At the mouth of the valley, Elder Peng and the other two took out an ancient triangular object from their bodies. The object was brown in color and had an arc-shaped bottom edge. The three of them made hand gestures and threw the object in their hands into the air.
At this time, Master Yimu and Immortal Hangwu of Taixuan Sect and Pure Land Sect also walked behind the three people at Taniguchi, but did not offer anything.
Li Yan kept staring ahead. He noticed that when Master Yimu and Immortal Hang Wu looked up at the sky, both of them had gleams in their eyes. Li Yan sensed a hint of greed in their eyes.
Li Yan is a smart man. After thinking about the origin of the secret realm, he guessed some of the reasons.
This secret realm was first discovered by Shibuyuan and Wuliangzong, who opened up a passage. Later, they reached an agreement with the monsters in the secret realm. It seems that these three brown objects are the magic weapons to open the secret realm.
The Taixuan Sect and the Pure Land Sect joined later, so they did not have these things, which were fatal to the two sects. That is to say, even if the passage to the secret realm was opened, many places would still be inaccessible after entering.
In the air, three brown objects quickly combined in the air, forming a circular compass-like object in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly, light radiated from it, and at this moment, Master Yimu and Immortal Hangwu each made a hand gesture, and five people each pointed out a finger, and five rays of light of different colors hit the small compass-like object.
The small compass spun rapidly in the air like a spinning top under force, and as it did so, it became larger and larger...
The five people continued to infuse their magic power, and the compass slowly moved to directly above the valley entrance. The speed of rotation also gradually slowed down, and finally it hung above the valley entrance like a giant sun.
After the five people collected their magic power, the huge compass stopped rotating. Elder Peng glanced at the Sword King, who nodded and turned to look at the group of foundation-building monks.
“The picking trial has begun. You will enter in batches according to your sect. When each person passes under the Tianxin Plate, the Tianxin Plate will leave a mark on each person.
You can sense the existence of this mark with your spiritual sense. When you encounter danger, you can use your spiritual sense to shatter the mark, and you will be teleported out immediately. If the mark disappears and the person is not out, he will die! "
Li Yan felt a little strange when he heard this. He didn't expect that this treasure called Tianxin Plate could not only open up areas but also save lives.
“The Tianxin Plate is actually a map. When it is opened, it will display the map of the picking area and light spots. One light spot represents a cultivator. People outside the valley can see the location of the cultivators, but they can only see the number and location of people, but they don’t know who that light spot represents.
In order to protect the monks who enter, when they just enter, the Tianxin Plate will automatically move the same team of monks to a small area. At this time, the monsters or monks in that area cannot walk out of the area, so as to prevent the monks who entered first from attacking those who entered later.
Only after everyone has entered will the elders outside officially activate the Tianxin Plate, and the picking trial will officially begin."
Li Wuyi's voice transmission sounded in Li Yan's mind at the right time. Li Yan also nodded to the eldest brother with a smile in his eyes.
At this time, the second-level monsters led by Yin Congfeng had begun to enter the front. Those monsters were extremely excited, but under Yin Congfeng's cold gaze, they still reluctantly lined up in a team and walked towards the green vine trellis at the valley entrance.
When the first monster with a wolf head and a female body entered, the moment it entered the valley, Li Yan saw a green light shooting out from the Tianxin Plate above his head, which instantly passed through the green vines and hit it.
The monster didn't notice anything at all and dived into the green vines and disappeared. Then, a moving green dot appeared on the Tianxin Plate, which made Li Yan understand what Li Wuyi meant.
The green dot quickly began to rotate in a small area, as if it was confined within a certain range. As the group of monsters continued to enter, the number of green dots in the area increased...
The Taoists of Taixuan Sect began to enter next. This made the Taoists of Taixuan Sect, who had originally looked unhappy, look much more relaxed. It was obvious that the order of entry gave them some face.
Just when the Taixuan Sect's foundation-building cultivator entered the valley entrance, Li Yan discovered that a red light was shining on the Tianxin Plate, and then a moving red dot appeared on the Tianxin Plate, and it was quickly moved to another area, keeping a certain distance from the green dot area.
Li Yan also understood that the light emitted by the Tianxin Plate was of different colors, and could distinguish the cultivators of different sects from the inside out.
In this way, they entered in batches according to the monsters, Pure Land Sect, monsters, ghosts, and Ten-Step Courtyard, which took a full quarter of an hour.
After all the colors on the Tianxin Plate gathered in seven areas, five Jindan cultivators once again shot five rays of light into the Tianxin Plate in the air at the valley entrance.
"Buzz buzz buzz..."
The Tianxin Plate suddenly made a sound, and then seven huge light pillars shot up into the sky. After the seven light pillars rose into the air, they quickly turned into seven arrow-like rainbow lights, falling from the sky into the valley.
The various colored light spots in the seven areas on the Tianxin disk began to surge, some moving towards each other, while others quickly shot off in other directions...
The picking trial has begun! Li Yan looked at the huge Tianxin disk in the air above the valley entrance. The color of the Wuling Sect's mark was black. At this time, forty-nine black light spots in a certain area of the Tianxin disk also began to spread around.
There were three or four black spots rushing towards a certain direction together, there were four or five light spots moving slowly together, looking cautious, and there was even a single black light spot that broke away.
They were heading in different directions, but basically they were all rushing towards the periphery. It seemed that they all wanted to create some distance between themselves and the enemy before making any plans.
Li Yan also saw red, brown and purple, most of which rushed directly towards the areas of other colors. If he remembered correctly, these should be the colors of the three teams of monsters. It seemed that they were planning to kill the human monks first.
A small number of points among these three colors also broke away from the main group and went straight to the periphery. Li Yan guessed that these should be some monsters with higher intelligence, and their main purpose after entering was to search for treasures.
"Okay, life and death will be determined by fate once you enter. We just need to wait outside for a month."
Elder Peng walked back at this time and spoke to a group of Qi Condensation cultivators, then he and the other seven Jindan elders walked aside and started communicating with each other.
Li Yan noticed that they would occasionally look at the other sects and the three teams of monsters. The other Jindan cultivators also returned to their own camps and gathered together to discuss things, also with a defensive look.
Li Yan didn't understand why the various sects sent so many Jindan monks. Besides the fact that at least five Jindan monks were needed to open the passage, were the extra Jindan monks just for the sake of strengthening the momentum? Or to prevent the other sects from doing anything wrong
What he didn't know was that since the main force of picking in the secret realm on the battlefield became the foundation-building cultivators, the opening of the channel was presided over by the Jindan. At the beginning, there were not many Jindan-level cultivators sent by both the cultivators and the monsters, and they were enough to open the channel and the trial ground.
But unexpectedly, a very strange thing happened later. After picking in a secret realm, more than half of the Jindan monks who came out at the end were killed. Any Jindan was extremely precious to the sect.
Three Jindan from Taixuan Sect and Shibuyuan each died in the secret realm, while two elders from Wuliang Sect and Jingtu Sect were also seriously injured, and they were almost unable to open the passage and return.
Finally the four sects had to come together, and from the Ten-Step Courtyard passage, they gathered ten Jindans and started their return journey together.
According to the elders who returned, one night after the foundation-building cultivators entered the picking area, their twenty elders and three third-order monsters were guarding outside under the Tianxin Plate.
Suddenly, a thick fog rose outside the valley and quickly enveloped the area. Even spiritual consciousness was blocked for a moment. Even a strong Jindan cultivator could only maintain his consciousness about ten feet away from the body.
Next, they were attacked by surprise respectively. Fortunately, as soon as the Pure Land Sect and the Wangling Sect realized that something was wrong, they formed a small Arhat Subduing Tiger Formation and a small Four Symbols Formation. Although no one died, four elders were seriously injured.
The Shibuyuan sect began to fight hard with its sharp flying swords, and the Taixuan sect Taoist priests also formed a small Tiangang formation. One of the two sects was a little too arrogant, while the other's formation defense was broken, resulting in heavy losses. Six Jindan monks died in one battle.
The fog came quickly and dissipated quickly, lasting less than half a quarter of an hour before it quickly dissipated, and the enemies attacking in the fog disappeared without a trace.
The remaining cultivators from the four sects were furious, believing that it was the high-level monsters from the secret realm that were causing trouble, because although the only three third-level monsters that appeared were covered in wounds, none of them were killed, which was extremely unreasonable.
No matter how powerful the three-headed monster is, it will not be stronger than twenty golden elixirs.
The four sects almost besieged the three monsters on the spot. The three monsters were still trying to defend themselves at first, but after explaining a few sentences and seeing that they did not believe them, the monsters' ferocious nature was exposed, and they began to prepare to fight to the death without any fear.
In the end, it was a Buddha from the Pure Land Sect who spoke up and stopped the fight, and a Jindan cultivator from the Wuling Sect also came out to mediate. After all, the two sects did not suffer too much loss, so they calmed down a lot.
If they take action here, even if they kill these three high-level monsters, not only will their remaining golden elixirs be unable to escape, but none of the foundation-building cultivators they brought in will be able to get out alive.
Just like that, in the following days, the four sects gathered together and took turns to form teams to be on guard at all times. Although the four sects were fighting secretly outside, they were extremely united at this time.
Although the three monsters were extremely dissatisfied with them, they did not call on other monsters to come to help. This made the cultivators more vigilant. Considering the fearlessness of the previous three monsters, they guessed that there might be a top-level monster hiding in secret.
Until the picking was over, the strange fog never appeared again, and the monsters did not launch the attack as they had imagined.
After all the foundation-building cultivators came out, the four sects' Jindan cultivators dared not delay here any longer. They didn't even count the results of the foundation-building picking trial. After quickly gathering everyone, they ran towards the exit of the Ten-Step Courtyard with all their strength.
During the journey, the monks were in a state of anxiety. Fortunately, they were not intercepted by monsters or beasts. This made them begin to doubt their own judgment.
When they finally got out, they immediately reported to the Nascent Soul Patriarch of the Ten-Step Courtyard, who gathered the other three ancestors to discuss the matter.
Because this kind of strange thing has never happened before when a Nascent Soul cultivator led a team.