"Oh my God... Brother, please don't do anything rash. Killing a fellow disciple will result in death."
Zuo Shengyan was so frightened after hearing what Wang Tian said that her face turned pale. She quickly looked around and said in a low voice.
"Don't worry, I can't do that. At least, he's not worthy of my life. But if he is killed by the opponent by accident and I can't rescue him in time or he is seriously injured and disabled, what does it have to do with me? In addition, when I enter the secret realm to pick fruits, I will also meet those people from Xiaozhu Peak if I have the chance."
Zuo Shengyan felt relieved after hearing the first half of Wang Tian's words. The rules of the Wuliang Sect stipulate that the punishment for attacking fellow disciples is extremely severe. However, after hearing the second half of Wang Tian's words, his heart immediately became anxious again.
She didn't think that if Wang Tian did anything bad, there would be any chance of success. The sect's method of checking the dead disciples might not be something that a foundation-building cultivator could escape. But seeing that Wang Tian cared so much about her, she knew that she could not persuade him any more for the time being.
In the following game, Li Yan's luck was so good that it made people jealous. He actually drew another opponent who was in the middle stage of the tenth level of Qi Condensation.
Logically speaking, this is the end of the competition. Those who are left are all very powerful opponents. They are disciples below the late tenth level of Qi Condensation Stage, and each of them has unique skills or amazing talents.
Of course, there is also Li Yan, the only freak below the eighth level of Qi Condensation Stage.
After the two came on stage, Li Yan still used the annoying turtle shell combination, rain curtain technique plus "maggot attached to the bone", and then the hard-to-guard against "eye contact".
Occasionally, there was the silent and suffocating death of "the same blood", which made the opponent curse Li Yan for being shameless, but he just couldn't break through the rain curtain, and also implicated his own spiritual weapon in vain.
Finally, the disciple was accidentally infected by the "Eye-to-Eye Contact" and his eyes turned white, and he attacked his own insect like crazy.
This made the monks who began to slowly find out the names of the poisons such as "maggot attached to the bone", "eye contact", "same blood", and "longing for the bright moon" hate Li Yan so much that these poisons became notorious.
The Qi Condensation Stage competition finally came to an end after four days and five nights. Li Yan participated in the last round and entered the 108th place with three wins and one loss. As for his ranking, it has not been arranged yet. I think he should be at the very back.
After everyone dispersed, Li Yan also returned to Xiaozhu Peak and began his diligent spiritual garden tasks and cultivation life. Of course, the so-called feeding moves would not exist, everyone had their own practice, and Li Yan also had to digest the experience gained in this competition.
Through this competition, Li Yan not only learned a lot about the practical application of magic, but also became a little famous. This made more people greet him whether he went to Xiaozhu Peak Mission Hall to accept missions or did missions in the Spiritual Plant Garden.
Some people called him "Uncle Master" and quite a few called him "Junior Brother". This allowed him to get to know a group of cultivators whom he had only passed by before, but he still did not leave Xiaozhu Peak and did not accept the other two types of missions from Xiaozhu Peak.
It's not that he doesn't want to take it, but there are only a few months left until the day of picking spirit stones in the secret realm. Practicing will take up a lot of time, so he can only take the tasks that he is most familiar with and the ones that will earn him the most reliable spirit stones.
The days pass quickly in the busy...
Early in the morning of that day, Li Yan was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed practicing, when he suddenly felt something strange about the token on his waist. He slowly opened his eyes and looked down, only to see the token on his waist flashing with white light. He released his spiritual sense and stood up after a moment.
Li Yan was walking on the path in the bamboo forest of Xiaozhu Peak while thinking about things.
"The time for picking in the secret realm has finally arrived. It is hard to predict whether this trip will bring good or bad luck..."
Although he had not been out for some time, when he went to accept missions some time ago, he clearly felt that there were fewer monks coming to do the missions. This showed that many people were already in their final retreat, preparing for the secret realm picking and the wheel of life and death.
In the previous token, Li Wuyi conveyed the message that we should gather in the main hall in front. Calculating the time, I think this is the matter.
After a while, Li Yan arrived in front of the main hall. He walked in and looked up. Li Wuyi, Wei Chituo, Gong Chenying and Miao Wangqing were already sitting in the main hall. Li Yan bowed and saluted.
"Hello, senior brothers and sisters!"
Li Wuyi nodded to him with a smile, Wei Chituo pointed to the empty seat beside him, motioning Li Yan to sit over there. Gong Chenying was still as cool and elegant as ever, just nodded slightly, while Miao Wangqing's big eyes were rolling around.
"Junior brother, I haven't seen you for a few months. You have become more handsome than ever." Miao Wangjing said.
"Fourth Senior Sister, you are used to seeing handsome men, so you think I am particularly dark!"
Li Yan walked slowly towards Wei Chituo. When he heard Miao Wangqing talking, he responded with a faint smile. His appearance, which was hard to find in a crowd, had nothing to do with being handsome. If he was to be compared with his elder brother, he probably only had the second elder brother who was a bit similar to him among all his senior brothers.
Now that he knew everyone's character, he spoke more casually.
“Junior brother, I heard that Junior Sister Min sometimes comes to see you, but it’s true.”
After hearing what Li Yan said, Miao Wangqing did not refute and then asked.
"Oh, Min... Junior Sister?"
Li Yan paused, thought for a moment, then looked at Miao Wangqing.
"Senior sister, are you talking about Senior Sister Zhao Min? I have met her a few times recently. What's wrong?"
Hearing Fourth Senior Sister asking these questions, Li Yan felt his heart beat faster involuntarily and his face felt a little hot. He was no longer a teenager and he also liked the feeling of talking with Zhao Min under the moonlight.
This was not the time for him to go to the platform on the mountainside to practice magic. He would go there when it was getting dark, hoping to run into that graceful figure.
After saying this, not only Miao Wangqing was looking at him, the others also stared at Li Yan again.
With so many people watching, Li Yan immediately felt that Fourth Senior Sister's question was very meaningful. Fortunately, Li Yan had dark skin, so they didn't notice the slightly red expression on his face.
"Oh? This is strange. Junior Brother rarely talks to others, and Junior Sister Min rarely interacts with men, right?"
Miao Wangqing still looked at Li Yan with a strange expression. Li Yan noticed at this time that even the usually cold and intimidating Sixth Senior Sister had a strange look in her eyes, and he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.
"I just met her by chance when I was practicing in the back mountains. She...she just wanted to hear some things about mortals, so sometimes she came to me and asked me to tell her. Is there a problem?" Li Yan said.
"Oh, that makes some sense."
Li Wuyi interrupted at this time, and the others also looked away half-believingly. "Is there something wrong with this Senior Sister Min?"
Li Yan looked at Li Wuyi. He had always wanted to know the information about this mysterious and beautiful senior sister with a neutral beauty, but he was too embarrassed to ask Zhao Min directly. Now was the perfect opportunity to ask.
"Oh, that's not the case. Junior Sister Min is very nice. Since she is willing to talk to you, you should spend more time with her in the future."
When Li Wu heard Li Yan's question, a smile appeared on his face, and he said something incoherent, which sounded like words of encouragement.
Li Yan had already sat down, but he still felt that the expressions of these people were a little strange. Before he could open his mouth to ask more questions, the light at the door dimmed and two more people walked in.
One person was hugging the other person's neck tightly, and the other person tried his best to break free, but couldn't.
Li Yan could only stop talking, looked up, and shook his head. Who else could it be? It was the fifth brother Wen Xinliang who walked in with Lin Daqiao in his arms. Lin Daqiao looked reluctant.
"Hey! All the senior brothers and sisters are here."
Wen Xinliang looked up at everyone in the hall and smiled on his fair face.
After not seeing each other for a few months, Wen Xinliang looked even more fair and clean-looking, with a hint of deeper gloom in his fair complexion. This was the first time Li Yan had seen this fifth senior brother in recent months.
I heard that he has been practicing in seclusion. It seems that this arrogant Fifth Brother has been frustrated since his defeat in the last foundation-building battle and has become even more hardworking.
The aura on Wen Xinliang's body was obviously much more condensed. Although Li Yan couldn't feel whether he was reaching the peak of the initial stage of foundation building, he could still feel that his aura was stronger than before.
"Junior brother is here too. I am a little inappropriate for not going to help you."
When Wen Xinliang saw Li Yan, his eyes narrowed, then he walked over while hugging Lin Daqiao who was still trying hard to get rid of him.
"Hello, Fifth Senior Brother. What are you talking about? That was the best time to comprehend the post-war experience. Although I am very weak, I can feel that Fifth Senior Brother's aura has become much stronger. Congratulations."
Li Yan stood up calmly, and while speaking, he made a gesture of invitation with his hand and gave up his seat.
"Okay, sit down, sit down!"
Wen Xinliang smiled and released Lin Daqiao. Lin Daqiao quickly pulled Li Yan to the other side and sat down.
Li Wuyi looked at this fifth senior brother and shook his head. To be honest, this fifth senior brother was very nice to his fellow disciples, but he looked like a scoundrel and did not look like a cultivator at all.
Lin Daqiao pulled Li Yan to sit down with a bitter look on her face.
"Junior brother, when I first entered the sect, it was Senior Brother Five who brought me into the peak. I had very bad intentions at that time...
When I came here today, I wanted to come quietly by myself, but as soon as I opened the gate, he was standing at the door..."
He began to talk incessantly, glancing at Wen Xinliang with dissatisfaction. At this time, Wen Xinliang was half lying in the chair, looking lazy and bored, with his head tilted, talking to Wei Chituo incoherently.
Not long after, Yun Chun came back in a hurry, looking exhausted, with many blood stains on his clothes. It seemed that he had just returned from outside.
Li Wuyi saw that everyone was present. He glanced at Yun Chun once more and spoke directly without asking any further questions.
"I'm sure you all have guessed why I summoned you here this time. The harvest in the secret realm has begun today, but there is still no news that our master and mistress are in seclusion.
Therefore, this time I will take the second, third, sixth and eighth brothers to Xiaozhu Peak. It will probably start in about an hour at most.
The matters within the peak will be handled by the fourth brother, and the mission hall and the mission site will be looked after by the fifth brother, the seventh brother and his three nephews. If there is no objection, we will set off now."
Wuyi said a few brief words and then looked at everyone.
Miao Wangqing sighed. It seemed that he would have to be in charge of the affairs of the peak for a while. He couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with his master. Why didn't he recruit more disciples? Every time there was a big event in the sect, they were too busy to handle it.
Wen Xinliang shrugged indifferently, and Lin Daqiao nodded in agreement.
Picking in the secret realm usually takes one month, and this time the Wheel of Life and Death has been added, so naturally someone needs to be left on duty in the peak.
Li Wuyi stood up immediately when he saw that everything was arranged. As it was an important matter for the sect, he couldn't be too late, which was why he summoned everyone early in the morning. However, it still took quite a while for everyone to gather.
In fact, except for Li Yan, everyone had already made up their minds, and they were not surprised that Wei Chongran failed to come out.
After reaching the foundation-building stage, it is normal to be in seclusion for more than half a year. For the Golden Elixir stage, it is calculated on years, and thirty to fifty years is possible. As for dealing with various matters during the peak period, one can guess in advance what each person should do.
Li Wuyi took the lead and walked out, followed by Li Yan and four others, while Miao Wangqing and three others stayed behind to continue discussing matters within the peak.
When he came outside, Li Wuyi waved his hand and released the flying scroll. In a few breaths, it grew to a size of four or five meters, several meters above the ground, and floated quietly in the air.
Li Wuyi then took a step forward, and Li Yan and the other three also flew into the air and onto the jade slip. Although Li Yan could not fly, he had no problem gliding in the air for a short period of time.
Looking at the scenery flying by under his feet, Li Yan was stunned. The letter was not flying towards Laojun Peak, but towards the top of Xiaozhu Peak.
But he immediately remembered what Lin Daqiao had said before, that there were two passages to the secret realm for picking, one in Shibuyuan, and the other in Wangliangzong, and both were located halfway up the Xiaozhu Peak, where the tempered stone tablet was guarding.
Sure enough, after more than ten breaths, they landed on the spacious platform. Li Yan took a look and saw many people standing there, about one hundred and fifty people.
They were all monks wearing the clothes of the Wuliang Sect. Compared with the number of monks from other peaks, it was obvious that they had only come to participate in the secret realm picking and the Wheel of Life and Death, as well as some elders in charge. Judging from the number of people here, they were already late.