Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 50 Bronze Key
The disciples gathered not far from the horse, and it was obvious that they could not come up with any plan for the time being.

Ever since the cultivation world was divided into the righteous and evil sects, righteous disciples often prided themselves on their noble character, so no one would think of resorting to such despicable tactics as poisoning. However, the evil sect disciples were the most adept at this, and countless righteous people had been killed using similar methods.

This is the most distressing thing for the head of Daocheng. As a person of the righteous path, there are some despicable means that you cannot use, but it does not mean that you cannot know.

Knowing but not using is the correct approach, but it is obvious that most disciples nowadays are too "pure".

A disciple suggested, "Although we have lost our cultivation, the horse is not a beast with bronze skin and iron bones. As long as we risk our lives, we can always injure it."

Someone objected, "After all, it's at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm. I'm afraid that just ten of us wouldn't be enough to fill its teeth."

"That's right, that's right. Just now, Senior Brother Zhou was trying to launch a sneak attack, but you saw what happened."

"So what should we do? Should we just waste time with him?"

"I have an idea. How about arranging a brother with faster feet to lure it away? That way, the bronze key will be exposed."

"I thought you had a good idea, but look carefully, the bronze key is tied to the ponytail!"

When everyone heard this, they looked carefully and found that it was indeed true. They were suddenly as heartbroken as if they had lost their parents and didn't know what to do.

Just then, Yun Yi and Su Qing walked over. Although the disciples did not know Yun Yi, they were quite familiar with Su Qing. They saluted respectfully and said, "Big Sister."

Su Qing is the eldest disciple of the Dan Pavilion's Grand Elder. She has been treating patients and saving lives in the sect for many years, so she called her "Senior Sister" with great sincerity.

But in comparison, the handsome man next to the eldest sister seemed a bit of an eyesore.

Who are you, kid? Why do you think you can walk side by side with Su Qing?

Yun Yi felt the murderous gazes from his fellow brothers and laughed in his heart, thinking, when I get the bronze key, won’t a few of them faint from anger on the spot?

He hid the rabbit meat in his hand behind his back and pretended to be innocent. "Brothers and sisters, can't you think of a way to deal with the horse?"

The leader, intent on showing off in front of Su Qing, took the initiative to say, "Under normal circumstances, with my cultivation in the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm, I could kill it with one strike of my sword. But now that everyone has lost their cultivation, the magic weapons in their hands can't even exert their full strength, so we are definitely no match for it."

Su Qing didn't say anything, just stood aside and watched the show.

One disciple asked, "If Senior Sister wants the bronze key, we will help you get it even at the risk of our lives."

Unexpectedly, Su Qing shook his head and said, "I'm not interested. If you have a plan, just do it based on your own abilities."

The disciples were not surprised to hear that Su Qing had no interest in the third level. They had heard that the eldest sister was devoted to refining pills and had no interest in other things.

This is good, because there is one less competitor. Otherwise, with the ability of the eldest sister, if she insists on getting the key to this place, I am afraid no one can compete with her.

Hearing that Su Qing would not intervene, several older disciples immediately became more active and suggested that the younger disciples each tie up one of the legs of the horse.

They are all good at coming up with bad ideas.

Yun Yi didn't bother to discuss it with them, so he found a place that was closest to the horse, just enough to avoid angering it. When the horse saw Yun Yi approaching, it snorted and swung its tail vigorously, looking very difficult to deal with.

"Junior brother, please don't go any further. It will not benefit anyone if you irritate it!" said one of the brothers in a pretentious tone.

Seeing that Yun Yi had no intention of backing down, he was about to criticize him a few more times, but unexpectedly he saw his junior brother suddenly throw a strange object at the horse.

I don't know what it is, but it smells pretty good.

"Run!" someone shouted, and the next moment everyone retreated, fearing that the horse would be enraged and start indiscriminate attacks.

Su Qing witnessed this scene and shook his head helplessly, thinking that the psychological quality of the disciples of Fuyao Sect was really too poor and needed to be trained hard.

Yun Yi sneered and also looked down upon these ugly righteous disciples. He thought that they were always making a fuss about the distinction between good and evil, and to put it bluntly, they were just a bunch of rabble.

He threw the rabbit meat to the horse, then stood there staring at it, motionless.

The horse was indeed a little annoyed at first, wondering why these disciples were so annoying that they actually threw things at it. However, when it smelled the aroma of food, it instantly became excited.

Human barbecue is a specialty, and countless monsters crave it. So without a second thought, it swallowed the elata and the rabbit meat coated with coffin fruit, chewing it carefully to savor it.

When Yun Yi saw the horse eating the rabbit meat, he began to count.

One, two, three... seventy-seven, seventy-eight...

When he counted to eighty, the horse seemed sleepy and quietly closed its eyes. The disciples didn't know what was going on, so no one dared to approach.

Seeing this, Yun Yi walked lightly, held his breath, and moved closer to the horse, where he found the bronze key tied to the horse's tail.

The key looked odd, cylindrical with some bumps on it.

There was some unusual movement among the onlookers. It seemed that someone noticed that the horse had fallen asleep, so he planned to step forward and snatch the key.

In order to prevent the group of people from rushing up and waking up the horse, Yun Yi had to speed up and grab the key tied to the end of the horse's tail with its hair.

As he held the bronze key in his hand, the purple air swirling around the place instantly enveloped Yun Yi and sent him to another place in the blink of an eye.

Su Qing looked at the direction where Yun Yi left and thought to himself, "You must win."

……

The forty-nine purple auras in the sky became fewer and fewer, and people continued to snatch the bronze key to the third level from the monsters.

At the same time, more and more disciples were teleported outside the forbidden area. After just a few hours, 90% of the disciples had failed the trial.

The Great Elder of Jiange kept scolding these disciples and asked them to reflect on themselves and use their brains instead of their butts to think about what the purpose of cultivation was. What would they do if they really lost their cultivation one day or met an opponent with higher cultivation than themselves?

As the last ray of purple air disappeared, the remaining disciples were teleported out one after another.

There was no sign of sadness on Su Qing's face, and the medicine basket was full.

Taoist Xuancheng felt helpless at the sight. Others undertook trials to compete for Dao Fruits, but you were the only one to collect herbs. In his opinion, Su Qing's talent far surpassed Meng Fan's. If it weren't for his gentle nature and dislike of fighting, he would have already entered the Return to Void Realm.

Unexpectedly, Qi Ling'er did not show up, but "Shi Yucheng" returned safely.

Qingwei quickly took Xun Ziyu to pick up his disciple and asked with concern, "Are you injured?"

Song Xinci shook his head: "Disciple is fine."

"Why did you come out last? Didn't you rob others?"

"I guess so." She faced Shi Yucheng's face and acted as if she was speechless.

Elder Qingwei saw this and thought that his young disciple was in a bad mood, so he stopped asking questions.

Little did they know that the purple aura Song Xinci had visited was guarded by a flying monster beast called the Wind Owl. It had a bronze key hanging from its claws, but it had been perched atop a giant tree several feet tall, stumping many disciples.

The Wind Owl had a gentle temperament, completely different from the aggressive and ferocious Horse. Therefore, there was no need to worry about the Wind Owl actively harming people; the biggest challenge was actually how to approach it.

So the disciples chose to climb trees, but they didn't expect that every time someone was about to touch the Wind Owl, the monster would flap its wings and fly to another tree.

The situation became awkward. A group of people climbed trees repeatedly, and Feng Xiao changed places to stay, wasting a lot of time.

Song Xinci looked annoyed, so he took action secretly and used a leaf to knock down the bronze key hanging on Feng Xiao's claws.

No one expected that the key would fall into the hands of Qi Ling'er who was watching the show below. Then a burst of purple air enveloped the girl with an incredible look on her face and went to the third level.

Qingwei asked anxiously, "Why hasn't Ling'er come out yet?!"

Song Xinci said: "She should have reached the third level."

"what?!"

(End of this chapter)