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Every battle resulted in the loss of a significant number of high-ranking officers, leaving the Yingli military unable to hold on any longer. They simply couldn’t understand why the Louyan army, which had originally shown signs of decline, had instead gained momentum, becoming more and more successful in each battle, and was now pushing the Yingli military back?

The repeatedly defeated Yingli Empire had no choice but to retreat and seek peace. For the first time in three years, the two sides of the conflict reached a ceasefire and entered a long negotiation period. Ultimately, the Luyuan Empire retained the development rights to two-thirds of the resource star’s area, while the Yingli Empire retained one-third. The two sides barely reached an agreement, bringing the long three-year war to an end.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who made outstanding contributions to achieving this result, were inscribed on the monument of the Louyan Empire, ensuring their legacy would be passed down forever.

Unaware that they had even made it into the textbooks of the Luoyan Empire, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan returned to the cultivation world and, along with other cultivators, personally witnessed another hole vortex accelerate its rotation, shrink, and eventually disappear.

Then everyone’s gaze turned towards Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian.

At that moment, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan still couldn’t immediately snap out of the intense and tense battlefield atmosphere. They looked back in confusion, staring wide-eyed at the crowd.

Immortal master Song Fengyu noticed the bloodshot eyes of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, recalling that Murong Ruide, who had returned earlier, mentioned that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had been tirelessly fighting and struggling in the world of the dead. Knowing that these little ones must be exhausted, he took the lead and said:

“Alright, alright, you all look exhausted. Go back and get some rest and sleep. We’ll talk about anything tomorrow.”

After saying that, he waved his hand to urge Xia Ruize, Cheng Huaiqian, and Murong Ruide to go back and rest first.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian exchanged a glance, bowed, and hurried back to their pocket pavilion, as they had already received the notification that the main mission was completed:

[Main mission: Complete two trials of the Behind World

Mission Status: Completed

Mission Evaluation: Perfect

Mission Reward: 4000 survival points; 4 free attribute points (additional reward for perfect mission evaluation)

Special Note: Congratulations on successfully advancing to the Golden Book Area. You will exit the mission world in five seconds. Five, four, three, two, one…]

At the same time, they also received a completion prompt for a hidden extended mission:

[Hidden Extended Mission: Completely Resolve two Behind Worlds.

Mission Status: Completed

Mission Evaluation: Perfect

Mission Rewards: 16,000 Survival Points; Two Coordinate Anchors (one for each completely resolved Behind World); One Rule; All Attributes +16 (additional reward for perfect mission evaluation]

The hidden extended mission reward, the [Coordinate Anchor Point], belonged to the cultivation world. Each coordinate anchor point could stay in the cultivation world for half a year.

More importantly, within the one year they could stay in the cultivation world with the two [Coordinate Anchor Point] combined, if they could completely resolve the other Behind Worlds, they could regain the coordinate anchors. In other words, they hoped to obtain a large amount of time to stay in the cultivation world for training through the method of “fighting to support fighting.”

After analyzing the rewards they had received, the figures of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian disappeared from the cultivation world, returning to the Endless World.

Unlike the previous times, this time the two people appeared in the exclusive space with their eyes closed, sitting on the ground and not opening their eyes for a long time, because as soon as they returned, the Lord God had flooded their minds with a large amount of secret information.

After a moment, Xia Ruize was the first to open his eyes, surveying the even more spacious and vast exclusive area with an exceptionally complex expression. Cheng Huaiqian followed closely behind, his face full of contemplation.

After successfully ascending to the Golden Book Area, the two of them obtained secret information related to the Endless World, the Lord God, and so on, finally understanding what they had been doing all along…

The Endless World was divided into five areas: Jade Scroll, Golden Book, Silver Page, Bamboo Silk, and White Paper. Among them, there was only one being in the Jade Scroll Area, which was the domain of the Supreme God.

The Golden Book Area had a few more, and with the recently promoted Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, there were a total of 8 “Guardians.” Among them, three were from the Hua Country, two from New Melia, and one each from Europe, South India, and North Bear.

They were called “Guardians” because their duty was to assist the main deity in protecting the safety of the real world.

The crisis faced by the real world was the same as that in the cultivation world, where countless Behind Worlds were forcefully merging to plunder resources.

Countless planets and civilizations had emerged in the multiverse and space, some of which possessed a clear world will and perfect rules, with immense potential for development, known as “Origin Worlds.”

The number of original worlds was relatively small, in stark contrast to the “marginal worlds” that occupy the vast majority.

The world will of the marginal world was inherently confused and bewildered, with incomplete rules, extremely slow or highly skewed civilization development, and significant flaws.

Out of the instinct for self-preservation and growth, the marginal world would extend its exploratory tendrils outward, attempting to find the Origin Worlds, and once found, it would forcibly connect to the Origin Worlds on its own.

Once successfully connected, the Marginal World would fully invade the Origin World, attempting to steal the Origin World’s perfect rules to fill its own gaps.

The real world where Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were born, and the immortal cultivation world they just experienced, were two original worlds.

The mission worlds released by the Lord God and the endless Behind Worlds in the cultivation world were essentially forcibly attaching numerous fringe worlds of two original worlds.

The beauty of the perfect rules of the Origin World constantly exuded temptation, luring the endless Marginal Worlds to draw closer, attempting to seize and plunder.

Of course, the well-regulated Origin World also had its advantages and means of self-defense.

For example, in a world with spiritual energy, cultivators were nurtured, and the world’s will entrusted the troublesome Marginal Worlds to the cultivators to resolve.

Cultivators would help the World Will expel most of the unwelcome marginal worlds, and only a few marginal worlds that were favored by the World Will and could in turn be used by the Origin World as a reference for rules would be retained.

Of course, there were some civilizations in the Marginal worlds whose level of development was even far superior to that of the origin world they were targeting. In such cases, the only solution was for the world will of the origin world to forcibly suppress the connection channels between the two worlds, extending the front line and waiting for the civilizations within the origin world to grow strong enough to resolve the conflict one day.

This was the method by which the world will of the Immortal Cultivation Realm resolved the marginal worlds.

The real world where Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were located was a technologically advanced origin world, and it was also a newly emerging origin world, facing a greater number of marginal worlds with higher levels of development than itself.

The World Will of the real world was being tormented by the many marginal worlds that were sucking its lifeblood. If it weren’t for the inherently perfect rules, it would be impossible to protect the fledgling civilizations within the world and allow them to develop and grow smoothly.

After much effort, the civilization within the world finally developed intelligent humans. The World Will quickly tossed some deceased humans’ souls into the Marginal World. Those humans would occasionally stir things up, which could bring some trouble to the Marginal World, allowing the real world to breathe a little easier.

Thus, after thousands of years of development, the model of today’s endless world gradually took shape.

As the supreme god’s world will, it could select the souls that had just died and, at minimal cost, send them into the marginal worlds connected to the real world, and then assign them missions.

The vast majority of souls sent out never return, but there were always those who could complete the main missions of causing trouble or providing aid in the edge worlds, and were successfully brought back to the real world by the Lord God. In return, the Lord God granted them life and power.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were just like that. After their accidental deaths, their souls were first sent to a less developed marginal world. As a result, their outstanding performance caught even the attention of the Lord god.

Afterwards, many of the mission worlds were specially arranged for them by the Lord God. As a result, they were able to perfectly complete the challenges each time, often bringing unexpected surprises to the Lord god, and thus received exceptionally generous rewards.

After numerous trials, the two had grown to a certain extent. The Lord God arranged a cultivation world with a cooperative relationship as the ascension mission world for them, providing benefits while ultimately testing their ability to handle the Behind Worlds.

The results of the trial pleased the Lord God very much, so the two successfully ascended to the Golden Book Area, with the trialers successfully promoted to guardians.

Next, they would assist the Lord God and together protect the development of civilization in the real world.

There were only 8 people in the Golden Book Area. Besides their individual spaces, there was no public space, and there was no need for a main temple because they could all communicate directly with the Lord God.

After organizing their thoughts, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian met the original guardian of the Hua country, Han Yuan, who was born over four hundred years ago but still appeared to be in middle age.

Han Yuan saw Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian and was very happy, cheerfully saying:

“With your joining, we are now the side with the most people and the greatest power, hahaha.

Don’t worry, the Guardians’ missions aren’t actually that demanding. You just need to participate in the annual exploration of newly discovered marginal worlds. For the rest, you can communicate with the Lord God whenever you want to undertake a mission, and you can choose any world you wish to go to.

As guardians, our most important duty is to quickly seal off and conceal nearby areas whenever a new marginal world connects to our world, so as not to disrupt the lives of ordinary humans.

Oh, right, you young people have more in common with the current leaders, so from now on, the task of communicating with the leaders will be up to you. I’m getting old and should enjoy some leisure time, hahaha…”

After introducing the duties of the Guardian to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, Han Yuan left happily.

He had a “dedicated” marginal world of his own. During his missions, he had repeatedly obtained rules bestowed by the will of that world, allowing him to freely travel back and forth between the real world and his dedicated world, and to stay in the dedicated world for extended periods.

Compared to the real world that didn’t quite fit his lifestyle, Han Yuan now spent most of his time in his own exclusive world, where he had even built a kingdom just for himself, living quite happily.

Han Yuan happily ran away, leaving the task of contacting the authorities to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan.

As a guardian, it was inevitable to require the cooperation of the rulers in the area you are responsible for. For example, if a new marginal world connection void opened directly in a bustling area, the ruler needed to be responsible for relocating ordinary people’s work.

So, the rulers of various countries in the real world were vaguely aware of some secrets regarding the Endless World and the existence of the Supreme God.

Precisely because of this, those trialers who were imprisoned, including those personally sent to prison by Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, were gathered in a specialized place for unified management. This gave them the opportunity to continue entering mission worlds and subjected their actions in the real world to strict supervision.

After Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian left the Endless World and returned to the real world, they quickly contacted the top-secret department of Hua country using the method provided by Han Yuan. They were not yet ready to make a direct appearance, but they remotely informed about the changes in guardians in several neighboring countries, including Hua Country, to facilitate future cooperation.

Soon, the rulers of other countries around the world also learned about the news of the two newly appointed guardians of the Hua Country and were very envious.

Many natural disasters were actually caused by the disturbances that occurred when a new marginal world was forcibly connected to the origin world. With more guardians within the territory, it meant that various disasters could be resolved in the shortest time possible, allowing ordinary humans to live and work in peace. Who wouldn’t envy that?

This time, the news that the newly appointed guardian was clearly a Hua Country citizen had spread. Surrounding countries had suddenly been trying to curry favor with the Hua Country, hoping to win over the new guardian so that when something happened in their own country, the guardian could quickly come to their aid.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who were being thought of by countless people, were currently having dinner with their parents from both families. If you were to ask them about their biggest feeling after being promoted to the Golden Book Area, it would probably be that as their strength grew stronger, they could take control of their own destiny, feeling more at ease and no longer having to worry about their hard-won lives suddenly coming to an end one day.

The Lord God promised that even if their bodies were accidentally destroyed while exploring the new world, He would do everything in his power to retrieve their souls and create new bodies for them.

Or perhaps by then they would have already mastered the ability to reshape their own bodies. In any case, they were already the healthiest and safest humans in the world.

So, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian formally invited both sets of parents to meet and discuss the marriage arrangements.

Soon, on a picturesque private island, in the presence of family and friends, the two officially became husbands.

The couple’s wedding rings were personally forged by Cheng Huaiqian. They were concentric rings that could sense each other’s state and location no matter how far apart they were.

With their wedding rings tightly clasped together, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian embraced and kissed amidst the laughter of their family and friends.

The bright future ahead, they would go through it together!

The roadblocks and challenges, they would face them together!

The glory and brilliance they earned, they would enjoy it together!

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TN: The story has come to an end. The ending feels to me a little rushed but I still quite like it

Thank you all for reading this story, I’m also very grateful for all the comments, they made me very happy

Hope to see u in another story

Lastly, Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

Peace in the fairyland (21): Ascension

Fortunately, Murong Ruide transmitted a message back to him, saying he saw Ouyang Siyu and Luo Changze activate the Thunder Summoning Technique. Those two should have already left this world through the void created by the technique.

Although many seniors had mentioned in the records of the jade slips that once one appeared in this world, they would quickly encounter a crisis, and if they were not careful, their experience in this world would end inexplicably, it was only after personally experiencing it that the three truly understood the tension and danger of this world.

Murong Ruide couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, wondering how difficult it must be to achieve the top and middle grades of the “Behind World” talent, given that this level of difficulty was rated as grade C.

After flying continuously for two hours, a large complex of buildings appeared on the ground ahead. The leading spaceship began to land, followed by a large group of spaceships and fighter jets landing behind it.

A new challenge had arrived.

Compared to the indigenous warriors who were skilled at piloting aircraft, the three people who were forced to take the controls for the first time began to feel anxious. Landing was much more difficult than taking off. Xia Ruize used telekinesis to cheat, forcibly stabilizing his and Cheng Huaiqian’s aircraft.

Poor Murong Ruide misjudged the situation, and the fighter jet crashed headfirst into the lawn. However, the strong and sturdy Murong Ruide himself was unharmed and managed to break open the cockpit door and escape. Meanwhile, the fighter jet behind him was engulfed in fierce flames.

Murong Ruide subtly wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling a bit more relaxed. With the fighter jet destroyed and the wreckage gone, others would think the plane had crashed out of control, and wouldn’t suspect his piloting skills.

He could also take the opportunity to claim that the thick smoke damaged his throat, making it impossible for him to speak, or even say that the shock affected his ears, causing hearing loss. If necessary, he could also say that his eyes had some issues… This way, when he later shows signs of being hard to communicate with, others would be more forgiving and wouldn’t delve too deeply, allowing him to continue staying and investigating the situation in this world.

It had to be said, Murong Ruide’s considerations were quite accurate. In the chaos of the battlefield, no one bothered to investigate the cause of the damaged aircraft’s crash.

The reason for this battle was that their troop transport ship’s route was intercepted by the enemy. The enemy’s large forces ambushed along the route, surrounding our transport ships with overwhelming numbers.

If it weren’t for the enemy flagship being accidentally destroyed in the melee, this convoy of troop transports would have been left behind.

Therefore, compared to the minor battle losses, the achievements of this battle were more noteworthy.

Soon, the latest and most accurate news came back: when the enemy flagship was shot down, a large number of high-ranking military officers, including a general and three colonels, were all gathered in the flagship’s command room. Because the attack came too suddenly and too violently, there were no survivors in the command room, which was at the center of the explosion.

This news greatly excited the commanders at their command center. They immediately analyzed the battlefield situation and confirmed the results, only to discover that the key figures who turned the tide and achieved such a brilliant victory were actually two newly graduated recruits from the training camp!

“Hahaha, this is truly heaven-sent for our Louyan! Reward! Such excellent elite warriors deserve a heavy reward to boost our army’s morale!”

After reviewing the unremarkable resumes of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, the Grand Marshal of the Louyan Empire personally made the decision to fully record the achievements of shooting down the enemy flagship and breaking through the enemy encirclement in the resumes of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian.

The result of this was that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, two ordinary soldiers who had just arrived at the front line from the rear and weren’t even privates, rapidly advanced three ranks due to their enormous merit points, skipping over the ranks of private and sergeant to become junior officers, or lieutenants, in the Louyan Army.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had just finished their medical check-up at the field hospital, received a clean bill of health, and as they walked out the hospital doors, they received promotion orders along with the general’s parting words: “Keep up the good work!”

Although Murong Ruide, who was pretending to be deaf and mute behind the two, couldn’t understand what the officer delivering the good news was saying, he could see the flattering smile on the officer’s face, as well as the brand-new military uniform and insignia being offered with such eagerness, which were a stark contrast to the ones he was wearing!

Murong Ruide thought about the stack of talismans he had consumed to protect the aircraft during battle, then thought about Ouyang Siyu, who had crashed the aircraft due to improper operation, and Luo Changze, who had consumed talismans without hesitation but still couldn’t protect the aircraft. He deeply felt the difference between people.

He couldn’t help but look up at the sky, filled with doubt. Were they really in the same world as Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan?

Murong Ruide had too many questions he wanted to ask, such as how did Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan understand the language of the native people of the world? Why were they able to operate the warplanes? What did they do to earn the opportunity for promotion?

It was a pity that due to the persona he had set for himself, Murong Ruide could only remain silent, watching as the officer who brought the good news took Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian to their own separate dormitories, while he himself had to share a dormitory with over ten ordinary soldiers.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan were naturally pleased with their rapid promotion. Not only did it provide them with better living conditions, but more importantly, as officers, they were equipped with handheld computers and granted higher access permissions, allowing them to browse a lot of information.

This indeed surprised the two of them, and they immediately buried themselves in quickly browsing through various documents in the database, striving to obtain more information in the shortest time possible.

Soon, the two of them learned that the planet they were currently on was a newly discovered resource planet. To compete for the development rights of this resource planet, the Louyan Empire and the Yingli Empire had erupted into a fierce war, which had been ongoing for three years. Both sides had invested a vast amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources into this protracted war, and neither side could afford to back down.

The main battlefield was set on this newly discovered resource planet, where the two countries were fighting while simultaneously developing the resources. Because the already confirmed resource reserves were so abundant that neither empire could possibly give up the struggle for this resource planet, the situation had become increasingly intense.

Technological civilization? Competing for resources?

After understanding the basic situation, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian exchanged glances, this was easy to handle.

Xia Ruize released the invasion insects while using his authority to extensively record the technological data of the civilization.

In addition to this, he and Cheng Huaiqian actively performed on the battlefield while piloting their fighter jets, making their names known in the enemy command center while accumulating a large number of merits. In just half a month, They were rapidly promoted two ranks, from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant, and then to Major, breaking the record for the fastest promotion to Major in the Louyan military!

This was still because the speed at which they accumulate achievements was simply too fast. After discussing it, the generals at the Louyan military command had no choice but to manually slow down the rocket-like promotion speed of these two young men.

Of course, these achievements were not easily earned. For half a month, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan had hardly rested, actively participating in battles day and night. In every battle they took part in, no matter how tight the defenses of the Yingli side were, the two pilots would break through layer upon layer of defense and destroy the enemy’s command ship.

Now, as Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian walked through the military camp, everyone knew and recognized them. Everyone was aware that these two had won the favor of many senior officials at the command center and were the top favorites in front of the commanders.

These two were clearly rookies, but their skills in piloting fighter jets were incredibly fierce. Every time they went into battle, they acted as sharp blades, ruthlessly piercing through the enemy’s formations and helping their side achieve victory.

Moreover, they successfully carried out more than ten decapitation plans, killing dozens of mid- to high-ranking officers in the Yingli military, placing them at the top of the Yingli military command’s list of targets for elimination.

The days when Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian shone brilliantly on the battlefield came to an end half a month later when they were ordered to assist a new batch of troop transport ships coming from the rear to the front lines.

Similar to the previous situation, the route of Louyan’s troop transport ship was discovered by Yingli. The Yingli army set up an ambush in advance, intending to attack Louyan’s troop transport ship, but they were unaware that Louyan had already arranged a backup plan and prepared a counter-encirclement.

The grand strategy had nothing to do with Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian; what concerned them was the paper crane sent from one of the Luoyan transport ships.

The master of the paper crane turned out to be Li Shunchen. He risked entering this forsaken world to warn Xia Ruize, Cheng Huaqian, and Murong Ruide that the hole connecting the two worlds was accelerating its rotation, and they must leave this world as soon as possible!

This news was just shocking.

The paper crane was flying too slowly, so Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian directly used Louyan’s communication channel to inform Murong Ruide, who was stationed at the rear base. After confirming that Murong Ruide and Li Shunchen had activated the Thunder Summoning Technique to leave this world, the two of them piloted their fighter jets towards the command ship in the Yingli Army formation.

After being “decapitated” repeatedly, the command center of the Yingli Army for each operation was set up on a spaceship that looked the same as other ships, trying to confuse the enemy. Unfortunately, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had divine consciousness, which directly penetrated the spaceship and scanned the ranks of the people in the cockpit, allowing them to know which target to aim at.

Unlike before, this time, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian chose a mutually assured destruction tactic. Their fighter jets and the command rooms of two spaceships exploded together, and the chain reaction of the explosions drew the attention of the entire battlefield, leaving countless people standing in shock.

This battle ultimately ended with the defeat of the Yingli Army, and the news of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s sacrifice was tightly concealed by the Louyan military.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian left this world at the last moment, but the aftermath of this battle continued to expand.

Peace in the fairyland (20): Confusion

The two elders looked at the cold expressions of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, and immediately understood. They hurriedly comforted the two young people and asked them to go back and rest first. As for the subsequent matters, the elders would handle them.

The Cheng and Feng families were really too small of an obstacle for the Qingyang Sect. As soon as the outer sect Headmaster casually revealed a bit of information, there were people rushing to help deal with the Cheng and Feng families.

The actions of the Cheng and Feng families were also openly revealed, and countless people were astonished after hearing about it. While other families go to great lengths to cultivate cultivators, they actually didn’t cherish their own genius and were heartlessly trying to destroy him?

The most affected were the Cheng family. They were already frustrated because they couldn’t please Cheng Huaiqian, and upon hearing about the actions of Cheng Longhai’s family, they were both shocked and angry, strongly demanding that the clan leader expel everyone from Cheng Longhai’s family except for Cheng Huaiqian!

So, the physically weak Cheng Longhai and his family spent money to hire someone to escort them back home from a thousand miles away. However, what awaited them was not the care and concern of their relatives, but being kicked out of their home.

The Feng family’s circumstances were still far inferior to the Cheng family’s, and they were not favored by the authorities of the city they were in, making their situation even more difficult.

However, none of this concerned Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaizhan anymore; the two were already preparing for their second Behind World.

This time’s journey to the Behind World was not a new discovery, but a world that had existed for months. Dozens of cultivators had already entered it, and the collected information had been inscribed on jade slips for future reference.

Especially noteworthy was that this was a world rated as Class C in danger, yet several cultivators had already fallen here, including two who were at the Foundation Refining stage.

In theory, the danger level of such a world should at least be rated as B, but this world had a special feature: to escape the world, one did not need to return to the initial place of appearance. By simply casting the “Thunder Summoning Technique” one could summon a hole at any time and anywhere to return to the cultivation world.

Since this discovery, the situation in the Behind World remained precarious, but the mortality rate had significantly decreased. As long as the Thunder Summoning Technique was cast in a timely manner, it could provide maximum protection.

“This Behind World has another special feature: each person can only enter once, and then they will be repelled by the hole and unable to enter again. There is no spiritual energy in the Behind World, so use your spiritual power cautiously.

Remember, there are humans in this world, and the humans on the other side possess some highly destructive weapons. So, be very careful. If you notice anything unusual, use the Thunder Summoning Technique immediately. Safety is the priority!”

Song Fengyu, with a serious expression, spoke to the five young people ahead.

Afterwards, he handed over the jade slip containing the senior’s experiences for the disciple to review.

After Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian finished viewing the contents recorded on the jade tablet, the more they thought about it, the stranger it seemed. No matter how they looked at it, those contents seemed like a description of a technological world.

During the process of completing a mission in the cultivation world, getting mixed up with a sci-fi world? It really gave a strange sense of time-space disorientation.

This guess was confirmed after arriving at the area where the Behind World was located. Outside the magic circle sealing the hole, there was a pocket pavilion of a cultivator, which provided clothes in the style of the Behind World. The five young people were asked to change into the fitting clothes before passing through the hole.

After changing into clean and neat combat uniforms, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan were even more certain that the world they were heading to was one completely different from the cultivation style, a world of technology.

Passing through the hole and then opening their eyes, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian found themselves directly in a closed room. The room was filled with rows of seats, and the people inside were all strapped to their seats with seatbelts.

With a sweep of their divine sense, they discovered that this was actually a spaceship in flight. Even worse, at that moment, alarms were blaring in the cabin, warning lights were flashing, and a mechanical voice was loudly announcing:

“Alert! Alert! The spaceship has sustained a fatal attack and will disintegrate in eight minutes. Please evacuate the ship immediately! Repeat! Evacuate the ship immediately!”

The cabin was suddenly filled with countless curses. The soldiers strapped to their seats by seatbelts struggled to free themselves, but the cross-locked seatbelts binding their bodies were forcibly secured and couldn’t be undone on their own, causing the entire cabin to be in chaos.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian moved their fingers, using a sword technique at their fingertips to cut through the seatbelt that was restraining them and escape.

The two who had gained their freedom moved towards the ship’s cabin door, closely following a few indigenous warriors who had escaped on their own.

Xia Ruize’s footsteps suddenly halted. His spiritual sense detected Murong Ruide and the other two still sitting in place, looking around. Xia Ruize quickly turned and approached them, asking in confusion, “Why aren’t you trying to break free and escape?”

Murong Ruide replied with a puzzled expression, “Huh? Why are we running away? What are they all talking about?”

Xia Ruize suddenly realized that after Murong Ruide and the other two entered this world, there was a language barrier issue!

And all along, with the support of the Lord God behind them, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huai had never had any issues with potential language communication, yet they surprisingly overlooked this point.

The situation was urgent, and Xia Ruize couldn’t explain either. He just threw out a sentence: “Everyone is escaping, you should escape too, follow us!” After saying that, he ran towards the cabin exit.

Murong Ruide and the other two looked around the chaotic ship cabin. Although they still didn’t understand the situation, they decided to follow Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian. The two junior disciples should be more reliable than the other strangers, right?

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaqian scanned the entire ship while quickly running towards the back of the ship, following a few elite warriors who had escaped on their own.

“There are escape pods on the wings of the spaceship, and there are fighter jets in the rear hangar. There’s a battle going on outside. Using the escape pods is risky. I suggest we leave the spaceship in the fighter jets before it disintegrates!”

The brown-haired warrior running at the front loudly reminded the few people behind him, and the reason for his kind reminder was, “The only problem is that the fighter jets are locked in the warehouse. Who among you has the authority or means to open the warehouse door?”

After running quickly for a minute, the group stopped in front of a tall and heavy door. Clearly, this was the warehouse storing the fighter jets.

There was a keypad for entering a password next to the warehouse, but they were all combat warriors, not logistics personnel. They exchanged glances, and no one knew the password.

“Damn it, the weakling clerk in the cockpit must have been stunned by the previous attack, so no one is unbuckling our seatbelts or opening the cargo hold! What do we do… what do we do…”

The brown-haired warrior was very anxious, pacing back and forth in front of the keypad, not knowing what to do. He also dared not randomly input the password, fearing it would lock the warehouse.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian exchanged glances, and Xia Ruize suddenly stepped forward, pulled out a computer, and connected it to the keyboard at the warehouse entrance. After Gao Hexuan, who was proficient in computer networks, left the team, Xia Ruize had purchased related skills in case they were needed.

He used to think that in this cultivation world it would be of no use anymore, but who would have thought that they would end up in this situation? Truly, the world was full of surprises.

Fortunately, the password for this warehouse was for insiders, so it wasn’t too difficult. Xia Ruize spent three minutes and finally cracked it.

The warehouse doors opened, revealing neatly arranged fighter jets inside. A quick glance showed there were only fifty jets, clearly fewer than the number of soldiers on the spaceship.

The soldiers who had previously gathered at the warehouse entrance quickly rushed to the fighter jet. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan closely followed the brown-haired soldier, rushing to the fighter jet at the far side of the warehouse. They mimicked the soldier’s actions to unlock the fighter jet’s securing latches and then opened the cockpit door.

In order to handle this fighter jet they had never operated before, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan were truly fixated on the actions of the brown-haired soldier, not daring to miss a single detail.

Fortunately, the fighter jet was successfully activated by them. Sensing that the fighter jet had been activated, the rear wall of the spaceship automatically opened, and the rushing wind poured into the cabin, which also meant that the fighter jet inside the cabin could depart.

The brown-haired warrior’s fighter jet was the outermost, and it immediately forced its way out of the spaceship’s cabin.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan discovered an operation manual under the driver’s seat. Not rushing to take off, they spent two minutes flipping through the entire thick manual before following the others’ actions to control the fighter jet and rush out of the cabin.

At this moment, the alarms inside the spaceship were blaring continuously, thick black smoke was billowing from above the cockpit at the front of the ship, and the entire spaceship was no longer flying smoothly but was shaking violently.

Poor Murong Ruide, Ouyang Siyu, and Luo Changze rushed to the warehouse with Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan without even understanding the situation in this world. They had no idea what the fighter jets were for, and they clumsily imitated others’ actions to sit in the cockpit, not knowing what to do next.

Watching as the surrounding fighter jets rushed out of the cabin one after another, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan quickly disappeared as well. Behind them, soldiers who had just escaped from their seats rushed to the warehouse to find fighter jets. Unable to find any, they aimed at the three who had not yet taken off: Murong Ruide and the others.

The three people, completely bewildered, had no choice but to grit their teeth and randomly mimic the actions of others to get the war machine running. In reality, their fingertips were already pinching the talisman of the Thunder Summoning Technique, ready to activate it and leave this forsaken place at the slightest sign of trouble.

At this moment, as Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian rushed out of the cabin, they finally got a clear view of their surroundings. The sky was filled with various large and small spaceships and fighter jets, clearly belonging to two opposing factions, engaged in fierce combat.

The red-painted allied ships were completely surrounded by the white-painted enemy ships. A casual glance revealed that the number of white warplanes far exceeded that of the red ones, with shells whistling past everywhere.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were fully focused on adapting to the feeling of driving for less than a minute when they saw a huge flame erupting behind them. It was the spaceship they had boarded upon entering the world, which had exploded and disintegrated in mid-air…

Xia Ruize quickly withdrew his gaze because at that moment, the fighter jet he was piloting emitted a piercing alarm, alerting him that he had already been targeted by the enemy ship’s powerful weaponry.

Due to insufficient operational skills, Xia Ruize simply used telekinesis to forcibly move the fighter jet sideways in the air, finally evading the enemy’s targeting lock.

Under immense pressure, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan’s operational proficiency rapidly improved, and the fighter jets they piloted performed stunning maneuvers.

After several rounds of back-and-forth on the battlefield, they realized that the situation was very unfavorable for their side. If they couldn’t break through the enemy’s encirclement, being completely annihilated was just a matter of time.

“Since that’s the case, it’s only polite to reciprocate.” Cheng Huaiqian said with a cheerful laugh. Avoiding things had never been his style; in his view, offense was the best defense.

After checking the fighter jet’s ammunition inventory, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian quickly reached an agreement through their heart network and then piloted the fighter jet towards the enemy’s spaceship.

The two people’s mental power enveloped the area around the fighter jet, controlling it to weave through the battlefield with incredible speed and agility, dodging a series of attack locks. They ultimately succeeded in unleashing the fighter jet’s payload of missiles on the cockpits of several enemy ships and successfully returned to their own ship’s area after the attack.

A series of maneuvers took less than two minutes, and before either side could react, the enemy flagship’s cockpit was breached by four consecutive cannon shots hitting the same spot, shattering the cockpit.

This siege battle ended with the destruction of the enemy flagship. The white ships and fighters, eager to protect the flagship, had no energy left to maintain the encirclement and could not pursue the fleeing red ships and fighters.

The previously stalemated and entangled battlefield quickly became clear; the white side stayed in place, while the red side decisively flew far away.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were naturally piloting their fighter jets, following a group of their own ships as they flew towards the distance.

After the chaos ended, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaichan finally had the energy to check on the situation of the other three. They released sound transmission paper cranes, but only Murong Ruide’s paper crane responded; the ones sent to the other two had no response at all.

Peace in the fairyland (19): Frightened and Furious

The passerby subconsciously turned around and wanted to run, but he saw Cheng Huaiqian holding a sword standing at the alley behind him, blocking his retreat.

“Two, two gentlemen…what do you want?”

The passerby asked in an attempt to maintain a calm tone.

“‘gentlemen’? You should call us ‘Senior Brother’.” Xia Ruize smiled gently, mercilessly breaking the passerby’s wishful thinking, “I remember you, you are Huangfu Lizhuo’s servant, and you came with him to find us. Why, now you pretend not to know us?”

Ha had been recognized!

The passerby was even more panicked and wanted to explain himself, but was interrupted by Xia Ruize’s straightforward question, “Did you give the Wailing pills in the Feng family’s hands to them?”

Hearing the question, the passerby stared into Xia Ruize’s eyes, looking dazed, and stammered, “I… it wasn’t me who wanted to give it, it was my cousin who gave it… No, I don’t know what a ‘Wailing pill’ is…”

Xia Ruize raised his eyebrows. The other party was indeed a cultivator. His mental strength was stronger than that of ordinary people and he was not completely affected by the hypnosis skills.

Unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be Huangfu Lizhuo’s cousin. No wonder his demeanor was different from that of an ordinary servant, and he even dared to speak on behalf of Huangfu Lizhuo earlier.

Xia Ruize was not in a hurry and continued to use the [Divine Language Messenger] skill to ask questions patiently, asking the same questions repeatedly in reverse order. The longer the time, the more deeply the passers-by was affected, and the more true information he revealed.

In the end, the collected information was indeed as they had previously speculated: the one who provided the Wailing pills to the Feng family was none other than Huangfu Lizhuo, the outer disciple of Qingyang Sect, and his cousin Huangfu Xingming, who had previously had a conflict with them.

This made sense. The Wailing pills are also a controlled drug in the fairyland. It was not easy for ordinary cultivators to get it. Xia Ruize didn’t believe that the Cheng and Feng families wanted to deal with them and they just happened to meet a merchant with Wailing pills. He rather believed that someone secretly sent Wailing pills to them on purpose.

Knowing what he wanted to know, Cheng Huaiqian reached out and grabbed Huangfu Xingming’s collar, and together with Xia Ruize, they soared into the air with their swords, and flew directly back to Qingyang Sect to visit the outer sect headmaster Dugu Shanhai.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian often went in and out of the courtyards of Dugu Shanhai and Hua Manyue and his wife, and they were not stopped by the formation, but they still sent out a visiting card outside the courtyard and only flew into the courtyard of the mountain master and his wife after getting permission.

Cheng Huaiqian, who had landed with the sword, let go and threw Huangfu Xingming to the ground, then informed headmaster Dugu about the series of events that had taken place in Qingyang City.

Upon hearing that someone was trying to trick the two young men into taking Wailing pills, Dugu Shanhai and Hua Manyue’s brows immediately furrowed and they looked coldly at Huangfu Xingming on the ground.

During the flight of the sword, Cheng Huaiqian did not provide a shield for Huangfu Xingming, and was blown by the wind all the way. He was now completely sober and lying on the ground in the headmaster’s courtyard. He felt the strong pressure from the aura and immediately broke out in a cold sweat and could not help shaking all over.

As for Huangfu Lizhuo and Huangfu Xingming, who were also outer disciples of Qingyang Sect, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were not prepared to resolve the issue privately, nor did they have that much time to waste on entanglement with them. Since they were disciples of the same sect, they would handle it according to the sect’s rules.

After listening to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s stories, Headmaster Dugu looked at Huangfu Xingming lying on the ground with a sharp gaze and asked in a cold voice:

“Do you have anything to refute about what your senior brothers just said?”

Huangfu Xingming knew clearly in his heart that he must not admit to the crime of murdering his fellow disciples, but with a Nascent soul’s full power unleashed, he was filled with endless panic and could not lie at all. Instead, he revealed everything he and Huangfu Lizhuo had been planning all along, even in more detail and clarity than what he had revealed to Xia Ruize when he was hypnotized.

Unable to control himself and revealing everything, Huangfu Xingming was completely paralyzed on the ground. He knew clearly that he and his cousin Huangfu Lizhuo were finished…

Soon, Huangfu Lizhuo was summoned to the courtyard of Master Dugu. Huangfu Lizhuo was very happy at first, thinking that he was valued by the master. However, he did not expect that when he arrived at the scene, he saw the stern-faced Dugu Shanhai and the head of the outer gate punishment hall, Wang Teng.

What made Huangfu Lizhuo’s heart beat wildly was that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were sitting next to him, looking indifferent but safe and sound, while the person lying on the ground was his servant and cousin, Huangfu Xingming.

Instantly, Huangfu Lizhuo broke out in a layer of cold sweat, but he knew that he couldn’t panic now, so he forced himself to control himself and bowed to all the immortals and senior brothers.

Unfortunately, no matter how clear-headed Huangfu Lizhuo was, it was of no use. Under the pressure from several powerful men, he could not hold on for long and confessed everything.

Huangfu was the surname of the royal family of the Shenhui Empire, one of the three major secular empires. The Huangfu family was prosperous and had the financial support of a country. As long as one had the surname Huangfu, one could get the opportunity to receive education from an early age, and also had the financial resources to travel around to participate in the entry selection of major sects.

Becoming an outer disciple would be the best scenario, but if one could only barely qualify as a servant, the Huangfu clan would also provide strong support and hand over a large amount of money to allow their descendants to join the sect.

Therefore, many sects in the Immortal Realm had disciples with the surname Huangfu, and the connections between them were relatively close. Huangfu Lizhuo and Huangfu Xingming were able to plot against Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian based on this.

Huangfu Lizhuo had hated Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian since he was severely humiliated by them half a year ago, and had always wanted to teach them a lesson. However, they were too talented, and before he could do anything, they had already left the status of ordinary outer disciples, so he could not even see them on a daily basis.

Huangfu Lizhuo’s original plan to do it himself had to turn to looking for other methods. Coincidentally, at this time, the news broke that Cheng Huaiqian was not in harmony with his family. Huangfu Lizhuo had an idea and prepared to work hard on the families of the two.

The Huangfu family had greater power in the secular world, and they soon found out that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were both at odds with their families.

The Huangfu family had a junior disciple in the Qingyang Sect who was well versed in alchemy. Huangfu Lizhuo obtained Wailing pills from this disciple and sent someone to reveal the effect of Wailing pills to the Cheng and Feng families. He also inadvertently “sold” Wailing pills to them and revealed the whereabouts of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian…

A series of calculations led to the situation at noon today.

Headmaster Dugu and Immortal master Wang Teng’s faces turned pale when they heard this. This series of plots was really sinister. Who would guard against their own family?

Even if there were some conflicts before, most people would not think that their family was plotting to kill them. Moreover, they would not refuse a toast from their family in the name of repairing the relationship.

If Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had not been alert, after today, all the outer sect immortals of Qingyang Sect would probably have received the news that two promising registered disciples had their cultivation destroyed or even died unexpectedly!

How could this not make people angry!

“Humph, you can disobey the laws of the country in Shenhui, but you cannot disobey the rules of my Qingyang Sect. You have the guts to harm your fellow brothers, I think you are ready to bear the consequences.

I declare that Huangfu Lizhuo and Huangfu Xingming attempted to murder their fellow brothers. As the masterminds, they are sentenced to confinement in the Cliff of Repentance for fifteen years. Huangfu Junyuan was responsible for leaking the Wailing pills without permission and was sentenced to confinement in the Cliff of Repentance for one year! “

After investigating the matter thoroughly, Dugu Shanhai exchanged opinions with Wang Teng, and then Wang Teng, the head of the outer sect’s Punishment Hall, personally announced the punishment results for the three Huangfu.

The Punishment Hall was responsible for supervising the words and deeds of the sect’s disciples, and the Cliff of Repentance was actually the prison of the Qingyang Sect. All disciples who made mistakes would be thrown into the Cliff of Repentance, and would be confined in the Cliff for varying periods of time depending on the severity of their mistakes.

The Cliff of Repentance had no spiritual energy, and it was impossible to cultivate. It was also extremely cold and dangerous all year round. The disciples who were punished to reflect on their mistakes needed to go up and down the mountain for dozens of miles to fetch water and to farm for food. In short, the purpose was to make the disciples reflect on their mistakes in the most difficult environment.

Huangfu Junyuan, who was called here inexplicably, never expected that he would be dragged into this. He panicked immediately and cried loudly that he was wronged. He didn’t know that Huangfu Lizhuo and Huangfu Xingming obtained the Wailing pills from him in order to frame his fellow disciples.

Dugu Shanhai and Immortal Wang Teng did not listen to his excuses any more, because the Wailing pill was too special. It was an elixir designed specifically for cultivators and was usually only used by sects to punish traitors.

Huangfu Junyuan’s lack of knowledge did not change the fact that his behavior of giving Wailing pills away casually was wrong in itself.

Immortal Wang Teng personally escorted the three people to the Cliff of Repentance and locked them in separate caves. The distance between each cave was far from each other, and it was very lonely every day.

After Immortal Wang Teng took the three Huangfu away, Dugu Shanhai and his wife looked at each other, not knowing how to comfort Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian.

Half a year ago, Qingyang Sect found out that these two children did not have a close relationship with their families, but everyone thought that they were just indifferent to each other. Who could have thought that the relatives who gave birth to them and raised them would actually want to kill them? !

“Ruize, Huaiqian, how was your previous experience?”

After pondering for a moment, Immortal Hua Manyue decided to avoid the sad topic of poisoning and instead asked about Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s first experience that had just ended.

Although they had already learned from the Immortal Song Fengyu that this experience went smoothly, they were still concerned about the children and wanted to hear the two little guys’ own feelings.

“It feels like it’s over before I can figure out the situation.”

Xia Ruize smiled shyly, looking innocent.

The ones who hurt him were not his real relatives, so he naturally would not feel sad. In comparison, it would be more unpleasant to let the invading insects drive away a world.

“Yes, it may take us a few more trials before we can accumulate enough experience.” Cheng Huaiqian agreed.

Dugu Shanhai and Hua Manyue felt relieved when they saw that the two young guys were not affected by the poisoning incident. They started talking about the miraculous and extraordinary experiences they had encountered in order to comfort Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian.

After a while, they felt the time was right. Dugu Shanhai and Hua Manyue looked at each other and asked:

“What do you two think of your families?”

“We are no longer family!”

Xia Ruize’s expression turned cold, and he cut through the iron road.

Before leaving, he fed those people a pill that would make their bodies gradually weaker. Although it would not kill them immediately, it would make them feel weak and unable to walk, or even unable to move independently.

Because if they had mistakenly consumed the Wailing pill before, it would have destroyed their dantian, weakened their bodies, and in severe cases, led to death. Now, it’s just an eye for an eye, very fair and reasonable.

Peace in the fairyland (18): Calculation

When Immortal Song Fengyu’s airship flew over Qingyang City, he let the five young people down and said with a smile, “You have done a great job in this experience. Go and have some fun and relax.”

The Qingyang Sect’s management of outer disciples was still very strict. They were not allowed to leave Qingyang Mountain at will until they had achieved success in their training and were able to go out for training.

Murong Ruide and the other two were fine, as they had already had the opportunity to experience the secular world before. However, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had been staying in the mountains for half a year and had never seen the prosperity of the secular world.

Murong Ruide fulfilled his responsibility as a senior brother and took Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian to stroll around the most prosperous street in Qingyang City.

Due to its proximity to Qingyang Sect, one could often see cultivators passing through Qingyang City. The largest store in the city, Duobao Pavilion, was backed by Qingyang Sect, selling genuine cultivation items. This not only attracted a large number of loose cultivators but also ordinary people who saved money to buy pills and other useful items here.

Several large restaurants in Qingyang City each had their own famous special dishes. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian tasted them themselves and confirmed that they were worthy of their reputation.

After lunch, the five of them separated. After all, Qingyang City was right under the Qingyang Sect, so there was no need to worry about any accidents. They just had to return to the mountain before dark.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were strolling into a handicraft shop. While they were admiring a jade carving, someone came over from behind, crying.

“Damn you, Aze! You’ve been missing for half a year, how come you haven’t even sent a letter home?”

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who had their backs to the newcomer, dodged almost at the same time, leaving the newcomer empty-handed.

The two looked over in confusion and found that it was a woman who threw herself at Xia Ruize. After missing the target, she paused awkwardly for a moment, then simply sat on the ground and started to complain loudly:

“Everyone, please judge for yourself. My poor sister-in-law and her husband passed away early, leaving Aze all alone. We kindly took him home and took good care of him until he grew up, but he ran away without a word and hasn’t been home for half a year or sent a letter!

My family has been worried about him and has been looking for him for half a year. What is he doing here? He is so heartless! As his aunt, I feel so sad!”

The woman’s loud crying attracted the attention of passers-by. Some felt sorry for the woman and wanted to criticize the young men, but suddenly noticed that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were wearing the uniforms of Qingyang Sect disciples. They didn’t dare to say anything, but more people gathered around to watch the excitement.

Xia Ruize frowned as he looked at the woman who was crying with her face covered with a handkerchief. The malice in her made Xia Ruize unable to help but take two steps back and move away from her.

Then he remembered that he also had a background in this mission world, an orphan living in his maternal grandparents’ home with a large fortune. So, half a year ago, Cheng Huaiqian’s family came to cause trouble. Was it his turn this time?

Thinking of this, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian exchanged glances and decided to wait and see what the world had in store for them.

Xia Ruize then said to the woman who was still sitting on the ground and crying gently, “Don’t cry yet. Stand up first. We can talk slowly.”

The woman refused to give in and continued to cry and accuse Xia Ruize of being unfilial. At this time, several people from the crowd who were watching the excitement squeezed in. The old man in the middle interrupted the woman’s accusation and said, “Second sister, what are you doing? Aren’t you ashamed? Get up and follow me home first.”

After the old man finished speaking, he glared at the woman fiercely. The woman immediately stopped making trouble and silently got up and stood next to the middle-aged man behind the old man.

After scolding the woman, the old man looked at Xia Ruize again, with a complicated expression, disappointed and proud. He paused for a moment and said slowly: “Aze, go back with grandpa and tell him what you have been doing in the past six months.”

The old man ended the farce as soon as he appeared, and took the woman, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian back to a guest room in an inn.

A group of people sat down at the big round table in the middle of the guest room. Xia Ruize’s grandfather Feng Yingcai said to Xia Ruize gently:

“Aze, half a year ago you took the money from home and left without saying goodbye. Your family missed you very much, and your aunt was so excited because she was worried that you might have become a bad student.

Our family has been looking for you for a long time and finally heard that you entered Qingyang Sect, so we came together to look for you. We just arrived in Qingyang City yesterday, and saw you on the street today. This shows that the blood relationship between our family cannot be broken.

Okay, I won’t talk about the past. No matter how your uncle and aunt treated you, they raised you. Now that you have become successful, we don’t ask you to repay your family in any way, as long as you can take care of your younger brother.

Grandpa is very happy to find you today. Come, second brother, go order a table of good food. Let’s have a good meal with Aze to celebrate our family reunion.”

Feng Yingcai spoke in a gentle tone and smiled brightly, and he seemed happy to have found his grandson.

If he didn’t regard “Xia Ruize” taking the money left by his parents as “stealing” money from home, Xia Ruize might have believed it more.

The middle-aged couple and their twenty-something son next to them had unhappy expressions, staring at Xia Ruize with eyes full of hatred. Strangely, there was a hint of suppressed joy and expectation in their eyes.

Due to Feng Yingcai’s power, Xia Ruize’s uncle and his family did not dare to resist and went out to order a banquet.

When the food and wine were served, the old man smiled and invited Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian to eat and drink, and raised his glass to clink glasses with the two young people.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at each other, too lazy to refuse, so they raised their glasses and drank a glass with Feng Yingcai. In fact, the wine had already turned into space before it even entered their mouths.

“This smell is the smell of Wailing grass…”

Xia Ruize sneered and said in his heart. He became more curious about the purpose of this family’s appearance and decided to cooperate with their performance.

In this world, Wailing grass was basically a forbidden herb, because it was the main ingredient of an elixir called Wailing Pill, and Wailing Pill was extremely harmful to immortal cultivators. It would destroy the immortal cultivator’s dantian and affect the cultivator’s path from the root. In serious cases, the cultivator’s cultivation would be completely wasted and would never be able to practice again.

Under the order of the Immortal Realm, the amount of wailing pills in the entire world was limited, for fear that the unrestricted circulation of Wailing Pills would harm the immortal cultivators.

Xia Ruize followed Immortal Luo Qi to study the art of making pills in depth, so he naturally learned how to distinguish which materials and pills were extremely harmful. As soon as the wine glass approached, he could tell the smell of the wailing pills hidden under the smell of the wine.

This was even more interesting. How did Xia Ruize’s family get wailing pills, how did they find them so accurately, and why did they destroy him without hesitation?

After exchanging a tacit look, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian quickly both lay down on the table, looking drunk.

The room suddenly became quiet. Xia Ruize’s uncle Feng Gaoyang carefully bent down and looked at the faces of the two young men. He saw that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had frowns and cold sweat on their faces, and they seemed to be in great pain.

“Dad, it’s done!”

Feng Gaoyang shouted in surprise.

“Hmph, there’s nothing your father can’t handle if he takes action. You two are so short-sighted that you can’t keep your cool. Dad has already said that he will give you justice, so why are you still angry with him? Hmph, my plan was almost ruined by you two fools.

Forget it, forget it. Go, second brother, call the Cheng family over. They promised us that we should settle the matter properly. “

Feng Yingcai leisurely took out another pot of wine and started eating with the delicious food on the table, completely ignoring the two people lying next to him who had just been drugged by him.

Feng Gaoyang ran out of the room excitedly, and soon a group of people followed him in. They closed the door tightly and gathered in the room where a large table was placed in the middle.

Xia Ruize scanned with his mental power, and hey, they were all acquaintances. The people coming were none other than the family members in the background character of “Cheng Huaiqian”, Cheng Longhai and his wife, and their two legitimate sons.

What a surprise!

If Xia Ruize had not been very sensitive to malicious intent and had not been vigilant towards these “relatives” who suddenly appeared, he would never have thought that they would team up to drug himself and Cheng Huai and destroy their future?!

After waiting for a while and seeing that no one entered the room, they heard them happily discussing how to divide the storage bag between the two. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian could no longer endure it. They sat up leisurely and looked at Cheng Longhai and Feng Yingcai who were arguing.

Cheng Longhai thought that it was a reasonable distribution method for each family to take one person’s storage bag, but Feng Yingcai insisted that the Feng family did it themselves, which would take a greater risk and they should get more rewards.

The two old foxes were arguing about this point, but they found that each other’s family members were looking to the side in horror. Their hearts skipped a beat and they turned to look to the side, and saw Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian sitting at the table with their arms folded, looking at them with a smile.

There was a sudden silence in the room.

Cheng Longhai and Feng Yingcai stared in amazement at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian who seemed to be safe and sound. Their minds were blank and fear was already tinged in their eyes.

What happened? How come these two people were fine? They were immortals, would they come back to take revenge?

Cheng Huaiqian answered the doubts of everyone in the room with practical actions. He threw out several jade spells engraved with talismans. These jade spells flew out and hung around the room, covering the entire room in an isolation formation.

Once the formation was activated, the ordinary people trapped inside would not be able to leave on their own. Even the sounds in the room inside the formation would not be able to get out.

“Who gave you Wailing pills?”

Xia Ruize’s eyes were fixed on Cheng Longhai’s eyes, and the voice that slowly flowed out was filled with an inexplicable temptation that made people feel cold.

“I bought it from a traveling merchant…”

Cheng Longhai only felt that Xia Ruize’s eyes seemed to be spinning, and he answered with the answer in his mind without knowing why.

Xia Ruize raised his eyebrows and continued to ask: “Who asked you to use Wailing pills on us?”

“Not only are you disobedient, but you may also turn against your family. It would be better to just destroy you…”

Cheng Longhai continued to say the most cruel words in a dull tone, and Mrs. Cheng, who was standing by, was so anxious that she wanted to step forward and cover Cheng Longhai’s mouth. Cheng Huaiqian flicked his finger, and the wine glass on the table hit the back of Mrs. Cheng’s hand, and she dared not move anymore.

Just like that, under the hypnosis of Xia Ruize’s [Divine Language Messenger] skill, several people confessed their truest thoughts, and Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian finally figured it out.

It turned out that half a year ago, after Cheng Longhai and his family returned to the Cheng family, they were ostracized by the family. The family was about to give up the idea of ​​​​letting them show goodwill to Cheng Huaiqian.

Cheng Longhai and his wife were filled with anger after knowing this. Mrs. Cheng knew that if Cheng Huaiqian took a tough attitude, she, as the mistress of the family, would be in trouble. So she kept whispering in Cheng Longhai’s ear, making Cheng Longhai not think about repairing the relationship with the illegitimate son, but only think about ruining his future.

As a result, the Cheng family paid more attention to the news about Cheng Huaiqian. In the process, they met the family of “Xia Ruize”. At the same time, they learned that Xia Ruize’s relationship with his family was not very good. The two families got together and decided to take action together.

And then there was the scene today, where the Feng family, who had not yet torn their faces with Xia Ruize, stepped in and used wine soaked with Wailing pills to ruin the two young people’s path to immortality.

Half an hour later, seeing that they could not get any more information out of him, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian did not waste any more time and prepared to leave.

However, before leaving, Xia Ruize generously fed each of them a pill that he had refined.

Amid the horrified and desperate eyes of the Cheng and Feng families, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian left the room without any reluctance.

“Only relying on them, they should not be able to grasp so much information about us, including our close relationship, our recent outing for training, and our return to Qingyang City today, etc.” Cheng Huaiqian laughed, “It seems that there are also people in Qingyang Sect who can’t stand us doing well.”

“In previous mission worlds, our enemies were mostly other species. This world is interesting. The people who are ‘closest’ to us want to kill us…

Is this a warning to us that we should not only be on guard against other races, but also be on guard against our own races?”

Xia Ruize guessed.

The two sat side by side on the roof of a tall building, staring at the room where Cheng Feng and his family were, trying to see if there were other people involved in the poisoning incident.

Not long after, a waiter ran to the clinic to find a doctor at the request of the Cheng and Feng families. It seemed that the Cheng and Feng families, who were in a panic, wanted to seek medical treatment.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian watched the doctor leave the room patiently, and were then stopped by a passerby in an alley to inquire about the patient being treated.

The passerby didn’t get the news he wanted, so he let the doctor leave with a serious look on his face. When he turned around, his eyes widened in horror, because Xia Ruize was standing two meters in front of him, smiling at him.

Peace in the fairyland (17): Puzzle

Xiao Yu had to stay and watch its magma, so she sent two advanced insects carrying small white insects to follow Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian to facilitate communication.

After walking for more than two hours, they finally encountered a slightly different situation.

First, they felt the wind around me getting stronger and stronger, from an occasional breeze to a stinging gale. Then they looked closely and saw a storm on the horizon at the end of my sight. The violent wind swept up a sky full of rubble and dust, which darkly covered the sky and moved quickly towards them.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian couldn’t help but raise their hands to cover their faces and narrowed their eyes slightly.

Then Xia Ruize stomped his feet, and soon, a hole suddenly appeared at his feet.

Although the two of them could use magic weapons and spells to protect themselves, with the bugs there, there was an easy hole to dig, so of course the two would rather take it easy.

Under Xia Ruize’s command, the two advanced insects quickly dug out an underground passage that folded up and down, ensuring that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who were hiding in the innermost part of the tunnel, would not be affected by the storm on the ground.

Sitting in the dry and spacious cave, Xia Ruize released his mental power to observe the situation on the ground.

After a few minutes, the storm moved closer, moved above their heads, and continued to rage in the distance.

Xia Ruize thought that the center of the storm would soon pass and they would be able to get out of the cave. Unexpectedly, after one storm passed, another storm followed. Finally, an hour passed, two hours passed… the storm on the ground raged for a full three hours.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who were hiding underground, were so bored that they continued to explore along the cave for a long distance. But no matter where they went, they saw a storm raging on the ground, with gravel and dust all over the sky.

When the storm finally stopped and the two returned to the ground, the appearance of the ground had changed once.

If it weren’t for the insects that kept following them and digging holes in search of resources, leaving behind a trail of holes that were not affected by the storm, the two of them would not have been able to tell which direction they came from, because all the marks left by humans were covered up and could not be seen.

After the storm, the two walked for another hour when they suddenly received a message from Murong Ruide via paper crane, asking them to return to the entrance as soon as possible and prepare to leave the world early.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian immediately thought that there might be an accident on the other side, which caused them to return to the world of immortal cultivation ahead of time. They hurriedly stopped moving forward and flew directly back to where Xiao Yu was.

Although there was no spiritual energy in this world, it did not affect their use of the spiritual energy stored in their bodies.

Xiao Yu was guarding its magma, watching with pleasure as its insects lined up to drop the collected ore into the magma, their long tentacles dancing rhythmically.

Seeing Xia Ruize falling to the ground, the white insect’s black jade eyes looked at it sincerely, and Xia Ruize’s black eyes also looked back sincerely.

After a few discussions, they finally decided to leave behind a thousand invading insects. Xiao Yu took back the magma, obediently returned to the spiritual pet space, and followed Xia Ruize back to the world of cultivation.

The loss of a thousand invading insects was still completely bearable. Xiao Yu could leave them there and continue to explore the storage conditions of the planet’s underground minerals.

When they come next time, there may be more precious resources waiting for them to harvest. That scene was so wonderful just thinking about it.

With such a wonderful hope, Xiao Yu returned to the spiritual pet space and closed her eyes to rest. She needed sufficient rest to prepare for the next good opportunity to open her appetite and eat a lot.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian continued to fly directly to the hole with their swords, and saw from a distance that Murong Ruide and the other two were already waiting beside the hole.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had not changed much since the last time they separated, but Murong Ruide and the other two seemed a little disheveled. They sat casually on the ground, looking sweaty and exhausted.

“Let’s go. Our spiritual power has been used up ahead of time. Let’s go back and recover our spiritual power before we come back here to investigate.”

Murong Ruide glanced at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian who had landed on the ground, with surprise flashing in his eyes.

When they encountered a storm earlier, the three of them worked together to resist it with great difficulty, and because of this, their spiritual power was exhausted and they had to return to the world of cultivation early. But what happened to these two people? Why did they seem to be unaffected?

However, this was not the place to talk. Murong Ruide and the other two, who had lost their spiritual power, were anxious to return to the world of immortal cultivation. When Ouyang Siyu saw that everyone had gathered, she immediately dived into the hole.

Immortal Song Fengyu had been guarding the other side of the hole. As soon as someone came out, he immediately opened his eyes and took a quick look. He felt much more at ease. Although Murong Ruide and the other two were in a bad state, they were not injured.

Murong Ruide quickly recounted their experiences, and then the three of them looked at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian in confusion.

“We encountered a similar situation, but when the storm came, we dug a hole and hid underground. Apart from the storm, we did not encounter any other threats.”

As soon as Cheng Huaiqian finished speaking, Murong Ruide, Ouyang Siyu and Luo Changze suddenly widened their eyes in surprise. The three of them looked at each other, and after coming to their senses, they regretted it.

They were already used to relying on spiritual power, but had forgotten that threats like storms could be avoided with the help of the surrounding environment. Thinking of the rapid consumption of spiritual power in order to maintain the shield spell, the three of them felt their faces burning, and hurriedly said goodbye, saying that they wanted to go back to practice and recover their spiritual power as soon as possible.

Immortal Song Fengyu was experienced and figured out what was going on immediately. He let the three kids go with a smile. He believed that with this experience, the three kids would be more thoughtful when they encounter problems in the future.

Then, Immortal Song Fengyu asked Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian about their experiences in detail, gently encouraged the two who were entering the Behind World experience for the first time, and then let them go back to rest.

Several pocket pavilions of different styles suddenly appeared in the depths of the mountains. Song Fengyu sorted out what the five young Qi training disciples saw and heard and recorded them on jade slips.

The sun rose and set, a new day came. The five young disciples gathered in front of the hole again, ready to enter the Behind World to explore again.

After passing through the hole, the five people agreed on a time and continued to split into two groups and walk in opposite directions.

Xiao Yu was so anxious that her tentacles started to dance the Thunderbolt Dance, directing Xia Ruize and Cheng Huai’s sword to fly for a distance. As soon as they landed and were released, Xiao Yu couldn’t wait to spit out lava.

“There’s a rich iron ore mine down here. It’s all mine.”

Xiao Yu announced happily as she watched the lava burn through the ground and sink all the way down.

After these iron ores were melted by the magma, the bodies of the newly born invading insects would be harder. Xiao Yu could even mobilize the energy to give birth to advanced insects with bronze bodies and iron arms. She was naturally happy when she thought of this.

“Leave me a few pieces of the core.”

Cheng Huaiqian pulled Xiao Yu’s tentacles and said righteously, “This iron ore is an essential basic material for refining tools, and I’m interested in accumulating some.”

What else could Xiao Yu do except agree?

Not only that, she also had to order her insects to cut the best quality iron ore into pieces and place them in front of Cheng Huaiqian, letting Cheng Huaiqian pick them first. After Cheng Huaiqian had picked all the pieces, he pushed them all into the mash to be melted and swallowed.

For five whole days, the five Qi training disciples spent more than ten hours every day investigating the situation in the Behind World. However, no matter how they investigated, the Behind World was always desolate. Apart from the violent storms that raged every day, there was nothing special about it.

The five young people were inevitably a little irritable, but Xiao Yu was the only one who was happy and contented every day.

Five days later, Song Fengyu, who had been guarding on the other side of the hole, suddenly discovered that the rotation speed of the hole connecting the two worlds suddenly increased.

Song Fengyu was extremely surprised. After the formation of the void connecting the two worlds, the rotation speed was generally constant. According to the experience of the fairyland, the faster the rotation speed of the hole became, it meant that the other side of the world had a tendency to become disconnected.

So the five young people who returned to the world of immortal cultivation once again had to recount what they had seen and heard. Song Fengyu carefully examined it, trying to find out what they had done to cause the hole to rotate faster.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian exchanged glances, with some guesses in their minds.

What they described certainly did not include anything related to the insects, which was probably the cause of the incident.

“Tomorrow you must be more careful and pay more attention to your surroundings. The hole may be closed after a while, so be careful.”

Song Fengyu was puzzled and could only give such instructions.

On a new day, after Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian passed through the cave, the sword flew to a mine that Xiao Yu had taken a fancy to and put Xiao Yu down.

Xiao Yu already knew that their chances of coming to this planet would become less and less, so she waved her tentacles rapidly, directing her insects to continuously throw ore into the magma.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian explored a large area in a short time, but still found nothing.

On this day, when preparing to leave the Behind World, all the invading insects took the initiative to throw themselves into the plasma and turned into energy. Xiao Yu took away the plasma and energy, leaving behind countless underground tunnels and large gaps in the mines.

On the other side, Song Fengyu frowned. He found that the speed of the hole’s rotation became faster. Song Fengyu didn’t dare to let the five young people pass through the hole again, so he simply passed through the hole himself to explore it.

After Song Fengyu passed through the hole, he suddenly felt the air from all directions pressing towards him, and he felt uncomfortable being oppressed.

Song Fengyu ignored the feeling of his body and immediately released his divine consciousness to cover a large area, and his divine consciousness even penetrated into the underground.

His spiritual power was consumed quickly. Before the remaining spiritual power could no longer protect himself, Song Fengyu withdrew his spiritual thoughts, passed through the hole and returned to the world of cultivation.

He carefully recalled the information he had collected previously, and just like the conclusion drawn by the five guys, there was nothing unusual on the other side of the hole. Then why would this hole be so eager to leave the world of cultivation?

While Song Fengyu was deep in thought, everyone saw that the speed of the vortex rotation in the hole became faster again, and even the hole became smaller and smaller. After an hour, the hole that had shrunk to the size of a finger suddenly disappeared completely, as if it had never appeared.

“Anyway, it’s a good thing that a tragic past has been resolved.”

Song Fengyu said this, but his expression was still very solemn, because he had no idea how this tragedy was solved…

“The people of the Immortal Realm generally have three ways of dealing with the problems of the world: attack, aid, and assimilation.

The purpose of both attack and aid is to make the world on the other side of the hole voluntarily break away from our world. Only assimilation artificially preserves the connection between the two worlds.

So, the fact that the other world took the initiative to break away from it this time is probably because what you did there posed a threat to that world, or solved a major problem that existed in that world…”

While talking, Song Fengyu observed the five young men. Seeing that they all had the look of being racked with thoughts and unable to figure out something, he did not ask them any further. Instead, he smiled and told the five young men to go back and have a good night’s rest.

“I’m afraid that Xiao Yu’s behavior has threatened the will of the other world, so she simply left the world of cultivation…”

Xia Ruize sighed in his heart and touched his nose embarrassedly.

The invading insects were really powerful weapons! They scared the world on the other side so much that it ran away…

As Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were unable to explain, Immortal Song Fengyu decided to end this experience and lead the team back to Qingyang Sect.

Anyway, there were examples of this kind of inexplicable solution to the problem of Behind World, because the various worlds connected to the world of cultivation through the hole were so numerous and complicated that it was normal for cultivators to be unable to figure out the situation.

This kind of example should be kept on file for future reference. Perhaps one day in the future, they would get inspiration from another world and solve this mystery.

Peace in the fairyland (16): Encroachment

The ship stopped deep in the mountains. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian followed the immortal Song Fengyu down from the ship and saw an exquisite pavilion standing abruptly in the primitive jungle. It was obviously a pocket pavilion carried by the immortal cultivators.

Sure enough, a middle-aged man who had practiced Qi training at the eighth level came out of the pavilion, bowed to the immortal Song Fengyu, handed a jade tablet to Song Fengyu, and explained to everyone:

“Twenty days ago and ten days ago, I passed through the hole twice and arrived at the other side of the world. This time, the world was a desolate world, without spiritual energy, and even without any trace of living things. I tried to communicate or attack but got no response.

Apart from the fact that the consumed spiritual energy cannot be replenished, no other hazards have been found for the time being. The preliminary risk rating is D.”

While listening to the middle-aged man’s report, Song Fengyu quickly read the contents on the jade slip, and then handed the jade slip to the five young men behind him, asking them to pass it around and read it in turn.

The jade slip recorded what the middle-aged man who passed through the newly appeared hole saw and heard in the back world. It was of great reference value to the five young people who were about to go to the back world for training.

After explaining the limited information he had collected, the middle-aged man quietly stepped aside.

Song Fengyu made some calculations, and a previously hidden bronze gate suddenly appeared on the scene. He took the lead and walked through the gate, and the others followed behind him.

After entering the bronze gate, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian found that the scene in front of them had completely changed. There was a huge vortex in front of them. The constantly rotating vortex distorted the surrounding light, and the air seemed to collapse, forming a huge hole.

This was the newly appeared void, which connected another world with the world of cultivation.

Standing next to the hole, Song Fengyu patted the shoulders of the five young people one by one, handed a jade tablet to each of them, reminded them to “be careful”, and watched the young Qi training cultivators hit the strange hole one by one, and their figures disappeared.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian walked at the end. Song Fengyu couldn’t help but remind them a few more times, “If there is any danger to your lives, crush the jade token and I will go and fetch you back.”

His tone and expression were very serious.

Xia Ruize also nodded solemnly and clenched the jade token in his hand.

This jade token was actually the life jade token of Immortal Song Fengyu. Once they crush it, Immortal Song would immediately sense it and then pass through the hole to rescue them.

According to the fairyland’s understanding of the holes and the Behind World over the years, the weaker the person was, the less oppression they would experience when passing through the hole, and when they were confused about the situation, they were least likely to be detected by the natives in the Behind World.

Of course, ordinary people had no skills to rely on and could easily be injured by various accidents.

Therefore, the Immortal Realm would dispatch Qi training disciples to investigate the situation first based on a preliminary assessment of the degree of danger in the Behind World, and arrange for powerful people in the Golden core stage or even Nascent Soul stages to be on standby outside the cave to provide support at any time. If a Qi training disciple encountered an accident, the powerful person could force his way through the cave and try his best to rescue the person.

With mixed feelings, Xia Ruize stood in front of the hole, took a deep breath, and dived into it.

Xia Ruize just felt as if he was thrown into the drum of a washing machine. His body kept tumbling involuntarily, the world was spinning, he felt dizzy, and everything in front of his eyes was strange. Fortunately, the whole process only lasted for more than ten seconds, and he stopped spinning and stood firmly on the ground again.

“Junior Brother Xia, please stand aside. You might block Junior Brother Cheng from there.”

Ouyang Siyu, who was so dizzy that she sat down on the ground, reminded him weakly.

Xia Ruize looked closely and saw that there was a vortex next to him, which was similar in shape to the vortex in the world of immortal cultivation, and it was on the other side of the hole.

Xia Ruize quickly stepped back a few steps, and then saw Cheng Huaiqian suddenly emerge from the hole.

“I suggest that we use this hole as a starting point and explore in different directions simultaneously for five hours.

After five hours, regardless of whether you have made any special discoveries, return here and reunite with the others.”

Murong Ruide was appointed by the Immortal Master Song Fengyu as the leader of the five-member team. After seeing that the other four had rested for a while and recovered, he began to arrange tasks.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had no objection and said that they would form a group of two and leave after choosing a direction.

Seeing this, the other three simply chose to start exploring in the opposite direction.

Since entering this world, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian could not feel any spiritual energy in the air. This was indeed a world lacking spiritual energy, which meant that the spiritual power of cultivators could not be replenished after it was exhausted.

However, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s strength was not just based on spiritual power, they had other things to rely on. The other three were more nervous, but it was not the first time they encountered such a situation, so they were not desperate.

None of the five people used their spiritual power immediately, but walked in the direction of their own choice.

The feeling this world gave people could be summed up in one word: desolate.

All they could see was a blue-grey, barren stone ground. Not even a blade of grass could be seen, only countless gravel. Any light breeze could stir up a cloud of dust.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had been walking for more than two hours. The scene before them was monotonously desolate. If it weren’t for the marks they left behind showing that they were indeed moving forward, they would probably have thought that they hadn’t gone far at all.

Cheng Huaiqian stopped, looked around, and decided to change his direction. He took out a multi-functional shovel and started digging the ground.

There seemed to be nothing except a pile of rubble shoveled down and a cloud of dust raised.

Xia Ruize looked at the surrounding scene with a moved expression, and awakened Xiao Yu, the queen insect of the invading insect clan who was sleeping in the spiritual pet space. The invading insect’s talent was to devour all kinds of resources. They may have a more accurate judgment ability about this desolate world.

After Xiao Yu was released, her long, soft tentacles shook a few times, and then she spit out dozens of white eggs in succession with a “chi chi chi” sound.

After the washbasin-sized white eggs hit the ground, the advanced insects inside immediately broke out of the eggs.

The insects were seen waving their sharp forelimbs and dancing towards the blue-gray stone ground, followed by a sky full of dust. When the dust settled, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian could no longer see the figures of dozens of insects, only dark deep pits were left.

Not long after, Xiao Yu’s tentacles swung in a happy arc, asking its owner:

“According to our investigation, the ore beneath the surface is of good quality and can be converted into energy for our race. Can I collect this ore?”

“Have you found any signs of biological activity? Or detected any danger?”

Cheng Huaiqian asked the insect with interest.

“At least within a radius of ten kilometers, there are only layers of minerals underground. No signs of other biological activities or dangers have been found for the time being,” Xiao Yu replied.

It was obvious that during this period of time, the insects sent to dig holes had already run quite a distance.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at each other and fell into deep thought.

“According to the fairyland’s experience in resolving the back world, the solutions are mainly divided into attack, assistance, and assimilation… If we release the invasive insects, it should be considered an attempt to use offensive means, right?”

Xia Ruize touched his nose and said uncertainly.

From the large amount of information they had read, the attack methods of the immortal cultivators were nothing more than attacks with magic weapons, and they released the invading insects, which was probably the introduction of foreign creatures…

“Give it a try, and adapt to the situation.”

Cheng Huai was eager to try and was very optimistic about the development of the situation.

So, after getting Xia Ruize’s consent, Xiao Yu spat out happily, and this time what came out was the innate ability of the queen insect of the invading insect clan, lava.

The burning lava melted the ground as soon as it fell to the ground, and then slowly melted towards the location of the energy mineral.

In stark contrast to the sinking magma were the invading insects that continuously leap out of the magma.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian witnessed with their own eyes the terrifying reproductive ability of the invading insects. They watched helplessly as an endless stream of insects leaped out of the lava and rushed towards the surrounding stone walls. Their powerful forelimbs quickly dug holes and soon disappeared.

In just over ten minutes, hundreds of invading insects jumped out of the magma and disappeared from the two people’s sight. It could be inferred that hundreds of new passages may have appeared underground under their feet.

“Oh, the little guys found a little treasure.” Xiao Yu’s happy voice rang out.

Soon, an insect suddenly emerged from a hole in the ground. It held a bowl-sized blue transparent stone in its forelimbs and placed it at Xia Ruize’s feet. Then it turned around and jumped into the deep pit. It was unknown where it went to continue its exploration.

“This thing is called ‘stone marrow’ in my inherited memory. There is liquid inside the stone marrow, which has a good effect on humans.”

It was naturally impossible for Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian to eat and digest the hard ores all over the ground, but fortunately there were other good resources on this planet that were suitable for humans, Xiao Yu said happily.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at the blue transparent stone in front of them with surprise. They never expected to have such an unexpected gain.

No wonder alchemists and weapon refiners in the world of immortal cultivation always mention the Behind World when talking about raw materials, because these alien worlds really did have some useful resources.

For example, the blue transparent stone in front of him, coincidentally, Xia Ruize knew what it was, because it was both beautiful and expensive. Xia Ruize had noticed it when browsing the merchandise in the Lord God’s Store.

In the Lord’s shop, the name of this thing was “Rejuvenation Liquid”. It was obviously a stone but it was called “liquid” because the most valuable part of this thing was the small hole of semi-solidified liquid in the middle of the stone. After processing, humans can revitalize cells and even achieve rejuvenation by taking it.

Xia Ruize put the things into space, preparing to sell them to the Lord God after returning. They didn’t know how to process the material, and it would be a bit reckless to just chop it up and drink it. In addition, they didn’t really need the effect of rejuvenation at the moment, so they might as well sell it and exchange it for survival points.

After this incident, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian became more interested in the exploration of invasive insects. They simply sat next to the cave and waited for their subordinates to send them some valuable resources for some reason.

The invading insects were excited to expand their territory everywhere. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian watched patiently for an hour. After collecting some precious materials, they no longer stayed where they were, but got up and continued to explore on foot in the direction of the original plan.

Peace in the fairyland (15): Express

There were only a limited number of these jade slips with special information engraved on them. A record would be kept of whoever requests to view them. Each jade slip could only be used once. The jade slips had built-in confidentiality restrictions and would be destroyed automatically after viewing.

In short, they tried their best to ensure that people who shouldn’t know these secret messages never know them.

Previously, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were people who should not know the secret, but now, after passing the outer sect assessment, they had been recognized by the immortals and become people who were allowed to know the secret.

So Dugu Shanhai personally handed the jade slip to the two of them, and watched with his own eyes as the jade slip was destroyed by itself.

After Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian finished reading the jade slips and gained a lot of information, they couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

“This is a reward from the immortals to you. Even if you are training outside, you must not slack off in your cultivation. Work hard and strive to achieve better performance in the next outer sect competition.”

Hua Manyuexian waved her hand and placed a large number of rewards on the table between the four people. There were pills, magic tools, talismans, etc., all of which were good things.

“In addition to these rewards, you can now go to the library and read for one hour.

The first down-the-mountain training you two are participating in is led by Master Song himself. Go find Master Song as soon as you leave the library. He should have something to tell you.

Perform well, Immortal Hua and I believe you will return safely.”

Dugu Shanhai gave earnest instructions, and Immortal Hua Manyue beside him smiled gently and nodded.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at each other, put the rewards on the table into their storage bags, stood up, bowed to the two immortals, and then left the headmaster’s courtyard.

Just as they were flying towards the library with their swords, they received a long-awaited reminder of the main quest:

[The Immortal Realm shoulders the responsibility of protecting worldly peace and maintaining peaceful order. As a person in the Immortal Realm, there is no escape!

Main Mission: Complete two unforgettable experiences

Mission completion: Reward 4,000 survival points

Mission failure: Deduct 2,000 survival points, upgrade failure

Special reminder: Failure to upgrade will erase the memory related to the Golden Book Area mission. You can apply for the upgrade mission again only after meeting the upgrade conditions 1 and 2 again.]

The special reminder in the main mission prompt shocked the two. If the main mission was not completed in this mission world, it meant that the upgrade mission had failed. Not only would the survival points be deducted, but they would also be returned to the Silver Page Area?!

This was an unprecedented punishment!

The memory of the abilities learned in this Immortal World would be erased. They would have to wait until they completed three consecutive main missions in the Silver Page Area and get a “perfect” rating, or eight consecutive main missions in the Silver Page Area and get an “excellent” rating, and submit 10,000 survival points, before they could participate in the upgrade mission again!

From this perspective, the cost of failing the main mission was not small.

After looking at each other, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian saw caution and fighting spirit in each other’s eyes. No matter how difficult the experience was, they were determined to give it a try!

The two of them rushed into the library, and their powerful divine consciousness quickly read through the large number of jade slips. Unlike the first time they entered the library, when they could not read all the contents of the jade slips, this time the contents of the jade slips on the first floor of the library were all open to them.

In addition to memorizing more spells and techniques, the two focused on reading the experiences of many predecessors who participated in the down the mountain training.

The so-called “Behind World” was actually the literal meaning, that is, the world behind.

Thousands of years ago, the immortal cultivators in the fairyland suddenly discovered that a hole suddenly appeared somewhere in their world, and that hole was connected to another world!

What’s more, since then, more and more holes had appeared on the land of this world, and other worlds had been connected to the holes.

The immortal cultivators discovered that some worlds behind the holes were not threatening, but some worlds behind the holes were inhabited by creatures with strong aggressive desires and powerful strength, and some worlds behind the holes were existences that the immortal cultivators could not understand at all…

In short, the existence of the “Behind World” was a huge threat to the entire world of immortal cultivation.

As the most powerful group of people in the world, immortal cultivators had the unshirkable responsibility to resolve the threat of the evil worlds, and had been exploring ways to resolve emptiness and evil for thousands of years.

Over the years, 80% of the holes had been closed through the efforts of immortal cultivators. In addition, 10% of the holes had been deemed harmless and useful and had been preserved to obtain resources.

Another 10% of the holes were threatening but could not be solved for the time being and could not be completely closed off. Currently, they could only use formations to strictly seal off the relevant areas and wait for future generations to find a solution.

The immortal sects accepted respect and support from the secular countries, and selected talented young disciples from hundreds of millions of secular people to train and grow. Only the grown-up immortal cultivators had the strength to pass through the holes and enter the other side of the world to find ways to explore and solve the problem.

According to the cultivation habits formed by the sect over the years, if ordinary people could grow to the sixth level of Qi training or above within ten years of entering the sect, they could go to the Behind World to gain experience.

Today, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were considered by the immortals to be released to make contributions. Although they had only been disciples for more than half a year, their cultivation was enough to deal with low-level enemies.

On the way from the library to Jade Peak, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were organizing and discussing the information they had obtained.

Arriving at the Jade Peak of Song Fengyu Immortal, they found Song Fengyu sleeping among the vast number of flowers and trees. The two did not rush to wake him up, but sat down beside him and continued to discuss in their minds.

“I always feel…” Xia Ruize said hesitantly with a serious expression, “This world is very similar to us…”

Before Xia Ruize finished speaking, Cheng Huaiqian had already nodded in agreement.

The tacit understanding between the two made them know what the other was thinking. After reading a lot of information about the Behind World, they felt more and more that the so-called Behind World was very similar to the mission worlds in the endless world, so similar that people couldn’t help but think more.

Immortal Song woke up on his own, wandered to the pavilion, handed two jade slips to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian respectively, and said casually:

“Here are some records of the adventures I’ve been through, as well as brief information about the adventure we’re about to go to this time. You can browse them here, memorize them, and then go back to pack your things and have a good rest. Meet me at noon tomorrow and we’ll set off together.”

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian keenly noticed that Immortal Song was not in a very good mood. After viewing the jade slips, they said goodbye and left without disturbing him too much.

Song Fengyu stared at the backs of the two young men in a daze for a while, shook his head, and randomly found a branch in the forest of flowers and trees to continue sleeping.

Song Fengyu was initially keen to help Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, and actively facilitated the two of them to receive individual lessons from the immortal, which showed that he cherished their talents.

But now he suddenly regretted it. These two young people were so talented that they had to be exposed to the world so early. This was not a good thing…

After leaving Jade Peak, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian visited Immortal Zhao Xuhai and Immortal Luo Qi respectively.

The two immortals were equally uninterested, and Immortal Zhao Xuhai’s expression was even more gloomy. He reached out and grabbed a sharp sword and a longbow from the magma pool next to him, put them in the hands of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, waved his hand, and let them go.

Immortal Luo Qi stuffed a bunch of pills into the two guys’ hands, said “Watch out for your lives!”, and waved his hand impatiently to drive the two of them out of his golden hall.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had no choice but to say goodbye to their respective masters with a wry smile.

Before noon on the second day, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huai arrived at Jade Peak in secret, only then did they discover that this time, the extraordinary training led by the Immortal Song Fengyu was also attended by Murong Ruide, Luo Changze and Ouyang Siyu.

The five people looked at each other. The three people opposite were more familiar with each other. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were on the same side, so a slight nod from both sides was considered a greeting.

When doing serious work, Immortal master Song Fengyu still behaved very seriously, with the image of a gentle and elegant scholar.

After personally asking the five guys to make preparations, Song Fengyu took out a magic weapon that looked like a small boat. As soon as he let it go, it turned into a huge object against the wind.

Song Fengyu and five young disciples boarded the large ship floating in the air. Then they saw the ship breaking through the wind and waves and flying towards the distant sky.

There was a circle of protective shields around the big ship magic weapon, which excluded all wind and made the people inside the magic weapon very comfortable.

Standing on the deck, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at the rapidly receding sea of ​​clouds and the town below, and realized that this “spaceship” was much faster than an airplane.

There were three major empires in the secular world, among which the Qingyang Sect was the guardian sect of the ancient Jin Kingdom.

The entire territory of the ancient Jin Kingdom was protected by the Qingyang Sect. The Qingyang Sect had set up offices in various county towns across the ancient Jin Kingdom. Once any abnormality or possible hole was found, the surrounding area would be immediately blocked with formations.

The place they were going to now was a hidden world that had just been discovered.

Every time a dangerous situation occurred, there would be immortal cultivators who would go to investigate the situation and then assess the danger level of the dangerous situation into four levels: “A, B, C, and D”.

“Three months ago, an abnormality occurred in one of the continuous mountain ranges in the southwest of the ancient Jin Kingdom. The local office immediately blocked off the nearby locations. A month ago, a hole connected to the Behind World appeared in the blocked area.

According to feedback from the immortal friends who entered the Behind World to investigate earlier, it is preliminarily determined to be a Behind World with a danger level of ‘D’, which is just right for you to experience.

However, you must remember that you must not let your guard down. Not to mention that the D-level rating is only a preliminary assessment, even if it is really a D, there have been cases where D-level people have inexplicably killed a large number of immortal cultivators. In short, be careful!”

Song Fengyu once again patiently explained the information he had collected to the five young men.

“Master Song, this is not the first time the three of us have gone to the Behind World for training. We all know all this. You might as well give your two junior brothers some instructions.”

Ouyang Siyu replied with a smile, her eyes moving between Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian as she spoke. The relationship between these two junior brothers was really close; they were always inseparable.

“This is exactly what I want to remind you.” Song Fengyu Immortal said in a serious tone, “You all came from the Qingyang Sect together. No matter what you encounter after passing through the hole, remember to unite, help each other, and be harmonious and friendly!”

“Got it, don’t worry, Immortal Song, I will definitely take good care of my two junior brothers.”

Ouyang Siyu continued to say cheerfully that she had always been bothered by losing to Xia Ruize.

Some people perform well in the ring, but not necessarily in actual combat. She wanted to see how these two junior brothers performed outside the ring.

Peace in the fairyland (14): Arrival

The opponent couldn’t believe that he was easily crushed by a younger generation who was ten years younger than him and had no experience outside.

Cheng Huaiqian did not expect that his opponent was so vulnerable. When he was fighting with Xia Ruize, he was changing his moves every second and the situation was changing rapidly. He did not expect that the opponent on the ring would react so slowly.

On the other side, Xia Ruize’s battle also ended quickly, simply because Xia Ruize cast the spell too quickly. Even if the opponent kept activating talismans, he still didn’t have time to block them all. After missing one or two attacks, he became flustered and missed another fatal crisis. The elders who maintained order hurriedly took action to protect him, but this also meant that the battle between the two sides was over.

After one round of competition, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian both won and entered the top sixteen.

After seeing their performance just now, the other fourteen people now looked at them with caution. They no longer dared to look down on them just because they were newcomers who had just joined the sect half a year ago.

In the next round of 16 to 8, Cheng Huaiqian, who was ranked second, easily defeated his opponent who was at the seventh level of Qi training. Unfortunately, Xia Ruize, who was ranked sixth, faced a female cultivator at the ninth level of Qi training, Ouyang Siyu, who was the outstanding one who got third place in the previous assessment.

When Xia Ruize walked onto the stage, he held his longbow in his hand.

After half a year of nurturing, his longbow had become shiny, round and concise. His repeated practice of the instrument technique had made their connection extremely close, as if he were using his body to control his arm and his arm to control his fingers.

Seeing this scene, many people were shocked. They had seen Xia Ruize use the spells easily before and thought he was a magic cultivator. Who would have thought that he was actually a weapon cultivator?

Soon, Xia Ruize showed everyone why he was a weapon cultivator. When he put his hand on the longbow, a continuous and dense rain of arrows shot towards Ouyang Siyu.

Ouyang Siyu was a magic cultivator. At the beginning, her magic attacks were very sharp, but a problem was soon exposed, that was, her magic attacks were not as many as the arrows, and not as fast as the arrows!

After holding out for a while, Ouyang Siyu was forced by the endless rain of arrows to give up the attack and focus on defense. Ouyang Siyu had sufficient spiritual power reserves and rich practical experience. She suppressed her anxiety at the critical moment, and while defending, she tried hard to find opportunities to counterattack.

Unfortunately, Xia Ruize was faster than her. As several arrows penetrated Ouyang Siyu’s shield in succession, she relied on the defensive magic weapon on her body to resist the threat. After being overwhelmed by the increasingly heavy pressure, Ouyang Siyu decisively gave up.

Xia Ruize did not need to feel sorry for the arrows made of spiritual power, but Ouyang Siyu did feel sorry for her defensive magic weapon. It would be a big loss if the defensive magic weapon was consumed in the sect’s internal assessment.

“Junior Brother Xia really doesn’t know how to be sympathetic to women.”

Ouyang Siyu felt unwilling to be forced to admit defeat to someone whose realm was not as good as hers, but she couldn’t go back on her word, so she could only roll her eyes coquettishly and scold him.

Xia Ruize smiled, “Giving my all is a sign of respect for Senior Sister.”

According to the rules of Qingyang Sect, in order to facilitate unification, disciples were ranked according to their realm. Those at the same realm were ranked based on their actual combat performance. Although Xia Ruize defeated his opponent, his realm was lower than hers, so he still had to call her senior sister.

Seeing Xia Ruize’s stubborn look, Ouyang Siyu was suddenly speechless. She snorted, turned around and walked off the stage.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian both made it into the top eight, which made the immortals nod their heads in satisfaction.

The other six disciples were very nervous and regarded Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian as huge threats. However, no matter how fearful they were, the practical assessment had already reached its finale.

In the next eight-to-four match, Xia Rui Ze continued to use his longbow, and his opponent Luo Changze, who was at the eighth level of Qi training, was completely unable to resist.

However, Luo Changze came from a prominent family. His grandfather was an outer sect elder of the Qingyang Sect. He had plenty of immortal stones and a wealth of talismans on him. When he could not resist, he began to use the talismans without caring about the loss.

Xia Ruize was secretly happy. While drawing the bow and shooting arrows, he also began to activate talismans continuously. He already had too many talismans in his storage bag, especially those from his early practice. He was embarrassed to sell them because they were not perfect enough, but they would not be destroyed if they did not affect their effectiveness. He could not find any other use for them except piling them in the storage bag, so he might as well use them up openly.

Then the disciples below saw a battle with talismans flying all over the sky, and they immediately felt sorry for the extravagance of the two players.

Luo Changze, relying on the bought talismans, ultimately couldn’t outlast the carefree Xia Ruize who was clearing out his stock, and finally gave up and admitted defeat.

“Senior Brother Xia is rich! Really rich!”

Luo Changze, the grandson of the outer sect elder, gave Xia Ruize a thumbs up. He had never seen many people richer than himself, but today he met one.

Xia Ruize looked at the broken talisman papers on the ground and said nonchalantly, “It just took some time to draw it.”

These words made people even more jealous and envious.

Others needed to spend immortal stones to buy talismans, but he could draw them himself. The cost difference was huge.

In fact, as early as two months ago, the talismans drawn by Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had been handed over to Immortal Master Song Fengyu and sold to the outside world in a shop under the name of Qingyang Sect. As for the immortal stones they obtained, they were used to exchange for more materials for drawing talismans from Immortal Master Song Fengyu.

Because the immortal stones had never come into his hands from beginning to end, Xia Ruize had no idea how many immortal stones worth of talismans he had casually consumed in the battle just now.

Of course, even if he had an idea, he wouldn’t feel bad about it. If he needed to, he could draw it in a whole day.

The next battle was between Cheng Huaiqian and his opponent Murong Ruide, who was the first place in the last assessment of the Zi-year disciples and was also the recognized chief disciple of the Zi-year disciples.

After the two sword masters saluted each other, they rushed towards each other and fought at the command of the immortal.

They did not use swords for long-range attacks, but instead used long swords to perform sword techniques at close range. When the long swords in their hands passed each other, the sharp sword energy that was dodged would create layers of ripples on the shield around the arena, which was enough to show how sharp the two people’s sword moves were.

Xia Ruize, who knew Cheng Huaiqian very well, quickly noticed that his lover’s eyes were full of excitement.

It was a rare opportunity to meet a swordsman of equal strength. Cheng Huaiqian made up for his previous regret of not being able to find a sparring partner. His attacks became more and more fierce, determined to force his opponent to exert his full strength.

Unlike Cheng Huaiqian who became more and more excited as the fight went on, Murong Ruide’s brows became more and more furrowed. Cheng Huaiqian’s attack made him feel the impenetrable pressure from all directions, and he even vaguely felt that he was following the opponent’s rhythm.

The two people fighting had different thoughts in their minds, but the disciples watching were all amazed, especially the new Yin-year disciples. They looked at the two people fighting fiercely with envy, and only hoped that they could be as strong one day.

The fight between Cheng Huaiqian and Murong Ruide lasted for a long time. In the end, even those disciples who were defeated in the round of 32 to 16 fought two more rounds to determine the final scores. The fight between Cheng Huaiqian and Murong Ruide finally ended with Murong Ruide voluntarily admitting defeat.

Many disciples who had been following this battle found it hard to accept this result, but when they saw Murong Ruide, who was sweating profusely and exhausted but standing with the support of a long sword, and then looked at Cheng Huaiqian, who was standing with a sword in his hand but still full of fighting spirit, no one dared to question it.

Cheng Huai closed his eyes and calmed down the fighting spirit in his eyes. He returned to his enthusiastic and harmless appearance, and invited Murong Ruide with a smile: “Senior Brother Murong, when you are free, you must learn more with me.”

Murong Ruide looked at Cheng Huaiqian gloomily and could only say slowly, “I’m waiting for you anytime, Junior Brother Cheng.”

It was beyond everyone’s expectation that the chief disciple of Zi year was ranked in the top four, but those who watched the whole fight could not find an excuse not to accept this fact. Cheng Huaiqian proved his strength with actual combat.

The subsequent top four-to-top two match ended very quickly. Xia Ruize’s opponent had been exhausted in the previous few games and could not recover. He surrendered after only a few minutes.

Cheng Huaiqian’s opponent thought he could take advantage of Cheng Huaiqian’s excessive consumption, but he didn’t expect that Cheng Huaiqian didn’t seem to be satisfied with the previous battle with Murong Ruide, and his moves became more sharp. The opponent didn’t hold on for long and was defeated.

Therefore, in this semi-annual assessment, the disciple with the highest practical score would be selected from Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian. This fact was really beyond everyone’s expectations, and the scene was silent for a while.

What was even more unexpected was that no one saw the fight between Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian because Cheng Huaiqian simply admitted defeat on the grounds of excessive exhaustion.

The next competition was between the four contestants who failed in the quarterfinals. However, the remaining disciples were extremely tired and ended the competition hastily and gave the scores. At this point, the final scores of the three sessions of disciples were all displayed on the huge silk screen.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s names were undoubtedly the most shining ones among them. Everyone looked at the ranking and then at the two people standing together, with extremely complicated expressions in their eyes.

All the disciples of the Zi year felt deeply uncomfortable with the two unfamiliar names hanging over their heads.

The Chou disciples felt very uncomfortable that two disciples who entered later than them had leapt ahead of them.

Of course, the most uncomfortable ones were the Yin-level disciples. They had taken classes with those two before, but they were thrown out of sight at some point.

Unlike the disciples who had mixed feelings, the immortal elders from the outer sect of Qingyang Sect were very happy to see the rapid progress of the two young men and were already discussing how to reward them.

The next day, Headmaster Dugu sent a message to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, asking them to go find him together.

Looking at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian with swords flying towards him, Dugu Shanhai was filled with emotion. The scene of the two little guys trembling and shaking on their weapons seemed to be still in front of him. They have made amazing progress, which was really amazing.

Immortalf Hua Manyue smiled and invited the two young men to sit down and poured them some spiritual tea. Now they could drink the pure spiritual tea without any scruples.

“You two performed well yesterday, proving your own strength. The immortals all agree that you can no longer focus on cultivation behind closed doors, and should go down the mountain to gain proper experience.”

Dugu Shanhai spoke slowly, placing the two jade slips in front of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian respectively, motioning them to look at them.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at each other and realized that the key they had been waiting for might be coming. They quickly focused their minds on the jade slip, and a large amount of information flooded into their minds.

After viewing all the information, the jade slip turned into dust on its own. Dugu Shanhai waved his hand casually, and the dust disappeared.

Peace in the fairyland (13): Assessment

Soon it was time for the semiannual outer sect assessment, and Qingyang Mountain became lively once again.

The most excited ones were the new disciples of the Yin class. They were previously strictly disciplined and rarely saw their senior brothers and sisters who came earlier. They heard that the senior brothers and sisters would organize exchange meetings every month, and the poor newcomers were completely excluded. This major assessment was a rare opportunity to see the performance of the senior brothers and sisters.

At the same time, news spread among the outer disciples of the Zi and Chou classes that two geniuses had emerged among the new disciples of the Yin class.

One month after entering the sect, they received private lessons from the immortals. Less than two months after entering the sect, they were accepted as registered disciples by the immortals. In their first major assessment after joining, they would compete on the same stage as the disciples of the previous years, directly surpassing the disciples of the current year. This news was simply astonishing!

For those disciples who had vaguely heard of the names of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian earlier, they never expected that the two had disappeared for a long time and would quietly make big news again.

Amid everyone’s anticipation, the semi-annual assessment officially began, with the first item being the written test.

The assessment hall for new disciples was still set up in the Lecture Hall, but the brocade silk displaying their results was now fluttering in front of the main hall on Qingyang Mountain.

Before the assessment started, someone specially swept the entire lecture hall, but did not see Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian.

In the past few months, they would still come to take the monthly exams, firmly occupying the top two positions and vying for time to enter the library to read. But they were not seen in this major examination, and it seemed that they would not compete with them in the future.

After the written test was over, the newly dressed disciples walked towards the main hall.

Qingyang Mountain was very spacious. The area for the daily activities of the Yin-generation disciples could only be considered the outer area. Behind it were the activity areas of the Chou-generation and Zi-generation disciples, and further back was the main hall of the Qingyang Sect’s outer gate.

In front of the tall and majestic golden-roofed main hall was a vast square paved with white jade. The main hall was used by the immortals to discuss and handle external affairs on a daily basis, while the square in front of the main hall was used to hold grand collective activities.

At this time, more than 3,000 outer disciples gathered in White Jade Square.

These more than 3,000 disciples entered the outer sect of Qingyang Sect in three batches. The colors of the disciple uniforms of the three generations of disciples were different. The colors of the disciple uniforms of each generation of outer disciples and servants were also different. Therefore, there were six colors of disciple uniforms in the entire White Jade Square, and their identities could be seen at a glance.

The Qingyang Sect’s outer sect only trained disciples for ten years, and no classes were arranged in the last year, giving disciples time and opportunities to decide their future path.

Outer disciples who believed they had no hope in cultivation could apply to be sent out to become Qingyang Sect’s secular stewards.

Disciples who aspired to cultivate immortality could go out on their own to practice, constantly improve themselves, and strive for the opportunity to become inner disciples.

In short, those who participated in the outer sect examination at the same time were usually only outer sect disciples who had completed three terms.

A new batch of Yin-level disciples walked from the Lecture Hall to the White Jade Square. From a distance, they saw six huge brocade silks swaying in the air in front of the main hall, displaying the achievements of the three-level outer disciples and servants.

The names on the brocade silk were clear, and someone among the Yin-year disciples soon discovered that the names of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian appeared on the brocade silk of the Zi-year outer disciples, firmly occupying the first and second positions.

In fact, the disciples of the next generation were watching in bewilderment as their ranking was taken over by two unfamiliar names.

It was not entirely unfamiliar, as many people had heard of these two names. And precisely because they had heard of them, it was even more unbelievable that they, the seniors who had been in the sect for six years, were being suppressed by the newcomers who had only been in the sect for six months

This news spread quickly again with the names of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian. This time, everyone took it to heart. Some people even looked for them everywhere, wanting to see what Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked like. The training assessment for the disciples of the previous year was real combat, and they would be taught a lesson then!

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were standing at the edge of the crowd chatting. They both felt that the written test for the previous year students was easier because they did not need to write anything at all, but instead used their mind to record the answers on jade slips.

With the speed at which the two of them accumulated knowledge from reading the jade slips, the knowledge accumulated in their minds had already surpassed that of the lower-level disciples who had practiced for six years. After completing the written test with ease, they were even more looking forward to the actual combat in the future.

The Qingyang Sect’s outer sect immortals, headed by the headmaster Dugu Shanhai, were sitting in the main hall at this time. After all the outer sect disciples gathered in the White Jade Square, they officially announced the start of the training assessment.

Amidst the crowd of disciples, the first to complete their cultivation assessment were the new Yin-generation disciples, as only a few of them had broken through to the Qi training stage. The method of cultivation assessment was for the immortals to take the pulse and judge their cultivation progress.

Including Headmaster Dugu, six immortal masters who were in charge of teaching the new generation of disciples took the pulse together. The assessment was very fast and soon the comprehensive scores of the disciples appeared on the brocade.

Li Shunchen looked at his name hanging high in the first place, but his expression was not very happy, and his mood was even more complicated. He knew very well that he could get this first place not because of his great progress, but because the two mountains that had been pressing on his head were removed…

After the final assessment of the Yin year disciples was concluded, the young disciples rushed to watch the assessment of the chou-year disciples.

Among the chou disciples, some servants had not yet broken through to the Qi training stage. In addition, the disciples below the third level of Qi training only needed the immortal to take their pulse and judge their progress in cultivation, so the assessment was carried out very quickly.

As for the more than 600 disciples who broke through to the third level of Qi training and above, the method of their cultivation assessment was actual combat.

The immortals just threw small cubes casually, and they grew in the wind. Soon, thirty arenas appeared on the White Jade Square. Thirty elders from the outer sect were responsible for maintaining order. The disciples started competing at the same time according to the results of the draw.

The Yin-generation disciples were extremely excited, watching their senior brothers and sisters on the stage fighting each other, some casting spells while some brandishing weapons, they were filled with longing, thinking that in three years they would also have such abilities.

However, probably only the Yin-generation disciples in White Jade Square would feel excited.

The Chou disciples’ fighting speed was very fast, because the total amount of spiritual power accumulated in their bodies was there, and the spiritual power would be exhausted after a short battle.

Moreover, after a round of fighting ended, a new draw would be held soon to start the next round. Many young disciples did not recover quickly enough, so the subsequent rounds of fighting ended faster and faster.

After an hour, the comprehensive scores of the Chou disciples were all announced.

Wu Wei was extremely excited to see his own results. Following Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian not only allowed him to break through to the fourth level of Qi training, but also allowed him to gain a lot of practical experience. In this major assessment, he ranked third among the same batch of servants, and his results were higher than the tenth from the bottom outer disciple.

This meant that Wu Wei could get rid of his servant status and be promoted to an outer disciple. This was his long-cherished wish, and it had finally come true. He was so excited that he wanted to run a few laps right away.

But just when he thought of this, Wu Wei was suddenly stunned again. If he was not a servant, it meant that he could not follow Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian. What should he do?

The excitement of being promoted to an outer disciple suddenly dissipated. Wu Wei was confused and couldn’t help looking around, trying to find Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian in the crowd, hoping to get some guidance.

At this time, the training assessment for the lower-level disciples who had entered the sect for six years had already begun. Among them, the disciples below the fifth level of Qi training were all scored by the elders based on their training progress.

More than 300 disciples who were at the fifth level of Qi training and above determined their scores by drawing lots for actual combat.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian also went to draw lots. The color of their disciple uniforms was different from that of the other disciples who drew lots together, which made them very conspicuous. Suddenly everyone knew their names.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian ignored the gazes of the people around them, and were only looking forward to passing the actual combat test to prove their success in the past six months of training.

Then Xia Ruize, who was full of expectations, was disappointed the first time he stepped onto the stage.

After Xia Ruize and his opponent stood still, his opponent took the initiative to report his name and realm, and he was a disciple at the fifth level of Qi training.

Xia Ruize saw that the other disciples on the stage all reported their names and realms first, and knowing that this was a custom, he also reported his own name and realm: Xia Ruize, the eighth level of Qi training.

What he never expected was that after hearing his level, his opponent gave up without even trying to compete.

Xia Ruize looked in surprise at Immortal Wang Teng, who was maintaining order on the stage. Seeing this, Immortal Wang Teng smiled and explained:

“Above the fifth level of Qi training, the gap between each level is huge. These young guys are used to reporting their realm first when they take a big test. If the gap is too big, they will just give up and preserve their strength.”

After Xia Ruize stepped down from the stage, he paid attention to the situations on other stages. As expected, when the gap between the two sides was more than two levels, the lower side would directly admit defeat and quickly end a round of competition.

Only when they were at the same level or one level apart would they try to fight each other, and this situation would generally contribute to a wonderful battle.

Especially for the Yin-year newcomers who had just seen the performance of the Chou disciples who had just entered the sect for three years, they realized that it was too early to yearn for it just now. This was the real battle between immortals.

With rounds of fighting going on quickly, it soon reached the fourth round. At this time, there were only thirty-two disciples at the seventh level of Qi training and above. They stood alone in an area waiting, attracting the attention of many immortals and more than three thousand disciples.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian standing among them were particularly conspicuous.

After the disciples who were eliminated in the previous rounds fought again to determine their scores, only 32 disciples were left whose cultivation scores were to be determined.

The fifteen arenas on the White Jade Square were rearranged by the immortals into four larger arenas, and four battles were then held simultaneously.

The thirty-two highly anticipated disciples drew numbers, and soon it was Cheng Huaiqian’s turn. Coincidentally, his opponent was also a disciple who was at the eighth level of Qi training and used a long sword as a weapon.

Cheng Huaiqian suddenly became more excited. At the order of the elder who maintained order, his sword flew out instantly. The opponent thought he had gone down the mountain to train and was experienced, so he resisted casually. He didn’t expect that Cheng Huaiqian had already completed the sword technique while his attention was distracted by the flying sword, and suddenly dozens of swords stabbed at the opponent.

The opponent was startled and quickly activated the shield talisman, trying to protect himself, but something unexpected happened again. His shield failed to block Cheng Huaiqian’s sword. The shield broke and the sword tip hit the opponent’s neck. The elder quickly took action to protect him and announced the end of the battle.

The fight ended too quickly. Not only did the spectators around the ring fail to react, but even the two fighters failed to react.