Not to mention anything else, even if they didn't obtain the seed status, there were so many treasures in this Taixu Secret Realm. As long as they could obtain one or two treasures, it would not be a wasted trip.
After waiting for the core disciples to appear, after a while, a series of powerful figures descended from the sky and landed in front of these core disciples. As soon as these people landed, their aura directly crushed those core disciples.
The pressure emanating from them forced these core disciples to take a few steps back.
"Hahaha, I will definitely obtain the core inheritance of the Taixu Secret Realm this time." A tall young man wearing khaki patterned clothes laughed arrogantly.
After this person appeared, several figures flew over, each of them had reached the level of cultivation in the Four Extreme Secret Realms.
By the way, the Taixu Trial is not prepared for old disciples. Only disciples under the age of 300 can participate. In other words, not all core disciples and direct disciples can come here.
Some of the more declining factions may not have direct disciples of the right age, and only have core disciples.
"If you must get the inheritance, then you must get the inheritance. There's no need to tell others. You people from Houtu Peak, are you provoking us?" A young man with a whirlwind all over his body complained.
"Tsk, it's none of your business. People from Tiangang Peak, don't look for trouble." The young man from Houtu Peak said unhappily.
These are all direct disciples of each peak who meet the age requirements, but their relationships do not seem to be very good, and many of them probably don’t even know each other.
This is the huge problem of the Tai Shang Ganying Sect. Many factions may not have any contact for a hundred years. Even if there is contact, it will be as bland as water. Only a few factions with good relations may have more contact.
Soon, nearly thirty direct disciples from the Four Extremes Secret Realm arrived. However, these were ranked lower. Although they were called direct disciples, they were not very famous in the Tai Shang Ganying Sect in the past hundred years.
As the saying goes, the strong always appear last. After the more ordinary disciples come on stage, it is finally the turn of the powerful disciples to enter.
Just then, a sword light was seen shooting towards them like a rainbow piercing the sun. After the sword light disappeared, a cold and stern woman in white men's clothing appeared in front of everyone.
As soon as she appeared, a strong aura emanated from her body. This aura made her look like a sword that had left the body, with an invincible momentum.
"Uncle Master Taixuan, the only disciple of Tianjian Peak, is so handsome. Although she is a woman, she gives me a strong masculine aura." After seeing Taixuan appear, some core disciples showed admiring expressions.
No need to look, the person coming is Yun Xin, Taixuan is her Taoist name. Although she is a direct disciple, her seniority is older than Lin Aoxue and the others.
"Uncle Taixuan." Those direct disciples of the Xuan generation greeted Yun Xin one after another. Yun Xin just nodded, then closed his eyes and thought, waiting for others to arrive.
This Yun Xin, oh no, now it should be said that she is Li Jianxin. She has been in the Tai Shang Ganying Sect for so many years, and basically does nothing else, and doesn't interact with people much. She just stays in Tianjian Peak to practice every day.
Her cultivation speed was a bit slow in the Yunxia Sect, but after coming to the Taishang Ganying Sect, with the training of the resources of the entire Tianjian Peak, her cultivation speed advanced by leaps and bounds. However, she has not yet broken through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm and is only half a step away from the Four Extremes, which is already very fast.
She cannot be compared with Lin Aoxue. After all, Lin Aoxue has the blessing of Ye Liuyun's special elixirs.
More than sixty years ago, among the batch of disciples who were newly initiated, only Lin Aoxue broke through the Four Extremes. Even Daogong Yanyu and Chen Yan had not yet reached the Four Extremes secret realm.
However, their combat effectiveness basically exceeds that of ordinary Four Extreme Secret Realms. Many people know this. If they go all out, they can even fight against cultivators in the Divine Realm.
Next, a red light and a colorful light came at the same time. This time, it was Chen Yan and Yan Yu who came. They held hands and landed beside Li Jianxin.
"Uncle Taixuan, you are the first among the four of us to arrive." Chen Yao greeted him with a smile.
"Yeah." Li Jianxin just nodded and didn't say much.
This guy's personality hasn't changed at all. He's still the same type who doesn't like to talk and doesn't like to pay attention to others.
After they arrived, Xuantian and others also came to the scene. Together, there were nearly fifty disciples.
The last person to arrive, needless to say, was Lin Aoxue. As the current goddess of the Supreme Induction Sect, her status was above that of ordinary disciples.
"Big sister, second sister, and Uncle Taixuan, long time no see." Lin Aoxue greeted the acquaintances.
The last time Lin Aoxue and Yan Yu met was three years ago.
When Li Jianxin saw Lin Aoxue coming, he couldn't help but say something.
"Hey! As expected of a legendary physique, you are a latecomer who has surpassed the others and have already become a cultivator in the Four Extreme Secret Realms."
Lin Aoxue chuckled.
"With your aptitude, it won't take long for you to break through the Four Extremes Secret Realm. Big sister and second sister, you'll be there soon too, right?" Lin Aoxue said.
"Yes, it's almost time. After this trip to the Taixu Secret Realm ends, we will basically go back to seclusion to break through. But little sister, you have to be careful. The two of us certainly have no intention of taking your place, but it's hard to say about them." Yan Yu turned slightly and glanced at the large group of people behind him.
There must be someone among these people who wants to target Lin Aoxue.
The Taixu Trial does not prohibit life-and-death struggles.
When Lin Aoxue heard this, she also turned around and glanced at the guys behind her. Lin Aoxue glanced around and saw that there were obviously many people in the crowd who quickly looked away and didn't look at Lin Aoxue.
"Hmph! If you dare to provoke me, I will kill them without mercy." Lin Aoxue just said this, she was definitely not joking, she would really do it.
After all the contestants arrived, the elder spoke again.
"My fellow disciples, this Grand Void Trial is risky. You must do it according to your ability and do not force yourself. Also, when competing with your fellow disciples, do not kill each other."
But this sentence has no binding force. He didn't even say what the punishment would be if someone maliciously killed a fellow disciple.
That’s because people outside don’t know the situation inside. Only after they come out will they know who is alive and who is dead.
"I'll ask you one last time. Is there anyone who would naturally give up the Taixu Trial? If so, you can withdraw immediately." After waiting for a while, the elder asked again.
They have already been told that there is a possibility of losing their lives, so of course they have to be more cautious.
After hearing this, many of the core disciples weighed the pros and cons, then flew up and withdrew from the Taixu Trial.
Those who withdrew were originally hesitant, and after thinking it over, they decided to give up. This is also a manifestation of their lack of self-confidence, but it is understandable.
In this way, out of more than 5,000 core disciples, nearly 500 of them eventually withdrew from the Taixu Trial.
"Tsk! What a bunch of cowards." The disciples who stayed behind looked at their fellow disciples who retreated with contempt.
After these people left and they were sure that no one else quit, the elder of the Supreme Sense of Response Sect announced loudly.
"It's almost time to open the door to the Taixu Secret Realm."
As soon as these words were spoken, the huge stone door in front of everyone slowly opened under the pull of a strong force. After the door was opened, an indescribable ancient atmosphere wafted out from the door.
"What a weird energy fluctuation. It gives people an inexplicable sense of uneasiness." Someone murmured.
For some reason, many people who had not originally planned to quit became afraid again after feeling the aura emanating from the gate.
“Forget it, forget it, I’d better give up. I don’t have much chance of obtaining the core inheritance anyway, and I don’t want to die in there.” Another person backed down and flew away.
However, by this time, there were not many people who quit, only a few scattered ones. As for those direct disciples, none of them quit. If they quit, they would not be able to survive in their faction in the future.
"The gate to the Taixu Secret Realm has been opened. This secret realm will only be open for one month. After one month, no matter whether you have found the opportunity you want or not, you must come out, otherwise you will bear the consequences. Okay, you can go in." The strong man of the Tai Shang Ganying Sect reminded again.
When Lin Aoxue heard the voice, she greeted Yan Yu and Chen Yao, and then flew into the Taixu Secret Realm first.
Yan Yu, Chen Yao and Li Jianxin followed closely behind.
The rest of the people also flew in hurriedly. As for the core disciples, each of them looked timid, but they all went in in the end.
As everyone went in, the higher-ups at the Tai Shang Ganying Sect's main hall suddenly became melancholy and worried.
"Master, we cannot monitor the situation in the Taixu Secret Realm. Do you think anything serious will happen?" a peak master said worriedly.
They were worried that there might be members of the Anti-Immortal Alliance among the disciples taking part in the trial. If the members of the Anti-Immortal Alliance wanted to cause trouble, it would be a big trouble that could not be controlled.
"What's the point of worrying? If they are always worried about whether someone is secretly trying to harm them, then they should just not hold any competitions or activities. In the test of life and death, seeking a glimmer of hope for survival is the test they need to go through."
"I am not worried about the people from the Anti-Immortal Alliance. What I am worried about are our own disciples. You faction leaders should understand what I am talking about." Great Elder Tianmu looked at the faction leaders around him.
There are definitely people with ulterior motives among these faction leaders, but they are all old foxes who have lived for thousands of years, and it is difficult to tell from their faces that they have any bad intentions.
No one responded to the Great Elder's words. If you responded to his words, wouldn't that be the same as admitting that you had ulterior motives?
When the Great Elder Tianmu saw that they were silent, he snorted coldly and then looked quietly at the life jade token floating in front of them, although they could not see the situation inside.
However, these jade tokens, which contain a trace of the trial-taker's soul, can tell them that those disciples died in the secret realm.
In every session of the Taixu Secret Realm, there will be disciples who die. This is almost inevitable because the Taixu Secret Realm is an independent small space constructed by the monks of the Nirvana Secret Realm, and no one of them can influence the rules inside.
Looking at Lin Aoxue again, after entering the Taixu Secret Realm, she found herself high in the sky, and below her were the mountains and rivers thriving with vitality.
Her body fell uncontrollably and she couldn't control her flight at all, or rather, in this place, they couldn't fly.
"The laws here prohibit flying? This is a bit troublesome." Lin Aoxue glanced around and quickly found Chen Yao and Yan Yu. The two were far away from her and it was impossible for them to land in the same area.
After a while, Lin Aoxue landed. The moment she landed, she released her magic power to impact inside, then used the force to do a backflip and landed steadily on the ground.
Falling from such a high place and unable to fly, even if he didn't die, he would probably be seriously injured.
Just then, Lin Aoxue heard a man's scream.
"Ah... What the hell is going on? Are there any protective measures at all?" A core disciple came into direct contact with the ground.
Of course, there are more than one unlucky guy like this.
Many of them thought that their speed would slow down the moment they landed, but in fact, they fell from a height of ten thousand meters just like ordinary people, and the rules here did not protect them.
"Tsk, idiot." Lin Aoxue complained and wanted to use her spiritual sense to check the situation around her, but unfortunately, this place was sealed even for her spiritual sense and she could not use it.
"This? Can spiritual sense be used as well? Then doesn't it all depend on luck?" Lin Aoxue was puzzled.
But since she was already here, she could only take one step at a time. Lin Aoxue randomly chose a direction and walked forward.
But this place was full of dangers. Before Lin Aoxue had taken a few steps, the ground began to tremble. Then, tough tree roots shot out from the ground and stabbed Lin Aoxue.
Lin Aoxue quickly drew out her sword and cut off the entangled tree roots one by one.
"Hmph! Come out." After Lin Aoxue cut off the entangled tree roots, he slammed his sword towards the place where the tree roots appeared.
This sword cut a large underground crack in that area on the spot. Without thinking, Lin Aoxue rushed over and jumped into the crack.
And under the crack was an underground nest, inside which stood a tree emitting a faint blue glow, or rather a tree demon, and it was this tree demon that attacked her.
Chapter 411 Soul-shaking Bell (6000 words)
After Lin Aoxue landed, her eyes immediately became cautious because she saw some incredible things.
This space is very strange, with almost no other living creatures, but through the blue light emitted by the trees, many white bones can be seen, and these bones are hung on the trunk of the blue tree by vines.
Judging from their clothes, they must be the trial-takers who came to participate in the Taixu Trial in the past. They were killed by this tree demon and hung here as trophies. There are almost a hundred corpses.
This tree demon looks beautiful from a distance, but if you look at it up close, you will find that it is very evil.
Because if you look closely, you can see that the crown of this strange tree is not made of leaves at all, but is made up of a large number of insects emitting blue light.
These insects used the corpses of the monks as their nests and initially lay on the branches to rest. The moment they discovered an intruder had broken in, they saw a golden insect crawling out of the strange tree hole, and then made a strange insect chirping sound towards Lin Aoxue who was falling from above.
As the sound of insects chirped, the insects on the treetops began to flutter up and fly like fireflies, swarming towards Lin Aoxue. There were so many of them, like bees swarming out of a nest.
The moment these insects approached, Lin Aoxue recognized their origins.
"Soul Devouring Bug? So this tree is the Soul Devouring Tree? Oh, I don't know if my luck is good or bad. As soon as I came in, I encountered such a rare evil creature. This is really worthy of being the Taixu Secret Realm. There are so many of these things that are almost invisible in the outside world here."
Lin Aoxue took a closer look at the insects flying over and found that this was a rare demon insect.
This insect that looks like a firefly is called a soul-eating insect. It feeds exclusively on souls and is an evil creature that can only be born in extremely dark places.
This thing is different from ordinary monster insects.
The monks who had been bitten by them had no wounds on the surface, but in fact their souls had been bitten to pieces.
The soul-eating insects have always liked to coexist with another evil creature, the soul-eating tree.
This is an evil tree that likes to devour the power in other living beings. No matter whether it is a human or a monster, as long as they enter its territory, they will become its target of attack.
When these two evil things come together, it is very difficult for most cultivators to deal with them. After all, one attacks your soul, and the other restricts your magic power. This is definitely a life-or-death situation for most cultivators.
Lin Aoxue didn't expect that she would encounter this thing at the very beginning.
However, Lin Aoxue did not feel afraid, because the more dangerous the place, the greater the opportunity.
Before she came in, Li Bai said that in the Taixu Secret Realm, the stronger the monster encountered, the more precious the treasure it guards, so this place must have good things hidden.
Judging from the state of decay of the corpses on this Soul Devouring Tree, this creature must be very powerful, as there are several corpses of people from the Four Extreme Secret Realms hanging on the tree.
Lin Aoxue raised her head and glanced upwards. The opening she had opened above had been covered by the roots of the Soul-Devouring Tree. The light gradually disappeared, which meant that the retreat route was blocked.
But this space is not dark. With so many soul-eating insects emitting blue light, this underground space becomes gloomy.
"Hehehe... Another prey has come in. Oh, these hundred years have been really hard to endure. I hope I can catch more prey this time and eat them slowly. Otherwise, if I eat all the prey in one go, I'll be hungry again."
A blue ghost face appeared on the Soul-Devouring Tree and looked at Lin Aoxue who was falling from the sky and let out a series of sinister smiles.
This is the tree spirit of the Soul-Devouring Tree. This guy has a cultivation level at least close to the early stage of the Four Extremes Secret Realm. Coupled with those Soul-Devouring Bugs, ordinary Divine Form Realm cultivators simply cannot be his match.
Lin Aoxue first swung out green sword lights at the spreading insects, but unfortunately this time, tree roots covered with blue runes immediately stabbed towards Lin Aoxue's blue light.
These powerful sword lights shattered in an instant. This was because the magic power on the sword lights was devoured by the Soul-Devouring Tree, so they became so fragile.
"Tsk!" Lin Aoxue snorted coldly, and the power attribute in her body began to change, gradually changing from the power of wind to the power of fire.
The sword in her hand emitted a blazing flame. She swung the flaming sword and swept it around. When the soul-devouring tree roots came into contact with the flames, they immediately felt pain and shrank back.
Under normal circumstances, the power of fire will definitely restrain the wood-attributed soul-eating technique, but the problem is that those soul-eating insects are fire-attributed insects.
