Yicheng galloped all the way and arrived outside Yuan Ping's residence. Yicheng was afraid that Yuan Ping was in retreat, so he didn't rush in. Instead, he sent a transmission note first. After a while, Yuan Ping came out to greet Yicheng.

As Yuan Ping came to the cave, Yi Cheng saw that Yuan Ping was not the only one here, but there were also three other monks.

One of them, Yicheng, also recognized him as Yan Bingling, who they went to hunt the Flame Tiger with last time.

We haven't seen each other for two years, but Yan Bingling is still as young and beautiful as ever. At this time, she has reached the 10th level of Qi training.

There were also two monks, an old one and a young one, who were also at the tenth level of Qi training. Seeing Yicheng come in, Yan Bingling showed a smile on her face.

She said to Yi Cheng: "It turns out that Senior Brother Yi has arrived. No wonder Senior Brother Yuan hurriedly went out to greet him. Senior Brother Yi has not been seen for two years, and his cultivation has become even more refined."

"You're welcome, Junior Sister. You have also reached the tenth level of Qi training. Compared to Junior Sister, my cultivation speed is far behind."

"What did senior brother say? I don't dare to boast about my progress in front of senior brother." Yan Bingling said with a smile.

Yuan Ping interrupted at this time: "You don't have to be modest. Junior Sister Yan has outstanding qualifications. She is already at the tenth level of Qi training in her early twenties. She has great hopes for foundation building in the future. Junior Brother Yi is also extraordinary. Let me introduce these two to Junior Brother Yi first.

Sir, this is Senior Brother Hou Weilu, and this is Senior Brother Chen Ang, they are both my acquaintances, we have gone hunting together several times, and we have been in danger of life and death for each other."

Yuan Ping introduced the two of them to Yicheng, then pointed at Yi Cheng and said: "This is Junior Brother Yichengyi. Although he started late, his abilities are indeed extraordinary."

Yicheng exchanged a few words with the two of them, and the five of them sat down in Yuan Ping's cave and talked about their experiences in cultivation.

Afterwards, Yuan Ping said to the four of them: "Everyone, I invited a few of you here today to discuss something. I believe you all know about the upcoming trial in the secret place. Although there are many opportunities to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, every time

Only about half of the people who enter the secret place for the first time can come out alive, so if you go in alone, you almost have a narrow escape. So I want to go with a few of you, what do you think?"

After listening to Yuan Ping's words, Yicheng knew that there was danger in the secret land, but the death rate was still shocking. Yicheng was not worried about the danger, but in order not to attract attention, he still went with Yuan Ping and others.

Okay, so he looked at the other three people.

The three senior brothers Hou also looked at each other, and then nodded one after another. Yi Cheng also nodded in agreement, and then Yi Cheng said to Yuan Ping: "Has senior brother Yuan entered the secret place before, can you tell me the details there?

"

Hearing this, Yuan Ping showed a trace of memory on his face, with some fear faintly revealed on his face, and then said: "I just stepped into the eighth level of Qi training ten years ago. Although some people told me that there are many dangers there, I still want to touch it.

Try your luck and enter as a result

Only later did I know the hardships and dangers in that secret place. In the end, I managed to save my life through a narrow escape, but got nothing from the spiritual grass. Let Senior Brother Hou tell me the details inside. He entered three times and escaped without a trace.

I want to know more."

Among the others in Yicheng, except for Senior Brother Hou and Yuan Ping, none of them had ever entered the secret place, so they all looked at Senior Brother Hou at this time, waiting for him to tell him about the situation inside, because the more they understand at this time, the more they can survive.

hope.

Senior Brother Hou did not refuse. He entered the secret place three times. The first two times, the income was not enough to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill. It was only the third time that he accumulated enough to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill. However, because of his limited qualifications, he did not get a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Foundation building successful.

Senior Brother Hou, who is now in his sixties, is also very important to this trip to the secret land. The few people Yuan Ping found this time are the same as last time. They also have five elements of spiritual power and can use the five elements formation to attack together.

, which greatly improves their combat effectiveness.

Senior Brother Hou also hopes to gain something this time and successfully build his own foundation.

So he told everything he knew in detail.

"I participated in the secret trial three times, and you have all seen my qualifications. They are ordinary, but as a cultivator, I survived all three times. Although I also received a foundation-building pill, I was unable to

Foundation building is successful. The older you are, the lower the success rate of pill building. If I can't gain anything this time, I'm afraid I will really give up hope and end my life."

Senior Brother Hou looked worried and continued, "I will introduce to you the situation in the secret land in detail. As for the cause of the secret land trial, I won't go into details. It has no meaning to us. The secret land that exists now

There are more than a dozen secret places in total, but only one secret place is opened every ten years. In principle, any monk who has reached the eighth level of Qi training can enter, but generally

Generally speaking, those who go to the eighth or ninth level of Qi training are just going to die. Most of the monks who survive in the end are the monks who have reached the tenth level of Qi training. We in Luoxia Mountain have more than 10,000 consecutive monks who have reached the eighth level of Qi training, but every ten

There are only less than 5,000 people participating in the trial every year, and the entire cultivation world has 100,000 people each time, but no more than 50,000 people survive each time."

After Senior Brother Hou said this, he looked at Yicheng and the others, and saw that they all looked a little embarrassed. He paused, as if he was recalling, with a trace of palpitations on his face.

Then he continued: "In the secret place, the danger comes from three aspects. First, because there are dozens of medicinal materials required for the Foundation Establishment Pill, more than half of which can grow in other places, so each

Sect families will also cultivate their own, and the other dozen types will only grow under those specific environmental mirrors, so the first kind of danger

The danger comes from picking the medicinal materials, facing various dangers and the monsters waiting for the medicines. Because no high-level monks enter the secret place, there are many monsters. The first-level monsters are almost everywhere, and the second-level monsters are everywhere.

There are quite a few, and if you are unlucky, you will encounter third-level monsters that are equivalent to the elixir formation stage, so every time nearly ten thousand monks die at the hands of monsters."

After hearing this, Yicheng became more aware of the cruelty in the secret land. He originally thought that he didn't need to care about the foundation building period now, so this trip to the secret land was safe, but he didn't expect that there were even third-level monsters.

Yicheng is now confident that he can deal with the second-order top monsters, but the third-order monsters are completely different from the second-order monsters. Facing the third-order monsters, Yicheng's escape will be a problem, let alone others.

Said.

Chen Ang asked at this time: "Isn't it true that monks above the foundation-building stage cannot enter the secret place? Are there no restrictions on monsters?"

"The secret place was imprisoned by a formation by a powerful senior who had reached the level of spiritual transformation. Every time it is opened, at least five Nascent Soul Ancestors are required to open a portal in the formation, but only Qi-training monks can enter and build the foundation.

The above monks cannot enter unless they reach the stage of becoming gods, but there are already many in the world of cultivation.

There has been no great power in the divine transformation stage in years. In the secret land, because there is abundant spiritual power and there are no monks to hunt, third-level monsters are not uncommon. Even fourth-level monsters have appeared in legends, but in the end

I don’t know if it’s true, because no monk who has ever seen a fourth-level monster has survived.”

Senior Brother Hou continued: "This is just one of the dangers of the secret land trial. The number of monks who die from the mouths of monsters each time is only a quarter of the total. The most terrifying thing in the secret land is not the monsters, but the monsters."

They all have their own territory, and experienced monks can bypass most dangerous areas. The real danger is the killing among monks. In the secret place, murder and treasure grabbing can be seen everywhere, because even if you are killed there, there will be no

People can find out, but they just speculate that he died from the mouth of a monster."

Yicheng gradually began to speculate about these things. It was not surprising that they were fighting each other for foundation-building medicinal materials in the secret place. He asked: "Do all the sects acquiesce to this? Aren't they worried that their disciples will be killed?

?”

Senior Brother Hou gave a wry smile, but before he could answer, Yan Bingling took over and said: "The various sects are fighting openly and secretly with each other. As long as they meet outside, they will do their best and the opportunity to weaken the opponent's strength will naturally not be missed.

The sects also tacitly agree to the fighting in the secret place, and they also agree with each other not to get entangled with each other after the fighting in the secret place. Moreover, there is often no evidence of death in the secret place, and no one can be found if you want to take revenge.

As for those core disciples, the real elite sects will not let them enter the secret land. Only those from side branches like me who have no backers will participate in the competition for the secret land." After saying this, Yan Bingling laughed at herself.

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Yicheng and others were silent. From various sects and aristocratic families, only the disciples with no backing and ordinary qualifications would work hard for the Foundation Establishment Pill. Naturally, those close followers don't have to worry about the Foundation Establishment Pill. They just need to practice with peace of mind. When it comes to the Foundation Establishment,

The elders in the sect will naturally prepare everything.

Yicheng is not the kind of blaming character who will not consider these useless things. He is only concerned about how to successfully obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, so Yicheng asked: "How is the Foundation Establishment Pill distributed? How can we get it?"

Got the Foundation Establishment Pill? I need to trouble Senior Brother Hou to explain it in detail."

"At the end of each secret trial, the disciples of each sect must tell the sect the medicinal materials they obtained, and then exchange for contribution points based on the quantity and quality of the medicinal materials picked. If a contribution of 3,000 points or more can be exchanged for a foundation-building pill.

"

"Three thousand contribution points. I wonder how many medicinal materials need to be collected to reach three thousand contribution points?"

"Three thousand contribution points are equivalent to refining the medicinal materials for a foundation-building pill. I entered the secret place three times and only got one pill." Senior Brother Hou said helplessly.

Yicheng was a little curious when he heard this: "Three thousand contribution points are not difficult to achieve. It only takes about ten years. A monk at the tenth level of Qi training should be able to complete it. Why do we have to enter the secret place?"

Senior Brother Hou shook his head and said: "These three thousand contribution points are not ordinary sect contributions. They are only effective in exchange for medicinal materials. To be honest, if we want to use ordinary sect contributions, it must be ten times this amount, so we have to risk death."

It’s dangerous to enter a secret place.”

Yicheng also knew the whole story and asked: "Why don't you collect some medicinal materials and refine them yourself? One medicinal material shouldn't just be used to refine a Foundation Building Pill, right?"

Yuan Ping remained silent. At this time, he listened to Yicheng's question and replied: "It's not that easy. Not to mention that it's not easy to get a complete set of medicinal materials. Even if we get it, we can't guarantee that we can refine it.

Success, alchemists are not that easy to find. The alchemists in the sect are all trained with a large amount of medicinal materials. Even if they

, the pill formation rate is only 60 to 70%, and it is only two or three pills each time. In comparison, it is still cost-effective to exchange for a foundation-building pill. Compared with those casual cultivators who have no sect, we are already very good.

That's right, even if those casual cultivators get complete medicinal materials, they can only hire alchemists to refine them at a high price, and if they fail, they can only admit it with pinched noses."

Yi Cheng understood the reason after hearing this. He had not thought carefully about these common sense before, but he really understood it a lot today.

Several people talked about some things about the secret place. Since there were still five days before the opening, they all made some preparations and agreed to meet in five days before leaving.

Yicheng left Yuanping Cave Mansion and returned to his residence. He first checked all the gains he had made in the past few days and confirmed that there was no need to prepare anything else.
Chapter completed!