Chapter 77 [077] Saving the Road

"This is my first time participating in the Disciple Competition," Chen Xiang thought for a moment and asked, "Come to think of it, I always thought that only the Arena Competition would have competitions divided into different stages of cultivation. This time it's not about training and seeking opportunities, so I didn't understand why they still had to select one person from the Foundation Establishment Stage to the Spirit Severing Stage."

Cangying explained with a smile: "This represents the top fighting disciples and the most talented and capable younger generations of each sect, excluding the sect leaders and elders."

"The duel between the top Foundation Establishment disciples can show the future strength of this sect. That's why in the last sect disciple competition, Zhongli Jin, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, was able to become famous in one battle among the disciples of the same level, and even overshadowed the then Spirit Severing Stage masters. Because he is only thirteen years old, he has reached the great perfection of the late Foundation Establishment stage and is about to break through to the Golden Core stage. His cultivation speed is unprecedented and his swordsmanship is superb. If he was not limited to the Foundation Establishment stage competition, he might even want to cross the level to fight with the Golden Core disciples."

At this point, she said with a hint of regret, "It's just that things are unpredictable. The louder your reputation is, the higher your title of genius is, the easier it is for others to kill you before you are fully grown."

Chen Xiang said: "In that case, it is indeed a pity for Zhongli Jin."

But this is also the fate of the male protagonist. The genius boy became a loser overnight, and then he counterattacked and slapped his face. It is really cool to put yourself in the male perspective. Things change over time. Don't bully the young man because he is poor.

However, Zhongli Jin does not seem to have the ambition of a male protagonist. He gives Chen Xiang the feeling of being too gentle and easy-going. Even if he has a purpose, there is no obvious utilitarian competition. Previously, he gave up the natural treasures in the Magic and Martial Arts Secret Realm Cave in order to seal the ferocious beast, and in order to suppress Fei Yi, he took the risk alone to go to the bottom of Bald Stone Ridge to engrave a magic circle.

"Fortunately, Senior Sister didn't participate in the last disciple competition." Shen Xiang said, "Otherwise, she would be the one who is useless now if she was given the title of genius."

I inexplicably feel like I've survived a disaster.

"She is in seclusion. Even if she participates, although it will be a topic of discussion, compared with a 14-year-old in the middle stage of foundation building and a 13-year-old in the late stage of foundation building, the younger one with higher cultivation level will definitely be the most glorious." Cangying sighed, "Okay, let's stop talking about this."

Chen Xiang teased Cangying: "Oh, Senior Sister Cang feels sorry for Zhong Lijin?"

"Yes, so let's not mention it!" After all, that was perhaps the thing the boy regretted the most, he had emerged and become famous at the age of thirteen.

*
The secret realm was opened, and all the disciples participating in the competition turned into a stream of white light like a meteor and flew into the water mirror after the head of Cangyue Mountain waved his whisk!
People outside the venue are temporarily unable to see what is happening inside the competition. Only after the Kongtong Mirror has recorded the entire process can the performance of the sect's disciples be passed on to the various sect leaders.

Once you enter purgatory, the temperature all over your body rises instantly.

The environment is almost worse than the Fiery Mountain in the Magic and Martial Arts Secret Realm.

After being teleported in, the competition officially began.

Every time a disciple from each sect kills a monster, the value of the corresponding monster will be increased on the scoreboard.

When Cangyue Mountain first proposed this form of competition, many sect leaders disagreed, believing that it would be too dangerous for disciples in the foundation-building stage.

But others think that this is a very effective way of training, not only to train the younger generation of monks, but also to eliminate the monsters that keep invading at the border.

What's more, with disciples in the Spirit Severing Stage and Nascent Soul Stage in the team, the lives of the Foundation Establishment disciples will definitely be safe.

So after the final vote, we finally decided on this approach.

Like the Magic and Martial Arts Secret Realm, the teleportation location is random.

Shi Qing opened his eyes and found no one around him.

The scene before my eyes looked like a painting burning in flames, and the hot air carried a pungent smell of sulfur.

Here, flames gushed out from the cracks in the earth's crust like endless rivers, dyeing everything around it blood red.

The sky also looked like a chaotic sea of ​​fire, and the clouds were like rolling waves in the sea of ​​fire, constantly beating against the void.

This is just a corner of the secret realm. The boundary line stretches from south to north to an endless end. The length of the line covers almost all four seasons, and the weather conditions are extremely harsh.

Shiqing is probably located at the southernmost part of the continent. It is a sea of ​​purgatory and fire with high temperatures all year round.

She took out the teleportation talisman and was about to go look for her senior brothers and sisters, but as soon as she took out the yellow talisman, the high temperature here directly burned the talisman paper in her hand.

"..."

In this case, she could only wait for her senior brothers and sisters and the junior sister to teleport over to find her.

After waiting there for a while, there was no movement around her.

It would be fine if the senior brothers and sisters came, but even the junior sister didn’t come. Was she delayed by something?

She took out the sound transmission stone, "...Junior Sister?"

Shen Xiang’s voice came out from the stone: “Master, Senior Sister?!”

"Where are you?" Shi Qing asked.

Chen Xiang said: "I'm on a snowy mountain! We are too far apart, and I couldn't get through after using the teleportation talisman! What a waste! I wanted to use the sound transmission stone to contact you, but a monster rushed out the next second. It should be a mid-level monster. I had to use a lot of effort to barely get rid of it!"

Shi Qing: “…”

She finally knew why no one could teleport.

The teleportation location in this secret realm is random. Unlike the Magic and Martial Arts Secret Realm, it will not teleport fellow disciples too far away. But this time, the fellow disciples are deliberately teleported to a place that cannot be connected by talismans.

Shi Qing warned Shen Xiang, “Be careful in this case.”

"Senior Sister, you too! Keep in touch at all times! That guy should be nearby, I have to find a more secluded place to hide!" Shen Xiang fell silent after she finished speaking.

Shi Qing put away the sound transmission stone and exerted a little force on the hand holding the sword.

She was a little worried about her junior sister, but she couldn't find a way to get to her now.

For long distances, only the teleportation array can be used. If you are lucky, you may meet a array repairman nearby.

Snow Mountain, Junior Sister is probably in the north.

Shi Qing looked around. The environment was almost the same and it was difficult to tell the direction with the naked eye.

She took a Si Nan, placed it on the ground, and injected spiritual power into it.

The Si Nan slowly turned and finally pointed to a direction.

The snow-white long sword was immediately unsheathed, and after streaking an arc in the sky like a meteor, it slowly stopped beside Shi Qing. She jumped onto the sword and was about to fly away with the sword when suddenly a voice came to her ears: "Dao, Daoist friend?!"

Shi Qing turned his head and saw an ordinary-looking middle-aged man standing behind a huge rock. He had loose sleeves and did not have a sword at his side. He looked like a talisman practitioner or a formation practitioner.

"What's the matter?" Shi Qing asked.

The man was a little embarrassed and said, "Daoyou, can you fly my sword to take me away from this area? I was unlucky after being teleported here. I ended up in such a hot place. I am a talisman practitioner, and the talismans don't work well here, so... can you help me?"

Shi Qing looked at him for a moment. The man looked a bit rough, and his body shape was somewhat similar to that of Senior Brother Liu Muzhou. There was no malice in his eyes, and judging by his clothes, he was not from Cangyue Mountain.

"Okay, which sect?" Shi Qing asked.

When the man heard her agree, he immediately came over and said, "Thank you, fellow Taoist! Thank you, fellow Taoist! I am Zhang Changzheng, the Taoist cultivator of Liaoyue Valley. Are you from Sanqing Mountain?"

Shi Qing said: "Sanqing Mountain, Shi Qing."

"Shi Qing?" The man was surprised. "Are you the Shi Qing who broke off the engagement with the cultivation genius Zhong Lijin?"

"...sort of."

Almost everyone in the cultivation world knew about the broken engagement.

The major events in recent years include, first, that a 13-year-old genius from Xuanxiao Sect became famous in the sect competition, second, that the cultivation genius Zhongli Jin had his cultivation abolished and his spiritual roots destroyed by a demonic cultivator, and third, that the disabled boy had his engagement annulled by Sanqing Mountain.

The three major events all revolved around Zhongli Jin.

Just as the young man was free and rising to prominence, he saw his tall building collapse and ruins everywhere.

When Zhang Changzheng first knew that Shi Qing had broken off the engagement, he was also very disdainful of this girl. He had been disdainful for so long. Later, when he knew that Shi Qing had saved his junior brother Zhao Fan in the Magic Martial Secret Realm, his impression of the girl changed a little bit. As a result, today, he actually asked her for help directly. In fact, before he spoke, the man had no idea. In this kind of competitive secret realm training, the sects were all rivals. If it were someone else, they would definitely think it would be better to have one less opponent, so he was prepared to be rejected.

However, unexpectedly, the girl agreed, and she was actually Shi Qing.

Zhang Changzheng's feelings towards her became more and more complicated. She seemed like a kind girl, so why did she cancel the engagement three days after Zhong Li Jin was deposed?

Would he not get a positive response if he asked directly? But he was really curious.

He is not exaggerating, most people in the cultivation world should be curious about this.

Shi Qing was flying the sword when he felt the gaze of the man behind him changing from shock to questioning to confusion.

"..."

Shi Qing asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Changzheng: “No, nothing’s wrong!”

"has a problem?"

"no!"

Shi Qing: “…Oh.”

After she spoke, the man finally stopped asking questions, perhaps because he felt embarrassed.

After flying on the sword for a while, the temperature around me improved a little. It seemed that I was away from the hottest area.

Zhang Changzheng said: "This is enough. We should be able to use the spell. Taoist friend Shi Qing, please put me down nearby."

"Okay." Shi Qing paused. Zhang Changzheng took out some yellow talismans from his sleeve and handed them to Shi Qing, saying, "These are very powerful talismans. You can use them by injecting spiritual power and reciting the spell. This is my thank you gift to fellow Taoist Shi Qing."

Shi Qing: “…” Travel expenses?

"No need." She said and flew into the air again.

Zhang Changzheng shouted: "Really?!"

Shi Qing: “No.”

She really doesn't need that kind of thing.

What's more...the incantation for the offensive spell - requires reciting several four-letter words in succession.

*
After the temperature dropped slightly, there were more scattered vegetation around.

Shi Qing still had a teleportation talisman with her. She tried to call the names of Senior Sister Shen Yunying and Senior Brother He Liu Muzhou, but after the talisman paper shattered, her position remained unchanged.

It seems that they are still very far away.

Shi Qing killed many low-level monsters on the way forward. The environment in this area was still poor. Although the monsters were born in a poor environment, they also liked to stay in their comfort zone. High-level or mid-level monsters were powerful and would devour low-level monsters. So in order to survive, low-level monsters wandered in the southern and northern polar regions of the continent.

Shi Qing judged where he was based on the level of the monster and the surrounding environment, and then continued to move forward. However, this time, as soon as he flew into the air with his sword, a strong airflow suddenly attacked from the side!

She rolled over to avoid it, and the long sword under her feet quickly moved to a new position following her steps.

When she turned her head to look in the direction where the airflow came from, she saw a demon dog floating in the air, staring at her with a pair of red eyes.

The demon dog was of mid-level, with thick limbs, blood at the corners of its mouth, and some cloth hanging between its teeth.

Shi Qing lowered his eyes. Not far away on the ground, there was a disciple who was unconscious. He was at the foundation-building stage, and there was a bloody mess on his waist, as if he had been bitten by a dog.

The surrounding spiritual energy is helping him to survive. If he doesn't get medical treatment in time, he will die soon.

He was unlucky. As soon as he was teleported here, he was targeted by a mid-level magic dog.

Shi Qing flew towards him on his sword. The demon dog let out a roar and followed immediately. It seemed to smell the more delicious spiritual power on this girl, which was more nutritious than that of the disciple in the foundation-building stage.

When he was about to land, Shi Qing turned around and shot the long sword under his feet towards the demon dog. The snow-white sword instantly transformed into thousands of afterimages when it stabbed at it. The demon dog wanted to dodge, but the long swords in its eyes almost formed a sharp wall. It was difficult for it to find a gap to escape, and it was hit by several swords!

Shi Qing took the opportunity to take out a few blood-restoring pills from her sleeve and gave them to the disciple to take. After stabilizing his injuries, she turned around and rushed towards the demon dog again.

A sword cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage can barely kill a low-level monster, but starting from the mid-level monsters, the monster levels are subdivided into lower-mid-level, middle-mid-level, and upper-mid-level.

Sword cultivators in the Golden Core, Nascent Soul and Spirit Sorrow stages can kill lower-intermediate, middle-intermediate and upper-intermediate levels respectively.

To kill a high-level monster, it would require the combined efforts of four Nascent Soul cultivators or two Spirit Severing Sword cultivators.

The demon dog was of lower intermediate level, and Shi Qing was confident that he could defeat it, but without casting any spells, it still took some time.

After getting rid of the demon dog, she turned around to look at the man's injuries. Thanks to the blood-recovering pill, his life was saved.

But he was still in a coma. Shi Qing carried the man on his back and continued on his journey on his sword.

"Cough cough." Two coughs suddenly came from his ears. Shi Qing glanced at him and asked, "Are you okay?"

The man slowly opened his eyes, his voice weak and hoarse: "Where...where am I?"

Shi Qing said: "In the sky."

man:"……"

He looked down and saw only bare rocks and steep mountains on the ground and the air was hot.

"I remember... I met a monster before..."

Shi Qing nodded: "Yes, dead."

"Dead?!" The man frowned, "I killed it?!"

Shi Qing: "I can kill him."

——The score is mine.

"I see...it seems like it was my fellow Taoist who saved me."

Shi Qing: “…”

Obvious.

"Which sect?" Shi Qing asked.

"Laoshan." After the man answered, he leaned his head on her shoulder and said, "My breath... is still unstable, and my body hurts a lot. I'd like to trouble you to help me find my fellow disciples. Judging from your clothes, it should be... Sanqing Mountain. I don't think you will reject me."

Shi Qing: “…”

If you have trouble, go to Sanqing Mountain.

When they found Chen Xiang, Chen Xiang asked Shi Qing: Did Senior Sister fly here directly on the sword? Did you encounter anything on the way?

Shi Qing: Kill demons, save people...be a driver.

Shen Xiang: …