I exchanged sects with the real daughter, and I ascended to heaven to offer sacrifices to her

The ice-blue water shield disappeared without a trace, announcing the end of the duel.

The air was still filled with a violent atmosphere, and there were circles of flame ripples on the ground. It was not until Ye Qingning's consciousness returned to its original state that the surroundings gradually returned to calm.

The news of the duel also rang in Ye Qingning's ears.

Just as Ye Qingning guessed, if a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator defeated a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, he would get +500 points, and if he defeated an Out-of-Body Stage cultivator who was one level higher than him, he would get +1000 points.

After eliminating Fu Feng, her current score is 1150.

If you want to know the ranking of the duel, you need to wait until midnight.

Song Ziyan stood in a daze not far away. When Ye Qingning eliminated Su Ke, Song Ziyan knew that Ye Qingning was very strong, but when Ye Qingning came to challenge Fu Feng, he was still a little worried. Now it seems that his worries were really unnecessary.

After returning to the sect, he must learn from Junior Sister Ye, spend more time on cultivation, and continue to strengthen his spiritual awareness.

When Ye Qingning and Song Ziyan went back to find Xiao Chong and Ling Hua, the two also ended their duel.

Xiao Chong looked a little tired, which was obviously the aftereffect of excessive consumption of spiritual energy.

Ling Hua sighed, "Look at you. You wouldn't let me take action at the last moment, insisting on going it alone. Now you can't stand it anymore, right? You don't have any elixirs to restore your consciousness. For at least one day, you can forget about fighting anyone."

Xiao Chong smiled nonchalantly, half jokingly saying, "Why would you come up with me when I'm dueling him? Are you trying to steal my points?"

Ling Hua rolled his eyes in annoyance, feeling like whipping someone.

"Who wants to steal your points? I'm just worried that if you lose, you'll be unhappy for a few days after you go back."

"Now, all the disciples and elders from various sects in the spectator seats saw you eliminate the fourth sect's chief disciple, causing him to lose in the once-in-a-decade Immortal Sect Competition. Hall Master Xiao, you've become famous again."

Xiao Chong smiled lightly, although his voice was small, this time he laughed particularly happily. Years of resentment made him dare not relax for a moment, and he was just waiting for the day when he could defeat Qian Yi. Now he just felt his whole body lighten.

"I don't want to be famous. Besides, I'm already in this state. If I meet someone in the Out-of-Body Stage or the Spiritual Stage again, I'll definitely be eliminated."

"So, before I recover, I'd like to trouble Hall Master Ling to take good care of me and protect our fellow apprentices."

"I also want to congratulate Junior Sister Ye for eliminating Fu Feng. She should have a lot of points."

Ling Hua was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Qingning. He clearly remembered that Lan Lian Xianzun's disciple Fu Feng was at the Out-of-Body Stage, but he was eliminated by Junior Sister Ye at the Nascent Soul Stage?!

Awesome! Well done! This is what a Penglai disciple should do!

Ye Qingning smiled faintly: "There are 1000 points, which is twice as many points as the points obtained by defeating the Yuanying stage."

Ling Hua was surprised. He had actually forgotten to ask Xiao Chong how many points he had earned from defeating Qian Yi. "You also got a thousand points just now?"

Xiao Chong nodded: "Yes, the same as Sister Ye, one thousand points. You are envious, right? After all, you are in the Spiritual Severing Stage."

Ling Hua was speechless. In the end, the Spiritual Severing Stage was the one who suffered the most? No one was higher than the Spiritual Severing Stage, and defeating anyone wouldn't earn them a thousand points.

Fortunately, he had completed a specific task before and earned a lot of points, otherwise, when the midnight ranking was announced, he might still be at the bottom!

"Tomorrow, when you've recovered, I'll leave and find an opponent. Now, let's explore the depths of the Flame Purgatory. We might encounter a powerful fire-type monster."

Ling Hua had just finished speaking when he heard Song Ziyan say, "Brother Ling, Brother Xiao, Sister Ye, I actually discovered something strange when I was searching for random treasures."

As soon as the words came out, Ye Qingning and the other two widened their big, kazilan eyes.

Whether it is a secret realm, cave ruins, or other places, any place that can be called "strange" often hides some secrets or opportunities.

"What's the strange place? Tell me about it." Xiao Chong asked.

Song Ziyan didn't keep the secret: "That place is not too far from here, near the crater. I thought there were some random treasures buried in the scorched earth, but when I dug it out, I found only a few pieces of gravel."

"Strangely, some of these pieces aren't ordinary gravel. They have strange talismans carved on them, and they feel unusually cool to the touch."

"I'm a dual cultivator of weapons and swords. Although I can draw talismans, I can only copy simple ones. I really can't understand the runes on the broken stones, but those stones should be the stones of the destroyed formation."

"It's strange! How could there be formation stones in this flaming purgatory? I searched everywhere but couldn't find any treasures or even the shadow of a demonic beast, yet I found a few stones. Heaven is killing me! ヽ(?Д?)?!"

"Where are those stones? Take me to find them." Xiao Chong's voice was filled with excitement.

"To be honest, I also triggered a specific chain of tasks before. Partway through the task, I was asked to find a damaged formation stone and repair it. I searched for a long time but couldn't find it. I was surprised that you, Junior Brother Song, found it."

Song Ziyan: “…” Who is he looking down on?! Who is he looking down on in this ultimate showdown?! He even found the formation stone, but didn’t trigger the quest?! What about playing?

Ye Qingning: "..." How can the task be triggered? It must be that her consciousness has entered the realm, and the lucky red string is not worn on her hand, so the task was not triggered.

Or when the sun rises tomorrow morning, kowtow a few times facing due east. It is said that such prayers and wishes are quite effective. You can also exchange them for 500 years of your partner's life span from your previous life, just to trigger a hidden task.

Ling Hua: "..." Okay, okay, there are still many specific tasks, and I can't treat them all equally. My advantage is gone.

Song Ziyan wanted to curse in his heart eight hundred times, but he still took out a piece of gravel bigger than his fist from his sleeve.

"Since this is Senior Brother Xiao's mission, I'll return this formation stone to him. The rest will follow me!"

Xiao Chong was stunned. Who told him to take the formation stone? It almost ruined his mission╰(???)╯.

Ye Qingning exclaimed that he had learned something.

Find the broken formation stone and take away one. Even if Xiao Chong triggers the mission, the mission cannot continue because one formation stone is missing.

Her studies were a failure, and if she found anything strange in the future, she would have to put it in her sleeve.

If I didn't trigger the quest, then I won't do it. Horizontal banner: Don't even think about having a good time. (°ー°〃)

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About a quarter of an hour later, Ye Qingning and his group arrived at the place where Song Ziyan discovered the formation stone.

All you see is a piece of land scorched by flames, with a strong smell of sulfur floating in the air. The crater is not far away, and standing here you can hear the low roar of the magma erupting.

"That's it." Song Ziyan stopped and pointed at the ground below. "The formation stones are buried under the scorched earth. You can see them if you dig down."