Hu Chen Huiqing chuckled, winked at Hu Chen Qiukong and Hu Chen Gu, and also flew towards the stands, leaving behind Hu Chen Wanli, whose face turned increasingly pale with anger, and Hu Chen Jianghai, who was grinning and laughing.
Hu Chen Wanli looked at Hu Chen Wuding who was flying away. This young man who had been bullied by him and forced to kneel on the ground by him was no longer the person in his memory who he could control at will.
"I don't believe that the next level will only test these basic pharmacology. By then, your level of cultivation will only be a ridiculous incompetence."
Hu Chen Wanli looked at the backs of Hu Chen Wuding and said in a low voice with gritted teeth, then turned to look at Hu Chen Jianghai.
Hu Chen Jianghai shuddered and his face turned bitter.
“Brother, I was lucky to get to the next level. My cultivation progress is slow, so I just memorized some basic pharmacology when I was bored.
Just as you said, the next level is unlikely to be a pharmacology assessment, it must be related to cultivation. With the cultivation level of those of us in the Qi Condensation Stage, who here can be your opponent
The first place in the final will definitely be yours, and this temporary ranking in the first round cannot be counted at all."
Hu Chen Jianghai said hesitantly.
This made Hu Chen Wanli look suspicious. After glaring at Hu Chen Jianghai, he ignored him.
As soon as Hu Chen Wuding returned to the stands, he smiled at Li Yan and then sat cross-legged to recover.
Although he did not fight with anyone in the first level just now, the condensation of herbs almost drained his consciousness.
Hu Chen Huiqing came out some time earlier and his condition was much better.
However, she saw that after Hu Chen Wuding came back, he did not speak to the hunchbacked old man, but instead smiled and gestured to Li Yan, which made her feel even more strange.
"Could this person be a friend that my third brother has known since childhood and practiced with
Otherwise, why would my third brother treat him like this? It's just that this man looks too ordinary, not half as handsome as my third brother. But he is brave enough to accompany my third brother to take the risk and return to the family. "
So, she smiled at Li Yan, and her smile was like a hundred flowers blooming, charming and beautiful. She was wearing a green dress, which made her red lips, white teeth and skin as white as snow stand out.
Seeing this, Li Yan had no choice but to nod with a smile. He was now having a headache. With the end of Hu Chen Wuding's first level assessment, this place had become the "target of public criticism".
Many eyes were cast in this direction, and for a moment, he was also repeatedly stared at. Li Yan had no choice but to do the same as Zhuo Lingfeng on the side, closing his eyes and meditating.
Hu Chen Huiqing's beautiful eyes fell on Hu Chen Wuding who was closing his eyes to recover. She had a lot of questions at the moment, but she had no time to ask.
Until this time, she still didn't understand what means her third brother used to condense more than 500 medicinal herbs.
Moreover, she must hurry up and recover now.
After Patriarch Hu Chen finished speaking, he closed his eyes. The other ancestors just whispered a few words to each other about the test just now, and then they all kept silent.
Nascent Soul cultivators rarely get together on weekdays. Normally, if they get together, they either conduct some private transactions or discuss their cultivation experiences. But today, the few of them did not discuss too much.
Time passed quickly, and in the afternoon, with the faint words "Start!" from the old man Hu Chen, Hu Chen Tingchun flew over the square again.
"The second round is the deciding round. Each of the ten contestants will attack their opponents with all their strength. No spiritual weapons or magic weapons are allowed in this round. Those who violate the rules will be eliminated directly. The one who survives the battle will be the next generation of the Hu Chen family inheritance."
After Hu Chen Tingchun said this, the first people to change their expressions were Xie Xiaoxiao and Ye Luoyan who were sitting in the main seats. Then, the expressions of several people among the ten contestants also turned ugly.
Because this kind of competition makes it seem that whoever has a higher level of cultivation has an almost guaranteed chance of winning, but in fact, it is not the case. The Hu Chen family is a family of poison cultivators, and what they are best at is using the weak to defeat the strong.
When the difference in realm is not too great, the outcome of a fight is unpredictable. A Qi Condensation cultivator also has the ability to poison a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but it all depends on the right time and place.
This is also the reason why, although Patriarch Hu Chen was in seclusion, he never attacked the Hu Chen family even though the Xie family had a Nascent Soul cultivator.
The main reason, of course, is that they are afraid that the ancestor Hu Chen will sacrifice his own cultivation and risk coming out regardless of everything. Another reason is that the poison cultivation of the Hu Chen family will bring a fatal blow to the middle and low-level cultivators of the Xie family.
At that time, Patriarch Hu Chen only needs to delay the ancestor of the Xie family, and then the outcome of the Xie family cultivators facing a group of poison cultivators will be almost foreseeable.
After the last round of competition, among the ten winners, except Hu Chen Wanli who was in the early stage of foundation building, there were two other disciples from the branch who were also in the early stage of foundation building.
If they were allowed to use magic weapons, their combat power could be increased to between 30% and 50%. In this way, they could defeat their opponents with force and quickly subdue them.
However, if one loses the assistance of spiritual weapons and magic treasures, when facing an opponent who is also an expert in using poison, one will have to consider more the poisonous traps set by the opponent, and the advantage will be almost gone.
"Ancestor, isn't this method a bit inappropriate? A duel is supposed to be a test of one's overall strength. This way, it favors the weak. Winning and losing should be fair."
Xie Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth, stood up gracefully, and bowed to Ancestor Hu Chen.
This time, the ancestor of Xie family did not stop her from doing this. Hu Chen Wanli had a great chance of winning this level, but he did not expect that the old man Hu Chen adopted such rules of the competition.
Ye Luoyan, who was originally hesitant, finally felt relieved when she saw that someone had won the first prize for her. She was also very dissatisfied with the rules of the competition, but the Ye family was weak and she did not dare to take the lead at this time.
Xie Xiaoxiao's sudden question made the entire square quiet for a moment, and everyone looked at Patriarch Hu Chen.
Patriarch Hu Chen's face was calm, as if he had expected it. He shook his head gently, and his long black hair that was draped over his shoulders was also brushed left and right, and a solemn look appeared on his young face.
“This method is the fairest. My Hu Chen family chose the son of inheritance because he is the one who can truly unleash the power of the Ghost Den Poison Scroll after he cultivates to the sixth level.
To achieve all of this, one must have the most solid foundation. If one relies on spiritual tools, spiritual treasures, or even magic weapons to win, then it depends on each person's fate with the immortals.
That is, whoever obtains the best magic weapon will win, or even whoever has powerful resources behind him will win.
Although fate and luck are also part of strength, I cannot put the future of the Hu Chen family on a disciple who has temporary good luck.
Things like immortal fate and luck are too ethereal. Can the magic weapons they have obtained now sustain their use until they reach the Golden Elixir and Nascent Soul stages
At that time, when fighting with cultivators of the same level, without magic weapons, the reputation of the Hu Chen family as poison cultivators would be just a joke, and the real strength of oneself is what my Hu Chen family needs! This level is the key to truly test the comprehensive strength of the first five levels of the Ghost Poison Scroll. If you really have the strength, you can rely on the foundation building to beat the Qi Condensation. Okay, don't say any more!"
After Patriarch Hu Chen said a few words indifferently, he glanced at Xie Xiaoxiao intentionally or unintentionally and stopped talking.
When Xie Xiaoxiao was looked at by Patriarch Hu Chen, she felt as if all her secrets were seen through at this moment. There was also an inexplicable pressure that made her feel fearful.
Her body was unable to move for a moment, and she felt as if she had fallen into an ice kiln. She even felt like she was on the verge of death.
"Okay, this is the Hu Chen family's business. You are just a woman, why are you talking nonsense? Why don't you sit down?"
At this moment, the ancestor of the Xie family beside him spoke as if blaming Xie Xiaoxiao and scolded him.
Then, he reached out and patted her back gently. Immediately, a warm current flowed through Xie Xiaoxiao's whole body. Her body trembled violently, and then she regained her freedom.
Afterwards, Xie Xiaoxiao lowered her head immediately with fear in her eyes, gritted her teeth and dared not say anything more, and sat down.
All this happened very quickly, and everyone just thought it was just a few simple conversations on the stands. Then the matriarch of the Hu Chen family sat back in silence.
Hu Chen Wandong watched all this and thought to himself.
"The ancestor has been in seclusion for these years, and you really think you have the lifeline of the Hu Chen family in your hands. How can you casually question a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage!
"Among the last ten contestants, there are two foundation-building disciples from other branches, and one of them is someone you secretly support, and you want to use him as a backup, humph!"
In the Hu Chen family, ancestor Hu Chen is the sky. After everything is settled, the competition officially begins.
The battlefield of the competition was held in the mountain behind the family, where there were rolling hills covering an area of hundreds of miles.
In order to speed up the competition time and allow the ten contestants to give full play to their abilities, only a twenty-mile range was set aside.
However, even if the range is only twenty miles, when ten people are scattered within it, it will take some time for them to find each other.
This leaves everyone with ample time to prepare.
Li Yan and his group did not leave the square. This time, Patriarch Hu Chen personally used his magical powers to form a huge light curtain in the air above the square. The competition situation of the ten people in the back mountain was directly revealed on it.
In the back mountain, after the ten people were distributed in an area of twenty miles, each of them showed a different state.
Some people started looking for other targets as soon as they entered the mountain; some people observed the terrain and began to set up defenses on the spot; and some people seemed to have made an agreement before coming in, and they quickly found another person and started to join forces.
Hu Chen Wuding was a defender. After he entered, he did not rush to hide or look for a target. Instead, after observing the surroundings, he found a small hill. Starting from the foot of the hill, he continuously formed various seals and set up a formation.
Amid the exclamations from all around, Li Yan also learned the name of the formation set up by Hu Chen Wuding, which was called "Rakshasa Thousand Poison Net".
The deployment of this formation does not require the reliance of formation flags or compasses, but only requires the help of the power of the surrounding grass, trees, mountains and rocks.
This method seems extremely simple, because many immortal cultivators can use plants, mountains and rivers to set up a set of psychedelic formations, or even formations with certain attack capabilities.
However, this kind of formation is often only effective against mortals, and has little effect on immortal cultivators.
However, the "Rakshasa Thousand Poison Net" is different. While borrowing the power of plants and trees, it can turn some poisonous plants and trees into deadly weapons.
Even if it is non-toxic plants, after becoming familiar with their characteristics, through the use of magic seals, it is possible to neutralize the juice and smell of several plants and turn them into some poisonous gas and miasma.
It can even use its magical powers to change some substances in the rocks, turning them into poisons, and eventually forming an invisible poisonous net.
And if the Hu Chen family wants to be familiar with these most common things in the world, all of this requires them to practice the Ghost Poison Scroll to a very high level.
Only by making detailed observations of thousands of plants, trees, and rocks, and having a clear understanding of them, can one build on a solid foundation and combine the poisons one needs according to existing conditions.
This is what a true poison cultivator does. It does not mean that one needs to hold a highly poisonous object and poison others. Ordinary cultivators can also do that.
When Hu Chen Wuding used the "Rakshasa Thousand Poison Net", everyone in the square was amazed.
Except for a few Jindan elders in the family who can perform this technique with their profound cultivation and more than a hundred years of training in the Ghost Poison Scroll, no one has ever heard of any disciple being able to perform this technique.
After listening to everyone's narration, Li Yan realized how astonishingly Hu Chen Wuding's practice of poison had reached. In terms of the basic understanding of plants and trees, Li Yan believed that he could never compare with the other party.
However, Xie Xiaoxiao and Ye Luoyan in the stands, and even the always steady Chi Dongli, all suspected that the "Rakshasa Thousand Poison Net" laid by Hu Chen Wuding was just a facade and a bluff.
Although they are not members of the Hu Chen family, they also know some famous techniques in the Ghost Den Poison Scroll.
The "Rakshasa Thousand Poison Net" required a lot of effort even for the patriarch Hu Chen Wandong to set up. It was nothing like Hu Chen Wuding, who just made a rough observation and then started to cast the spell.
The head of the family, Hu Chen Wandong, frowned. He didn't quite believe that Hu Chen Wuding could set up this formation in the Qi Condensation Stage.
Only Patriarch Hu Chen understood in his heart that the formation set up by Hu Chen Wuding was the real "Rakshasa Thousand Poison Net"!
He listened to the discussions around him, and after sensing the suspicion of people like Xie Xiaoxiao and Ye Luoyan, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"The disciples of today's clan have become more and more eager for quick success and instant benefits, and have long forgotten what pure Ghost Den Poison Scroll cultivation is!
For the sake of realm, he would only blindly rely on other techniques to continuously break through the realm, but instead only turned the Ghost Den Poison Scroll into an auxiliary technique. This is putting the cart before the horse. Even Hu Chen Wandong, the head of the family, could not see such a simple truth. "
Rather than saying that Hu Chen Wandong cannot be seen, it is better to say that Hu Chen Wandong's thoughts represent the thoughts of the cultivators of the entire Hu Chen family.
They were even more unwilling to think that there would be someone who would go back and follow the path of purely practicing the Ghost Den Poison Scroll. The tragic experiences of many predecessors of the Hu Chen family had made them give up the idea of practicing this method long ago.
Those disciples who were bent on practicing the pure method of cultivation often exhausted their lifespans before they could even cultivate to the fifth level of the Ghostly Poison Scroll. After spending nearly a hundred years of their lives, they ultimately failed to even reach the stage of building a foundation.
In the back mountain, after a brief period of peace, the war broke out.