At the west passage of the island in the middle of the lake, a young man with short dry hair, ordinary facial features, and slightly dark skin was standing calmly by the lake, and behind him there were nearly a hundred teenagers and girls in bloody robes standing respectfully, looking at him with a gaze full of fanaticism and worship.

Then the short-haired boy stepped into the passage of the island in the middle of the lake, which was about dozens of feet wide, and immediately walked out of the crowd of nearly eighty teenagers and girls, and followed without hesitation.

On the north side of the lake, there were two teenagers who looked about the same, standing in front of a group of about 100 people, judging from their appearance, they were twins, and as the two stepped into the wide passage, the crowd immediately separated, leaving less than ten people.

The same scene was also staged in the east, and all the existing disciples of the Floating Red Courtyard in the Valley of the Hundred Beasts above the middle stage of condensation all headed towards the island in the middle of the lake.

At the top of a mist-shrouded peak, there is a naturally formed stone forest, with strange stones of different shapes, seemingly arranged in a chaotic manner.

In the center of the stone forest, there is an open area with a circle of dozens of zhang, and inside it is a stone staircase made of gray stones, and there is a golden throne at the top, and at this time, a figure wrapped in black smoke is reclining on it.

And in the middle of the air directly in front of the throne, there is a huge black and white bronze mirror, on which there are short blood-robed figures, walking on the wide passages in the big lake.

"Old horseman, a good calculation, this time this seat let you lose your wife and fold your soldiers, in order to relieve the anger in your heart. Haha."

At this time, a gloomy voice suddenly came from the dark shadows, hovering in the stone forest for a long time......

In the central lake, the lake is still and there are no waves, and the fish in the lake poke out of the water from time to time, as if they are very curious about the people walking on the passage.

The sun in late spring was already a little warm, and the already slightly nervous mood of the people was a little more impetuous, but fortunately, a gust of breeze blew, mixed with the humidity of the lake, which made people feel slightly comfortable.

"Senior Sister Lan, there is something I don't understand. Jing Yun groaned slightly and asked with some hesitation.

"What's the matter?" Lan Yu asked curiously, looking sideways at him.

"Is cultivation so smooth? It's not that cultivation is difficult, and there are bottlenecks, why do I think everything is a matter of course?" Jing Yun pondered for a moment and asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, Senior Brother Jing, there is no doubt that the path of cultivation is difficult, but as long as you work diligently and sincerely seek the Tao, it is possible to achieve success. And the bottleneck of cultivation does exist, the reason why you feel that your cultivation is full and you have a logical breakthrough, it is because you are a blood sword line. Without waiting for Lan Yu to answer, he only heard a gentle voice coming.

"Blood Sword Pulse, is it because of the Blood Sword Battle?" Jing Yun's eyes were even more puzzled, and he asked uncertainly.

"That's right, there is no bottleneck at all when cultivating the Blood Sword Duel in the Condensation Realm, compared to the disciples of the Yi Sword Academy, it is very easy to cultivate to the Great Condensation of the Fetus. When condensing the sword soul, the effect of the medicinal power absorbed from the sword cultivation pool will be stored in the body and slowly turn into our own spiritual power, so in the condensation realm, our cultivation speed is much faster than others. Mu Ya didn't know why, but a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes, and he nodded.

"I see, what about after the condensation?" Jing Yun suddenly realized, but he always felt that it was not that simple, so he continued to ask.

"Don't think about it anymore, whether you can break through the condensation realm is a question. When Hua Yunxin heard this, she felt irritated for no reason, and she was not polite at all between her words.

"Alas, although the Blood Sword Duel is extremely powerful when cultivated to the depths, there are very few people who can cultivate to the peak, and just breaking through the barrier of condensation is how many people have been stopped. My father often said that the world is fair, and the more powerful the exercises, the more difficult the cultivation, and this is the truth. However, with the qualifications of Senior Brother Jing, it should not be a problem to break through the condensation fetus. Mu Ya sighed a little, and then changed his words and said meaningfully.

Jingyun smiled slightly, turned his head to look at the swimming fish playing in the lake, and did not answer.

Because the topic was too heavy, the four of them lost interest for a while, and none of them wanted to speak again, so they walked silently on the wide passage.

The disciples of the Floating Red Courtyard who followed behind them, I don't know if it was caused by the content of the chat, or because they were too worried and nervous about entering the island in the middle of the lake, no one talked to them from beginning to end, and the atmosphere was a little dull.

An hour later.

After Jingyun and the others landed on the island in the middle of the lake, they looked at the scene in front of them, and their eyes were full of shock.

The island in the middle of the lake is narrow and wide in the shape of an awl, the bottom is wrapped by a cyan mountain stone road to stretch to the left and right, the passage in the lake connects to the land, there is a huge bluestone square, on the other side of the square there is a gray stone staircase about three zhang wide, like a ladder upwards, straight to the peak of the mist.

At a distance of 100 zhang from the ground, there is also a slightly smaller square, and there are two paths on the left and right sides that extend into the distance, just like a jade belt wrapped around the waist of the mountain, but the color is red.

In this way, there are a total of five squares at the top of the island, each smaller than the other, and different colors.

From a distance, it looks like a gray rope strung together five beads of different colors.

"It's really strange that what you see in the lake is not like this, why after you get on the island, it changes. Hua Yunxin stepped on the slightly cool bluestone ground, walked towards the gray stone steps, and said suspiciously.

No one answered him, Jing Yun walked around the square, looking at the ground where there was nothing else, and he was very puzzled.

It's not that there are many monsters on the island, how can they look like this, it looks like no danger.

"Look, the passage in the lake has disappeared!"

At this time, only a panicked voice sounded, and Jing Yun hurriedly turned around to look when he heard this.

I saw that the lake was still calm, and sometimes a breeze blew, causing a little ripple, and in addition, the bluestone passage they stepped on when they came disappeared.

"It's not good, there is a ban on this square, we can't get out. ”

Hearing this voice, he was already at the edge of the square, and he was busy raising his feet to step out, but the place that was originally empty was met with great resistance for no reason, as if there was a transparent glass blocking there.

Jing Yun put away his steps, his eyes flashed, turned around and walked towards the gray stone steps, and then found that it was the same, and his heart suddenly became cold.

Seeing this situation, although the disciples of Piaohong Academy were a little flustered, they did not appear in any danger, and found that they were just trapped in the square, and then gradually calmed down, and all looked at the three of Mu Ya, waiting for their decision, after all, whether it is identity, strength, or resourcefulness, it is not comparable to everyone.

"Brother Mu Ya, have you ever heard Lord Ling Zun mention such a situation?" Jing Yun's face was a little ugly.

Mu Ya's eyes were full of doubts, and when he was about to answer, the mountain suddenly shook, and on the ground on both sides of the gray stone steps, two cyan stone statues about two feet high slowly rose.

The one on the left wears a golden crown and armor, and holds a broadsword in its right hand.

The other one wears a scarf, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, wears a battle robe, and holds a folding fan in his right hand, like a scholar in the world, gentle and elegant, and has a strong bookish atmosphere.

Just when everyone was unaware of the situation and secretly vigilant, a cold voice echoed in the square.

"The initial trial begins, enter this door, kill a demon beast in the early stage of condensation, and if you fail, you will die. ”

As soon as the words fell, a point of light appeared in the middle of the two stone statues, and then suddenly magnified, forming a two-zhang high light gate, and the starlight in the door slowly flowed, and the silver light flashed brilliantly.

Mu Ya and Hua Yunxin saw the light gate appear, their eyes shrank suddenly, they had never heard anyone mention it in the bluestone square, but they were only strictly admonished to enter the island in the middle of the lake, saying that the demon beasts in it were not something they could deal with.

If there are too many people entering the island, it will cause strong hostility from the monsters, and then there will be no need to obey some kind of restraint and kill the incoming people.

At this time, the number of stars in the light gate began to increase rapidly, but it was saturated in ten breaths, and then a star curtain quickly flew out of it, which became larger in the blink of an eye, and quickly shrouded everyone's heads.

There were eighty-two stars in the starry curtain, which was exactly the same number of people in the square.

"Be careful, everyone, this is weird. ”

Mu Ya looked at the incomparably beautiful stargate, and before he could say this, he was wrapped in one of the starlights in the starcurtain, which was magnified countless times, and suddenly shrunk back into the stargate.

As the last starlight disappeared, the cyan square, which had been crowded just now, was empty in the blink of an eye.

The light gate also slowly shrank into a point of light with the return of the starlight, and then disappeared, leaving only two cyan stone statues standing in place.

Jing Yun only felt that his whole body was shrouded in touchless starlight, and a strong coercion emanated from his surroundings, and then he found that his body seemed to be bound, and even the spiritual power in his body was stagnant. Then he sighed in his heart, and when he came, he was safe, and he stopped struggling, slowly closed his eyes, and let the starlight bring him into the light gate.

Only a moment later, when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a cyan world.

He looked at the cyan sky, the cyan ground, and the cyan demon beast in front of him, and couldn't help but be a little speechless.

Then he took a deep breath and tried to operate the spiritual power in his body, but fortunately, the previously stagnant spiritual power returned to normal, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

However, he was still secretly vigilant, although the demon beast in front of him was one order lower than himself, he knew that he couldn't take it lightly, if the boat capsized in the stinky ditch, according to the cold voice, there was no chance to do it again.