The Malevolent Spirit Sect was faced with a choice. The elders had also considered that only two paths intersected at a time in the Wheel of Life and Death. Coupled with the Malevolent Spirit Sect's unpredictable poisoning methods, it was not an unbeatable situation. At the same time, they also guessed that the other side probably just wanted to cut off the Malevolent Spirit Sect's excellent low-level geniuses, so that in the next few decades, the Malevolent Spirit Sect would face a situation where there were no successors, and the Foundation Establishment realm would subsequently be cut off.
The Nascent Soul old man in gray sackcloth on the mountain peak had quite good insight. Elder Peng and the others had already judged the other side's intentions at this time. Now it was a question of whether you would still walk into the trap, even knowing it was a trap.
Amidst the silence, Baili Yuan, Wang Tian, Gan Shi, Yun Chunqu, the Chu brothers, and other Foundation Establishment cultivators exchanged a look, then shouted in a low voice at the same time.
"Fight!"
Although Zhao Min, Li Changting, and Gong Chenying did not speak, they also looked at the Qi Condensation disciples behind them with burning eyes. Although these Foundation Establishment cultivators did not know which three of them would still have the strength to fight and lead this group of people a month later, they all chose to fight without hesitation.
Elder Peng and the others also shifted their gazes to the group of Qi Condensation disciples behind them. Elder Peng and two other elders even deliberately let their gazes linger on Li Yan for a moment. They had a deep impression of Li Yan. At the entrance of the passage before, not to mention the Foundation Establishment cultivators, but among the Qi Condensation disciples, this child seemed to have discovered that something was wrong with the Supreme Mystery Teachings.
It was still Elder Peng who spoke, "You can decide after you have seen the people from the other two sects. If the situation with the other two sects is different from this, it means our guess has some discrepancies, and the chances of winning the Wheel of Life and Death are greater. Then we must participate in the Wheel of Life and Death on this trip. Otherwise, what I want to see is your calm decision, not a moment of hot-bloodedness." The reason the Malevolent Spirit Sect was powerful was that it was not afraid of death, but it would not blindly go to its death either.
"I choose to fight!" At this time, a voice came from among the Qi Condensation disciples. Everyone looked over and saw it was Du Sanjiang with a calm expression on his face.
"Me too," Lu Qiutong also shrugged, and then he actually turned to look at Li Yan in the corner.
"Fight!"
"I choose to fight!"
"..."
Before Li Yan could react, twenty or thirty people had already shouted out.
Li Yan looked over and couldn't help but feel a little helpless. These twenty or thirty people were all above the late stage of the tenth layer of Qi Condensation. With a start, more than half of the cultivators had expressed their intention to fight.
Li Yan's expression was blank, and he did not express his stance. He vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint the specific problem. What's more, he still had a trace of desire to participate in his heart. As Elder Peng had said, only two paths intersected at the same time. When did the Malevolent Spirit Sect have to rely on realm to fight against people? As long as the opponent had a physical body, deadly poison would still work.
Opportunities were not something everyone could encounter. If this matter of the Wheel of Life and Death were given to the second- and third-rate immortal sects below, they would probably fight for this spot no matter what, even if it meant sacrificing many more disciples.
Seeing that many people were in favor of fighting, Elder Peng just nodded. He hoped to participate in the Wheel of Life and Death in his heart. When was a cultivator ever safe? If you wanted safety, you might as well be a normal mortal. He himself was the Hall Master of the Malevolent Spirit Sect's Law-Enforcement Hall. He was a bloodthirsty person by nature.
The Foundation Establishment cultivators looked at the group of people behind them with some dissatisfaction. They were very dissatisfied that they could not express their stance in unison. Which of these Foundation Establishment cultivators who could come here had not been through multiple life-and-death experiences? Most of them had even participated in one or two bloody trials like the secret realm harvest, constantly accompanied by death, without sleep or rest.
And among Li Yan's group of Qi Condensation disciples, only a small number had trained outside the Malevolent Spirit Sect, and the number was not very large. It was still dangerous for Qi Condensation disciples to be outside. Their means of self-preservation were weak. But if they were in a remote place of cultivation, perhaps even those at the fourth or fifth layer of Qi Condensation, or even the first or second layer, would go out. But the four major sects generally did not allow disciples below the ninth layer of Qi Condensation to go out. Such disciples were easily targeted by enemies when they went out. The four major sects were constantly assassinating each other's disciples. The weak Qi Condensation disciples were the easiest targets. This was a good way to cut off the root. It was the same reason as Elder Peng had guessed that the three sects were using the Wheel of Life and Death to deal with their Qi Condensation disciples this time.
Seeing this, Elder Peng and the others said no more and turned to look forward again. Li Yan stood in the corner, bowing his head in thought. He was thinking about the strange feeling he got from those people from the Supreme Mystery Teachings. He felt that it was definitely not a mistake. It was very familiar, but for a moment, he couldn't grasp the problem. And after entering the secret realm, this familiar feeling became even stronger, as if he had been here before. It was a very strange feeling.
"Martial Uncle Li, you didn't speak just now. Are you not planning to participate?" Just as Li Yan was bowing his head in thought, a voice came from the side. He looked over and saw it was a late-stage tenth-layer Qi Condensation cultivator from Never-Parting Peak. Li Yan did not recognize this cultivator, nor had he ever fought him. But from his tone, Li Yan had already guessed that either this person was a good friend of the Never-Parting Peak disciple he had defeated, or this person had some connection with Zhou Guan'er or Wang Tian. But no matter what, his tone was a bit unfriendly. Although the voice was not loud, many people around had heard it. Those people all looked at Li Yan, with contempt, sympathy, and schadenfreude in their eyes. To be asked directly like this by a nominal junior was undoubtedly an attempt to embarrass Li Yan.
Is it your place to question a martial uncle's affairs?' Li Yan said faintly without expression, turning his head to look at this person, but his tone was unceremonious.
"You..." This person was speechless. The order of seniority in the cultivation world was very strict. If Li Yan really made an issue of it, he would definitely be the one to suffer.
With that, Li Yan turned his head back indifferently and simply closed his eyes. At this moment, his heart was full of doubts. How could he have any interest in such trivial matters? The other people around, seeing Li Yan speak so uncharacteristically, also did not dare to speak again for a time, lest they end up in the same awkward situation. Although there were also five or six Qi Condensation cultivators among them who were also disciples-in-name of a certain peak's Golden Core elder, such people were extremely proud. They would not interfere in such boring matters.
"The little fellow has a sharp tongue. I was in seclusion last time, so I missed it. I heard his Fragmented Poison Body is really something." The beautiful Peak Mistress Li in the very front said with a low laugh. As she laughed, it was as if a myriad of flowers were blooming, swaying gracefully. Although these Golden Core cultivators had not turned their heads, their Divine Senses were extremely sharp. They could hear clearly without even deliberately releasing their Divine Senses.
"Junior Sister Li was busy last time and didn't come. This kid's methods are quite brilliant. At least, it took us quite a bit of trouble to neutralize a few of his poisons. Just now, before entering the passage, he was the first among the Qi Condensation disciples to discover that there was a problem with the Supreme Mystery Teachings. This kind of perception is also extremely strong. I imagine he is worth looking forward to if he can enter the Foundation Establishment realm," the scholarly Peak Master Feng said with a smile in a low voice.
"Oh, then we'll have to see if he can survive after participating in the Wheel of Life and Death. But I heard from Changting that this kid has some connection with that girl Zhao Min. He's only been in the sect for a few years. So I say, there are not many good things in Little Bamboo Peak, hmph."
Everyone had a headache. How did it get back to Little Bamboo Peak again? You just couldn't engage with this crazy woman's words. It was always one thing and then another. The Golden Core cultivators faced forward, sitting upright and proper.
Two streaks of brilliant light shot across the grassland and then disappeared into the distant horizon. After the two sects had flown for about half a day, the light of their escape began to slow down. Li Yan felt the speed slowing down, opened his eyes, and like everyone else, looked out of the light shield. At this time, a few towering mountains appeared in front. The mountain peaks were lush with green plants, and many waterfalls cascaded down from the top of a certain mountain. As they gradually flew closer, these few mountain peaks also became closer and appeared more majestic. When they were a few hundred zhang away from one of the mountain peaks, the two huge streaks of brilliant light completely stopped, and the protective light shields on them slowly dissipated, and they descended to a few zhang above the ground.
"Let's go down," Elder Peng shouted lightly and led the way down. Then, the other elders, Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Li Yan's group of Qi Condensation cultivators also flew down in an orderly manner.
Similarly, on the other side, on the huge boat, with a command from Immortal Elder Hangwu, everyone also flew down to the ground.
As he was descending, Li Yan had already discovered that they were landing on an empty space in front of the mountain peak, about five or six hundred zhang in length and width, covered in green grass. In front, there was a straight path into the mountain, which led into a valley embraced by two mountains.
At this time, there were already several hundred people standing scattered in front of the valley, the sound of their voices was very loud, blocking the entrance of the valley, completely concealing the scene inside.
Seeing these several hundred people, the descending Li Yan couldn't help but be stunned. To be precise, what Li Yan saw should be several hundred demonic beasts. From their standing position, they were roughly divided into three groups. Because although they were standing scattered and mixed, they were vaguely divided into three groups with the three people standing in front as the leaders. These three people in front were undoubtedly human in appearance.
The moment the cultivators landed, one of the three people from the other side had already spoken.
"So it's the fellow Daoists from the Supreme Mystery Teachings and the Malevolent Spirit Sect. It seems it's Immortal Elder Hangwu and Elder Peng leading the team again?" Everyone looked up and saw that among the three leaders opposite them, a middle-aged man with a sinister appearance, deep-set eyes, a hooked nose, and a thin body, wearing a black long robe, was cupping his hands at this side. He was the one who had spoken.
At the same time as the Supreme Mystery Teachings and the Malevolent Spirit Sect landed, these three people had seen the leaders, Immortal Elder Hangwu and Elder Peng, at a glance. As soon as he spoke, the several hundred demonic beasts behind him all fell silent, and the noisy scene instantly became quiet.
"Hehe, I greet Brother Yin, Brother Lin, and Brother Yan. We haven't seen each other in over a decade. You fellow Daoists are as impressive as ever, your magical power even more profound." After landing, Immortal Elder Hangwu made a Daoist salute and returned the greeting.
The black-robed middle-aged man who was called "Brother Yin" smiled but did not speak again. The two people on his sides also looked at this side with a smile on their faces. One was a tall and straight, jade-like handsome young man, lightly fanning himself with a folding fan, his skin crystal clear, dressed in white, looking like an immortal, a fine young master in a turbid world. The other was over two zhang tall, his face as if carved by a knife and axe, cold and stern, his skin a strange brown color. His purple long robe was stretched to the point of bursting by his muscles. Even someone of Wei Chituo's stature would look like a child in front of him.
"It seems we arrived a step early," Elder Peng still simply cupped his hands at the three people and then said a noncommittal sentence. But seeing the expressions of the few people, it was clear that they all understood.
The purple-robed large man said in a booming voice, "The Pure Land Sect and the Ten-Pace Courtyard should be arriving soon. You humans are just a bit slow in your work. Every time, you need us to wait for a long time."
"Hehe, what Brother Yan said is not entirely correct. We must learn from the discipline of humans. Their teamwork and coordination are very strong," the exceptionally handsome fine young master said, shaking the folding fan in his hand and smiling slightly.
Hearing the two of them speak, Elder Peng squinted his eyes but did not speak. Immortal Elder Hangwu also smiled and said nothing.
Seeing this, the three of them turned their gazes to the other Golden Core elders on both sides. The exceptionally handsome fine young master swept his gaze over the people of the Supreme Mystery Teachings. When he saw that there were two young and beautiful female Daoists among them, whose beauty was dazzling and whose figures were curvaceous, even their wide Daoist robes could not hide their moving and delicate bodies, his eyes couldn't help but light up. However, when his gaze continued to sweep and then saw Peak Mistress Li, his eyes flashed even more, and the look of amazement was undisguised. So he opened his mouth and said to Immortal Elder Hangwu and Elder Peng, "Fellow Daoists, although we know some of the fellow Daoists, there are still many fellow Daoists whom we have never met before. Won't you introduce the other fellow Daoists?"
The gazes of these three people only stopped on the group of Golden Core cultivators in front. They didn't even glance at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation cultivators behind them.
Seeing the other side say so, Elder Peng and the other two of course nodded, and then introduced them one by one. For a time, the scene became lively. Especially the group of demonic beasts behind these three, their eyes were fiery, and even lecherous, as they looked at the female disciples of the Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation realms on this side, their intentions undisguised. But these demonic beasts were deterred by the pressure; they did not dare to look at the Golden Core female cultivators. This formed a situation where the second-tier demonic beasts looked at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation female disciples, while the first-tier demonic beasts only stared at the Qi Condensation female disciples.
Not only did they look, but they also discussed someone's figure without suppressing their voices at all, and from time to time they would let out unrestrained laughter. This made the group of female cultivators, after hearing this, slowly cover their faces with frost, each of them with their eyebrows raised in anger. The male disciples either had fire in their eyes or were staring coldly at the group of demonic beasts. But with the Golden Core cultivators in front, it was definitely impossible to start a fight here. They secretly remembered the other side's appearance, waiting for an opportunity during the harvest and the Wheel of Life and Death to kill the other side.