The Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Trial, arranged by the Xuanling Sect Leader, is actually taking place in the Ten Thousand Demon Valley. The ordinary little demons encountered before were just pre-match snacks.

As for that attack by a fifth-tier monster, that was during the pre-competition elimination round.

Eliminate cultivators with low combat power as early as possible. Of the more than 1,000 Foundation Establishment cultivators, less than 300 are still in the Myriad Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map.

These fewer than three hundred cultivators all headed towards the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons.

There are many entrances to the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, and Su Qing and her group took the entrance from Crescent Lake.

Starting from Crescent Lake, you can reach the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons by passing through a canyon.

However, crossing this canyon is not easy, because there are many demonic beasts in the canyon. When Su Qing was refining pills, three fourth-level demonic beasts led more than a dozen third-level demonic beasts to form a small beast tide. All of these demonic beasts were wandering in this canyon.

The canyon was flanked by steep cliffs, hundreds of meters high, and Su Qing could see at a glance that many fourth-order spiritual herbs were growing on the cliffs.

"Dendrobium nobile that accompanies demons!" Su Qing's eyes lit up when she saw these spiritual herbs.

This kind of semi-demon dendrobium only grows in places with many demonic beasts. If you don't have a lot of courage, who would dare to pick this kind of thing in a group of demonic beasts?

"You want it?" Xuan Qingye asked.

"Half-Demon Dendrobium is the main ingredient for refining Grade 4 Soul-Stabilizing Pill and Grade 4 Golden Wound Pill. The Soul-Stabilizing Pill can prevent Foundation Establishment cultivators from being disturbed by the roars of high-level demonic beasts, while the Golden Wound Pill has a miraculous effect on external injuries from demonic beast bites," Su Qing explained.

"Junior Sister, I'll go pick some for you." Han Chen said, about to fly away on his sword, but Su Qing grabbed him.

"Don't go yet. Most of these demon-accompanying dendrobiums grow near the caves of demon beasts. There are so many demon-accompanying dendrobiums on this cliff. There must be some kind of gregarious demon beasts here," Su Qing said.

"You'll know once you try it." Yu Kui said, throwing a small seal out of her hand. The seal drew a beautiful arc in the air and then crashed into the cliff with a loud bang, creating a deep crater in the cliff.

"Buzz!"

All that could be heard was a buzzing sound, and a swarm of bloodthirsty bees flew out from a hidden crevice in the cliff.

These bloodthirsty bees are all as big as basketballs, and their stingers are a full meter long.

"My God, it's a group of third-tier demonic beasts." Han Chen's face turned pale instantly.

He wasn't afraid of third-tier demonic beasts, but these bloodthirsty demonic bees were a swarm of third-tier demonic beasts.

Bloodthirsty demon bees are beings that even peak Foundation Establishment cultivators would not want to provoke. They rarely attack cultivators unless provoked. However, if a cultivator provokes these demonic beasts, it will be a fight to the death!

Xuan Qingye frowned slightly, made a hand seal, and the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped. Then, an ice shield formed around them, protecting all four of them in the middle.

Through the transparent ice shield, you could see these bloodthirsty bees charging towards it like madmen, viciously stabbing at it with their stingers.

Unfortunately, the ice shield was far too sturdy; even if the bloodthirsty bees broke off, they couldn't penetrate it even a fraction.

Looking at the bloodthirsty demon bees, Su Qing said with some surprise, "Something's not right. These bloodthirsty demon bees love places with water. We've been at Half Moon Lake for so long, but we haven't encountered a single one."

“It is a bit strange,” Xuan Qingye said. “The Bloodthirsty Demon Bees’ nest is so close, yet they were not attracted by the fragrance of the pills.”

"Whatever the reason, we can't harvest the Dendrobium nobile if we don't eliminate these guys," Han Chen said.

At this moment, thousands of bloodthirsty bees had gathered around the ice shield, densely packed on it, a truly frightening sight.

"That's about it." Su Qing said, and with a flick of her hand, all the lightning talismans were stuck to the ice shield. The purple light was accompanied by the loud sound of lightning. The bloodthirsty demon bees stuck to the ice shield trembled because of the purple lightning. In just a moment, they could not stand up and fell to the ground.

Looking at the swarms of bloodthirsty demon bees, Han Chen and Yu Kui both felt a chill.

This combat power is just too incredible.

However, these bloodthirsty bees were only temporarily stunned by the electric shock; Xuan Qingye's freezing technique was the final killing move.

After walking through a swarm of over a hundred bloodthirsty bees sealed in ice crystals, Han Chen and Yu Kui both stumbled a bit.

"That's what teamwork is all about!"

"This area-of-effect skill is too overpowered. Junior Sister Su Qing, I need ten thousand Thunder Spirit Talismans, I also want to sweep away the monster horde."

"Come on, without an ice shield, even with a lightning talisman, it's useless. You'll die in one hit."

"Would 10,000 protective amulets be enough?"

"A genius is a genius. This ice shield and freezing technique are too overpowered."

"Am I the only one who thinks Senior Brother Xuan has become more handsome?"

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Since they couldn't help in the battle, they had to take on other tasks. So, Yu Kui flew up on her sword and harvested all the demon-accompanying dendrobium officinale from the cliff, while Han Chen squatted on the ground and picked out the demon crystals of the bloodthirsty demon bees one by one.

The two of them were flushed from working.

Looking at the pocket full of Dendrobium nobile and Tier 3 demon crystals, I felt a sense of dreamlike wonder.

It has to be said that this was the first time Yu Kui had ever picked so many fourth-tier spiritual herbs, and it was also the first time Han Chen had ever dug up so many demon crystals in one go.

Following Junior Sister Su Qing, even training is so enjoyable.

Although there were quite a few third- and fourth-tier demonic beasts in this canyon, Su Qing and Xuan Qingye's combat power was astonishing, and Han Chen and Yu Kui worked diligently. The four of them made very smooth progress and obtained quite a lot along the way.

Fourth-tier spiritual herbs and medicines couldn't all fit in a single storage bracelet. Sometimes, even third-tier demon crystals were too much for Han Chen to collect by himself. Fourth-tier demon crystals were collected in handfuls, making the Xuanling Sect disciples outside almost pop their eyes out.

This is not training; it's clearly a one-sided massacre and robbery!

The sect leader of Xuanling Sect watched this scene speechlessly. In fact, the number of demonic beasts in the passage leading to the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons was about the same.

However, Su Qing offended the spirit of the artifact, so most of the demonic beasts were stuffed into the canyon that Su Qing was walking through.

As a result, Su Qing's passage was crowded with demonic beasts, while the other passages...

There was only one or two solitary monsters.

The four of them finally made it through the canyon teeming with monsters and arrived at the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons!

Su Qing looked at the three large characters "Ten Thousand Demon Valley" carved on the stone wall and a smile appeared on her lips.

Below the three characters "Wan Yao Gu" (Valley of Ten Thousand Demons), a phantom image is projected onto the stone wall.

"Leave all the demon crystals behind!"

The phantom was dressed in white robes, had a full head of silver hair and a long white beard, and exuded an air of otherworldly elegance in every gesture.

“This is the projection of the spirit of the artifact, the Ancestor Wanquan,” Xuan Qingye explained.

Ancestor Wanquan was the grandmaster craftsman who created the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map," and also its first owner.

Legend has it that there is a wisp of the divine consciousness of the Ancestor Wanquan in this painting of ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains. This wisp of divine consciousness was cultivated and formed into a spirit of the artifact. It can also be said that the spirit of the artifact projected itself.