Two of the six people died, and the remaining three lying on the ground were seriously injured and could no longer move.
The dull young man glanced at Ye Li and the other two in the distance, then walked straight to the stone pillar and stretched out his hand to pour spiritual energy into the pillar.
After nearly half an incense stick of time, the restraints on the Nether Crystal were released, and the dull young man quickly took off the crystal.
Holding the crystal in his hand, the dull young man looked at Ye Li and the other two again, then nodded at them in a friendly manner, and then poured his spiritual energy into the Netherworld Crystal.
As he injected his spiritual energy, a beam of white light from the Nether Crystal shot towards the sky, merging with the beams of light emitted from the Nether Crystals in the hands of Ye Li and the other two.
After the white lights intersected, a huge rune formation composed of gray-white light appeared in the sky.
The huge rune formation kept spinning and shining, and Ye Li felt a strange force descending from the sky, enveloping him and the people around him.
Among the people lying on the ground, anyone who was alive was enveloped by this strange force.
Two breaths later, Ye Li felt a pulling force, and his vision suddenly darkened.
When the light in front of his eyes lit up again, Ye Li found that he had left the high platform space and returned to the entrance of the valley before entering the trial.
Qi Wei was still standing here, as if waiting for everyone to come out. However, there were seventeen people when they entered the valley, but only three people returned here now.
Among the three people who came back, only Ye Li looked in the best condition. The other two were seriously injured and one slightly injured.
Qi Wei looked at the Nether Crystal in Ye Li's hand, and was slightly stunned. Then he smiled and nodded at him, saying: "Ye Li, congratulations on passing the first trial. You have already stepped half a foot into the Imperial City."
Hearing Qi Wei's words, Ye Li hurriedly and politely thanked the other party for his congratulations. Then he looked around with a somewhat unnatural expression and asked Qi Wei: "Senior Qi, didn't Miss Dongfang come out?"
Qi Wei saw some worry in Ye Li's eyes, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, nothing happened to her, she has been taken away by Meimei."
After hearing Qi Wei's words, the worry in Ye Li's eyes disappeared. It seemed that the elders were all paying attention to Dongfang Caiyi and would not let her get hurt easily.
"Ye Li, I really didn't expect that you would risk your life to save Xiao Caiyi in the ghost road. This surprised Meimei and me."
After Qi Wei saw that the worry in Ye Li's eyes disappeared, he winked at Ye Li and spoke.
When Ye Li heard this, he immediately understood. It seemed that the other party had been paying close attention to the progress of the entire trial.
In other words, even if he had not rescued Dongfang Caiyi before, Dongfang Caiyi might not have been in any danger. Before the Bone Burial Spirit took action, Qi Wei and Mei Ruoxiang might have rescued Dongfang Caiyi.
"I didn't expect that Senior was there at the time. It seems that I did something unnecessary."
Thinking of this, Ye Li couldn't help but shook his head and said with a wry smile.
Hearing Ye Li's words, Qi Wei also shook his head and said: "How can it be called redundant? You did a good thing.
After you rescued her, you slowly broke open her frozen heart, which is something we are very willing to see.
This little girl had a tragic fate. When she was four years old, her family was wiped out by a group of mysterious people. She witnessed her parents and relatives die tragically in front of her.
And she was able to escape because of her mother's sacrifice of her life to protect her.
Afterwards, Tianyao… um… that is, our city lord adopted her. The city lord and the head of the Dongfang family were sworn brothers, so he raised her as his own daughter.
This girl was so traumatized after that incident that her temperament changed drastically and she seemed as if she was shrouded in ice.
Meimei and I watched her grow up, and we hope that she can one day break free from the past and stop locking herself in the darkest and most lonely place like she is now. "
After hearing Qi Wei's words, Ye Li finally knew Dongfang Caiyi's life experience, and also understood the origin of the emotions hidden in her piano playing when he first heard it.
Thinking about my own experience, it seems to be much better than Dongfang Caiyi's.
The pain and sorrow hidden in the heart of that cold-hearted girl could only be greater and deeper than his.
Thinking of this, Ye Li couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the other person. Having had tragic experiences, he could naturally understand some of the pain in Dongfang Caiyi's heart.
After Qi Wei finished speaking, he looked at the two injured people and then waved behind him.
On the ground next to a rock not far away, a stone door covered with mud was pushed up by someone.
Two guards from the Imperial City walked out and quickly came to Qi Wei.
"Take these two away and send them for treatment."
After Qi Wei gave an order, the two of them took the injured downstairs and sent them for treatment.
Qi Wei then turned around and took Ye Li back to the direction of the camp.
“Ye Li, when you rescued Xiao Caiyi, Meimei and I were watching in the mist.
We originally thought that you were overestimating your own abilities and going up there to die. Not only would you fail to save Xiao Caiyi, but you would also lose your own life.
However, what I didn’t expect was that you had so much combat experience that you turned the impossible into possible and actually saved Xiao Caiyi at the critical moment.
The actual combat ability you demonstrated in that battle really amazed Meimei and I."
Ye Li had not expected Qi Wei to speak so highly of him, and hurriedly said modestly: "Senior Qi, you are too kind. I had no other choice but to come up with this plan, and I didn't expect it to be so successful."
Qi Wei patted Ye Li on the shoulder and said, "Young man, Meimei and I have met countless outstanding young people, and we don't praise others casually.
The Gate of Earth is not a very powerful spell. Among spells of the same level, it can only be considered of medium power.
But I didn't expect that you could practice this spell to the heavenly level.
You have to know that only the Earth Gate that has reached the heavenly level has the special ability to transfer living things, otherwise it can only transfer dead things.
If your Earth Gate has not reached the Heavenly Level, you and Xiao Caiyi will be crushed by the earth spiritual energy after falling in. Only after you are turned into a pool of meat paste can you be transferred underground.
When you rescued Xiao Caiyi, the fighting ability and character you displayed were stronger than most young people I have ever seen.
There are not many people in this world who can think of using the Gate of Earth to transfer themselves. This way of using talismans is definitely not something that everyone can think of.
After all, everyone only thought that the Earth Gate was a defensive spell, but they didn't expect it to be able to assist in combat."