Gao Wu: Others practice martial arts, but you cultivate immortality?

In the Seventh Secret Realm, everyone is teleported to the same place;

This is a bare stone platform, covered with traces of human activity.

It's as if a mountain was cut straight in half to create this platform...

Chu Yuan extended his divine sense and confirmed that his guess was correct.

They appeared by falling from a blood-red vortex two meters above the platform. The vortex was large, circular, and about five meters in diameter.

People were still being vomited out...

When returning, you can simply jump into the vortex.

Before I could even take a good look at the surrounding scenery, a long howl suddenly rang out, seemingly... coming from the foot of the mountain?

The crowd immediately erupted into chaos, and Chu Yuan's divine sense swept over them!

But all they saw was a blood-red figure leaping away into the distance...

"Blood beasts have a sense of social hierarchy, just like... ancient wolf packs?"

"Of course, its intelligence is even higher, so it can be considered a low-level alien race..." Li Hong leaned closer, still wearing a gentle smile: "This one should be left here to monitor the movement of the teleportation rift."

I reckon that soon all the blood beasts in the secret realm will know that the humans have returned!

Chu Yuan nodded; he thought so too.

The Seventh Secret Realm is firmly in the hands of the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin army "harvests" it year after year.

The blood beasts here must have long been terrified of humans!

Therefore, the blood beast at the foot of the mountain, although it possessed the speed of a third-realm martial artist, had no desire to attack.

Instead, they run away as soon as they see someone.

"We're all from the same school, how about we cooperate?" Li Hong then asked.

Chu Yuan looked at him with a completely bewildered expression;

In this trial, everyone is a competitor!

If we cooperate, how will the credit be divided in the end?

Li Hong raised the terminal on his wrist: "The trial mission is to kill the Blood Beast;

One point is awarded for each area covered.

For those in the second realm, accumulate ten points;

"Third realm, one hundred points... You're very strong. If you can help me get first place, I promise on behalf of the Li family that I will give you unimaginable rewards!"

"If you could represent the Li family, would you still be exiled to Chenyang City?" Chu Yuan remained unmoved and said expressionlessly.

Li Hong paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "You really don't speak politely..."

"I certainly can't represent the Li family, but if I can get first place in the trial, maybe I'll have some qualifications?"

"Your Li family is so powerful, did you come alone this time?"

"Why not cooperate with your own people?" Chu Yuan asked, because he didn't believe that Li Hong was the only one who came to this secret realm trial.

Since the goal is to acquire the martial arts techniques, it would be better to cooperate with one's own people.

It is also easier to reach an agreement on the distribution of benefits afterward.

Li Hong shook his head and looked in one direction: "My relationship with them... isn't very good."

Chu Yuan followed his gaze and saw a boy who looked somewhat similar to Li Hong, who was indifferently looking over here.

While most people were wearing school uniforms, he stood out by wearing a pure black, seemingly silk-like training uniform.

His hair was cut into a short buzz cut, which made him look quite refreshed;

A man and a woman followed behind him, seemingly taking him as their leader.

After noticing Chu Yuan's gaze, he gave Chu Yuan another cold look, then stepped off the platform.

"This is Li Ji," Li Hong explained simply, then asked, "So, do you want to cooperate?"

As you can imagine, going it alone is definitely a disadvantage... After all, not everyone is here for the first place reward, and there are quite a few martial arts family disciples like us in this trial;

Our Li family... isn't the strongest either.

"Not interested." Chu Yuan didn't wait for Li Hong to persuade him further and directly urged Luo Yanbu to leave the platform.

The smile on Li Hong's face gradually faded, and he looked in the direction Chu Yuan had left, his gaze shifting.

The girl who had given Jiang Fei a drink on the way here earlier stammered as she came closer: "Um... I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation;

I just wanted to ask, is it possible to team up?

"certainly."

......

There are no blood beasts near the platform. Even the dumbest and most foolish blood beast knows to stay away from this dangerous place.

Therefore, to hunt blood beasts, you need to go deeper into the area.

The terminals issued by the military have detailed maps, and they are divided into different colors according to the level of danger;

Chu Yuan kept going while browsing the information on his terminal.

Surprisingly, the information was extremely brief;

There are only three parts.

The first part is the trial content, which is hunting blood beasts!

The terminal has a recording function, and the final ranking is determined by the number of points.

The second part is a general overview of the Seventh Secret Realm, and it is also the part with the most content;

It includes maps, illustrations of precious medicinal herbs, illustrations of edible plants, illustrations of creatures from hidden habitats, introductions to safe water sources, and so on.

This trial lasts for five days. At this stage, apart from the extremely rare Inner Breath Realm, most students cannot go five days without eating or drinking.

The third part is the safety net mechanism;

There are no high-level martial artists to supervise this trial, and besides, there are too many students to look after.

However, those who encounter danger or want to give up can retreat to the stone platform and jump directly into the whirlpool to return.

The stone platform has a protective mechanism that doesn't work on humans, but for other creatures... they'll die as soon as they come!

That's all. In the terminal, it seems there are no constraints for these trial participants.

Chu Yuan had initially thought there would be some kind of rule against killing each other, but it didn't appear...

Such a serious trial can first rule out the possibility that the person who made the rules 'forgot'.

Chu Yuan looked at the terminal in his hand... So, did the higher-ups do this on purpose, tacitly allowing students to attack each other?

Or is this... also a test?

Since the terminals issued by the military can record the hunting of blood beasts, it shouldn't be too difficult to record a video as well...

While I was pondering, a gust of evil wind suddenly came towards me!

Chu Yuan subconsciously turned his head, and a stone flew past his ear;

"Hey, not bad!"

A mocking voice rang out, and a figure leaped down from a nearby tree;

Chu Yuan's brow twitched as he realized it was the same boy who had been following behind Li Ji earlier.

Too lazy to speak, he flicked his finger and the Wind-Slaying Sword appeared at his waist;

The boy didn't seem to care, crossed his arms, and looked on with curiosity:

"Can you tell me, how did a country bumpkin like you from a small town offend Brother Ji?"

"You'll find out soon enough..."

Wind Chaser: Swift!

A pale blue light shone brightly on the sword's edge, as if a real gale had been gathered!

It arrived in an instant...