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Chapter 139 Breakthrough to the Sixth Level of Foundation Establishment: Xuantian Immortal Palace
"Alas, it's a pity for this vestment."

Xiao Chen sighed and bent down to pick up Lu Wuqiang's storage bag.

To be fair, this is the strongest enemy he has ever encountered.

In the final offensive and defensive battle, he resisted the longest, using up all his talismans in an attempt to escape by exhausting his own magic power.

Even if another cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage had come, he might have succeeded.

But the other party certainly didn't expect that there was a fake pill in his body that could provide an additional double the total amount of mana.

He relied on indiscriminate bombardment to shatter the top-grade robes.

As Lu Wuqiang breathed his last, the divine generals and Yellow Turban warriors he summoned also turned into spiritual power and dissipated.

Xiao Chen first put away the golden pumpkin thunder hammer in his hand, then turned around and waved his hand to recall the brocade handkerchief and took out the colorful golden beads from it.

"It's a really good treasure, but it belongs to me now."

He nodded with satisfaction and cleared the entire battlefield with the Fire Bomb.

"Brother, are you okay?"

Lin Pingan poked his head out of the crater, holding a round shield. "Why is there such a big commotion?"

Xiao Chen landed calmly beside him: "It's okay, it's been resolved."

"How is the secret realm? Has the ban been restored?"

Lin Pingan heaved a sigh of relief and put away his round shield. While dismantling the temporary defensive formation, he replied, "It's done."

"Junior Brother Lin, are you practicing the art of formations as well?"

"Brother, you're joking. I'm not that powerful. I just learned a couple of defensive magic circles, just to be prepared."

The two jumped into the crater again.

Lin Pingan made a hand gesture and said, "Open!"

The ban in front of him flashed white light, and then nothing happened.

"Hey, open!"

"Hmm? Open!"

"What's going on? Open!"

Xiao Chen turned around and was about to ask when suddenly a strong white light appeared, followed by a huge torrent of spiritual energy erupting.

It was like a volcanic eruption, blowing both of them away.

Then a white beam of light dozens of feet thick shot straight into the sky, and a strong tide of spiritual energy swept out, announcing the opening of the secret realm to everyone within a thousand miles.

Lin Pingan slapped his thigh: "It's over, there is also a hidden ban."

"This is to announce the location of the secret realm, hoping to attract more monks nearby."

Xiao Chen reminded him: "It's okay, we should be the only two people within a radius of 2,000 miles."

"How long will this thing take to end?"

Lin Pingan went up to check it out and couldn't help but sigh: "Ah, judging by the specifications, it will probably last for an hour."

"Okay, good things come late, so let's wait a little longer."

Xiao Chen is more open-minded.

He simply found a flat stone to sit on and began to refine the top-grade magic weapon he had just acquired.

Especially the colorful golden beads, which rely heavily on the user's own magic power to nurture them.

Lin Ping'an's judgment this time was quite accurate.

An hour later, the beam of light shrank rapidly until it disappeared.

The two stood at the crater and looked down. The area below was like a secret place called Yanchi, with ripples like water.

Through the ripples, you can see the streams flowing and the flowers blooming in the secret realm.

Xiao Chen and Lin Pingan walked through the entrance one after another.

Suddenly, my eyes blurred and I felt dizzy.

It was as if the surrounding space was disordered.

The next moment, Xiao Chen turned around and saw that Lin Ping'an had disappeared.

He himself appeared in a quaint little room.

There was only a standing stone tablet and a closed wooden door in the room, and no windows.

But the room was well lit and the visibility was bright, so one could clearly see several lines of small words engraved on the stone tablet.

Xiao Chen walked closer and read it carefully.

Welcome to Xuantian Fairy Palace to participate in this assessment.

Please take the initiative to enter the hall. If you can remain undefeated for three quarters of an hour under the siege of three puppets in the late stage of foundation building, you will pass the first level and go to the next hall to continue the assessment.

Please note that you only have one hour to make a decision. If you exceed the time limit, you will be disqualified from this assessment.

The door can be opened by leaving your name on the back of the stone tablet with a registration pen.

"It's actually an examination?"

Xiao Chen tried to walk to the door, and sure enough, there was a restriction preventing him from opening it directly.

This stone tablet is more than one person tall, and a brush is placed horizontally on top of it.

There were already dozens of names on the back, and new names were constantly appearing.

Xiao Chen took a quick look and found many unfamiliar names on it, such as Tian Wenyu and He Qianlan.

The latest name to appear is "Anping".

He waited for a quarter of an hour, but did not see Lin Ping'an's name appear.

"interesting."

Xiao Chen picked up the brush and thought for a while, then wrote directly on the blank space - Chen Xiao.

When the brush was put back, a golden light immediately flashed on the stone tablet.

His handwriting and brush disappeared, and at the same time, the name Chen Xiao appeared in the latest position.

But in just a quarter of an hour, the number of names behind the stone tablet had reached more than a hundred.

"So many people have entered the secret realm?"

Xiao Chen was a little curious: "Could it be that there is more than one entrance to Xuantian Immortal Palace?"

Otherwise, even if other people saw the beam of light that opened the secret realm, they would not come so quickly.

"Squeak."

The door behind him opened by itself, revealing an empty hall outside.

At first glance, there was nothing except three walls emitting white light.

As Xiao Chen walked out of the room, a new wall immediately fell behind him, blocking his retreat.

Immediately afterwards, a red light appeared on the front wall, replacing the original white light.

At the rate it changes, it will completely change color in just three quarters of an hour.

At the same time, three large holes appeared on the ground, and three puppets made of black iron were sent up.

Each of them has the strength of the eighth level of foundation building, and they attack Xiao Chen directly with a big knife in hand.

Such a scene happened simultaneously in the outermost layer of the entire Xuantian Immortal Palace.

Hundreds of examinees from different regions were struggling under the siege of the puppets.

Although these three puppets cannot cast spells, they have thick skin and flesh and are not afraid of spell attacks at all.

In addition, the space in the hall was limited, and soon many monks began to get injured.

Lin Pingan held up a round shield in one hand and waved a command flag in the other, hiding in a corner. "Fortunately, I learned some defensive formations, otherwise I would have been doomed today."

Next to him, there was a burly young man who was dancing with a Xuanhua axe in his hand, easily blocking all the attacks of the puppet.

In addition, some people rely on talismans to delay time.

Some people fought in a group relying on their spirit beasts.

Only one young man was different.

With his extraordinary strength, he actually broke the three puppets into pieces one by one.

"Sure enough, the elder's guess was correct. The materials used to forge these puppets have been corrupted and can be forcibly disassembled."

As the golem fell, the wall directly in front of him rose up, revealing a corridor.

The young man strode out and looked up at the top of the corridor, where there were already two lines of small words.

The second line is his name.

Chu Yuebin - rated as excellent, took two quarters of an hour.

"What, who stole my first place?"

Chu Yuebin looked up and saw the first line of small words.

Chen Xiao——Rated as excellent, took a quarter of an hour.
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"Chen Xiao?"

Chu Yuebin frowned and thought carefully, only to find that he had never heard of this name before.

"That's strange. There's no family with the surname Chen near Jingkong Sea. Could it be that these cultivators are from Wanxian Island?"

Jingkong Sea and Wanxian Island are both located in the Eastern Region.

More than an hour ago, in the Jingkong Sea near Wanxian Island, a white light suddenly shot up into the sky, and a strong tide of spiritual energy swept across an area of ​​thousands of miles.

It immediately attracted a large number of monks from nearby.

Then everyone was surprised to find that the Xuantian Fairy Palace, which was supposed to open only once every hundred years, was opened ahead of schedule for some unknown reason.

That is why so many monks entered the secret realm.

"Well, it's more interesting to have an opponent."

Chu Yuebin shook his head and strode across the corridor.

Then two forks in the road appeared in front of him, one on the left and one on the right.

At the same time, a white light fell.

Then a rigid voice sounded: "Chu Yuebin, congratulations on reaching the second level. Please go through the fork in the road and enter the Hall of Inquiry within two hours."

"Overtime will be considered a failure in the assessment. The timer starts now."

At the same time, there is a stone tablet in the middle of the road, on which is the assessment content of the second level - luck!
The general rule is: there is only one correct path leading to the Hall of Inquiry, and no matter which path you choose, you need to walk to the end to know the result.

The examinee needs to rely on luck to choose the right path.

At the bottom is a message from Xuantian Fairy Palace: The Fairy Palace does not need a successor with bad luck.

When the ancestor of the Chu family first came here, he unfortunately chose the wrong road and was so angry that he cursed.

However, when it came to Chu Yuebin's generation, he was well prepared and immediately took out a spirit fish.

As soon as I let go, the spirit fish quickly fled to the left and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Great! With this pathfinder fish, I will definitely be able to pass this level the fastest, catch up with the gap in the first level, and surpass Chen Xiao."

Chu Yuebin immediately took out another second-level flying feather talisman and stuck it on his leg.

There are restrictions in the Xuantie Immortal Palace, and flying with a sword is not allowed.

With the help of this talisman, he can run twice as fast as an ordinary person.

Run to the end of the corridor in one breath.

Chu Yuebin immediately raised his head and looked upwards.

A line of small characters appeared.

Chu Yuebin - rated as excellent, took one hour.

A normal cultivator could only complete the race in two hours, but he saved half the time with the help of the Flying Feather Talisman.

However, when he continued to look up, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Anping - rated as excellent, takes five and a quarter hours.

"Who is Anping?"

Chu Yuebin was confused. There was no family with the surname An near Jingkong Sea.

"Where the hell did these people come from?"

"Where the hell did this Chen Xiao come from?"

In the next corridor, Lin Ping'an was also stroking his chin and thinking in surprise.

After seeing the second level, he immediately cast a divination on the spot and easily determined that the right side was the correct path.

And as we all know, the art of escape is a life-saving art.

Therefore, Lin Ping'an practiced three different escape techniques, one of which was the "Secret Escape Technique" to deal with the situation where he could not control the sword.

However, when he checked the rankings, he discovered that there was actually a master in the first place.

Chen Xiao - rated as excellent, took three quarters of an hour.

"Hiss, there's actually someone who can run so fast. The world of immortal cultivation is really too dangerous."

Lin Pingan suddenly felt the pressure: "What if this is a robbery? Then I won't be able to escape."

"No, I must strengthen my practice of escape techniques after returning this time. I must not take risks like this again until I achieve a breakthrough in escape techniques."

After making up his mind, he carefully pushed the door open and stepped into the third level - the Hall of Inquiry.

As soon as he entered the door, Lin Ping'an saw a painting depicting a prosperous city.

He suddenly forgot who he was and felt as if he had come into a painting.

Experience the life of an ordinary person in the painting.

Born into a poor family, he suffered from hunger and cold.

After finally growing up, he was declared by the immortal master who came to accept him as a disciple that he had no spiritual roots and no hope of becoming an immortal.

Later, while farming, he accidentally discovered a magical skill that could be practiced without any qualifications or spirit stones.

There were no requirements at the beginning, but within two years, he was helped to break through to the third level of Qi Refining.

But then, the magic power began to demand the blood and essence of the monks, and recorded a poisonous recipe that could harm people.

As luck would have it, he discovered that he had accidentally collected all the spiritual herbs he needed.

The only thing to decide now is whether to poison the other monks?
However, Lin Pingan suddenly felt something was wrong: "Why would I practice something as dangerous as magic?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Then he suddenly woke up and realized that he had just been possessed by an illusion.

A rigid voice sounded.

"Lin Ping'an, rated as excellent, took four quarters of an hour. Overall rating is excellent, passed the assessment."

"Congratulations, you've won second place in this assessment. You can freely choose two rewards."

As soon as he finished speaking, twelve jade boxes appeared, each containing spirit stones, elixirs, skills... and other different rewards.

However, three of the jade boxes had become empty boxes, obviously they had been picked through.

"Could it be that Chen Xiao again?"

Lin Ping'an looked up and saw that the first place was Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao - rated as excellent, took a quarter of an hour, and has an overall rating of excellent.

hiss~!

Lin Pingan took a deep breath and said, "Only a quarter of an hour?"

He simply couldn't imagine that someone could get rid of such a powerful illusion so quickly.

Who is the other party?

Time goes back to five quarters of an hour ago, when Lin Ping'an pushed open the door of the Hall of Inquiry.

Xiao Chen stepped into another Hall of Inquiry even earlier than him.

In fact, he saw no visions at all.

Instead, he heard a rigid announcement: "Congratulations, you have won first place in this assessment. You can freely choose three rewards."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Xiao Chen was actually confused as well: "I'm number one now?"

When he was attacked by a puppet before, he swung his sword to block it and immediately found that the puppet's body was not strong.

So, relying on his brute force comparable to that of a physical cultivator, he cut the puppet into more than a dozen pieces in no time.

Afterwards, I randomly chose a road, but when I ran it, I found that it was a dead end. I actually ran the wrong way, so I turned back to the other side.

Finally, you just push the door and walk into the Hall of Inquiry. You pass the level without doing anything.

"How can I even get first place? Is this test broken because it's been in disrepair for so long?"

“It doesn’t feel difficult at all.”

"With this level of skill, you dare to call yourself the Immortal Palace?"

However, he immediately saw twelve jade boxes appear, each containing a different luxurious reward.

Among them there is even a top-grade magic weapon and two bottles of pure wood essence.

"Hiss, I take back my previous comment, this is the real Asgard!"
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Pure wood essence is only effective for cultivators with wood spiritual roots.

But it is also one of the most precious treasures among all the second-level wood-type spiritual objects.

Its biggest feature is that if it is used to make pills, it can replace any wood-type spiritual object in any pill recipe.

Because of the characteristics possessed by other second-level wood-type spiritual objects, Pure Wood Essence not only has them all, but is also far ahead in all aspects.

Such a precious thing may have been obtained by someone before, but it has never been put on the market.

The entire Lizhou market and auction have not appeared for hundreds of years.

Xiao Chen had only seen records about pure wood essence in alchemy books before.

He never expected to encounter two bottles here at once.

Xiao Chen took the two bottles of the most valuable pure wood essence without hesitation, and then started to pick and choose other things.

"Ten thousand spirit stones? That's boring."

Although he still owed tens of thousands of dollars in debt, it felt like a huge loss to just take the spirit stones.

"Danggui Life-Sustaining Pill? What a pity."

This is actually a second-level elixir, and it is also a very precious secret medicine for prolonging life. Its value is no less than that of ordinary top-grade magic weapons.

But Xiao Chen doesn’t need this for the time being, and there is a top-grade magic weapon right here.

The rest of the things are either skills or spells, and they are all earth-level.

There is even an extremely special skill inheritance - jade carving.

"There's actually such a thing? I've never heard of such an unpopular art before."

Xiao Chen was a little surprised, but unfortunately, for the time being, he was not very interested in practicing all the arts of cultivation.

"Forget it, I'll just choose this Lotus Jade Ruyi. Anyway, I have the fake elixir and I'm not short of mana."

The reason why he didn't directly choose the top-grade magic weapon at the beginning was that

Because in a sense, he no longer lacks top-grade magical weapons.

This may sound like bragging, but it is not.

Not counting the broken jade bowl, he already has six top-grade magical weapons in his hands.

Remove the special tassel-edged handkerchief.

Assuming that one magic weapon requires twenty mana, using it simultaneously will consume one hundred mana.

But normally, the total amount of mana of a cultivator is very limited. Even a cultivator at the ninth level of foundation building only has eighty-four mana points.

Therefore, the number of magical instruments you carry with you should not be too many, otherwise it will be useless if you have magical instruments without the magical power to drive them.

To put it another way, there are actually differences in strength among magical weapons.

Limited magic power can only play the greatest role when used on the most powerful magic weapon.

In other words, Xiao Chen had the fake pill in his hand, and he had 123 magical powers at the fifth level of foundation building.

And it is foreseeable that there will be more mana capacity in the future.

There is no need to worry too much about insufficient mana.

"Before I came here, I never thought that I would be able to obtain so many top-grade magical instruments on this trip."

Since Xiao Chen was promoted to the Foundation Establishment stage, he has never lacked mana, and he has never really thought about this issue carefully.

Now that I have the Lotus Jade Ruyi in my hands, I finally feel a little pressure.

"Well, next, in addition to breaking through the cultivation level, we must also pay attention to cultivating the fake pill."

He had previously refined spiritual objects to give the fake pill an additional three magical powers.

After that, since there was no shortage of mana, I didn't continue to invest resources.

Considering that there will likely be more top-grade magical instruments to be acquired in the future, the gains brought by the breakthrough in cultivation are obviously not enough.

Therefore, it is necessary to allocate some spiritual objects to cultivate fake pills.

"Hiss, the 'Spiritual Cultivation Technique' in the Dantian also requires spiritual objects, the fake pill outside the Dantian also requires spiritual objects, and practicing magic also requires spiritual objects."

Xiao Chen thought about it and shook his head: "Every one of them is crucial."

"Forget it, forget about that, let's refine the pure wood essence first."

After selecting the reward, he learned from the stone tablet in front of him that there would be an additional comprehension session later.

However, we need to wait for the other monks, especially those who come in later, to pass the assessment or be eliminated.

Therefore, he could only wait here for the next few hours.

Xiao Chen naturally would not sit idle, but directly opened a bottle of pure wood essence and inhaled it into his stomach in one gulp.

I have to say that the effect of pure wood essence is indeed extraordinary.

Xiao Chen felt that his body was like a field that had been exposed to the scorching sun for several months in the summer and was suddenly drenched in a heavy rain.

It was also like a traveler who had walked in the desert for three days and three nights and finally came across an oasis and was able to drink sweet water.

The whole person is moisturized.

In the past, Xiao Chen had also taken various spiritual liquids and experienced the feeling of having a large amount of wood spiritual power in his body.

But there has never been a time when he could magically feel like he does now that he is the wood spiritual power itself.

At this moment, Xiao Chen felt the flourishing vitality, spring returned to the earth and all things revived.

I felt the straightness and bend of wood, the flexibility and adaptability of trees in facing different environments during their growth.

I felt the falling autumn leaves, the withering flowers, the development and changes of aging and death.

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This mysterious and unprecedented feeling completely immersed him.

The "Spirit Cultivation Technique" in the body began to operate spontaneously and circulated repeatedly according to the Great Circulation.

During this process, Xiao Chen felt that he had a clearer and more intuitive understanding of the way of wood, of growth and decay, and of life and death.

The whole process actually only lasted three hours.

But Xiao Chen felt as if he had experienced the mutual transformation of three springs and autumns.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and a gleam of light appeared.

"Whoo~"

He exhaled a long breath of green air, which immediately condensed in the air and did not dissipate. It lasted for a full ten breaths before slowly fading away.

Coming back to his senses, Xiao Chen quickly used his spiritual sense to look inward at his dantian.

In the Dantian, the spiritual flower cultivated by the "Spiritual Cultivation Technique" has grown from a small bud to a size larger than its leaves.

It can be said that it is in bud and about to bloom.

This undoubtedly meant that he had successfully broken through to the sixth level of foundation building without realizing it.

And I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Xiao Chen felt that the leaves of the spiritual flower seemed to have become greener than before.

Moreover, at the same time as the breakthrough, the total amount of mana that his dantian could hold was increased by another six dao, and with the help of his inner elixir, he directly possessed 135 daos of mana.

It can fully support him and drive the seven top-grade magic weapons in his hands at the same time.

"Good stuff."

Xiao Chen sighed and wanted to take out the second bottle of pure wood essence to strike while the iron was hot.

However, just as he had this thought and had no time to act, he heard the sound of the wall moving.

Then came that rigid puppet voice again: "The assessment is over."

"Please follow the corridor to the Enlightenment Monument."

(End of this chapter)