After filling out the application form, Qin Wanwan and her group made some preparations. In the early morning of the next day, the Sword Sect sent someone to notify them to gather at the back mountain.
Qin Wanwan got up early and put on makeup. After making sure she looked different from Qin Wan, she put on a veil and turned to look at Jian Xingzhi standing beside her: "How is it? Can you tell that I am Qin Wan?"
"You can't tell from the prominent hairy mole on your forehead," Jian Xingzhi said seriously.
Qin Wanwan nodded with satisfaction.
Turning to look at Nanfeng: "Are you ready?"
"Ready."
Nan Feng carried his bag and said, "We can set off anytime."
After Qin Wanwan heard what was said, she took Jian Xingzhi and Nanfeng out with her and followed the disciples of the Sword Sect to an open space in the back mountain.
Before they got down the mountain for a long time, she saw that there were mountains and seas on the open space. The disciples led them to the open space and then went to look for others.
Qin Wanwan looked around for a moment, and saw Bai Suiyou standing next to her, talking to her. Qin Wanwan quickly greeted him, "Friend Bai Daoist!"
Bai Suiyou heard this, turned around, looked at Qin Wanwan's expression, was stunned for a moment, pretended not to notice anything, smiled and said: "Fellow Daoist Qin."
"When will fellow Daoist Bai arrive? Do you know when we can enter the secret realm?"
"I just arrived not long ago," Bai Suiyou said, glancing at the mountain behind him not far away, and pointed to it: "That's the entrance to the secret realm. It is said that Xie Daojun will come to open the door to the secret realm in a while."
"Thank you, Daojun, for opening the secret realm?"
Qin Wanwan was curious: "Will you go in with us?"
"Of course," Bai Suiyou smiled, "The Great Sword Sect is not like a ghost town. A ghost town won't care about the lives of us. The Great Sword Sect is a big sect. Even if someone comes to our sword tomb to look for sword masters, we will protect them well."
"It is indeed a great demeanor..."
Qin Wanwan and Bai Suiyou were chatting casually when they heard a gong sound. Everyone looked in one direction and saw Xie Gutang appearing in the air not far away, flying in the air with his sword.
Behind him were two young disciples. One was a girl with a plain appearance, who looked exactly like Xie Gutang, cold and aloof. Her white dress was whiter than snow, and she looked like an ice sculpture, making it difficult for him to look at her. The other one wore a moon-white brocade robe with red edges, had a baby face, and held a gong in her hand, looking at everyone with a smile.
"That girl," Nan Feng knew that Qin Wanwan didn't know him, so he quietly introduced her to her from behind, "That girl is the daughter of the head of the Great Sword Sect, the most beautiful girl in the world of cultivation, Su Zhenxue. The one holding the gong is Xie Daojun's junior brother Zhu Chi."
Qin Wanwan nodded and glanced around. Many male cultivators were secretly looking at Su Zhenxue. It seemed that she was indeed in a very high mood.
"Welcome everyone to the Great Sword Sect to participate in the Sword Test Conference." After the gong sounded, everyone quieted down. Zhu Chi looked at most people and smiled, "This Sword Test Conference is hosted by my senior brother Xie Gutang. The Great Sword Sect will provide the most basic protection along the way. If you encounter any danger, you can crush the token and leave the secret realm, but this also means that the mission has failed. Please be cautious. The secret realm is full of dangers and the situation is complicated. Please be sure to listen to the advice of my senior brother and do not act freely."
As he spoke, Zhu Chi put the gong into his Qiankun bag, took out a roll of paper, and spread it out with one hand.
Xie Gutang took out the order, took out a bronze mirror, raised his hand and threw it into the air. The mirror immediately expanded and became a door standing not far away.
"I will read the name of the contest later. Please come forward and enter the secret realm after I read the name of the contest. The competition will begin after you enter the secret realm. You can leave immediately. The winning rules will be announced after you enter the secret realm." Zhu Chi said as he read the list and looked up. "Wenxin Sect, ten members, step out."
Hearing about the Questioning Heart Sect, Qin Wanwan and Jian Xingzhi looked over and saw ten young cultivators below the Jindan stage standing out from the crowd. Qin Wanwan took a quick glance and didn't recognize most of them. She felt a little relieved and raised her hand to pull her veil.
Zhu Chi counted them and then moved on to the next sect.
After listening for a while, Qin Wanwan realized that the Great Sword Sect reported the ranks of cultivators according to the number of sect members, and put the independent cultivators or those who reported alone at the end.
Then, there were fewer and fewer people. When there were not many people left on the open space, Qin Wanwan finally heard: "From our sect, Qin Wanwan, Long Aoxuan, and Nanfeng."
Upon hearing this, the remaining few people looked over.
Qin Wanwan was a little embarrassed for a moment, and wanted to explain that their sect was not called the "Xian Sect", but in order not to waste time, she finally chose to give up.
She quickly led Jian Xingzhi and Nanfeng into the secret realm. Once they entered, she found that it seemed to be a forest, but it was stranger than an ordinary forest. Everything here, whether it was trees, grass, or vines, was much larger than an ordinary forest.
Sanxiao just looked around for a moment, and suddenly he felt something falling from the ground. Sanxiao grabbed it and got a scroll.
It says “Mission Statement”.
Qin Wanwan opened the task description, glanced at it, and after confirming that it was not a brutal task involving mutual slaughter, she felt relieved and walked aside to read it slowly.
This secret realm mission does not seem difficult. It is just about catching spiritual beasts and picking spiritual herbs. Different spiritual beasts and spiritual herbs have different scores. Only those with more than 100 points can leave the secret realm. The first ten people with 100 points will be the winners of this year.
The Sword Sect made the tasks very detailed. The characteristics and points of different spirit beasts and spirit herbs were all clearly marked. There were also various peace clauses such as "no killing" and "no life shall be taken except for self-protection". It looked very simple.
But Qin Wanwan always felt that something was wrong. Sword-testing competition, with so many participants, was it just a basic task
Qin Wanwan was thinking about it, and at the same time she was also thinking about the best solution under the current circumstances.
Ordinary spiritual herbs are worth one point each, ordinary monsters are worth five points each, intermediate spiritual herbs are worth five points each, intermediate monsters are worth ten points each, high-level spiritual herbs are worth ten points each, and high-level monsters are worth ten points each. There are also top-level spiritual beasts or spiritual herbs, each worth fifty points.
If you want to get out of the secret realm as quickly as possible, the key is not only to get enough points, but also to be fast enough.
If you are strong enough, the fastest way is to capture a spiritual beast and take a spiritual herb.
"What do you think, puppy?" Qin Wanwan turned to look at Jian Xingzhi, first confirming whether he had received any strange tasks.
As soon as Jian Xing heard the word "puppy", he knew what Qin Wanwan was asking: "I have no opinion yet."
Qin Wanwan nodded, and Jian Xingzhi also finished reading the scroll and made the decision: "Then I will go catch the top-level spiritual beasts, and I will go pick the top-level spiritual herbs. We will meet here in half an hour."
Qin Wanwan: “Ah?”
Just as he finished speaking, Jian Xingzhi took a big step forward. However, just as he took a step, he saw a bright red warning title flashing in his mind.
Warning: Don't follow the female plot! Don't grab the female mission! Just lie down! !
Jian Xingzhi: “…”
666 sighed a little haggardly: "Hey, don't be too presumptuous. Remember the settings."
Jian Xingzhi thought about it, turned back, and looked at Qin Wanwan: "Let's go, catch the spirit beast and pick the spirit herbs."
"Brother Aotian is indeed bold." Bai Suiyou, who had entered the secret realm not long ago, listened to Jian Xingzhi's words and smiled as he closed the scroll. "But this top-level spiritual beast is not easy to capture even at the peak of the Golden Core stage, not to mention that you have already suppressed your cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage? Why don't we work together to capture the spiritual beast and spiritual grass together?"
"Friend Bai Dao said yes."
As soon as Bai Suiyou finished speaking, a cold voice was heard. Qin Wanwan turned her head and saw Su Zhenxue closing the scroll and turned to look over.
As soon as she spoke, Nan Feng raised his antennae and responded immediately: "Fairy Su is right!"
Su Zhenxue ignored Nanfeng, put the scroll into her sleeve, and walked to Qin Wanwan: "There are ten people entering the Sword Tomb, and the other sects are likely to have formed teams. If we form a team together, it will be faster and more likely. How do you think?"
"No… "
Before Jian Xingzhi could finish his words, Qin Wanwan interrupted him and immediately said, "No problem, let's work together!"
After the cooperation matters were settled, Su Zhenxue and Qin Wanwan began to formulate a plan.
"The risk of killing top-level spirit beasts is too great for our level," Su Zhenxue opened the Grass Beast Record and discussed with Qin Wanwan, "Why don't the five of us work together to annihilate some high-level monsters? Generally, spirit herbs grow around monsters, so we can pick them. The five of us need a total of 500 points, which means at least 50 monsters."
"That's right," Qin Wanwan pretended to be profound and flattered, "Fellow Daoist Su is indeed very intelligent."
"Then let's start from near to far and start catching high-level monsters."
Su Zhenxue looked up at the crowd for discussion, and Qin Wanwan immediately suggested, "How about picking the spiritual herbs first?"
"Why do you pick the spiritual herbs first?" Su Zhenxue was puzzled. Qin Wanwan forced a smile and said, "I just entered the secret realm and don't know the situation. Of course, I will pick the weak ones first. I will start with the spiritual herbs that won't run away."
This point was agreed by everyone except Jian Xingzhi. They took out their maps and started looking for the nearest spiritual herb nearby.
Qin Wanwan looked at the map and confirmed the location and quality of the spiritual herbs:
Immortal palm.
Seeing this familiar word, Qin Wanwan felt a little emotional. The preciousness of products in different places varies. In the world of immortal cultivation, the Immortal Palm can even be transformed into a high-level spiritual herb.
Looking at this "Immortal Palm", Bai Suiyou was a little worried: "I wonder what's so special about this Immortal Palm? How can I deal with it?"
"It's okay," Qin Wanwan vowed, "I've tried this before, I'm familiar with it."
As he spoke, a group of people felt the change in the surrounding spiritual energy. Jian Xingzhi frowned and immediately said, "There is a formation."
"It seems that this immortal palm has spiritual consciousness and will try to protect itself." Bai Suiyou observed the surroundings.
"This is a high-level spiritual object, the Immortal Palm, after all." Su Zhenxue was not surprised.
Qin Wanwan was more relieved: "Don't worry," she said, "but the fairy palm is not good."
After saying this, they came to the location marked on the map.
It turned out that this was a big mountain with a huge cave on it. Some strange yet familiar sounds could be vaguely heard in the cave.
Everyone looked around and saw no plants. Su Zhenxue groaned and said, "We can only go into the cave and explore."
"It would be inappropriate if we all go together and there is an ambush," Bai Suiyou thought for a moment, "I'll go in first."
“No need!”
Qin Wanwan volunteered: "I'll do it!"
"You're so brave?"
Jian Xingzhi couldn't believe it, but Qin Wanwan was full of confidence: "It's just a fairy palm, I can do it."
"Then let Fellow Daoist Qin do it," Bai Suiyou said with some worry, "please be careful."
Qin Wanwan nodded, and Jian Xingzhi said worriedly: "I'll go with you."
As they spoke, the two of them entered the cave together.
The cave was very dark, without a trace of light. Qin Wanwan took out a night-shining pearl and illuminated the long path, feeling a little nervous because of the darkness.
Jian Xingzhi crossed his arms and glanced at her sideways: "Why are you taking such an active risk this time? What are you planning?"
"We said we're all going to form a team together. This is bound to be very dangerous," Qin Wanwan heard a strange sound coming from deep in the cave. She nervously leaned towards Jian Xingzhi and quietly grabbed his sleeve. Jian Xingzhi looked at her little movement and didn't say anything. He listened to her nervous explanation while swallowing her saliva carefully, "Everyone will have to take turns. This fairy palm doesn't have much lethality. It just has thorns on the outside and is not threatening. Instead of waiting for my turn to explore an unknown thing, I might as well be upright now and take the lead. It won't be my turn next time."
"As expected of you."
It's not surprising that Jian Xing did this.
The two men came closer, and the sound became more and more obvious. Jian Xingzhi frowned: "What on earth is that sound?"
Qin Wanwan listened carefully for a while, a little uncertain: "Play... play mahjong?"
"Playing mahjong?"
Jian Xingzhi couldn't believe it. Torches began to light up the sides of the cave, and then a large wooden door more than three meters high came into view. Qin Wanwan's heart beat faster. She couldn't help but move closer to Jian Xingzhi and started talking to give herself courage: "This is probably the family that lives here. We should be nice and don't scare them. Let's ask for directions and see where the Immortal Palm is."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of mahjong stopped. Qin Wanwan was too nervous to notice and continued, "When the time comes, we'll go over there and find a hoe or a shovel. Aren't you good at digging? Start from the bottom and pull them up by the roots. They all grow in clusters. We can divide them up."
As they talked, the two of them arrived at the door.
Jian Xingzhi seemed to have anticipated something. He curled his lips and looked at Qin Wanwan, who was trembling and almost hanging on her body, and said, "Knock on the door."
Qin Wanwan took a deep breath, mustered up her courage, knocked on the door, and said politely: "Well, OK, we are just passing by..."
Before he could finish his words, the door opened.
A cool breeze blew, and the first thing Qin Wanwan saw was a pair of green, short legs covered with thorns that looked like an immortal's. She looked up blankly and found that the person standing in front of her was a huge, muscular immortal holding a spiked mace in his hand.
There is more than one of this type of fairy palm. Behind this door, several mahjong tables can be vaguely seen. There is a room full of fairy palms holding weapons, with this kind of vicious temperament, looking at Qin Wanwan menacingly.
"Just now," the immortal at the door raised the mace to his shoulder. With the movement, his strong muscles bulged, looking very creepy. He lowered his head and looked at Qin Wanwan fiercely, "Are you saying that you want to uproot us?"
Qin Wanwan swallowed her saliva, pretended to be calm and stepped back, apologizing earnestly: "Sorry for disturbing you."
After saying that, she shook Jian Xingzhi off and turned around to run! !
He also did not forget to inform the people who were eating snacks and waiting for them outside: "This immortal's palm is so big, run!!!"