My cultivation is too simple

Zhou You glanced at the monster indifferently, then weighed the storage bag and found that there were quite a few treasures in the storage bag.

After all, this guy is also a demon beast in the God Transformation Stage, so naturally he has a lot of good things in his hands.

It is quite normal to be able to take out these rare treasures.

Zhou You smiled: "Thank you for the gift, fellow Taoist. If I really become a royal consort in the future, I will definitely not forget you."

If they were outside, Zhou You would most likely not take his storage bag and no cause and effect would be created because of it.

But this is Xutian City, the territory of the demon clan.

Zhou You wouldn’t think so much and would just take as much of the demon clan’s things as he could.

There aren't so many social conventions.

Anyway, he would never become the so-called prince consort. He came here just to get in touch with Princess Qianqian.

Moreover, if he did not take the storage bag of the monster now, it would seem a little abnormal and arouse suspicion.

In this case, Zhou You will certainly not waste this opportunity.

He chose to accept the storage bag without hesitation.

Seeing Zhou You put away the storage bag, the monster immediately smiled happily, and the flattery on its face became even more intense.

Then the monster took Zhou You all the way to the depths of the ice and snow palace.

This time they did not go to Princess Qianqian's bedroom, but went to the back mountain of the Ice and Snow Palace.

When it reached the entrance to the back mountain, the monster stopped and dared not move forward.

"Fellow Daoist, the place ahead is an important place for our clan. I cannot enter with my identity. You will need to go there by yourself. Don't worry, there will be someone to pick you up after you enter the back mountain."

The monster said politely.

Zhou You nodded, without saying anything more, and walked straight into the back mountain.

Sure enough, after entering the back mountain, he saw several monsters waiting for him. After these monsters tricked Zhou You for a while, they took him and continued to move forward.

This time it was rather strange. Zhou You was brought to a snowy mountain. There was a huge teleportation array on the mountain. It was obvious at a glance that the teleportation distance was very far. And there was no one else here except some members of the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan guarding the place.

Zhou You didn't see any other finalists, including Xiao Zhuoran.

I didn’t even see that “Princess Qianqian”.

There are no more important figures in the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan.

When he arrived here, the formation had already been activated. The huge formation emitted an extremely strong light, and many top-quality spirit stones were placed in the formation, which made Zhou You frown.

Obviously, a large amount of top-grade spirit stones are required to activate this formation once.

The best quality spirit stones are extremely expensive.

Although it is used as currency on the surface, almost no one would choose to use top-grade spirit stones as currency.

This thing is extremely rare, only available in level seven immortal cultivation countries, and the production in each level seven immortal cultivation country is also extremely scarce, only cultivators in the Spiritual Questioning Stage can possibly possess it.

The spiritual power within each top-grade spirit stone is extremely powerful.

It is even equivalent to a small spiritual vein.

Generally speaking, one hundred low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one medium-grade spirit stone, ten thousand low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one high-grade spirit stone, and one million low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one top-grade spirit stone.

But in the market, no one would use one top-grade spirit stone to exchange for one million low-grade spirit stones.

Even exchanging two million low-grade spirit stones for one top-grade spirit stone would be a stretch.

And now here, there are ten top-grade spirit stones!
Looking at those palm-sized top-grade spirit stones, each of them exudes a crystal clear light, like a supreme treasure, fascinating.

This is the top-grade spirit stone!

Obviously, this giant teleportation array must use ten top-grade spirit stones to activate.

That is worth at least 20 million low-grade spirit stones!

Such a horrific price, just to help him teleport to the forbidden area?
At this moment, Zhou You finally understood why such harsh conditions were required to enter the forbidden land of the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan!
This giant teleportation array consumes ten top-grade spirit stones each time it is opened!
Without meeting the conditions, the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan would not be able to afford such a price.

What made Zhou You suspicious the most was that he was just an outsider, but the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan was willing to spend ten top-grade spirit stones just for him to enter this forbidden area?

This is too ridiculous!
The Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python Clan is just short of having the words "ulterior motives" written on everyone's face.

It's just a second-stage marriage proposal. Why not use other methods? Why waste such a huge amount of resources to enter the forbidden area?
If a prince consort has been chosen, it would be okay to make an exception and allow him to enter the forbidden area.

After all, the prince consort is already a member of the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan, so it's not outrageous to make an exception and allow him to enter the forbidden area.

But now, all seven finalists can enter the forbidden area. How many resources will this cost?
From the current perspective, it is obvious that the seven finalists should have entered the forbidden area from seven different places.

If all the finalists enter the forbidden area in the same way, it will cost seventy top-grade spirit stones. What a huge resource!

Does the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan have to waste these resources?
Moreover, this matter is too weird. Can't the seven finalists be teleported to the forbidden area together in this giant teleportation array?

Although this giant teleportation array consumes a huge amount of spirit stones, the number of people that can be teleported at the same time is also very large, at least more than twenty people can be teleported at a time.

Therefore, there is no need to waste so many spirit stones.

But now...

Zhou You clearly realized that this matter was a bit strange.

"Fellow Daoist, these are the resources that our clan has prepared for you. There are many medicinal pills and magic weapons in them, as well as a map. You only need to reach the end point according to the map to complete the mission. The one who arrives first will be the consort of our clan! To ensure fairness, the seven finalists will enter the forbidden area from different places this time, and everyone's starting point is the same."

A monster said very politely, taking out a storage bag.

Guaranteed fairness?

The more this happens, the more unfair it is.

Zhou You secretly complained in his heart, who knew where the others were teleported to? Even if someone was teleported near the destination, no one would know.

But Zhou You didn't worry about these things.

To him, none of this matters.

Zhou You did not take the storage bag, but frowned and said: "Fellow Daoist, this may be a little inappropriate. I am also the true spirit bloodline of the Great Wilderness after all. Are you doing this to start a war with the Great Wilderness?"

The demon beast said with a fake smile: "I don't know what you are talking about, fellow Daoist. It is precisely because you are a distinguished guest of the Great Wilderness that our Heaven-Swallowing Ancient Python clan is willing to entertain you with the highest standards. I don't know how many people in this world want to enter the forbidden area of ​​our Heaven-Swallowing Ancient Python clan."

Zhou You sneered: "I cannot enjoy the treatment you guys of the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan receive. Please forgive me for my lack of luck. I will take my leave now."

After hearing this, the monsters immediately realized that Zhou You had seen through everything.

They also knew that any normal person could see the clues in this matter.

But they did not stop it.

Instead, two figures emerged from the ground and blocked Zhou You's way.

"Fellow Daoist, how can you come and go as you please in our Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan?" An old man with a cold look in his eyes, whose cultivation had reached the late stage of Du'e, stared at Zhou You fiercely, and a tremendous pressure descended upon him, oppressing Zhou You to death.

Zhou You's body was also trembling slightly. He gritted his teeth and said, "What exactly do you want to do? Even if the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python is the overlord of Xutian City, do you really think that my Great Wilderness is easy to bully? Do you want to provoke a war with the Great Wilderness?"

The old man said calmly, "Fellow Daoist, you are wrong. I have never thought of provoking the Great Wilderness, and my Heaven-Swallowing Ancient Python Clan has never thought of becoming an enemy of the Great Wilderness. It's just that you didn't say you wanted to give up earlier, and now you are giving up after my clan has opened the teleportation array. Then my clan's resources will be wasted. Who can we ask to compensate?"

After a pause, the old man said, "If you are willing to compensate our clan with ten top-grade spirit stones, you can leave."

A hint of disdain flashed across the old man's eyes.

It seems like he has understood Zhou You thoroughly.

"you!"

Zhou You looked annoyed: "I am only at the Nascent Soul stage, how can I have ten top-grade spirit stones?"

The old man said, "Then I have no other choice. It is impossible for my Heaven-Swallowing Ancient Python clan to lose these resources for no reason."

Zhou You gritted his teeth and said, "Does it just require me to enter the forbidden area?"

"Correct."

The old man said calmly, "As long as you enter the forbidden area, it doesn't matter whether you hide or fight for the position of the consort. I only need one result. As long as you enter the forbidden area, I can report to you."

"Okay! This is what you said!"

Zhou You's face was gloomy. He turned around, grabbed the storage bag, and walked directly to the teleportation array: "Activate the formation, I'll go there now."

The old man sneered and looked at the people next to the formation. Without saying anything, they nodded and activated the formation.

As the formation was activated, a terrifying aura burst out from the transmission.

Zhou You only felt an unprecedented teleportation force bursting out, followed by a dizzying sensation. Even with Zhou You's spiritual sense, he felt a strong sense of dizziness and almost fainted.

I don’t know how long it had passed, but the dizzy feeling finally disappeared. Zhou You looked around and found himself in a mountain range, surrounded by lush forests.

Zhou You wanted to use his spiritual sense to investigate, but found that his spiritual sense could only detect a distance of several hundred feet!

"What's going on? You can only detect a few hundred feet away?"

Zhou You frowned, vaguely feeling that this place gave him a familiar feeling.

What exactly is going on?

He raised his eyes and looked around. The sky was gray and he couldn't see what was happening above, let alone detect it with his spiritual sense.

There was complete silence all around, without any sound of any living creature.

Zhou You took out the map given by the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan, flew into the sky, and after carefully looking at the surrounding terrain, he determined his current location.

"From the map, this forbidden area is at least tens of thousands of miles wide."

Zhou You thought secretly.

He discovered that in this place, not only was his spiritual awareness restricted, but even his flying speed was greatly limited.

And you can't use teleportation and teleportation.

The space here is far more stable than the outside world.

This also resulted in him being unable to perform teleportation and teleportation.

"If we want to reach the place marked on the map at the current flying speed, it will probably take at least ten days."

Zhou You secretly calculated and felt that this place was more and more unusual.

Without hesitation, he landed quickly, returned to where he was just now, and began to think.

Zhou You’s previous performance in front of the giant teleportation array was just intentional.

He knew that this place was extremely dangerous. Everything was a conspiracy of the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python Clan. They must have had some ulterior motive by luring the seven finalists to this forbidden area.

When you get to that place, anyone can see it.

Zhou You's eagerness and desire to leave are reactions that a normal person would show.

What Zhou You wanted was to lower the vigilance of those ancient Sky-Swallowing Pythons.

If Zhou You entered the giant teleportation array without saying a word, it would seem too weird.

Such people are either stupid or have ulterior motives.

No matter what, the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python will notice him by then.

That’s not what Zhou You wants to see.

That's why Zhou You did those things.

Now that he had entered the forbidden area of ​​the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan, Zhou You naturally relaxed a little.

Then Zhou You thought about his current situation for a while. He summoned a few black-scaled demon insects and threw the storage bag given by the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan to the black-scaled demon insects without even looking at it. At the same time, he also threw the map into the storage bag, letting the black-scaled demon insects find a direction at random and leave with the storage bag.

Zhou You wasn't even interested in seeing what was inside the storage bag.

It was also difficult to check whether there had been any manipulation done on it. Zhou You was almost certain that there had been some manipulation done.

So Zhou You chose to throw those things to the black-scaled demon insect without hesitation, in order to confuse the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan.

Anyway, he had memorized all the routes on the map. He could remember this kind of thing completely just by taking a look at it.

After all, he is a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, and his physical realm has even reached the Spirit Transformation stage. He still has the ability to remember everything he sees.

After Zhou You sent the things away, he sat cross-legged on the spot, summoned the hidden spirit insect, and let it fly in all directions to investigate the situation in the place.

Since the spiritual consciousness cannot be detected outside, this method will suffice.

Zhou You was not worried.

As the hidden spirit insects spread everywhere, Zhou You began to guess the purpose of the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan.

It is obvious that the purpose of the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan is very clear, which is to lure the seven finalists to the location shown on the map.

However, they achieved a certain purpose.

"Or rather... there are not seven finalists, but four finalists!"

Zhou You quickly thought of a possibility.

Perhaps, the three finalists who were selected through the auditions were just a decoy. What the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan really needs are the four possessors of true spiritual bloodline.

It is obvious that they value those who possess true spiritual bloodline more.

So, why exactly do the Sky-Swallowing Ancient Python clan need to lure the possessors of true spiritual bloodline into the forbidden area and lead them to the location shown on the map?
Zhou You was very curious.

But now he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought about it, so Zhou You put the matter aside for the time being, and then began to contact Xiao Zhuoran through the ban. (End of this chapter)