No one knows better than Li Xiuping what effect the willow tree obtained by Penglai Immortal Boat brought to him. He was able to fight against the strong men in the Nascent Soul stage with his cultivation in the Foundation Establishment stage, and the contribution of that willow tree was indispensable.
It's just that this willow tree has brought benefits, but it also has disadvantages, that is, Li Xiuping cannot form elixirs like other monks, because every time the condensed spiritual crystal will be absorbed by the willow tree, it makes him appear like all monks. The eleventh level of foundation building is incomprehensible.
Although the willow tree has undergone some changes now, Li Xiuping himself has no idea whether it will absorb the eleventh layer of spiritual crystals. If he can really get something more powerful than that willow tree in the ruins of the ancient battlefield. The existence of the willow tree might be able to completely solve the problems caused by the willow tree, allowing him to form pills without any worries.
This is the main reason why Li Xiuping will go all out for this conference, not just for the Tide Watching Academy and the Sword Washing Pool.
According to what the senior sword master said, he would get double benefits this time, which must not refer to the benefits gained from entering the ruins, but the magical swordsmanship taught by the senior sword master. Originally, Li Xiuping didn't do much. He didn't care, but since he practiced those magical powers of swordsmanship, Li Xiuping found that the sword intent in his body grew much faster than making swords, which was equivalent to greatly reducing the time he needed to practice.
In this way, even if he really wants to condense the nine-layer spiritual crystal again, he is more certain that it can be completed within two hundred years. As long as he successfully forms the elixir, he will have another thousand years to practice, that is, If you have the opportunity, you can go to the next level and reach the realm of Nascent Soul.
Only when his realm continues to improve and his strength continues to grow, can he explore everything and deal with all potential dangers.
Everyone walked forward as they talked, and soon arrived at a square.
The square is not big, but there are not many people in the square, so it looks a bit spacious.
In fact, this is normal. There are only seven factions participating in the so-called Seven Holy Lands Conference, and each faction only has a few places. Even if some people want to come and see the excitement, the number of people will not be too many. Plus, This time, Shang Academy asked Li Xiuping to lead the team, and Li Xiuping also represented the Sword Washing Pool, which reduced the number of people. Adding them all together, there were only about a hundred people who could stand up to the sky.
Moreover, the City Lord's Mansion has already made arrangements to prevent outsiders from entering here at all.
After entering the square, Li Xiuping found that there were only eight seats in total. The one sitting opposite had the largest number of people and the strongest aura. There was also a flag embroidered with golden snowflakes. According to Li Xiuping's speculation, it should be the so-called City Lord's Mansion. , which is the main responsible party for this conference.
Extending from the city lord's palace to both sides, there are four forces on the left, and only one force on the right. The remaining two positions are empty, which should be the positions of the Sword Washing Pond and the Guanchao Academy.
Li Xiuping was staring at the two forces on the left at the moment. One was a group of Taoist priests wearing purple robes, the other was people wearing red robes, which should be Taiyi Pavilion and Star Viewing Tower. The remaining two were mostly women. , all of them are petite. With the breeze blowing, their clothes float, giving people a feeling of dancing. They should be the only demon clan force in one of the Seven Holy Lands, Butterfly Valley, the one closest to the city lord's palace. He was wearing a white gown and basically had a sword in his hand, so he was naturally from Piaoxue City.
The only force on the right is a group of monks, who seem out of place. The young monk who almost completely defeated the six people in the academy is also among them. The leader is an old monk with a white beard, wearing a dark red cassock and holding a golden Zen staff. At this moment, with his eyes closed, the old monk is truly in meditation.
The swordsman in blue took Li Xiuping and others to the right. Since there were only eight people in total, they chose a seat to sit down.
As Li Xiuping and others arrived, the old monk who had been keeping his eyes closed opened his eyes and saluted the swordsman in green shirt, and the other monks also followed suit.
The swordsman in blue shirt and Li Xiuping returned the greeting, which was regarded as a greeting.
At this time, a middle-aged man from the City Lord's Mansion stood up, glanced left and right, and said loudly: "Since everyone is here, let's announce some rules of the conference and matters that need attention."
He paused and continued: "Everyone knows very well that the purpose of this conference is to decide the ownership of the ancient battlefield ruins in the next three hundred years. The person who wins the first place in the conference will be able to Own the ownership of the ancient battlefield ruins for the next three hundred years.”
Everyone naturally knows that what people are most concerned about now is how to compete and what events are involved in the competition, but the man deliberately paused again.
Just when someone couldn't help but ask a question, he continued: "This competition is very simple. All participants will be thrown into the ruins of the ancient battlefield for a period of one month. After one month, according to the number of participants, The value and quantity of the treasures obtained in the ruins are ranked, and the one with the highest total value of the treasures obtained will be ranked first, and the others will be ranked in order."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
This method has never happened before.
Some people are happy with this arrangement, while others are naturally not.
Those who are happy are those forces who have no hope of getting the first place. If they can really enter the ruins, the treasures obtained will naturally belong to them. This is equivalent to getting a bargain. Those who are not happy are naturally those who have the most hope of getting the first place. The number one force, because those treasures were most likely to be theirs.
But since it is the rule set by the City Lord's Mansion, no matter whether you like it or not, you will naturally have no objection.
Besides, Li Xiuping has appeared now. Everyone knows that with Li Xiuping's strength, he is the most promising to win the first place. After all, even a strong person in the Nascent Soul stage may not be his opponent, and this time he participates The attendees at the conference were all golden elixir stage monks.
The most important point is that according to the normal strength competition, Li Xiuping is indeed very hopeful to get the first place, but if everyone is thrown into the ruins of the ancient battlefield and sorted based on the number and value of the treasures obtained, it will be full of variables. This has nothing to do with strength.
Some people have good luck and can easily encounter treasures no matter how weak their strength is. Some people have bad luck and cannot touch them no matter how strong their strength is.
In this way, regardless of strength, everyone has a chance to compete for first place, which is absolutely fair.
After the man finished speaking, he continued loudly: "If anyone has any objections to this arrangement, they can raise it now. If they have no objections, they can go directly to the ruins of the ancient battlefield later."
All the forces looked at each other, then all stood up at the same time, all expressing no objections.
The man watched the various forces express their opinions and said, "Since there are no objections, I declare that the three-hundred-year-old conference of the Seven Holy Lands has officially begun. Please take the leaders of all parties to take the participants to the ruins of the ancient battlefield."
After saying that, the man directly rose into the air and headed towards the north, and then the strong men from the City Lord's Mansion also rose into the air to escort the competition.
As a result, all parties are inevitably in a hurry.
This method really caught the powerful people from all sides off guard, because in this way, they needed to inform their disciples of a lot of information about the ruins, and they also had to make some preparations.
Taiyi Pavilion and Star Observation Tower were even more unwilling to miss this opportunity.
It is indeed difficult for them to do anything outside, but it is different in the ruins. If they can really kill Li Xiuping in the ruins, no one knows.
It's just that Li Xiuping's strength is not low after all, and he has academy disciples beside him, and the combined number of people from the two families who entered, together, may not be Li Xiuping's opponent. Don't kill Li Xiuping when the time comes, but he will be killed by Li Xiuping. If Shuhei were all killed, the loss would be huge for both of them.
Although these disciples are only at the Golden Core stage, they are the future of each sect. If they fail here, there will inevitably be gaps in the future of the sect, and the gains outweigh the losses. But this is indeed a great opportunity.
Judging from the previous battle between Li Xiuping and Long Feng, if the two families join forces, the disciples of the academy will not pose any threat. Even if Li Xiuping is added, they may not be unable to fight. They just need to spend some money. After all, Li Xiuping had a lot of secrets in him, but he had not shown those secrets in his previous battle with Long Feng.
Li Xiuping and others stood on the flying sword and walked at the rear.
At this moment, the senior swordsman said: "After entering the ruins, you must be careful. There are many risks in the ruins. With the guys from Taiyi Pavilion and Star Observation Tower, you will have to face a lot of challenges."
Everyone in the academy nodded at the same time.
The blue-shirted swordsman continued: "After entering the ruins, your first priority is to protect yourself. Don't worry so much about your ranking."
This time no one responded, they just looked at Li Xiuping.
What will happen at that time depends on what this junior uncle has to say.
Li Xiuping smiled and said: "Although I promised to do my best, I never thought about losing my life."
After saying that, he also looked towards Taiyi Pavilion and Star Observation Tower in front of him.
After the previous battle, Li Xiuping had a clear understanding of the foundation and strength of these holy places. One Long Feng could display such magical powers. If they were all united, they would not be underestimated. If Taiyi Pavilion was added, , it must be a big threat.
He can save his life by relying on various knowledge. If he can't, he can still run. But these disciples in the academy can't. At least he doesn't have the ability to run with these people, let alone the ability to protect them. What's more, there are unknown things in the ruins. Dangerous.
This little junior uncle is really not that easy to be. He doesn't get any benefits, but he has an extra responsibility for no reason.
After walking forward with the sword like this for a while, the snow became heavier and heavier, and the air became colder and colder. Then countless icebergs appeared in front of them, layer upon layer, looming in the snowy sky. It was quite a sight.
The speed in front began to slow down, and then began to decrease in height. Soon everyone appeared on a piece of snow.
Each force chose a location to stop, and then a man walked out from the city lord's palace and said, "Let's get started."
People walked out of the five holy places one after another, and then took out a jade tablet. Li Xiuping discovered that the jade tablet on Huang Qing's body was exactly the same as the jade tablet in the hands of those people. Huang Qing and others naturally discovered this situation.
The swordsman in green shirt also walked out at this time, and Li Xiuping looked at Huang Qing.
Huang Qing took out the jade plaque and handed it to Li Xiuping.
After Li Xiuping took the jade token, he followed the swordsman in blue.
As the seven people holding the jade tokens walked out, everyone injected their true energy into the jade tokens and then released the jade tokens.
After the jade tablet was released, it seemed to be pulling somewhere in front of it, and then flew forward with seven streams of light, appearing in seven different directions.
After the jade tablet stopped, it fell leisurely. Suddenly, several beams of light met at the same time, and then merged in the sky, forming a circular vortex, which should be the entrance to the ruins.
The person from the City Lord's Mansion said: "The exit has been opened. Disciples from all sects are invited to enter. Remember, it will last for half a month. Anyone who fails to leave the ruins by then will be considered a failure."
The elders of each sect gave further instructions, and then some disciples rose into the sky one after another and entered the vortex.
The six people from the academy also walked behind Li Xiuping at this time, preparing to enter the ruins.
As more and more disciples entered the ruins, there were fewer and fewer people on the snow.
Li Xiuping said at this time: "Let's go too."
After saying that, he bowed to the senior sword master, and then jumped directly into the vortex without using any magical powers or choosing to control the air.
Seeing Li Xiuping enter the whirlpool, everyone in the academy also jumped up into the air and followed closely behind.
After all the disciples entered the ruins, the remaining strong men also began to talk to each other. In fact, they were all polite and taunting each other.
The swordsman in green shirt just walked aside, as if he didn't want to have anything to do with those people at all.
After Li Xiuping jumped into the whirlpool, he realized that his body was in the air, and the land below was not the ice and snow before, but a desert-like existence. At a glance, it was all yellow sand, with no end in sight.
At Li Xiuping's feet, a long sword appeared out of thin air, supporting his body.
At this time, everyone in the academy also appeared next to him one after another. After looking around, he said, "Little Master Uncle."
Li Xiuping nodded and said, "It seems that although they came in from the same place, they didn't appear in the same place."
Everyone nodded, because in this area, the people who entered the ruins before could not be seen at all, and they could not even feel their breath.
Li Xiuping continued: "Follow me closely for a while, don't get separated."
After saying that, his body began to descend and landed on the yellow sand.
A rush of heat came directly to my face. It was the heat emitted by the yellow sand after being exposed to the sun. But strangely, there was no scorching sun here.
It was clearly daytime and there were no clouds in the sky, but there was no sunlight at all.
Li Xiuping first felt the situation here, and then said: "This place is really strange."
No one in the academy has ever entered the ruins, so naturally they don't know what's so strange. Huang Qing asked: "My junior uncle has been to Penglai Immortal Boat. Is it different from this place?"
Li Xiuping shook his head and said: "Penglai Immortal Boat is full of spiritual energy and has crisscrossing mountains and rivers. It is a rare blessed place. However, the atmosphere here is full of desolation and death, and the spiritual power is thin. Even if it is a golden elixir stage monk, it will be difficult to walk here. It may be okay at the beginning, but as time goes by, I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on.”
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Indeed, if you want to walk in such a place, you will inevitably consume your true energy, and the spiritual energy here is thin and difficult to replenish in time. If you encounter any danger or fight, the true energy in your body will be depleted faster. If it cannot be restored in time, The consequences could be disastrous.
Li Xiuping continued: "But this is not all bad."
Everyone nodded.
Indeed, this situation is indeed a big trouble for ordinary monks like them, but these junior uncles are not ordinary monks.
Although he only has the foundation building stage, he has cultivated the foundation building stage to the eleventh level, and he can practice without spiritual power at all. The key is to replenish the losses not from the outside world, but from himself.
In this way, their young uncle is as comfortable as a fish in water here, without worrying about the loss of his own strength, which also reduces the threat of other Holy Land disciples taking action.
Although they were also affected, as long as this junior uncle was not affected, everything would basically be fine. After getting along with each other along the way, they had absolute trust in this junior junior uncle.
The realm of this young uncle is a little low, but even if he faces a strong person in the Nascent Soul stage, he will kill him at will. In addition to being powerful, this young master uncle can also forge swords. He is also smart and not bad looking. It is really hard not to like such a person.
If not, how could the always arrogant Junior Sister Huang fall in love at first sight? If it weren't for the gap in seniority, I'm afraid that instead of secretly expressing my love, I would have expressed my feelings directly. How reserved? It may be present in other women, but in this junior sister Huang, it does not exist at all.
Everyone just moved forward like this. As Li Xiuping said, they really didn't feel any impact at first, but as time went on, the six people in the academy began to change.
That's it. The key point is that they have been walking for a long time, but they still haven't noticed any difference. At a glance, there is no living thing except yellow sand, let alone the so-called treasure.
At this time, Li Xiuping stopped and said, "I always feel like something is wrong. We seem to be spinning in circles."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then glanced left and right, unable to tell the direction at all. Anyway, wherever they looked, they were the same, there was no difference at all, let alone whether they were really spinning in place.
This place is really weird. Not only is it exactly the same on the ground, there are no clouds or sun in the sky, and the time seems to have not changed at all. The sky has always been so bright, and it seems that there is no possibility of day and night alternating at all. This means that There is no reference at all. The key is that even if they stop and don't move, they still need to consume their true energy to resist the hot feeling. The longer it takes, the more disadvantageous it will be to them.
It had only been less than half a day since they entered, and it was already severely damaged. How could they stay in such a place for half a month?
