The new disciples were overjoyed because they had never been out to gain experience before and were very curious about the unknown.
The older disciples were deeply worried because they had narrowly escaped the Star Dou Great Forest last year, and although their experience and strength had improved, it was still unknown whether they would perish this year.
Every year, the Wuwei Sect sends hundreds of thousands of disciples into the Star Dou Great Forest for training.
The mortality rate is five percent.
This means that 5 out of every 100 people will die.
Some of the disciples who perished died from being torn apart by monsters, some from poisonous fog, some from going mad in the forest, some from fighting each other out of hatred among fellow disciples, and some from being tortured and killed by rogue cultivators of the demonic sect.
In short, leaving the sect means entering society.
Lin Caogen had also learned about the Wuwu Sect's annual hunting activities during this time. He originally planned to assassinate Niu Gao during this month-long hunting event, but he didn't expect Niu Gao to be in seclusion!
Since Lin Caogen's divine light awakened, he has been able to predict risks. His brain, through a series of calculations, tells his body what he should do, what he must do, what he should not do, and what he should stay away from.
Nowadays, Lin Caogen can analyze and judge a person's personality, good or bad, strengths and weaknesses simply by observing their eyes and subtle gestures.
After a three-day journey by boat, Lin Caogen finally arrived at the outermost layer of the Starry Sky Forest on the evening of November 3.
Seven enormous arks landed on the open ground, where the Wuwei Sect had already set up camp.
A deer screen made from sharpened giant logs surrounded the open space.
There are four high platforms around the open space.
On each high platform, there were stewards at the Core Formation stage patrolling and keeping watch.
Within this camp, all the disciples felt a strong sense of security.
However, at daybreak tomorrow, they will face trials of life and death, blood and tears.
With an annual mortality rate of 5%, those who survive undergo such life-or-death trials each year, becoming elites. This is why the Wuwei Sect is among the top 100.
In the Ziwei District of the Third Ring Continent, there are far more than ten thousand sects!
Being able to squeeze into the top 100 out of tens of thousands of sects is an honor in itself.
Seeing that all the disciples had arrived at the camp, the logistics personnel of the Wuwei Sect began to distribute supplies such as tents, bottled water, tea eggs, instant noodles, and cold-weather clothing.
Du Yumei pitched her tent next to Lin Caogen's tent; only there did she feel warm and safe.
In the dead of night, fireflies, carrying their lanterns, took flight one after another.
The moonlight shone on the beauty's clothes.
Du Yumei felt a bit chilly and mustered up her courage to squeeze into Lin Caogen's tent.
However, when he gently unzipped Lin Caogen's tent, he discovered that his senior brother Caogen was sitting cross-legged inside, with a piece of immortal jade in his palm, quietly cultivating.
With a sigh, Du Yumei thought to herself, "No wonder his cultivation speed is so fast! He's so engrossed in his work that he forgets to eat and sleep, and he can't even enjoy the company of beautiful women. There's no such thing as an easy life in the adult world. If you want to succeed, you must first forget yourself!"
Thinking of this, Du Yumei felt a slight sense of loss. She then sat cross-legged in the tent and began to cultivate.
The fiery red sun rises.
The celestial roosters in the Starry Sky Forest crowed loudly.
The crowing of trillions of roosters rose and fell, waking up the entire forest.
The disciples all crawled out of the tent.
Yunhai stood on the podium and delivered a speech before the hunting event of the Wuwei Sect.
At noon, after listening to the leader's speech, the disciples of the Wuwei Sect entered the Star Dou Great Forest in a grand procession to begin their month-long hunting activity.
Fang Xiaoru of Xiaozhu Peak, a disciple in the Core Formation stage, immediately spread his Yuan Qi wings and flew towards the depths of the forest.
Tian Lingshan then led Lin Caogen and Du Yumei on foot into the deep forest.
As for the elders, sect leader, deacons, and others, they played cards, mahjong, drank tea, and read novels in the camp.
Yunhai, Cangyue, Tian Youguang, and Sun Wu, four experts at the Core Formation stage, were drinking tea and playing mahjong in a bamboo house.
The four discussed who would be the winner of the hunt.
Sun Wu, the peak master of Crimson Flame Peak, said, "In this hunt, I'm afraid the first place will be Zuo Chan of Azure Cloud Peak again."
Tian Youguang nodded as well.
Yunhai smiled and said, "Zuo Chan's cultivation could reach the third level of the Core Formation stage at any time. He will definitely be the first place winner in this hunting event."
Tian Youguang nodded and said, "That's right. The second and third place should be Mu Wanqing, the disciple of Junior Sister Cangyue, and Zhong Kui, the disciple of Lin Jingyu of Dazhu Peak."
Lengyue Peak Master Cangyue took a sip of her immortal tea and said calmly, "My views are basically the same as yours. However, I had a very strange dream last night. I dreamed that the first place winner of this hunting competition was actually Lin Caogen from Xiaozhu Peak."
Yunhai immediately spat out the tea he had just drunk. He then choked out, "Junior Sister, you had a wonderful dream!"
Cang Yue laughed and said, "I also think it's impossible. Lin Caogen is only at the second level of the Body Refinement stage right now. Even if he is exceptionally talented and has the immortal jade that you gave him, I bet he can break through to the third level of the Body Refinement stage within a month. But even so, he still can't kill a second-tier immortal beast, let alone a third-tier immortal beast. This dream is really strange."
Sun Wu, the peak master of Crimson Flame Peak, suddenly said, "It's not impossible. Every year, the hunting competition scores points based on the number of immortal beast cores. If Lin Caogen hires a helper and gives him an immortal beast core, it could help him become number one."
Sect Leader Yunhai chuckled and said, "The cores of third-tier immortal beasts are incredibly precious. The number of cores needed for first place is worth almost 5 million immortal coins. How could Lin Caogen know such a generous friend who killed a third-tier immortal beast and then gave him its core?"
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