Chapter 226 Secret Realm and Ranking

This is where the Ghost Cave of Nether City opens.

The Colosseum was built by the four sects for the purpose of the four sects’ trials and the allocation of some resources of the State of Zhao.

Every year, the cultivators come to maintain the Colosseum. It looks no different from a newly built one. This is naturally for the trials of the four sects.

"Go in quickly." The second elder of Qingfeng Valley spoke.

The four early foundation-building cultivators of Qingfeng Valley and Li Xunting were ready. When the second elder spoke, they flew directly to the entrance of the secret realm.

A total of twenty cultivators in the early foundation-building stage entered the secret realm of the Ghost Cave of Nether City, and the second-level trial of the four sects officially began.

Passing through the dark entrance to the secret realm.

Li Xunting also felt a sense of dizziness, which is a very normal phenomenon. It is worth mentioning that the twenty cultivators who entered the secret realm were randomly assigned to each place. The distance between the cultivators was mostly balanced, and the distance was rarely too close.

When the dizziness disappeared, Li Xunting opened her eyes and saw old and dilapidated houses that had been ravaged by the years. Each house exuded a sense of desolation.

"This is... the ancient city area."

The ghost cave of Youdu consists of four major areas, and the ancient city area is located in the east of the secret realm.

During the chat with Duan Rongrong, she learned a lot of very useful information.

"My luck is OK."

Li Xunting smiled and began to observe the surroundings carefully. There seemed to be an unknown sense of danger here, which made people always feel that someone was staring at them from behind. The atmosphere was extremely depressing and permeated with a chill, as if anyone could disappear in this area.

If a mortal was in such a place, he would definitely be scared, but she was a cultivator, and a cultivator in the foundation-building stage! Naturally, she didn't feel that way. On the contrary, she hoped that the ghosts would come out quickly.

The ancient city area is the second area with the most ghosts among the four major areas, which means that you can get a lot of points here. Of course, the prerequisite is not to encounter very powerful ghosts.

Before starting the action, Li Xunting first took out a red jade pendant and hung it on her chest.

This must be worn.

There are a total of twenty such jade pendants, representing the twenty monks who participated in the trial.

The number "10" is engraved on the back of her jade pendant, indicating that she is number 10. The number "0" in front of the jade pendant records the score. When she kills the corresponding ghost, she can get the corresponding score.

After the jade pendant is broken, the score will be frozen, and at the same time, it will be teleported out of the Nether City Ghost Cave.

The outside world.

Twenty pictures are presented in the center of the Colosseum.

Each picture corresponds to a monk.

Li Qianqing's eyes are immediately locked on the number 10 picture.

"The position is okay." Li Qianqing nodded. The pictures are now arranged normally from one to twenty, but after the score next to the number changes, the arrangement order of the pictures will also change.

The Nether City Ghost Cave is a secret place left by the Hong Guimen, a Jindan period sect that died seven thousand years ago.

The ghosts born in this secret realm were originally meant to be tamed, but later they became used by the four sects for trials. The ghosts can be killed directly, and there are no monks who raise ghosts in the four sects.

The secret realm is just called the secret realm here, and in the spiritual world, the secret realm is also called the fragment world. Such a world is very incomplete and needs to be attached to a complete world to exist.

In Li Qianqing's opinion, the Ghost Cave of Youdu can barely be regarded as a second-level fragment world. If there is no spiritual energy for normal monks to practice, then the grade can be upgraded to the first level.

Observe first and then act. This is what Li Qianqing has always taught Li Xunting. At present, his granddaughter has achieved it very well.

Before the four sects' trial, he told her that the score can only be ranked second, and her safety is the first. If she can't stay in the Ghost Cave of Youdu, she can come out directly.

In the secret realm.

Li Xunting began to act.

As she walked, there was a clicking sound from the dilapidated old house from time to time, which made people feel uncomfortable.

In less than 20 breaths, Li Xunting found the target.

A ghost of the late first stage.

In this secret realm, the main ghosts are still the first stage. The number of second stage ghosts accounts for less than half of the total number. There are no third stage ghosts. The strongest ghost is only the late second stage, but such ghosts are very rare.

In the first two trials of the four sects, no cultivators encountered a ghost of the late second stage.

The ice cone pierced upward from the ground, and before the ghost of the late first stage could react, it turned into a yin energy. At this moment, the number in front of her jade pendant became "five".

Killing a ghost of the late first stage can only get five points, while killing a ghost of the early second stage directly gets 100 points, which is a difference of 20 times.

Every hundred years, this secret realm will be opened once. Every time entering the secret realm, the cultivators in the early stage of foundation building have to kill a lot of ghosts. Therefore, the number of ghosts in the secret realm is very limited. If you only kill a ghost of the first stage, the final score must be the last.

Of course, if you encounter a first-level ghost, you must kill it. For the cultivators entering the secret realm, every point is precious.

‘Come on, the ghosts of the early second level. ’

After killing the first ghost, Li Xunting prayed in her heart, and then continued to search for ghosts in the ancient city area.

While searching for ghosts, you should also pay attention to whether there are other cultivators.

Although the possibility of encountering cultivators is very small at the beginning, you still need to pay attention.

If you meet the monks of our sect and Shuiyun Sect, there will definitely be nothing. If you meet the monks of Tianchuan Mountain, it will generally be fine. But you need to be careful when you meet the monks of Tianhe Sect, as there may be a fight.

The second-level trial is different from the third-level trial. When the points obtained cannot be transferred, even if they are monks from the enemy sect, they will not waste time. As soon as they come in, they will come to find someone and then beat the opponent out of the secret realm.

The focus of the second-level trial is to get enough points for yourself. After all, there are four sects in the trial, not two sects. When you cause trouble to others, you are also wasting your time, which will also make the sect achieve bad results.

The trial of Youdu Ghost Cave lasts for a total of three days. After three days, the jade pendant will automatically shatter, and the person will be teleported out at the same time as the score is fixed.

As the previous sect secret realm, it is very safe. After the jade pendant is shattered, it will definitely come out. The four sect trials have not had the problem of the jade pendant not being able to shatter, and the monks have not worried about this problem.

Soon a day passed, and the trial was carried out for one-third.

Among the twenty cultivators in the secret realm, only the cultivators from Tianhe Sect and Tianchuan Mountain have met once. Most of the cultivators will meet on the second and third days.

After the two cultivators met, because the relationship between the sects was relatively good, they greeted each other and then separated.

The specified rules made it basically impossible for cultivators from different sects to cooperate, even if the relationship between the sects was the best, because the final score would be counted on their own sect, and the final five foundation-building cultivators would get the total score to determine the final ranking of the sect in the second-level trial.

The first thing that is difficult to distribute in the cooperation between cultivators from different sects is the score.

Everyone is the best among the foundation-building cultivators in Zhao State. Who is willing to admit that they are not as good as the other party? Everyone thinks that I am better than the other party. This mentality leads to the hope of getting more points after cooperation, otherwise there is no discussion.

There is a possibility of cooperation between cultivators from the same sect, but the possibility is not very high.

At this time, we have to face the second problem. Under normal circumstances, the ghosts that can be found by acting together must be less than those who act separately.

The cooperation between the same clan members is basically on the third day, and they are the same clan members with good relations.

On the third day, the cultivators are likely to find a ghost of the second stage in the middle stage. If they are not sure about how to deal with it, cooperation is a good choice. If the relationship between the same clan members is good, the ghost will be easy to distribute, and the cultivators who suffer losses will definitely be compensated in private.

The sect will have corresponding rewards for the points obtained by the cultivators in the end.

The reward that Li Xunting can get is that Qingfeng Valley will indulge the development of the Li family more. This was agreed at the beginning.

One hundred and twenty-four points, ranked fifth.

This is Li Xunting's current ranking score.

So far, Li Xunting has killed a second stage ghost, four first stage ghosts, and two first stage ghosts in the middle stage.

There are very few first stage ghosts in the ghost cave of Youdu, even fewer than the second stage ghosts. Li Xunting's location is still in the ancient city area, where there are basically no first stage ghosts, and the quality of ghosts will be higher.

"Qianqing, if you can keep going like this, your granddaughter will have no problem getting into the top ten." Yan Xuewei smiled.

Li Xunting was naturally very happy that she could achieve good results. Now most of the cultivators in Qingfeng Valley knew that she, a senior elder, was deeply bound to the Li family.

Many elders envied her because the Li family was developing very fast and might become the third Jindan Xiuxian family affiliated with Qingfeng Valley in the future.

"As long as her luck is not too bad, Tingting will have no problem getting into the top ten." Li Qianqing smiled, "As a grandfather, I am still very confident in this regard."

At present, Li Xunting has always solved ghosts cleanly and neatly, even when facing the second-stage initial ghosts.

However, when solving the second-stage initial ghosts, she needs to use spirit stones to quickly restore her spiritual power.

There is no spiritual energy in the ghost den of Youdu, and it must be restored with the help of spirit stones or pills.

"What I didn't expect is that Rongrong is really good at dealing with these ghosts." Li Qianqing said to Yan Xuewei.

Duan Rongrong is currently ranked ninth. Two of the four Qingfeng Valley cultivators are in the top ten. If Li Xunting is included, there are three.

Now it seems that there is one cultivator from each of the four major sects in the top five. The overall results are definitely difficult to judge at this time.

"Rongrong is very powerful, otherwise she would not be allowed to participate in the trial." Yan Xuewei smiled. Li Qianqing has confidence in his granddaughter, and she is very confident in Duan Rongrong.

However, Duan Rongrong does not have to get a top ten result, but there is a good reward for getting a top ten.

The specific reward depends on the overall results of the five representatives of Qingfeng Valley in the second-level trial.

When the trial time was halfway through, among the twenty early foundation-building cultivators, someone finally encountered a second-level mid-stage ghost.

The cultivators of Tianchuan Mountain are currently ranked eighth in points, which is a good ranking.

The early foundation-building cultivators who can participate in the trial are basically at the peak of the early foundation-building stage. They have a certain strength to compete with the cultivators in the middle stage of the foundation-building stage. If they encounter a second-level mid-stage ghost outside, there is basically no big problem in solving it.

But this is in the ghost den of Youdu, which is filled with negative energy all around. Such an environment is very conducive to the fighting of ghosts, but will also weaken the combat capability of the cultivators to a certain extent.

In the ghost den of Youdu, when a person encounters a mid-level second-order ghost alone, he should consider whether to fight or not.

Such a battle has certain risks.

The cultivator from Tianchuan Mountain finally chose to fight.

At this time, the cultivators from the four sects in the Colosseum basically set their sights on the cultivator from Tianchuan Mountain.

If other cultivators also encountered ghosts at this time, they would not be able to attract their attention again if their level was not mid-level second-order.

Facing the mid-level second-order ghost, the cultivator from Tianchuan Mountain finally won by luck, and he succeeded in his bet, but he also paid the price of serious injuries.

For Tianchuan Mountain.

This is definitely worth it!

No. 3, 617 points, ranked first.

No. 1 to No. 5 are all cultivators from Tianchuan Mountain, and No. 6 to No. 10 are cultivators participating on behalf of Qingfeng Valley.

Killing a mid-level second-order ghost can get 500 points at once, which is equivalent to the score of five early-level second-order ghosts. If the ghost killed is a late-level second-order ghost, it will be directly awarded 3,000 points!

In the history of the Four Sects Trial, there were only three times when the second-stage late ghosts were killed, and the sects gathered four to five monks to kill them together.

Number 3's score was completely frozen because he crushed the jade pendant.

It was the best choice to come out at this time. The seriously injured state was difficult to heal in the Nether City Ghost Cave, and the time was only three days. Now half of it had passed. If you couldn't get any points in there, you would just be waiting to die.

When the monks from Tianchuan Mountain were teleported out, the Jindan stage monks immediately went to meet them.

"Ming..."

"You did a good job." The Jindan stage elder of Tianchuan Mountain immediately gave him a second-stage healing pill to let him rest.

If the normal score exceeds 500 points, the top five are generally stable, and there are many possibilities for the top three.

In the last trial in the Nether City Ghost Cave, the monks from the four major sects only killed three second-stage mid-stage ghosts. There would be more the last time, a total of five.

If you want to kill a mid-level second-order ghost, you must first find it, and there are not many ghosts of this level in the ghost cave of Youdu.

There is only one day left before the end of the trial.

In the secret realm.

Ancient city area.

In this area, there are four old high-rise buildings, and the yin energy is relatively strong.

Li Xunting stood on the street on the east side of the ancient city, looking at the towering building, and a shaky scene appeared in front of her. Not only the outer wall of the building is old and dilapidated, but even the roof has been deformed.

After observing the situation around her, she immediately came to the top of this high-rise building.

There is a discovery.

It is a mid-level second-order ghost!