Soon, the trial time arrived. Lu Xin reconfirmed his appearance, meticulously went over the details in his mind, and after finding no flaws, he headed towards the trial location.
By the time he arrived, many people had already gathered at the trial location.
Following You Suchangyu's personality, he found a secluded corner and waited quietly.
Soon, an hour passed, and more and more people gathered, both men and women, all with Foundation Establishment cultivation.
With so many people, there was naturally a lot of discussion, and Lu Xin heard a lot of information in the corner.
He gained a better understanding of the current situation of the Blackwater Swamp.
In the blink of an eye, another half hour passed, and several Golden Core Peak elders arrived.
One of them, who was quite old, scanned the crowd and then took out a bead, opening a portal to the secret realm.
Then, he began to explain the rules of the trial, introducing the dangers within, and after speaking, he took out a token and said:
“This is a teleportation token. If you encounter an insurmountable danger inside, you can crush the token to teleport out.”
“Alright, now line up to receive it and then go in.”
“Remember, the trial will last for half a year. When the time is up, the token will automatically shatter.”
“As for how many opportunities you can obtain, it all depends on your strength.”
Then, the crowd lined up to receive the tokens and register their information.
There were five elders, so they could form five lines.
Lu Xin randomly found a line, and when it was his turn, nothing unexpected happened, because the elder registering was completely businesslike.
He was just perfunctory, casually recording some information before letting him in.
After a dizzying sensation, Lu Xin quickly appeared in the Blackwater Swamp.
“Roar!”
As soon as he appeared, a Level 3 Blackwater Crocodile pounced at him.
“Scram!”
Lu Xin casually slapped it away, then began to survey his surroundings.
He saw that the ground beneath his feet was completely covered in black water, dark and murky, making it impossible to see what dangers lurked beneath the surface.
However, this was nothing to him.
His divine sense spread out, and he soon saw many small islands, which served as footholds in the black water.
With a flash, he appeared on an island.
Immediately, another Level 3 demon beast pounced over, but he directly sent it flying, then reached out and retrieved a high-grade magic weapon into his hand.
This was the treasure guarded by this demon beast, set up by the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox clan.
Defeating or killing the demon beast would allow one to obtain it.
Lu Xin was not very interested in collecting these items. After casually putting away the magic weapon, he fully released his divine sense, comparing the images that appeared in his mind with the descriptions of the Five Poison Saint Venerable.
He quickly confirmed a general direction.
Then, he headed towards that direction.
Several hours later.
Lu Xin appeared in front of a formation barrier. According to the reminder of the Golden Core elder, this was the dividing line between the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment trial areas.
The area inside was filled with many Level 5 and 6 demon beasts, and one should not get close.
Lu Xin was naturally not afraid. His divine sense had already swept through the Foundation Establishment trial area, and he had not found any traces of the Bone-Rotting Soul-Devouring Flower.
Therefore, he could only tear open the formation to take a look inside.
He sensed it, and the strength of the formation was not great. His Nascent Soul cultivation could easily break it.
However, the only thing to worry about was whether his movement of the formation would be sensed?
It would be troublesome if he were exposed because of this.
After thinking about it, he searched along the formation barrier, hoping to find a loophole.
Soon, he discovered a Level 5 demon beast, the One-Horned Rhino, constantly ramming against the barrier, seemingly using the barrier to practice its horn techniques.
Lu Xin instantly had no worries. If the demon beasts rammed every day, and they had to come to check every time it was sensed, they would definitely be annoyed to death.
So, after scanning around and not finding anyone nearby, he directly tore open the formation barrier and passed through.
The One-Horned Rhino was stunned for a moment, then instantly charged towards him.
Lu Xin casually pointed a finger and killed it.
Then, he looked back. The formation had already automatically healed. He didn't linger, and after putting the One-Horned Rhino into his storage bag, he quickly concealed his aura and withdrew.
……
Not long after Lu Xin left, a figure suddenly appeared in this place, with Nascent Soul cultivation.
“Strange, how did I just sense the formation being torn apart? Could it be that a demon beast has broken through to Level 7?”
The figure frowned in confusion. It was impossible for them not to consider this situation. Even an Level 8 Peak demon beast, which was at the Nascent Soul Peak realm, could not break through this formation.
“Could it be that I sensed it wrong?”
The figure took out a token, opened a gap in the formation, and then stepped into the Foundation Establishment trial area.
He had to go and check. If an Level 7 or 8 demon beast had passed through, those clansmen who were currently in the trial might suffer heavy casualties.
……
Lu Xin naturally didn't know what happened after he left. Now, he was fully searching this area.
He was very disappointed, he still couldn't find it.
“Could it be that the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox clan has taken it away?”
Lu Xin tore open another formation. This time, the formation was even stronger, and even a Void Refinement realm cultivator would probably not be able to tear it apart.
He directly activated the Eighth Transformation Golden Body and charged through.
He didn't know where he had appeared, but it was clear that it was no longer the Blackwater Swamp, because the surroundings were full of birds and flowers.
He fully restrained his aura and sneaked all the way.
Soon, he came to a lush green valley, with no aura present.
“Where have I broken into?”
Lu Xin cautiously extended his divine sense towards the valley, and soon discovered a spirit pool emitting hot air deep in the valley.
“What a rich spiritual energy.”
Lu Xin was somewhat surprised. Judging from the concentration of spiritual energy in the spirit pool, it had far exceeded the highest-grade spirit stones, and it would be of great benefit to his current cultivation.
“Since I can't find the Bone-Rotting Soul-Devouring Flower, taking this spirit pool away wouldn't be bad either.”
His heart was restless, but he didn't act rashly. Instead, he used his divine sense to probe towards the bottom of the pool, wanting to see if there were any potential dangers.
As a result, he discovered that there was actually a formation at the bottom of the pool. His divine sense was blocked, and he couldn't see anything.
“Could there be some treasure?”
Lu Xin pondered for a moment, carefully restrained his aura, and sneaked over.
Soon, he came to the edge of the spirit pool and probed down with his divine sense again. It was still blocked, so he had no choice but to silently enter the spirit pool and come to the formation.
After sensing it, he felt that although his Eighth Transformation Golden Body could forcibly break through the strength of this formation, he had to use all his strength.
This would inevitably cause a great commotion.
【Ding, detected that the host has encountered this type of situation multiple times, awakened passive: Body of Breaking Restrictions.】
【Body of Breaking Restrictions: Cannot be sealed, can freely shuttle between restrictions.】
“Damn it, System, why did you only awaken such a good passive for me now?”
Lu Xin heard the System's voice and complained in his heart.
Then, he stared at the formation restriction in front of him with glowing eyes. He still didn't act rashly, but found a secluded corner, fully restrained his aura, and then tried to shuttle through.
Like passing through a curtain of water, without any obstacles, he directly appeared in a space.
There was no water inside, but the spiritual energy was even richer than outside.
He tried to scan this place with his divine sense, but found that his divine sense was suppressed within a three-foot radius, and he was greatly surprised.
“I want to see what secrets are here!”
He had no choice but to cautiously search forward.
