Hundreds of monks from both sects stood in two areas of the square, but not far from the stone tablet, looking at the ten people in front of them.
The ten Jindan monks in front of the stone tablet spread out in a fan shape, with Peng Wuxing and Hang Wuxianzhang standing side by side in the middle. Elder Peng released his spiritual sense towards the stone tablet. After a moment, the colorful light on the stone tablet gradually stopped flowing and slowly formed a child's face.
Li Yan stood in the corner, but stared at the front like everyone else. He saw a human face appearing on the stone tablet, and he couldn't help but show surprise. It turned out that the stone tablet could actually produce a human face. It seemed that it was undoubtedly the spirit of the stone tablet.
At this time, an old voice slowly came from the air in the square.
"So it's Taixuan Niubizi. I thought it was those Pure Land thieves this time!"
The monks from the Wuliang Sect who came here for the first time were stunned, and some disciples of the Taixuan Sect were even more angry. But seeing that their own Jindan elder in front of them had a normal expression, no one got angry, so they could only keep their anger in their hearts.
Some cultivators from the Wuliang Sect couldn't help but chuckle quietly, which made many people from the Taixuan Sect on the other side immediately look over here and glare at each other.
When Li Yan heard the old voice, he followed the direction of the sound and saw the child on the stone tablet opening and closing his mouth. It was obviously him who made the sound. This face coupled with the voice made people feel a little weird.
"Senior Tianbei, we are sorry to disturb your meditation by coming here."
Immortal Hang Wu smiled and bowed with a very respectful attitude. Then the ten people in front of the monument, including Elder Peng, also bowed.
This scene made many people stunned, and Li Yan remembered what Lin Daqiao had said before.
"The stone tablet calls itself Lord Tianbei, and its cultivation has reached the terrifying middle stage of the Golden Core."
However, since the birth of Lord Tianbei's spiritual intelligence, he has been practicing for at least tens of thousands of years, so in terms of seniority, he is quite old.
"Well, but this time there are so many Qi Condensation brats coming in. How much of my energy will this consume? I don't want to play like this!"
The child's face on the stone tablet couldn't help showing satisfaction when he saw the ten elders being so respectful. But when he looked at the disciples behind them, his eyes rolled back and then quickly returned to looking straight ahead, as if someone had discovered that he was thinking something.
But everyone here was staring at him, so who couldn't see him? He suddenly changed the subject and said this, as if everyone was playing with him. This statement came from an old voice, which made people feel a little awkward.
"Please rest assured, Senior Tianbei. Both of our sects will each provide 500 mid-grade spirit stones to make up for your consumption."
Elder Peng spoke calmly, then he shook his robe sleeves, and countless crystal clear stones appeared, drawing crystal arcs in the air and shooting towards the stone tablet.
For a moment, the sky was lit up with rainbow-like colors, which was extremely gorgeous.
At the same time, Immortal Hang Wu also smiled and waved his sleeves. Countless spirit stones flew out from his green cuffs, and colorful light shone brightly between heaven and earth.
Suddenly, the spiritual energy in this space became several times denser, and it was as if a colorful meteor shower was falling from the sky.
Except for the calm faces of the Jindan elders from both sides, hundreds of Qi Condensation disciples and Foundation Establishment cultivators could not help but open their mouths wide. Intermediate-grade spirit stones? One thousand pieces. This is too generous!
Normally, even a Jindan elder in the sect would only get ten mid-grade spirit stones a month. It is estimated that only a very small number of foundation-building cultivators have so many, and they treat them as treasures and are not willing to give them out easily.
One medium-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for one hundred low-grade spirit stones, but few people are willing to do so. The spiritual energy contained in it is extremely pure, which cannot be compensated by the number of low-grade spirit stones.
"Well, it seems that this can barely make up for my losses."
The old voice sounded again, still with a tone of reluctance as if one had suffered a loss.
But what everyone saw was a face on the stone tablet that was trying to keep a straight face but was trying hard to hold back a smile. Anyone could see that he was extremely satisfied and happy.
The rain of spirit stones in the sky disappeared after only three or four breaths.
"Senior Tianbei, can we begin now?"
When Elder Peng saw that it had been given, he asked, but he was thinking in his heart.
"If the Nascent Soul Master who refined you hadn't seen that you had intelligence and had been watching over this place very carefully every day, you would have been turned into an obedient puppet a long time ago. But you do need to consume spiritual energy, and there will only be so many spiritual stones in the future. I hope you don't be greedy, otherwise..."
"Ahem... Of course, of course, I will start now. The ten of you should prepare to open the passage."
The child tried his best to hide his joy and said with a stern face. Then the surface of the stone tablet became blurred, and the child's face gradually disappeared, and the surface of the stone tablet returned to a colorful stream of light.
After hearing this, Elder Peng and Immortal Hang Wu turned around and glanced at the four people behind them. After seeing the others nod, the ten people began to condense their magic power, and several rays of light shot up into the sky.
In an instant, an aura of annihilation rose from the ten people and gathered together, and suddenly an overwhelming pressure appeared in the square.
As soon as this pressure appeared, Li Yan and his disciples felt as if they were about to die. They felt powerless in their hearts and could not even think of moving. Their faces turned pale.
The various colors of light in the sky quickly gathered together to form a huge purple light ball, which flashed and fell on the stone tablet.
At this moment, the pressure in the square disappeared in an instant. Li Yan and other disciples were soaked in sweat, and many of them were gasping for breath.
The Jindan cultivators in front just turned around and glanced at the disciples behind them. They did not take any action to block the pressure just now, but just wanted these disciples to feel the pressure.
The moment the purple light ball intertwined with the colorful light on the stone tablet, the stone tablet disappeared without a trace, and a black and white passage of about ten feet appeared there, with a vortex spinning in the passage. It felt like anyone who approached would be sucked in and would leave this world forever.
In this way, the purple light balls were continuously injected and maintained for about half a quarter of an hour. Then the ten people slowly withdrew their magic power, and their faces were either pale or flushed.
In just a few minutes or so, the ten people consumed a huge amount of magic power.
Li Yan in the crowd was shocked.
"To open the secret passage, ten Jindan cultivators are needed to work together, and there is a stone tablet to help. Even with their cultivation level, they still have to enter this place, which shows how difficult it is to open it."
"Okay, after the two sects' Jindan enter, the rest will line up in the order of foundation building and Qi condensation stages, in groups of ten. The Taixuan Sect and the Wuliang Sect will take turns entering."
Peng Wuxing's face flushed as he spoke. He had consumed a lot of energy just now. During the break, everyone took out their Qi-replenishing pills and swallowed them quickly.
After the words fell, the ten of them stood on both sides of the passage again, and joined hands again to make a strange golden seal and sent it into the air. The golden seal formed an obscure ancient character in the air.
After the ancient character appeared, it fell and stuck to the top of the passage, just like the upside-down "Fu" character that people paste during the Chinese New Year in the secular world.
"Why don't you enter? What are you waiting for?"
Peng Wuxing shouted loudly and stopped talking. The ten people tried their best to keep the ancient character from being destroyed, but it was obviously quite strenuous.
The beautiful woman leader Li Feng and two other elders of the Wuliang Sect who did not take action took a step forward and instantly flew into the black and white passage without any hesitation.
After seeing the three elders of the Wangliang Sect disappear, the ten remaining Jindan monks of the Taixuan Sect looked at each other and flew into the black and white passage one after another as fast as a string of arrows.
Li Yan stood behind the crowd, watching the strange scene in the silence. Apart from a few simple exchanges between the two sides, so many people were silent. It was obvious that they all wanted to enter the secret realm quickly.
Only three Jindan elders had entered the Wuliang Sect before, while the other side had ten. The disparity in the number of people entering was too great. Aren’t they afraid of encountering unexpected events inside
But on second thought, this passage entrance is in the Wuliang Sect, and his own sect must have many means. Li Fang couldn't help but laugh at himself, thinking that he was being too suspicious.
Then the foundation-building monks in front began to fly up, one group after another, and both sides took turns to enter.
Even when the Foundation Establishment Monks on both sides met at the entrance of the passage, they remained silent and no one spoke, but Li Yan still saw many Foundation Establishment Monks nodding or smiling after seeing each other.
But there were also people with ferocious eyes. He saw at least five or six cultivators who, after seeing Li Wuyi, had ferocious eyes on their faces, as if they wanted to skin the eldest brother alive.
Li Wuyi smiled gently at every Taixuan Taoist who looked at him, as if they were old friends. When it was his turn, he quickly entered the passage and disappeared without a trace.
Li Yan saw this scene and couldn't help thinking.
"It seems that what Master said is right. Big Brother has made a lot of enemies, and this is just a meeting with Taixuan Sect. However, Taixuan Sect may be disappointed. Big Brother is only leading the team on behalf of Master this time and is not participating in the competition. He has no chance to take revenge."
Of course, similar situations also occurred to Wang Tian, Gan Shi, Baili Yuan, Wei Chituo and others.
The speed of entry was very fast, because ten Jindan elders were standing at the entrance of the cave, signaling everyone with stern eyes to speed up. It was quite strenuous for them to maintain the ancient characters pasted on the entrance.
After the foundation-building monks entered, it was finally Li Yan and his group's turn. They were also in groups of ten and their speed was quite fast.
It was just that Li Yan was standing too far back, so when it was his turn, the line had already been finished.
When Li Yan and the other nine people walked to the entrance of the black and white passage, Li Yan suddenly frowned. A team of Qi Condensation monks from the Taixuan Sect on the opposite side were also approaching.
As the two teams were getting closer, Li Yan suddenly felt a little uneasy, and this uneasiness came from the other team of ten people. He felt a familiar breath from these ten people.
This breath was familiar yet strange. Li Yan couldn't tell what it was, but he could sense another kind of breath from it: death! It made him feel palpitations.
Li Yan frowned and slowed down his pace. Then he looked up and looked at the other party carefully. He did not release his spiritual sense. Since they were so close, looking with his eyes would reduce the other party's vigilance.
"The disciple behind, hurry up and catch up!"
Among the ten elders from both sides, an elder from Taixuan Sect saw that Li Yan was a little hesitant, and couldn't help showing dissatisfaction on his face, and started to urge him.
When several elders from the Wuliang Sect saw Li Yan like this, not only did no one speak, but some of them even had their eyes lit up and glanced at Li Yan again.
There were several disciples of the Wangliang Sect behind Li Yan. When they heard the Jindan cultivator urging them, they couldn't help but whisper.
"Uncle Li, you could walk faster!"
They expressed their dissatisfaction with Li Yan's hesitation at the entrance.
The other party's Qi Condensation Stage group also noticed this side, but they just looked at Li Yan and the others with cold eyes without saying a word.
Li Yan took a breath, looked at the ten people standing and waiting, then stepped into the black and white passage!