Five Immortal Sects

"One spot, Brother Wu!"

Jinchui Yan said, his words slow and deliberate.

"Either you and I continue to fight until there is a clear winner, but perhaps more people will arrive later.

Or, you and I both go to the last platform together, and the rest of our clan members will go one at a time, until the platform can't hold any more. The remaining ones will be left here."

Wu Wuan quickly thought to himself. He then slowly spoke.

His words were heartless. If the platform couldn't accommodate all the demon cultivators here, then the remaining ones would have to stay and wait to be teleported out at the end. If more advanced cultivators or demon cultivators came later, they would almost certainly be killed.

Jinchui Yan's expression softened a little after hearing this, and he fell into a brief silence. A moment later, he spoke again.

"Good! But after we are teleported, how will the treasures be distributed?"

"Of course, they will be distributed evenly. If one party has no use for a certain item, it can be exchanged for an equivalent value of spiritual stones or other items."

Wu Wuan answered with an expressionless face. "Brother Wu's proposal is feasible. However, if we meet those human cultivators again after we're teleported, I hope you will join me in killing them. Then, we can take all their treasures and divide them evenly. What do you say?"

"That is only natural. Even if you didn't say that, Brother Jin, I would still take action if I saw them."

The rest of the matter was easy to settle. Under the wary gazes of both Jinchui Yan and Wu Wuan, they slowly flew toward the platform from two different directions. They both stopped in mid-air above the platform and stared at each other.

Seeing that the other party did not make a move, they then descended toward the third platform. Their eyes were fixed on each other. Only after they had both landed did they finally relax. At this point, neither of them wanted any more accidents.

Moreover, neither of them trusted the other to land first. If one of them landed first and immediately activated the platform and left, it would be useless even if the other one killed the remaining first-rank demon cultivators.

"Haha, Brother Wu, why don't you go up and try the two higher platforms? Maybe you'll find something new."

After Jinchui Yan landed on the platform, his body constantly changed position as the platform rotated. He also looked around and finally fixed his gaze on the two higher platforms, which were no longer glowing. He suddenly spoke to Wu Wuan with a smile.

"Oh? My immortal fortune is not as good as Brother Jin's. Why don't you go up and try? Maybe you'll really be teleported to where those human cultivators are."

Wu Wuan stood on the other side of the platform, facing Jinchui Yan from a distance. As the platform rotated, his facial expression was illuminated by the light from the platform below, constantly shifting between light and dark.

"Hehe!!"

After hearing Wu Wuan's words, Jinchui Yan just laughed twice and then fell silent. Instead, he waved his hand to the Golden Flame Sacred Lions below, and a first-rank Golden Flame Sacred Lion strode toward the platform.

Wu Wuan narrowed his slender eyes but did not speak. As soon as the Golden Flame Sacred Lion stepped onto the platform, Wu Wuan also waved his hand to his group below and simultaneously sent out a few spiritual lights.

After he waved, a first-rank Qingjing Centipede also quickly walked toward him and was soon standing on the platform.

The spiritual lights he sent out un-froze the demon beasts that had been encased in ice. At the same time, those spiritual lights also entered the bodies of the several demon beasts whose auras had become weak, making them feel better instantly.

In this way, the demon beasts from both sides went up to the platform one by one. Before long, all of them were standing on the platform.

When Jinchui Yan and Wu Wuan saw that all of their subordinates had come up, they also felt a little relieved. After all, they didn't want to leave their own kind behind unless they had no other choice.

"Brother Jin, please!"

Wu Wuan said to Jinchui Yan.

"I thought Brother Wu would be the one to activate it."

As Jinchui Yan spoke, he patted his waist, and a flash of light appeared, revealing a blue crystal in his hand.

When they had both landed on the platform, they had already seen a groove in the center of the platform. The shape of the groove was very familiar to them, as it was the same shape as the blue crystal they had used to pass the previous stages. There was no place to embed spiritual stones to activate the teleportation, so it was easy to guess.

A blue light shot toward the groove in the center of the platform. The moment the blue crystal was embedded in the groove, countless streams of light shot up from the edge of the platform toward the top of the sphere. However, they were blocked when they reached the top of the sphere, and nothing was visible from the outside of the metal sphere.

These streams of light immediately formed a circle of light pillars around the platform, enveloping the dozens of demon cultivators. The platform then began to rotate at a speed a hundred times faster than before.

Soon, only a swirling mass of light pillars could be seen. With a "hiss," the light pillars scattered into countless light points, filling the entire sphere. The third rotating platform slowly slowed down, and there was no one left on it.

What Wu Wuan didn't know was that at the same time, the blue crystal in his storage bag also disintegrated and disappeared on its own.

"Is this the "anfeng grass" recorded in the ancient texts? It has been extinct in the outside world for hundreds of thousands of years. It's so precious. I heard that Grand-Ancestor Feng has been looking for it for hundreds of years. After I bring this back, he will surely be overjoyed.

This… this is a "broad-eared flower", a main ingredient for refining "Infant Nurturing Pills" for the Core Formation stage. These few plants are at least ten thousand years old. The ones in our sect are at most four thousand years old.

There are also finished "mist-guarding pills" here. Judging from the grade, they should be at the fifth level. And the cultivation techniques in these few jade slips…

Hiss! These are low-grade "Noon-to-Midnight Soul-Piercing Nails," a low-grade group-attack magic treasure. This is a good thing! Oh? Is this the legendary "Heart-Refining Lamp"? Is this a mid-grade magic treasure?…"

Gan Shi, with a dozen or so people, stood in a secret room, looking at the dozens of herbs and six bottles of pills on the wooden shelves, as well as five jade slips. Everyone's breathing became ragged.

Gan Shi was inspecting each item on the wooden shelf, his eyes filled with delight. The dozen or so Qi Condensation disciples behind him, although they didn't dare to step forward to look, were all filled with joy in their hearts.

After these treasures were brought back, the sect would reward them according to their contributions, either by giving them a copy of the cultivation techniques here or by rewarding them with precious pills, spiritual treasures, and magic tools. The leader might even be rewarded with a magic treasure.

Besides these, the sect would also reward each person with several hundred spiritual stones.

Especially the magic treasures. One must know that even people like Bai Liyuan and Gan Shi didn't all have magic treasures. Although the magic treasure they were rewarded with might not be the magic treasure they obtained here, the sect would still reward them with a low-grade magic treasure that was suitable for them. This was the dream of every cultivator.

"This is just the second-level platform. There must be even more on Bai Liyuan's side. If I had known, I would have asked that Li Yan kid for another blue crystal. Then the top three spots would all be ours."

Gan Shi was thinking while inspecting the items, and he said with some regret. The Qi Condensation disciples behind him were stunned, not understanding what he meant.

After he and Bai Liyuan entered, they discovered the three platforms arranged in a row. After a quick observation, they understood the situation and knew that no other teams had entered yet. After seeing the crystal-shaped groove in the center of the platforms, they couldn't help but feel a sense of pity.

They only had two blue crystals in their hands. The green gourd that Li Yan had given them was useless. They could only sigh in regret, but they knew that this was not the time for lamenting. They quickly divided their team into two groups, and the two of them each led a group onto the platforms.

Gan Shi was followed by old members like Rui Feikai and Dai Jing, as well as Mei Caichu's group. The rest of the people still followed Bai Liyuan and stepped onto the first platform. As for who would go on the highest platform, seeing that their two Foundation Establishment Martial Uncles didn't mind at all, the Qi Condensation disciples didn't dare to say anything…

Not long after Jinchui Yan and Wu Wuan disappeared from the metal sphere, a strange distortion occurred on the platform outside the sphere. The large patches of blood, as well as the broken limbs and corpses left behind from their battle, all vanished.

The platform was once again spotless, and the only sound was the gentle breeze, as if nothing had ever happened there and no one had ever appeared.

A short time later, a stream of light came whistling by. It circled the metal sphere and then landed on the platform extending from the sphere. When the light slowly dissipated, it revealed a large jade ruyi.

Nine figures emerged. The leader was the graceful Qiu Jiu in her Daoist robe.

At this moment, Qiu Jiu's beautiful face, which was already as white as jade, had become even paler. The moment she landed on the platform, she looked around, but to her disappointment, she still couldn't see any sign of Quan Jiuxing.

Although she had already released her divine sense to scan the area while circling the metal sphere, her hope was now beginning to fade after checking again.

After the nine people got off the jade ruyi, the jade ruyi quickly shrank and turned into a stream of light that flew into Qiu Jiu's delicate jade-like hand. Qiu Jiu's beautiful eyes looked around, and she couldn't help but bite her lip.

The reason they were late was that they had been searching for the other two teams from the Grand Profound Sect. But no matter how she led the team in their search, not only did they not find Quan Jiuxing's team, but they also didn't even run into the other team of Grand Profound Sect cultivators or even a team from the Pure Land Sect.

She had been in this area for almost an hour. Besides seeing the four people in Wang Lang's group in her divine sense at the beginning, she hadn't seen any sign of Quan Jiuxing, which made her growing sense of unease stronger.

Finally, after searching for another half an hour, she had no choice but to head for the central region, hoping to run into Quan Jiuxing or the cultivators from the other two sects along the way or in the center.

When she arrived here, all she saw was a large, empty platform and a half-arched gate in front of her. It was so quiet that she could hear the heartbeats of the people next to her. It was extremely empty and desolate.

Just as the jade ruyi turned into a stream of light and landed in her hand, and the nine of them were observing their surroundings, a crisp sound, like a bubble popping, suddenly came from beneath their feet.

Then, to the surprise of the nine of them, before they could even react, a huge transparent bubble of light quickly rose from the platform, instantly enveloping the nine people. This made all nine of them change their expressions.

Qiu Jiu had not even sensed this sudden change beforehand. She was instantly enveloped by the transparent light barrier, which made her break out in a cold sweat.

But before any of them could react, the huge transparent bubble had already taken the nine of them and quickly flew toward the gate. The moment it got close to the half-arched gate, the bubble quickly shrank and disappeared in a flash.

The platform outside the metal sphere returned to tranquility. Blue sky, white clouds, a gentle breeze, and an endless, dead silence!

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