What Li Yan didn't know was that just as he was hesitating, on the top of the mountain far behind the stone tablet, in a cave, a tall old man in gray linen clothes was sitting cross-legged on a cushion.
The old man had silver hair and a baby-like face, and he chuckled.
"It's this little kid again. He actually discovered something wrong with those Qi Condensation disciples. It's really interesting.
Apart from Wu Xing and his group of Jindan elders who discovered that there were abnormalities in the Qi Condensation stage disciples of Taixuan Sect, only a dozen people in the Foundation Establishment stage discovered some clues.
This kid is a bit strange. I haven't seen him for a few years. How come his spiritual power has become more refined after practicing with his mixed spiritual roots?"
The old man still had some memories of Li Yan, the disciple with the poisonous body.
"What exactly does the Taixuan Sect want to do by doing this? If there is a variable in the Wheel of Life and Death, it should appear on these young Qi Condensation cultivators... Forget it, let Wu Xing and the others handle it."
The old man in gray linen thought for a moment, then put his thoughts aside and slowly closed his eyes.
He was guarding here to prevent the secret passage from being deliberately destroyed. Taixuan Sect and Pure Land Sect have always been dissatisfied with the secret passages of Shibuyuan and Wangliang Sect. If they can be destroyed secretly, they will definitely take action.
After all, the entrance is in the hands of others. Who knows when Shibuyuan, Wuliangzong and the monsters in the secret realm will be able to negotiate terms in private. If they sneak in later, the resources will be divided up silently by the two factions, and they can only do nothing about it.
The secret passage was built by Yuanying cultivators. It would take the combined efforts of dozens of Jindan cultivators, or a magical weapon to complete the task. However, in that case, no one in the passage would survive, and the Taixuan Sect would be reluctant to let such an outstanding disciple be buried with him.
Since the old man in gray linen clothes did not find any Nascent Soul stage monster with hidden cultivation level among them, he just ensured the safety of the secret realm and simply ignored those young Qi Condensation stage cultivators who had some problems.
He had no interest in this kind of competition between younger generations.
These old guys like to see a group of fledglings go through bloody storms, only in this way can they truly become the backbone of the sect in the future.
The old man in gray linen clothes has already seen that these three sects might want to cause a gap in cultivators in the next few decades or even a hundred years by losing the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation stages of the Wuliang Sect.
However, as a Nascent Soul ancestor, he didn't want to care about it at all. If these matters required a Nascent Soul ancestor to care about and remind him all the time, then there would be no need for this sect to exist. The Golden Core elders also had to go through trials, and only then could such a sect last long.
Li Yan only felt the black and white lights interweaving in front of his eyes. He felt dizzy and felt as if he had traveled through time and was in an endless space. He couldn't help feeling confused and didn't know what the future held.
When he woke up, he felt his feet stop and he stepped on something slightly soft.
Li Yan calmed himself down and looked down, only to see a patch of grass under his feet.
At the same time, a suffocatingly rich spiritual energy rushed towards him, making him feel as if his breathing was blocked, which made Li Yan overjoyed.
One must know that the spiritual energy of the Wuliang Sect is already extremely dense, allowing Li Yan to achieve twice the result with half the effort in his daily practice. He never expected that there is a place in the world with even denser spiritual energy than he could imagine.
Looking up, all they saw was lush green. They were now standing on the edge of a grassland. The endless grassland in front of them was covered with unknown green grass and wild flowers half a person's height.
The sky is blue and the sun is shining down, giving a refreshing feeling.
Behind them was a large and dense jungle, with layers of giant trees that several people could hug, densely packed into the distance...
On the grass ahead, wild beasts and some low-level monsters ran by from time to time, looking at this place with either hostility or curiosity in their eyes.
Occasionally, from the dense forest behind, a loud roar could be heard, sometimes low, sometimes high, which would alarm some wild animals on the edge of the forest and on the grassland, either making them prick up their ears alertly or running away in fear.
There were also some low-level monsters standing in the grassland, roaring towards the sky as if in response or provocation...
Among those monsters and wild beasts, Li Yan only recognized a few, and had never seen most of them. Fortunately, there were many cultivators here, and those monsters and wild beasts did not dare to attack after sensing the powerful aura of the cultivators.
Of course Li Yan didn't know that when each of them just stepped out of the black and white passage, a powerful divine sense would sweep over their body. Only Jindan cultivators would have a hint of warning sense of this kind.
This was a small amount of aura that the other party deliberately revealed, with the purpose of warning the Jindan cultivator to be honest here and keep the bottom line.
Li Yan looked around, greedily breathing in the rich spiritual energy that made his pores tremble. At this moment, the magic power in his body was extremely active and agile.
The black and white vortex behind him was still spinning slowly. After composure, Li Yan and his ten companions walked towards the three elders of the Wuliang Sect, led by the beautiful woman Li Fengzhu. When Li Yan passed by the foundation-building camp, Li Wuyi's voice rang in his ears.
"Junior brother, there seems to be something strange about the Qi Condensation cultivator on the other side. This may be a trap set for your Wheel of Life and Death. You need to be careful. The Jindan uncles should have seen it and will probably find time to warn you again."
Li Yan couldn't help but stop and thought to himself.
"It turns out that Senior Brother has also noticed something wrong. It seems that it is not my perception that is wrong." When he raised his head and looked to one side, Li Wuyi was whispering something with several Foundation Establishment cultivators over there, and he did not turn his head to look at him.
Just like that, before long, all the cultivators had arrived one after another, and the ten Jindan elders from both sides also finally arrived here together. At this time, the vortex in the black and white channel was getting smaller and smaller, and soon disappeared in the air, leaving no trace between heaven and earth.
Five elders headed by Peng Wuxing came over, all looking very tired. It was obvious that the spellcasting just now was a huge burden for them.
Peng Wuxing came in front of the three masters of Buli Peak and after whispering a few words, the expression on his face relaxed a little.
Then, he raised his hand and waved. Li Yan and the others felt the sky darken, as if something was blocking a large area of sunlight. They looked up quickly and saw a ferocious monster appear in the sky.
This beast has a grimacing face covered with deep wrinkles, its skin is as red as blood, and its pair of green eyes are constantly moving.
Its big mouth was filled with fine fangs, flashing a faint cold light. Its body was like a dragon, covered with fine scales, and had three claws underneath. After the beast came out, its body grew rapidly in the air, and in a short while it was several dozen feet in size.
It let out a sharp roar towards the sky, which instantly covered up the roars and shouts of the monsters in the forest and grassland. It was very powerful.
Elder Peng leaped onto the ferocious ghost head and shouted at the people below.
"You guys come up quickly!"
The other elders also leaped up. Seeing this, Li Yan and others followed suit and leaped into the air, pouncing on the strange beast.
At the same time, on the other side, Immortal Hang Wu was whispering with the Jindan cultivator who had entered the secret realm first. Occasionally, someone would glance towards the Wuliang Sect with flickering eyes.
Just as Elder Peng released the strange beast, they stopped talking. The next moment, the giant boat appeared in the sky again, and everyone from Taixuan Sect also took off and flew towards the giant boat.
With a low roar, the huge strange beast quickly rose hundreds of feet into the air, and with a swing of its tail, it shot towards the depths of the grassland at an extremely fast speed. This action caused the nearby monsters to roar towards the sky, but no monster chased after it.
The huge ship shone with dazzling light, transforming into a huge ball of light, and also whizzed away...
The strange beast was dozens of feet long, so Li Yan's team of a hundred people did not feel crowded when standing on it. Just as it flew up, Elder Peng waved his hand, and a large red cloud covered the entire back of the strange beast.
Although the white clouds below were rapidly moving away at an alarming speed, the people standing on top did not feel the slightest sense of instability caused by the wind, and could not even feel the slightest sound of the wind.
Li Yan looked at the strange beast under his feet and thought to himself, this strange beast has such a ferocious aura, it must be at least a second-level, or even a third-level monster. I just don't know how many magical powers this beast has. Its speed alone is amazing...
Just as Li Yan was looking at the strange beast with curiosity, a deep voice sounded in his ears.
“The Taixuan Sect’s Qi Condensation disciples have problems with their auras, and almost all of them are in the late tenth level of Qi Condensation, and quite a few have even reached the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation.
The journey on the Wheel of Life and Death can be quite dangerous. It seems we have fallen into a trap set by the other party.
Knowing only that Shibuyuan, Taixuan Sect, and Pure Land Sect had some plans, the sects previously thought that they were targeting the Foundation Establishment cultivators, but after meeting today, the Foundation Establishment Taoists of Taixuan Sect did not have too many suspicious points, but the Qi Condensation cultivators had problems.
When we see the other two cases later, if they also encounter similar situations, then we can be sure that the three parties have joined forces."
Li Yan looked up when he heard this, and saw that all the elders in front of him had turned their heads. It was Elder Peng who spoke, and his face was extremely solemn.
Elder Peng paused, glanced at everyone, and continued.
“If that is the case, we can give up this round of life and death. After all, only a small number of you are at the late tenth level of the Qi Condensation Stage, which would be very disadvantageous for you.
This is also the result of my discussion with the elders. The consequences will be explained to us and the sect. This time, except for the secret realm picking that can benefit us, the rest of the opportunities can only be fought over by the three sects and the monsters. "
At this point, the eight elders all looked very embarrassed. Although they had already discovered it from outside, it was impossible for them to replace their disciples in a short period of time, and they had to be good at fighting.
The other party might have used some kind of drug to stimulate the disciples, which made their cultivation so uniform. However, apart from gaining some benefits in this competition, these cultivators who were stimulated by drugs will basically have no hope of entering the foundation-building stage in the future. What's the point of this
"Of course you can choose to fight. My Wuliang Sect relies on more than just realm in fighting. Moreover, in the Wheel of Life and Death, only two teams can fight at a time. This way there is still some hope."
Elder Peng raised his voice, then swept his cold eyes over everyone, including the foundation-building cultivators.
The Wheel of Life and Death also requires three Foundation Establishment cultivators to enter together. If the main combat force of a team - the Qi Condensation cultivators - are all killed, this Foundation Establishment cultivator will basically die as well.
After all, his opponent was a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the same level as Fang, and he was surrounded by several masters in the late tenth level of Qi Condensation. As long as the opponent's Foundation Establishment cultivator could hold him back, the attacks of the others would be enough to be fatal.