"Change it."
Zhang Yao immediately gave up on the big rock that couldn't be moved, and glanced around, looking for smaller targets.
In the end, he chose a black stone about the size of two fists. He estimated that this should be the heaviest stone he could move.
"Drink!"
He stepped forward, shouted low, and used all his strength to lift the black stone bit by bit.
Zhang Yaotuo held up the black stone, his blood almost boiling, providing a steady stream of powerful force, allowing him to carry the stone towards the finish line.
Fortunately, he was not far away from the ancient jade gate at the second level, so after taking a few steps with difficulty, the gravity field around him disappeared and he felt relaxed instantly.
"call……"
Zhang Yao let out a long breath, and the black stone in his hand, which was as heavy as a mountain, suddenly became 'light as a feather'.
Of course, this is just an illusion. The real weight of this stone is still over 10,000 kilograms, and its density is incredibly high.
"This thing should be edible..."
Zhang Yao looked at the black stone in his hand, even tried tossing it, and then caught it steadily:
"If these treasures of heaven and earth can be used to devour, refine, and strengthen the treasure body, it will definitely make the body's strength leap by a large margin."
Thinking of this, he treasured the black stone in his storage bag.
"So someone can really move this stone away?"
Taoist Sansha, Patriarch Yuanxu and others behind him couldn't help but look at each other in shock when they saw Zhang Yao's actions.
Of course they had also guessed that the black stone in the second level was probably a treasure, but they could barely pass the second level, so how could they move it?
Just like Zhang Yao, a person whose body and physique is in an absolutely dominant position among his peers can still carry the treasures here after enduring the terrifying pressure of the gravity field.
"I'll try it too!"
But Man Tiansheng's eyes lit up and he was eager to try.
Soon, he came a few steps in front of the ancient sapphire door and picked a smaller black stone to move.
He held the stone and walked hard to the finish line. The pressure on his body suddenly relaxed, and he put the stone away happily.
And besides them:
Among the remaining golden elixir monks, the fastest was the taciturn young swordsman, but he had only just completed one-third of the journey, and there was a huge gap between him and Zhang Yao and Man Tiansheng.
"Um……"
Zhang Yao glanced at the list next to him. There were still unfamiliar golden words on it.
"Are all the monks in ancient times so physically strong?"
While he was puzzled, he also became more and more curious about the forces behind the construction of this Emerald Palace.
What kind of powerful force can attract the most talented people from all over the world and create incredible achievements?
After waiting patiently for half an hour:
The remaining seven Jindan monks finally completed the second level one after another and came to the second ancient jade door.
"Buzz!"
The ancient sapphire door radiated light again, this time four drops of amber-colored, truffle-like liquid floated out.
With the last experience in mind, Zhang Yao and the others stood still, letting the amber water droplets fly in and blend into their bodies from the center of their eyebrows.
"call……"
Zhang Yao took a deep breath and felt a slight numbness and itching all over his body. At the same time, there was a warm current that kept moving around.
After this feeling faded, his body strength indeed increased again. Although it was not as strong as the increase in his soul, it was still extremely rare.
“The rewards here are really good.”
Zhang Yao, Man Tiansheng, Fairy Feiying and others all had smiles on their faces.
Soon, the ancient sapphire door suddenly opened, and everyone filed in and came to the third hall in the Jade Palace.
The shape of the third hall is basically the same as the first two halls, but it is the smallest one. It is divided into left and right sides by a strange metal instrument.
On the left side, there are irregular pieces of light cyan metal ore, arranged in order from small to large. The smallest one is only the size of a little finger, and the largest one is as big as half a tabletop.
These ores look irregular and uncarved, but it seems that the intervals between each piece have a fixed difference in size.
On the right side, there is only that weird metal instrument, covered with dense and complex runes. On the side facing the ore on the left, there are dozens of thin metal tubes with the same diameter.
"Is this the measuring instrument?"
Zhang Yao looked at the strange metal instrument with great interest.
The third level is a test of mana;
This creation of the ancient Immortal Way is a certain instrument specially used to weigh and quantify mana. It was made using ancient rune technology and weapon refining techniques. It is very different from the style of today's magic weapons. It was used by Taoist Sansha and Ancestor Haihe. They named it 'Measurement Instrument'.
In fact, this instrument just looks novel. In today's era, the spirit pattern technology is more mature and perfect. It is easier to achieve the same effect. An ordinary second-level weapon refiner can create it independently.
The ancient immortal way only had advantages in some aspects, not all aspects were better than today's immortal way. In many cases, it still represented backwardness.
"Let's get started."
Taoist Sansha said hello, took the lead to step forward, pressed one hand on a certain surface of the instrument, and began to use the magic power in a familiar way.
In an instant:
The rich mana he poured into the measuring instrument, after being magically transformed by the rune array, turned into a thin white air rope that flew out from the nozzle on the left side.
"Buzz!"
A piece of wind-breathing orichalcum about the size of a fist and a half was caught in the air rope, and it was tied tightly.
"boom……"
After Taoist Sansha selected this piece of Fengxi Orichalcum, he moved his magic power continuously into the measuring instrument, and manipulated the white air cord to withdraw it bit by bit.
It took a full quarter of an hour, and Taoist Sansha's tired foreheads were sweating, before Fengxi Orichalcum finally fell into the tray with a clang, and the pointer on it whirled sharply, pointing to a scale in the front section.
"I got another piece."
Taoist Sansha smiled and happily picked up the Fengxi orichalcum on the tray.
At this time, Zhang Yao, Man Tiansheng and others who had known about it beforehand also understood that this Fengxi orichalcum was a kind of regulatory chip, specially used to measure the monk's mana in conjunction with the measuring instrument.
"I come!"
After Taoist Sansha retreated, Patriarch Yuanxu quickly stepped forward and placed his hand on the measuring instrument.
Many golden elixir monks came forward one after another. Most of them had about the same magic power and obtained about three or four taels of Wind Breath Orichalcum. Taoist Sansha was still the leading one.
Until Zhang Yao waved his sleeves and robe, walked forward slowly, and put his hand on the measuring instrument.
"Ancestor Qingxu is about to take action!"
At this time, everyone was staring at the side of the measuring instrument, wanting to see how much mana this famous Ancestor Qingxu had in the southwest.
"boom!"
The powerful mana surged, and a nozzle on the other side of the measuring instrument suddenly spurted out an air cord as thick as a thumb.
This obviously thickened air rope passed through the space of the hall on the left and hit a piece of wind-breathing orichalcum that was the size of a young child's head.
"Buzz!"
Under Zhang Yao's calm and calm mana, the white air rope pulled the piece of wind-breathing orichalcum back in an orderly manner.
"This...such a big piece is probably worth fifteen taels!"
"Yes, the estimated weight alone is at least fifteen taels, maybe even more than seventeen taels!"
Everyone was shocked. You looked at me and I looked at you. Both of them couldn't hide their shock.
With the foreshadowing of the previous two levels, everyone was actually mentally prepared for his performance in the third level.
But the problem is, everyone knows that his magic power is powerful, but they don't know how powerful the magic power of this ancestor Qingxu is!
Now, just looking at the performance of the measuring instruments, the conclusions reached can't help but make many Jindan ancestors look at each other with an incredible feeling.
I'm afraid Jindan Perfect doesn't have such powerful magic power, right?
"Clang!"
A large piece of wind-breathed orichalcum fell onto the tray with a crisp sound.
Zhang Yao picked up Fengxi Orichalcum and weighed it, showing a smile:
"Yes, the harvest is great."
This piece of Fengxi Orichalcum weighs almost eighteen taels, nearly two kilograms, and its value is inestimable.
Normal copper and iron metal would weigh dozens or even hundreds of kilograms for such a large size, but Fengxi Orichalcum is so light that it only weighs less than two kilograms.
"I really don't know where all these Fengxi orichalcum came from..."
Zhang Yao glanced at the Fengxi orichalcums lined up on the left side of the hall, from small to large, and couldn't help but have a flash of fire in his eyes.
The last time Taoist Sansha and the others explored, they had already taken away several pieces of Fengxi orichalcum, but this time when the Jadeite Shrine was reopened, they were replenished.
"Fellow Taoist Qingxu is really amazing!"
When Zhang Yao looked away, he heard Fairy Xiaguang's loud praise.
The other Jindan Patriarchs also spoke one after another, and they were generous with their compliments. Only Man Tiansheng snorted a few times but did not agree, while the cold-faced and taciturn young swordsman remained silent.
"Fellow Taoists, you are so complimentary. Let's move on to the next level."
Zhang Yao smiled slightly and responded humbly.
soon:
Everyone came to the ancient sapphire gate in the third level. As usual, four clouds of silver-white mist floated out and were injected into the bodies of Zhang Yao, Man Tiansheng and others.
"Wow!"
The golden elixir in the dantian shook slightly, and layers of golden light surged out.
The mana around his body has obviously grown a lot under the continuous influx of golden elixirs, which is at least equivalent to the mana accumulated through thirty or forty years of hard work.
“What a treasure this is!”
Zhang Yao admired in his heart.
But at this moment, something unexpected happened to everyone.
"Buzz!"
The jade order in Zhang Yao's arms suddenly flew out, emitting a beam of cyan light that hit the transparent jade aside.
In an instant:
The golden light on the transparent jade wall surged like water, and the positions after the seventh place all moved back one space, and the tenth place was directly squeezed out.
There was only a blank space left at the seventh position, and the Emerald Token flew out and fell into Zhang Yao's hands, conveying a mysterious message.
"Leave a name on the list?"
Zhang Yao was startled for a moment, then showed a faint smile.
“It’s actually on the ancient list!”
"Yes, it seems that the powerful magic power of this ancestor Qingxu was as rare as a rare existence in ancient times!"
"Incredible, really incredible!"
"He is worthy of being a monk who has mastered the art of refining the formation into the body. He can still have a place even among the ancient lists of geniuses and powerful men!"
Seeing this scene, many Jindan monks on the side were more and more amazed and at the same time, they were also talking about it.
Zhang Yao took the jade order and tapped it lightly on the transparent jade.
"Buzz!"
Among the many ancient texts on the list, there are two extremely obvious universal texts - Qingxu.
After Zhang Yao took back the Jade Order, he still felt a little confused:
"Are all the monks in ancient times so powerful?"
The method of refining the formation into the body originated from a certain super sect in ancient times, but it truly became its own system in the era after the Great Destruction.
It is extremely difficult to get started in this lineage, and it is most famous for its powerful and terrifying magic power. After all, it is a school that inscribes large formations in the body and uses the power of heaven and earth. It can crush other schools in many places.
But even with Zhang Yao's magic power, he can only be ranked seventh on this list. So what kind of monsters are those in front of him, especially the top three on the list?
"Let's keep walking."
After everyone stepped forward to congratulate him for a few words, they all walked along the ancient green jade gate to the fourth level.
The furnishings in the fourth level are even simpler. In the five-foot-square hall, there is only a simple copper basin in the center.
In the copper basin, there is a black and white swimming fish, swimming in the clear and transparent water. The sky above the copper basin is filled with thick spiritual light, and it is obviously full of tyrannical formation restrictions.
The fourth level tests control, to be precise, the subtle ability to sense spiritual thoughts and manipulate mana.
The rules are simple:
It is necessary to rely solely on the cooperation of a trace of spiritual thought and a ray of magic power to catch fish swimming in the water under numerous restrictions and obstacles. The shorter the time, the better the results.
At this level, Zhang Yao no longer had a crushing advantage.
Although he has good abilities in this area, everyone present has their own unique skills, and it is obvious that it is not his turn to display them at a subtle level.
The final ranking was that the taciturn young swordsman ranked first, Baihong Sword Immortal ranked second, Sansha Taoist ranked third, and Zhang Yao only got the fourth place.
"Oh shit."
Man Tiansheng cursed angrily, looking a little depressed.
In addition to performing very well in the second level, second only to Zhang Yao, he was also at the bottom in the first, third and even fourth levels.
But there is no way, you have to give up when you gain, there is no perfect school in the world, even if it is a seemingly perfect way to refine the formation and enter the body, there are restrictions that are extremely difficult to get started, and there are even greater hidden dangers in the future.
The reward for the fourth level is a pill that is banned by a crystal cube. The size of the pill varies depending on the performance.
After Zhang Yao and others received their rewards, they filed in along the ancient jade gate and reached the fifth level.
"..."
Taking advantage of the opportunity for everyone to look at the fifth palace, Fairy Xiaguang did not dare to use her spiritual thoughts rashly, so she secretly winked.
Fairy Feiying on the side understood and nodded imperceptibly.
(End of chapter)
