Chapter 57: Cuiping Mountain Trial

Bang...

A stone stool in He Pingsheng's room was smashed to pieces by the Huang Jinlishi with one axe.

So strong!

Seeing this scene, He Pingsheng himself was shocked.

If this axe hit a cultivator, a Qi Condensation cultivator would at least be seriously injured.

"Withdraw!"

He Pingsheng waved his hand to withdraw the spell, and the Huang Jinlishi turned back into a piece of golden spiritual power, returning to He Pingsheng's dantian.

For the next period of time, He Pingsheng continued to cultivate.

The days were simple.

Just meditation, cultivation, elixir refining!

After about another half a year, He Pingsheng's cultivation finally arrived at the peak of the sixth layer of Qi Condensation, only a line away from breaking through to the seventh layer.

He estimated that it would take at most a month to complete.

At this moment, in Master Yu Ninggong, three deep bell sounds suddenly rang out.

He Pingsheng hurriedly put away his things and stood up; he knew that three bell sounds meant Master was summoning her disciples, likely having something important to instruct.

He Pingsheng didn't dare to be negligent, hurriedly changed into a clean Daoist robe, and went to the entrance of Master Yu Ninggong.

When he arrived, quite a few people had already gathered here.

"All come in!" Inside Master Yu Ninggong, Master's voice came.

The disciples walked into the main hall respectfully one by one.

In the center of the main hall was a stone cyan lotus platform, and Master Master Yu Ning was sitting on this lotus platform at this moment.

On the ground below, there were three rows of cushions.

Three in each row.

Nine in total.

He Pingsheng was ranked ninth, so these nine cushions were naturally prepared for the disciples.

"Greetings, Master!" The disciples bowed to Master Yu Ning one by one.

Sitting on the lotus platform, the Daoist nun, who looked about fifty years old in the mortal world, nodded slightly and smiled: "Children, all sit down!"

"Thank you, Master!"

Everyone sat down in order.

Needless to say, He Pingsheng naturally sat in the last seat.

To his left was the eighth, Xu Kunlun, and further left was the seventh, Tian Xiaoqing!

And in front of He Pingsheng sat the sixth, Zhao Linger.

"Heh... Ninth, you're at the sixth layer now!" Xu Kunlun beside him widened his eyes like copper bells: "When did this happen? If you go one step further, once you reach the seventh layer of Qi Condensation, you'll catch up to me!"

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense swept over Xu Kunlun.

Sure enough, this guy was at the seventh layer of Qi Condensation.

"Fool!" Above, True Person Master Yu Ning looked at Xu Kunlun with a pitch-black face and said: "Eighth, what are you doing all day? Your foundation isn't bad either, why haven't you made any progress?"

"How many years has it been?"

Xu Kunlun's face was bitter: "Master, it's not that I'm stupid... I don't know what's going on, my cultivation just won't advance!"

Master Yu Ning said: "It's just that you haven't put your heart into it!"

"Later, if your Junior Brother catches up to you and surpasses you, don't think about being the eighth anymore; let him be the eighth, and you go be the ninth!"

"If that doesn't work, Master will send you back; you go back to the outer sect!"

Xu Kunlun was about to cry: "Master, don't..."

"Hmph..." Master Yu Ning snorted coldly, then her gaze hit He Pingsheng: "Pingsheng, this seat remembers that not long after you became a disciple, you broke through from the fifth layer of Qi Condensation to the sixth, and now nearly three years have passed, why are you still at the sixth layer? What is the reason for this?"

Clearly, Master Yu Ning felt He Pingsheng was breaking through too slowly.

"This..." He Pingsheng could only make up a story: "Disciple... previously ate too many elixirs and hurt my body, so I spent some time recuperating!"

"Master, don't worry, I'm not far from the seventh layer now; at most a month, and I can break through!"

"Oh..." Hearing that He Pingsheng could break through in a month, Master Yu Ning nodded and said: "That's best!"

After speaking, her gaze retracted and turned to look at everyone: "Everyone, this time I summoned you, perhaps some of you have already guessed why, right?"

"That's right, in half a year, the Cuiping Mountain Mystic Realm will open!"

"According to the regulations, when the Cuiping Mountain Mystic Realm opens, our Tai Xu Men inner sect disciples can participate as long as their cultivation has reached the late stage of Qi Condensation!"

"This seat hopes that you can all participate and find your own opportunities within it!"

"So, Pingsheng, you must speed up your cultivation!"

"Enter the late stage of Qi Condensation as soon as possible!"

He Pingsheng suddenly understood.

No wonder Master kept urging him to step into the seventh layer of Qi Condensation early; it turned out to be for this reason.

Qi Condensation is roughly divided into four levels: early, middle, late, and perfection.

Early refers to the first, second, and third layers.

Middle is the fourth, fifth, and sixth layers.

Late is the seventh, eighth, and ninth layers.

Perfection is the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth layers.

And the minimum requirement to participate in the Cuiping Mountain Mystic Realm is the late stage of Qi Condensation.

Therefore, as long as one enters the seventh layer of Qi Condensation, theoretically, one has the qualification to participate in that mystic realm.

"Yes, Master!" He Pingsheng bowed.

Master Yu Ning nodded and continued: "This Cuiping Mountain Mystic Realm only opens once every thirty years; for Qi Condensation disciples, it is a rare place for trials. Today, this seat will tell you the ins and outs, so listen carefully!"

"Yes!" The disciples bowed.

Master Yu Ning narrated slowly.

It turned out that this Cuiping Mountain Mystic Realm belonged to the public resource area of the Matou Mountain Dao Xuan Alliance, and it was shrouded by a huge array; the grade of this array was unknown, but it was definitely set up by the Old Ancestor.

The array had a unique feature: it repelled cultivators above the Qi Condensation stage from entering.

In other words, as long as you were Foundation Establishment, you couldn't go in.

Of course, it wasn't that you really couldn't go in.

Legend had it that in history, there was a Foundation Establishment disciple from a sect who pretended to be Qi Condensation to enter, but the array detected that Foundation Establishment disciple and closed directly, causing everyone to be unable to trial or search for treasures.

In the end, the trial that only opened once every thirty years was ruined.

The angry cultivators united, not only slaughtered that cultivator but even directly destroyed the sect of that fake cultivator.

So since then, no Foundation Establishment disciple dared to impersonate a Qi Condensation disciple to trial.

As for the rules inside after entering, it was simple.

The answer is: there are no rules.

After entering, you can fight for whatever you see.

But in general, each sect still adheres to one point: unity within the sect, searching as a sect unit.

But if you really find some incredible treasure, it's not that there haven't been fights or even life-and-death struggles between sect disciples.

There are many!

If you die, you die!

No one cares.

Each sect has basically reached a consensus that disciples lost in the trial do not count as sect grudges.

If you have the ability, solve it inside the trial ground.

As for the items obtained in the trial ground, generally speaking, the sect and the individual split them half and half. ===== CHAPTER 58 =====