The mountain where Li Yan and his team were tested was a special magic weapon of the ancestor Hu Chen. There was an independent space inside the magic weapon, and its grade was very strong.
If he wanted to control it, he only needed to move his spiritual consciousness slightly. But at this moment, Patriarch Hu Chen had a bad feeling in his heart. He felt that the poisonous gas and mist in the magic weapon was constantly weakening.
He was a poison cultivator, and the independent space within the magic weapon was created by him after spending a lot of effort and going through untold hardships to find a piece of "Silence Stone" and offering sacrifices.
Those rare poisonous creatures, poisonous insects, poisonous flowers and poisonous plants were also gathered slowly by him at great cost, either by purchasing, robbing, or going deep into dangerous places.
After being refined through his special means, these poisonous substances gradually evolved into a unique set of poisonous gas and mist inside the magic weapon. The denser the poisonous gas and mist inside the magic weapon, the more powerful his magic weapon will be.
Although the poisonous gas and miasma within the magic weapon had been decreasing before, Patriarch Hu Chen did not care about it at first.
After all, as long as the magic weapon is in use, it will of course be consumed, but as time went on, he felt more and more that something was wrong.
The various poisonous gases and miasma that had accumulated in the magic weapon for hundreds of years were reduced by nearly 10% during this period of use. In fact, only two foundation-building monks were trapped inside.
If this 10% of its power were to be unleashed, it would be able to poison and kill several Jindan cultivators in an instant. It is impossible for the consumption to be so huge.
For a moment, Patriarch Hu Chen couldn't help but feel suspicious, and his spiritual sense quietly covered the entire world within the magic weapon.
After a while, he suspiciously locked his spiritual sense on Li Yan.
Because every time when Li Yan was blocked by a patch of flowers or bushes, no matter whether Li Yan used some magic spells to fight against the poison of the plants there, or swallowed some pills and walked away in a swagger.
The lot of highly poisonous spiritual energy that originally gathered there would be almost completely reduced.
And those monsters that fought with Li Yan, after being killed or driven away by Li Yan, the venom and poisonous blood on their bodies would at least dissipate by half, leaving only a monster with a weak breath, staggering away weakly.
But if it were only based on these, Patriarch Hu Chen would not be able to truly confirm that the disappearance of the poisonous gas and fog was deliberately caused by Li Yan.
No matter whether it is plants or monsters attacking Li Yan, there will naturally be some consumption. What Li Yan did was just to start passive defense after being attacked.
"There's something strange about the detoxification magic weapon he has. It seems to have the power to absorb..."
After a careful observation, although Patriarch Hu Chen's expression did not immediately turn ugly, he had an urge to capture Li Yan immediately and take a look at the magic weapon on him.
However, after all, he has been practicing for a long time and has become very experienced. Naturally, his mind is extremely deep and scheming. No matter what, he will not reveal any trace in front of others.
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At this moment, Li Yan was extremely happy.
Along the way, he had swallowed a large amount of poisonous spiritual energy and the poisonous blood and venom of monsters. He had a feeling that as long as he could sit cross-legged and breathe in and out in seclusion at this moment.
Perhaps it would only take two or three days to break through to the middle stage of foundation building, but this idea was just a thought. Now he could only control the poisonous spiritual energy and blood he had absorbed.
He was very careful along the way. Whenever he encountered a strong or rare toxin, he would pretend to be attacked and had to stop to fight back.
He even didn't try to hide the change in color on his face due to swallowing.
Taking advantage of the signs of poisoning, he either sat cross-legged on the ground, pinched his hands and practiced internal energy to resist the poison, or directly swallowed some pills to detoxify. However, the pills he swallowed were just ordinary pills.
When encountering a fight with monsters, he would only take away a small portion of their poisonous blood and venom.
All of this is done to avoid arousing the suspicion of Ancestor Hu Chen. Whether it is the plants or the monsters here, they are all on the list of strange poisons. Although they are ranked very low, they are already very difficult to find.
Li Yan had only seen drawings of many medicinal herbs and monsters in classics, and he didn't recognize many of the poisonous creatures at all.
But even with such caution, Li Yan's good luck had come to an end.
One reason was that Patriarch Hu Chen had already developed doubts about him. Without showing any emotion, he quietly released his spiritual sense and began to deliberately control the route up the mountain within the magic weapon. This made the rest of Li Yan's journey surprisingly smooth.
The second was that at this time, the dusty trees in the peach blossom forest, after half an incense stick of time, tried their best to rush forward, but when they reached 85 feet, they had finally exhausted their magic power and were physically exhausted.
During this period, he had swallowed several pills. Since he had swallowed a large number of pills continuously, the subsequent pills had no effect on restoring his magic power.
On the contrary, his tendons and veins began to become extremely fragile and almost broke due to the excessive pressure of magic power.
Looking at the remaining fifteen feet distance, Hu Chen Wanmu felt a sharp pain in his body. Finally, he could no longer muster any magic power. He screamed and fell directly into the sea of fishy earthworm leaves below.
And at the moment when Hu Chen Wanmu fell down, a big hand suddenly appeared in the air, grabbed him, and pulled him away.
Seeing that he was rescued, Hu Chen Wanmu felt relieved and could no longer hold on, and immediately fainted...
At this time, Li Yan was looking around towards the top of the mountain. The second half of the journey was too peaceful, so peaceful that it made him a little worried.
Didn't what he did in the peach blossom forest attract the attention of Hu Chen Patriarch? Was he planning to do something to him
If that were the case, he would be in danger, as the opponent's attack would definitely be a thundering blow, and he might not even have a chance to react.
Now, he had no choice but to take out the Wuliang Sect token, even at the cost of letting everyone here know his identity and exposing his whereabouts.
Just as he had put his hand on the storage bag at his waist, ready to take out the sect token, suddenly his eyes blurred.
"not good!"
The sudden change shocked Li Yan, and the token appeared in his hand in an instant.
However, he did not feel any pressure from the attack, and then he saw everything clearly in front of him.
In a flash, he was at the square in front again. After taking a clear look around, Li Yan couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and quietly put the token in his palm back.
At this moment, the voice of Patriarch Hu Chen had resounded throughout the square.
"In this level, Hu Chen has no chance of winning!"
After a pause, Patriarch Hu Chen spoke again.
"Hu Chen Wuding, you will be the 247th generation heir of my Hu Chen family!"
As soon as Patriarch Hu Chen finished speaking, a chorus of responses rang out in the square. No matter which lineage the disciples in the square belonged to or whether they were willing or not, at the moment when Patriarch Hu Chen made the announcement, they had no choice but to bow their heads and say yes.
The final result came too quickly and no one here knew it at all. At this moment, Patriarch Hu Chen was already feeling extremely painful.
For some unknown reason, more than 10% of the poisonous spiritual energy in the magic weapon was consumed this time.
Although he had his doubts about Li Yan, even with his thousand years of experience in poison training, he had never seen someone like Zhili Dushen who could swallow any poison without any scruples and still remain unharmed.
Moreover, at this moment, his guess that Li Yan possessed some kind of magic detoxification weapon had begun to waver.
He couldn't think of any magic detoxification weapon in this world that could be so effective that it could sweep away everything.
But because he only released less than 20% of the power of his magic weapon this time, the poisoning and detoxification of Li Yan and Hu Chen Wanmu were also within a reasonable range. In the end, Patriarch Hu Chen had to end the game in a hurry.
After he returns, he will carefully examine the magic weapon, and even refine it again, to thoroughly find out what happened.
Of course, there is one more thing. Next, he wants to get this person's secret from Li Yan. He thinks that this young monk Li Yan is weird and cruel.
Li Yan stood in the square and looked at Hu Chen Wuding in the stands.
Hu Chen Wuding was in a state of confusion at the moment. Although everyone's eyes were on him, there was no joy on his face. Instead, his expression was full of complexity, reminiscence and confusion.
Of course, there was a hint of worry deep in his eyes.
"Okay, that's all for today. The Son of Inheritance Ceremony will be held in three days. You can all go now."
Patriarch Hu Chen glanced around the square, looking at the people with different expressions, and said expressionlessly.
Everyone in the square responded immediately.
Finally, Patriarch Hu Chen's gaze fell on Hu Chen Wuding.
"Wuding, you and your two protectors stay here for now!"
After saying that, Patriarch Hu Chen looked at the ancestors of the Xie family, the Chi family, and the Ye family.
"My three fellow Taoists, if you have nothing to do, you can stay for now and watch the grand ceremony of our Huchen family in three days, okay?"
After the three of them looked at each other, the ancestor of the Xie family smiled and said.
"There are still some things in the family that need to be dealt with, so I have to go back today."
After saying that, he bowed to Patriarch Hu Chen.
Why would he stay here at this time? And the main purpose of his visit this time is to find out the details of Patriarch Hu Chen.
After careful observation today, he discovered that Patriarch Hu Chen was very likely to have broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
He had to rush back and discuss countermeasures with his clansmen to see what plan to make next against the Hu Chen family, or whether to give up or seek external help.
Just after the Xie family's ancestor finished speaking, the Chi family's ancestor also shook his head with a smile on his face.
"I have an appointment with an old friend and was planning to go back today, so I can't stay here."
Old man Hu Chen looked at the ancestor of the Ye family again. After the other party thought for a moment, he nodded in agreement.
Now is the time to establish a good relationship with the ancestor Hu Chen. How can he leave? Especially this time he has completely offended the Xie family. He must establish a solid relationship with the Hu Chen family.
Looking at the crowd that had begun to disperse in the square, Patriarch Hu Chen nodded.
"Since you two fellow Taoists have other things to do, we can have a drink and chat together next time when we are free. Please make yourselves at ease!"
The ancestor of the Xie family stopped talking, bowed again, and walked forward with Xie Xiaoxiao.
He still had some things to say to Xie Xiaoxiao, so they had to walk together for a while. As for Hu Chen Wanli in the square, he had already left with the other disciples of the major sects, looking indignant...
Just when the ancestor of the Xie family passed by the square, Li Yan was standing at the edge of the square with Hu Chen Wuding, Hu Chen Huiqing, Hu Chen Qiukong, Hu Chen Gu, Zhuo Lingfeng and others.
Hu Chen Qiukong and the others were also expressing their congratulations to Hu Chen Wuding with joy on their faces, and from time to time they looked at Li Yan on the side with awe.
When the six people saw the ancestor of the Xie family walking slowly towards them with Xie Xiaoxiao, who had a gloomy face, they hurriedly saluted the ancestor of the Xie family, because he was a Nascent Soul cultivator.
The ancestor of the Xie family walked steadily, as if he didn't care about his grandson's failure at all. Instead, he smiled and nodded to the six people before walking forward again.
But just after he passed by Li Yan, he glanced at Li Yan again, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.
After being swept by a Nascent Soul cultivator, Li Yan suddenly felt a little creepy, and his breathing became difficult.
At this moment, the voice of the Xie family's ancestor sounded in his heart.
"I didn't expect that a cultivator from the Ten-Step Court would come here to train. It seems that this is also Hu Chen Wuding's destiny. This kid is really lucky!"
Soon after, the Xie family's ancestor and his entourage walked further and further away.
It was not until this moment that Li Yan felt that the feeling that made him frightened suddenly disappeared.
He couldn't help but touch his chin, as if he was in deep thought.
Then, the ancestor of the Chi family also came over with Chi Dongli, and Hu Chen Wandong also came over.
When Chi Dongli saw Hu Chen Wuding and the others, a gentle smile appeared on her pretty face, as plump as jade.
"Hui Qing, Qiu Kong, the three of you should come back with me now. The ancestor still has something to ask them!
Well, thank you two fellow Taoists for helping Wuding. When you are free tomorrow, Wuding, you and the two fellow Taoists can come to Er Niang's place.
You have suffered a lot these years, but now everything is getting better. Wu Ding has finally achieved his goal today. I am grateful to you two on behalf of Xiangyun."
The first half of her sentence was directed to Hu Chen Huiqing and the others, and the second half was directed at Hu Chen Wuding and the other two.
"Yes, Second Mother!"
Hu Chen Wuding has grown up now and understands the difficulties Chi Dongli faced back then. Moreover, if it were not for Chi Dongli's private mediation, his and his mother's life would have been even more difficult.
Hu Chen Wandong on the side looked at Hu Chen Wuding and finally sighed.
"Wuding, you... ah!"
He only said Hu Chen Wuding's name, then pursed his lips but didn't say the rest.
After a sigh, he turned around and left alone, but his back looked so desolate and lonely.
And at the moment Hu Chen Wandong turned around, the voice of Hu Chen Wandong also sounded in Hu Chen Wuding's heart.
"Wuding, I'm sorry for you and Xiangyun. I also learned from your second mother that your mother has passed away. However, the Hu Chen family was in danger at the time, so I feel sorry for you and your mother.
However, don't worry, the ancestors have already understood the thoughts of the Great Vein and the Four Veins, and it's time to make a decision..."
As the sound transmission in Hu Chen Wuding's mind became weaker and weaker, Hu Chen Wandong's figure in the sunset dragged very long...