After hearing Taoist Sansha's words, Zhang Yao squinted his eyes, his expression didn't change much, and he said in a calm tone:
"According to what you said, they are indeed a bit suspicious."
"But in the end, this is just your guess without any evidence. Do you want Pindao to turn against his fellow Taoists because of an unsubstantiated guess?"
"I naturally don't dare to have such delusions."
Taoist Sansha lowered his head slightly and said:
"I just want to give fellow Taoist Qingxu a warning, lest you be deceived by one of them."
"I don't expect fellow Taoist Qingxu to trust my judgment based on just one word, but in some subsequent levels, if things change, I hope fellow Taoist Taoist will think twice..."
After he finished speaking, he remained silent and looked away as if nothing happened.
Next breath:
"call……"
Ancestor Haihe suddenly opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he saw the figures of Zhang Yao and Taoist Sansha beside him, he suddenly smiled:
"Qingxu, you are indeed faster than me. You are probably the fastest among us, right?"
Zhang Yao raised his eyebrows, showing a hint of surprise:
"I didn't expect that, Haihe, you are second only to me and Taoist Sansha. It seems that your spirit is quite strong."
It’s not surprising that Taoist Sansha’s soul is powerful. He is the oldest and the most profound among the several golden elixir monks in the Dayu Immortal World, and he is very close to the middle stage of the golden elixir.
However, Patriarch Haihe achieved the golden elixir only over fifty years ago, and his soul is even better than that of Patriarch Yuanxu, Baihong Sword Immortal and others.
"No matter where, I'm just a little faster than them."
Ancestor Haihe smiled and explained:
"Perhaps you don't know that the "Nine Seas and Ten Thousand Rivers Scripture" that I practice comes with a magical power that can enhance the soul and strengthen the mind."
"I see."
Zhang Yao nodded slightly, Taoist Sansha on the side listened with a hint of envy.
Divine channel techniques that can directly enhance the soul, body, or mana are usually higher-level and relatively rare. It seems that Fuhai Sect still has some background.
While the two were chatting:
Ancestor Yuanxu, Fairy Xiaguang, Baihong Sword Fairy and the young swordsman came to the Qingyu Ancient Gate one by one to wake up and completed the first level of the test.
As for the one at the back, the body-refining cultivator Man Tiansheng was still moving slowly, with a look of struggle on his face.
"Sure enough, his soul is the worst..."
Zhang Yao was not too surprised when he saw this scene.
The strength of body-refining monks also comes at a price. Generally speaking, while their bodies are extremely powerful, their souls and mana are weaker than those of monks of the same level.
Their magic power needs to be sacrificed to strengthen their bodies; the same goes for their souls, which need to further strengthen their physical abilities through means such as 'Soul Melting and Body Refining'.
But the weakness of the soul does not mean that this is the weakness of the body refining monk.
The spiritual soul of a high-level body-refining monk is very closely integrated with the physical body. Coupled with a series of strengthening methods, the physical body can also resist attacks and influences on the spiritual soul. The self-spiritual soul is like hiding in an indestructible fortress.
Under normal circumstances, some divine channel techniques that specialize in divine souls cannot harm their divine souls. Otherwise, with such obvious weaknesses, body-refining monks would not be able to gain the reputation of being invincible at the same level.
But the current encounter in the Jade Palace is obviously not a normal situation. The high-level body-refining monk's protective ability against the soul cannot resist the powerful formation here.
Under the gaze of everyone:
After a full quarter of an hour, Man Tianshengcai finally arrived in front of the ancient Qingyu Gate.
"Hoo, hoo..."
He opened his eyes suddenly and gasped violently, as if he was under great mental pressure.
"Haha, everyone is here..."
After he took a clear look at the surrounding scene, he found that everyone was waiting for him. His face suddenly turned red, but he quickly laughed and pretended that nothing had happened.
And just after he was the last one to arrive.
"Buzz!" "Buzz!"...
The ancient sapphire door trembled slightly, blooming with wisps of bright light, and floating out four groups of milky white brilliance like water droplets.
"The reward for the first level is here!"
When Zhang Yao, Man Tiansheng and others saw this, they immediately smiled.
The rewards for completing levels in the Jade Palace are all very precious treasures, but once they have been obtained once, they will not be given out again.
Otherwise, before entering the Emerald Palace, Patriarch Haihe, Taoist Sansha and others should swallow spiritual pills, use secret techniques, and stimulate the power of their souls and thoughts in order to achieve better results.
"Boom!" "Boom!"...
The direction of these four balls of light was very clear, flying directly towards Zhang Yao, Man Tiansheng, Fairy Feiying and the young swordsman.
As for the four groups of milky white brilliance, the size difference is also very obvious:
The largest one was as big as a head and larger than the other three combined; while the smallest one was only as big as a baby's fist and looked extremely pitiful.
There is no doubt that the largest ball of milky white light flew directly towards Zhang Yao; while the smallest ball flew towards Man Tiansheng.
"this!!"
Many Jindan monks present could not help but change their expressions when they saw the milky-white brilliance that was as big as a head.
The faster you break through the first level, the better your performance and the more generous rewards you will receive.
But the reward that Qingxu Patriarch received was too generous. It was far above everyone else and was not on the same level as them at all.
"How come his is so big?!"
Seeing this, Taoist Sansha was horrified:
"How much faster is he than me? Is his spirit so strong?!"
He originally thought that even if the Qingxu Ancestor was faster than him, he should be faster than him. After all, the opponent was only at the early stage of the Golden Core.
But he never expected that the size of this milky white brilliance reward alone would be more than twice his size. This shows that the strength of the souls of the two sides is very different.
"..."
While everyone was looking at each other, the milky white brilliance the size of a head was already immersed in Zhang Yao's body.
In an instant, Zhang Yao felt his consciousness tremble, and a cold and comfortable feeling filled his soul, just like lying in a bath with cool water on a hot summer day.
In this state, the power of the milky white brilliance continued to penetrate, making Zhang Yao clearly feel that the power of his soul and spiritual thoughts continued to grow.
Just a few breaths later:
He broke away from this state and refreshed his energy. Only then did he realize that the power of his soul had increased by at least one tenth!
"What an amazing effect!"
Zhang Yao was also amazed in his heart.
The intensity of the soul and mind becomes more and more difficult to increase in the future, and it is often difficult to achieve the initial effect even after spending ten times the price.
And based on the strength of his soul, the total amount has increased by one-tenth, which is enough to match the complete soul of the first half of the monks in the early stage of the golden elixir. You can imagine how huge this gain is.
"It is indeed a relic from ancient times."
Zhang Yao was excited and looking forward to the next reward.
"boom!"
After everyone had absorbed the rewards, the Ancient Jade Gate finally opened with a bang.
Through the wide portal, you can see the interior of the second palace, which is almost identical to the first palace, but much larger overall.
The only difference is that the ground of this second hall is covered with densely packed black stones of different sizes, almost covering the entire hall.
"The second level is not easy..."
Everyone filed in and reached the second level.
"Don't waste time, just get on it!"
Man Tiansheng couldn't wait to speak, grinned, and took a step forward.
In an instant, there seemed to be a huge pressure on him, but he only swayed slightly and continued to move forward as if there was no one around, at a speed only slightly slower than normal walking.
"As expected of a body-refining monk!"
Taoist Sansha, Ancestor Yuanxu and others all had a hint of amazement in their eyes.
The first level tests the soul and mind, and the second level tests the body. In this level, Man Tiansheng naturally has the advantage.
"Let's go too."
Everyone stepped forward one after another and officially entered the test of the second hall.
"Buzz!"
The moment Zhang Yao stood firm, he felt a terrible and invisible heavy pressure coming on his body, pulling at his limbs, bones, and internal organs.
At the same time, the powerful mana that was constantly flowing around his body was directly blocked by an invisible force. It could not escape from his body and could no longer exert any influence on his body.
"The gravity has changed here!"
He instantly understood the principle of this formation.
A rough estimate shows that the gravity here is at least thirty or forty times that of the outside world, which is an extremely terrifying number.
Normal mortals and ferocious beasts will be crushed into pancakes in an instant here; even monks in the Qi refining and foundation building stages will be crushed to death.
Only the golden elixir monks who have had their marrow cleansed and cut off their veins many times, and whose bodies have been washed and strengthened by spiritual energy for hundreds of years, can move here with difficulty and pass the test bit by bit.
"But to me, this change in gravity is just a small thing."
Zhang Yao smiled slightly and walked forward without even swaying his body.
Every step he took was steady, and his speed was even faster than Man Tiansheng. He had already passed him before he had even taken a few steps.
Under such a terrifying gravity field, he still remained flexible in his movements, avoiding the larger black stones on the route from time to time, and quickly completed a third of the distance.
"What?!"
This scene not only shocked Taoist Sansha, Fairy Xiaguang and others, but even Man Tiansheng was confused.
"How can this be?!"
He knew that Zhang Yao was physically very strong. He had been able to fight with him on a par with him during the foundation building stage with the help of the Yellow Talisman Armor.
But he has already refined the golden elixir and entered the level of a high-level body-refining monk. How could he be inferior to a monk who does not practice body-refining in terms of pure body and soul?
You must know that Zhang Yao during the Battle of Shuifu was not as good as him in terms of pure physical strength!
"Impossible! This is impossible!!"
Man Tiansheng couldn't accept this result, his eyes were red, and he dragged his heavy legs desperately, trying to catch up.
But with his magic power blocked and unable to activate his body-refining magical power, he could only watch helplessly as the distance between the two parties widened little by little, feeling a great sense of frustration in his heart.
"how so……"
Man Tiansheng looked dazed for a moment, and the fire in his heart seemed to have been extinguished by a basin of ice water.
Even what you are best at and strongest in is no match for the other party, so if you insist on taking on the challenge, isn't it humiliating yourself?
"This this……"
Taoist Sansha and others, who were lagging behind and struggling to move forward, looked at each other with shock and unspeakable shock.
The soul is extremely powerful, and the body and physique are even better than those of body-refining monks of the same level, not to mention the magic power. The monks who refine the formation into the body are famous for their powerful magic power.
This all-round, crushing intuitive power makes people feel like they are standing on a high mountain.
"This man is really terrible!"
Taoist Sansha and others inevitably felt a little uneasy in their hearts:
"I hope that the few of us, together with Man Tiansheng and Swordsman, can stop this person..."
the other side:
Zhang Yao, who was walking at the front, was in a very comfortable mood.
"More than seventy years of hard work has finally paid off..."
During the foundation building stage, his body's physical strength was not as good as that of body-refining monks of the same level.
However, after more than seventy years of devouring and refining, and under the continuous blessing and strengthening of the 'Liuhe Taiyuan Guixu Formation', his body and physique have surpassed himself little by little and become stronger and stronger.
Before he achieved the Golden Elixir, he was actually not far behind Yuwentai at his peak.
After refining the golden elixir, thanks to the baptism of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the transformation of the golden elixir, the strength of the body has undergone a new qualitative change. With bare hands, it is enough to defeat ordinary magic weapons and stabilize the early stage of the golden elixir.
Of course:
It is obvious that Man Tiansheng has only achieved the golden elixir for a few years. He has not practiced many body refining magical powers and strengthening secret techniques, which is far from representing the true level of high-level body refining monks.
But the same goes for Zhang Yao. He has not yet refined the 'Tai Xuan Golden Body' and has not yet used the 'Five Phase Divine Wheel' to refine his body into a life-giving magic weapon. There is still room for substantial improvement.
"Um?"
Seeing that Zhang Yao was about to arrive at the ancient jade gate of the second hall, his mind suddenly moved and he looked at the black stones on the ground.
Fairy Xiaguang once said that in different levels of the Jade Palace, it is possible to obtain treasures within the levels. This is independent of the rewards in each level.
Could these inconspicuous black stones be the treasures of the second level?
"Why don't you give it a try..."
When Zhang Yao thought of this, he leaned down and tried to move a black stone.
His inconspicuous black stone is obviously only the size of half a copper basin, but it is incredibly heavy.
"Drink!"
Zhang Yao's feet took root and his waist and hips exerted force. Qi and blood surged all over his body, and veins sprouted on his forehead. However, he only slightly shook the black stone and could not even lift it off the ground.
"The weight is ridiculous!"
There was a hint of horror in his heart.
With his current strength, he can lift a hill that is tens of feet tall. It is easy to split the mountain and crack the ground with his bare hands, but he cannot lift a small stone.
Let’s give a rough estimate:
Even if the influence of the gravity field is discarded, this black stone itself is extremely heavy, hundreds of times heavier than steel of the same volume. It is the heaviest thing he has ever seen or heard of!
After Zhang Yao figured this out, he immediately realized:
"This must be an incredible treasure!"
(End of chapter)
