"Great!" The teammates were overjoyed; they had never heard their captain sing before.

"Come on, come on!" a group of people cheered. "Captain, sing! Captain, sing!"

Shi Xuan didn't hesitate and sang a folk song he had heard in his previous life.

Her singing voice wasn't particularly beautiful, but it had a vast and lingering artistic conception that made listeners forget the mundane world and feel as if they were in a boundless sky.

The team members cheered enthusiastically, as if this singing was unique in heaven and earth, and hearing it was a real treat.

Shi Xuan was in a great mood. After finishing his song, he thought about how many Ice Spirit Crystals he had received and how inconvenient it would be to distribute them. So he waved his hand and said loudly, "I'm sorry to have made everyone worry about me today. To express my apology, each member of our team will receive a thousand high-grade spirit stones as a bonus for today's team members!"

"Great!" The best team members cheered immediately, wishing they could lift Shi Xuan up and throw him into the air right away.

The enthusiastic atmosphere on this side made the Crimson Flame Team envious. So, what kind of rich captain is he? He gave each of his team members a thousand high-grade spirit stones just because he disappeared for a while and made them worry!

Could it be that the production of spirit stones in their Qian Yuan Continent is so high that high-grade spirit stones can be used freely? But judging from the enthusiasm of those team members, a thousand high-grade spirit stones is definitely not a small amount!

The members of the Crimson Flame Team looked at their captain, who was on the verge of death, and thought that they were worried about him too. Could they at least give them a thousand high-grade spirit stones as a token of their concern? Even a hundred high-grade spirit stones wouldn't be too much...

At this moment, Ji Lie was staring at a small blade of grass on the ground in front of him, not looking up for a long time. It seemed as if this blade of grass was some kind of magical spiritual plant worthy of study, and he had to study it until the team members forgot about the spirit stones.

After distributing the spirit stones, Shi Xuan glanced in the direction of the Crimson Flame Team. Seeing that they didn't look very happy, she felt relieved.

If she encountered a friendly team, she could distribute spirit stones back at the camp without others seeing it. But since Ji Lie was unfriendly to her, they didn't seem to need to be too polite to him.

Shi Xuan led his best team of nineteen people away.

That's not entirely true, considering that their previous location was not far from here.

As for the Crimson Flame Team, they had agreed that the loser would withdraw. However, their captain, who was at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, lost to someone at the seventh level of the Golden Core stage. They couldn't save face and didn't have the dignity to stay any longer, so they packed up and left.

After Shi Xuan and the others had their hands on the floating island of the ice field, they didn't go in another direction. Instead, they stayed in place to continue perfecting the unfinished formation. Before long, they had had enough of the wind wolves and left the floating island of the ice field.

What they didn't know was that the reason this floating island was an ice field was entirely because of this Ice Source Pearl. Now that the Ice Source Pearl had been taken away by Shi Xuan, this place would only get warmer day by day, and in less than two years, it would become no different from other floating islands outside.

Meanwhile, in the western border of Qian Yuan, the elders of the six sects were in complete chaos.

It wasn't because of anything extraordinary; they simply discovered that a cultivator from their Qian Yuan Western Region had made it into the top fifty of the Prodigy Ranking!

It should be noted that in the past, the strongest disciples among them were all over eighty, and there were only two people in the top one hundred.

But today, the list of prodigies was suddenly updated, and their Qian Yuan Western Region actually made it into the top fifty!

The elders almost thought they were seeing things. For so many years, their Qian Yuan Western Region had never had anyone enter the top fifty! And now, a new batch of disciples had only been here for a few days, and one of them had already entered the top forty-fifth on the Prodigy Ranking!

Shi Xuan! That's the rookie captain!

When they first learned that they had formed a team called "It's Best Not to Team Up with Us," several elders expressed strong disapproval. Their strength in the Qian Yuan Western Region was simply insufficient to support such an arrogant name, which only made people laugh.

However, the elders generally do not interfere with the disciples' decisions unless they affect the overall interests, especially if it is necessary to make a big fuss about changing a name.

But today, they suddenly discovered that this team of newcomers might actually be hiding their true talent! They had achieved such results in just a few days!

What does 45th place mean? It means that Shi Xuan defeated the 45th ranked prodigy!

The elders were very familiar with the list of geniuses. The original forty-fifth was Ji Lie, a Golden Core cultivator at the Great Perfection stage from the Blazing Fire Sect of the Ten Continents. He was a recognized fire-type cultivator with great strength!

In their Qian Yuan Continent, no one could defeat a cultivator of the same level, yet Shi Xuan, a mere seventh-level Golden Core cultivator, actually defeated Ji Lie, a peak Golden Core cultivator!

The incredulous elders, rarely gathered together, engaged in a heated discussion about how Shi Xuan had defeated Ji Lie.

Meanwhile, people from other sects on the other continents were also discussing who this newly appointed forty-fifth person, Shi Xuan, was.

The Prodigy Ranking is a single-person strength ranking. If two people fight one-on-one, the winner will replace the higher-ranked person on the list. Shi Xuan and Ji Lie just had their duel, and after Shi Xuan's victory, he pushed Ji Lie, who was ranked forty-fifth, down the list.

If he wants to return to the top 100 of the Prodigy Ranking, he needs to choose a new person to challenge, and only by winning can he take his place.

...

Shi Xuan was completely unaware of all that was happening at the base.

After leaving the floating island in the ice field, they flew on their swords for a short distance before arriving at the New East Island, the trial grounds.

New East Island is about the same size as the floating island in the Ice Plains. There is a natural training ground here, but it has been controlled by the alliance here. You can only enter by paying spirit stones, one hundred high-grade spirit stones per person.

The alliance is formed by the ten strongest continents, and they control many industries in this outer realm. The other weaker continents have no right to object. The cultivation world is inherently dog-eat-dog, let alone a powerful alliance. Over time, everyone has become accustomed to it, which is why powerful sects grow stronger and weak sects grow weaker.

Shih Hsuan and his 19-member delegation landed at the plaza on New East Island, attracting attention from all sides.

They were quite conspicuous, without even a uniform, clearly a ragtag group, yet the entire squad had come here together.

In the past, every team that could come to the Trial Grounds together was outstanding in strength. However, the Trial Grounds were quite expensive to enter, costing one hundred high-grade spirit stones per person. Ordinary cultivators would not be willing to invest such a large amount of money to come to a Trial Grounds where they did not know what they could get.

Among the countless floating islands in this outer realm, there are countless opportunities for trials, so why bother spending these spirit stones?

The number of people who come as a whole team is even smaller. Each person costs 100 high-grade spirit stones. If a team has 20 people, then it would cost 2,000, which is no small amount.

Therefore, people usually come alone.