"Ascendant Duel......" Xiao Tianhe whispered with his eyebrows locked. In a hurry, where can he still take care of that competition? It makes no difference to him whether he wins or loses, even if he doesn't go to the competition, it doesn't matter, it's just that Liao Qifeng and the three of them have staked money for him for fifty years, and Xiao Tianhe really can't bear to let them suffer. In fact, he didn't know that Marshal Xin had already made a bigger bet on him.

Seeing Xiao Tianhe's embarrassed expression, Liao Qifeng said: "Brother Xiao, I don't feel sorry for my nephews. It's just fifty years, and I don't care. It's just that you don't know how important the Ascendant Duel is to the reputation of the demons. If you lose if your skills are not as good as others, then it doesn't matter, after all, you have gone all out. But if you miss the battle and escape, you lose...... I'm afraid that General Yong and Marshal Xin will be blamed!"

"Well, it looks like you can't go!" Xiao Tianhe said helplessly.

"Hey, that's right! Brother Xiao, it suddenly occurred to me that your carjacking plan just now can still be implemented without you!" Liao Qifeng suddenly suggested happily, "Anyway, if you go, you can't beat Bi Gongzi's guards, so you can only watch the battle from the sidelines, so it's better to entrust it to your helper!

Xiao Tianhe smiled faintly: "Good idea! Then it's decided!" He had actually thought about this method for a long time, but after careful consideration, he felt that it was a little inappropriate. It was very dangerous to let Shi Haoming and them show up in the territory of the human race, not to mention that he had to let them chase the car and save people! So he originally planned to go to chase the car himself, and he only needed to summon Shi Haoming and them out of the Meng Zhang realm when he started.

But at the moment, it seems that there is no other way than to act separately from Shi Haoming.

Xiao Tianhe and Liao Qifeng talked absentmindedly and returned to the New Hope Camp. Then he immediately explained the situation to the demon clans in the Meng Zhang realm. Hearing that he wanted to save people from Bi Huatian's grandson, Shi Hao was obviously very hesitant, and he asked Xiao Tianhe: "Does that girl have to be saved?"

"Yes, she is a friend I met in the Bright Forest, and I have experienced hardships and hardships with me, and I must save her!" Xiao Tianhe replied firmly, "If it weren't for this Ascendant Showdown, I would definitely go to the carjacking myself." ”

"Okay!" Shi Haoming was very obedient to Xiao Tianhe's wishes, of course he knew how much risk he would have to take to appear in the Terran realm, but as long as it was what Xiao Tianhe wanted to do, even if it was troublesome, he would definitely do it, "It's okay if you don't go." If there was a case, I was confident that I would be able to escape. If I want to protect you, not to mention your safety, there is a high chance that someone will guess that you have one of the four heavenly treasures, and then it will be troublesome. Shi Haoming has always taken Xiao Tianhe's safety the most, even more than his own life.

"Do you want to go by yourself? That's not okay, I'll go with you, so I can take care of it!" Ao Jianhua said.

"That is, you have to have a helper to fight, don't you?" 'One fence with three piles, one hero with three gangs', I'm going with you too!" Lei Xiaoyan also volunteered.

"Tsk, Brother Lei, you are so good at writing! I think it's better for us all to go, so as not to make Brother Shi suffer a loss with one enemy. "Tang Yuanxing is also going.

Shi Haoming said: "No, who will everyone go to protect Tianhe? Yan'er's demonic power has not fully recovered, and they still have to take care of Xiaorou, Xiaoying, and Lingyun, if Tianhe is in danger but no one is available, wouldn't it be bad? So the four of us, at least two of them have to stay! I think this trip will be up to me and Brother Lei, and Xiaotang and Jianwei will guard Tianhe, how about it?"

"Ahem, I said, have you forgotten that you still have me?" He Chongbao hurriedly said, "A few of us are grateful for the favor of Brother Xiao, and we are worried that we can't repay it, and now we are just accompanying Brother Shi for a while, so you can all stay." Brother Xiao and Xiao Rou will leave it to you. ”

Shi Haoming smiled and said, "Brother He is not subordinate to the Meng Zhang realm, and I dare to order you? Since you are willing to go, it would be the best." Tianhe, leave this matter to the two of us, you can rest assured. ”

"Without further ado, let's go now!" Xiao Tianhe said.

"Good life protects Tianhe. Before leaving, Shi Haoming didn't forget to tell his companions.

The night is dark, the moon is faint and the stars are scarce. Shi Haoming and He Chongbao quietly left the Xinwang Camp, took Feiyun City, and chased to the southwest.

Seeing the figures of the two disappear into the snowy sky under the night, Xiao Tianhe's heart was a little settled.

The end date of the Lower-Level Cultivator Evaluation Contest was ten days later, and that was also the time when Xiao Tianhe competed in the Ascendant Showdown. Due to the ugliness of this night in Feiyun City, he planned to avoid the limelight and stay in the Xinwang camp until the end of the competition.

But perhaps because of his concern for Ye Linglong, Xiao Tianhe always felt that he couldn't calm down and meditate at night, so he simply practiced knife and body techniques, and every day from early morning to midnight, he was exhausted, and fell asleep soundly in the second half of the night until dawn. Liao Qifeng and Sun Hailiang saw him practicing hard, and thought that he was worried about losing to Fu Guangxian in the decisive battle, so they often watched and encouraged him from the sidelines. As for the carjacking, Liao Qifeng asked him in private, but Xiao Tianhe only said that he had entrusted it to others, so Liao Qifeng didn't ask more.

The end of the year is getting closer. Just two days before the end of the competition, when Xiao Tianhe was practicing the knife, he suddenly felt something strange in the dantian, after a slight swelling, then a small surging Meng Li gushed out, circulating along the meridians, Xiao Tianhe was taken aback, and hurriedly wanted to block his luck

Okay, but to no avail, the Meng force seemed to be uncontrollable, forcibly wandering between the meridians. The strange thing is that this small special Meng force did not hurt the meridians, and gradually disappeared after running back to the dantian, making Xiao Tianhe inexplicable.

"Could it be that my cultivation speed is too fast, this is a sign that I am going to go mad?" Xiao Tianhe was taken aback by his thoughts, but after thinking about it again, from the beginning of foundation building until now, he was not in a hurry in the cultivation process. "Why did Mengli gather and come out? That Mengli originated in the dantian and disappeared in the dantian, which seems to be different from the situation of going mad. Xiao Tianhe was worried.

People who go crazy are generally in a hurry and lack of soul refining, resulting in spiritual collapse, madness, seeing people hurting others, no one hurting themselves, and accompanied by broken meridians, damaged dantian, and even more will explode and die. The mysterious power in Xiao Tianhe's body is different, one does not disturb his thoughts, and the other does not damage the meridians, but the dantian is just a little strange.

"It shouldn't be ......" Xiao Tianhe abandoned distracting thoughts and continued to practice knives. It didn't take long for him to settle down again, and with the flowing sword movements, he completely entered the realm of selflessness. At this moment, that strange Mengli appeared again! It was exactly the same as the situation just now: the dantian rose slightly, and the Mengli gushed out, as if it had gathered into a ball and operated rapidly in the meridians, and finally returned to the dantian.

"It's really an evil sect! Could it be that I haven't meditated recently, which has led to the weakening of my control over Mengli? I have to be careful, after all, my dantian has been destroyed twice, the first time was repaired by mistake by my mother's elixir and the Heavenly Demon Pill, and the second time was reshaped by demonic power, maybe ...... After two heavy blows, my dantian is no longer the same as someone else's?" Thinking of this, Xiao Tianhe didn't dare to continue practicing the sword technique, so he sat down on the spot and began to meditate.

But as soon as he meditated, his worries about Ye Linglong's safety and his expectations for Shi Haoming and He Chongbao's successful return came back to my heart. "I hope nothing happens to them......" Xiao Tianhe muttered to himself.

These words happened to be heard by Liao Qifeng, who was walking out of the tent, and he couldn't help but step forward and ask in a low voice: "Brother Xiao, in fact, I have always been curious, since you flew to the Yuyu realm, except for the time you participated in the evaluation competition, you have been with us almost every day. I've never seen you visit any friends, and I've never seen friends come looking for you. I don't know who the helper who is going to help you carjack and save people?"

Xiao Tianhe replied with a smile: "I can't say much, but I must be a trustworthy person." ”

"Could it be that you were the elder of your sect when you were in the Nether?" Liao Qifeng guessed. He once reminded Xiao Tianhe that Bi Gongzi's guards were probably all masters of the four elephant level and the five element level, Xiao Tianhe trusted the helper so much, it can be seen that the strength of the helper must be good. But how did Xiao Tianhe know such a powerful helper? Except for the elders of the sect, Liao Qifeng couldn't think of any other possibilities. But he quickly realized that this speculation didn't seem to be tenable: "Hey, that's not right, our demon clan hasn't had an ascender for more than seven hundred years, and it is said that the lifespan of a nether realm cultivator is short, how can you have an elder in the Yuyu realm?"

Liao Qifeng unconsciously raised his voice and lured Sun Hailiang out of the tent. He smiled: "Brother Liao, you are wrong. I have heard that the cultivation realm of the lower realm is very different from our Yu Yu realm, it is a pattern based on sectarian teachings, as long as there are no accidents, it will naturally be passed on from generation to generation. Just like marrying a wife and having children to pass on incense, there are grandchildren under the children, and there are great-grandchildren under the grandchildren, and there are grandchildren under the great-grandchildren, and there are also Xuantai under the great-grandchildren. ”

Xiao Tianhe nodded.

"What do you mean is that there are masters and ancestors above the masters, and then there are great-masters and ancestors...... Could it be that Brother Xiao's helper was his former fellow sect ancestor? Couldn't that be a former Demon Clan's former Ascendant?" Liao Qifeng was very surprised.

"Sort of. Xiao Tianhe replied. Anyway, the truth can't be told, and it's better to find a justifiable explanation than to let them speculate.

But Xiao Tianhe didn't expect that this "reasonable" explanation made Liao Qifeng's eyes almost fall to the ground: "Then he has been flying to the Yuyu realm for more than 700 years! What level is it now? Seven-star, gossip-level, or nine-palace level?"

Note that Liao Qifeng started counting up from the level of "Seven Stars".

Xiao Tianhe hurriedly asked: "I have just entered the Yu Yu realm, and I don't know much about many things. In the Great Red Realm, the lifespan of a cultivator is 150 or 60 years. During this time, either you will succeed in ascending, or you will fail, or you will die. I don't know if there is a life limit in the Yuyu realm?"

Sun Hailiang replied: "Naturally, there are. It's just quite a long time, so long that it's almost impossible to reach the limit before crossing the tribulation, unless you stop cultivating and deliberately wait for death. ”

"Yes. Calculated from the perspective of ordinary people, after cultivating for hundreds of years, how could they reach the seven-star level, so I guess that your ancestor must be a very remarkable person. Liao Qifeng said.

"I don't know what level Master Zu is, I'm just a junior in the next generation, how could he tell me this?"

"Well...... Liao Qifeng nodded, "This is reasonable." Do you know that Grandmaster...... What is the status of an adult? Is it a general, a marshal, or a certain emperor?" He even felt that the title of "Master Zu" was not respectful enough, and added another "adult".

Xiao Tianhe shook his head.

"Brother Liao, are you stupid again?

Is it an ascender?I think it's probably a hidden master, right?" Sun Hailiang glanced at Xiao Tianhe, "Looking at it this way, let alone the gossip level and the nine palace level, even ...... It's not impossible. Sun Hailiang's words were not complete, but Xiao Tianhe already knew what he meant, and further up the Nine Palace level, there was only the most powerful sword venerable in the Yuyu realm.

"That being said, do you know all about the backgrounds of the five emperors? Even if you do, are you sure that they are true? Among the five emperors, in addition to the Lingwei Emperor and the Chixi Emperor, the Hanshu Emperor, the Yaogui Emperor and the Yinhou Emperor are all mysterious and unpredictable, and their identities and life experiences are naturally a mystery. Liao Qifeng said.

There seemed to be some truth in his words, and Sun Hailiang hugged his arms thoughtfully.

Xiao Tianhe continued: "Although I don't know the specific identity of Master Zu, it is definitely not a certain emperor. I have a question, according to what Brother Sun just said, the life limit of the Yu Yu Realm is extremely long, and according to Brother Liao's meaning, as long as the cultivation time is long enough, the seven-star, gossip-level, and nine-palace level can all be reached, so isn't there countless masters in the Yuyu realm? If I remember correctly, several emperors are all gossip-level, and the marshals and generals are seven-star senior and seven-star junior respectively, how can this be? Could it be that those masters are all hidden?"

Indeed, if only by cultivating for a long enough time, people with average qualifications can reach the seven-star and gossip level, then wouldn't the Yu Yu Realm be full of marshals and generals? I'm afraid that even the Great Emperor and the Great Emperor are all in a bunch, why are there only so few?

"Brother Xiao, you don't know. The cultivation process is not smooth and gradual, and when breaking through to the one-yuan, four-elephant, and seven-star levels, there is a big hurdle respectively, although it is not as good as the Great Heavenly Tribulation after the Nine Palace level, it is also a big test. People generally call it the first tribulation, the second tribulation, the middle tribulation, plus the 'last tribulation' of the great heavenly tribulation, and called the 'cultivation of the four tribulations', each level is very important, if you fail, you will die!" Liao Qifeng looked serious, "The danger of the 'four tribulations' increases in turn, most people are usually defeated by the middle tribulation, and those with extremely poor qualifications, heh, I am afraid that they will die in the first tribulation." Therefore, those who can become generals and marshals at the seven-star level must be top masters, and those who reach the gossip level are even more superb, enough to dominate one side. ”

"I see...... Then there is no heavenly tribulation from the gossip level to the ninth palace level, why don't you see the masters of the nine palace level among the emperors and kings?" Xiao Tianhe asked again.

"Where can I take care of it? Compared with the terrible 'last calamity', the position of the emperor and the king can all be left behind. Once you enter the Nine Palace Level, you will definitely have to prepare for the future Great Tribulation, and meet the final test with a perfect state!"

"Then simply slow down your cultivation speed, anyway, your lifespan is very long, wait until the preparations for the tribulation are complete, and then meet the test!"

Sun Hailiang smiled: "Brother Xiao misunderstood, what I said by 'preparation' is not to prepare something, but to refer to the cultivation process. When the body and soul have reached the limit of the individual, the Great Tribulation of Entering the Product will follow. In other words, the process of preparation is the process of cultivation. When the realm reaches the point of welcoming the heavenly tribulation, it is what I call the 'state of perfection'. If you don't cultivate, the Heavenly Tribulation will never come, and your personal realm will completely stay at the Nine Palace level, which is a waste of time and meaningless. ”

"In short, the sooner you can cross the tribulation, the better, even if you live a long life, stopping cultivation will cause the body and soul to weaken, as the saying goes: 'Cultivating the truth is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat'. is still cultivating in one go, and the success is the greatest. Liao Qifeng added.

Xiao Tianhe nodded: "No wonder the masters of the Nine Palaces are all hidden, and it is the same as the masters of the Tribulation Realm of the Nether Realm." Suddenly, he exclaimed, "Well, then, am I not about to usher in the first calamity?"

Liao Qifeng and Sun Hailiang glanced at each other and laughed in unison. Liao Qifeng said: "It's strange that we said it too scary, Brother Xiao don't worry about it first." From a low-level demon cultivator to a one-yuan level sword demon, although it depends on talent and some luck, it is not a particularly difficult thing. Unless it is a mediocre talent with extremely poor bones, he should be able to pass the first tribulation smoothly. Since Brother Xiao can cultivate from the Nether Realm to Ascension, there must be no problem with the root bone qualification. The first tribulation wasn't really scary at all, it just felt a little uncomfortable for a moment. ”

"Yes, look at the two of us, our qualifications are so bad, and now we are both third-level sword demons. Xiao Yan is estimated to be about to be promoted from the Liangyi level to the Sancai level, right? Brother Xiao doesn't need to worry at all, how to live in normal times or how to live, it is a matter of course to survive the first tribulation. Sun Hailiang also comforted.

"Hmm...... Then I don't know how difficult it is to tribulate the second tribulation and the middle tribulation?" Xiao Tianhe asked again.

Liao Qifeng sighed: "After all, we haven't experienced it, so we don't know, only those who have successfully passed know best." ”

"Even if it is passed, I am afraid that this kind of thing will be 'only understood but not spoken', and it is difficult to describe it by words alone. "But you can look at the problem from the success rate." It is said that about 30% of the people who successfully survive the second tribulation are about 30 percent, and less than 10 percent of the 30 percent of those who survive the middle tribulation!"

Just a few numbers made Xiao Tianhe understand the difficulty of crossing the second tribulation and the middle tribulation.

"Not to mention the final doom. Liao Qifeng answered, "Do you know why people jokingly call it 'Doom Tribulation'?"

"What?"

Liao Qifeng and Sun Hailiang said in unison, word by word: "Doomsday Tribulation!"

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