"Which one should we choose?" Qin Yu sweeps his eyes over the 9 passages, looking at each one carefully.
However, Qin Yu discovers that these 9 passages are equally deep and bottomless, only slightly different in their curves. How can we choose? If Qin Yu were alone, he would feel some mental pressure, but it would not be too great.
But now he is shouldering the lives of Hou Fei and Xiao Hei.
"There's basically no difference between the 9 passages. That immortal told us to choose but he didn't give us any hints. How can we choose? The probability of death is too high if we choose 1 out of 9. "Qin Yu's calm mind gradually begins to become agitated.
The more he looks, the angrier he becomes: "What a shitty immortal. If he wants to give people jade swords, just give them. Why did he give us 9 passages to choose from? Moreover, there's only 1 passage of life! "Beads of sweat ooze out of Qin Yu's forehead. His eyes also gradually redden.
Azure Dragon's expression is solemn. He looks very anxious. Old Freak Three-Eyed, however, is sitting with legs crossed. Reverend Yan Xu, Reverend Huo Tian and Reverend Di Feng are discussing something.
"Oh my, don't pull a long face, Azure Dragon. Di Long, you're so scared of death. You're really too weak. Reverend Yan Xu, could it be you've got an idea? Ha-ha … Qin Yu, don't think about it. Can't you just choose any passage to go in? "Yi Da says with an evil laugh.
Qin Yu gives him a cold look: "Why don't you choose?"
"Me?" Yi Da says while fiddling with his long purple hair: "Do you still need to ask this question? I'll wait for you to all choose. When you're all dead, won't I know which passage of life is? "
"Idiot." Hou Fei says smilingly: "Yi Da, you idiot. Don't you see that these 9 passages are all winding and bottomless? How can you know whether the people who go in will live or die? Besides, you don't have everybody's soul jade slips. "
"Yi Da, there are so many of us. Could it be that we'll choose all 9 passages?" Old Freak Three-Eyed opens his eyes and says.
Yi Da, however, doesn't care at all: "Three-eye, what are you doing sitting here cross-legged at this time?"
Old Freak Three-Eyed laughs strangely: "Since only one of the 9 passages is the way out, if I can't be 100% sure that it's the way out, I'll definitely not choose it. I'd rather practice quietly in this cave until I pass the tribulation!"
Until the tribulation!
Qin Yu, Azure Dragon, Yi Da and the others all look at Old Freak Three-Eyed in disbelief. Even Reverend Yan Xu stops talking and looks at him in disbelief.
Old Freak Three-Eyed says with a cold laugh: "I don't believe that the 9-from-9th Heaven Tribulation can't break through this place. If it can't, that's good too. It'll let me pass through the 9-from-9th Heaven Tribulation easily." Old Freak Three-Eyed's words leave everybody speechless.
But what Old Freak Three-Eyed said was indeed a method.
But … he had to be able to endure loneliness.
"Even if the 9-from-9th Heaven Tribulation can't break through this place, when I ascend, I'll directly ascend from this world to another world. This place won't be able to stop me no matter what." There is a hint of arrogance in Old Freak Three-Eyed's eyes.
Once he ascends, no matter where he is, he will directly ascend from one world to another.
Everybody is speechless.
"You're strong, Three-Eyed." Azure Dragon does not know whether to laugh or to cry.
He has been practicing alone in this cave until the 9-from-9th Heaven Tribulation arrives. Not many Xiuzhenists can endure loneliness in one place all the time.
"Throw a stone to test the waters." Di Long says coldly. His eyes, however, sweep over those ten-odd lucky Xiuzhenists.
Hearing his words, everybody's eyes brighten at once. That's right, throw a stone to test the waters. If experts like Teng Shan and Hou Fei were to try, it would be impossible. Now only those ten-odd Jin Dan stage Xiuzhenists could do it.
"Help, Reverend." Knowing that the situation is bad, those ten-odd Jin Dan stage Xiuzhenists immediately kneel down and say. These ten-odd Xiuzhenists are all from the Penglai Immortal Region.
Reverend Yan Xu, however, frowns. With a wave of his hand, he divides the ten-odd Xiuzhenists into 2 groups. He says with a sigh to those 9 Xiuzhenists: "The 9 of you have to sacrifice yourselves. Make your own soul jade slips first."
"Reverend, please spare us, Reverend!"
Those 9 Xiuzhenists are extremely terrified and uneasy, but the look in Reverend Yan Xu's eyes turns cold.
Old Freak Three-Eyed gives them a cold look and says: "The 9 of you, listen up. In the name of the Blue River Province, I order you to quickly make your own soul jade slips and enter different passages. Otherwise … all of you will die and your schools will be destroyed too."
The 9 Xiuzhenists' faces change color greatly.
The Xiuzhenists dispatched from the Penglai Immortal Region all live close to the Qian Long continent so they are not core members of the Penglai Immortal Region. They all belong to various schools. Old Freak Three-Eyed indeed has the power to destroy their schools.
"Obey my order. Only one of the 9 of us can survive. Otherwise, all of us will die. Good luck, my fellow Xiuzhenists."
A middle-aged man among the 9 kneeling Xiuzhenists suddenly stands up and takes a look at Reverend Yan Xu, Old Freak Three-Eyed and the others. His eyes are full of resentment. A piece of jade then appears in his hand. He quickly makes his own soul jade slip.
In a short while, the other 8 Xiuzhenists also stand up in succession. All of them are willing to die so they have made their own soul jade slips.
The leading middle-aged man collects the 9 Xiuzhenists' soul jade slips then gives them to Reverend Yan Xu. The leading middle-aged man stares at Reverend Yan Xu and says seriously: "Reverend, take care of them." Reverend Yan Xu receives them expressionlessly.
"Good luck, my fellow Xiuzhenists. I'll take my leave first." The leading middle-aged man immediately goes into the outermost passage.
"Good luck, my fellow Xiuzhenists." Another Xiuzhenist goes into the 2nd passage.
… …
The Xiuzhenists go into the passages one after another. Reverend Yan Xu then places the 9 soul jade slips on the ground in order, which just happen to correspond to the direction in which the Xiuzhenists go into the passages. Now the 9 Xiuzhenists have all gone into the passages. These 9 jade slips are lying steadily on the ground.
Azure Dragon, Reverend Yan Xu, Yi Da, Qin Yu and the others are all looking at those 9 jade slips. At the moment, the 9 Xiuzhenists have already disappeared into the depths of the passages. They can only rely on observing the soul jade slips to determine whether the Xiuzhenists who went into the passages are dead or not.
Peng!
The 2nd soul jade slip shatters … …
Immediately afterwards, the 3rd soul jade slip also shatters, the 4th, the 5th … …
In just a while, the 2nd to the 9th soul jade slips all shatter. Everybody's eyes brighten. They all look at the 1st passage.
"Looks like this 1st passage is the passage of life." Di Long says smilingly. "Why haven't you left, my fellow Xiuzhenists? Don't tell me you want that 9th jade sword to be taken away by that Jin Dan stage Xiuzhenist?" After saying so, Di Long goes straight into the 1st passage. Di Jian and Di Xu immediately follow him.
Peng!
The 1st soul jade slip, which is the only one that has not shattered, now … also shatters!
The 3 Di brothers freeze in the blink of an eye as if their acupoints have been pressed. They turn around to look in disbelief. That 1st soul jade slip has also shattered. At this moment, the 3 Di brothers are confused. Azure Dragon, Old Ancestor Three-Eyed, Qin Yu and the others are also confused.
"All 9 soul jade slips have shattered. Those 9 Xiuzhenists are all dead. What actually happened?" Di Long cannot understand.
Since the immortal left a message saying that one of the passages is the passage of life, it should be the passage of life. Why are all 9 Xiuzhenists dead? Following the shattering of the 9 soul jade slips, everybody does not know what to do again. Could it be that they have to test the waters again?
Silence,
The entire cave is terrifyingly quiet. All the experts are frowning.
"Kaka, you're all idiots." Hou Fei says smilingly. "Only 1 of the 9 passages is the passage of life. That passage of life naturally leads to the 9th jade sword. As long as we can find out where the 9th jade sword is, we'll know which passage is the passage of life."
Di Xu however rebukes: "If we knew where the 9th jade sword was, would we have needed to go through so much trouble?"
"Idiot." Hou Fei says disdainfully.
Qin Yu's eyes brighten. He looks at Hou Fei in disbelief: "Faye, you're really smart."
At this moment, Azure Dragon, Yi Da and the others also think of a solution almost at the same time. Azure Dragon says with loud and clear laughter: "Hou Fei is really smart. Ha-ha … right, we only need to find the direction of the 9th jade sword. Reverend Yan Xu, last time you used that secret method to find the 9th jade sword but it didn't work. Try again this time."
Qin Yu, Yi Da, Situ Xue and the others all look at Reverend Yan Xu.
Reverend Yan Xu is startled then bursts out laughing: "I'm indeed old. This method is pretty good. Last time the 8 jade swords entered the Wilderness in different directions. Something must have gone wrong. This time I'll try. Perhaps I'll succeed. "
After saying so, he sits down with legs crossed in midair.
Everybody at the scene throws their jade swords at Reverend Yan Xu one after another. At the moment, nobody hesitates. At this moment, not only is the 9th jade sword concerned, but everybody's lives are also at stake. Who dares to play around?
Reverend Yan Xu executes the secret method again.
The 8 jade swords are all connected to Reverend Yan Xu's body. Various beams of light shoot out. Reverend Yan Xu makes various hand signs with a solemn expression … Time goes by slowly. After a long time, sweat has appeared on his forehead.
"Everybody, it's a success." Reverend Yan Xu suddenly exhales and says.
The 8 jade swords then start to fly parallel to each other, heading straight for … the 1st passage!
"The 1st passage?" Qin Yu is astonished.
The 3 Di brothers are also astonished. Everybody at the scene is also very astonished. Just now, when the soul jade slip corresponding to the 1st passage shattered, everybody lost hope. Now these jade swords automatically point out the direction.
"If the 1st passage is the path of life, why did the people who entered it die?" Di Long asks in reply at once.
"Only 1 of the 9 passages is the path of life. If you don't choose the 1st passage, which one will you choose?" Yi Da gives a cold laugh then takes the lead to fly into the 1st passage. At the same time, everybody takes back their flying swords.
The 3 Qin Yu brothers, Azure Dragon and Teng Shan enter the 1st passage right after them.
Reverend Yan Xu, Old Freak Three-Eyed and the others also go in right after them. The 3 Di brothers have no choice but to choose this passage in the end.
*****
Nobody dares to relax. Even though the 8 jade swords have pointed out this passage, everybody is still very careful. After all, the Xiuzhenist who entered this passage has died, which means this passage is at least still dangerous.
Only now nobody knows how dangerous this place is.
"Be careful, big brother." Hou Fei is now looking around with his fiery eyes, appearing very vigilant. Qin Yu nods too. At the moment he is also very vigilant. Xiao Hei on one side, following Qin Yu, sweeps around with his eagle eyes.
In this passage, holy sense cannot be used at all. How can they check out the places set up by immortals at will?
Yi Da is at the very front. Azure Dragon, Teng Shan and Qin Yu are almost the same. Behind them, Reverend Yan Xu, Di Long, Old Freak Three-Eyed and the others are also following. These top-level figures representing the 6 superpowers of the overseas Xiuzhen world are all very careful at the moment.
As time goes by, everybody's guess seems to be wrong because there is no trace of the Xiuzhenist at all.
"Why can't we even find that Xiuzhenist's corpse?" Qin Yu frowns deeply. If a Xiuzhenist is dead, there should be a corpse, right? However, everybody has been going forward for so long but they have not even seen that Xiuzhenist's corpse. This is really strange.
However, at this moment —
Whoosh whoosh ~ ~ ~ Like a tide, a dark red tide rushes in extremely fast from the other side of the passage, completely filling the whole passage. No, it is not a tide but a flow similar to lava. There are even flames on the surface of this flow.
"Be careful of the underground blazing fire!"
Old Freak Three-Eyed's voice resounds through the passage. In just a moment, it has completely covered everybody like a tide. Those few Jin Dan stage Xiuzhenists, who are lucky enough to have not been 'thrown stones to test the way', are turned into flying ashes before they can even touch the underground blazing fire.
Among the people present, the most relaxed one is Xiao Hei.
Inside the underground blazing fire, Xiao Hei does not even need to use his protective demonic elemental energy. Relying only on his black wings which are comparable to high-grade holy weapons, Xiao Hei is protected by the feathers so the underground blazing fire simply cannot hurt him in the least. As for the others, Di Xu, Situ Xue, Jiao Jiu, Reverend Huo Tian and Reverend Di Feng are in a slightly more difficult situation.
However, Qin Yu and the other Xiuyaoists also use their protective energies to resist the blazing fire easily. Qin Yu, Azure Dragon, Teng Shan, Old Freak Three-Eyed and the other Xiuyaoists all have extremely strong bodies so even if their protective energies can only defend against more than half of the blazing fire, their bodies will not be affected by the blazing fire. However, the bodies of Xiuxianists and Xiumoists are weak.
But at least they have not lost their lives.
"Everybody, hurry up." Azure Dragon shouts loudly then takes the lead to rush extremely fast towards the other side of the passage. Qin Yu, his 2 brothers and the others all follow him extremely fast. In just a while, they have passed through the passage.
Unexpectedly, there are no other attacks apart from the underground blazing fire.
After going out of the passage, they see a luxurious main hall, which is much more luxurious than the main hall of an imperial palace. It is also much larger in area. The most shocking thing is that there are 2 huge divine beasts in the main hall at the moment.
On the left is a 100-m long divine beast called Dragon Rocky lion. It has a dark red body with 6 thick spikes on its neck and a golden horn on its head. The surface of its whole body is like pieces of rock and its defensive power is even greater than that of a divine dragon.
On the right is a several tens m tall bird with a pair of huge wings. Its body is surrounded by flames and its noble aura can be clearly felt. It is none other than the divine beast called Red Luan.
In the main hall, a black-robed man is sitting. A snow-white kitten is lying on his lap. At the moment, this black-robed man is playing with a jade sword with his head lowered. Suddenly, he raises his head and smiles at the people who have rushed out of the passage into the main hall.
At the moment, Azure Dragon, Qin Yu, Old Freak Three-Eyed and the others are all looking at the scene in front of them in astonishment.
The 2 divine beasts, the snow-white kitten, the black-robed man and that jade sword.
The black-robed man says smilingly to the astonished people: "Everybody, let me introduce myself. I am the owner of the 9th jade sword and also the controller of the 3 million li area in the periphery of the Wilderness — Yan Mo!"
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