Chapter 99

"Elder Hu, you have come. A total of 14 people, all present now."

Zhao Heng bowed respectfully and said.

"Hmm, let them all come up."

An old man wearing a black robe, without even rising, remained sitting on the back of the raptor and said calmly.

"Yes, Elder Hu."

Zhao Heng nodded, then looked at the crowd, and shouted, "Fellow junior brothers, you all get on the flying beast now. Elder Hu will take you to the assessment place in a while."

The crowd discussed it incessantly, then jumped toward that raptor one after another.

But they did not expect that the feathers on this raptor were slippery, as if they had been greased; as soon as their feet stood on it, they almost slipped off.

Fortunately, everyone was an expert, and with a stiffening of their waists, they finally managed to stabilize themselves.

Seeing that everyone was on the raptor, Elder Hu did not say much, but directly urged the raptor, and it soared into the sky instantly.

Large sheets of airflow rushed toward them, and with a whoosh, it scared the group of people into horror, and they hurriedly hugged the raptor tightly.

Even Fang Yi felt a chill in his heart and instantly gripped a feather of the raptor tightly.

This was not something to mess around with.

This raptor's speed was so fast and it flew so high that once one fell off, even an expert in the 【Dragon Tendon Realm】 would undoubtedly die.

Whoosh!

The raptor spread its wings, and its speed was unknown.

It broke through heavy mist, as if soaring in a kingdom of immortals.

"You all listen well. Next, I will tell you the location and method of this trial. After arriving at the place in a while, I will not repeat it a second time. If anyone feels they are not confident, they can choose to withdraw voluntarily, and I will send them back safely then."

That Elder Hu was expressionless, still sitting cross-legged on the raptor's back, motionless, as if the powerful airflow and inertia had no effect on him at all.

Everyone's faces were pale, listening with pricked ears.

"The location of this trial is the same as the news you heard, indeed the 'Desolate Void Forbidden Land', but the current 'Desolate Void Forbidden Land' is not as terrifying as you imagine. Although there is danger, it is within a bearable range.

Some terrifying things inside have been cleared by us, and those that haven't been cleared have also been temporarily sealed by us. Now only some small fish and shrimp are left. Your task is to hunt these small fish and shrimp as much as possible.

I will give you a list, and you can choose from it then.

Remember, the more difficult the task you choose, the higher the reward you will get.

Once the assessment is over, I will give you a score based on your performance. Those with excellent scores will not only get a core disciple spot but will also receive some other rewards."

Elder Hu's voice sounded.

"Elder Hu, besides us, are there others?"

Suddenly, a disciple with a pale face raised his hand to ask.

"Yes, the 'Desolate Void Forbidden Land' is exceptionally vast. Besides you, there are other experts from the Evil Martial lineage, and even experts from the four paths of Seeking God, Seeking Immortal, Transforming into Monster, and Becoming Demon are all there."

Elder Hu said.

"Then if we encounter them..."

Another disciple said carefully.

"If you have the ability, persuade them to help you hunt together. This is allowed. Being able to persuade strong reinforcements is also part of your own strength."

Elder Hu said calmly.

"But if we can't persuade them, and they take action against us instead, what should we do?"

Someone asked.

"Is that even a question?"

Elder Hu said coldly, "Since others have already taken action, are you all eating dry rice? No matter what path they are from, as long as you can beat them, you fight back. If something happens, the sect will naturally back you up. If you can't beat them, whether you live or die depends on your own fortune."

"Alright."

Everyone's expressions changed.

This Elder Hu's style was truly fierce.

Next, others asked other questions one after another.

Elder Hu answered them one by one.

About a few hours passed.

That raptor finally carried everyone close to the range of the 'Desolate Void Forbidden Land'. Looking down from high altitude, everyone was exceptionally shocked, seeing the entire area below boundless, pitch black, and the ground was covered with traces after being burned.

It was as if a huge mountain fire had erupted here a long time ago, and the pungent scorched smell had not dissipated even now.

Even the tough rocks were covered with fine cracks.

Even after many years, not a single weed had grown on the ground.

"Is this the handiwork of those major sects?"

Someone showed shock.

Everyone knew that ten years ago, several major sects joined forces to carry out reclamation.

And the simplest way to reclaim land was to burn it with fire.

"Did our Poison Sect also join that reclamation?"

Someone asked.

Because the ground here was clearly invaded by deadly poison; otherwise, it would be impossible for plants not to grow until now.

"No, we took action afterward."

Elder Hu's tone was flat.

Back then, people from the three Evil Martial paths of Blood Path, Weapon Path, and Heartless Path carried out secret reclamation of this area, but unfortunately, they provoked some things that should not have been provoked, and there were heavy casualties overnight.

Later, when they retreated, they invited their Poison Path and Gu Path to clear it together. Until now, the ground still contained residual toxins.

Everyone could not help but click their tongues one after another.

Elder Hu spoke lightly on the surface, but it was not hard to imagine that the disaster back then was absolutely not small.

So many major sects were involved in it.

"I heard that some indescribable things were provoked back then. Is that so?"

Someone asked curiously.

"What indescribable things?"

Elder Hu's tone turned cold, "In the eyes of us martial artists, there is only a distinction between the strong and the weak. If your strength is not enough, everyone looks like a monster or a ghost. If your strength is high, even if there really are monsters and ghosts, you can blow them up with one punch."

"Yes, yes."

That person's tone was sheepish.

"Eh, there is a settlement below!"

Suddenly someone exclaimed, looking toward the rolling mist below.

A settlement occupying a huge area appeared in everyone's view.

I saw many figures below, filled with stone houses and wooden houses, cooking smoke rising, occupying a vast area, looking like at least several thousand people.

"Where there are people, there is Jianghu. Ten years have passed, and this place has long become a paradise for Mist Hunters. There are quite a few such settlements, and this one is considered a relatively large one."

Elder Hu said.

The giant raptor flew across the sky and passed through the sky above this settlement quickly.

It flew forward for dozens of miles more before finally landing in an open area.

Seven or eight giant raptors had been staying here for a long time, gathering quite a few figures, all of whom were assessment takers sent from other strongholds.

"Elder Hu."

As soon as they came down, several middle-aged men greeted them.

"Are they all here?"

Elder Hu asked.

"Yes, all nine strongholds have arrived."

A middle-aged man responded.

"Distribute the list of tasks to them."

Elder Hu nodded.

Two middle-aged men nodded, immediately took out large stacks of paper from their bosoms, gave seven or eight sheets to each, and distributed them one by one.

When Fang Yi received the paper, he saw that it was densely packed with all kinds of names and addresses.

Behind each name, points were marked.

"Have you all seen it? This is the trial task of our Poison Sect."

Elder Hu looked at the crowd and said, "This list is either some evil people who have done all kinds of evil and are enemies of our Poison Sect, or some monsters and demons that haunt the surroundings and have retaliated against our Poison Sect. Behind each evil person or monster, their points are marked. Only by killing them can you get points. At that time, you can determine your rewards based on the points.

However, I want to say one more thing.

Ordinary evil people or monsters do not have many rewards.

If you want to become a core disciple and want to observe the 'Poison Scripture' of our Poison Sect, then try your best to complete the top three tasks.

For these three tasks, as long as you complete any one of them, you are qualified to become a core disciple and are also qualified to read the 'Poison Scripture'."

"The top three tasks?"

"Can read the Poison Scripture?"

Everyone's heart moved, and they looked carefully at the list in their hands.

Even Fang Yi's expression moved greatly.

The Poison Scripture of the Poison Sect was the foundation of the Poison Martial lineage.

Besides listing the refining methods of thousands of deadly poisons, it also pointed out the subsequent path for martial artists.

The four great realms of martial artists, once practiced to the last step of 'Shedding Fetus', the path was gone.

But Poison Martial forcibly continued the path above 'Shedding Fetus'.

He felt itchy and impatient for a moment and looked toward the top three tasks on the list.

I saw that the first place was 'Night Fog Ghost City'.

The second place was 'Blood Demon Wolf Ridge'.

The third place was 'Yao Gui Si Zhen'.

"What do these three tasks mean? Why do I feel that just looking at the names exudes an evil nature?"

"Who came up with these names?"

"Too strange, right? Night Fog Ghost City? What is the situation?"

"There is information behind, look at the information quickly."

Everyone searched backward immediately.

Fang Yi also searched backward.

Soon, he found the subsequent introduction.

Night Fog Ghost City, as the name suggests, is called 'Ghost City' because it never appeared before. It appeared suddenly ten years ago, and it had never appeared before that, as if it were squeezed out of a space.

After it appeared, experts from the four paths and experts on the Evil Martial path had all gone to investigate.

But it was a pity that there had been no major discoveries.

Now it is occupied by a group of Yin Gods.

That group of Yin Gods is slippery; every time the major sects want to take action, they will escape in advance, and when the major sects retreat, they will appear again.

They have been cleared several times, but they have not been completely wiped out.

As a result, the major Evil Martial sects have designated them as sect tasks.

And the second task, 'Blood Demon Wolf Ridge', is a monster territory nearby.

The great monster leading them is a blood wolf that has attained the Dao.

Under its command, it gathered eight hundred small monsters, making waves here, causing countless murder cases, and causing great harm.

The third task, 'Yao Gui Si Zhen', is the location of an original settlement.

When the three major Evil Martial sects carried out grand reclamation ten years ago, they once joined forces briefly to establish a huge settlement. Later, they encountered retaliation from the Mist Depths, and there were heavy casualties overnight. That settlement was abandoned, but it was occupied by a group of people walking the 'Yao Gui path' in the following four or five years.

This group of people walking the 'Yao Gui' path are the evil among the evil, and they have blood feuds with the major Evil Martial sects.

They can not only refine others into Yao Gui that are invulnerable to swords and spears.

Even they themselves have practiced into Yao Gui.

They are even more extreme than the people of the Blood Path.

And according to the information, the strongest person in Yao Gui Si Zhen has very likely reached the perfection of the Tendon Changing realm, and there are many experts under his command.

"Tendon Changing perfection? With my current deadly poison, it's not that I can't go and try."

Fang Yi's heart was active.

The five elements deadly poison in his body, once compressed, was terrifying in toxicity and could turn a radius of dozens of miles into a forbidden zone.

If he took action to ambush, he would have a great chance of success.

The most critical thing is.

Among the top three tasks, only this one looks normal.

Although the other party is a Yao Gui, they are transformed from humans after all.

Unlike the Yin Gods in first place and the monsters in second place, they are not human.

"Does anyone have any questions now?"

Elder Hu asked.

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and they all closed their mouths and said nothing.

"Is anyone willing to withdraw?"

Elder Hu spoke and said, "If you are willing to withdraw, it is still in time now. If you are not willing to withdraw, once it starts, it will be too late. This trial will last for half a month. During this period, we will use puppet birds to observe in the air, and your various performances will all fall into our eyes. Only after half a month will we truly appear."

Everyone remained silent.

"Then take care of yourselves."

Elder Hu turned and left.

More than ten giant raptors flew up one after another and disappeared rapidly into the mist.

Instantly, this place was in an uproar.

Everyone began to talk rapidly and began to form teams.

"Brother, what is your name? How about teaming up?"

"Brother, I am the first layer of Tendon Changing..."

"I am in the Gold Bone realm."

Fang Yi turned and left, preparing to see the situation in the surroundings first and understand more information before talking.

With his strength, there was no need to team up with others.

Teaming up with others would only make him hesitant.

Because his deadly poison would not only poison the enemy, but even his teammates would be hit just the same.

Pitch-black scorched earth, boundless.

The surroundings were covered with faint white mist.

Fang Yi walked here, exceptionally fast. He first went around the nearby settlements and found that the people in the settlements were indeed very fierce. He just inquired about some news, and he directly provoked three or four waves of gloomy gazes.

The people here seemed to treat him as a sheep that had just arrived.

That kind of look made people very uncomfortable.

And the facts were the same as he expected.

Just as he bought the map and walked out of the settlement, three or four people immediately chased after him.

As a result, Fang Yi just waved his hand lightly, and several people had their eyes go black, bled from their seven orifices, and died miserably on the spot.

For these few people, Fang Yi did not have any politeness and searched them clean directly.

Afterward, he acted rapidly and rushed toward the 'Yao Gui Si Zhen' nearby.

Nearly a hundred miles away.

The air was filled with a large amount of cold aura, accompanied by bursts of corpse stench, which smoked the space until it was dark, as if countless rotten corpses were stored there.

Fang Yi's expression was grave, hiding in a shadow, looking toward the front.

I saw that in those countless corpse stenches and cold auras, a huge ruin appeared.

All directions were burned walls, collapsed buildings, and broken watchtowers; those watchtowers were covered with all kinds of rags, and when the strong wind blew, they made a woo-woo sound. Boundless evil energy and corpse stench permeated the front, having an indescribable heart-pounding feeling.

"No, this corpse stench also contains deadly poison?"

Fang Yi's heart flashed, and he understood instantly.

He did not act rashly, but prepared to capture a minion first and force them to ask about the specific situation.

Before long.

Fang Yi finally discovered two figures walking out of that ghost town.

Their appearance was almost indistinguishable from normal humans, except that their cheeks were a bit pale. Both were wearing gray robes, with smiles on their faces, as if they were rushing toward the settlement a hundred miles away.

"Another group of people who don't know life or death want to deal with us? Little do they know, that is a mistake."

"Hehe, every year there are so many people who don't know life or death rushing over. They can't be scared away, but I wish they would come more. The more people who come, the more abundant our food will be."

"That's true. Hehe, the blood of experts in the Tendon Changing realm, thinking about it is truly delicious."

"I heard that the assessment of the major sects has started again recently. I really want to see how many people who don't want to live will pay attention to us, hehe."

The two had strange smiles, their speed was fast, and they only cared about rushing toward the front.

They never expected that a blurred figure had already secretly followed them from behind.

Pfft! Pfft!

Suddenly, he flicked his fingers continuously, and the air made a subtle and rapid sound.

Two drops of poison liquid, which he had compressed to the extreme, flew out in an instant, like hidden weapons, shooting toward the bodies of the two at extreme speed.

The two had their expressions change in surprise, suddenly feeling fear in their hearts, their pores almost standing up, and they hurriedly wanted to dodge rapidly, but it was still too late. Bang! Bang!

Ah!

Two figures flew out horizontally, smashed into the distance, and emitted miserable screams from their mouths.

The terrifying blood was like a drop of ink dripping into clear water, instantly spreading all over their bodies, causing their entire faces to turn black rapidly, their bodies making a sizzling sound, and rotting rapidly.

"Roar!"

The two emitted painful roars, countless black hairs grew rapidly on their bodies, and they began to reveal their Yao Gui bodies.

This was the secret technique of their 'Yao Gui path', which could refine themselves into Yao Gui that did not know pain and did not have fatigue, which could not only greatly increase their strength but also greatly increase their poison resistance.

But the two soon discovered in horror that even though they had revealed their Yao Gui bodies, they could not resist this kind of deadly poison; their bodies were melting rapidly, and they were in unbearable pain.

Fang Yi flashed out from the darkness, his speed was fast, his action was like lightning, and he instantly sealed their acupoints, making them unable to move at all.

"You... who are you? Are you from the Poison Sect?"

One of them showed horror.

This kind of toxicity was so terrifying.

Except for the Poison Sect, no one else should be able to do it.

"Ask you, what realm is the strongest person in the town?"

Fang Yi got straight to the point.

"Dream on!"

That person roared in pain.

"Is that so?"

Fang Yi frowned, his palm touched the other party's body lightly, and this person immediately showed horror, emitting screams, only to see strange-looking flowers and plants growing rapidly from his body...

It was as if his body was being used as a nutrient pot.

Bursts of unbearable itching and incomparably painful feelings came continuously, making him feel as if he had suffered a thousand cuts.

Logically speaking, he had practiced into a Yao Gui body, so he should not know pain and his body should be numb, but at this moment, he deeply felt the pain in his body and could not bear it.

Ah!

After ten minutes, Fang Yi learned everything he wanted to know, killed both of them, and frowned.

"There are more than six hundred people in the town who practice the 'Yao Gui path'. The leader is called Yin Wuchang, not only at the perfection of the Tendon Changing realm but even broke through to the Shedding Fetus realm not long ago. Trouble, truly trouble."

Shedding Fetus realm!

It was the last step of the four great steps of the martial Dao.

It was divided into three small steps.

Known as first Shedding Fetus, second Shedding Fetus, and third Shedding Fetus.

Every time one sheds the fetus, it is a dual transformation of the entire physical body and spirit.

It could be said that the confrontation between an expert in the Shedding Fetus realm and someone who has not shed the fetus is simply like a dimensionality reduction strike.

"However, if I cannot win the top three, this trial task has no meaning to me."

Fang Yi pondered in his heart.

What he wanted was the Poison Scripture!

Just grinding from an ordinary disciple, he did not know how many years it would take.

Therefore, all this was worth the risk.

Fang Yi destroyed the corpses of these two people, his body flashed, and he disappeared here again.

For the next few days, he was observing secretly and understanding more information.

Seeing that four or five days had passed, and the tasks of others were being done in full swing, Fang Yi did not intend to wait anymore and prepared to take the risk to try.

He had five elements deadly poison and power poison, and in terms of strength, he would definitely not be weaker than the Shedding Fetus realm.

Night.

Thick mist shrouded, strong wind blew,

The entire Yao Gui Si Zhen was surging with corpse Qi, making a woo-woo sound, as if countless wronged souls and fierce ghosts were crying inside.

Distant area.

In the stronghold of the Poison Sect.

Elder Hu and a group of elders responsible for the assessment were all waiting here for all kinds of news.

From time to time, puppet birds flew from afar, reporting the specific situation of many disciples to them rapidly.

"This group of little guys is not bad. In a few days, some have hunted quite a few monsters, and the most eye-catching performance is indeed Zhuo Tianxing and Luo Tianfeng."

One of the elders smiled.

"That is natural. Zhuo Tianxing is 6th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and Luo Tianfeng is 8th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking. If there is no exception in this assessment, the one who wins the top prize must be one of these two."

"It seems they still have some self-knowledge and did not move to the top three tasks. It can only be said that it is barely satisfactory, and it cannot be called any advantage."

Elder Hu said flatly.

"Top three tasks? Old Hu, don't joke. Let alone them, even some old disciples are afraid it would be difficult to complete."

The yellow-robed elder beside him suddenly laughed and said, "Letting this group of newcomers deal with that kind of task is no different from seeking death."

"Although that is the case, I still hope to see the sharp spirit of martial artists. Although the Poison Martial lineage has forcibly broadened the path, it can see the end of martial artists with the naked eye. We need pioneering figures. Only in this way can we continue to expand the path in the future."

Elder Hu said with deep eyes.

The current major Evil Martial sects, although they are all above Shedding Fetus, have forcibly opened their own paths.

But that kind of path is only walking a few more steps.

If one wants to truly compare with Seeking Immortal, Seeking God, Transforming into Monster, and Becoming Demon, it is still far behind.

The major Evil Martial sects are all striving to walk deeper and further.

Similar assessments appear every year.

The Poison Martial lineage has recruited quite a few disciples, but everyone is just practicing according to a mold, and there is not a single pioneering genius.

Many elders frowned, showing signs of pondering.

How could they not know Elder Hu's statement? But a pioneering genius, how difficult is it?

Even after hundreds or thousands of years, it is difficult to appear one.

Suddenly!

Another puppet bird flew in rapidly.

A middle-aged man stepped forward and listened sideways.

After a while, his eyes flashed.

"What did you say? Someone took action against that ghost town?"

As soon as this was said, everyone in the stronghold had their expressions change slightly, and they turned their heads suddenly.

"Which disciple is it?"

Elder Hu shouted.

"Doctor Huang."

That middle-aged man responded immediately.

"Doctor Huang?"

"Who is this person?"

"Check the information quickly!"

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(End of chapter)