Amid the whispers of the disciples, a voice resounded through heaven and earth.
"Cultivators from all parties who are participating in the Wheel of Life and Death, follow the elders of the sect and step forward. The Wheel of Life and Death will begin!"
Li Yan observed the spherical mountain in the middle while listening to the discussions of the people around him. Suddenly, he heard a cold shout. It was the voice of the Lower Sword King from the Ten-Step Courtyard.
Then, Elder Peng shouted in a low voice.
"Walk!"
He had already stood up and flew towards the spherical mountain in the middle, followed by Baili Yuan, Gan Shi, and Gong Chenying. While in the air, the three of them had each released their own flying magic weapons.
Li Yan and other Qi Condensation cultivators were not yet able to fly long distances, so they quickly flew towards the flying instruments of their own teams. Just as Li Yan was in the air, a charming voice sounded in his ears.
"Little Junior Brother, be careful!"
Li Yan recognized that the voice came from Li Changting, and he could not help but look back. He saw Li Changting and Zhao Min standing side by side, like two lotus flowers standing there.
However, the two of them did not look very good. It was obvious that they had not recovered much strength after a night.
Li Changting saw him turn around and blink at Zhao Min beside him. Zhao Min still had a cold look on her face. Seeing Li Yan looking at her, she could only nod to Li Yan helplessly.
"Big sister and big brother, please treat me to a drink when I come back!"
Li Yan replied loudly and flew forward.
Li Changting was stunned at first when he heard this, then a somewhat smug expression appeared on his face. He then looked at Li Wuyi, who had an embarrassed face, with a look of anger and surprise, and whispered something.
"Yes, there is wine, good wine, lots and lots of good wine with poisonous insects in it!"
After hearing Li Yan's words, Zhao Min actually smiled on her pale face. For a moment, she was like a lily blooming and alone in the sky.
Gong Chenying's flying magic weapon was a small white jade boat, which Li Yan had seen before in the Spiritual Plant Garden; Baili Yuan's was a huge gourd, and Gan Shi's was a large flag. The three magic weapons chased after Elder Peng.
Soon, the monks from all sides reached the top of the spherical mountain, and they stood at a distance from each other.
It was still Elder Peng, Xia Hua Jian Wang and Yin Congfeng who each took out a triangular brown object and threw it into the air. Then they each made hand gestures and hit the brown objects in the air. After the three brown objects trembled for a while, they formed the shape of a compass again.
However, this time, no Jindan cultivators from the Pure Land Sect and Taixuan Sect took action. The compass was already spinning rapidly in the air. As it spun, rays of light of various colors shot out from the bottom of the compass and immediately hit the spherical mountain below.
Li Yan stared at the scene above that looked like spinning fireworks. He knew without even looking that the elders of the Pure Land Sect and the Taixuan Sect must have extremely grim expressions on their faces.
The compass in the air was spinning at high speed, and it stopped spinning after emitting twenty rays of light. It did not continue to expand and hover in the air like it did in the valley. Instead, it quickly separated and turned into three pieces, shooting towards Elder Peng and the other two respectively.
Twenty rays of light fell on different areas of the spherical mountain. In the corresponding area below, the green vegetation on the surface twisted for a while, and then a transparent passage slowly stretched out from it.
Above each passage, twenty crystal clear blue rhombuses are slowly rotating. They are so dazzling that people can't let go of them. However, there is a dot at the core of each blue rhombus, and the color is exactly the same.
Li Yan knew that when someone at the other entrance chose a diamond crystal core of the same color as yours, the road you were on would never intersect with theirs, and no fight would break out between the two roads.
However, a core color can only have a maximum of five channels with the same selection, otherwise the trial cannot be started;
Each passage must be led by a high-level monk and thirty-six monks of a lower realm. If the number and realm do not match, it still cannot be opened;
If all twenty channels are not filled with qualified people at the same time, they cannot be opened.
"Each team leader can step forward and choose a diamond crystal!"
After Xia Hua Jian Wang collected the brown object, he shouted coldly.
Gong Chenying and the other two looked at each other, then led their team to fly to three adjacent passages. The other three sects and monsters also fell towards the entrance of the passage.
After Li Yan and his companions arrived at the entrance of the passage, they stepped down from the white jade boat and stood at the entrance of the passage illuminated by light. Under their feet was a transparent road paved with white light, leading directly to a hole with distorted light in the vegetation below.
There was a thick white fog slowly swirling inside the cave entrance, as sticky as a ball of white, blinding liquid, making it impossible to tell what was behind it.
After everyone stood still, Baili Yuan, Gan Shi, and Gong Chenying looked at each other, then looked around, and saw that the other sects had not yet chosen the blue diamond crystal. Baili Yuan pointed to a blue diamond crystal above his head, the core of which was purple, and the other two immediately understood.
The three of them stretched out their hands and grasped a blue diamond crystal with a purple core above their heads. The moment they grabbed the blue diamond crystal, purple light suddenly became bright above the three passages.
Even the transparent road under the feet of Li Yan and others and the sticky white mist in the cave entrance turned into a more dazzling purple in an instant. For a moment, the three teams were covered in a purple world.
Seeing this scene, the monks outside the other seventeen passages who had not yet had time to choose the blue diamond crystal could not help but look over here.
At this time, there were still some purple cores among the twenty blue diamond crystals above their heads. If they still made the choice, they would have at most two channels to choose from, and would never fight with Li Yan and the others.
When Gong Chenying and the others chose the blue diamond crystal, Li Yan had already looked at the other seventeen teams. He narrowed his eyes and sneered in his heart.
"It seems that except for the monster faction, the other three factions have already decided on the captain of the Wheel of Life and Death."
Wang Lang, Liang Liang, and Miao Zhengyi from Shibuyuan; Quan Jiuxing and Qiu Jiuzhen from Taixuan sect; the Zen monks Zhiliao and Zhiwei from the Pure Land sect, as well as another person from the Taixuan sect and another Zen master from the Pure Land sect, Li Yan, whose names are unknown.
The Wuliang Sect had noticed these people yesterday. After they came out of the picking trial, they were all in a state of full energy and spirit. When these people handed in the sect storage bags, the Jindan elders didn't seem to care too much, but seemed to be more concerned about everyone's health.
This discovery made the people of the Wuliang Sect realize something. They guessed that these people did not try their best in the picking trial, and even found a place to hide in order to conserve their strength to participate in the cycle of life and death.
Of course, the three captains, Gong Chenying, also saw these situations, and a solemn look appeared in their eyes.
Just as Li Yan and his companions were observing their opponents, a gaze swept over, causing the Qi Condensation Stage disciples of the Wuliang Sect to feel a chill. When they looked in the direction they saw, it was none other than Wang Lang, the man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes from the Shibuyuan.
They have now chosen the blue diamond crystal with a white core. There was a sneer on his lips, but his eyes swept across the Wuliang Sect with an extremely cold look, as if he was looking at a group of dead people.
Then several malicious glances swept over the Wangliang Sect. They were three teams of cultivators from the Taixuan Sect and several teams of demon cultivators. It was obvious that the demon cultivators had no good intentions towards any team of the human race, because their eyes were also looking at the other three sects.
After the Pure Land monk selected three blue diamond crystals with the same core color, he lowered his brows and looked compassionate.
Li Yan has been observing the nine teams of cultivators from the three sects. Apart from no longer concealing their murderous intent towards the Wuliang Sect, they have not exchanged information with each other or behaved abnormally. So how are they going to target the Wuliang Sect
"At this point, there is no abnormal behavior. Could it be that there is movement the moment they enter the passage?"
Li Yan thought in his heart.
He then stared at Wang Lang without blinking, hoping to see some clues. If there was any problem, it would only occur with the captain. It was obviously unrealistic to observe all the captains, so he only needed to keep an eye on one person.
"Now selected, open!"
With just a casual shout, Li Yan's hopes were dashed. He did not notice anything wrong with Wang Lang.
At the command of the Sword Transformation King, all the Qi Condensation Stage disciples, led by their respective captains holding blue diamond crystals, stepped into the passage below.
When Li Yan took his last look at Wang Lang, he had already entered the passage first. He had not made any moves until he entered. If there was any movement, it was just that he was the first to step into the pure white passage after holding the blue diamond crystal...
A strange light flashed before my eyes. In the interweaving of light and dark, spots of light of various colors crossed the sky. It seemed like a century had passed, and yet it seemed like just a blink of an eye.
When Li Yan regained his composure again, he found himself standing on a street.
He looked around with some confusion. At this moment, the thirty-seven of them were standing at the starting point of a dimly lit street. The street meandered to the farther end in the dusk.
On both sides are various shops, restaurants, and stores, with all kinds of canvas and signs hanging at the doors, swaying in the breeze.
What makes people feel weird and eerie is that there is no hawking, no bustling crowds of people, no crowing of chickens or barking of dogs, but only silence, complete dead silence!
Even the signs and canvases swaying in the wind were swaying silently, so quiet that it made people feel sad from the bottom of their hearts...
Looking at the fallen leaves rolled up on the street, Gong Chenying, who was standing at the front, put away the blue diamond crystal in his hand, and then walked carefully towards the street ahead.
The silence here was instantly broken by the sound of slight footsteps. Even Gong Chenying himself paused in his tracks when he heard the sudden sound. After making sure that he had made the sound, he looked back at everyone.
The people behind him were also startled by the sound made by Gong Chenying as he walked. Seeing Gong Chenying looking at them, they looked at each other and followed him.
Suddenly, this space became more lively!
"Keep three meters away from me, six people in a group, and divide into six teams to guard in all directions!"
Gong Chenying didn't even turn his head, and his voice floated faintly in the space, sounding very crisp.
Before everyone came, they had already arranged the division of labor and quickly divided into six teams, with their spiritual senses extending in all directions.
"Little... Little Master, is this going to start?"
A voice sounded in Li Yan's mind, which made Li Yan, who was concentrating all his attention, startled. He turned his head and saw the dark-skinned "Senior Brother Wu" with a horse face and scar who brought him into the sect from Lingchong Peak.
Next to him was someone Li Yan was familiar with, "Senior Brother Yu" from Lingchong Peak, who also smiled and nodded at him.
Li Yan has always had a good impression of these two people. Although he knew yesterday that they were a team, since each peak formed its own group, Li Yan naturally had no intention of going up to talk to them.
Unexpectedly, these two people came to his side and transmitted messages to him through their spiritual consciousness. It was obvious that he was not used to calling a disciple he brought into the peak "uncle-master". The "Senior Brother Wu" was somewhat uncomfortable with it.
"should not!"
Li Yan responded briefly.
"Oh, how do you know?"
Senior Brother Wu asked hesitantly.
"Because there is no huge black shadow behind us!"
While Li Yan was transmitting the message, he glanced back.