Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 47 The first level

Under Qingwei's encouraging gaze, Yun Yi and others took the jade talisman one by one, and then walked into the portal behind their master.

As a ray of light flashed by, Yun Yi's body shook and his feet were empty.

He hurriedly grabbed what was nearby, and fortunately there was a vine that helped him steady himself.

After entering the forbidden area in the back mountain, the Soul Locking Array had taken effect. Yun Yi found that his own spiritual energy was imprisoned and could not be used at all.

What was even more terrible was that when he came to his senses, he found himself being teleported to the edge of a cliff. There was a bottomless abyss under his feet and thick fog above his head, with no edge in sight.

"Could it be that Piaomiaozi has secretly made some moves again?!" Yun Yi didn't believe that the Chenghuang Trial would set up such a difficult problem. For the disciples whose cultivation was locked, this place was simply a dead end.

Moreover, he was teleported here just after entering the formation. It is very likely that he would be smashed into a pulp before he could even crush the jade talisman.

Thinking about it this way, Piaomiaozi is highly suspicious. He is in charge of presiding over this Chenghuang trial and is also the person most likely to have tampered with it.

Getting rid of Yun Yi can not only cover up the matter of the underground veins, but also eliminate a competitor for his beloved disciple Meng Fan. It is really a good plan that kills two birds with one stone.

Yun Yi checked his condition and found that although his cultivation was not usable, he had been training hard recently and could still use the Fangyuan Sword. However, he could not perform the White Ape Sword Technique, let alone swing the sword energy.

In addition, spiritual energy is needed to open the Sumeru Ring, so the biggest trump card, the purple gold gourd, cannot be taken out.

Yun Yi pressed himself against the cold stone wall and tried to pull the vines, only to find that they were very strong and should be able to bear his weight.

The problem is that I don't know how far I am from the top. If I get halfway and find that there is nothing to use as leverage, I will have to crush the jade talisman decisively.

Although the Taoist fruit is good, your life is more important.

There was no way to go now, Yun Yi could only climb up along the vines, which was extremely difficult.

On the other side, Song Xinci was teleported into a cave. There was a strong black bear guarding the entrance of the cave. If he wanted to get out, he had to fight it.

Apparently, all the disciples were teleported to different puzzles, and they could only proceed to the next step after solving the puzzles.

However, puzzles also have different levels of difficulty. Simple ones only require you to use your brain, while difficult ones require you to face life and death crises. Yun Yi's puzzle is a hell start, and he will die directly if he is not careful.

Not knowing whether this place was under surveillance, Song Xinci pretended to be suppressed by the Soul Locking Formation and hid his cultivation in the Hedao realm.

She walked out of the cave, completely ignoring the black bear's presence.

The black bear was furious and rushed forward with a roar. The next moment, a red dot appeared between his eyebrows, and his body fell to the ground with a bang, leaving no life at all.

Although Song Xinci suppressed her own cultivation, she had already reached the Hedao realm, her body in harmony with the great Dao of heaven and earth. Even without any spiritual power, she was not something that any ferocious beast could provoke.

Song Xinci came out of the cave and found that there was a different world in the forbidden area in the back mountain. It was definitely not as simple as it seemed. The area here could almost accommodate the entire Fuyao Sect.

She thought to herself that it was no wonder that this place was listed as a forbidden area by the Fuyao Sect. Perhaps when the sect faced a life-and-death crisis, all five mountains above and below the sect could be moved here to recuperate.

As expected of one of the largest sects in the righteous path, it does have a profound foundation.

The forbidden area in the back mountain is unfamiliar to all the disciples. Even though some of them have participated in the Chenghuang Trial before, the rules of each competition are different, and there is no chance for them to wander around the mountain.

There was only one exception, and that was Su Qing, who was devoted to picking medicinal herbs.

She never cared about winning or losing in trials; she simply wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to pick more flowers and herbs. Now, she had been transported to a swamp overrun with poisonous weeds, searching for a way out while searching for the herbs she desired.

Su Qing was still wearing her apron, and she didn't mind the dirtiness of the swamp. As she bent down and pulled up a white jade lotus root, she just completed the puzzle here.

She narrowed her eyes slightly and saw dozens of purple clouds rising into the sky from the forbidden area in the back mountain. She thought that this should be a hint of the trial, allowing the disciples who passed the first level to go there for the next level.

As for what the next level is, the Dan Pavilion's Grand Elder once revealed a little bit, reminding Su Qing to use his brain more and not to fight with force.

In reality, the sect elders had their own motives, secretly sharing the details of the trial with their favorite disciples, hoping they would achieve Dao Fruit. Meng Fan, in particular, had long known the entire content of the trial. As a Return to Void Realm cultivator, he cracked the first level with incredible speed, then rushed non-stop to the location of the purple aura.

At the same time, Yun Yi was still climbing the mountain.

He cursed in his heart as he climbed. If he had not been repeatedly tempered by the Monkey Boss with the Stone Steps, he would have given up long ago.

After climbing like this for nearly half an hour, Yun Yi was almost exhausted. When he was about to give up, he saw a sudden light in front of his eyes.

He finally broke through the clouds and saw the end of the cliff.

"Huh." Yun Yi climbed ashore and lay on the ground like a salted fish, gasping for breath.

The dozens of purple clouds in the sky are particularly conspicuous.

The number is limited, obviously not enough for everyone. Yun Yi speculated that the next level would be first come first served, and those who arrived late would be eliminated.

So he just took a short rest, then got up and rushed towards the nearest purple air.

……

Outside the forbidden area of ​​the back mountain, many disciples have been teleported out unknowingly.

Qingwei tried hard to find his disciple among them, thinking that the result of the trial was not important, the key was that he could return safely, especially the always restless Qi Ling'er.

The Dan Pavilion's Grand Elder was called Taoist Xuancheng, and he had always been good friends with Qingwei. So the two of them stood side by side. He said, "The first round was just a small test, but I didn't expect to eliminate nearly half of the people."

Qingwei sighed, "Once they embark on the path of cultivation, these disciples have long been accustomed to using their cultivation to solve many problems, but they forget that their own wisdom and strategy are what determine how far they can go."

"I suddenly understand why the Sect Master changed the rules. The battle between good and evil is intensifying. The people of the Demon Sect are insidious and cunning. To deal with them, the disciples who are wholeheartedly practicing hard will be at a great disadvantage."

"Indeed."

"Your disciple named Yun Yi is quite good. He was able to cross the border and kill a Demon Sect member who was at the Spiritual Transformation Realm. This matter has spread like wildfire in the Fuyao Sect."

Qing Wei was quite proud when he heard this, "Oh, my disciple is just lucky."

Taoist Xuancheng deliberately teased his old friend, saying, "Didn't you give him some life-saving treasure?"

"He just became my disciple, and I haven't had time to give him anything good yet."

"Haha, the old man must have been thinking about Yun Yi taking first place and obtaining the Dao Fruit, right?"

"Don't tease me. Your disciple Su Qing is about to break through to the Return to Void Realm. Maybe she is the one who will make it to the end."

"She's not interested in this, so forget it."

Qingwei added, "I think it's better to forget it. After all, Piaomiaozi still has Meng Fan. Although he is only in the early stage of Return to Void Realm, he is already at the same realm as us elders. His future is immeasurable."

Taoist Xuancheng disagreed: "Piaomiaozi only achieved the Return to Void Realm by relying on natural resources and treasures. If one does not have his own unique understanding of the path of cultivation, he will never achieve enlightenment in his lifetime."

"In that case, once your Su Qing advances to the Return to Void stage, it will only be a matter of time before she achieves the Dao. After all, the Dao of the Alchemy Ding is her innate Dao."

"By the way, why does your little disciple keep going to Yunxia Peak to harass my Qing'er every now and then? Is he in love with her? This won't do. The gap between their cultivation levels is too great. As their master, I will definitely not agree to this."

Qing Wei cursed, "You old fool, it's not your turn to object."

"Haha, isn't that stinky fortune teller anxious?!"

(End of this chapter)