Dongfang Xuan Xianzhou has a vast area, and there are many Xiuzhen sects, among which there are thousands of them that can be called some scales, if you count the larger number of Xiuzhen families and all kinds of small sects and scattered cultivation gang organizations, although there are no exact statistics, there are always tens of thousands.

These forces, large and small, each occupy a place. Generally speaking, people are accustomed to roughly divide and distinguish the area in the southeast, northwest and northwest, for example, the free Vientiane Gate is located in the east of Xianzhou.

In the middle of the Xianzhou Continent, there is actually another area that is not large, with a radius of only a few hundred miles. However, for a long time, although it cannot be said to be secretive, few people have mentioned that this place is only the size of a palm compared to the mainland, and there is no title of the middle of Xianzhou.

Because, this place is a taboo area in Xianzhou, and even a taboo topic.

Because, here, is an extremely mysterious, almost impossible place to enter and exit.

Despite this, there is an official name for it, which is called "Central Patio", and it is unknown who first came up with and called this name.

No one knows when and why the central patio appeared. According to legend, the central patio has been around since the formation of the continent.

For thousands of years, no matter how the topography of the continent has changed, and how the territory of various forces has changed, the central patio has always been the same, no force dares to touch this place, and few people will even approach here, and people seem to have selectively forgotten that there is such a place in the Shuxuan Immortal Continent.

The main reason is that this place is so dangerous, so dangerous that almost no one has ever come out alive, or there have been occasional survivors, but the people who came out are either crazy or have forgotten the experience, of course, it is not excluded that some people dare not refuse to divulge.

In short, according to the old word of mouth, it is said that at the beginning, it was rumored that there were monks who obtained the atmospheric luck and the earth-shattering secret treasure after entering the adventure, and soon they were able to soar into immortals, so for a long time, the monks in the continent flocked to it, but without exception, they all disappeared, and many sects lost a large number of high-level monks for this, so that even the inheritance was affected.

After being silent for a long time, there are still people who don't believe in this evil, and from time to time there are top masters of the big families of the Great Gate Sect or powerful casual cultivators who venture in, but in the end, they all verify the statement of the place of death and the forbidden area of monks with their lives.

After countless expeditions and many years in a row, although there has never been a shortage of cultivators who do not hesitate to fight for their lives in order to achieve immortality, this result of no return for ten deaths has finally dispelled people's greed, and people have lost their interest in exploring as if such a place did not exist in Xianzhou.

Since then, the cultivation realm has consciously or unconsciously stopped mentioning this place, and when they have to pass through, they have to take a long detour, and it is not excluded that there will still be a few monks who have reached the end of their lives and have no hope of ascending, or desperate people who have no way to enter the earth and no way to enter the earth who are being chased by the enemy, will try to enter with the mentality of death, but no one cares about their whereabouts anymore.

However, the tragic history of thousands of monks written with their lives is not for nothing, and people have found at least one pattern in it:

Every once in a while, the pressure around the central patio area will weaken considerably, and it will often take several months to recover as before.

These months are known as the period of decay of the central patio.

The weakened coercion is not something that the monks in the Immortal Continent can easily withstand and break through, so it is not of much significance, and people still know almost nothing about the environment and secrets inside the core area of the central patio.

But there is one thing that has gradually been noticed.

It has been found that when the central patio is in a weakened phase, there is a transition zone around its core that is up to 100 miles wide.

The environment in the transition zone is ever-changing, unpredictable, and unregulated, and it is also full of dangers, but it is an area that monks in this realm can barely enter, and there are many items left behind by monks who have gone missing and died in previous expeditions. In all the weakened periods, some people have obtained the treasures of the cultivation masters from hundreds of thousands of years or even ten thousand years ago, and some are even enough to become the treasures of the town faction.

Driven by this lucrative interest, at each time of the period of weakness, a large number of monks would venture deep into the transitional zone, despite the alarming high mortality rate. For a long time, this kind of behavior has become a common practice among cultivators in Xianzhou, and it is called "death release", which means risking death in the central patio for a rare treasure robbery during the release period.

The period of decay of the central patio is very long, initially for thousands of years, and then decreases each time, but only a few decades. By the present day, it has been shortened to about 600 years.

In the long history of Xianzhou, it is indeed known that monks who live to be six hundred years old are simply rare. In a sect, six hundred years means an interval of several generations of disciples, and the last period of weakness of the central patio occurred three hundred years ago.

Therefore, if we take the Freedom in Vientiane Gate as an example, up to the head of the sect to keep the real person, including his elders in the previous two generations, down to the generation of Hualanting and the disciples of the next two or three generations, it stands to reason that they should all have nothing to do with the death and wind activities of the central patio.

Therefore, no one in Xianzhou usually cares about and talks about this matter.

However, as it happened, just half a month ago, the celestial phenomena in the central patio suddenly changed, and countless extremely powerful spiritual qi of different colors and attributes rushed straight into Xiao Han, which could be seen hundreds of miles away.

This is an important sign of the coming period of the weakening of the central patio.

This period of weakness is ahead of schedule?

This is a big deal.

This was like stabbing a hornet's nest, the various forces on the Eastern Xuan Immortal Continent heard the news, and all the powers who were proficient in similar heavenly machine techniques were fully engaged in the magic to predict, and many people personally rushed to the edge of the central patio to make a close observation.

The final conclusion confirms the early arrival of the weakening period.

As a result, there was an immediate boiling in Xianzhou, and not too many people cared about why the weakening period would be advanced, only knowing that they were at the right time, the treasure had no owner, the winner was destined, and no matter how big the risk was, it was worth fighting for.

As a result, in just a few days alone, many people from small and medium-sized forces have hurried from all directions to the various edges of the central patio transition zone that has been formed by various means.

It is a pity that the insects that get up early are eaten by the birds, and these small and medium-sized sects who are eager to succeed have paid the bloody price, but the benefit is that the latecomers have figured out the characteristics and requirements of entering the transition zone this time.

First of all, the coercion on the edge and inside of the transition zone has a significant suppressive effect on the cultivation of any monk, specifically, the higher the cultivation, the greater the degree of suppression.

For example, the masters of the Rebirth and Cultivation Realms have to lower at least two major realms, and the spiritual power consumed to resist coercion is very huge, and it is difficult to stay in it for a long time.

The suppression of those who build the foundation and obtain the medicine stage is much lighter, but there must be advantages and disadvantages, and people in the lower realm are easy to fall in the face of the complex and dangerous environment in the transition area, and it is difficult to make great achievements.

The final conclusion is that the most suitable ones to enter are the monks of the Dan and Self-refining Realm, and the reluctance of the Dan Realm is also acceptable, and the suppression and consumption of these people in the transition zone are relatively limited, so that they can survive for a longer time, which is conducive to treasure hunting.

The second feature found is that the difficulty of entering the perimeter of the transition zone is different, and there are several places where the spiritual pressure has been proved to be weaker and more suitable as a breakthrough.

The third discovery is that the environment inside the transition zone is extremely unstable and can change drastically at any time, which is not suitable for the survival of cultivators with single magical attributes or poor adaptability.

After getting these news, various medium and large forces have become much more cautious.

On the one hand, the weakening period of the central patio is several months, and there is not much difference between entering earlier and later, but it should not be too delayed, and if those places that are easy to break through are occupied by other forces, it will be tantamount to increasing the difficulty of entering.

On the other hand, the disciples of the Jie Dan and the Self Refining Realm, who are suitable for entering the expedition, are the living reserve forces of each family, and they cannot tolerate or make a lot of losses. In this way, the choice of personnel and quantity is very particular.

Of course, there is no reason for the Freedom Vientiane Sect to let go of such an opportunity to train disciples and obtain treasures, but when the high-level is still considering the selection of candidates and the plan of action, the sixty generations of disciples who are generally in the Jiedan Realm are restless after receiving the information.

As time went on, this restless situation tended to intensify.

The reality is that there are different versions of rumors, even rumors, that began to appear and spread among the disciples.

For example, it is said that Hua Lanting and others have been appointed to travel and explore on behalf of the sect in the sect, but some voices are dissatisfied with this, thinking that the high-level is too partial, and accusing good opportunities is always occupied by a few people for a long time, resulting in other disciples not getting enough places to go out for training.

There are also some disciples who are not convinced by this, feeling that their qualifications are not bad and they work hard enough, but they are not inclined to resources, and in the long run, the strong will always be strong, and they will gradually lose interest and confidence in cultivation.

Some people admit that Hua Lanting and others have a very strong cultivation, and there is no problem in giving support, but there should be no monopoly on opportunities, and every disciple should be treated with fair development, so as to improve the overall level of future disciples.

These are still relatively fair and polite statements, and there are even some extreme remarks that are made out of nothing, pointing the finger directly at the top of the hierarchy for nepotism, nepotism, and ruining the atmosphere within the sect, and so on.

As soon as there were too many people, rumors spread in the Vientiane Gate, and the people who were not closed, disciples of all generations and some teachers were involved, and with the help of people with ulterior motives, the whole door became agitated because of this, and they were almost to the point of affecting normal cultivation.

To this end, Zhou Xi issued an order in time to let each Fengtou organization carry out internal discussions and collect opinions and suggestions from all parties, in order to take advantage of this incident to rectify the atmosphere inside the door and unify the understanding.

That night, after not gathering for half a year of continuous penance, and being on the cusp of speech, I invited Mu Qitian, Hua Lanting and others, who had not seen each other for a long time after formal apprenticeship, to get together and chat, so as to express their views in the subsequent discussions of the peaks.