The Evil King's Favorite: The Princess Is Too Cruel

The midday sun was at its hottest, and the people from the five major families couldn't help but break out in a thin layer of sweat as they walked in the open mountains.

It's strange to say, this mountain is called Wanshou Mountain, but the mountain is dead silent. Apart from some strange rocks, there is not a single plant, let alone other life forms such as monsters. It seems as if this is a dead place.

Under the scorching sun, they should have felt hot, but many disciples were sweating on their heads, and felt that the surroundings were eerie and their backs were cold.

"Fuck! This is really weird. It's so scorching hot, but why do I feel so uneasy?" A disciple muttered in a low voice.

The disciple beside him couldn't help but nod in agreement when he heard his words, "Hey, you know what, I feel the same way."

"Right! Right! It's so quiet here. It feels like the mountain is dead. There's not a single living thing."

"Yes, yes, it's inexplicably creepy."

As they spoke, they both crossed their arms and shivered at the same time.

The others didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but after hearing the conversation between the two, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.

For a moment, everyone was in a panic. All the disciples gathered in groups of three or four, huddling together for warmth, as if this could dispel the fear in their hearts.

Hearing the movement coming from the team behind them, the heads of the five major families walking in front couldn't help but stop and turn around.

"What's all this fuss about?" Su Qingcang frowned at the disciples' cowering expressions and shouted coldly, "Look at what you've all done! You're all so timid. How can you still be the demeanor of the Five Great Families?"

Su Qingcang's scolding was obviously directed at all the disciples of the five major families. This behavior could be regarded as overstepping one's authority.

Sure enough, Xie Boru and other heads of the other four major families frowned in displeasure, but since Su Qingcang was telling the truth, they did not refute it.

Qi Daoxiu looked at the Qi family disciples with a dignified expression and said, "What are you doing? It's just a barren mountain. What's there to be afraid of? Hold your chests high for this family master."

"Look at how timid you are now, and you still want to participate in the family trial. I'm afraid you will be eliminated as soon as you enter the secret realm." Xie Boru said venomously with a dark face.

As for Tang Bojun and Yang Zhenglin, their expressions were also grim. These disciples usually acted so arrogantly in the family, but unexpectedly, they turned into cowards at the critical moment. They hadn't even entered the secret realm yet, and they were already showing their fear.

To be honest, the five family heads were a little disappointed. They couldn't help but start to doubt themselves. They wondered if they had used the wrong method to train their family disciples over the years. Flowers in a greenhouse cannot grow after all.

At this moment, Xie Boru and others made the same decision in their hearts.

After being reprimanded by the head of the family, the disciples of the five major families immediately looked ashamed. At the same time, the fear in their hearts also subsided a lot. They raised their heads and chests, and instantly regained their original momentum.

Seeing this, Xie Boru and the other five family heads nodded secretly in their hearts. Fortunately, it was not that bad and could still be used after some training.

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After a short delay, the team continued to move forward. About an hour later, they finally arrived at the Wanshou Valley in the center of Wanshou Mountain.

On the flat ground in the center of the valley, there is a stone archway with a heavy and ancient atmosphere. The stone pillars on both sides are carved with the Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, White Tiger and Black Tortoise respectively.

As for the top of the arch, there is a mighty and domineering Qilin looking down with disdainful eyes, as if it is the king, and under its feet, all the beasts are submitting.

The five major families stopped in front of the stone archway. Qi Daoxiu turned and looked at the young disciples of the five major families and said:

"Everyone, the once-every-fifty-year family trial is about to begin. The stone archway behind this family head is the entrance to the secret realm. This time, the five major families will compete as usual, and the ranking will be based on points. The top ten disciples will receive special rewards."

Qi Daoxiu kept everyone in suspense and did not tell anyone what the special reward was. He just smiled mysteriously, then looked at the other four family heads and nodded slightly.

Xie Boru and the other three understood and instructed the people around them, "Send the things down!"

"Yes."

After receiving the order, the elders following the five family heads took out a storage bag from their storage rings, and then walked towards their young disciples with the storage bags.

They took out jade slips from their storage bags and handed them to the disciples who were participating in the family trial. The jade slips of the five major families were of different colors: the Qi family's was yellow, the Yang family's was green, the Xie family's was white, the Tang family's was blue, and the Su family's was red.

The disciples of the five major families looked at the jade slips in their hands with confused expressions. It was obvious that they didn't understand what the jade slips were used for.

Seeing the puzzled expressions of his disciples, Qi Daoxiu explained with a smile, "This jade slip is your pass to participate in the family trial, and it also serves as your identity badge. As long as you drip a drop of blood on it, it will automatically record your information. When you enter the secret realm later, the jade slip will automatically score every monster you kill. A first-level monster is one point, a second-level monster is two points... and so on. The higher the level of the monster, the higher the points."

"After the family competition is over in a month, we will be ranked according to the points in the jade slip."

Qi Daoxiu paused for a moment, then changed the subject, a malicious smile flashing across his eyes as he said, "Oh, by the way, during the clan competition, you can snatch points. As long as you grab the opponent's jade slip, you can transfer their points to your own jade slip."

As soon as these words were spoken, many disciples showed obscure lights in their eyes, which contained hesitation, deliberation, and calculation.

Qi Daoxiu and the other five family heads casually admired the changes in expression on the disciples' faces for a while, and then they took out the jade pendants that they had used to open the Wanshou Mountain barrier.

The five people threw the jade pendants towards the stone archway in unison; then everyone saw four jade pendants fall on the Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, White Tiger and Black Tortoise on the stone pillars on both sides, while Qi Daoxiu's jade pendant carved with a Qilin pattern fell on the Qilin above the stone archway.

"Swish!" At the moment when the five jade pendants fell, colorful light lit up in the stone archway, and the entrance to the secret realm was opened.

"The entrance to the secret realm has been opened. You can activate the jade slip and then enter the secret realm to participate in the trial."

As soon as Qi Daoxiu finished speaking, all the disciples bit their fingers and dripped blood into the jade slips.

"Swish!" A ray of light appeared on the jade slip, and then their names appeared on the jade slip.

Not only that, a light screen appeared above the stone archway, and they also appeared in the light screen.