Chapter 105: Gate of Life and Death (Part 1) Bei Liyuan patted Yin Yue’s shoulder…
Bei Liyuan patted Yin Yue's shoulder and said, "If we can achieve outstanding results in this secret realm trial, Yuemai will be reactivated. After eons of sitting on the bench, once it is activated, Yuemai will be willing to sacrifice his life for the Red Fire Clan."
Li Youyang said coldly, "Over the years, Chi Jun has been waiting for Yuemai."
Yin Yue's dark eyes were somewhat misty. "I have always thought that Chi Jun had forgotten us and had completely abandoned us. He even had the intention of destroying Yuemai."
Bei Liyuan laughed: "If Chi Jun really wanted to destroy the Moon Vein, it would be impossible for the Moon Vein to still have its main trunk today."
Yin Yue clenched her fist silently: "We are the ones who betrayed Chi Jun's trust."
Li Youyang looked at Yin Yue: "Do Qiong Cang and Chi Jun have any close relationship?"
Yin Yue shook her head. "Chief Qiong Cang is a descendant of Chi Jun. The one who had a close relationship with Chi Jun was the first leader of Yuemai. After accidentally releasing the fragment of the Demon God's soul consciousness, he didn't want to embarrass Chi Jun, so he committed suicide in front of Chi Jun to apologize for his crime."
Li Youyang nodded slightly and said, "Although there are five spots available for the Secret Realm Trial, Li Yuan and I have agreed that only the two of us can enter. The others will not participate for now."
Yin Yue couldn't help but say: "Your subordinate can..."
Bei Liyuan smiled and said, "We have all entered the secret realm. What if we really can't come back? What will happen to the Moon Pulse? And aren't you worried about any changes to the Moon Pulse during this period? Just wait outside."
"I understand."
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At night, in Chi Ye's bedroom, he embraced Chi Jun's sister Ling Yue and said softly, "Madam, we only destroyed four spiritual veins, yet Chi Jun gave our Eternal Night City to the Moon Vein. You must go and speak to him about this, otherwise our Yang Vein will be even worse off than the Moon Vein in the past."
Ling Yue frowned. "Why panic? The Moon Vein has been part of the Sin Clan for countless years, and its vitality has long been severely damaged. Otherwise, Qiong Cang wouldn't have sought a way out in the lower worlds below. Even if they were given Eternal Night City, it would take tens of thousands of years to recover. We should just snatch it back in the meantime. Right now, the most important thing is this secret realm trial. Chi Jun clearly intends to reactivate the Moon Vein, but if the secret realm trial crushes it, Chi Jun will reconsider his intention."
"Li Youyang will definitely participate in the Moon Vein Trial. His cultivation is profound..."
"What does it matter if they have profound cultivation? The secret realm trial tests not only cultivation, but also experience. This is their first time in the secret realm. If they make a mistake in judgment, they will be eliminated at best, or even die at worst. You are doing this..."
Ling Yue hooked her finger at him, and Chi Ye leaned over. Ling Yue whispered a few words in his ear, and Chi Ye curled his lips: "Madam is really amazing. Tonight, I, your husband, must perform well."
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The next day, news about the rules of the secret realm began to spread. Yin Yue collected some information and presented it to Li Youyang: "Your Majesty, the rules of the secret realm change every ten thousand years, but they're basically the same. This is what's been circulated recently..."
Li Youyang said coldly, "No need to collect anymore."
Yin Yue was puzzled.
Bei Liyuan curled his lips and said, "We are about to enter the secret realm. Which branch is willing to tell others what they know at this time?"
Yin Yue lowered her eyes in guilt, "This situation has indeed never happened in previous years. It was my stupidity that nearly led me to fall for their trick."
Bei Liyuan patted his shoulder and said, "There's a possibility that the Moon Vein could be activated by Chi Jun now. All that's missing is the Secret Realm Trial. At this point, we definitely want to know what's going on inside the Secret Realm. It's understandable that the other party is taking advantage of our thoughts. There's no need to blame yourself too much. Just be more careful in the future."
Yin Yue bowed and left.
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Three days later, everyone gathered at the entrance of the secret realm. After Chi Jun briefly announced the assessment standards for the secret realm trial, everyone entered the secret realm.
Once you enter the secret realm, each branch will lead to a different cave, but there are light curtains outside the paths, on which are written the rules of this secret realm:
1. Red is the gate of life, green is the gate of death
2. Do not go out after dark
3. The guide is a friend
4. All formations cannot be moved
5. Puppets will not actively attack monks
6. If you encounter a bloody puppet, you must turn back
7. There are five tokens in the secret realm, and the tokens can be snatched. After collecting them, you can enter the main hall.
8. There are three supreme spiritual treasures in the secret realm
Bei Liyuan looked at the rules and smiled. "This secret realm trial is quite interesting, much more interesting than the secret realms of our Jiuzhou Continent. I thought it was just about killing monsters or something, but there are obvious contradictions between the rules. This means that some of these rules are true and some are false. We need to judge for ourselves."
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"This Yuemai is so reluctant to go inside. Could it be that he thinks he can become the first by just hanging around outside? Doesn't he know that the further outside, the more dangerous it is?"
"I thought the Moon Vein was going to rise again, but it turned out to be just a flash in the pan. After the secret realm comes out, the Moon Vein will definitely be abandoned. What they did to the Yang Vein before, I'm afraid this time will be even worse."
Yin Yue looked at the light screen nervously, "Your Majesty, you don't really want to waste time outside, do you?"
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"Let's go."
Bei Liyuan nodded, and the moment the two of them entered the cave, a strong bloody aura emerged outside, and then everyone's connection with the secret realm was completely cut off.
"What's going on this time? Why is it so early? In the past, this would only happen after we had passed at least one level."
Yangmai Second Elder Zhou Neng looked at Yinyue and said, "It seems that the difficulty of this secret realm trial has increased. The two from Yuemai have no experience at all. Elder Yinyue should still hope that they can come out soon. After all, if they come out, they will still be alive. If they don't come out..."
Yin Yue raised her hand and attacked with a palm. Zhou Neng sneered: "You are looking for death."
He casually raised his palm to meet the blow. The moment their palms met, Zhou Neng was actually knocked back dozens of steps and spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with shock. "How is this possible? You have been hiding your strength all this time?"
Yin Yue didn't bother to pay attention and looked towards the secret realm again.
Zhou Neng clenched his fists tightly.
Chi Jun glanced at Yin Yue, the former Red Fire Clan's most powerful elder, known for his flamboyant and unbridled behavior, but now, due to the events of the past, he's become less assertive. Qiong Cang Xun's successor is a good one; in just a few days, he's managed to galvanize the Moon Clan's fighting spirit. He's a valuable asset. If they can secure a top-three spot in this secret realm, they could bring him along to the Grand Clan Competition, giving the Moon Clan a chance to truly turn things around.
Just as he was thinking about it, there were constant exclamations from all around, and those who entered the trial were shaken out of the secret realm one after another. Among them were three people from the Yang Vein, two people from the Water Vein, four people from the Wood Vein, five people from the Gold Vein, and three people from the Cloud Vein.
All the branches asked about the situation. Not long after these people entered the cave, they encountered two doors, one red and one green. These people all went through the red door.
"I remember the rules saying red was the gate of life, but I didn't expect it to work this way."
"It's really... hard to judge. If you say it's real, it's eliminated immediately. If you say it's fake, it really can't die."
"There are many of us entering, so it's okay to try, but there are only two people in Yuemai. We don't know if both of us will be eliminated in a while. Although we were eliminated accidentally, I suddenly feel that this rule is very good." Zhang Kai, the fifth elder of Yangmai, deliberately spoke loudly.
Yin Yue secretly clenched his fists. If he had known earlier, he would have sent more people in, at least to explore the way for the Lord.
At this moment, a stone hit Zhang Kai on the head. A voice came from the void: "You are a piece of trash who can't even pass the first level. I don't know what you are so proud of."
"That voice belongs to... the Honored Lord." Yin Yue's eyes lit up. "But how does the Honored Lord know what's going on outside?"
"Before entering, we drew a talisman on your sleeve. We thought we'd give it a try and if it didn't work, it wouldn't matter. We didn't expect it to actually work."
Yin Yue hurriedly asked, "My Lord, are you all right? We have reached the Gate of Life and Death. Don't go through the red door, go through the green door."
Bei Liyuan pretended to be shocked: "Thanks to your reminder, I almost got in."
Zhang Kai immediately became angry: "Chi Jun, they cheated, they should..."
Chi Jun glanced at him coldly, and Zhang Kai quickly stepped back, not daring to say anything more.
Li Youyang said helplessly: "Why are you teasing him?"
Bei Liyuan: "Just for fun."
At this moment, some people were shaken out of the secret realm, and these people were seriously injured.
Zhang Kai helped Chen Qi, the Third Elder of the Yang Meridian, to his feet. "Didn't you go through the Green Gate? How did you get knocked out, and how did you get so badly injured?"
After Chen Qi used his spiritual energy to suppress the turbulent spiritual energy, he explained, "Behind the green door is an extremely powerful mechanism. Once you enter, you're faced with tens of thousands of sword seals. You can't block them at all, so you can only dodge. Then you're forced to the red door. This secret realm is too difficult."
Yin Yue hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, there is something inside the Green Gate..."
Bei Liyuan interrupted: "Yin Yue, we can hear you."
The people from Yangmai were furious and looked at Zhang Kai and Chen Qi with cold eyes. It would have been fine if Elder Chen Qi didn't know, but Zhang Kai clearly knew it and still asked on the spot.
Zhang Kai said coldly: "What can we do now that we know? It's still the same."
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Inside the secret realm, Bei Liyuan had already dismantled the puppet that emitted the sword seal: "This spirit puppet is pretty good. Next time I want to beat up the Yangmai people, I don't have to do it myself. I can just release this thing. It will save me both trouble and effort."
The people from the Yang Pulse glared at the Yue Pulse. Yin Yue coughed awkwardly and reminded them, "Your Majesty, you haven't turned off the sound transmission talisman yet."
Li Youyang's sword finger moved slightly, and the sound transmission note was closed.
Chi Yang walked to Chi Jun's side and knelt down: "Chi Jun, the leader of the Yuemai clan is openly provoking the Yangmai clan. You can't just ignore it."
Chi Jun looked at Chi Yang with a stern gaze and couldn't help but frown. His nephew was too incompetent. He was from the same generation as Yin Yue, but the gap between them was like heaven and earth. "Ling Yue, you usually indulge Chi Yang too much. Send him to the Red Army Camp tomorrow and let him return after a hundred years of training."
Chi Yang's face was full of reluctance. Just as he was about to speak, Ling Yue pulled him back: "I will obey Lord Chi's orders."
Chi Jun nodded slightly.
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In the secret realm, Bei Liyuan put away the puppet: "I remember the fifth rule is that the puppet will not actively attack the monk. It seems that this rule is wrong. The two consecutive rules are false. There must be a true rule here."
Li Youyang said coldly, "Blood-colored puppet, rule six: if you encounter a blood-colored puppet, you must turn back."
"That is to say, the puppets won't attack cultivators except for those in blood. Hmm... it's too early to draw conclusions now. There will be opportunities to verify this later. This secret realm assessment depends on time and treasures. I remember that Rule 7 states that there are five tokens in the secret realm, and the tokens can be snatched. After collecting them, you can enter the main hall. Rule 8 states that there are three supreme spiritual treasures in the secret realm. Putting these two together, we can infer that the supreme spiritual treasures should be in the main hall. In other words, our goal should be to collect all the tokens."
Li Youyang nodded: "It seems so at the moment."
Bei Liyuan added: "I suddenly wondered, if we stay here and wait until they are all eliminated before going out, wouldn't we win the championship directly?"
Li Youyang's sword quickly moved, releasing spiritual energy, and began to search the entire space. "If you can think of it, others can definitely think of it too, but no one has ever done this. What do you think is the reason?"
Bei Liyuan smiled and said, "I just said it casually, why did Master take it seriously? We have finally come to such an interesting place, so we must walk to the end."
Li Youyang repeated again: "I am asking you seriously."
Bei Liyuan was startled for a moment, then his eyes darkened. "There are two possibilities. The first is that each space has a certain time limit, and once the time is up, you will be automatically eliminated. The second is that there is something terrifying chasing you from behind, and if you are caught up, you will surely die."
Li Youyang nodded: "Yin Yue said that every time there is a secret trial, many people will die in it. The cultivators who enter the secret trial are at least at the elder level. There must be extremely powerful beings in this secret realm."
Bei Liyuan curled his lips: "If this thing really comes out, maybe we can be lucky enough to become the first monster we fight in the Great Thousand World. We have monsters in the Jiuzhou Continent, so what will this Great Thousand World have? I'm really looking forward to it."
Li Youyang put away his spiritual energy and asked, "Why didn't I realize you were so curious before?"
As he spoke, he walked to the corner, bent down and knocked on the floor, making a hollow sound. Bei Liyuan also walked over and bent down to look at the wooden board: "There is something else going on!"
Li Youyang stood up suddenly and bumped into Bei Liyuan's chin. He hissed in pain and looked at Bei Liyuan with a resentful face, with tears in the corners of his eyes.
Bei Liyuan was completely mesmerized, Oh my God, how could she be so delicate!
Li Youyang looked at Bei Liyuan's perverted look and frowned speechlessly: "Stand further away."
"Um?"
Li Youyang held his forehead: "I said stand further away."
"Hmm? Oh!"
Bei Liyuan hurriedly stepped back a few steps, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "Does it hurt?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't asked. As soon as he asked, Li Youyang got angry: "What do you think?"
Li Youyang was rarely so angry. Although Bei Liyuan felt distressed, he inexplicably wanted to laugh for some reason. A calm, cold, mature and steady person suddenly looked so different. He was really cute, very cute, and a little silly.
Li Youyang saw that Bei Liyuan was about to laugh, so he said softly, "Do you really want to laugh?"
Bei Liyuan almost nodded, but luckily he reacted in time and shook his head repeatedly: "No... no, ouch~ it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"
Li Youyang hit Bei Liyuan on the head.
Seeing Bei Liyuan's tearful face, Li Youyang couldn't help laughing. Seeing Li Youyang laughing, Bei Liyuan also laughed foolishly. Li Youyang couldn't laugh anymore for a moment. He felt inexplicably disgusted. Why did he fall for such a fool in the first place?
After that, he was too lazy to pay attention to Bei Liyuan. He moved his sword finger slightly, and a sword seal came down, and the floor exploded in an instant.
When the smoke and dust cleared, Bei Liyuan stepped forward and said, "There really is something else going on."
After saying that, he jumped down first, and Li Youyang followed closely behind.
The moment the two of them went down, the floor that had been shattered just now returned to its original state in an instant, and the two of them couldn't help but look up.
Bei Liyuan flew up and examined it carefully. "It's a restoration technique. This level is comparable to Master's. It seems there are masters in this secret realm!"
Li Youyang nodded and looked around. About five steps in front of them, there were two bronze mirrors more than one person tall. Behind the mirrors was a huge red iron coffin with a spirit tablet on it.
Ten bronze coffins were placed side by side on the left side of the two men, and ten mahogany coffins were placed on the right side, with two puppets standing next to each coffin.
Bei Liyuan was stunned for a moment: "Master, whose ancestral grave have we dug up?"
Li Youyang said coldly, "This coffin... well... the material is good. If it is integrated into the immortal sword, it can at least improve the quality of those below the immortal level."
Bei Liyuan: ...
"Master, are you serious?"
Li Youyang frowned slightly: "What do you think?"
Bei Liyuan quickly rolled up his sleeves, then moved his sword fingers quickly, releasing a heavy spiritual breath. In an instant, the twenty coffins were melted into twenty palm-sized crystals.
Bei Liyuan put it into the storage ring: "It looks quite big, but I didn't expect that only so many can be used in one refining. At most, I can transform a thousand handles."
As soon as he finished speaking, twenty identical coffins appeared in the place where the coffin had just been melted. Bei Liyuan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously checked the storage ring. He breathed a sigh of relief when he confirmed that the things were still there.
"It's a magic spell again. If we don't destroy the center of the formation, I'm afraid we'll be trapped inside forever."
Bei Liyuan curled his lips: "Easy."
As he was about to look for the center of the formation, Li Youyang said, "Don't worry, the more of this kind of spiritual material the better."
Bei Liyuan spent the next half hour smelting the coffin, having already filled it with two thousand crystals. "Master, do you think this coffin will keep appearing if I keep smelting it like this? Hmm? Why is it gone? What a pity! I thought I could fill this storage ring to the brim."
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In the center of the secret realm, a black-robed monk was staring at the water mirror. After passing the Gate of Life and Death, the monks all left in a hurry. Only Li Youyang and the other two discovered the Cave of a Hundred Coffins. Inside the Cave of a Hundred Coffins was placed the first supreme spiritual treasure he had prepared for this experience - the Purple Evil Cauldron, the most powerful cauldron for refining magic treasures in the world. However, the two were not in a hurry to find the treasure. Instead, they set their eyes on the coffin he used to scare people. If they did not look for the treasure, the Blood Evil Insect would arrive, and then they would have no choice but to escape.
The black-robed monk looked sullenly and said that these two people were not ambitious. They were the only ones who discovered the Cave of Hundred Coffins. Even if they were ambitious, they were only eyeing on petty profits, which made him anxious.
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Bei Liyuan waited for a while but saw no coffin coming out again. He crossed his arms and said, "It seems that this time it's gone. We've been delayed for so long. Let's look for other treasures. If not, we can leave."
The black-robed monk's expression looked a little better, as he was finally getting down to business.
But the next moment, Li Youyang said, "There are two more mirrors."
Bei Liyuan began to melt the mirror again. The mirror was the same as the coffin, and a new one would appear after refining.
The black-robed monk was so angry that he clenched his fists silently, wanting to smash the water mirror directly. He finally saw two slightly smarter ones, and the result was really a "big surprise" for him.
The black-robed monk turned his head to look at the others, and after a few glances, he couldn't help but look at Bei Liyuan and the others. This secret realm was designed by him personally. Whoever can collect three secret treasures at the same time will be accepted as his disciple and taught with his lifelong cultivation. After looking around, he still felt that Li Youyang and Bei Liyuan were the most suitable.
Another half hour passed, and Bei Liyuan refined all the mirrors and obtained another 500 crystals.
The black-robed monk gritted his teeth and said, "Now it's time to get down to business!"
Li Youyang then set his sights on the coffin behind the mirror. The black-robed monk gnashed his teeth in anger. How could these two be so poor?!
After Bei Liyuan had been smelting the coffin for a quarter of an hour, he suddenly felt the entire room tremble. The two of them looked up at their heads in tacit agreement: "It seems that thing is coming."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang and the roof of the whole room collapsed, and a huge object fell with it. The two men dodged by stepping back. When the dust settled, they could see clearly what had fallen.
Bei Liyuan couldn't help but shudder: "This should be a bean worm, right?"
Li Youyang hummed and added, "Soybean worms."
Bei Liyuan held his forehead and said, "I hate this thing the most. When I see it, I feel like ants are crawling on my body. It's so uncomfortable."
Li Youyang's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and he said coldly, "Is that so?"
"Yes, really, Master, I am the most... eh~eh~"
Li Youyang kicked him in front of Douchong.
The bean worm was even a head taller than Bei Liyuan when he was lying on his stomach. Bei Liyuan gave the bean worm an awkward but polite smile: "Um...that..."
Before he could finish his words, the bean worm had already sprayed venom at Bei Liyuan. Bei Liyuan quickly dodged it and summoned his magic sword to chop it down, but he was hesitant to do anything.
The black-robed monk watched Bei Liyuan miss another good opportunity in the water mirror and stamped his feet in anger: "Go ahead and chop it down! Go ahead and chop it down! If you don't chop it down, are you going to keep it for the New Year?!"
Li Youyang watched with interest, his arms folded. Bei Liyuan, who was fearless, was actually afraid of bean worms. If this guy dared to make trouble again, he would be punished.
At this moment, Bei Liyuan was nearly injured by soybean worms because of his hesitation. Li Youyang's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he quickly grabbed Bei Liyuan's waist and said, "Search for treasures. Leave this to me."
Bei Liyuan hummed, dodged and retreated, and began to search for treasures. Just as he released his spiritual breath, he heard a howl. Looking up, he saw the soybean worm was cut in half by Lazy Waist, splashing a lot of juice. Li Youyang blocked it with a formation, and then waved his sleeves lightly, and the soybean worm's body turned into nothingness.
Bei Liyuan was staring at the side and his eyes widened: So handsome!
However, the next moment, two soybean worms fell again, and there seemed to be more on them.
Bei Liyuan shuddered: "Is this poking a worm's nest?"
Li Youyang stepped forward with his sword: "Search for treasures quickly."
Bei Liyuan didn't dare to delay any longer and quickly found the Purple Evil Cauldron: "Master, I found it."
Li Youyang said coldly, "Let's go first."
Bei Liyuan nodded and flew out of the room. Li Youyang had just finished killing all the soybean worms. Just as he was about to go out, he heard Bei Liyuan's "Ah!" and hurriedly chased after him. Then he saw hundreds of soybean worms slowly crawling towards him. Seeing that Bei Liyuan was still stunned there, Li Youyang frowned and moved over to hold his waist. Bei Liyuan's legs softened and he leaned directly on Li Youyang. Without thinking too much, Li Youyang took him away on the sword.
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