Every disciple who entered the Demon Sinister Forest would be given a jade disc called the Contribution Jade Disc. As the name suggested, it was used to record the sect's contribution points.
The contribution points could not only be used to exchange for cultivation techniques, magical weapons, elixirs, but it could also be used to promote one's position.
On the jade disc of each seeker, there was the word 'Five' flashing, which meant that each seeker had five contribution points. This was the reward for passing the first test.
The Contribution Jade Disc would only be given to the sect's disciples. From the moment they entered the Demon Sinister Forest, they had become the outer disciples of Sinister Sparrow Sect and were qualified to hold the Contribution Jade Disc.
However, if they were to die in the Demon Sinister Forest, their status as a disciple would naturally lose its effect. Therefore, only those who could leave the Demon Sinister Forest alive after one month would be able to become a disciple of Sinister Sparrow Sect.
The Demon Sinister Forest was divided into nine regions. When Sinister Sparrow Sect was established, the old ancestor of Sinister Sparrow Sect had explored the Demon Sinister Forest with his peak Gold Core cultivation. However, he was stopped in the fourth region as he was injured by a ghost king who was comparable to a Nascent Soul expert.
The Demon Sinister Forest was indeed not the place where the Black Yin Qi resided. However, the strangeness of this place might be even stronger than the Black Yin Qi. After the fourth region, the old ancestor of Sinister Sparrow Sect didn't know the details. He only knew that it was extremely dangerous.
The only fortunate thing was that the ghosts in the Demon Sinister Forest seemed to be under some kind of restriction. Ghosts who had reached a certain cultivation level could only be trapped in a certain region. All the ghosts couldn't leave the Demon Sinister Forest, otherwise, they would be turned into ashes.
It was also very strange to leave the enemy's corpse in the Demon Sinister Forest. After a few years, the corpse would turn into a ghost.
There was an old saying in the cultivation world, 'The more evil a mountain is, the more immortal secrets it hides'. This Demon Sinister Forest must have some kind of heaven defying secret.
The second test of Sinister Sparrow Sect was set in the first region of the Demon Sinister Forest. Within a radius of thirty miles, the disciples could move freely.
Fighting was allowed. Killing was allowed. Hunting ghosts was allowed. Harvesting spiritual herbs was allowed. Of course, finding a place to hide for a month without doing anything was also allowed.
The path of demonic cultivation was full of hardships and dangers. It required a courageous and diligent heart. You could hide for a while, but you couldn't hide forever. You had to face the dangers sooner or later.
The first region was filled with ghosts with Vein Opening cultivation. Killing a ghost would earn them some contribution points. For cultivators below the third level of Vein Opening Realm, killing a ghost would earn one contribution point. Ghosts from the fourth to the sixth floor were worth two contribution points each. Ghosts from the seventh to the tenth floor were worth 10 contribution points each.
The higher the cultivation of the ghost, the more difficult it would be to kill it, and the more contribution points it would obtain. An early Harmonious Spirit ghost was worth 100 contribution points. An intermediate ghost was worth 200 contribution points. Late-stage ghosts, 500 contribution points, and peak-stage ghosts, 1,000 contribution points.
To kill a Harmonious Spirit ghost, one must at least enter the second region. It was not a place that disciples who had just entered the sect could enter. Even a Harmonious Spirit elder would be in great danger.
Apart from the entrance examination, the sect contribution points would not be increased by hunting ghosts in the Demon Sinister Forest. The reason why he increased the contribution points of the disciples was to encourage them to have a competitive spirit.
Of course, if you're afraid of danger, you can also pick spiritual herbs. In the first region, there were many spiritual herbs that were over ten years old. Usually, one would need to harvest several dozen kilograms to exchange for one contribution point.
In the first region, the entrance examination would be held once every ten years. Naturally, the age of the spiritual herbs would be very low and worthless.
Apart from the two methods mentioned above, there was another method that was more direct.
Snatch!
As long as you snatch someone's jade plate and destroy it, the other's contribution points would automatically become your own.
As for the person whose jade plate was destroyed, he would have to spend ten immortal jades to buy another one. It wasn't expensive. As for the contribution points, he would have to accumulate them again.
Once they entered the Demon Sinister Forest, the 160 disciples dispersed. Most of them were alone, but there were some who were familiar with each other. The twenty deacon disciples were hiding in the dark. Unless there was an uncontrollable situation, they wouldn't come out to interfere with the trial.
The duration of the trial was one month. Anyone who left the forest within one month would be regarded as a failure and their status as a disciple would be revoked.
In the first region of the Demon Sinister Forest, the air was damp and oppressive. There seemed to be ghosts staring at them from the dark.
Ning Fan held the black jade plate in his hand and pondered. He was looking at the ancient map given by Lan Mei. There were nine regions on the map. Only the first three regions were marked with the location of the spiritual herbs and the danger points. As for the fourth region, only half of it was marked. It seemed that the old ancestor of Sinister Sparrow Sect was injured by the Ghost King and had to leave the Fourth Region in a hurry.
After the fourth region, the ghosts there would surely be more terrifying than the Ghost King.
"I didn't expect this Demon Sinister Forest to be so strange. I wonder what kind of secret is hidden in the deepest part of the forest."
The Yin Yang Locket in Ning Fan's dantian faintly sensed that there was something in the forest that caught the attention of the Yin Yang Locket.
It wasn't the Profound Yin Qi, but it was countless times more precious than the Profound Yin Qi.
Ning Fan reckoned that with his current strength, it wouldn't be a problem for him to move unhindered in the first region. As for the second region, he would be fine as long as he was careful. In the third region, if he concealed himself and avoided fighting with the ghosts, he wouldn't be in any danger. But in the fourth region, there was a Ghost King that was comparable to a Nascent Soul expert. If he entered, he would certainly die.
Fortunately, Lan Mei had given him the map. Otherwise, given Ning Fan's exuberant curiosity, he would probably go in to explore and die without knowing how he died.
After knowing Ning Fan's identity, none of the 160 disciples had any hostility towards him. There were even some girls who were secretly flirting with Ning Fan, hoping that they could climb up the ladder. However, he didn't care about such girls even if they came to him. He was afraid that he didn't lack beauties in his life.
Speaking of which, there were still 17 evil girls waiting to be plucked in the Cauldron Ring.
While he was pondering, Ning Fan unknowingly went deeper and deeper into the forest. Along the way, Ning Fan didn't care about the ten years old spiritual herbs. Gradually, there were First and Second Level Vein Opening ghosts that attacked Ning Fan.
Ning Fan's Separation Slayer Sword flashed and easily killed these ghosts. In the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, he had killed 15 ghosts. The jade plate's contribution points had reached 20 points.
When he killed the fifteenth ghost, Ning Fan's eyes flashed. Ghost mist emerged from the ghost's body and formed a fingernail-sized dark soul bead.
This soul bead was illusory and ethereal, but it contained the pure power of spirit sense. Ning Fan pondered for a moment and revealed a shocked expression. After swallowing the soul bead, the power of his spirit sense increased a little!
"Sense Bead! Only the ghosts raised in the Nine Yin Land will have the chance to form Sense Bead after killing them. Could this Demon Sinister Forest be the Nine Yin Land? "
Ning Fan couldn't help but be shocked. The Land of Nine Yin wasn't a naturally formed terrain. It was a man-made formation. The level of this formation was even higher than the Void Grand Formation. It was divided into nine regions. It was a Ghost Raising Formation used by an ancient devil to rear ghosts. Could this Demon Sinister Forest be a place where an ancient devil used to rear ghosts and hunt for Sense Beads?
If that was the case, would there be an inheritance of that devil in the deepest part of the forest? It was the best place for him to kill ghosts and hunt for Sense Beads to enhance his spirit sense.
"If that's the case, I can't let these ghosts go. Let's start from the first area! "
Ning Fan's eyes moved and he smiled faintly. He stepped on the icy light with the Starlight Sword in his hand. Like an icy rainbow, he danced in the cold forest, reaping the lives of the ghosts.
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Sinister Sparrow Sect, in the inner sect's Merit Hall. Elder Meng Chu was yawning lazily.
He was lazy by nature and had an intermediate Harmonious Spirit cultivation base, but he chose the most leisurely and least profitable position as an elder, which was to guard the Merit Hall.
The Merit Hall was the place where disciples could exchange their merits for treasures. It was also the place where they could accept tasks and complete tasks to exchange for merits.
In the center of the hall, there was a fourteen zhang tall black jade tablet. The jade tablet was glittering with light spots. It recorded the contribution ranking of each disciple and elder in the sect.
The first in the contribution ranking was naturally the sect master, Sinister Sparrow with a total of 9.61 million contribution points.
The second was one of the four Venerables of Sinister Sparrow Sect – Venerable Weeping Ling Guiku. He had left Sinister Sparrow Sect seventy years ago and no one knew whether he was dead or alive. However, the value on the Merit Stele would occasionally rise. Each time it rose, it would rise by more than ten thousand points. The reason why it rose by ten thousand points was because he had killed a late Gold Core righteous expert. When Ling Guiku left the sect, he was an intermediate Gold Core expert with 720,000 contribution points. But now, he had 8.45 million contribution points. No one knew how many righteous experts he had killed. No one knew which righteous experts he had killed. No one knew where he was now.
Many people guessed that Ling Guiku had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm after seventy years.
The third place was Old Monster Han. Most of the 6.83 million contribution points were obtained by accepting tasks to concoct pills. After all, concocting a Third Revolution Pill could earn one thousands of contribution points.
The rest of the top twenty were mostly occupied by the sect elders. Among the younger generation, the one with the highest contribution points was Hei Zun's disciple, Yan Zhuiyun. He was known as the number one youth of Sinister Sparrow Sect. He had broken through to the intermediate Harmonious Spirit realm before the age of 30 and became an elder of the sect.
As for Yan Zhuiyun, he was only ranked 45th on the merit list with 190,000 contribution points.
As for the lazy elder Meng Chu, he only obtained 100 points after guarding the Merit Hall for a month. After two hundred years, he had only accumulated 240,000 contribution points and was ranked 41st on the merit list.
Today seems to be the second test of the sect's new disciples. Ai, I wonder if there are any disciples who can reach 100 contribution points in a month. Hehe, 100 contribution points might be too difficult for these young boys. After all, when this old man entered the sect a few hundred years ago, I only managed to kill 7 Vein Opening ghosts and collect 200 jin of spiritual herbs in the second stage. Even the most outstanding disciple over the years like Yan Zhuiyun only managed to get 170 contribution points in the second stage when he entered the sect. "
He leisurely lay on the deck chair, his eyes inadvertently swept across the merit list towards the position after ten thousand.
Sinister Sparrow Sect's ten thousand Vein Opening disciples and new disciples were ranked last when the contribution points were calculated.
Hehe, it's still only 5 contribution points. The second test has already started for two hours. These boys are really weak. They can't even kill a ghost? Cough, cough, cough, wait, this is!
Elder Meng Chu was leisurely enjoying his tea. Suddenly, he was startled by the change in the merit list and choked on his tea.
He saw a disciple named Li Zhihuan's contribution points flashing several times. In just two hours, he had already accumulated 9 contribution points.
9 contribution points in two hours! This boy has already killed four Level Three Vein Opening ghosts. How is this possible!
Meng Chu's eyes glanced upwards. What surprised him even more was a disciple named Lu Ziqiao. In just two hours, he had already accumulated 17 contribution points!
Subsequently, this boy's contribution points actually jumped by 10 points. 10 contribution points required one to kill at least a Level Seven Vein Opening ghost to obtain it!
This disciple named Lu Ziqiao, could it be that he could kill a Level Seven Vein Opening ghost as soon as he joined the sect? This is a genius, perhaps even stronger than Yan Zhuiyun!
Meng Chu suddenly stood up. He thought that it was necessary to report this matter to the upper echelons. After all, he had another task of guarding the merit hall, which was to discover disciples with rapid increase in contribution points. These disciples usually had amazing potential and were worth cultivating!
But just as he stood up and was about to leave the Merit Hall to report this matter, he suddenly turned his head around and looked at the Merit Monument again.
This glance made his breath quicken. He couldn't believe it and his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
The contribution points of a disciple named 'Ning Fan' were increasing at a terrifying speed.
754 points!
In just two hours, this boy had already accumulated 754 points. What did he actually do in the Demon Sinister Forest?
A monstrous disciple! Meng Chu asked himself. Even if he entered the Demon Sinister Forest, his speed of accumulating contribution points wouldn't be faster than this.
Ning Fan, Ning Fan! I must report this to the sect master.
Meng Chu had always been indifferent to worldly affairs, so he didn't know that Ning Fan's name had already spread in Sinister Sparrow Sect.
But the shock of the Merit Monument was just the beginning. Allowing Ning Fan to enter the Demon Sinister Forest as a new disciple was definitely a heaven defying mistake.
The Merit Stele would be destroyed!
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