Fifty disciples passed the trial of the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and were admitted to the Foundation Establishment stage. However, there was no particular order among these fifty disciples.
Therefore, the Xuanling Sect leader arranged for fifty cultivators to compete in groups of five at the Xuanling Sect's training ground three days later. The one with the highest score would be the top ten disciples of the Xuanling Sect in this competition.
These top ten disciples will receive the highest reward from the Xuanling Sect!
This time, the rewards include not only top-grade magical artifacts from the weapon-refining room, top-grade pills from the alchemy room, and top-grade spirit pets from the beast-taming room, but also an ancient legacy left by the Xuanyuan Ancestor.
This ancient tradition is also Su Qing's main purpose in participating in this selection.
However, Su Qing never expected that among the prizes this time would be the Seven-Colored Primordial Tower, a magical artifact generously sponsored by Wen Yutian, a protector of the Wuji Sect's Enforcement Hall.
The Seven-Colored Primordial Tower's storage space can not only store things in one's sea of consciousness, but it can even store living beings. Su Qing felt that this kind of storage space was tailor-made for her.
When Su Qing usually refines pills and draws talismans, she spares no effort in purchasing storage space to hold the raw materials and finished products.
She wore several storage necklaces around her neck, several bracelets on both wrists, and rings on every finger.
Not only that, but there was also a pendant inside her pendant that housed a spirit beast, a small green snake.
Su Qing felt that being fully armed each time affected her ability to fight.
With this Seven-Colored Primordial Tower, Su Qing could put almost everything in her storage space into it, and it could also be stored in her sea of consciousness. It was incredibly useful.
Su Qing struggled for a long time between the ancient inheritance of Ancestor Xuanyuan and the Seven-Colored Primordial Tower before she realized that the condition for obtaining the Seven-Colored Primordial Tower was not to be in the top ten, but to defeat Qiu Zigen.
Oh, you should have said so earlier.
Defeating Qiu Zigen is a piece of cake.
Su Qing was already itching to get started.
Qiu Zigen had a pretty rough time this time. Although he wasn't eliminated, he didn't get the demon core of a fifth-tier demon beast either. He was just an ordinary cultivator who was marginalized and wandered around in the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map.
When Qiu Zigen came out of the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" painting, he didn't dare to look into his master Wen Yutian's eyes.
Wen Yutian was furious. He had thought that Su Qing was doomed while guarding Xueling City, but who would have thought that Su Qing would actually pass the test smoothly.
Now things are really messed up. He not only failed to win the Spirit Gourd from the Xuanling Sect Leader, but he also has to give up a Soul-Suppressing Pill.
That's a Soul-Suppressing Pill!
It was personally refined by the Nascent Soul stage ancestor, who intended to use it himself in the future. Now, he's just handing it over to someone else.
Wen Yutian's face had been ashen, and when he saw his disciple Qiu Zigen, his face darkened even more.
"You have one last chance! Kill Su Qing." Wen Yutian said, handing Qiu Zigen a pill.
“When the Xuanling Sect selects the top ten, you will step forward to challenge Su Qing! I possess a Seven-Colored Primordial Tower, and Su Qing will have no choice but to accept. You will then kill her,” Wen Yutian said.
"Master, she, she is now a disciple of the Nascent Soul stage ancestor of the Xuanling Sect, I, I..." Qiu Zigen saw that Su Qing's spiritual root had mutated into a lightning spiritual root and was immediately taken in as a disciple by the Nascent Soul stage ancestor of the Xuanling Sect. It would be a lie to say that he was not jealous.
"Hmph, so what!" Wen Yutian sneered. "Even a genius is nothing once they die."
Qiu Zigen stammered, "Master, I... I'm afraid I can't beat Su Qing."
"Useless thing!" Wen Yutian said, handing Qiu Zigen a pill. "This is the Crimson Spirit Pill, which can quickly raise your cultivation to the Core Formation stage. If you still can't beat it, don't come back to see me."
Qiu Zigen's face turned deathly pale in an instant.
Although the Crimson Spirit Pill can rapidly elevate a cultivator's cultivation level to a level comparable to the Core Formation stage, it has a significant impact on the cultivator's future cultivation.
"What do you have to worry about? You've seen for yourself what kind of genius Su Qing is. If you have the chance to get rid of Su Qing, you'll be a hero of the Wuji Sect, and the sect leader will definitely compensate you!" Wen Yutian said coldly.
Qiu Zigen felt a chill in his heart. He realized that if he did not obey Wen Yutian's orders now, even if he could return to Wuji Sect safely, he would never have the chance to take another step forward. He might even be used as cannon fodder at any time and die without even knowing how.
"Yes, I will obey Master's every command." Qiu Zigen hurriedly pledged his loyalty.
Wen Yutian's expression improved somewhat at this point.
Fifty cultivators lined up to draw lots in the order they left the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map. Su Qing drew the eighth group.
Among the cultivators in this group, I only recognized Han Chen and Fan Guangxin. Han Chen's original ambition to strive for the top ten was immediately dashed.
With Junior Sister Su Qing around, what need is there for him?
Fan Guangxin, on the other hand, was eager to try.
"Junior Sister Su Qing, see you tomorrow!" Fan Guangxin raised an eyebrow. His performance in the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map was quite good, especially his innate divine strength, which made him like a fish in water when fighting against demonic beasts.
Han Chen watched Fan Guangxin's departing figure, snorted coldly, and said, "Junior Sister Su Qing, I'll deal with that kid. If he can't even beat me, he's not qualified to fight you."
After the draw, everyone dispersed temporarily to rest and recharge for the next day's battle.
Gu Yueli waited patiently until everyone had dispersed, then rushed to Su Qing, her face full of excitement.
"Su Qing, from now on, you'll live with me in this blessed land," Gu Yueli said.
ah?
Su Qing had originally intended to return to her cave on Jade Maiden Peak, but then she remembered that she had become Gu Yueli's disciple.
"Master, I still have something on Jade Maiden Peak. I'll go with you tomorrow," Su Qing said.
"The things? Then Master will accompany you to retrieve them. I finally gained a disciple today, and I'm throwing a welcome feast for you tonight."
Su Qing had no choice but to have Gu Yueli accompany her to the cave.
Actually, there's nothing much to it; it's just that Ye Qingqing's body is still in the cave, and she has to bring her there with her.
These past few days, with Su Qing away, Ye Qingqing was still lying on the bed in her room, as if she were asleep.
"A corpse?" Gu Yueli frowned when she saw Ye Qingqing, but quickly realized that a wisp of Ye Qingqing's soul was still being nurtured in her dantian. She could not be considered completely dead yet. However, at this moment, she could only be considered a living dead.
“This is my friend Ye Qingqing,” Su Qing said.
Gu Yueli nodded and said, "Although she still has a wisp of her soul remaining in her dantian, it's probably impossible to revive her. Even if we find her a body, her cultivation level is too low, so her soul is not strong enough to successfully possess another body. So, what are your plans for keeping her like a living dead?"
“I plan to reshape her body and turn it into a puppet,” Su Qing said.
"That's all we can do."
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