Chapter 404: Remonstrance Against Expelling Guests, Asking the Book Puppet, Food Supplement Method

After being expelled twice in succession, Zhao Xing understood that he had encountered the "Expelling Guests Order" checkpoint.

What is the Expelling Guests Order? It is a spell used to exclude others.

It was first used by Preaching Scholars to screen out non-human races, especially targeting the demon race.

For example, the Demon-Slaying Order, True Spirit Reflection, and other supernatural powers. The screening methods are collectively called 【Dao Recognition Method】.

Because scholars judge the difference between the human race and other races from the Great Dao of Life and the Great Dao of the Soul.

The universe gives birth to all things; no matter how other races disguise themselves with spells, there will always be differences in their life origin and soul origin.

However, there were times when the human race and the demon race eased relations, and there were also cases where ancient human kingdoms domesticated demons, and even reused demons as officials.

Sometimes they killed all the demons in the country in the previous era, and then regretted it in the next era.

Then the Dao methods had to keep pace with the times, no longer being so extreme, and relatively milder versions appeared.

Later, there were also disputes between ancient human kingdoms, and the Expelling Guests Order appeared.

The spell "Expelling Guests Order" was also constantly subdivided.

In some cases, even if they were all human, they couldn't enter a certain territory, and in other cases, they were in the same country, but with different identities, and they couldn't enter either.

However, generally speaking, racial discrimination was still very serious in the Xuanling Star Region.

Because Preaching Scholars had differences in their philosophies; some Preaching Scholars believed that the "spirit" of the demon race was chaotic and inherently evil, and even if they were civilized, it was only temporary, and they would inevitably cause disaster in the future.

They only led the human race forward, so they simply cut it off and didn't allow demons to explore the Dao Treasury at all.

Some Preaching Scholars were relatively more tolerant, allowing both humans and ghosts to enter.

"The Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom was relatively hostile to demons back then. If demons came to explore the Heritage Dao Treasury here, I'm afraid they wouldn't encounter the Expelling Guests Order, but the Slaying Order." Zhao Xing secretly thought.

"The checkpoint of Shangluo Dao Academy is further subdivided; could it be that it forbids non-Wu Yue Luo people from entering?" Zhao Xing pondered.

That sentence was already very clear: Wu Yue Luo illuminates all directions, the Great Dao also has boundaries; those who are not guests of my clan, leave quickly and do not linger.

"Does it mean that non-Wu Yue Luo people cannot enter this Heritage Dao Treasury at all?"

"That's not right. Du Yun can enter." Zhao Xing pondered. "Either Du Yun is strong enough to resist the scholar's spell and force his way in, or this Expelling Guests Order has been subdivided, and it's just that the Shangluo Dao Academy doesn't allow entry."

"There is a difference between entering with Five Emperor Coins and entering with Po Zhu Ancient Coins."

When he came in his previous life, there was no such rule, and he didn't even need money to perform a sacrifice.

The Illusory God Star System became a tourist attraction, and they had to sell tickets, so they couldn't have so many rules, and naturally, they were cleared away.

But which situation it was, it was easy to distinguish; just try it.

"Ask Du Wen."

Zhao Xing turned and flew up the cold pool.

He arrived in front of Du Wen.

"Zhao Xing, why did you come up so quickly? Did you encounter a problem?"

"Yes, sir, I encountered the Preaching Scholar's 'Expelling Guests Order'." Zhao Xing cupped his hands: "I wonder if I can borrow a 'Remonstrance Against Expelling Guests' from you?"

The reason why the "Expelling Guests Order" spell was classic was that it had two sides and was a proper civil war spell.

After scholars researched it, they didn't use it for fighting themselves, but others could.

When encountering exploration by multiple forces, but not wanting to kill and worsen the situation, someone would often stick the "Expelling Guests Order" on the ground, and then within the limited range, except for their own people, no one else could enter.

Those who entered would be expelled by the Great Dao of Life and Great Dao of the Soul attached to the Expelling Guests Order.

Those who wanted to enter would just stick another "Remonstrance Against Expelling Guests" in opposition.

The scene was like two children scolding each other:

Idiot, get lost!

Rebound!

I rebound your rebound... The final result depended on which family's recruited scholar guest was more awesome.

Of course, those with strength could also force their way in.

However, given the Dao and methods of Preaching Scholars, they were generally invincible at the same rank and could fight across ranks. So if you wanted to break the Expelling Guests Order, you had to find another Preaching Scholar.

"Oh? No wonder..." Du Wen realized. "I'll go down and take a look."

"Thank you, sir."

Du Wen was also a Great Supernatural Power user, of the same realm as Hong Qi beside Lu Yuehan.

Zhao Xing probed him with the panel, and it was like looking at a book; the entire vision couldn't be spread out, and he needed to flip many pages.

Since the Expelling Guests Order was a classic spell, he must have learned it.

It was just that he didn't know the intensity of the checkpoint below.

From the perspective of strength, the tomb owner was a Preaching Scholar of the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm, who was definitely stronger than Du Wen.

It just depended on the intensity set when the checkpoint was set up.

Was it really not allowed to enter? Or was it just a test?

"Splash~"

The water of the cold pool parted, and Du Wen descended gracefully with clouds under his feet and floating light on his body.

He bowed with the Po Zhu Ancient Coin, and then his body was sucked into the small world.

But after only a second, Du Wen staggered and appeared in the outside world.

"My 'Remonstrance Against Expelling Guests' cannot compare to the tomb owner." Du Wen shook his head and flew up, borrowing the momentum. "The intensity of this checkpoint is very high."

Zhao Xing nodded. Heritage Dao Treasuries were like this; people wanted to pass it on to whomever they wanted.

A scholar's Dao Treasury was not something ordinary people could force their way into. A Preaching Scholar of the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm, if they abandoned their life to fight, even a Life and Death Dao Domain Realm might not be able to handle it.

"Then we can only follow the requirements." Zhao Xing said.

"Hmm, non-Wu Yue Luo people are not allowed to enter? Then find a way to become a person of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom outside." Du Wen smiled.

Zhao Xing asked a question he already knew the answer to: "Sir, the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom no longer exists; how can one become a person of this country?"

Du Wen said slowly: "Speaking of which, it's simple; it's nothing more than starting from the five directions of clothing, food, housing, law, and speech."

"Clothing, that is, magic robes. This is relatively simple. Find a magic robe of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom and wear it, follow the customs, and use the aura of that era to cover it up; it might be able to pass."

"Of course, the checkpoint set by this tomb owner is probably not something that a magic robe can break."

"Food, that is, the food supplement method. Although the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom no longer exists, the land of the Wu Yue Luo Mausoleum grows the plants and beasts of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom."

"The Expelling Guests Order is not a Slaying Order, and the degree is not so serious. We are all Xuanling humans, so we follow the customs and eat the same food. Eating more food from the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom is considered a way to break it."

"Housing, is living in a palace produced by the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom; the principle is the same as the food supplement method."

"Living changes the aura, and nourishment changes the body; the environment and the nourishment of food can change a person's aura. This is also one of the bases for us scholars when we cast the Expelling Guests Order."

"For example, the guests of the Yellow Sand Mansion, the diet list, and the residence array are all arranged by me. Once there is a place where the Expelling Guests Order needs to be used, I can distinguish between friend and foe according to the food supplement method and the residence spirit method."

Zhao Xing nodded, pretending to listen.

"Of course, these are relatively easy to imitate, so the 'speech' and 'law' of the latter two are the top priorities."

"Speech is language, which can be the language of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom, but it is usually some profound magic spells."

"Law is the cultivation technique."

"These five are the ways to break the Expelling Guests Order."

Du Wen said: "If it were a Slaying Order, it would be different. Bloodline, life origin, and soul origin might all be taken into account; there is basically no way to break it by taking shortcuts, and one can only break it by force."

"Sir is learned and talented, which opened Zhao Xing's eyes." Zhao Xing cupped his hands, then revealed an embarrassed look: "I wonder if I can ask you to teach me..."

He was too lazy to buy cultivation techniques himself; Du Wen was a ready-made scholar, and clearly he hadn't done less of this.

He could fleece the sheep if he could; in short, it was just lowering his face to say a few nice words. If he really didn't agree, he would think of a way himself.

"Okay." Du Wen smiled: "I have several official cultivation methods of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom here. I have magic robes and food, but housing might need to be transferred from the Yellow Sand Mansion."

Palace-type treasures were generally not changed easily once determined, let alone changing to those of an ancient era, so Du Wen only lacked the "housing" link, which was the residence spirit method.

"Thank you, sir." Zhao Xing bowed respectfully.

"Don't be so polite." Du Wen smiled and refused the gift. "You are a Si Nong, just the right candidate to practice the food supplement method and the residence spirit method."

In short, the Yellow Sand Mansion also had to send people to try, and all ten people here had things to do, so it was just right to let Zhao Xing try first.

Then Zhao Xing and Du Wen sat opposite each other and began to teach.

Once he really started learning, Zhao Xing discovered that Du Wen was still humble.

Where did he only have a few types of Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom spells? They were clearly several major categories.

The corresponding food varieties were also all available!

"The historical materials of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom's Si Nongs mentioned the food supplement method many times, among which the three most unearthed ones are 'Five Elements Heavenly Kitchen', 'Six Qi Military Gate', and 'Sun and Moon Eating Together'."

"The residence spirit method is 'Mountain Palace', 'Sea Hall', and 'Water Origin Residence'."

"As for magic robes, let's not talk about anything else. I have two sets of Si Nong official robes here. I don't know exactly what rank they correspond to, but the magic robes themselves are not low in level. Borrow them for now."

"There is a lot of food, both meat and vegetables. You might have to work hard to eat more."

"You only need to learn 'General Knowledge Method' for language. If it doesn't work, then there's no way to enter."

Listening to Du Wen's introduction, Zhao Xing sighed again: what is called mixing in the world requires power and background.

If he didn't share the profit with Du Yun, from the step of fixing the boundary, he would have to spend decades, and then set up an array to hide the star continent, buy Po Zhu Ancient Coins, learn spells, buy food... it might not be completed in a hundred years.

Du Yun had a bunch of guests to help, so he didn't have to do everything himself, which saved a lot of trouble.

"Hum~"

Du Wen opened the 【Realm of Transmitting Law】, and a light gate appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

Du Wen only intended to let Zhao Xing try, so this time the transmission of law didn't involve too much consumption of power; it just let Zhao Xing enter his 【Dao Field】 to create a good cultivation environment.

After all, it was fleecing the sheep, so Zhao Xing didn't dare to ask for too much.

After entering, several "Dao Fruits" hovered in front of Zhao Xing's eyes.

They were called Dao Fruits, but they were actually about the size of small planets.

They all stored the Dao rhymes of the spells just mentioned by Du Wen, which were the cultivation methods.

Zhao Xing looked into the distance; stars dotted the sky, vast and boundless, almost endless.

"I don't know how many spells Du Wen has learned."

The panel showed that Du Wen had lived for 1.5 eras.

Zhao Xing estimated that this person wouldn't lack resources; in the 1.8 million years, at least 80% of the time was used for learning.

He collected his mind, cleared his distracting thoughts, and Zhao Xing began to learn the first food supplement method—"Five Elements Heavenly Kitchen".

The acupuncture points of the Dao body were like stars, and the part corresponding to the Heavenly Kitchen was in the stomach.

Of course, the Five Elements Heavenly Kitchen didn't just practice this part; it also involved the five internal organs, because the five elements corresponded to the five internal organs, which were the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

The cultivation of the food supplement method didn't rely on empty operation of power; it had to be accompanied by eating.

So when Zhao Xing started to practice, a steady stream of ingredients was thrown into Du Wen's Dao Field.

"Humans eat the essence of all things, first entering the Heavenly Kitchen part."

"Without a special cultivation method, eating ten parts will only supplement five, three parts will be poison, and two parts will return to heaven and earth."

This was talking about the utilization efficiency of eating spiritual ingredients directly.

The food supplement method was divided into fast food and fine food.

Fast food refers to combat replenishment; at this time, you only need to consider filling up the state quickly, and as for the accumulated toxins and the waste caused by fast food, don't worry about them first; survive first.

The hidden injuries of practitioners are mostly caused by "fast food."

The beauty and ugliness among practitioners are also caused by unbalanced conditioning.

There are medical masters in Lu Yuehan's team, and she herself is one, who will have specialized medical food masters to perform recovery and conditioning.

But the vast majority of people don't have this condition to invite them.

Fine food is what Zhao Xing is doing now. After the food is eaten, it first undergoes a "careful selection" in the "Heavenly Kitchen part," is cooked, takes its essence, and removes its dross.

Then it decides which part this "essence" should be allocated to.

Zhao Xing's Purple Yin Purple Yang cultivation technique developed all parts of the body in a balanced way and hadn't specifically exercised the Heavenly Kitchen part, just doing it along the way.

The Yuanhai Realm had it, but it was still not fine enough, because it was just a technique, but now he was practicing a specialized method.

Zhao Xing started to open the panel to brush proficiency as soon as he came in.

And then he became a foodie without emotion.

"Five Elements Heavenly Kitchen" had no clear grade division; it was mainly determined by the food. In the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom, it was considered a relatively mediocre method.

There was no danger; it focused on the way of balance.

"I eat!"

Zhao Xing enlarged his body, opened his bloody mouth, and swallowed half an ingredient similar to cabbage, which was as large as a prefecture.

After eating, a cool feeling surged in Zhao Xing's stomach.

The stars in the stomach lit up, and light quickly shrouded the ingredients, as if countless chefs appeared from the stomach wall with knives and slashed.

"I spit!"

Zhao Xing spat out a mass of green residue, and the residue was mixed with a chaotic spiritual energy.

Just after clearing a batch, Du Wen threw another batch in soon.

They exuded fragrance, but didn't drift very far. Zhao Xing looked closely and saw that it was a Moon Spirit Fish that had been burned by Lihuo.

"If Brother Xia were here, he would definitely like it." Zhao Xing thought maliciously.

When eating and drinking became a form of cultivation, it no longer became a pleasure, but a torture.

Three years and another three years, after Zhao Xing ate for six years, Du Wen didn't throw ingredients in anymore.

Because he had already seen that Zhao Xing's aura had undergone some changes, his Dao body radiated treasure light, his cultivation base had no changes, but the fluctuation frequency of his life origin was slightly different from the original.

Because it was just to cope with the checkpoint, Zhao Xing only needed to achieve the goal.

Of course, if "Five Elements Heavenly Kitchen" didn't work, he would have to go back and practice "Six Qi Military Gate" or "Sun and Moon Eating Together".

The former was still okay, eating "normal ingredients," while the latter had to start eating mineral products like stones, which belonged to the food supplement method of a small part of warrior officials, basically not treating themselves as humans.

"Your cultivation speed is not bad." Du Wen encouraged, but it was just not bad. Du Wen had seen too many evildoers; not to mention far away, Du Yun was a living example.

"I noticed that your life origin fluctuation has changed and has converged with the fluctuation of those ancient corpses. You can proceed to the next step."

How did Du Wen compare? Naturally, by digging up the corpses of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom. Some corpses were preserved intact, and Du Wen had dug up bones and marrow for research.

"The Si Nong cultivation technique of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom that involves the most obvious change in aura is the Hou Hou Bian Method. It is the way of change and does not affect the cultivation path you already have."

After Du Wen finished speaking, a corpse appeared in the Dao Field, with a human body, a turtle shell, full of muscles, dark red skin, and flame patterns on its abdomen.

"What is this?" Zhao Xing was stunned. "It looks like a combination of a fire turtle and a human."

"Divine Fire Turtle Transformation Method." Du Wen said: "A small supernatural power of the Hou Hou Bian Method unearthed from the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom. This is a template that hasn't changed back, and it's worth a lot. I only have one here, so don't damage it."

"Divine Fire Turtle Transformation?" Zhao Xing couldn't laugh or cry.

He had killed so many fire turtles, and now he had come to practice the turtle clan's Hou Hou Bian Method?

"Is there any problem?" Du Wen noticed Zhao Xing's expression. "It's a bit difficult, and the life structure is a bit complicated..."

"There is no problem, sir." Zhao Xing shook his head with a smile. "I have a good understanding of the life structure of the turtle clan."

How could he not understand? The fire turtles he had killed exceeded a million.

The Divine Fire Turtle was the Third Realm of the clan, and they were of the same root.

The Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom was popular for raising turtles. In the Transboundary Realm, Zhao Xing had also seen statues of Divine Fire Turtles. Even if they weren't the national treasure of the kingdom, they were also listed as auspicious beasts.

Three years and another three years, out of his understanding of the turtle clan, Zhao Xing practiced this small supernatural power to the first stage of supernatural power in the ninth year.

"Practiced to completion in nine years?" Du Wen couldn't help but nod: "You really have some research on the turtle clan bloodline."

This speed was considered a bit fast even by Du Wen.

No matter how weak a small supernatural power was, it wasn't so easy to practice.

"It's all thanks to your guidance, sir." Zhao Xing was now carrying a turtle shell, his muscles were strong, his skin was red, and he radiated fire-red flames.

"Okay, now only the General Knowledge Method is left to learn." Du Wen said. As for the residence spirit method, it wasn't Zhao Xing who learned it; it was arranged by others. If needed, he just had to live in it for a period of time.

"Yes."

A planet in front of Zhao Xing rapidly enlarged, and the magic formula chanted in his mind.

The General Knowledge Method of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom had a unique pronunciation; the entire upper body vibrated, mobilizing the Great Dao of Sound.

Zhao Xing didn't know what the person who invented this language was thinking. Thinking of the scene of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom's monarch and ministers meeting made him feel ashamed; shaking and shaking, it was like holding a vibrator.

Flamboyant, too flamboyant.

The General Knowledge Method was mastered in one year; after all, it was just a slightly advanced encrypted language.

Just like this, Zhao Xing left the customs after sixteen years.

He fleeced a small supernatural power, a food supplement method, and an ancient Wu Yue Luo language.

"Thank you for the law, sir."

"You're welcome." Du Wen pointed to the side: "You can go down with You Yitian, Fan Yu, and the others. It's good to have someone to look after you."

Zhao Xing looked, and after sixteen years, there were many more people on the star continent. Most were in the Second Realm and Small Supernatural Power Realm; they should have been a batch of people transferred by the Yellow Sand Mansion for exploration.

Around Du Wen, nine light gates were erected, and one could vaguely see people comprehending within.

And some already possessed the conditions to go down, so they didn't need to learn temporarily.

"You Yitian and Fan Yu are both capable and combative guests under the Mansion Master, all are Great Supernatural Power users, and the rest are Small Supernatural Power users. There are fifty-four people going down this time, and fifty-five including you."

"The conditions have been investigated; you can enter as long as you satisfy the three of law, speech, and food."

"You can go in together, which is also considered having someone to look after you." Du Wen said.

"Yes."

Zhao Xing didn't refuse either; after all, he asked Du Yun to come over because he didn't want to take risks. He had already given up the bulk of the profit, so there was no need to act alone.

The "Expelling Guests Order" was beyond his expectation, and it was hard to guarantee that there were no unknown factors inside. Zhao Xing was also someone who would take the easy path if he could.

With a 10% bottom line, the harvest wouldn't be too bad in any case.

"Brother Zhao." You Yitian was a Qi School warrior. When Zhao Xing came out and finished Du Wen's instructions, he smiled and waved: "We've been waiting for you."

"Waiting for me?" Zhao Xing was somewhat flattered. There were fifty-four people here, and they were all waiting for him?

What kind of boss has what kind of subordinates.

Du Yun was magnanimous and upright, and most of his guests were also like this.

Because it was Zhao Xing who provided the information, and Du Wen's instructions, You Yitian and Fan Yu were very polite to Zhao Xing, and You Yitian could even be called somewhat enthusiastic. "Sorry to bother Brother You and Fairy Fan." Zhao Xing cupped his hands.

"Haha, Brother Zhao, don't be so polite." You Yitian said heartily: "Thanks to you, everyone can make a fortune together."

Although Fan Yu didn't speak, she also nodded with a smile.

Du Yun valued Zhao Xing, which Du Wen knew. During the sixteen years, Du Yun came out once and specifically instructed Du Wen to take care of Zhao Xing.

Du Wen then let the people sent over wait for Zhao Xing.

There was no need to instruct anything else; just the act of Du Wen asking people to wait for Zhao Xing meant a lot.

It wasn't as exaggerated as fifty-four protecting one, but it definitely meant taking Zhao Xing to win a wave.

The two team leaders accepted Zhao Xing, and naturally, no one else had any objections.

Zhao Xing had supernatural powers in terms of soul and will, and could feel that the gazes they looked at him with had curiosity, sizing up, and envy, but there were no hostile or jealous emotions.

"Brother Zhao, are you ready?" You Yitian asked.

Please... you... collect_()

"Ready, I'll listen to your instructions, brother." Zhao Xing nodded.

"Let's go!"

You Yitian's body shook, and he took the lead to jump into the cold pool.

At this time, the cold pool, after the "boundary fixing" work, had been drained of water, and the surrounding edges had been widened by dozens of times.

Fifty-five people performed the sacrifice together, and then they were sucked in by a force.

This time Zhao Xing was not expelled again.

Clearly, Du Wen's method was effective.

"Crack~"

Zhao Xing landed on his feet and stepped on a dead branch.

He looked around.

Fifty-five people, not one missing, all appeared under a dead tree.

The big tree stood against the sky, its roots planted in the earth, and its branches spread into the sky, as if merging with the sky.

However, there were no branches or leaves left, only dead branches.

"It's a Ten Thousand Dao Tree; I don't know how many years it has lived, but it's a pity it has already withered."

Preaching Scholars loved to plant Ten Thousand Dao Trees.

Zhao Xing recognized it at a glance.

"This body size exceeded a hundred million kilometers; it must have been at the King level when it was alive."

"I don't know what method it was used to preserve."

After observing for a while, You Yitian greeted everyone to get on the carriage.

Qi School warrior opening the way is a convention for team actions in the universe.

It's just that the habits of this branch of the Yellow Sand Mansion are different again.

Two scholars, two priests, two historians, and two Fate Masters were swallowed into his stomach as soon as they entered.

These eight people, although they were also Small Supernatural Power users, were non-combat personnel, so they were directly swallowed into the stomach for protection and released when needed.

Another four physicians, two standing on the right shoulder; through the panel, Zhao Xing could see that these two were specialized in poison-medical flow and were good at fighting.

The two swallowed were good at healing.

Zhao Xing and sixteen others squatted in the right ear.

Fan Yu stood on the left shoulder alone; she was a soul Great Supernatural Power user.

The combination of Fan Yu and You Yitian was weaker than Chen Chen Xuan and Wu Yue Nu.

However, the lineup was very reasonable; Fan Yu was the main attacker of the soul illusion flow, and the weakness of Qi School warriors is the brain. As long as You Yitian is not affected by illusions, there is basically no weakness.

"There are nine Si Nongs, but only one is from the True Self School, named Huangfu Yun."

"There are also nine Mechanists, including forging flow, array flow, Dao soldier flow, Giant God flow... and some 'musicians', 'dancers', 'beast tamers'... engaging in so many niche professions is basically to increase the probability of 'winning'." Zhao Xing secretly thought.

Preaching Scholars were widely involved, and the tests of their Dao Treasuries could also be varied. Pulling more people in might increase the chance of obtaining the inheritance.

"It seems I can obtain some benefits relatively easily this time." Zhao Xing thought in his heart.

You Yitian and Fan Yu didn't even ask what he was good at! The meaning was already very clear: no need for you to contribute; our team is complete, just lie down, brother.

"Little Du is really kind; if you give me a peach, I will return it with a plum. When I leave in the future, I will definitely remind you to leave the big pit of the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom."

The team quickly left the direction of the dead tree and headed east.

You Yitian and Fan Yu didn't choose the direction randomly, but judged by the height of the spiritual energy index; the spiritual energy concentration in the east was gradually increasing.

If there were any tests and treasures, they would only be there.

To the west of the withered Ten Thousand Dao Tree, the spiritual energy index was less than 10, so it was impossible to have any treasures or array checkpoints.

Because it was exploration, the forward speed was not fast, and it took half a year to walk a hundred million kilometers.

After walking five hundred million miles to the east, green grass gradually appeared, rivers appeared, and vitality began to radiate.

The exploration team finally encountered the second checkpoint.

Zhao Xing scanned the front and found many figures in gray scholar robes carrying book boxes wandering on the grassland.

"It's the Asking Dao Book Puppet."

A voice came from You Yitian's stomach. Zhao Xing identified it; it was a Small Supernatural Power scholar speaking, named Du Qing, probably also Du Yun's clansman.

"Du Qing, what is an Asking Dao Book Puppet?" You Yitian asked.

"The Asking Dao Book Puppet is used by Preaching Scholars to teach students the principles of law." Du Qing said: "Preaching and teaching, enlightening, requires a price; the number of times it can be used in a lifetime is limited. That is not a conventional teaching method."

"Is there anything particular about it?"

Taking advantage of You Yitian's question, two scholars flew out.

"There is no major danger. The Asking Dao Book Puppet is a relatively gentle screening method, mainly to test whether the seeker of the Dao conforms to the teaching philosophy of the Shangluo Dao Academy."

"As the saying goes, those with different Daos do not conspire; if you answer incorrectly, you may be turned away."

"I guess we are now on the way to the Shangluo Dao Academy, and the Asking Dao Book Puppet is the second screening." Du Qing explained.

"Can it be broken by force?" You Yitian asked. He felt it was very troublesome to use his brain.

"I'm afraid not." Another man in a black scholar's robe opened his mouth: "The laws of a Dao Domain Realm scholar are difficult to break."

"Can you answer on our behalf?" Fan Yu asked.

"Let's try." Du Qing said.

Then You Yitian spat out everyone else, and the people in his ears were also put down.

He took Du Qing with him to move forward.

After stepping into the green grassland, an Asking Dao Book Puppet immediately grew larger and reached the same size as You Yitian.

Then it asked You Yitian a question.

"The viper holds the Taiyin in its mouth, its body length is 108,000 zhang, and its poison sac changes from black to dark gold. What is its Dao?"

You Yitian was somewhat dazed. What kind of question was this?

Zhao Xing couldn't help but find it funny. It seemed that the tomb owner also had a prejudice against Qi School warriors, asking such a simple question.

To put it simply, this Asking Dao Book Puppet was saying that a viper could hold a Taiyin star in its mouth, its body had grown 108,000 segments, and its poison sac had turned from black to gold. So what realm was this viper?

Zhao Xing felt that this was simply a free-point question, but You Yitian just couldn't answer it.

He was the thirty-ninth ranked guest of the Yellow Sand Mansion; why would he go to kill small vipers to make money?

And why would he pay attention to what realm a viper was when it grew into this ghost-like appearance?

This was just a test, and Du Qing didn't help.

You Yitian carefully replied in the Wu Yue Luo language: "Since it can hold the Taiyin, it should be the Dao Domain Realm?"

The answer was very general.

But this actually passed the checkpoint.

The Asking Dao Book Puppet nodded, then took a pill from the book box behind it and threw it to You Yitian.

You Yitian was happy.

Then the Asking Dao Book Puppet became a little smaller, flew to You Yitian's chest and abdomen, and stared at Du Qing inside.

Seeing this, Du Qing knew he couldn't hide, so he flew out.

Then the Asking Dao Book Puppet continued to ask:

"The viper achieves the Dao, transforms into a human; is its Dao human or demon?"

Du Qing couldn't help but be speechless upon hearing this.

You Yitian's question was simple, but when it came to him, the scholar, it became a question full of dialectics.

Zhao Xing also found it funny. The Asking Dao Book Puppet's words were very philosophical, meaning that a viper had cultivated into a spirit and transformed into a human, so did its Dao count as the human race's Dao or the demon race's Dao?

There was also a trap here; he couldn't answer whether the viper was human or demon, because the book puppet was asking about the Dao, not the race.

"This question has no correct answer; it all depends on the tomb owner's preference and the national situation of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom at that time. If they hate the demon race, then undoubtedly the demon race's transformation cannot be considered cultivating the human race's Great Dao. Conversely, it can."

"If the philosophy doesn't conform, the Shangluo Dao Academy will turn you away." Zhao Xing secretly thought. "And the tomb owner set up the 'Expelling Guests Order', so it's very likely that he hates the demon race and cannot believe that the demon race achieving the Dao counts as the human Dao. At most, he can only acknowledge that it is useful to the human race and can become a vassal."

"If a scholar's thinking is crooked, it will corrupt a large group of people. Du Qing should only have one chance to answer."

Du Qing pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and replied: "All races in the universe have different paths to the Great Dao, and they cannot return to the same destination. Although the viper achieves the Dao and transforms into a human form, it is only a superficial appearance; its life origin is still a demon, and it cannot belong to the human race's Great Dao!"

Du Qing answered this question from the essence of life, which was very biased toward the purity of the human race's orthodoxy.

There was no ambiguity at all; it seemed he also understood that the tomb owner hated the demon race.

The Asking Dao Book Puppet nodded and also gave Du Qing a gift, but Zhao Xing didn't see clearly what it was.

Then the Asking Dao Book Puppet turned into its normal size and continued to wander aimlessly, and the other Asking Dao Book Puppets no longer intercepted the two.

Du Qing and You Yitian returned and told everyone what they had observed: "I observed the Asking Dao Book Puppet, and when facing You Yitian, the Dao rhyme in its body rose three times."

"That is to say, warriors have two chances for error; if one question doesn't work, they can trigger two more questions. As long as they answer one correctly, it's fine."

"But scholars only have one chance, and the difficulty will be greater."

You Yitian, who was smiling just now, suddenly became unhappy.

He felt greatly insulted and almost smashed the pill in his hand: "Grass, what's wrong with you scholars, treating us warriors like monkeys?! This pill wouldn't be for increasing intelligence, would it!"

A physician took it and smelled it, his expression strange: "It seems it really is a pill for increasing wisdom."

All warriors: "..."

Zhao Xing almost laughed out loud; this was probably the tomb owner's bad taste.

"Okay, don't be angry." Fan Yu comforted softly: "Everyone has stereotypes. We all know you're not stupid. Business is important."

You Yitian cursed and walked away.

Then, as Du Qing guessed, warriors had a total of three chances, and the questions of the Asking Dao Book Puppet were relatively simple.

Scholars were the hardest, basically all argumentative questions.

Another scholar in the team came out sweating because he didn't get a gift from the Asking Dao Book Puppet, which proved that his answer was only barely passing.

And the other professions all had two chances.

Niche professions, such as musicians and dancers, were equally simple; it seemed that when the Preaching Scholar practiced these niche paths himself, he also felt it was difficult, so he didn't make things difficult for them.

When it came to the Si Nong profession, another small change occurred.

Two Heavenly Time School Si Nongs were eliminated.

One of the Heavenly Time School Si Nongs made mistakes in both answers.

And the other Heavenly Time School Si Nong was eliminated while reminding his teammates, and was kicked out of the small world.

The team was reduced from fifty-five to fifty-three.

Zhao Xing was placed last, because watching and listening more could increase the probability, which was Fan Yu and You Yitian's care for him.

"Zhao Xing, no one can help in this checkpoint. Be careful."

"Fairy Fan, Brother You, if my legal principles are not refined, then I have no one to blame." Zhao Xing smiled.

He stepped into the green grass.

Then an Asking Dao Book Puppet immediately appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

"Please explain the 72-Hou Food Supplement Method."

Hearing this question, the scholar Du Qing frowned.

He couldn't answer it either.

The nine Si Nongs all revealed a strange expression.

The True Self School Si Nong, Huangfu Yun, changed his face; he was still behind Zhao Xing, not knowing why the question became difficult when it reached Zhao Xing.

Would it become difficult when it reached him?

Zhao Xing also frowned, not expecting the Asking Dao Book Puppet to come up with this.

"Are you crazy? You wouldn't be making things difficult if you asked me the 24-Qi Food Supplement Method, but you actually want me to answer the 72-Hou Food Supplement Method?" Old Master Zhao crazily complained in his heart.

He felt that his luck seemed to have run out, and the Asking Dao Book Puppet had given him a big problem.

"It's over."

Seeing everyone's expressions, You Yitian couldn't help but sigh.

Du Qing told him that even their scholars couldn't answer this question.

Wasn't Zhao Xing finished?

Waiting for sixteen years, only to fail at the second checkpoint; it was really a pity.

"Alas, I can only try." Zhao Xing shook his head and sighed, stepping forward.

"Three supplements for the beginning of spring; the first Hou can eat 'Spring Sun Roll', the second Hou can eat 'Cloud Carp', the third Hou can eat 'Shangyang Fu', 'Chuanshe' removes cold, 'Shangcheng' clears."

Zhao Xing listed three types of food supplement materials of the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom, and "Chuanshe" and "Shangcheng" were the cultivation "star zones" corresponding to the Dao body.

Removing the cold from the Chuanshe part of the Dao body and washing the turbid qi of the Shangcheng acupuncture point group.

The legal principle was also very simple. In the background of the Great Winter of the universe, people in the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom basically didn't move much and often used the sun's origin to resist the strong illumination of the Taiyin star.

Speaking of which, this was all thanks to Du Wen's teaching. Five Elements Heavenly Kitchen, Six Qi Military Gate, Sun and Moon Eating Together; Zhao Xing had read the other two roughly and didn't just eat blindly.

"Three supplements for the rain water; the first Hou can eat 'Dragon Beard Cake', the second Hou can eat 'Bitter Throat Gall', the third Hou can eat 'White Feeding Ji', spiritual energy comes out of 'Xizhong', spirit comes out of 'Heavenly Bed'."

This was talking about the Great Rain Water solar term in the background of the Great Winter. Eating these three things could make spiritual energy gush out, and the cultivation speed would accelerate. Spirit coming out of the Heavenly Bed referred to the person's spirit finally waking up from the long winter.

"Three supplements for the awakening of insects; the first Hou can eat 'Thunder Bamboo Shoots', the second Hou can eat 'Five Gallnuts', the third Hou can eat 'Spinning Star Pear'. Many children, disaster and separation."

The three supplements for the awakening of insects had nothing to do with cultivation. If you had to force a connection, it was that eating these three treasures at this time could enhance fertility, so one of the spiritual plants was named Five Gallnuts, which meant many children.

As for the Spinning Star Pear, it was just a beautiful wish; "disaster and separation" meant having a good harvest; the Wu Yue Luo Ancient Kingdom also used homophonic puns.

"Three supplements for the spring equinox, the first Hou can eat..."

"Three supplements for the pure brightness..."

"..."

As Zhao Xing spoke faster and faster, everyone's mouths slowly opened wide.

The others were okay, but the nine Si Nongs and two scholars were truly shocked.

They didn't know that Zhao Xing was a scholar; how could he know such an obscure question?

Although this was a Si Nong question, it wasn't a question about the contemporary ancient kingdom!

Cultured people are respected wherever they go.

Especially the remaining seven Si Nongs in the team, they all felt that Zhao Xing was truly radiating light.

"Three supplements for the light snow; the first Hou is fire turtle gall, the second Hou is Fanyuan radish, the third Hou is Hunling wine. Dreaming for three years? Wake up and welcome spring."

Three years was just a quantifier; it was impossible to sleep for only three years in specific time.

After Zhao Xing finished answering, the Asking Dao Book Puppet smiled slightly, seemingly very happy. It threw something to Zhao Xing, made a gesture of passing, and then wandered aimlessly again.

When Zhao Xing turned back, he saw the surprised faces of the crowd.

You Yitian excitedly rushed over and hammered Zhao Xing: "Brother, you're amazing! Du Qing said that among the Si Nongs, your question was the hardest, and even he couldn't answer it!"

Fan Qing was also quite surprised, her beautiful eyes staring at Zhao Xing without stopping.

Zhao Xing cupped his hands and said: "It was just luck. Mr. Du Wen happened to teach me the food supplement method, and it was mentioned in it."

This was indeed not a lie; it was really taught by Du Wen.

"So that's how it is."

Du Qing realized.

He was only a Small Supernatural Power scholar, while Du Wen was his grand-uncle by seniority. Every time a scholar reached a realm, the amount of knowledge grew exponentially, and he often followed Du Yun, so it was not strange that he was learned and talented.

"Huangfu Yun, you're the only one left." You Yitian said: "Be confident; you can do it."

Huangfu Yun looked, looked, and waited. Now fifty-three people were left, and he was the only one who hadn't passed the checkpoint.

Zhao Xing had just come up with such an obscure question, and the pressure was directly full.

He stood on the grass, and immediately an Asking Dao Book Puppet jumped out, blocking his way, and asked a question with considerable difficulty.

Huangfu Yun couldn't answer until the time limit ran out.

The first chance failed!

Zhao Xing was also strange; why was it so difficult for him and Huangfu Yun?

"The common point between me and Huangfu Yun is that we both practice the True Self School."

"Any test must have a reason. Could it be that there is a plant troop type I don't know about hidden inside, waiting for someone to inherit it?" Zhao Xing instantly associated something.

At this moment, he didn't hope for Huangfu Yun to fail the second chance, because if he was eliminated, there would be no comparison.

Fortunately, Huangfu Yun grasped the second chance.

Although he didn't get a reward, he wasn't eliminated and successfully passed the checkpoint.

"Not bad, not bad." You Yitian patted Huangfu Yun on the shoulder with relief.

Huangfu Yun also let out a long breath.

"Fifty-five people left fifty-three; this success rate is already considered high." Zhao Xing secretly thought. "Although the scholars didn't remind, they summarized some rules. As long as there were multiple people in the same profession, they would guess the questions after the first one was asked, and they guessed quite a few. Du Yun's subordinates are indeed talents."

The reward Zhao Xing got for the second checkpoint was just an unknown pill. After verification by the physician, it was guessed to be a Yuanluo Pill that nourishes the soul, worth 5 billion Yuanhai coins, which was considered a relatively high level among the rewards.

Zhao Xing didn't try to take it immediately, just kept it.

You Yitian opened his mouth wide, swallowed the people, threw the people in his ears, and flew quickly across the green grassland.

After flying for about two and a half months, they arrived at the third checkpoint.

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