Senior brothers, please stop abusing me. I'm going to change my ways to be merciless.

In an instant, an ancient and powerful force rushed out of the box like a surging tide, impacting every inch of the air.

The appearance of the treasure was completely exposed to everyone's sight.

I saw a pale bone lying quietly in the box. Every inch of it had delicate and complex lines, emitting strands of cold blue light.

Everyone was shocked!

Before the monks could digest the shock in their hearts, they were immediately given goose bumps by a gust of cold air, and their eyebrows and hair were instantly covered with frost.

Except for Fan Li who was not affected at all, everyone else was shivering uncontrollably due to the cold.

Fortunately, the saint closed the box in time, otherwise those with low cultivation would have been frozen into ice sculptures on the spot.

Although it was only a few breaths of time, the appearance of the treasure was deeply imprinted in everyone's mind, impacting their hearts and minds.

A monk with a mustache asked in surprise, "Could that be the dragon bone that sold for a huge price at the Wanbao Auction eight years ago, the dragon bone of the Snow Dragon?!"

The Saint said gracefully, "Your Excellency is right. It is indeed a section of the Snow Dragon's keel."

The monk was shocked and full of doubts at the same time: "It's just a competition. Using such an expensive treasure as a prize, isn't the price too high?"

These words woke everyone up.

Yes, it’s just a competition, not a large-scale discussion conference like in previous years. Is it necessary to have such expensive rewards?

They were afraid that if the final result didn’t show that their Beast Taming Sect won, they would regret it.

Everyone calmed down a lot and waited for the saint's reply.

The Saint smiled and said slowly, "Eight years ago, Wanbao Merchants had three dragon bones, and our Beast Taming Sect bought them all. This is one of them."

The Saint said with a look of regret: "Dragon bone is definitely a top-level refining material, but it's a pity that this one can't be used."

"I believe you have all seen the patterns on it. It is an ancient restriction. If it is forcibly broken, the dragon bone will turn to ashes in an instant!"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other in surprise.

"If your clan doesn't have anyone capable enough to break the restriction, what use would it be to us?"

These words really speak out what everyone is thinking.

You can only look at it, but not use it, and yet you have to worship it. What's going on?

The Saintess calmly said, "You can't say that. You are all geniuses from super powerful sects. Just because you can't break the restriction doesn't mean the people behind you can't."

"Well, let me show you a way. This restriction is not without a solution, but it depends on luck."

The monk asked curiously, "Why rely on luck?"

Saint: "As long as you can find a spirit beast with the bloodline of an ancient mythical beast, just a drop of its blood can easily break the restriction."

Hearing the words "bloodline of ancient mythical beasts", Fan Li instantly became alert and squinted his eyes slightly to look at the saint.

The monks were discussing in the audience.

The ancient mythical beasts had long been extinct, and they had never heard of any spiritual beasts with the blood of mythical beasts. It would be better not to mention the method provided by the saint!

No one knew that a divine sense was spreading across the sky, silently enveloping the trial site.

Everyone's reaction, every word, and even the subtle expressions were all clearly seen by Sect Leader Xue.

Lu Xingran touched his chin and said, "Dragon bone is a good thing, but it's a pity. No wonder the Beastmaster Sect is willing to take out a treasure of this level."

Fan Li's eyes flashed and he sighed: "Yeah, what a pity."

Lu Xingran retracted her gaze: "It's not that easy to find a spirit beast with the bloodline of a divine beast. This dragon bone is useless."

Fan Li nodded, a look of agreement on his face.

"Are you still planning to participate in this spirit beast competition?" Lu Xingran asked.

She remembered that Fan Li had a pet beast, whose strength was unknown.

Fan Li shook her head. "No, I'll let everyone else have this opportunity. Where's Sister Lu?"

Lu Xingran spread her hands and said, "I don't even have a pet beast yet."

"Then let's go to the Sutra Library."

"Walk."

The two of them left together.

Fan Li could feel that the spiritual consciousness stayed on him for a moment, and then disappeared.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She glanced calmly at Lu Xingran beside her and found that her expression was normal, without any change. It seemed that she didn't know that someone was watching her secretly.

Perhaps it was because he had absorbed the essence of the spiritual liquid in the secret realm before, Fan Li's perception was now very sharp, especially to this kind of spiritual peeping.

Fan Li's heart couldn't help but start to tighten.

It seems that the people of the Beast Taming Sect have discovered the existence of the bloodline of the divine beast, but they haven't found it yet, so they use dragon bones to catch big fish.

Fortunately, she held back.

That snow dragon bone was a weapon-refining material tailor-made for Fan Li, and she wanted it so badly.

She had originally planned to let the golden tiger participate in this competition. The golden tiger is already an earth-level spirit beast, and its strength is in the late Golden Core stage. She is confident that she can defeat those people and take the championship.

But now she had to suppress this thought. The Beast Taming Sect had no good intentions. For the safety of the golden tiger, she could give up the dragon bone.

Just as Fan Li and Lu Xingran were about to leave the trial site, Lin Zichen came back and appeared in front of Fan Li.

Lu Xingran and Fan Li both stopped because the other's eyes were too hot.

He stared straight at Fan Li and rushed forward.

Only when he came closer did Fan Li notice that something was wrong with him.

Lin Zichen's eyes were red and swollen, as if he had just cried a lot. His clothes were still dirty, and he no longer looked as elegant as before.

I'm afraid that the women who adore him won't be able to recognize him when they see him like this.

"Fan Li, I want you to tell me in person that you haven't practiced the Way of Mercy!"

"This is all Brother Zhou's trick to piss me off, right?!"

Lin Zichen's voice was hoarse, he was very emotional, and his fists were clenched.

He wanted Fan Li to give him an answer.

Fan Li's expression was indifferent: "Brother Zhou, there's no need to lie to you. I do practice the Way of Mercy, so what's wrong with that?"

Lin Zichen was stunned, stepped back repeatedly, and murmured in disbelief: "No, it's impossible, how could you practice the ruthless way..."

Even after hearing Fan Li admit it herself, he still refused to believe it.

"I don't believe it. You must be doing this on purpose to piss me off. What kind of bullshit is this ruthless path? I've never heard of it before! There's no such thing in the world!!"

He almost screamed out, like a madman.

As he said this, he was about to pounce on her, wanting to grab Fan Li and force her to change her words.

But before he could get close, Lu Xingran waved his hand and sent him flying.

Lu Xingran frowned and asked, "Who is this lunatic?"

Fan Li: "Master Yunmeng's fifth disciple, Lin Zichen."

Lu Xingran said "Oh", "That's your senior brother."

Fan Li said coldly: "He is not my senior brother."

Lu Xingran immediately understood that the two had a conflict, probably quite serious. Judging from the situation, it seemed that the guy had bullied Fan Li.

Then she couldn't let Lin Zichen get close to Fan Li.

Lu Xingran waved her hand and set up an invisible spiritual barrier in front of Fan Li. When Lin Zichen came over again, he bumped into an air wall.

I became much more sober in an instant.

In fact, he already had the answer in his heart, but he just didn't want to admit it. He didn't even dare to ask why Fan Li wanted to practice the ruthless way.

He is afraid.

The reason behind the fear has something to do with him.

So he could only ask, "...When did it happen? Was it when you were in the secret realm? Was it when you achieved the Golden Core breakthrough?"

Lin Zichen was no longer able to think; his head seemed to have been turned into a mess by something.

"Or was it half a year ago?" he said in a hoarse voice.

Fan Li's eyelids twitched slightly, and she looked at him silently. Although she didn't say anything, she had already given him the answer.

Lin Zichen lowered his head and smiled palely: "It was really half a year ago."

Lu Xingran listened quietly. She couldn't help but wonder what happened half a year ago and why Fan Li changed his mind to practice the ruthless way.

Lin Zichen asked again: "Why? Why do you want to hurt yourself like this?"

Fan Li suddenly laughed, as if he was looking at a fool.

"You said I hurt myself?"

"Isn't it?" Lin Zichen didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said.

Xiaoqi is the most loyal and righteous person, but she has to practice that cruel and ruthless way. Isn't it very painful for her?

Lin Zichen's understanding of the ruthless way only stayed at the surface meaning, that is, the literal meaning. He only knew that Fan Li practiced the ruthless way, so she would be a ruthless person in the future.

He absolutely doesn't want Xiao Qi like this. He must stop her and make her change her ways!

"Xiao Qi, you can't practice the ruthless way!"

Fan Li said unhappily, "Who are you to give me orders?"

Lin Zichen was about to cry: "I beg you, Senior Brother, will you kneel down for me? Be obedient, it's not too late to turn back now!"

"Turn back?" Fan Li sneered, "Will I turn around and become a fool, letting you hurt me again and again?"

Lin Zichen didn't dare to look her in the eye and said in panic: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you to be my slave, I shouldn't have asked you to slap yourself, I shouldn't have said those insulting words to you..."

Suddenly, Lin Zichen bit his tongue, and the stinging pain brought him back to his senses.

He suddenly realized that he had actually spoken out what happened in his nightmare. Oh my God, Lin Zichen, you are crazy!

"No, that's not right, I didn't do that! It was just a dream, not real..."

He hurriedly explained and looked up at Fan Li, but was frightened by her eyes at that moment and felt a chill all over his body.