Chapter 82: Another Trial
Ziyun Peak is usually populated by elderly people, but these past two days, there are many young disciples wandering around.
Among them, female disciples are the majority, accounting for about 90%.
They were all dressed in beautiful clothes, wearing exquisite jewelry, and lightly made up their faces. They pretended to walk casually from No. 69 Villa, back and forth, back and forth...
It’s a pity that the door of Villa No. 69 is rarely opened.
Li Yu was sitting in the pavilion in the front yard at this moment. What Senior Brother Zhao said was right. Alchemists never lacked Taoist partners. They didn't have to do anything, and female disciples would come to them one after another.
Not only women, but even some delicate-looking male disciples were hanging around in front of his door, probably wanting to try their luck.
It's outrageous.
There have been many guests visiting here in the past two days.
This time he won the first place in the first-grade alchemist competition. Many friends in the sect sent him gifts, including those from alchemists and practitioners of magic. None of them were particularly valuable, so Li Yu asked Senior Sister Zhou to keep them.
Li Yu has already taken the thirty Tongmai Pills awarded to him by the head master, and his cultivation has seen a slight increase. Now, one hundred and eighty acupoints in his body have been opened, and each of the five spiritual veins has thirty-six acupoints, which is exactly half of the total number of acupoints in the whole body.
Li Yu took the high-level detoxification pill given to him by Master Jiang Li to Jiuhua Peak and asked Zhao Wuliang to ask a high-level alchemist to help test it, and it was undoubtedly authentic.
After what happened with Elder Sun, Li Yu was very careful in everything he did.
After taking a few detoxifying pills, many stains appeared on Li Yu's skin again. They should be the poison accumulated in his body over the past few days. After the poison was cleared, Li Yu took a bath and suddenly felt more relaxed than ever before.
Taking advantage of his excellent condition, Li Yu plans to try the illusion trial again.
Before he could leave, Li Yu's expression suddenly changed.
The witch contacted him again.
Ever since she knew he had entered Kunlun, the frequency of the demon woman's contact had obviously increased. This was not a good sign.
Li Yu was really worried that she would ask him to carry out some dangerous mission one day.
But they couldn't just leave her alone. When Li Yu stood up, Zhou Zixuan, who was watering the flowers, immediately became nervous and asked, "Where are you going?"
Li Yu rolled his eyes at her and said, "I'm taking Ling'er out to get some fresh air, not to choose a Taoist partner. You're enough for me. I don't have that many spiritual coins. Besides, they're not as pretty as you..."
Zhou Zixuan blushed when her thoughts were seen through, and whispered, "Then come back early."
These days, there is always a group of annoying and charming junior sisters hanging around their door. She is almost annoyed. Fortunately, Li Yu is determined and is not moved at all...
Seeing the gate of Villa No. 69 opened, some women who were wandering around and hoping to create an encounter suddenly became very alert. Some of them tidied their hair, and some straightened their chests. But unfortunately, Li Yu didn't even look at them and flew away with his pet.
Kunlun Mountains.
Ling'er, who had not breathed the outside air for a long time, was running wildly in the mountains and forests. Li Yu followed behind it slowly , took out the spirit shell, used magic power to create a soundproof barrier around it, and then input magic power.
Across Lingbei, the lazy voice of the demon girl soon came: "Has anything big happened in Kunlun recently?"
This question left Li Yu at a loss as to how to answer.
The most important thing that happened in Kunlun recently was that he defeated the genius of Tiandao Sect and won the first place in the first-class alchemy competition, winning face for the sect and recovering the huge losses...
But saying this always sounds a bit self-boasting.
If he didn't tell her, the demon girl would suspect that he only took the money but didn't do anything. After thinking for a while, Li Yu said, "Three days ago, Kunlun held a first-class alchemist competition, and the Yuanying Patriarch of Tiandao Sect brought people to disrupt it..."
Opposite Ling Bei, the demon girl said disdainfully: "Tian Dao Sect, haha, they are everywhere..."
Li Yu continued to state the facts: "This first-class alchemist competition also involves the competition between the two late Nascent Soul ancestors of the sect. The reward for the champion is extremely generous, a fifth-level pregnancy pill. Kunlun's first-class alchemist Fang Jin has refined seven top-grade pills, but the genius alchemist of Tiandao Sect is even better and has refined eight top-grade pills. Kunlun is about to lose its reputation, and the fifth-level pill will also be taken away by the people of Tiandao Sect..."
Li Yu’s storytelling ability is still good. In the spirit shell, the demon girl urged: “And then what…”
Li Yu coughed lightly and said, "At this critical moment, a miracle happened. An alchemist from Kunlun Sect entered the realm of heaven and man that alchemists dream of. He refined ten top-grade anti-aging pills in one furnace, completely turning the situation around and defeating the genius disciple of Tiandao Sect to win the championship. He saved Kunlun's face and losses and smashed the conspiracy of Tiandao Sect..."
The demon girl was surprised and asked, "Among the alchemists of Kunlun Sect, there is actually such a person. What's his name?"
Li Yu said embarrassedly: "This person is still me..."
“…”
Opposite Lingbei, the demon girl was silent for a while, as if she didn't know what to say. After a long while, she asked, "Why are you telling me about what happened three days ago?"
Li Yu said honestly: "I was the winner. I thought if I told the girl in such a hurry, it would seem like I was showing off. Besides, I was just lucky..."
The demon girl thought for a moment and said, "I didn't expect that you have such a good talent for alchemy despite your average talent for cultivation. When you return to Xuanyin Sect in the future, you will be in charge of alchemy. The useless alchemists in the sect can't make one pill out of ten materials. So many good things are wasted by them..."
To be honest, Li Yu was a little tempted.
Kunlun is a school of alchemy, so of course the requirements for alchemists are the highest. If one cannot make one elixir out of three materials, he will be demoted or even have his status revoked. If someone from the magic sect cannot produce one elixir out of ten materials, yet he is still alive, how many good things can he withhold? Why should he worry about not being able to improve his cultivation?
There were plenty of magical herbs and medicines waiting for him there.
After complaining about those useless alchemists, the demon girl suddenly asked Li Yu, "So, you won a fifth-level pregnancy pill?"
Li Yu's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the witch was planning to take the pregnancy-pregnancy pill?
He could only bite the bullet and say, "Give it away..."
The demon girl was stunned for a moment, obviously a little surprised: "You gave away the fifth-level elixir, who did you give it to?"
Li Yu said: "Junior Sister Jiang..."
The demon girl paused for a moment, then said meaningfully: "Such a precious thing, you gave it away as soon as you said so. It seems that what the book said is true. You have a close relationship with the new genius disciple of Kunlun Sect..."
Li Yu immediately said, "Actually, our relationship is just like that. Girl, think about it. I am a disciple in the Qi Refining Stage, but I have a fifth-level pregnancy pill. If I don't give it to someone, wouldn't that be courting death? I'm afraid that as soon as I leave the sect, I will be followed and killed by countless late Jindan strongmen. I have no choice..."
The demon girl nodded and said, "That makes sense, but the Xiaoyao Sect's intelligence won't be written randomly. The relationship between you and that Junior Sister Jiang must be special. You said that because you're afraid that I'll ask you to do something to hurt her, right?"
This little demon girl was as cunning as a ghost, but she couldn't be fooled. However, she was not Li Yu's worm, and she didn't know what he was thinking. Li Yu said, "Junior Sister Jiang and I were friends before, so our relationship is naturally better than that with other people. However, if the girl doesn't want me to give it to her, I will take it back and give it to someone else. But who should I give it to? The girl cares about Senior Sister Qin so much, why not give it to Senior Sister Qin..."
"you dare!"
The demon girl scolded tenderly, and then said: "Forget it, just give it to that Junior Sister Jiang. You are right. If you keep the pill for yourself, it will be a death warrant. The temptation of forming a baby is too great. Even the late Jindan strongmen of the righteous path will not let you go. It is better to give it to someone else and stop them from thinking about it. You are quite smart..."
Successfully changing the subject, Li Yu smiled and said, "Miss, you are too kind..."
In order to completely stop her from mentioning Jiang Li, Li Yu deliberately changed the subject and said, "By the way, young lady, I saved the sect's reputation and losses this time. The headmaster received me and rewarded me with thirty Tongmai Pills. I also met Senior Sister Qin!"
Hearing Qin Keren, the demon girl immediately became interested and asked, "Have you seen her?"
Li Yu said: "Yes, she was wearing a veil, so I couldn't see what she looked like, but I felt she must be very beautiful..."
This sentence obviously made the demon girl unhappy. She snorted coldly, "Who do you belong to? You haven't even seen her, but you say she's beautiful. Maybe there's an ugly thing under the veil!"
Li Yu immediately agreed: "The girl is right..."
He knew very well that he had to treat the enchantress who controlled his destiny like a girlfriend and he had to follow two principles.
First, what the witch says is always right.
Second, if the witch is wrong, refer to the first point.
As long as she is happy.
Opposite Ling Bei, the demon girl breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's not talk about Qin Keren, let's talk about Jiang Li. I heard that she treats you very well?"
Li Yu frowned, wondering why they were talking about Jiang Li again, but he could only continue, "Yes, she gave me a space ring, talismans, and a lot of spiritual medicines..."
The demon girl continued to ask: "Am I good to you, or is she good to you?"
Li Yu didn't hesitate at all and replied: "Of course it's Miss, you saved my life and gave me a lot of life-saving things..."
To be honest, Jiang Li and the demon girl were both very nice to her.
But these two kinds of good are different.
The witch has ten candies, and if she is in a good mood, she might give him one.
If Jiang Li has two candies, he will definitely give him one.
Li Yu was very clear about this.
The demon girl was obviously very satisfied with Li Yu's answer, and then asked: "In your heart, who is more important, Jiang Li or me?"
Women are such trouble!
Li Yu secretly complained in his heart.
Although he is the boss, he is worrying about his girlfriend.
Between Jiang Li and her, in Li Yu's heart, of course Jiang Li is more important.
Come on, can't she hold her own position?
Who gave her the confidence?
Facing the question from the demon girl, Li Yu answered without hesitation: "Of course the girl is important."
…
Li Yu's experience shows that sometimes, some white lies are still necessary.
At least, this conversation with the witch ended in a very harmonious atmosphere because of Li Yu's white lie.
When Li Yu returned to Kunlun Cave Heaven with Ling'er in his arms after playing enough, he sighed in his heart. When will this cautious life end...
After returning to the villa and handing Ling'er to Zhou Zixuan, Li Yu planned to go to Tongtian Peak to undergo the illusion trial.
After taking the thirty Tongmai Pills, his magic power increased by one-fifth compared to the last time. He should be able to achieve better results, so he can get some more Tongmai Pills.
A moment later, at Tongtian Peak, the trial hall.
When Li Yu came here, there were not many people in the trial hall. After he broke into the top ten of the trial, the popularity of the illusion trial reached its peak for a period of time, and then slowly decreased with the passage of time.
The talent for cultivating immortals and the talent for martial arts are two completely different things. Li Yu has studied martial arts for ten years, and it is not something they can catch up with in just a few days.
In the trial hall, a figure just came out of the trial space. Seeing Li Yu, he smiled and greeted him: "Junior Brother Li, you are here to take the trial again."
Li Yu also smiled in return and said, "Yes, my cultivation has improved a bit these days, so I came to give it a try."
After greeting a few familiar faces, he exchanged a trial jade token and entered the trial space directly.
Seeing this, the dozen or so Kunlun disciples in the trial hall were no longer in a hurry to start the trial, and waited outside to watch.
Although the method Li Yu taught them could improve their history scores, it was very difficult to enter the trial list.
It is not so easy to surpass the geniuses in the sect's history.
Moreover, after changing their ideas on how to pass the levels, some disciples, when facing monsters, got used to fighting with their physical bodies, but they didn't have any skills. It was okay in the illusion, but they would suffer a great loss immediately when they encountered a real monster.
The elders of the sect have already reminded them that illusion trials are illusion trials, and real battles are real battles, and they are not allowed to develop the habit of close combat.
They really wanted to know how Li Yu managed to make it into the top ten of the trial list with a strength of less than the 20th level of Qi Refining.
Unfortunately, they couldn’t see what was happening in the trial space.
At this moment, in the trial space.
Li Yu looked at the giant tiger that had just emerged, a smile appeared on his face, and he murmured: "Long time no see..."
Soon, with a tiger roar, the giant tiger turned into dots of light and shadow in front of Li Yu.
The effect of the thirty Tongmai Pills was enormous. The time he took to pass the first level was much shorter than his fastest time, and his magic power was not consumed at all.
This time, Li Yu has enough confidence in breaking the record.
Facing the giant mantis that had just condensed, Li Yu did not waste time and took the initiative to attack...
Inside the trial hall, everyone has not stopped discussing since Li Yu's trial space today.
Even the foundation-building elder who was in charge of the trial came over to watch the fun.
"What do you think? Does Junior Brother Li have a chance to advance one more place this time?"
"It hasn't been that long since his last trial. I think it's hanging."
"I heard from Yuxu Peak's disciples that after the last first-grade alchemist competition, the headmaster rewarded him with thirty Tongmai Pills, which should help him increase his mana. This time, the trial monument may have to be changed again..."
"The ninth place on the Trial Ranking is Patriarch Wang of Yiyun Peak. Hehe, Patriarch Wang is still alive. I wonder how he would feel when he sees his position being surpassed by someone else..."
…
As everyone was discussing, they suddenly saw that the water curtain on the wall with the top 100 trial rankings had a slight fluctuation.
"Wang Shiyuan", who was originally ranked ninth on the trial list, moved one place back, while "Li Yu", who was ranked tenth, is now ranked ninth.
“It really exceeds!”
"Ninth on the Trial Ranking..."
“This is too fast!”
This time, everyone clearly felt that Li Yu's time to pass the level was much faster than before.
This speed was incredible to them, but they were only ranked ninth. How terrifying were the eight people in front of them on the Trial List at that time?
Li Yu appeared and immediately looked at the trial list.
Yes, as expected, another person came in and ten Tongmai Pills were delivered.
Moreover, after passing the levels, he still had about 10% of his magic power left, which meant that he could fight more aggressively when passing the first few levels, thus shortening the time it took to pass the levels.
Li Yu swallowed a few energy-restoring pills and recovered while chatting with everyone.
The old man in charge of the illusion trial walked back to the stone chamber with his hands behind his back and said to a deacon disciple: "Go to the weapon refining hall and tell them that the trial monument should be replaced..."
In less than two months, the trial monument was changed twice, which is very rare in the entire history of Kunlun.
At this time, in Kunlun Cave Heaven, many people also received the news from Tongtian Peak.
On Yiyun Peak, a gray-haired old man heard this from his disciples. He just smiled and said, "Being surpassed is being surpassed. We old guys have to make room for the young people..."
For him, the trial in the illusion world was something that happened hundreds of years ago.
Hundreds of years had passed, and he had almost forgotten that experience. But now his memories were brought back to him, and he remembered the geniuses of the same era as his sect, who were full of vigor and vitality and had gone through the illusion trial together. He couldn't help but fall into nostalgia...
Yuling Peak.
When Lu Xingzhou learned about this, he didn't say a word for a long time.
He had mixed feelings during these three days.
Li Yu was like his nemesis. Ever since he arrived in Kunlun, he had been unlucky. Bad things happened one after another. First, his position on the trial monument was replaced, and then the pregnancy pill was stolen. It was all because of Li Yu...
Now, Li Yu's position on the trial monument has been raised to ninth, and he feels even worse...
More than half a year ago, he would never have thought that the guy in Baiyun Temple, who was good for nothing except his good looks, would grow so fast.
Tongtian Peak, in the trial space.
The figure of the last giant bear was slowly disappearing. Li Yu supported himself on the ground with one hand, breathing heavily. There was not a drop of mana left in his body.
With the previous experiment, he had a clear idea of what to do. With his full effort, his results improved again. It was already his limit at this stage. He wondered if he could improve one or two places.
At this moment, in the trial hall, everyone's exclamations had become one and the same.
"Moved!"
“It’s moving again!”
“Two of them moved this time!”
"Already ranked seventh on the Trial Ranking!"
…
Just now, Li Yu's name on the trial list was promoted by two positions, from ninth to seventh, while Huang Dongyuan and Ren Guang, who were originally ranked seventh and eighth, are now ranked eighth and ninth.
These two elders were also the sect’s geniuses hundreds of years ago, but neither of them had ever condensed their Nascent Souls. They died in accidents during the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages respectively.
Up to this point, all the names ranked ahead of Li Yu are famous figures in contemporary Kunlun.
Sixth on the Trial List, Lu Taiyi, the Taiyi Patriarch of Yuling Peak who is in the late Nascent Soul stage.
Fifth on the Trial List , Zhao Xuanzhen, the Xuanzhen Patriarch who is in the late Nascent Soul stage of Yuzhu Peak.
The fourth on the Trial Ranking was Pei Yuan. Most of Kunlun's low-level disciples might not be familiar with this name, but the core disciples of Kunlun present were not unfamiliar with him at all. This was none other than a Kunlun's God Transformation Ancestor, the first generation Trial Ranking leader, and he had firmly occupied the top spot on the Trial Ranking for hundreds of years until he was surpassed later...
Third on the Trial List, Chen Qingshan, was once the prodigy of Kunlun. Although he is no longer in Kunlun, his legend still lives on in Kunlun.
The second on the Trial List is Wang Daoxuan. Needless to say, the headmaster is the strongest of every generation.
As for the number one on the trial list, Junior Sister Qin Keren is the number one prodigy in Kunlun in a thousand years, and no one doubts that.
Compared with these strong men, Li Yu's talent for cultivation is really too low. That is why it is even more incredible that he can reach his current position.
The deacon disciple had just returned to Tongtian Peak when he saw the changes in the trial list and was stunned.
He was gone for a while, and Li Yu actually moved up two positions...
The old man who was in the foundation building stage urged him, "Hurry up, go to the weapon refining hall again, it should still be in time."
When the deacon disciple hurried to the weapon refining hall, a man wiped the sweat from his forehead in front of a stone tablet, looked back, and said with a smile: "You came at the right time. The new trial tablet has been engraved. I was just about to send it to your Tongtian Peak. Since you are here, you can take it back yourself..."
The deacon scratched his head and said, "Um... you may have to carve a new trial monument."
The disciple from the Equipment Refining Hall was stunned for a moment , and asked in confusion: "Why, is there something wrong with my engraving? Impossible, I engraved it according to the list you gave me, every stroke is correct..."
The deacon disciple of Tongtian Peak said awkwardly: "It's not that you carved it wrong, it's that in this short period of time, he has risen two places and is now seventh on the Trial List..."
The disciples of the Equipment Refining Hall stood there in a daze.
He really didn't expect that someone could pass the trial faster than he could carve the stele...
After coming to his senses, he could only look at the already carved stone tablet with regret. He moved another blank stone tablet over, and just as the carving knife in his hand was about to fall, he paused, put down the carving knife, and said, "Or, I'll wait a little longer..."
