Chapter Eighty-two: The Central Trial

  The sky of the Tianji spiritual realm was a dull gray, and even the rising sun was obscured by hazy clouds, leaving only a faint red glow. It seemed that no matter which spiritual realm you were in, the sun always appeared to be very far away, and the distant sunlight seemed extremely weak. Moreover, there was rarely normal weather within the spiritual realms, and the Tianji spiritual realm was no exception. At this moment, it was drizzling with a patter of small raindrops.

  Misty rain.

  Chen Luo had been in the Tianji Small Spirit Realm for three or four hours, and was now darting through the forest. Along the way, he encountered a few first-level magic beasts, but they were all easily taken care of by him. He stopped in his tracks, lifted his head, and gazed out into the distance, where he could vaguely see a white light beam that seemed to connect the sky and the earth. Chen Luo knew that this was the transmission array leading to the second trial, and he had to reach it before sunrise the next day, or else the transmission array would automatically close. Time was ample, and there was no need to rush.

  It is said that the difficulty of the eighteen trials will increase as time goes on. At first, there was a kind of invisible pressure that made me feel uncomfortable, but after adapting for a while, I got used to it. The second trial may have an even stronger pressure, and inside, there are unknown levels of magic beasts, and besides magic beasts, there are also some ferocious ghosts and evil spirits.

  All this is in line with the theme of this assessment: survival.

  About an hour later, Chen Luo arrived at the transmission array of the first pass. Apart from him, many others also rushed to this place and were entering the transmission array one after another.

  "Settled."

  Hearing someone calling his name, he looked over and it was Bai Jian. He seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. When he saw Chen Luo, he asked: "How are you?"

  Chen Luo shook his head and scolded with a smile: "Even if I opened up the Dead Sea, at least there's still spiritual energy, not trash. Don't use this tone to talk to me, you little brat."

  "I didn't mean it that way." Since learning that Chen Luo Kai was Dead Sea, Bai Jian's tone had a hint of concern and pity, although he wouldn't admit it. He said seriously: "After entering the transmission array, I don't know where you'll be transmitted to next, so be careful, I'll wait for you at the next transmission array."

  "Alright, you be careful too."

  After entering the transmission array, he was indeed transmitted to a strange place again. The sky was still gray and misty, with small rain falling down, Chen Liangyang looked up at the sky for a while, secretly scolding the peeping Tom. With his sensitive formation sensing ability, he could naturally see that the void was filled with one after another mysterious light arrays, densely packed everywhere, too many to count. He couldn't help but sigh in admiration, the Central Academy was indeed the Central Academy, wealthy and extravagant, just the spirit stones consumed by maintaining these mysterious light arrays would be enough to save all the refugees in the world.

  He glanced at the teleportation array of the third level, and the distance was not far. Chen Luo sat down cross-legged, absorbing spiritual energy and cultivating. The spiritual energy in this small spiritual realm is much denser than outside. Since there is spiritual energy, it means that there must be treasures too. If he can get a treasure during the trial, it wouldn't be bad either.

  Within three days, Chen Luo consecutively broke through four checkpoints. At the transmission array of the fourth checkpoint, he met significantly fewer cultivators. After entering the fourth checkpoint, the pressure was much stronger than before. This pressure seemed intangible, yet it made his soul and body extremely uncomfortable, causing dizziness and nausea. In these three days, he even saw people being pressured to the point of convulsing all over their bodies, and also saw people being chased by second-stage demonic beasts until they had nowhere to escape, and were transmitted out by the trial hand ring.

  On the fourth day, Chen Luo broke into the fifth pass, with even greater pressure. The journey to the transmission array was not as smooth as before, because the demons in this pass were much more ferocious than the previous one, and they appeared in groups of over a dozen. For four days, Chen Luo had rarely taken action, breaking into the next pass and immediately finding a safe place to cultivate, then making a concerted effort to rush to the transmission array.

  At this moment, he is sitting on the trunk of a large tree to cultivate. The endless spiritual sea inside is still a confusing fog with black and white intertwined like chaos. The stone heart is slightly larger than before and more crimson red. Flames are burning around it, and bubbles like magma can be seen rising from its surface. Not far away is his fire python, a crimson dragon-like spirit power slowly rotating, already six turns open, it seems that it won't take long to complete the seventh turn.

  It was just that Chen Luo found it somewhat inexplicable that his Huo Jiao's power had increased by a full double, and even more so. Yes! It had increased by a whole double. Usually, when spiritual energy is circulating, every time it advances one turn, the spiritual energy will increase slightly, but he had never heard of it increasing by a full double before. Moreover, he discovered that his Huo Jiao's power was growing at an unbelievable speed every day, which made him even more puzzled. Although he had been cultivating for many days, the amount of spiritual energy he absorbed was limited and could not possibly be so exaggerated.

  What's even more unbelievable is that the fire qilin is becoming more and more vivid, more and more lifelike. The more I sense it carefully, the more I feel that this thing is just like the legendary dragon, especially with its deer-like horns, camel-like head, alligator-like mouth, turtle-like eyes, cow-like ears, shrimp-like whiskers, snake-like belly, and its enormous body faintly revealing some scales.

  This...

  Damn it, isn't it impossible to cultivate a fire python even after reaching the seventh turn? This is also too unbelievable.

  Shaking his head, he didn't think much about it, as this wasn't a place for thinking. He looked up at the sky and saw that it was already late, so he decided to set off towards the next transmission array. His cultivation had advanced too quickly, and after opening up his Spiritual Ocean, his spiritual energy had directly soared to five turns. So, taking advantage of this opportunity, he went to find some magical beasts to practice with, slowly getting a feel for the changes in one turn, two turns of spiritual energy. He had to lay a solid foundation, as this was related to condensing his Spiritual Core later on, so he couldn't be careless. He carefully got a feel for each turn until he fully grasped it.

  It's unclear whether it was an arrangement by heaven or just a coincidence in life.

  When Chen Luo arrived at the transmission array leading to the sixth pass, he encountered several familiar people, and they were exactly the familiar people he didn't want to see. They were Yu Hua Fei, Xue Yi Wen, Ding Zhen, Mu Huang, Ding Zi Xuan, and Ye Qing. They seemed to be discussing something, and when they saw Chen Luo, they were also slightly surprised. Yu Hua Fei was still as elegant as ever, Xue Yi Wen was still as beautiful and refined as ever. Even though it was raining and there were several demon beast corpses lying around, their white clothes remained spotless. However, the people beside them, Ding Zhen, Ding Zi Xuan, Ye Qing, etc., didn't look so good, they seemed a bit disheveled. When Ding Zi Xuan saw Chen Luo, he couldn't help but mock him, saying: "Isn't this Chen Luo? We're really surprised to see you here at the sixth pass."

  It's a matter of time, if it were just a few days ago, even if you gave Ding Zixuan ten thousand guts, he wouldn't dare speak to Chen Luo like that. Because during the trial in Jinshui Domain, he was scared out of his wits. Not just him, Mu Huang and Ye Qing were also intimidated by Chen Luo, having a deep-seated fear of him. However, this fear instantly dissipated upon learning of Chen Luo's death in Linghai, replaced with joy, like the dark clouds that had been suppressing the sky for so long suddenly clearing up. Now Ding Zixuan and the others are in such a state of mind.

  "Zixuan Shixiong, although my spiritual sea has already died, it's still a turn of spiritual power after all. Moreover, I've cultivated the five great spiritual techniques of the first realm to perfection. What's so unexpected about entering the fifth trial?" As for hatred towards Chen Luo, Ye Qing was the most resentful. The deeper her fear of Chen Luo had been before, the more pleasant her mood was now.

  Two people sang and harmonized sarcastically, facing each other. Chen Luo simply shook his head, too lazy to bother with them.

  "Ah, Chen Luo." Yu Hua's smile was as light as a feather, but her eyes were fixed on Chen Luo. The surprise from before had disappeared, replaced by sympathy and pity. "Since we've met, let's travel together," she said. "It'll be safer for everyone to have someone to rely on along the way. Although we'll be transported separately after entering the transmission array, I have a way to keep us all together."

  "Thank you, but I'm used to being alone."

  They say that a person who doesn't hit someone with a smiling face is a kind of person, but he didn't know and was too lazy to think about it. Since the other person was being so polite on the surface, he couldn't just turn his back on them either. When the other person was being polite to him, he naturally responded politely as well. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, someone else called out his name again.

  It's Xue Yaowen.

  Chen Luo turned around, furrowed his brow and gazed at her. Across from him, Xue Xiang wore a white dress that was as pure as snow, elegant and refined. On her perfect, flawless, and stunningly beautiful face, her expression was complex. She didn't know why she had called out Chen Luo's name. Originally, her anger towards Chen Luo seemed to have dissipated after learning of his death in the Spiritual Ocean. All that remained was pity and a sense of loss. She knew why she pitied him, but not why she felt lost. This feeling of loss emerged when she learned that Chen Luo had opened up the Dead Sea. It felt as if someone she cared about had suddenly left her side, causing her heart to ache with sorrow and loss.

  A pair of eyes gazed at the blue-clad youth in this way, with a complex gaze, his small mouth opening and closing several times, as if he wanted to speak but hesitated, before finally whispering two words: "Be careful."

  Chen Luo's face revealed a radiant smile, and for some reason, he suddenly felt that Xue Xiangyun was somewhat lovable and more pleasing to the eye than before. The person beside him, Yu Hua, gave Xue Xiangyun a meaningful glance, then smiled at Chen Luo and said: "Chen Luo, after all, we're all from the Jinshui Domain, so we should take care of each other. Why don't you join us? How about it? This time, don't refuse me again, or I'll lose face."

  "No need, thank you."

  It is said that Chen Luo refused again, and although Yu Hua's mouth still had a smile on it, it was no longer a kind one.

  After Chen Luo left, Ye Qing sneered: "Hmph! He really doesn't know shame, he actually thinks he's the one who opened up the Spiritual Sea of Life. Feather Young Master, don't be angry with this kind of person."

  "You're overestimating yourself." Ding Zixuan sneered.

  Ding Can and others also scolded Chen Luo for being ungrateful, advising Yu Hua Fei to calm down.

  "Hehe." Yu Hua shook her head and smiled, letting out a long sigh. "Why would I be angry with him? It's just that seeing him open up the Dead Sea is quite pitiful. I was thinking of helping him, but it seems... Hehe, being a good person doesn't pay off after all."

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