Chapter 241: Departure
There are still a few days before the time of departure, Fang Yan lived in Xia Tongwu, during which he visited several old friends, and it can be regarded as saying goodbye to them. It's just that Jiang Heng heard a bad news in the dialect, and it is difficult to determine whether it is true or false for a while, but the source is somewhat credible, and it is said that it is the only surviving disciple of the last life and death trial.
The man was released after being locked up for a few years, and he also obtained a Tsukidan because he brought back a spirit grass, but unfortunately he failed to build the foundation, and he has been looking for fate everywhere for nearly ten years, wanting to save some more spirit stones and buy a Tsukidan. Jiang Heng was familiar with him, and when he came back a few days ago, he inadvertently said something, and Jiang Heng immediately remembered it, because he knew that Fang Yan was about to participate in the trial, so he told him as soon as he saw Fang Yan.
According to this person, the reason why they were discovered by the disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain back then was that they were not accidentally bumped into, it was very likely that when they entered, there was a problem with the 'jade' card they received, and Spirit Beast Mountain has always produced some strange spirit beasts, maybe they were found by following the smell or spiritual breath of the 'jade' brand, otherwise the place where they were hiding was very hidden, how could they be easily discovered.
It's just that this person is not sure, and he said it casually at the time, but he is afraid that even he himself will not dare to determine the truth of this matter. But such a statement, the dialect thinks it is somewhat credible, not long ago he also personally 'handed' with the disciples of the Spirit Beast Mountain, these madmen do have a set of raising spirit beasts, it is difficult to say that there will not be such spirit beasts.
And the spirit beast's sensitivity to some special items, the dialect is as deeply touched, take the purple pupil beast as an example, Zhu Changsheng's hidden things have not been found for several years, the purple pupil beast found out after a while, the talent of the spirit beast sometimes even exceeds the speculation of human beings, it is by no means something that can be taken for granted, and the dialect would rather believe that it is true.
A few days later, twenty disciples were secretly summoned together in the early morning, set off from the back mountain of Huoluan Peak, and were personally led by the Jindan Ancestor in the 'Gate', Taixu Zhenren Xia Shusheng, and flew towards the northwest direction of the sect' 'Gate' on a black 'colored' warship.
This is a warship that looks inconspicuous on the outside, and the black 'colored' hull looks a little old, and it is hard to imagine that this will be the car of a Jindan ancestor. However, when he flew around, he found that his disciples in the Qi refining period were still short-sighted, this warship actually had a stealth effect, and he could only vaguely see the looming shell outside the cabin when he sat in the boat, and if he looked at it from a distance, he was afraid that it would be difficult to find a ship flying overhead.
I'm afraid that this warship is still a magic weapon, the speed is unimaginable, anyway, the dialect has never been on such a fast spaceship, only the rapid retreating clouds can be seen outside the porthole, and the warship is speeding through the clouds. The first time I sat on the warship piloted by the Jindan Ancestor himself, the disciples of the Qi Refining Period were quite excited, and the feeling of 'exciting' advancing also made everyone very enjoyable.
The room inside is also very spacious, not at all like it looks like on the outside, although there are no compartments, everyone is sitting in a large open room, but the furniture and facilities in it can be called 'fine' beauty, the magic weapon of Jindan Ancestor, how can ordinary people casually touch.
After half a day, the noisy disciples gradually quieted down, and the novelty at the beginning slowly passed, and everyone remembered the upcoming trial of uncertain life and death, and they all became unintentional laughter, and one by one they crossed their legs to cultivate, and the room was silent for a while.
Fang Yan sat quietly in the corner of the room, cultivating silently, occasionally thinking about his thoughts, and did not have the crazy energy on the mountain peak. When he came, he had consulted some information about the trial of life and death, and I don't know when this trial started, anyway, every ten years, the disciples of the Qi refining period of the large and small sects in Nanyue would be sent to a place called Shoucang Mountain, and those Jindan seniors would open a secret realm and let the disciples enter it.
It is said that there are countless treasures in it, and of course the dangers are endless, the strangest thing is that it is only suitable for disciples in the Qi refining period to enter, and no matter how high the cultivation is, if the monks enter it, they will also be suppressed to the Qi refining period, which is no different from the ordinary low-level disciples, if they are not guarded against for a while, they may be killed by these little monks in the Qi refining period, so the high-level monks will not enter at all.
In addition to those 'tempting' treasures, the most famous is the spiritual 'medicine' spirit grass in the secret realm, there are many spiritual 'medicines' that are difficult to find outside, and the most coveted by the monks in the Qi cultivation period are those spiritual 'medicines' that refine the Zhuji Dan. It is said that these spiritual 'medicines', which are difficult to find in the outside world, are widely distributed inside, so most people come to these spiritual 'medicines' in every trial, and as long as they bring out one or two copies, they can be taken out and exchanged for the corresponding Tsukidan.
Most of the sources of the Nanyue Kingdom Zhuji Dan are also related to this, and most of the spiritual 'medicines' required for refining are obtained from this trial once every ten years. Therefore, every time the secret realm is opened, there will be a large number of Qi refining stage disciples going deep into it, but the time in it each time is not too long, only ten days, and when the time comes, you must leave, otherwise you will be left in the secret realm and disappear.
Although all the large and small sects of Nanyue can send disciples to enter, the number of places to enter each time is different, the large sect 'gates' can have 100 disciples, while some small sects can only send dozens of people, and the sect 'gates' like the Lihuo 'gate' can only get 20 places, and the number of people is related to the strength of the sect'.
However, each disciple's harvest is owned by their respective sect 'sect', and no matter what they have gained in it, as long as it can be brought out safely, it will be counted as the disciple's personal possession, and then it will be 'handed over' to his own sect' 'sect', and no one else can snatch it. However, in the secret realm, there is no such rule, and it is common to kill people and rob treasures and rob spiritual 'medicines', and it is said that the monks who die in this kind of battle every time are far greater than other people who die by accident.
The original trial was also called the trial of life and death because of the extremely high mortality rate of monks, and the culprit was the unscrupulous robbery among the monks. Even if the murderer can be identified, there is an unwritten rule in the various sects of South Vietnam, all grievances in the trial are not allowed to be brought to the sect' 'gate', and the sect' 'gate' will come forward to solve them, and no one will ask what they do 'in private'.
The great opportunity, the extremely high mortality rate, the biggest stage for the monks in the Qi refining period of the Nanyue Kingdom, this secret realm with a mysterious origin, is crowned with the word life and death, which is very appropriate.
The speed of the warship was very fast, almost traveling thousands of miles in a day, and the secret realm was about 100,000 miles away from the sect's 'gate', but it arrived in less than ten days. The warship landed between the vast mountains, and many such spaceships flew in from far and near, all of which were transporting the disciples of various sects to participate in the trial, and they were put away after falling to the ground.
Dialect: The place where they landed was on the top of a mountain, and the vicinity had been occupied by the disciples of other sects, and a group of people from the east and west gathered together, but the leading Jindan Ancestor gathered together, whispering and whispering. Xia Shusheng asked Fang Yan and the others to find a place to settle down by themselves, and then walked towards the Jindan monks.
This is Shoucang Mountain, which is said to have been a holy place for cultivation ten thousand years ago, and countless monks gathered here, creating Tiancang City, which was known as the first city in the world at that time. But now it is desolate, and there is no trace of the past, but there are still large ruins dozens of miles away, telling the glory of the past.
And that ruin, that is, the entrance to the trial of life and death, is usually sealed by a mysterious power, but there will be a decay period every ten years, and the power of the seal has become very weak, and the use of a secret technique can allow everyone to enter it, but it is only a short ten days, and then it will slowly recover, and it will be difficult to enter it again.
Since this secret was discovered, the whole of South Vietnam set off a bloody storm, countless killings and battles did not determine the ownership of this place, and finally the major forces had to compromise and open up this place as a place of trial for each sect 'gate', and gradually all the larger sect 'gates' were included in it, evolving into the current life and death trial once every ten years for the 'sect' of a thousand sects.
From this mountain, you can vaguely see the general appearance of the ruins, which is the only flat land with a radius of 100 miles in this undulating mountains, but it is full of ruins and broken walls, where you can only see a trace of the shadow of the fairy city of the past. However, it is said that the aura there is very violent, and it is very uncomfortable for monks to enter it, and besides, there is no useful thing to be found in it for a long time, and few people will enter it except for the trial once every ten years.
Gradually, there were more and more monks on the surrounding hills, and from time to time, groups of disciples dressed in sect 'sect' costumes could be seen walking out under the leadership of the ancestors of each family, occupying a corner on the nearby mountain peaks. But the scene I saw soon after, not speaking dialects, even the Jindan ancestors present felt very strange, not far away, there were several groups of people, dressed in colorful 'colors', and the number of people was also uneven, or three or five, or more than ten people.
What kind of team is this, everyone was curious, but the answer soon spread in the mouths of the people who were talking. These people turned out to be family cultivators or casual cultivators, and they also came to participate in the trial of life and death, this is still really unusual, doesn't it mean that only disciples of the sect 'sect' can participate.
In the experience of training every ten years in South Vietnam, why did the largest number of casual cultivators be excluded, so that they did not even have the qualifications to enter, but the 'gate' of the great sect has been biting the rules and not letting go. I don't know why they opened the net again this time, it may still be related to the catastrophe, although I don't know the inside story, guess it is so.
It seems that this trial will be very lively, the number of people will be far higher than in previous years, and of course the competition inside will be much more cruel, which is not good news for all the monks who participated in the trial. However, not everyone thinks so, anyway, the space in the secret realm is large enough, and fighting is inevitable, and when encountering these loose cultivators with no background, it may be easier to deal with than the disciples of those big sects.
However, Fang Yan did not dare to take it lightly in the slightest, and dared to participate in such a trial of nine deaths and one life, and he was himself a person with a firm heart towards the Dao, and he was also a leader in casual cultivation. Besides, the general cultivation conditions for casual cultivation are difficult, and most of the resources required are obtained in some dangerous situations, and they have long been accustomed to experiencing life and death.
It was not until the next morning that the disciples, led by the ancestors of each family, walked towards the place where the ruins were, and gradually entered a valley. The monks gathered more and more, gathering from all the hills, and in a short time they could not see the edge at a glance, and they were afraid that there were tens of thousands, and they walked towards the flat land outside the valley in the dark.