Before Shi Chishang passed the second level, four people had already passed it and entered the third level.
Among the four, one died due to the longevity catastrophe on the second level, two stopped on the fourth level, and the last person, Gu Ye, had already reached the seventh level.
There are five major families in the Laoshan Ghost Sect. Although the Cao family is the leader, the other four families are only slightly inferior. The most important thing is that there is no one who is in charge of the sea like the Cao family. Otherwise, who is the leader of the Laoshan Ghost Sect? No way of knowing yet.
As one of the five major families, the Gu family has cultivated a lot of talent. Although his swordsmanship talent is not as good as that of Cao Hong, a natural swordsman, compared to most of his peers, his swordsmanship talent is absolute. First class.
He was the first to pass the first level, and Gu Ye was also the first to realize the mystery of the power of death in the second level, and was the first to enter the third level again, drawing his sword all the way until he reached the seventh level. Stop for now.
The reason why he stopped was not that Gu Ye could not comprehend the mystery of this level of bone sword, but that he passed through the first six levels in one breath, causing most of Gu Ye's vitality to disappear. At this moment, he actually looked like an old man in his seventies or eighties. Sitting tremblingly in front of the bone sword, only his eyes were still ferocious, shining with cruelty like a vulture.
After resting for a long time, when the few pills he had just taken took effect, Gu Ye slowly stood up and reached out to hold the bone sword. The next moment, he had pulled out the bone sword and returned to the mountain road.
Smiling proudly, Gu Ye turned around, but there seemed to be a barrier between each level of the mountain road. He couldn't see how many people were behind him, but even he could barely pass the seventh level, let alone Someone else.
Gu Ye walked up to the eighth floor with a sneer, and then his eyes suddenly burst into a fierce light, because there was still a person standing on the steps of the eighth floor.
But before Gu Ye could make any move, he had already entered the eighth level of illusion.
The one who stepped into the eighth level first was naturally Shi Chishang.
There are nine steps in the third level, and the bone swords on each step contain a brand of swordsmanship. It is no exaggeration to say that each level of swordsmanship imprint is not inferior to the swordsmanship that Shi Chishang has practiced before, that is, the starlight swordsmanship and killing swordsmanship that have been sublimated to the Aurora realm can be slightly comparable.
But when Chi Shang successfully mastered the swordsmanship marks on the second level, he had discovered that these swordsmanship marks were essentially branches of the same swordsmanship. To put it simply, if he mastered all the swordsmanship marks on the ninth level, he could merge them into A more advanced swordsmanship.
A random branch is enough to rival the two major swordsmanships of Starlight and Slaughter. So how powerful will the original swordsmanship be after the nine paths are unified?
Perhaps motivated by this belief, Shi Chishang took only two hours to pass the seven steps in a row. Except for the initial aging, the sword skills corresponding to the other six brands are death, coldness, decay, desolation, poison, and annihilation.
At this moment, Shi Chishang was comprehending the burial power contained in this brand.
As his understanding of "burial" gradually increased, the Death Sword Intent lingering around him became more terrifying, with a faint pale halo appearing. Even Shichishang himself, any part of his body touched by that halo , all exuding wisps of deathly energy.
A few minutes later, Shi Chishang opened his eyes with difficulty. At this time, he had aged to the point where he seemed to be a hundred years old. His body was stooped and his hair was withered. If it were not for the evil heart sword to support his body, he would not even be able to stand still. .
Grinning his mouth, Shi Chishang tried his best to smile, and then held the hilt of the sword. At this time, he didn't even have the strength to draw the sword. He could only use his soul power to push his palm and slowly pull the bone sword out of the ground.
boom! As the illusion disintegrated, Shi Chishang returned to the steps. He also noticed Gu Ye sitting next to him. However, at this time, Shi Chishang's vitality was almost exhausted and he had no energy to deal with this guy. He struggled to move his body and finally Climbed the ninth level of stairs.
When the illusion unfolded again, Shi Chishang slowly came to the bone sword on this level, tremblingly stretched out his hand to hold the sword hilt, and the next moment, his eyes couldn't help but show a bit of surprise.
After a long while, Shi Chishang nodded with understanding, his hand still holding the hilt of the sword. I wonder if the branding this time was a little special. Shi Chishang's Death Sword Intent seemed to be stimulated and became more active than ever before. The bone sword submerged mightily and became entangled with the brand in it.
At first, as the Death Sword Intent was crazily poured into the Bone Sword, Shi Chishang's aging state became more and more serious. However, gradually, his aging trend gradually slowed down. After more than an hour, he no longer had the slightest sign of aging. He continued to show signs of aging, but at this time, his heartbeat had almost stopped, and his head was drooping, as if he were dead.
After being silent for a long time, Shi Chishang's head suddenly moved with a buzzing sound that he didn't know where to come from. Then, he who had previously looked old and decayed actually started to look younger bit by bit.
If anyone sees this scene, they will definitely exclaim "rejuvenated". In just a few minutes, Shi Chishang, who was just over a hundred years old, has turned into a man in his fifties. And look at his He still looks younger, as if the vitality that had just passed has returned.
For a full quarter of an hour, until Shi Chishang opened his eyes, he had returned to the way he was before walking up the mountain road. He was full of vitality and powerful, and he was obviously back to his peak state.
Looking at his body, Shi Chishang couldn't help laughing. He finally understood the purpose of Master Bone's setting up the first three tests.
The first test is to eliminate those practitioners with weak skills.
The second test is for people to master the power of death.
The third test is to teach the complete method of underworld death.
Having the power of death without knowing how to control it will only harm yourself. Only by mastering the corresponding method of death can you control the power of death without hurting yourself.
The imprints on the first eight steps are all branches derived from the path of death, but the ninth step is different. The imprint on this step is life, not life in the conventional sense, but plundering life.
Once the mystery of the ninth level imprint is understood, the life lost by the cultivator in the first eight levels will no longer be a problem, because the method of plundering life allows the cultivator to plunder life from all things in the world and make up for his lost life span.
Just now, Chi Shang seemed to be on the verge of death, but in fact, he was using the Death Sword Intention to resonate with the brand, and thus plundering life from the surroundings to replenish his excessive loss of life.
After laughing for a long time, Shi Chi Shang stood up, moved his body, and enjoyed the vitality that seemed to have been absent for many years. After a while, he calmed down, held the hilt of the sword, lifted it up, and pulled out the bone sword with great ease.
As the bone sword lifted off the ground, the environment on this level automatically collapsed. As soon as Shi Chishang returned to the steps, he took a step forward without hesitation.
There were actually many steps leading up to the ninth floor, winding up to the top of the mountain. However, Shi Chi Shang took one step forward and immediately left the mountain path, appearing at the top of Baigu Mountain.
Just when he arrived at the top of the mountain, Shi Chishang saw a large formation covering an area of more than 100 square meters in front of him, and behind the formation, there was actually a cave.
He was sizing up the large formation in front of him when Master Bone's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "If you pass the fourth test of the Seventy-two White Bone Sword Formation, you will be my disciple from the White Bone Cave."
"Disciple of the Gaiden?" Shi Chishang was stunned and asked doubtfully, "Then there is no need to pass the fifth level?"
"Pass the fifth level and become my secret disciple of White Bone Cave."
Xu Shi Chi Shang was the first to pass the third level, and Master Bone gave him a rare answer to his question.
Shi Chishang suddenly realized. He carefully observed the formation for a long time, but found that from the outside, the entire formation was completely shrouded in a white mist, and it was impossible to see the reality inside.
After thinking for a while, Shi Chishang dismissed the distracting thoughts, took out the Evil Heart Sword, and walked straight into the Seventy-Two Bone Sword Formation that represented the fourth level.
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Just when Shi Chishang reached the fourth level, everyone in the first three levels, no matter which step they reached, was moved back to the periphery of the White Bone Mountain Formation by a force out of thin air.
The people waiting outside were startled by the sudden appearance of so many people, but when they took a closer look, they were surprised to find that it was the people who had just entered.
"Senior sister!" Seeing Shi Yirui, Zheng Duobao hurried over and asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"
Shi Yirui was stunned when he heard this, touched himself, shook his head and said, "It's okay, what's going on?"
Sun Wei turned back to look at White Bone Mountain, his eyes flashing with light, and after a while he sighed softly: "It seems that Master Bone has chosen his successor."
"What?" Shi Yirui asked in surprise, "Has anyone already passed the fifth level?"
"If you look at who hasn't come out, you'll know who it is." Xuanyuan Yun said coldly. She was about to pass the third level just now, but was suddenly moved out. She spent nearly seven years in order to pass the assessment. Shouyuan, even this ice beauty has the urge to curse.
Compared to Xuanyuan Yun, Cao Hong is actually not much different from before. She still looks the same as when she entered the third level. It seems that she has not even passed the first step.
Xuanyuan Yun also noticed this and frowned: "Why do you..."
Cao Hong saw her confusion and made a face: "Hehe! I don't want to become an old lady!"
Xuanyuan Yun was suffocated and speechless. Unexpectedly, they all tried their best to pass the test, but Cao Hong, who was the most talented in swordsmanship, gave up the test for the sake of appearance.
At this time, Zhong Wudi, who came over quickly after seeing Cao Hong, first looked at her carefully, then took out a pill and handed it to her, saying in a deep voice: "Take it."
Seeing the uncontrollable concern in Zhong Wudi's eyes, Cao Hong was startled, and then stuck out his tongue. Without reaching out, he lowered his head and directly took the pill from Zhong Wudi's hand with his mouth.
Unexpectedly, Cao Hong would suddenly make such a move. Zhong Wudi was also startled, and then he retracted his hand without losing his composure. Even his ears, which were always cold, were actually glowing red at this moment.
And in the distance, when he saw this scene that looked like Zhong Wudi giving medicine to Cao Hong with his own hands, Gu Yeqi, who still looked like he was in his eighties or nineties, twitched at the corners of his eyes.
Gu Ye and Cao Hong are both outstanding young men from the Laoshan Ghost Sect. They are close in age and both are masters of swordsmanship. Gu Ye has a huge covet for Cao Hong from a family perspective or a personal perspective.
On a normal day, I am afraid that Gu Ye would have already rushed over. However, with his vitality almost exhausted, he did not have any strength at all. He relied entirely on the support of several Gu family disciples, so for a while he could only stare at the two of them from afar with eyes blazing.
