Xu Chunniang followed her memory and went to several other stone pillars.
With her spiritual energy, she easily nailed the exposed stone pillars back into the soil.
As the second and third stone pillars sunk into the soil, more spiritual energy floated out from the stone pillars.
She did not stop and continued walking towards other stone pillars.
The phenomenon of spiritual energy revival was gradually sensed by other monks.
The spiritual energy was very thin, but it shocked them greatly.
"It's spiritual energy coming from above the destroyed altar."
“Go and take a look!”
They followed the spiritual energy up the mountain and found a pit at the narrow entrance of a cave.
"Hey, there seems to be a stone tablet inside, and the spiritual energy is drifting out from here."
"I have seen many such stone tablets before. They are more than three feet high. The characters on them are worn out. I don't know what they say. How did this one get buried in the soil?"
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
These cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage were not stupid. Several of them immediately connected the abnormality of the stone tablet with the revival of spiritual energy.
"The runes on this stone tablet do look like some kind of spell, but they are so badly damaged that I can't make out anything."
"Could it be possible to attract spiritual energy by throwing this stone tablet into the valley?"
"You'll know once you try it!"
The spiritual energy they absorbed was not much, but it was enough to open the storage ring.
After taking out the pills and swallowing them, everyone dispersed and headed towards the place where they had encountered the stone tablet before.
I originally thought that after recovering my cultivation, nailing the stone tablet into the ground would be a simple matter.
But in fact, the stone tablet was made of unknown material and seemed to be welded to the soil. They used a lot of tricks and effort to barely press it down.
The effect was obvious. As the stone tablet sank deeper, more spiritual energy dissipated from it.
They finally determined that it was the unusual movement of the stone tablet that attracted the spiritual energy.
As the last stone tablet sank deep into the soil, the entire valley suddenly shook slightly, and then became completely quiet.
The uncomfortable feeling since entering the valley completely disappeared.
Just after all the stone tablets were returned to their original places, a strong feeling of rejection fell upon all the foreign monks, pushing them away from this world.
Xu Chunniang opened her eyes again and found herself in the main hall of Tiandao Palace.
She was still standing on the same stone pillar, but the complex star-like formation above her head had dimmed quietly without her noticing.
She looked around calmly and found that most of the monks in the stone pillars were gone.
There were originally 361 monks, but now there are only 60 or 70 left, among whom 20 or 30 are unconscious and look unconscious.
Chu Youtian was still on her left, looking at Xu Chunniang with great admiration.
"Fellow Daoist Yan is truly a hidden talent. Fortunately, I was able to win over Fellow Daoist Yan when I was fighting with that old woman Gong before, haha."
Seeing Xu Chunniang glance at him warningly, as if hinting that he should not say more, Chu Youtian immediately understood and showed an "I understand" expression.
That fire must be Fellow Daoist Yan's trump card, so naturally the fewer people who know about it, the better.
He looked around and said "eh" softly.
"According to the rules, we should be entering a new trial level at this time. Why are we back in the main hall? Did something unexpected happen?"
Several cultivators who knew a lot about the Tiandao Palace also noticed this situation and frowned.
"What's going on? Is there something wrong with the trial at Tiandao Palace? It wasn't like this before."
"You sent us to the Land of Absolute Souls right away. We almost died there. Did you do this on purpose to trick us?"
"Could it be the protector's doing?"
"Where's the protector? Come out quickly! You must give an explanation!"
Xu Chunniang's heart moved when she heard this, but before she could ask a question, she saw a figure appear in front of the hall.
The figure was not tall and was wrapped in a ball of white light, so its true appearance could not be seen clearly.
Ever since that figure appeared, a faint sense of oppression began to rise. The hall suddenly became quiet for a moment, and then several questioning voices were heard.
"Did you do anything to throw us into that place of no souls?"
"Damn it, relying on the fact that you are a protector, you are going to ignore the rules?"
The protector coughed lightly, his voice sounded exceptionally young, and revealed a hint of guilt.
"I'm sorry, something unexpected happened and you were dragged into the forbidden area of the Wu clan by Wu Zu."
The Witch Ancestor used the secret method of blood to break the first seal, concealed it from him, secretly tampered with the formation, and teleported all the cultivators to the forbidden area of the Witch Clan.
By the time he found out, it was too late.
It was originally thought that after this group of cultivators were dragged into the forbidden area of the Witch Clan, they would never have a chance of survival and would be imprisoned for generations, becoming the food of the Witch Clan.
After all, there is no spiritual energy in the forbidden land of the witch clan, and the cultivators are just ordinary people with more agile skills.
Unexpectedly, they not only survived, but also reinforced the seal.
Perhaps it was because the Witch Ancestor had been suppressed for countless years and was too weak.
"What? It's actually the Wu Clan's forbidden land! Could the Wu God those people are talking about be the Wu Ancestor?"
"It is said that the Tiandao Palace exists to suppress something. The legend is actually true."
"We actually fought against the Witch Ancestor? And we survived?"
The cultivators were all dazed. Wu Zu was the ancestor of the Wu clan. He was a powerful man in ancient times and a figure who, according to legend, had fought against the Way of Heaven.
They didn't expect that such a big shot was so close to them.
Xu Chunniang was also a little surprised, and then a feeling of luck arose in her heart.
The Witch Ancestor was only interested in breaking free from the seal and did not take these cultivators without spiritual energy seriously at all.
This allowed her to take advantage of the opportunity and use the heavenly fire to burn the stone pillars to strengthen the seal.
What Xu Chunniang didn't know was that the Witch Ancestor was heavily sealed, and it was already difficult for him to separate a trace of his will, so there was no way he could take any action.
The power gained from the sacrifice can only be used to break the seal.
Unfortunately, Wu Zu's plan ultimately failed.
"Originally, the trial had nine levels, from easy to difficult, to select the successor of my Tiandao Palace. However, since an accident has occurred, this trial will end here. I will distribute rewards according to your performance in the Wu Clan's forbidden land."
The voice of the protector was heard, and finally peace returned to the hall.
The monks stopped making a fuss. As long as there were benefits to be gained, they naturally had no objection.
The protector raised his hand, and saw the twenty or thirty unconscious people wake up from the stone pillars, but they were teleported out of the Tiandao Palace the next second.
Obviously, these monks who were easily knocked down by the Wu Clan were not eligible to receive the rewards mentioned by the protectors.
After doing all this, the protector took out a mirror and was slightly startled when he saw the top row of numbers recording the contribution points.
However, his expression soon returned to normal and he distributed rewards from the bottom up. Every time a reward was distributed, one person disappeared in the hall.