Chapter 178: Preparation before the True Immortal Trial, Rewards for the College Entrance Examination...Four-level Dao Artifact

Copy: Ancient Sword Tomb, this is not only the second copy that Lu Chen entered.

It is also the one that has improved him the most.

You should know that Lu Chen has been using the external sword that he copied from the sword-pressing stone on the third floor of the Sword Pavilion until now.

And it has always been his biggest trump card, no doubt about it.

I don't know how many times he has helped turn the tide.

It can be said that one trick is enough to make you successful.

After all, the terrifying status of the Outer Path Sword not only makes it almost certain to hit the target, but it can also cause terrifying damage to most enemies, with outstanding effects.

The sword of the heretic that he copied from the sword-pressing stone on the third floor of the Sword Pavilion at that time was only a partial charm of this sword.

After all, that sword had traversed the entire Sword Pavilion, and only a part of it remained on the sword-pressing stone.

Although Lu Chen could try to learn this external sword, also known as the "Immortal-Slaying Sword Technique", when he reached the Jindan stage.

But the Jindan stage is still a long way off for Lu Chen now.

Therefore, if Lu Chen wants to learn this "Immortal Sword Technique", it will undoubtedly take some time.

However, although learning is difficult, copying is easy.

After all, there are still some remaining sword marks from the Immortal Sword Technique behind the third floor of the Sword Pavilion.

If only this part of the sword marks could be copied as well.

Lu Chen felt that the power of his outer sword could definitely be further enhanced.

Further enhance his strength.

However, Lu Chen still needs to make some other preparations before entering this copy.

After all, he had a hunch that this time's 'Ancient Sword Tomb' might not be as simple as he imagined.

Without sufficient preparation, his trip to the dungeon might not be very smooth.

In addition, Lu Chen did not forget his main mission in the game.

After the trip to the Great Yan Dynasty.

Lu Chen has currently completed the main mission of the first phase.

The main task of the second stage requires him to kill the evildoer who sneaked into the "True Immortal Trial".

As for the time until the True Immortal Trial begins, there are still about four months left in reality, which is one month before Lu Chen takes the college entrance examination.

Lu Chen took the college entrance examination in June, and the True Immortal Trial was around May.

Therefore, after Lu Chen finished the trial, it was almost time for the real college entrance examination, and the time was very close.

As for this True Immortal Trial, Lu Chen planned to wait until he had mastered the true Immortal Sword Formation, that is, to obtain four third-level spiritual swords and learn four Hedao realm sword domains before entering.

After all, the evildoers who can enter the True Immortal Trial are definitely not simple.

If he didn't have enough strength, he might have some trouble killing these evildoers.

Although so far, Lu Chen has not encountered too many evils.

The only ones who can really be counted are Rong Gongming and the other four leaders of the Black Lotus Sect in the Great Yan Imperial City in the special copies.

But Rong Gongming alone left a deep impression on him.

He was one of the most troublesome Jindan stage cultivators he had ever met.

It also gave him a preliminary understanding of the evil methods.

As for the other Black Lotus sect monks except Rong Gongming and his friends, in Lu Chen's opinion, they were not truly evil.

Because they only assisted a little in Gu Xia's cultivation methods, they were still cultivators in essence and could not be considered true evildoers.

He can only be regarded as a half-cultivator who has mastered the ancient cultivation method.

Although this half-human, half-animal method of cultivation allows them to retain certain cultivation qualifications while also acquiring the ancient monster's characteristic of becoming stronger through devouring.

But the result of trying to take both into account is sometimes that you get neither good thing.

Compared to the real monsters, the half-monster that turned into a monster cannot compare with the real monster in terms of devouring efficiency.

You have to know that Rong Gongming at that time was able to kill his companions and seize their power on the spot.

Although Rong Gongming was unable to plunder all of his companions' skills and strength, he absorbed 100% of the most core power of Gu Qie.

If it were a half-powerful cultivator who had transformed from a human into a Buddha, it would be good enough if they could absorb half of this ancient Buddha power.

Of course, nothing is absolute in this world.

Perhaps there really is someone in this world who can manage to have the terrifying learning ability of a normal monk.

At the same time, he also took into account Gu Qie's terrifying method of devouring and assimilation.

If such a person really exists, it would undoubtedly be a bit terrifying.

Fortunately, Lu Chen has not encountered such a half-dozen so far.

Not long after Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye sat down to eat, Yu Tianqi came over.

Seeing him appear, Mu Xiaoye immediately asked: "Uncle Tian, ​​is the matter resolved?"

Yu Tianqi sat next to Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye, nodded and said, "Well, it's solved, but not completely solved."

After hearing this, Lu Chen understood it after just a little thought.

"So... did the Four Evils still escape?"

Yu Tianqi thought for a moment and felt that Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye were now considered to be his own people in the Shanhai Division, so he could tell them directly some undisclosed information.

"It's Qiongqi. Qiongqi was taken away by the Black Lotus Sect."

"Qiongqi..."

Lu Chen had seen Qiongqi, one of the four evil beasts, among the strange beasts of mountains and seas.

Among the four evil beasts, it is almost the most dangerous one.

The danger does not lie in how powerful Qiongqi is.

Rather, it means that it poses the greatest threat to the human race.

Because Qiongqi's character is the worst among the four evil spirits, he almost does evil just for the sake of doing evil.

And it has a special preference for eating humans, especially the monks among the human race.

Therefore, every time Qiongqi appears in the world, it means a bloody storm.

In comparison, Taotie's greed is much better.

After all, Taotie's greed is directed at all living things.

No matter whether it is a human or a demon, all of these are on its menu, regardless of whether they are raw or cold.

They don’t specifically catch people to eat.

"Then are there any other four evil spirits that have escaped the seal?"

Yu Tianqi said while eating: "No, there is only Qiongqi at the moment."

"Taowu, one of the four evils, is no longer a threat to the Immortal Alliance because of his own interests and hobbies. Instead, he may become a helper to the Immortal Alliance in the future."

"Among the four guardians of the sealed lands, only the guardian of Taowu's sealed land survived."

"The fundamental reason is that Taowu took the initiative to help."

Upon hearing that Taowu, a ferocious beast, would actually take the initiative to help the guardian of the sealed land, Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye's expressions became strange.

Because in their view, even if the beasts and their guardians are not mortal enemies, they just don't like each other.

So let alone lending a helping hand, it would be good enough if you could just not add insult to injury.

If you don't understand, just ask. Mu Xiaoye immediately spoke out of curiosity: "Uncle Tian, ​​why did the beast save the guardian?"

After hearing this, Yu Tianqi told the two of them the general situation.

After hearing that Taowu has now become a thousand-year-old house beast that loves games and doesn't like anything else.

Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye just felt that this world was too magical.

Who could have thought that a famous ancient ferocious beast like Taowu would become so addicted to games that he would be willing to be locked up.

Amazing, this is so clever.

However, Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye understood it after just a little thought.

Because now Taowu can’t run around outside.

But someone took care of all his eating, drinking and entertainment.

It means that it is only responsible for playing, and all other matters can be left to the Shanhai Division.

It can be said that it is eating, drinking and having fun on public funds.

Such a life, not to mention Taowu himself, even Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye were a little envious.

Among the four evil spirits, besides Taowu, the other one who was suppressed again was Hun Dun.

Although by the time other Shanhai Palm Masters entered the Shanhai Realm, Chaos had already devoured many trees and spirit beasts, and his cultivation had reached the perfection of the Golden Core Stage.

But in front of the numerous Mountain and Sea Masters, its cultivation level was not enough and it was finally sealed away completely.

Therefore, except for Qiongqi, the remaining four ancient ferocious beasts, Taowu, Hunhun, and Taotie, were all sealed up.

Judging from the result, it was a blessing in disguise.

After understanding this, Lu Chen asked, "Uncle Tian, ​​how did the people from the Black Lotus Sect enter the Mountain and Sea Realm?"

"As far as I know, shouldn't the Mountain and Sea Realm be under the control of the Mountain and Sea Division, and outsiders be unable to enter at all?"

Yu Tianqi bit the meatball fiercely and said gloomily, "It should be like this, but some people colluded with each other and handed over the precious mountain and sea boundary stone to the Black Lotus Sect, so that they could build a temporary teleportation array between the two worlds."

"And they opened the temporary teleportation array at the exact time we opened the boundary gate."

"If it was a different time, even if they had the Mountain and Sea Realm Stone, they would not be able to open the temporary teleportation array and enter the Mountain and Sea Realm by themselves."

"It can be said that the Four Evils' rebellion this time was entirely caused by an insider who leaked our company's top-secret intelligence to them."

"Otherwise, let alone releasing and taking away Qiongqi, they can't even enter the Mountain and Sea Realm."

Lu Chen was silent for a moment and then said, "Have you found out who is colluding with the Shanhai Division?"

Yu Tianqi nodded and said, "We found out a long time ago, but the other party committed suicide before we arrived, and even his soul was taken into the Buddhist kingdom of the Black Lotus Sect."

"This undoubtedly cuts off our clues for further investigation. Damn the Black Lotus Cult, a bunch of rats who can only hide in the gutter."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. The past cannot be changed. What we can do now is, first, to make up for the losses as much as possible, and second, to find a way to prevent the same thing from happening in the future."

"Don't worry about the Four Evils' Rebellion. Those things have nothing to do with you for now."

"However, you have indeed helped the Shanhai Division and even the Immortal Alliance a lot by sealing the Taotie this time, so the Qingzhou headquarters is discussing what kind of reward to give you."

"But because of the Qiongqi incident, we in Qingzhou must give a satisfactory answer to the Shanhaisi of other states."

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"Because no matter what, the first Black Lotus believer who entered the Mountain and Sea Realm entered through our gate."

"So you may have to wait for a while for your reward."

Hearing this, Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye did not react much.

After all, they don’t have anything they want at this stage.

Wait a while and maybe you'll get something better.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. It affects my mood."

"By the way, Xiao Lu and Xiao Ye, school is about to start soon. Do you two want to take part in the college entrance examination in a few months?"

"Although with your abilities, you two can directly enter Lihuo Daoyuan even without taking the college entrance examination."

"But I just got in touch with Lihuo Daoyuan a few days ago. They hope that you will take part in Qingzhou's college entrance examination this time, but whether or not to do so is up to you to decide."

Mu Xiaoye seemed indifferent to this question.

Because whether she takes the college entrance examination or not, it will not affect her final entry into Lihuo Taoist Academy.

Lu Chen's situation was similar.

To the two of them now, the college entrance examination is a bit like a senior boss bullying the novice village. It is just a formality.

However, something that Yu Tianqi specifically brought up must not be that simple, so Lu Chen decided to find out more.

"Uncle Tian, ​​since you've already spoken, you probably want both of us to take the college entrance examination this time, right? Can you tell me why?"

Yu Tianqi replied: "The reason is not complicated. It's just that the enrollment situation of Lihuo Daoyuan has not been very good in the past two years."

"They want to use the matter between you and Xiao Ye to increase their popularity within the Immortal Alliance as much as possible."

Lu Chen was stunned, and then he subconsciously said: "Lihuo Daoyuan, one of the four major Daoyuans, is still not well-known?"

Thinking of the situation in Lihuo Taoist Temple, Yu Tianqi couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, it is lacking, and it is even more lacking than you think, Xiao Lu."

"Xiao Lu, you don't know enough about the four major academies, so you have such a misunderstanding."

"Although the four academies are equal, in the minds of most students, there are still gaps between them even if they are all from the same four academies."

"Qinghe Taoist Temple is a holy place for sword cultivators, Manhuang Taoist Temple is a holy place for physical cultivators, and Xuanshui Taoist Temple is a holy place for talisman cultivators and formation cultivators. These three alone basically account for more than 80% of the orthodox cultivators."

“Although Lihuo Daoyuan is as famous as them, its positioning is rather awkward.”

"Because Lihuo Daoyuan is most famous for its alchemists, but Xiao Lu, how many ordinary students do you think can start learning alchemy in high school?"

"You should know that alchemy requires not only a certain level of cultivation and understanding, but also a lot of resource support."

"Although Lihuo Daoyuan has strongly supported Xiuxian High School in the two southern states to offer alchemy courses, this is already the limit of what they can do."

"Because they want to keep this part of the college running, they have spent a lot of money on the Fire Academy, and they can't spread this to other states."

"After all, even if Lihuo Daoyuan is the richest of the four Daoyuans, alchemy is a bottomless pit. No matter how much money they have, it is difficult to fill it."

"Not to mention that apart from alchemy and fire-related magical powers, Lihuo Daoyuan is really not comparable to the other three Daoyuans in other aspects."

"Therefore, apart from the two states controlled by Lihuo Daoyuan, candidates from other places rarely consider choosing to study at Lihuo Daoyuan."

"After all, there aren't many students with a talent for alchemy, let alone those who have the resources to learn alchemy from a young age."

"The reason why Lihuo Daoyuan can still maintain its lofty status today is basically due to the children of those immortal cultivation families."

"There are very few students from ordinary families, which is a headache for Lihuo Taoist Academy. They are worried that if this continues, they will become an exclusive school for immortal cultivation families, which is not conducive to the development of the Taoist Academy."

"However, Lihuo Daoyuan has a certain solution to this problem."

"The holographic helmet that is currently being promoted throughout the Immortal Alliance was first developed by them."

"You can probably guess why they did that."

Lu Chen nodded and replied, "They probably want to use simulation to allow students to gain the same alchemy experience as in real life without consuming real precious medicinal materials."

"Using this method, we can lower the threshold for alchemy as much as possible, and allow more people to engage in alchemy."

Yu Tianqi nodded and said, "Xiao Lu, you are right. This is what Lihuo Daoyuan thinks."

"It's just that although they can simulate the actual alchemy process to a certain extent, the technology is still not mature and there are many problems."

"But Lihuo Daoyuan thinks that as long as they are given a little more time, there shouldn't be any big problems for them to use the holographic helmet to replace the real alchemy learning method."

"Times are changing. There is a saying that goes, the sign of a person's aging should not be seen only in his appearance, but more in his heart."

“When a person starts to refuse to accept new things, it means he is old.”

"Therefore, the Immortal Alliance has always maintained a positive attitude towards learning new things."

"As long as it is beneficial to the Immortal Alliance, no matter what form the technology takes, the Immortal Alliance will fully support it."

"It's true for holographic helmets, and it's true for other psionic technology as well."

"Therefore, the Immortal Alliance is very supportive of what Lihuo Daoyuan is doing now."

"But using the holographic helmet to make pills will still take some time to perfect."

"So if Lihuo Daoyuan wants to increase its student enrollment in a short period of time, it can only start with its reputation."

"In fact, the best way to increase the reputation of the Taoist Academy is undoubtedly the Taoist Academy Competition held every two years."

"But Lihuo Taoist Academy has been ranked fourth in the Taoist Academy Competition for many years in a row. This has not only not improved their reputation, but has also lowered their image in the eyes of other students. It's a headache."

"So they want you to take part in the Qingzhou college entrance examination this time, and use your performance in Qingzhou to promote your company and improve your impression among students as much as possible in a short period of time."

After hearing this, Lu Chen almost understood why Lihuo Taoist Academy asked them to take part in the college entrance examination.

However, if they want Lu Chen and the others to do this, Lihuo Taoist Academy will definitely give them some benefits.

After all, reciprocity and mutual benefit are the basic principles of interacting with others.

Lu Chen said calmly: "Uncle Tian, ​​what benefits can we get?"

Hearing this, Yu Tianqi immediately said enviously: "Each of you will get a fourth-level Dao weapon, and you can choose any type of Dao weapon you want."

"As long as one of you two can become the top scholar in Qingzhou this time."

"ah?!"

Mu Xiaoye, who was eating nearby, almost spat out the food in his mouth when he heard the reward.

Because the reward of the Four Realms Dao Artifact is so precious.

Not to mention that the condition for completing this task only requires one of them to be the top scorer in Qingzhou's college entrance examination.

No matter how you look at it, this mission is almost a piece of cake for them.

Mu Xiaoye immediately looked at Yu Tianqi with shining eyes and said excitedly: "Uncle Tian, ​​did Lihuo Daoyuan really say that?"

Yu Tianqi nodded: "It's genuine."

After receiving a positive answer, Lu Chen next to him also fell into deep thought.

A fourth-level Taoist weapon, this reward is enough for even Foundation Establishment cultivators like Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye.

Even cultivators in the Jindan and Yuanying stages would be tempted.

After all, the essence of Taoist weapons lies in the fact that these magic weapons can contain some of the power of the Tao.

As long as you hold such a magic weapon, even if you are a person without any cultivation, you can exert power comparable to the Great Dao.

If the Tao of the Taoist instrument is highly consistent with itself.

That can give the cultivator himself a huge boost.

However, Lu Chen felt that Lihuo Taoist Academy's move might be intended to win him over.

This is not because Lu Chen thinks highly of himself, but because the difficulty of this mission and the corresponding reward are too different.

You have to know that Lihuo Taoist Academy can offer Taoist weapons as rewards, so the top scholar from any state can get them personally.

There is no need for myself and Mu Xiaoye to take the college entrance examination in this almost free way.

Therefore, the core purpose of their doing this should be to buy horse bones with a large sum of money.

This way, he could feel the kindness from Lihuo Taoist Temple and Wanye Immortal Sect.

Since the other party is so sincere, Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye will naturally not refuse.

So Lu Chen nodded and said, "Okay, Uncle Tian, ​​then Mu Xiaoye and I will take part in this college entrance examination."

Take the college entrance examination once and obtain a fourth-level Taoist weapon.

If such a deal comes a hundred times, Lu Chen will agree to it a hundred times!

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