhirui also showed a smile in her eyes, but that smile was mixed with tenderness that anyone could see.

Zheng Tiansong originally planned to walk with Aotian, but when he saw the affectionate eyes of Aotian and Zhou Zhirui, he consciously walked away, so as not to get in the way.

"Let's go too!" Seeing that everyone had dispersed, Aotian and Zhou Zhirui also immediately walked towards the depths of the Valley of Trials.

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Outside the gate of the Trial Valley, seeing that all the disciples had disappeared into the woods of the Trial Valley, Chang Heng turned around and came to several chief elders of the Branch, arched his hand, and said respectfully: "A few elders, my junior brother and I are also going in, and the juniors will be here in three days to wait for a few elders!"

"Well, let's go, I'll go back first!" the Chief Elder of the Ice Sword Branch nodded and said.

He then left the Valley of Trials with several other elders.

Sending a few elders away, Chang Heng turned his head to look at Wu Tao and said, "Senior brother, I'll leave it to you!"

"No problem, Second Senior Brother, don't worry!" Wu Tao arched his hand and said.

"Hmm!" Nodding slightly, Chang Heng also walked away from the Valley of Trials, ready to go back to enjoy his leisure.

Seeing Chang Heng leaving, Wu Tao turned to look at the Trial Valley, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and then his body shook and quickly entered the gate of the Trial Valley.

And the cumbersome gate slowly closed after Wu Tao entered the Valley of Trials.

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After Aotian and Zhou Zhirui walked a distance towards the interior of the Trial Valley, they heard the sound of a fight coming from the front, and then they vaguely saw several disciples working together to kill a first-level demonic beast.

"I've heard senior sisters who have participated in it before say that on the first day, everyone will concentrate on hunting demonic beasts, and even if they meet, there will be no scramble, but on the second day, some stronger disciples will start to snatch the badges of other disciples. Moreover, some disciples of equal strength will also compete with each other, and all disciples will also become extremely cautious, and some will even secretly bury their badges to prevent them from being snatched away.

On the third day, the competition with each other will reach the most intense, even tragic, stage, and many powerful disciples will wait in the woods near the entrance to ambush other returning disciples. Zhou Zhirui looked at the disciples who were hunting demonic beasts and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, it is estimated that by the next day, the demonic beasts will basically be killed!" Aotian nodded, said with a smile, and then changed his voice, "Zhirui, do you know what area the second-level demonic beasts of the Dao are generally active? Let's go directly to hunt the second-level demonic beasts!"

"Well, just like the Northern Wilderness Gusen, the periphery is basically a first-level demonic beast, and there will be a second-level demonic beast and a third-level demonic beast inside!" Zhou Zhirui replied.

Hearing this, Aotian nodded, and immediately took Zhou Zhirui and quickly rushed towards the interior of the Trial Valley.

But the two of them didn't go far before they were blocked by five silhouettes that emerged from the bushes in front of them.

"Eagle Claw Jackal!" Aotian recognized at a glance that the five demonic beasts in front of him were none other than first-level demonic beasts, Eagle Claw Jackals.

The appearance of the eagle claw jackal is similar to that of the jackal, but the body is more robust, and the strength and speed are far from being comparable to ordinary jackals, especially the four eagle claws, which can easily tear through tree trunks and are extremely sharp.

"Hmph...... five eagle-clawed jackals grinned and let out bursts of low roars, demonstrating to Aotian and Zhou Zhirui, looking like they were not treating the two as prey, but warning Aotian and Zhou Zhirui to leave their territory quickly.

Although Aotian originally planned to hunt the second-level demonic beasts directly, since these five eagle-clawed jackals were sent to the door by themselves, how could there be any reason not to kill them.

So he and Zhou Zhirui looked at each other and nodded, and immediately rushed towards the five eagle claw jackals and began to kill.

Soon, the five eagle-clawed jackals died under the swords of Aotian and Zhou Zhirui, and the badges and magic crystal nuclei in their bodies also became trophies for the two.

After killing the five eagle-clawed jackals, Aotian and Zhou Zhirui continued to walk forward.

But soon, the two of them encountered a first-level demonic beast - the black-ringed python.

"It seems that there are more than several times more demonic beasts here than usual, and there are demonic beasts almost everywhere!" Zhou Zhirui looked at the black-ringed python in front of her, which was coiled on the trunk of the tree, and the huge python head poked out to attack, and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Aotian nodded, didn't say anything, and immediately waved the sword in his hand, and a fierce sword qi shot out directly, and before the black-ringed python could react, it was like a bamboo, cutting the head of the black-ringed python into half.

Suddenly, the body of the black-ringed python fell from the tree, and immediately tossed and struggled until it died completely.

After killing the black-ringed python, Aotian also took out its magic crystal nucleus and badge, and then continued to move forward with Zhou Zhirui.

In the following hours, Aotian and Zhou Zhirui would encounter one or several demonic beasts almost every time they walked, and those demonic beasts were all corpses without exception.

And Aotian and Zhou Zhirui have also gained dozens of badges as a result.

In the afternoon, Aotian and Zhou Zhirui came to the interior of the Valley of Trials, where the demonic beasts were also very dense, and there would even be fights between some demonic beasts, and there were also many second-level demonic beasts.

But the second-level demonic beast may still have a hint of threat to Zhou Zhirui, but for Aotian, there is almost no difference between the second-level demonic beast and the first-level demonic beast.

Therefore, whether it is a first-level demonic beast or a second-level demonic beast, as long as they are encountered by Aotian, none of them will be spared, and all of them will become the souls of the Aotian sword, and the magic crystal nuclei and badges in their bodies have all become trophies for the two.

At night, Aotian and Zhou Zhirui did not stop, but hunted some demonic beasts that came out at night, and did not stop hunting until late at night, and then found a safe place to rest.

After sitting down on the grass, Aotian took out all the badges obtained by hunting demonic beasts during the day, and took advantage of the moonlight to make an inventory.

"Aotian, how much?" Zhou Zhirui saw that Aotian seemed to have finished counting, so she couldn't help but come over, stared at her beautiful eyes curiously, looked at Aotian and asked.

"That's a total of one hundred and eighty-five badges!" Aotian replied with a nonchalant expression.

"So much?" Zhou Zhirui's beautiful eyes flashed with surprise, "Sure enough, you can get more badges by hunting second-level demonic beasts!"

"Is one hundred and eighty-five badges a lot?" asked Aotian looking at Zhou Zhirui in disbelief.

"Yes, I heard that the first place in each previous session has only won more than a hundred badges, and they all rely on snatching others to have so many, and we just got one hundred and eighty-five badges on the first day, even if we don't have to hunt demonic beasts or snatch other people's badges tomorrow, we will definitely be able to enter the inner sect easily!" Zhou Zhirui said with a smile, her beautiful eyes shining brightly against the moon.

"Oh, it seems that we have really gotten a lot, but for the sake of safety, we will hunt some more second-level demonic beasts tomorrow, and it is best to be able to find third-level demonic beasts!"

If Aotian heard this sentence to other disciples, he would definitely think that he was crazy, others were hiding from the third-level demonic beasts, for fear of encountering the third-level demonic beasts, but Aotian was going to take the initiative to find the third-level demonic beasts.

However, Aotian naturally has his reason to find third-level demonic beasts, he knows very well that the first-level demonic beasts in this trial valley may have been hunted all, but there are very few disciples who can hunt second-level demonic beasts, so there should still be some second-level demonic beasts, and those third-level demonic beasts are even more avoidable by other disciples, so there will definitely be no one to compete with him.

Moreover, there are ten badges in the body of a third-level demonic beast, and hunting one third-level demonic beast is equivalent to hunting ten first-level demonic beasts.

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