Huo Ming came up and without saying a word, he directly slashed at the black rock.
At the same time he slashed, he threw something to the large Northern Militant man. This was the bargaining chip that the large Northern Militant man had used against the Huo family to cut the rock.
Zhu Yi's eyebrows rose and he threw five Sonic Thunder Great Returning Pills to the Northern Militant man. Then he unsheathed his sword and with two slashes, he blocked Huo Ming's slash.
All of a sudden, Huo Ming's murderous aura erupted from his entire body. His long saber surged with an astonishing amount of transcendence energy. It had already transformed into an incomparably vicious Asura World Devastator Saber. There was no room for retreat. It was a powerful attack. Its target was both the black boulder and Zhu Yi.
The aura of his blade seemed to want to split Zhu Yi and the black rock in half.
When the others saw this, they all revealed excited expressions as they stared at Zhu Yi and Huo Ming.
Everyone knew that the first person to make the cut might not necessarily be able to gain an advantage. It was very likely that it would be a gift to those who came later, narrowing down the choices of those who came later.
The further one made the cut, the higher the chance of success, but it was also very likely that others would beat them to it. At that time, it would be too late for regrets.
This stone cutting transaction, other than gambling on luck, was mostly a test of everyone's mental fortitude.
He couldn't keep his cool, and neither could he be indecisive and overcautious.
Zhu Yi and Huo Ming might have understood this, but the two of them had simultaneously chosen to fight for the position of being the first. This was a battle of mental momentum.
If the first cut was not successful, they would bid a second time, but before that, they had to first win momentum and put pressure on the minds of others.
Facing Huo Ming's blade, Zhu Yi's expression was calm without the slightest change. His self-created Sword of Change changed again. With two slashes, one was the Kan Sword of Water and the other was the Dui Sword of Water. The Kan was above and the Dui was below.
There is water above the swamp, temperament. A gentleman controls several degrees to discuss virtue.
There is water in the swamp, but the flow is limited. If there is too much, it will overflow outside the swamp. Therefore, there must be temperament, which is why it is called temperament.
Only with temperament could one stay new. Only with temperament could one be stable. Only with temperament could one be perfect.
Zhu Yi's Trigram Sword Dao firmly restrained Huo Ming's Asura World Devastator Blade, which was full of murderous intent, making it impossible for him to take another step forward.
Huo Ming stared intently at Zhu Yi. Just as he was about to change his move, Zhu Yi had already retracted his longsword. With a slash, the black boulder was directly split into two.
The left half of the rock instantly lost its original spirituality and turned into an ordinary rock. It could no longer devour the probing divine sense of a cultivator. Only the right half of the black rock still retained a strong spirituality. When a human's divine sense entered it, it disappeared without a trace like a clay ox entering the sea.
After Zhu Yi split the rock with his sword, he sheathed his sword. Silently, he stood on the spot with a calm expression.
Huo Ming stared at Zhu Yi for a long time. In the end, he didn't continue to attack. However, he didn't use his saber to cut the stone. Instead, he sheathed his saber.
The murderous aura around him converged. His entire body was like a bloody butcher's knife that had been sheathed. He no longer exuded any murderous intent.
After losing to Zhu Yi, Huo Ming didn't get to be the first stone cutter. He didn't want to be the second stone cutter. There was no value in being the second stone cutter. It was better to wait until the next stone cutter was getting smaller and smaller.
When the others saw that Huo Ming didn't continue to compete with Zhu Yi, they immediately revealed disappointed expressions.
Those who were watching the show were never afraid of things getting out of hand. Many of them couldn't wait for Huo Ming to fly into a rage out of humiliation. He simply stopped cutting the stone and directly fought with Zhu Yi, starting a battle at the level of the Golden Elixir Period in advance.
However, some people with higher cultivation bases and better eyesight looked at Huo Ming with a more serious expression.
Zhu Yi was one of them. Silently, he looked at Huo Ming and thought to himself, If it was his younger brother, Huo Chen, he would have lost face and attacked Huo Ming directly. However, that kind of person is nothing to be afraid of.
"This Huo Ming can control his anger and killing intent at will. On the surface, his murderous intent is awe-inspiring, but in fact, his heart is always calm. This is in line with the concept of the Division Trigram Sword Art. This person is a formidable opponent."
Lin Feng looked at Huo Ming with a hint of approval in his eyes. "If this Huo Ming doesn't die young, he will definitely become a pillar of the Huo Family in the future. Cultivating the Asura Tactics and the Asura World Annihilation Blade that are filled with violent killing intent, yet he is able to control his emotions at will. This kind of temperament is rare."
"The Huo Family members are ranked according to their strength. I heard that this Huo Ming is only ranked second among his peers? What kind of person is he? I'm interested. I wonder how he compares to Shi Xingyun, Jiao Junchen, and Tao Yaoyao? "
Golden Elixir Period cultivators were always the backbone of a large force, connecting the previous and the next. The strength and talent of a Golden Elixir Period cultivator often determined the future development potential of a sect.
While Lin Feng was thinking, he saw that the group of people surrounding the black boulder, after Zhu Yi made the first cut, suddenly no one made a move.
Although the price of one cut was not very high, if there was no result, then the chips paid would be equivalent to throwing away the water in vain.
To be more accurate, if thrown into the water, one could still hear a sound. But if thrown here, there was a high possibility that there would be nothing, and it would be a wedding dress for the later generation.
No one knew what kind of treasure was inside the black boulder. Whether it was worth paying such a huge price and going through more than one cut, everyone had no idea.
If there was no result after a few cuts, then it would not be a tragedy, but a tragedy.
At this time, a Celeritas Sword Sect disciple suddenly stood out, paying the chips without saying a word, and then chopping down with a sword.
His idea was very simple. What if the stone embryo was very thin, but the size of the treasure inside was not small? Perhaps this sword could directly cut it out.
If the size of the treasure was larger, then the earlier the knife was cut, the easier it would be to cut it out.
But unfortunately, the final result disappointed him. The black boulder once again split into two. One of the pieces lost its spirituality and became ordinary stone, while the other still retained its original mysterious spirituality.
At this time, everyone began to hesitate. The boulder only had a quarter of its original size left, but the previous two people all returned without any results, causing everyone to have many misgivings.
Lin Feng faintly smiled. Right now at this time, perhaps it was the most awkward time. Going down, every cut had the possibility of cutting out a treasure, but it was also very possible that he himself would fail, but help the later generation greatly increase their chances of success.
This was the most tangled moment. Those who truly cared about the treasure, at this moment the psychological pressure was about to reach the peak.
Everyone present were all cultivators who formed the golden elixir, breaking through the threshold of life and death. Their willpower was strong and tenacious, but facing this kind of awkward situation at this moment, they all felt troubled.
Of course, there were also people who didn't care. A purple sky path cultivator smiled and said: "It's not like there's only one chance to choose, what are you hesitating for?"
He threw a bluish purple crystal into the Northern Militant man's hand and then gathered mana, condensing it into a lightning blade at the edge of his palm, lightly slicing towards the boulder.
The boulder split into two, the treasure still didn't appear. It was still a situation where half of the boulder was eliminated.
That purple sky path cultivator smacked his lips, looking at the Northern Militant man who was the seller: "I say, fellow cultivator, you wouldn't have gotten a pure boulder to deceive everyone here right?"
The Northern Militant man snorted: "Just cut it. If in the end nothing comes out, then I'll return all the traded items as they were and also apologize to everyone participating in the spell gathering."
"Good, it's good to have you say that." The cultivator from Purple Firmament Path smiled. After saying that, he tossed out another Bluesilver Crystal and prepared to make a second slash.
At this moment, Huo Ming suddenly moved and took the initiative to slash the black boulder with his blade.
The purple sky path cultivator raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled, and shrugged his shoulders, not stopping him.
In the end, Huo Ming's blade still didn't cut out anything.
Huo Ming slightly frowned and stared at the even finer black boulder for a while before suddenly turning around and leaving without looking back.
The surrounding crowd was slightly stunned, and someone muttered: "What? He still wants to be the first to slash? I thought he would make a big move later, who knew that he would run away after failing with one slash. His temperament is too bad. "
"That's right, his mental quality is too bad. He retreated at the slightest setback." Someone at the side echoed.
When Zhu Yi and the purple sky path cultivator heard this, they shook their heads at the same time. Noticing each other's actions, their eyes slightly lit up.
"It's not that Huo Ming can't take setbacks, but he gave up dejectedly because of it." The purple sky path cultivator said with a smile, "On the contrary, he had a breakthrough in his mental state while judging the gains and losses in the previous round, and he broke through the bottleneck of his Dao technique."
"He left now to consolidate his Dao technique realm. Compared to a breakthrough in his mental state, the treasures here actually don't matter to him."
Some of the surrounding people looked as if they had understood something, while some looked in disbelief.
However, Zhu Yi nodded slightly at the side. "That's right."
He raised his head to look at the purple sky path cultivator and said seriously, "I'm Zhu Yi. May I know how to address you, fellow Daoist?"
The young cultivator smiled brightly, and there was even a dimple on the right side of his cheek. "I'm Gu Lei of the purple sky path. Fellow Daoist Zhu, you're too polite."
Zhu Yi nodded. "Fellow Daoist Gu, do you want to make the next slash?"
Gu Lei smiled and said, "I don't calculate anything. I'm just doing what I feel like doing."
As he spoke, the second slash had already landed. Unfortunately, there was still no harvest.
At this point, the size of the black rock had shrunk rapidly. Everyone stared at the rock nervously, and the atmosphere in the air became more and more solemn as if the entire space was about to freeze.
Gu Lei didn't stop. He handed the third piece of blue purple crystal to the burly Northern Militant man and made his third slash.
"Things don't happen more than three times!" Gu Lei looked up at the sky and sighed. He shook his head and looked at the black rock that had shrunk to the size of an adult's fist. He smiled helplessly and bitterly. "Looks like this treasure is destined to have no fate with me today!"
Zhu Yi smiled slightly and didn't say anything, but he still didn't make a move.
Facing the black rock that had shrunk to a very small size, the others started to become restless. It was very possible that this slash could cut out the treasure.
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