"Peng!" Another explosive sound from the condensing of the pill could be heard. Mo Wuji was shocked. Fortunately, he immediately realised that the one who exploded this time was not Shi Jun, but the first fella on the left. This person had failed two consecutive batches of pills and was eliminated.
From the looks of it, other than Pill Master Ju who did not like him, the rest of the newly advanced Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiners were all fake. Mo Wuji guessed that they were trying to enter the Formless Blade Mountain, so they had to pretend to be a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner. Now that they were concocting pills in front of him, their true colors would be revealed.
Perhaps it was because of Mo Wuji's words, Shi Jun's second batch of pills did not have any problems even after a few failed attempts.
Another half an hour passed, and a pill fragrance wafted from Shi Jun's pill furnace. He was starting to condense pills. At this moment, another pill exploded. Other than Shi Jun, there was only one other pill refiner left in the hall.
Green pills with a tinge of red formed in the pill furnace. After a few minutes, Shi Jun slapped the pill furnace with both hands, and six pills flew out of the pill furnace and landed in the prepared jade vases.
After Shi Jun's pill formation, the last pill refiner was affected and declared a failure.
Out of the five pill refiners, only Pill Master Ju and Shi Jun succeeded. There was no need for a selection, the results were out.
"Pill Master Ju and Pill Master Shi have both advanced to Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiners. Congratulations." The elder on the left was the first to stand up and applaud.
Sect Head Gu Ran also applauded and said with a smile, "With Pill Master Ju and Pill Master Shi, our Formless Blade Sect will definitely get a better placing in the Five Elements Desolate Domain Pill Competition."
After finishing this sentence, the smile in Gu Ran's eyes suddenly disappeared, and his tone turned serious, "Today, everyone here are the pillars of our Formless Blade Sect. The ten elders and all the pill refiners are here. The Formless Blade Mountain of the Formless Blade Sect has not been opened for thousands of years. To put it bluntly, our Formless Blade Mountain's spiritual herbs may not be as valuable as the Five Elements Desolate Domain, and we do not have any top grade treasures that can allow one to step into the Heaven Realm. However, among all the sects' secret domains in the Five Great Empires, our Formless Blade Mountain is definitely one of the most valuable secret domains.
This time, my Formless Blade Sect will be opening the Formless Blade Mountain which has not been opened for many years. I hope that the seven pill refiners who will be entering will cherish this opportunity. Don't waste a single stalk of spiritual grass. Try your best to raise your pill refining skills in the Sword Mountain, so that our Formless Blade Sect can get a better placing in the upcoming Five Elements Desolate Domain Pill Competition. "
"Rest assured sect head, we will definitely not let you down." Mo Wuji saw the six of them, including Shi Jun and Pill Master Ju, stand up and bow respectfully.
Seeing that Yan Qianyin did not move, Mo Wuji guessed that these six pill refiners were probably boasting. He might not know about the others, but he knew Pill Master Shi very well. Even though Mo Wuji had not seen the abilities of the pill refiners from the other sects in the Five Elements Desolate Domain, he knew that it was impossible for Pill Master Shi to obtain a placing. Even though Pill Master Ju was stronger than Shi Jun, Mo Wuji did not think highly of him.
On the other hand, the Tier 4 Earth Pill Refiner Yan Qianyin, who Mo Wuji was paying close attention to, did not speak, nor did she move.
"Alright, I hereby announce the opening of the Formless Blade Mountain. Every pill refiner that enters can bring along an ingredient boy to assist in pill refining. The Formless Blade Mountain will be open for a month. After a month, the Formless Blade Mountain will close. Now, all the elders and pill refiners entering the Formless Blade Mountain, follow me. "Gu Ran's words were straightforward, and he immediately stood up, as if he was a man of action.
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Ever since Mo Wuji joined the Formless Blade Sect, he had always been at the periphery. If he did not help Shi Jun this time, he would only be able to go to the core of the sect, the Hall of Affairs.
Now that he followed the sect head and the elders into the depths of the Formless Blade Sect, he finally understood how big the Formless Blade Sect was. Just by looking at the tens of miles of sword edges, one could imagine how many experts used to live in this place.
In the middle of the many sword edges, there was a circular palace. At the top of the palace floated a sheathless sword. This sword had been floating there for god knows how many months. Looking at it from afar, Mo Wuji could still feel the chill it exuded.
On the outside of this circular palace, there were many sword moves that seemed to be in a mess, but at the same time, there seemed to be a certain order to them.
Mo Wuji followed the group to the front of the palace. Only then did he clearly see a one-armed old man sweeping the floor with a broom.
Gu Ran walked closer and bowed slightly to the old man. Without saying a word, he led the way into the circular palace.
Mo Wuji took a few more glances at the old man who was sweeping the floor. He thought to himself, could this fella be the legendary sweeping monk? No, he should be the old sweeping monk.
Stepping through the door of the circular palace, Mo Wuji saw that there was only a circular altar carved with countless mysterious runes in the middle of the palace. Beside the altar, there were several grooves. Apart from this round altar that was engraved with countless patterns, there was nothing else in this round palace.
"The 13 people that are entering the Formless Blade Mountain, please use the transfer array." Formless Blade Sect Head Gu Ran said as he pointed to the altar. Even though Yan Qianyin was the most qualified to have an ingredient boy to help her carry things, she was the only one that did not bring one. Mo Wuji was curious as to why Yan Qianyin did not bring a pill furnace. If she did not have a pill furnace, how would she concoct pills?
So it was a transfer array. Mo Wuji had heard that a sect could set up all sorts of arrays, and the transfer array was one of them.
Mo Wuji was the same as the other ingredient boys. He was also carrying a pill furnace as he stood behind Shi Jun. He had no choice. As an ingredient boy, he had to carry a pill furnace for a pill refiner. Otherwise, there would be no need for ingredient boys to enter the Formless Blade Mountain.
After the 13 people stepped onto the transfer array, Gu Ran threw out more than 10 crystal clear jade stones. These jade stones landed accurately on the grooves around the transfer array. A moment later, the transfer array emitted a dazzling white light. This white light directly blocked Mo Wuji and the rest's vision.
These were definitely not jade stones. They were spirit stones that he had heard of before. Standing on the transfer array, Mo Wuji tried his best to get a clear look at the crystal clear stones. However, as his vision was blocked by the white light, he could not see anything. He could only feel that these jade stones contained dense spiritual energy.
A wave of dizziness came over him. Just as Mo Wuji was wondering if this was a spatial shift that occurred during the transfer array, he could feel his surroundings fluctuating violently. He felt his surroundings tremble violently, as though they were about to tear him apart.
"Pff …" Multiple spurts of blood sprayed onto Mo Wuji's body. Mo Wuji was shocked. Even though he could not see, he knew that there were people who were torn apart by the violent fluctuations in space.
Could it be that a single transfer was so terrifying that they had to pay with their lives?
"Everyone take note. There's a problem with the transfer array. Once we reach the Formless Blade Mountain, don't run around. Try to gather together …" Yan Qianyin's voice came over just in time. Mo Wujin only heard half of it before her voice disappeared.
Another wave of tearing pain came over him. Mo Wuji could clearly hear the sound of his bones breaking. Just as he thought that he would be torn apart by the spatial energy like those unlucky fellows before him, he landed heavily on the ground.
After lying there for a full 10 minutes, Mo Wuji slowly struggled to get up. His entire body was in pain. It was obvious that his bones had been torn apart by the spatial energy.
There was no one around him. Mo Wuji felt some lingering fear. Just as Yan Qianyin said, there was a problem with the transfer array. The stench of blood that he smelled previously must have come from the few ingredient boys who were torn apart. The reason why he was able to hold on was because he was not a simple ingredient boy. He was a Channel Opening Stage Level 2 cultivator. Not only that, he had been baptized by lightning many times. His body was much more resilient than some cultivators with higher cultivation than him.
After enduring the pain all over his body and standing up, Mo Wuji took in a deep breath of cold air.
According to Gu Ran's words, the Formless Blade Mountain was filled with spiritual herbs. Logically speaking, it should have been a paradise.
But now, all he could see was a barren land filled with rocks and stones. Where were the spiritual herbs? Not to mention spiritual herbs, he did not even see a single stalk of ordinary grass.
Mo Wuji did not believe that the Formless Blade Sect's sect head would lie about such a matter. Since this had happened, something must have happened to the Formless Blade Mountain. Thinking back to the problem with the transfer array, Mo Wuji was even more certain that something had happened to the Formless Blade Mountain.
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