The game starts with escaping from the famine and flipping the table

Su Xiaoya and Yu Shuheng breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that three of the five teams had made great gains.

Yu Shuheng looked at Su Xiaoya and expressed his thoughts: "I will accompany Long Yunmang and the others to continue their training and strive to break through the ninth level as soon as possible. Then we will explore Guixu again!"

"Okay!" Su Xiaoya felt that Yu Shuheng's consideration was very thoughtful. However, she wanted to go to Guixu alone to take a look. She always felt that Guixu was not simple.

However, now is not the time to talk about it. She just took this opportunity to go and see how the two expedition teams of her second brother and Xiaohe were going.

Su Xiaoya was extremely looking forward to the rapid growth of the Su family's children.

After all, many hands make light work.

If a family wants to prosper, it always relies on more than one or two geniuses, but on everyone being united, working together and making progress together.

Su Xiaoya looked at Su Xiaohe's team and her second brother Su Mingxian's team.

I decided to go and see Su Xiaohe and her team first.

Su Xiaoya returned to Nieyao Niu Mi Mountain alone. Watching Su Xiaohe's team disappear at the foot of the mountain, her fingertips subconsciously stroked the storage bag at her waist—it contained the protective amulets she had prepared for the team, but hadn't had time to give them away.

Although the Wenyuan Nether Sea is located at the foot of the mountain, it has become a rare "spiritual power maze" on Qingyuan Star because of the lunar fog that lingers all year round. If ordinary cultivators mistakenly enter it, their spiritual power will be disrupted at best, and at worst they will be devoured by the Nether Water hidden in the fog.

But for now, we can only hope for their good luck.

After all, Su Xiaohe and the other two had reached the Tribulation Crossing Stage, and the twenty-nine carefully selected female cultivators they brought with them had the lowest cultivation level of the Nascent Soul Stage. He forcibly suppressed the urge to chase after them, and only released his spiritual sense, keeping an eye on the team at all times.

There are a total of 15 boys and girls in the Su family aged 10 and above but less than 21. Among them, the six boys including Su Gaowei are all in Su Mingxian's team.

The nine girls, Su Xiaohe, Su Xiaomiao, Su Xiaoyu, Su Xiaotian, Su Xiaocao, Su Xiaoye, Su Xiaolan, Su Xiaoyue and Su Xiaole, were led by Su Xiaohe and brought all the girls among the young men who had taken refuge with the Su family.

Among them is Fu Jingjing, the wood spirit that Su Xiaoya has her eyes on, while Pu Yiqi, the thunder spirit, is in Su Mingxian's team.

In the team, Kong Junli and Su Xiaoya can barely be considered best friends.

The nine elite girls from the nine countries under the jurisdiction of the National Master: Chunyu Tianer, Xianyu Xiaoyu, Gui Xiaoxi, Bi Yufen, Hao Xiaotiantian, Hao Xiaotangtang, Cui Liyue, Cui Lilan, Feng Qianxue, Wuma Congshan, and Lezheng Xilu also advance and retreat together with the Su family.

There are also Ye Zizhu, who has the wood spirit root, and Gu Qingxue, who has the ice spirit root. They are both outstanding among the first batch of outer disciples of the National Master Hall. They also took the initiative to ask to join the Su family and swore an oath to heaven and earth to be loyal to the Su family forever.

As for Yun Yaoyao, Li Qingyue, Wei Yiran, You Rongyu, Xia Yu, and Zuo Youran, except Xia Yu who is a martial arts master, the others are all daughters of high-ranking officials of the former Dayan Kingdom.

Long before the overthrow of Dayan Country, they had defected to the Su family and were students at the Su family's No. 2 and No. 3 bases. Although they were not born with natural spiritual roots, they both had rare dual spiritual roots, and their cultivation had broken through the Nascent Soul stage.

Of course, except for the two closest allies of the Witch Clan and the Dragon Clan, all the others who were able to come to the East China Sea this time are absolutely loyal to the Su family.

After all, the Su family is not a sucker, so how could they possibly make wedding clothes for others?

Since Su Xiaohe's team is composed of women, the East China Sea is an absolutely unfamiliar area, and most of them are seeing the sea for the first time.

Therefore, Su Xiaohe discussed with everyone and directly set the exploration target on the Wenyuan Minghai at the foot of the mountain.

Su Xiaohe, who possesses the Su family's inherited "Spiritual Harvest Life Technique", Su Xiaomiao, who possesses the "Green Sprout Spirit Control Technique", and Su Xiaoyu, who possesses the "Yu Lin Immortal Technique", are all the most advanced members of the team. They have broken through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage and are also the core combat force of the team.

So, Su Xiaohe thought about it and divided the work with Su Xiaomiao and Su Xiaoyu, with each person responsible for taking care of ten people, so as to ensure everyone's safety to the greatest extent.

After all, the one with the highest cultivation level among the other twenty-seven people had only broken through to the Void Refinement Stage, and they all had Su family's natural spiritual roots; and among the team, the one with the lowest cultivation level was only at the Nascent Soul Stage.

The Su family is not willing to let girls below the Nascent Soul stage go out for training. It is the same for them to train in the Wu clan's mustard seed space and the Su family's several secret realms. The safety is guaranteed.

After all, it was Su Xiaoya who brought her out, so her safety had to be ensured as much as possible.

Warm source of the underworld sea.

deep.

Su Xiaohe was handing a Fog-Repelling Pill to Fu Jingjing beside her. The wood spirit energy in the young woman's palm gently lingered, wrapping the medicinal fragrance of the pill into a thin green thread. She passed it precisely to Fu Jingjing's lips, "This pill will protect you from the Taiyin Mist for half an hour. Your wood spirit body is most sensitive to spiritual energy. If you detect any movement in the fog, use the spirit leaf as a signal."

Fu Jingjing nodded in agreement and put the pill into her mouth. The sweet smell of the medicine instantly dispelled the coldness lingering in her nose.

She looked up and saw that the surface of the Wenyuan Nether Sea was glowing with an inky light. The lunar mist floated on the sea like a veil. Occasionally, a few wisps fell into the water, stirring up tiny golden ripples - that was the strange phenomenon of the ancient spiritual power remaining in the mist colliding with the sea water.

"Sister Xiaohe, look over there!" Su Xiaoyu suddenly pointed to the front left, with some excitement in her voice.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the outline of a translucent cave vaguely emerging from the depths of the fog. Two ancient seal characters were engraved on the lintel of the cave. Although obscured by the fog, the tremendous spiritual power contained in the brushstrokes could still be seen. They were the two words "Xuan Ming".

Su Xiaomiao immediately took out the Qinghe Sword from her waist, and the Qingmiao patterns on the sword glowed faintly: "Be careful, the fog outside this cave is three times thicker than anywhere else. I'm afraid there is a restriction." As she spoke, she was about to take a step forward, but Su Xiaohe stopped her with her hand.

"Don't be in a hurry." Su Xiaohe gathered a wisp of spiritual power from the "Spiritual Grass Life Skill" at her fingertips and gently flicked it towards the mist curtain.

As soon as the green spiritual power touched the fog layer, it was bounced back by an invisible force. The rebounded spiritual power was mixed with the four colors of gold, wood, water and fire. If Su Xiaohe had not reacted quickly and protected her wrist with spiritual power in time, she would have been injured by this force.

"It's the restriction of the eight spiritual roots!" Su Xiaoyu immediately summoned the "Yulin Immortal Technique," and fine water ripples appeared around her body. "This restriction can actually rebound spiritual energy and even simulate the power of spiritual roots. It seems that the cave owner's cultivation is far superior to ours."

The thirty female cultivators instantly tensed up their nerves. Gu Qingxue, who was in the Void Refinement Stage, tightly gripped the Ice Soul Staff in her hand, while Zuo Youran, who was in the Nascent Soul Stage, quietly placed the protective jade pendant on her chest.

Fu Jingjing suddenly let out a soft "eh" and the wood spirit in her palm began to heat up on its own. She looked down and saw a small spirit leaf mark emerging on her palm. The spiritual power flowing in the mark actually produced a subtle resonance with the mist outside the cave.

"Sister Xiaohe, my wood spirit body seems to be able to sense things in the cave." Fu Jingjing's voice trembled, but she couldn't hide her excitement. "There's a very warm power inside, as if... it's calling us."

A hint of understanding flashed in Su Xiaohe's eyes.

She had heard from Su Xiaoya that ancient cultivators often used spiritual bodies as guides to set up inheritance restrictions. Fu Jingjing's wood spiritual body was rare, and perhaps it was the key to opening the cave.

She made a decision immediately: "Xiao Miao, you use the Qing Miao Yuling Technique to protect everyone; Xiao Yu, you use the Yu Lin Immortal Technique to dilute the Taiyin power in the fog; Jing Jing, you follow me forward and try to use your Wood Spirit Body to touch the restriction."

After everything was arranged, Su Xiaohe took the lead, followed closely by Fu Jingjing.

Just as the two of them approached within three feet of the cave, the fog suddenly rolled violently, and the originally inky mist instantly turned into eight colors. Eight spiritual pillars of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and ice rose from the fog and intertwined into a huge light curtain in front of the cave entrance - the Body Tempering Gate, which opened by itself at this time.

"Oh no! It's a body-tempering restriction!" Su Xiaomiao exclaimed, and swung the Qinghe Sword in her hand. Countless green seedlings broke out of the ground and weaved into a green protective net, but it was easily penetrated by the first golden spirit pillar.

Upon seeing this, Su Xiaoyu immediately activated the water ripples around her body and pushed the "Yu Lin Immortal Technique" to its extreme. Fine raindrops shot towards the spirit pillars like silver needles. Although it slowed down the spirit pillars, it could not stop them from attacking Su Xiaohe and Fu Jingjing.

Su Xiaohe's expression remained unchanged as she pushed the "Spiritual Herb Life-giving Technique" to its limit, with a rich green glow emanating from her entire body.

She knew that the Body Tempering Stage required the power of the eight spiritual roots to cleanse the body. If she resisted forcefully, she would only be attacked by the spiritual pillars.

When the first golden spiritual pillar attacked, she did not dodge but instead raised her left arm to meet it.

The sharp power of the golden spiritual root instantly penetrated her sleeves and drilled into her meridians. The severe pain made her groan, but she gritted her teeth and allowed the golden spiritual power to flow through her body - she wanted to use this power to open up the blocked spiritual power nodes in her meridians.

Seeing Su Xiaohe like this, Fu Jingjing immediately calmed herself down and completely released the wood spirit body.

When the green spirit pillar attacked, she did not feel any pain. Instead, she felt a warm force surging into her body. The wood spirit energy that she could only barely control became even stronger under the nourishment of this force.

She suddenly understood that this body tempering test was not to test the strength of the physical body, but to test whether the cultivator could integrate with the power of the eight spiritual roots - Su Xiaohe accepted the spiritual pillar with the life force of "Spiritual Grain Life Technique", and she used the talent of the wood spirit body to fit in with the spiritual pillar. The two of them became each other's helpers without realizing it.

The eight spiritual pillars attacked one after another. Su Xiaohe's clothes were already soaked with sweat, and the severe pain from her meridians made her eyes go black. But every time she was about to collapse, the wood spiritual energy from Fu Jingjing would flow into her body in time to repair her damaged meridians.

Under the guidance of Su Xiaohe's spiritual power, Fu Jingjing was gradually able to control the power of other spiritual roots. When the ice spirit pillar attacked, she used the spiritual power transmitted by Su Xiaohe to condense a small ice crystal in the palm of her hand. Although it was weak, it was enough to prove that she could initially accommodate different spiritual roots.

Half an hour later, the last wind spirit pillar dissipated in the fog.

Su Xiaohe staggered and supported Fu Jingjing. They smiled at each other, their eyes full of relief at surviving the disaster.

Looking at their bodies now, Su Xiaohe's skin glowed with a faint green light, and her meridians were several times wider than before; the mark of Fu Jingjing's wood spirit body became clearer and clearer, and the spiritual power surrounding her body also changed from a single green to a faint light mixed with seven other colors.

"I've passed the Body Tempering Test!" Su Xiaoyu ran over excitedly, the rain still dripping from her hands, "The cave door is open!"

Everyone looked up and saw the stone door of the cave slowly opening. The inside of the door was not as dark as they had imagined, but was filled with a soft spiritual light.

Su Xiaohe took a deep breath and walked in first. The female cultivators behind her followed closely and stepped into this ancient cave that had been sealed for hundreds of thousands of years.

The scene inside the cave was far beyond everyone's imagination.

The ground is paved with white jade, on which are engraved complex spiritual patterns. The spiritual power flowing in the spiritual patterns corresponds one by one to the eight spiritual roots.

Deep in the cave stood a stone platform, on which floated a palm-sized jade slip. A layer of faint purple mist surrounded the jade slip, and occasionally flashes of golden, wood, water, fire and other spiritual lights appeared in the mist - it was the vision transformed by the residual soul of Xuanming Zhenren.

"Finally... I've found my destined person."

An old but powerful voice suddenly sounded in the cave, and the purple mist slowly condensed into a translucent figure. The spiritual light around the figure intertwined, which was the wonder of the fusion of the power of the eight spiritual roots.

Su Xiaohe and the others immediately bowed in greeting. They had all experienced life and death, and it was not the first time they had encountered caves and secret realms, so naturally they had some vision.

Although they didn't know the identity of the figure before them, they could sense a pressure far beyond the Tribulation Crossing Stage from the spiritual power. After all, this was an existence they couldn't afford to provoke, so they naturally knew what to do.

"I am Xuanming, from the Lingxu Realm." The figure in purple mist spoke slowly, a voice full of vicissitudes. "After hundreds of thousands of years, someone has finally been able to pass the Body Tempering Passage and come here."

He glanced at Su Xiaohe and Fu Jingjing, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes, "Although Chaos Spiritual Bodies are hard to find, cultivators who can integrate the power of the eight spiritual roots are also capable of inheriting my legacy."

Su Xiaohe was shocked. She had heard some introductions about the void when she was accepting the Su family inheritance in the "Fusu Secret Realm".

Among them is the "Lingxu Realm", which is a higher level realm far superior to Qingyuan Star.

And where did this Xuanming Zhenren in front of him come from?

She was about to ask when Master Xuanming continued, "Next is the Dharma Enlightenment Stage. You must integrate the 'Xuanming Jue' in the jade slip with your own cultivation method. If you succeed, you will be eligible to obtain the Spiritual Root Source Pearl; if you fail..."

Before he finished speaking, the jade slip on the stone platform suddenly floated up and turned into two rays of light, flying into the eyebrows of Su Xiaohe and Fu Jingjing respectively.

Su Xiaohe felt that a huge amount of information about martial arts techniques instantly flooded into her mind. Every word in the "Xuanming Jue" contained tremendous spiritual power, which collided violently with her own "Linghe Shengxi Jue" - "Linghe Shengxi Jue" focused on endless life, while "Xuanming Jue" focused on the fusion of the eight spiritual roots. The two seemed contradictory, but they had a subtle connection in the essence of spiritual power.

Severe pain instantly swept through Su Xiaohe's sea of ​​consciousness. She gritted her teeth, forced herself to calm her mind, and began to try to inject the spiritual power of "Spiritual Grass Life-giving Art" into the practice of "Xuanming Art".