Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

After leaving the market, Liu Xing and the young woman flew on their swords, and an hour later, they landed on a small hillside. Meanwhile, three beams of light were also seen rushing towards them from a distance, arriving in a moment. The five people looked at each other, and the young woman introduced them with a smile:

"The person next to me is Fellow Daoist Mei. Fellow Daoist Mei has extensive research on restrictions. Breaking the restriction this time depends entirely on him." Everyone bowed.

"This is my husband Tang Ming." The young woman introduced a handsome young man while holding his arm affectionately.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Tang." Liu Xing bowed and greeted him. Tang Ming had reached the peak of the twelfth level of cultivation, so he was particularly careful.

"Thank you for your help this time, Brother Mei. I will definitely reward you handsomely later." Tang Ming also greeted him warmly and made a promise.

"These two are Fellow Daoist Shi Wei and Fan Jian." The young woman then introduced the other two. The big man with a beard was Shi Wei, and the tall and thin one was Fan Jian.

"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you." The three of them bowed and greeted each other.

No one stopped, Tang Ming and his wife led the way, and everyone followed. They flew for three days and three nights, resting five or six times along the way, but still hadn't reached their destination.

"Fellow Daoist Tang, how far is it?" Fan Jian asked again.

"It's just ahead, about half a day's journey. Everyone take a break, we'll be there soon." Tang Ming explained patiently with confidence.

After such a long journey, everyone was exhausted and quickly sat down to meditate to recover. Liu Xing took out two spirit stones, holding one in each hand, and quickly absorbed spiritual energy. Actually, the flight cost him nothing; he was just pretending to be weak to avoid arousing suspicion.

After a short rest, everyone continued on their journey. Half a day later, they stopped above an unremarkable valley. Looking at the lush greenery and overgrown weeds and shrubs, everyone wondered if they had reached the wrong place. This place was truly hidden; no wonder no one had discovered it for so long.

"We're here." Tang Ming said with relief.

Liu Xing felt it carefully and found that the spiritual energy here seemed to be more dense than along the way, but it was not very obvious. Could there be a spiritual vein in this valley?

From the book, I learned that major sects, aristocratic families, and cultivators' caves are all built on spiritual veins rich in spiritual energy to accelerate their absorption. The higher the grade of the spiritual vein, the richer the spiritual power. Therefore, the competition for spiritual veins is one of the reasons for the frequent wars between cultivators. Currently, the top-level spiritual veins developed are all occupied by major sects or Nascent Soul-stage monsters. Independent cultivators and minor cultivators dare not touch them for fear of fatal consequences.

Tang Ming shot a sword towards the valley. In an instant, a green light shield appeared, blocking the sword energy without even shaking.

"My husband and I once attacked continuously for a whole day and night, but the forbidden formation showed no signs of being broken. We were worried that the noise would be too loud and would attract other cultivators, so we had to give up temporarily." Tang Ming stopped and introduced.

"Let me try." Unconvinced, Shi Wei summoned a top-grade magical weapon, a square brick, and slammed it down on the shield with a ferocious roar, evident in its immense force. The barrier remained intact, not even a jolt. Seeing this, Fan Jian decided not to try again.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Mei." The young woman looked at Liu Xing and said.

Liu Xing wasn't pretentious. Seeing such a powerful protective formation, he was also interested in studying it. He walked forward, stretched out his palm and placed it on the light shield, slowly injecting his consciousness and spiritual power.

He meticulously analyzed and deduced the rules of the restrictions, one step at a time. An hour passed quickly, and he finally figured out a certain trick. He had previously known that this was a purely defensive formation, not offensive.

"Please, Fellow Daoist Tang, attack this place." Liu Xing asked people to attack the magic circle so that he could better discover the pulse of the formation and find its flaws.

Tang Ming immediately did as he was told. Seeing that Liu Xing was acting in a proper manner and seemed to have some skills, the other Taoists followed his instructions to the letter. Another hour passed, and Liu Xing finally understood the general principles of the formation. This was a restriction based on the mutual generation and mutual restraint of the Five Elements. If one attacked one location, the other four locations would synergize and assist. If the attack was from water-attributed spiritual power, earth-attributed resistance would automatically be generated. If the attack was from fire-attributed spiritual power, water-attributed resistance would be used, following the cycle of the mutual generation and mutual restraint of the Five Elements. It was truly ingenious. If one didn't understand the logic of the restriction, brute force would be used to break it. Not to mention Tang Ming and his wife, even a senior in the Foundation Establishment Stage might not be able to break it even after a day and night of attack. Of course, if a master in the Core Formation Stage took action, that would be another matter. After all, their magic power was so much higher, and great force could work miracles.

Having figured out the pattern, Liu Xing wasted no more time. He then took out five forbidden cones and distributed them to everyone. Everyone was curious about what kind of magical instruments they were. Judging by the fluctuations in spiritual energy, they were only low-level instruments, and it was unclear what their effects would be. Liu Xing didn't explain in detail, as they wouldn't understand even if he did. He simply instructed everyone to stand in different positions according to his instructions and prepare themselves. Everyone's positions were not random; they were deliberately arranged according to the attributes of their cultivation methods.

Liu Xing was seen slowly injecting spiritual energy into the forbidden light shield. The light shield became brighter and brighter, and the spiritual energy within the restriction began to flow.

"Listen to my command, everyone insert the magic cone into the designated position at the same time, one, two, three, hit it in!" Liu Xing said loudly.

Everyone obeyed the command and instantly activated their magic cones to penetrate the barrier. The formation began to tremble slightly, and the trembling became increasingly violent. The color of the light shield flickered, as if it was under a strong stimulation. It really worked, and everyone was overjoyed.

"Fellow Daoist Mei, your forbidden techniques are truly divine, truly remarkable." The young woman, with her excellent communication skills, took the opportunity to praise Liu Xing. Everyone else echoed her sentiments.

"Thank you for your kind words. We haven't broken the ban yet. Now we need everyone to work together to attack the formation. It is estimated that we can break the ban in an hour." Liu Xing said modestly.

The next step was simple. Everyone took out their own magical weapons and began to frantically attack the formation. Liu Xing observed everyone. They all brought out top-grade magical weapons. Not a single top-grade one existed. This meant they were either hiding their abilities or simply didn't have any. After all, top-grade magical weapons were expensive, and ordinary cultivators couldn't afford them. The two hours of deduction hadn't consumed much mana, but it had been extremely draining of energy. So Liu Xing also pulled out a top-grade flying sword and attacked the formation with a gentle, not heavy, attacking the formation while silently recovering his lost energy.

An hour later, with a mournful cry, the barrier broke, revealing a dark hole. Everyone was overjoyed, their hard work finally paying off.

"Let's go in." Tang Ming and his wife took the lead, followed closely by Shi Wei and the other two. Seeing their frantic expressions, Liu Xing was speechless. After an hour of continuous attacking, everyone's mana had been at least half depleted. Now was the time to recover before moving. He had been conserving his strength, so the consumption was not great. He slowly followed behind and followed in.