Night had already fallen, swallowing the entire world into boundless darkness.
The hanging coffin sutra pavilion is no longer bright in the daytime. At this moment, only the flickering candlelight can be seen.
"Fellow Taoist, what do you mean?"
Because of the sudden sound, Gu Qingyang put down his raised hand.
He turned around silently and uttered a sentence coldly.
At the same time, Gu Qingyang was also sizing up the evil person in front of him.
"Actually, I don't have much interest in it."
"My name is Xue Peng, from Thirty-Six Peaks."
"And not long ago, the fellow disciple who died because of you was also from the Thirty-sixth Peak."
"By the way, that fellow student's name is Xue Yang."
"Understood."
After the young master in front of him finished speaking, Gu Qingyang nodded and responded.
However, it was precisely because Gu Qingyang deliberately showed an indifferent look.
But a look of sullenness immediately appeared on Xue Peng's face.
"Just understand."
"boom!"
Xue Peng smiled coldly, and immediately took action without caring about where this place was.
In an instant, he waved his hand and punched, activating extremely terrifying spiritual power and attacking Gu Qingyang.
And Gu Qingyang also collided with the opponent at the first moment.
The opponent's ultimate move is a fist, and Gu Qingyang's ultimate move is also a fist.
However, Gu Qingyang was different from Xue Peng.
Through Xue Peng's performance, it is not difficult to see that he used all his strength the first time he made a move.
Gu Qingyang could tell that the opponent's strength was probably around the acquired Huangpin level.
The punch just now had obviously used 90% of Xue Peng's spiritual power.
If we just talk about the power of that punch, Gu Qingyang feels that that punch is not weaker than the full blow of the acquired orange-level bone cultivator.
Even in terms of strength, this punch can beat most bone cultivators. And it was extremely difficult for him to receive this punch.
However, he was not in a hurry to use the God-Devouring Ancient Demonic Scripture. The magical powers he relied on throughout the entire fight were inherited from the ancient Hanging Coffin Sect.
Many days ago, he was already in the lower nine levels, taking away all the inheritances he should take away.
Although no one thought highly of him at all at that time, almost everyone felt that his inheritance was for nothing.
However, he is now far better than before. He already has demon bones, not waste bones, and his qualifications are no worse than those of those people.
What's more, based on this demon bone, he can also achieve twice the result with half the effort by practicing other magical powers.
Not to mention anything else, he has completely perfected and mastered the inherited magical powers of ordinary disciples of the Hanging Coffin Sect.
At that moment, the magical power Xue Peng used was the "Big Bone-Eroding Hand".
There are as many as thirty-six peaks and seventy-two caves among the branch factions of the Ancient Hanging Coffin Sect.
And every peak and every cave has its own inherited magical power.
The inheritance recorded in the Hanging Coffin Sutra Pavilion actually originated from the Thirty-six Peaks and the Seventy-two Cave Mansion.
It's just that those included in the Xuan Coffin Sutra Pavilion only completely inherit part of the magical power.
The complete inherited magical power can only be obtained after joining the corresponding branch faction.
Gu Qingyang clearly remembered that this big bone-crushing hand was the inherited magical power of the 36th Peak.
"It seems that those rumors are not reliable."
After a confrontation, Xue Peng was not in a hurry to take action.
When the confrontation ended, he retreated, taking a few steps back before stopping, and then spoke.
But after Gu Qingyang heard Xue Peng's sigh, he didn't react at all.
He was silent and expressionless, but it gave people the feeling that he could cope with the fighting at all times.
"Your name is Gu Qingyang, right?"
"It doesn't hurt to give you this elixir. Anyway, you are already a dead person."
"Cherish this last moment. You will die in the secret realm trial."
"Hahahahaha——"
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Xue Peng seemed to not care about Gu Qingyang's reaction at all. From the beginning to the end, he kept talking to himself.
His voice was very cold, and the feeling of indifference, ridicule and disdain was extremely strong.
After saying these words, he also turned around and disappeared into the corner.
Gu Qingyang did not take action against him.
After Xue Peng left, Gu Qingyang just silently put away the elixir, and then turned his attention elsewhere.
If it had been anyone else, if he had been provoked and challenged to a fight in this way, he would have settled the matter immediately in the Hanging Coffin Sutra Pavilion.
However, Gu Qingyang wouldn't.
Because the ancient Xuan Coffin Sect's sect rules stipulate that if two disciples fight to the death in the Xuan Coffin Sutra Pavilion, even if the winner is the passive one.
The passive party will still be punished by the clan rules after winning. This punishment includes not being able to participate in the secret realm trial.
Through Xue Peng's words, it is not difficult to think that the person he had killed should have a deep connection with Xue Peng.
If Xue Peng took action against him because of this, it could be considered excusable. But are things really that simple?
Gu Qingyang always felt that there was always an invisible hand beside him, it was always there, looming.
Perhaps, he could understand this hand as that of the old man with a corpse. Perhaps, he could also understand this hand as being more human.
He knew very well that there should not be any high-ranking person in the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect who did not want him to die early.
Although he did not respond with words to Xue Peng's invitation to fight, in his heart, he had already accepted the invitation.
Xue Peng repeatedly emphasized in his last few sentences that he was already a dead man.
But in his heart, why is Xue Peng not a dead person?
What's there to argue with a dead man?
However, after Gu Qingyang left, two figures slowly appeared in the dark corner of the ancient pavilion.
"Elder, what do you think of his strength?"
One of the two figures turned out to be Xue Peng, who had already disappeared. The other figure was the middle-aged man from that day.
This person was the elder who had made a bet with Gu Qingyang. At this moment, after listening to Xue Peng's words, he also fell silent.
"Although I don't want to admit it, this boy is indeed stronger than before."
"What? How is this possible? Isn't he a well-known dead man?"
After hearing what the elder guarding the pavilion said, Xue Peng couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face.
He exclaimed in surprise at first, and then immediately regained his composure.
Immediately afterwards, the elder guarding the pavilion continued to explain:
"I remember Elder Tianzhi's evaluation of this son is that although he has useless bones, his character is excellent."
"Xue Peng, if you don't want to become a stepping stone for others, then go all out."
"Of course, when necessary, certain means cannot be used."
"Don't forget, we are demon cultivators."
At the end of the sentence, there seemed to be a smile on the face of the elder guarding the pavilion.
In this dark corner, against the dim light.
The smile of the elder guarding the pavilion was indeed a bit ferocious and scary.
"Don't worry, Xue Peng understands."
Xue Peng didn't care about the reaction of the elder guarding the pavilion. At this moment, he just agreed to the other party.
In fact, Xue Peng was already carefully planning how to kill Gu Qingyang.
Gu Qingyang didn't know that a voice had already appeared in the hanging coffin ancient sect.
That voice was very mysterious, and no one among the ordinary disciples knew the true identity of the voice.
And the meaning of this voice's existence is only for Gu Qingyang. Because, this voice has told many ordinary disciples one thing.
That is, if anyone among the ordinary disciples can get rid of Gu Qingyang through covert means, he will be qualified to be promoted to an inner disciple.
Although, no one knows whether such a promise is true or false.
No one knew why that voice was aimed at Gu Qingyang like this.
However, no one cares about this. What everyone cares about is just the qualification.
Xue Yang and Xue Peng have a deep relationship, because Xue Yang is Xue Peng's biological brother.
In this way, Xue Peng was tempted by the hatred of killing his younger brother and the temptation of promotion qualifications.
This is a very realistic thing.
The Xue brothers have been members of the Ancient Hanging Coffin Sect for a long time, even though they entered the 36th Peak and received the inheritance.
But for a long time, they have not been able to advance to the inner sect or take a further step here.
There is still affection between the brothers, but not much.
It can be said that Xue Peng wanted to kill Gu Qingyang just for revenge.
And his real purpose is actually to qualify for promotion.
The purpose of finding this elder guarding the pavilion was just to get to know Gu Qingyang better.
But Gu Qingyang hid it too deeply.
After a fight, he only made one move.
But everyone still knows this trick.
Plus the advice from the elder who guards the pavilion.
For a moment, Xue Peng was a little confused about Gu Qingyang's strength.
But no matter what, Xue Peng's desire to kill Gu Qingyang remained unchanged.
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"I really don't know who will win this year's ranking and the position of genius."
"You still have to ask? Of course they are outstanding figures from all major branches."
"Aren't you talking nonsense?"
"Hmph, I think it's really hard to say where this sequence is."
"The major branches have recruited many disciples over the years."
"What's more, there are also those disciples who have not joined the branch factions."
"There is no guarantee that among those people, one or two surprising people will not appear."
"As for the position of Tianjiao, it is easier to say. After all, this is the ranking of the inner sect."
"Well, what my fellow Taoist said makes sense."
"I think the top spot on this generation's list of geniuses will definitely be decided between Lin Canghai and Ye Lu."
"Not necessarily. I heard that Liu Changqing from the Twelfth Peak has broken through again."
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On the ninth day, by Liubo Lake.
Many disciples gathered in one place, and in an instant the originally empty square turned into a sea of people.
With more people, there will naturally be more noise belonging to people.
Gu Qingyang stood in the crowd and listened to those words silently.
He knew that those words were both true and false.
But a lot of the content in those words is actually extremely useful.
He stood among the crowd for a long time and understood many things about the trial in the secret realm.
For example, in the Secret Realm Trial, there will be two lists.
One is the sequence list.
This list is completely set up for ordinary disciples. In the secret realm trial, ordinary disciples can use the trial points to get on the list.
It is said that the top ten on the list will be qualified to be promoted to inner disciples. In addition, naturally the higher the ranking, the better the rewards.
There is another one, the list of geniuses.
This list, nominally speaking, is established for all disciples. Both ordinary disciples and inner disciples can be listed on the list.
But throughout the ages, there have been very few people who have been able to make the list as ordinary disciples. Most of the people whose names are on the list are almost inner disciples.
This can be clearly heard through the conversations of ordinary disciples.
And Gu Qingyang also heard the rumor that there was a bounty on his neck.
Unlike others, Gu Qingyang knew from the moment he heard this rumor that someone was targeting him.
And he was indeed used to this kind of targeting. He had already understood what those people were thinking.
Otherwise, he would not be thinking about using this secret trial as an opportunity to show those people his intimidating power.
"Get away!"
However, while Gu Qingyang was deep in thought, from behind the crowd, a voice sounded like thunder on the ground, shaking the group of cultivators.
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