Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. Thanks to the rapid work of Qi Zhiheng and his team, the entire mine was completely cleared out.
Finally, Qi Zhiheng used magic to fill in the vein, making it impossible to tell that there had ever been a mine there.
The pearl was divided into three parts, which were then divided equally among the three people.
Ning Xiu felt that he hadn't contributed much and shouldn't have taken such a large share. Qi Zhiheng didn't actually need such a small amount, so he persuaded him, "There's no need to refuse. These materials are really nothing." It was a bit pretentious, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with giving him a little benefit.
Ning Xiu eventually accepted it.
This harvest was far more valuable than the spirit stones he had handed in. Qi Zhiheng also witnessed the secret realm of Zhongzhou and lost interest for a while.
The group left after their allotted time was up.
Back in the city, most of the people had already arrived.
A few days later, when the time came, the people from the city who had gathered to participate in this exchange meeting set off in a grand procession for the secret realm.
At this time, all the cultivators in the secret realm had been driven out, allowing the cultivators from the cities to enter.
The exchange meeting was divided into three levels, with Qi Zhiheng, Yan Yinyue, and others in the lowest level group.
These city lords are all cultivators in the Mahayana stage, and their personal strength is only fluctuating.
The opening had nothing to do with Qi Zhiheng; what he needed to do was wait until after the competition to take on the challenge.
Qi Zhiheng will not participate in the competition because he will be challenging other cities. If his strength and resources do not match in the future, he will inevitably attract envy.
During this gathering, Qi Zhiheng spotted his target – Chi Qing.
Chi Qing's appearance did not suggest that he was a treacherous person.
Chi Qing's attention was not on Qi Zhiheng, but rather on Ning Xiu beside Yan Yinyue.
His eyes were fixed on the other person, as if he thought it impossible for Ning Xiu to be here.
Yan Yinyue merely snorted coldly, while Ning Xiu appeared even more composed than Yan Yinyue.
Qi Zhiheng was now even more certain of Ning Xiu's identity. This Ning Xiu was none other than Ning Xiu, the former city lord of Houtu City.
With examiners still present, the two sides couldn't interact too much, so they all kept quiet and waited for the competition to begin.
The competition involves the city lord leading one hundred people into a secret area to find tokens representing scores. The more tokens obtained, the more resources can be acquired.
After the examiner explained the rules, he immediately announced the start.
The city lord and the hundred men set off immediately, while the rest stayed behind to wait for the matter to be resolved in five days.
Qi Zhiheng chatted with Yang Yitian: "This competition is quite short."
“Yeah, those trials used to take six months or a year, this one was quick.” Yang Yitian replied while eating snacks.
Qi Zhiheng stood up and took a few steps: "Forget it, let's see what we can do to pass the time in the next five days."
Yang Yitian had a sudden inspiration: "Why don't we go in and take a look?" As he said this, he used his soul power to shield his surroundings, trying his best not to let others hear his words.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Forget it. We've seen what it's like inside. I've already sent a message to Lord Yan City. If they're in trouble, we'll go in and help them."
After listening to Qi Zhiheng's words, Yang Yitian started playing with his hair out of boredom.
Five days is a very short time, and generally nothing should happen, but something did happen.
On the third day, Qi Zhiheng received a message from Yan Yinyue, asking them to come over.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were not originally participants in the competition, so they couldn't show themselves directly. Instead, they disguised themselves and used invisibility talismans and concealment pills to teleport over.
The communication jade slip on Yan Yinyue's body had a location tracking feature, and Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were teleported to their vicinity as soon as they teleported.
At this moment, Yan Yinyue and Yan Qingcheng were not in a good situation. They were surrounded by a large group of people.
One of the leaders of the encirclement was someone Qi Zhiheng recognized; it was Chi Qing, whom he had met once before the competition.
Although the two sides are in a standoff, they have not yet started to fight.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian did not show themselves, intending to help from behind the scenes.
Just then, Chi Qing spoke up: "Yan Yinyue, don't you feel uncomfortable wearing this androgynous outfit? What? You've managed to please Ning Xiu this way? It's a pity he ultimately prefers women, not men like you with penises."
"You don't need to worry about that. To be honest, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be on the same path." Yan Yinyue said, leaning softly into Ning Xiu's arms.
Ning Xiu pulled him into his arms, his eyes filled with helplessness and doting affection.
Chi Qing looked on with disgust, her face contorted, and she uttered two words: "Disgusting!"
Yang Yitian choked upon hearing their conversation: "Yan Yinyue is a man?"
Qi Zhiheng nodded: "Yes."
"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Yang Yitian's eyes widened. At first, he was captivated by her beauty for a moment, but he never expected that she was a cross-dressing master.
Qi Zhiheng felt very innocent: "I thought you knew."
"I haven't seen him take off his clothes, how would I know?" Yang Yitian rolled his eyes.
Qi Zhiheng said indifferently, "Whether he is male or female, it doesn't really concern us."
Yang Yitian deeply agreed, and even felt that the two sides were dragging their feet by talking incessantly: "Why haven't they started fighting yet?"
They can't easily make a move unless a fight breaks out, since the two of them are practically invisible right now.
In addition to his own people, Chi Qing also brought with him another city with which he was cooperating.
Two against one, Yan Qingcheng's situation is not good.
The two sides started arguing for a short time before they went into battle.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian, seeing this, immediately took advantage of the situation and helped out whoever was losing.
Everyone sensed signs of attack, but they didn't know where those signs came from.
Qi Zhiheng directly killed the city lord who was with Chi Qing. If it weren't for Chi Qing, the city would have been taken back and their plan would have fallen through. He would definitely have killed Chi Qing as well.
The death of a city lord surprised everyone present, as the deceased was not just any ordinary cultivator, but a Mahayana cultivator at that.
All eyes turned to Ning Xiu, who had just fought the city lord. Ning Xiu remained calm, as if he had not been the one who had just killed a Mahayana cultivator!
Ning Xiu: !! But it really wasn't me who killed the other person just now!
Yan Yinyue had some ideas and guessed that Qi Zhiheng had come to their rescue. She immediately felt a little more at ease. Looking at her own men, she saw that quite a few were injured, but none were dead. The corpses lying on the ground were all enemy cultivators.
Seeing this, he felt a little more at ease, looked at Chi Qing, and snorted coldly: "Chi Qing! I'd like to see what kind of backing you have!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Chi Qing had no choice but to flee with the rest of his men.
Yan Yinyue didn't intend to kill Chi Qing right now. She just killed most of his men, then searched the dead city lord's possession and took out the token inside. As for the contents of the ring, she naturally left it to Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian did not show themselves. Yan Yinyue simply communicated with him telepathically, and then agreed that the spatial storage device would be handed over to Qi Zhiheng after they left.
Qi Zhiheng didn't mind and teleported back with Yang Yitian.
Yang Yitian had set up an array around their location, allowing them to leave silently and return unnoticed.
The two waited like this until the fifth day.
That morning, a number of people gradually emerged from the stadium.
Not long after, Yan Yinyue Ningxiu and his team appeared at the exit.
The number of deaths in their team was not large, but some people were seriously injured and only recovered halfway after taking medicine.
Qi Zhiheng stepped forward to greet their victorious return and distributed a bottle of pills.
The group returned to their designated areas and began meditating to heal their injuries.
Yan Yinyue went to record the tokens they had obtained from their city. This time, the harvest was considerable, at least twice that of the past. However, this time they also had Ning Xiu with them, so no one doubted that they had achieved such results. In fact, Yan Yinyue and Ning Xiu were both very clear that it was because Qi Zhiheng helped kill the other party's Mahayana stage cultivator that they were able to obtain the tokens from the Mahayana stage cultivator.
After returning to her camp, Yan Yinyue handed over the Mahayana stage storage device she had obtained to Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng gladly accepted it.
Having stood there for only a short time, they saw Chi Qing fleeing in a disheveled state. Their current situation was extremely dire, with only about twenty cultivators remaining around them.
Yan Yinyue sneered, seemingly pleased with their current situation.
"I see that the opponent is seriously injured, so defeating him will definitely not be difficult." Yan Yinyue's tone was somewhat cheerful.
Qi Zhiheng looked at the person opposite him and asked with a somewhat indifferent expression, "If I kill him in the competition, can I obtain all of his resources?"
“No.” Yan Yinyue rejected his idea. “We can only get half. That’s the rule.”
Qi Zhiheng frowned: "If he is really dead, who will get the remaining half of the resources?"
Yan Yinyue said, "Who knows? It depends on who can win over the top-tier cities. They might even be able to reward us. After all, the big cities wouldn't bother with such a small amount."
"These big cities are quite wealthy. They have so many resources, yet they don't even care about this 'little' resource." Yang Yitian felt a bit resentful of the rich after hearing this.
Many people were injured, so they will have three days of rest. After three days, they will take on the city challenge.
Within these three days, an array was set up in the secret realm, creating a space large enough for Mahayana cultivators to fight within.
The battle taking place inside can be displayed through a magical mirror.
This formation was not slow to set up, and three days later, people had already tried it out several times.
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