When Liu Ming heard this, he was a little stunned.
It turned out that the Sea Creature Clan and Flame Essence Clan that he had seen in the Sea Region seemed to be an alien race, but they were also a branch of the human race. As for Siren King and other beastkin clans, they were considered as an alien race in the true sense.
As for Calan who had half of the Sea Creature Clan bloodline, she could still smoothly become an inner disciple of Taiqing Gate. This must be the reason.
In the following period of time, Liu Ming didn't talk much with the two of them. After a few polite words, he bid farewell and left.
Due to the previous retreat to cultivate the Tiger Dragon Hell Prison, the elixirs and talismans around him had almost been consumed. For the entrance trial three days later, he had to go to the Sect's market first.
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Three days later, in the main hall of Piaohong Courtyard, all the disciples who were newly admitted and willing to participate in the trial had gathered here.
Among these people, some were eager to try. They seemed to be full of confidence in the next trial. They even talked and laughed with the people around them from time to time. Some people looked solemn, obviously looking very nervous.
Liu Ming also came to the main hall early. At this moment, he was standing in the crowd, chatting casually with Yan Ming and Xue Yun next to him, inquiring about some other information about Small Flame World.
At this moment, there was a steady sound of footsteps inside the main hall. The courtyard master, Jiang Zhong, dressed in a linen shirt, walked out steadily. His gaze swept across the crowd.
"Greetings to the courtyard master." These new outer disciples naturally did not dare to neglect when they saw this, and they saluted in unison.
"Okay, it's almost time. Those who don't come will be considered as giving up. Let's go." Jiang Zhong didn't talk nonsense. He waved his big sleeve, and a pale yellow smoke surged out, covering all the disciples in it.
Liu Ming only felt a flash of yellow light in front of him, and his body was lifted up and moved quickly.
When he came back to his senses, he was surprised to find that he was already standing on a giant yellow cloud. The surroundings were densely packed with outer sect disciples, and the Dean, Jiang Zhong, stood at the forefront of the cloud with his hands behind his back.
In the blink of an eye, the yellow cloud flew away from the peaks where Piaohong Courtyard was located and flew to the depths of Thousands Spirit Mountain.
Two hours later, Jiang Zhong brought them to the sky above a hidden mountain peak. The sky before them was covered by a huge faint purple barrier.
Jiang Zhong casually made a hand seal and tore a corner of the barrier. The huge cloud then flashed into it.
Liu Ming only saw a flash of purple light in front of him, and the space in front of him became blurry. After that, he saw an extremely ordinary mountain peak.
After a while, when the yellow cloud landed on a platform at the top of the mountain, he saw a pitch-black hall sitting on the bare platform.
The exterior of the hall was antique, and there was not a single plaque on it, making it seem rather secretive. The black door of the hall was tightly shut, and there was not a single person at the entrance.
After everyone had landed on the ground, the old man waved his sleeves and kept the yellow cloud. Then, he walked to the wooden door and took out a Jade Slips from his waist. He waved it in front of the door.
The black palace door opened from the inside with a rumbling sound.
The old man walked into the hall by himself.
After everyone looked at each other, they naturally followed the old man and walked into the hall.
After walking through a short corridor, it suddenly became clear in front of them. An empty inner hall with a length and width of hundreds of meters appeared in front of everyone.
In the center of this hall, there was a huge array. It was densely inscribed with complex runes of different colors. The area it covered was more than a hundred meters in size.
Eight identical high platforms were also built around the array, occupying eight directions of the array and surrounding the array in the middle.
Around seven of the high platforms, dozens of outer disciples had already gathered. They were obviously the new disciples of the other seven major courtyards.
Liu Ming scanned with Divine Thought and found that almost all of these disciples were at the Condensation Period early and intermediate stage. There were very few disciples at the later stage. As for the new disciples who were still at the Spirit Apostle Stage, most of them naturally gave up this trial because their cultivation was too low, and they wouldn't participate in the minor competition once every three years.
But even so, Liu Ming still found seven or eight disciples of the Spirit Apostle Stage in the crowd, which still made him a little surprised.
His eyes glanced around the disciples of each courtyard, and his attention was quickly attracted by the seven people standing in front of the array in the center of the hall.
These people should be the courtyard masters of the other seven courtyards.
Liu Ming followed the people of Piaohong Courtyard to the last empty high platform while looking at the seven people.
Among these people, the closest to the array was an old man with yellow eyebrows with a haggard face and sunken eyes, a beautiful woman in a colorful dress, and a middle-aged man with sword-like eyebrows in a green scholar's robe. The man's face was a little indifferent as if he didn't want anyone to approach him.
The other four people stood a little further away from the array. They were whispering something, and their clothes were vulgar.
Among the two men dressed as taoists, one looked only about thirty years old, wearing a green taoist robe with a black wooden sword on his back. The other was wearing a purple gold taoist robe with three long beards hanging on his chest. He had a pair of triangular eyes with more white than black, which made him look a little mean.
The other two people dressed like a man and a woman. The man was short and fat, in his forties. He was wearing a round hat, dressed like a secular merchant, and there was a yellow wooden abacus hanging on his waist.
The woman looked the youngest among them, about the same age as Liu Ming. She was wearing a green dress, and her face was extremely beautiful.
These seven people, together with Jiang Zhong, had unfathomable aura. They were all similar to the Siren King that Liu Ming had seen before. They were obviously all at the Jin Dan Realm!
"Brother Jiang, you are late today." Seeing Jiang Zhong slowly walking to the high platform with a group of Piaohong Courtyard disciples, the beautiful woman said with an impatient look on her face.
The four people who were a little further away from the array saw Jiang Zhong's arrival, and they immediately stopped talking and leaned toward the array.
"I have some important matters to attend to, so I'm a step late. Please forgive me." As Jiang Zhong heard the words, he motioned Liu Ming and others to wait in place, then he turned around and walked toward the array. He said faintly.
"Important matters? What is more important than the entrance trial? The entrance trial is set in this Small Flame World. The disciples of the seven courtyards have been preparing here for the trial for several days. Only your Piaohong Courtyard is free. Never mind, Brother Jiang is still late at this moment. Isn't it a bit unreasonable? "The beautiful woman seemed to be very dissatisfied with Jiang Zhong's lateness, and she snorted coldly.
"This morning, Elder Situ personally summoned me, I naturally have to come." Facing the aggressiveness of the young woman in red clothes, Jiang Zhong was not angry, and he still replied calmly.
"Elder Situ?" The beautiful woman's face changed slightly when she heard the words, and her momentum suddenly converged a lot.
"Okay, okay, don't quarrel as soon as you meet. Since Elder Situ summoned Brother Jiang, there is naturally something important. Let's not make a fool of ourselves in front of the disciples." The short and fat man dressed as a merchant who was walking toward the array saw the two people's words were not harmonious, so he quickly persuaded them. His round face was full of smiles.
"Since Brother Jiang has arrived, there is no need to talk nonsense. Let's start the trial quickly." The person who spoke. It was the old man with yellow eyebrows standing next to the beautiful woman.
The eight outer courtyards of Taiqing Gate had always competed with each other from time to time. Especially the major competition between the outer disciples, the result directly determined the reputation of several courtyard masters in the sect. The sect would allocate the relevant training resources according to the ranking of each courtyard.
Therefore, the relationship between the eight courtyard masters had always been very subtle.
While talking, a green shadow flickered. The man with sharp eyebrows who had been silent had flown to a high platform and stood up with his hands behind his back.
"Let's start too." Seeing this, the short and fat man laughed dryly and jumped onto a high platform. His speed was even faster than the previous man with sword-shaped eyebrows.
The rest of them naturally nodded and rose into the air one after another. Each of them stood on a high platform around the formation. At the same time, they flipped their hands and revealed a crimson token that emitted a faint red light. The token floated directly in front of them.
As soon as the eight tokens appeared, they flashed at the same time as if they were alive.
Liu Ming had been observing the eight courtyard masters in secret. He saw that the eight people gathered together. Their lips moved slightly, but no sound leaked out. Obviously, they had cast some kind of soundproof mystic art.
After Liu Ming's eyes flashed, he quietly released a wisp of mental power and scanned the token in front of the old man with yellow eyebrows. However, as soon as it touched the token, it was bounced away by an invisible enchantment.
The old man with yellow eyebrows seemed to sense something, and he glanced at this side faintly. Liu Ming was shocked and quickly lowered his head.
The old man with yellow eyebrows retracted his gaze indifferently. He suddenly coughed lightly and said to everyone,
"All outer disciples, listen up, I'm the master of the Fengling Courtyard. Now let me briefly explain the content of this trial. As you have heard before, this trial is carried out in the Small Flame World. After all disciples enter the Small Flame World, no matter what method they use, as long as they can get three fire spirit essence cores, it will be considered as a success. The duration of this trial is one month. During this period, everything obtained from the Small Flame World belongs to you. This is also a special care for you new disciples. There will not be such great benefits in the future trial. In addition, disciples are not prohibited from competing with each other during the entrance trial, but it is strictly prohibited to deliberately kill other disciples. Once found, your cultivation will be abolished immediately and you will be expelled from Taiqing Gate! "
As the old man with yellow eyebrows said this, his body exuded a huge spiritual pressure.
Liu Ming and the others below suddenly felt an extremely heavy and huge force pressing down on them. Some disciples with weaker cultivations immediately staggered back a few steps, and they were all extremely shocked in their hearts.
"Later, we will join forces to cast a spell to open the entrance of the Small Flame World, but the natural aura in the world is relatively violent, so after you are teleported inside, the location you appear in is completely random. When you come back, it is very simple. We will distribute a jade talisman to each of you. As long as you crush the jade talisman, we will sense it immediately and activate the enchantment to bring you back. " The old man with yellow eyebrows saw that most of the disciples below the stage were extremely respectful, so his tone slowed down. He retracted the huge spiritual pressure and continued.
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