Experimental Ground!

Silence.

Absolute silence.

As Ning Fan's voice faded, the world plunged into a silence so deep you could hear a pin drop. Everyone present-whether it was the managing Elders, Lingxu Fairy, or Chief Disciple Chang Yue-cast shocked gazes at Ning Fan, who stood firmly rooted in place.

Everyone had clearly seen the power behind Young Master Zheng's strike.

To them, of course, it was not strong.

But one had to consider.

The target bearing that strike-Ning Fan-was merely a martial artist who hadn't even reached the Profound Extreme Realm. That attack from Young Master Zheng...

...was enough to send an ordinary mid-stage Profound Extreme Realm martial artist flying.

Yet Ning Fan...

...stood firmly rooted to the spot, as if his feet had grown into the earth. His face showed no signs of forcing himself to endure; he had taken the blow with near-perfect stability.

"Is he Ning Fan?"

"The name sounds familiar. Isn't he the one who was granted an exception to join a main peak, chose Changming Peak, was snatched away by the Yin Yang Peak Master using her privilege, and then successfully passed the three trials?"

"That's him."

"Interesting."

"..."

Murmurs broke out one after another. The personal and wandering disciples present all showed a sliver of interest in Ning Fan, but it stopped at just that.

At the end of the day.

Ning Fan's cultivation was merely at the Yellow Extreme Realm.

As for these people.

The weakest among them was at the peak of the Profound Extreme Realm, and there were even Earth Extreme Realm experts. No matter what, it was impossible for them to feel anything beyond "interest" toward Ning Fan.

"You have overstepped your bounds."

Lingxu Fairy's slightly cold voice rang out.

"As a wandering disciple, you should not attack a main peak disciple without cause. This is a violation of Sect rules."

"The Saintess's reprimand is correct."

Hearing Lingxu Fairy's rebuke, Young Master Zheng's face twitched. He hurriedly stepped back, not daring to argue.

Ning Fan shot Lingxu Fairy a grateful look.

Lingxu Fairy gave a slight nod in response.

"The Evolution Grounds are about to open. All disciples prepare to enter. This place is incomparably dangerous, so please act with caution."

"If you sense danger, you may leave at any time."

"Within the Evolution Grounds, disciples are not prohibited from competing for Fated Chances, but mutual life-or-death combat is forbidden, nor may you violate Sect regulations."

A managing Elder announced.

His last sentence was clearly aimed at Young Master Zheng, serving as a reminder to everyone whether it was justifiable to attack Ning Fan, a Ranking Disciple.

Chief disciples and wandering disciples were not supposed to actively seek trouble with ranking main peak disciples.

Personal disciples could barely get away with it.

But for certain Ranking Disciples, personal disciples actually no longer held an overwhelming advantage. The Sect's rules were essentially designed to prevent powerful disciples from directly crushing the weak.

"Evolution Grounds, open!!!"

With a loud shout, several managing Elders raised their tokens high. Beams of light shot out from the tokens, striking the empty space before them.

In an instant.

A hemispherical restriction appeared before Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao. Countless complex marks and symbols flowed across its surface.

Compared to the Fated Chance ground Ning Fan had entered last time, this scale made the previous one look like child's play.

The restriction before them firmly sealed off the area ahead.

It formed an independent space.

And at this moment.

An opening parted in the restriction.

"Enter!"

A managing Elder called out loudly.

As his voice fell, figures streamed into the restriction one after another. Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao exchanged a glance, lagging half a step behind the crowd as they stepped into the Evolution Grounds.

Though it was merely a distance of a dozen meters.

The inside and outside of the restriction were like two different worlds. The moment he entered the Evolution Grounds, Ning Fan was hit by the stench of blood.

-It was incredibly thick.

It was so strong that it made Ning Fan feel somewhat ill at ease.

Yun Qingyao beside him was faring even worse. Her body bent slightly, her delicate hand gripping Ning Fan's arm for support, looking as if she were about to be sick.

"Wait."

Ning Fan suddenly felt something was wrong. He carefully sniffed the air, detecting a scent that was exceedingly familiar to him.

"Passion Powder?!"

Ning Fan blurted out.

Wasn't this the most common aphrodisiac in the Yin Yang Divine Sect?!

Ah!?

The scent of Passion Powder was so thick it hung in the air itself. Just how much of it had been scattered across this space!?

"Heh."

A disciple who had entered the Evolution Grounds a step behind Ning Fan saw his shocked expression and curled his lips into a smile.

"This Junior Brother."

"Take a guess. How do you think our Yin Yang Divine Sect deduces and evolves the Yin Yang Profound Scripture?"

That person asked.

"..."

Ning Fan was momentarily speechless. When he first heard about "deducing and evolving the Yin Yang Profound Scripture," he had been somewhat baffled.

How in the world did you deduce and evolve this thing!?

Wasn't actual combat the only way!?

"Exactly."

The disciple seemed to see through Ning Fan's thoughts, his smile widening.

"It is actual combat, but mostly with Demon Beasts."

"The experts of our Yin Yang Divine Sect rear Demon Beasts here, then administer massive, overwhelming amounts of Passion Powder to drive them into heat."

"Then they make them copulate."

"The key lies in the process. Our Sect's experts interfere during the mating, studying the effects of dual cultivation through different interferences."

"That is the origin of the Evolution Grounds."

"'Evolution' refers to the evolution of the Yin Yang Profound Scripture, as well as the evolution among the Demon Beasts..."

"Understand now?"

"..."

After finishing his explanation, the disciple tapped his foot lightly against the ground, flashing past Ning Fan in a few quick movements as he headed down the path.

He left Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao standing stunned in place.

Ah, this...

So this was what the Evolution Grounds really were. Wasn't it just a giant experimental field built by the Yin Yang Divine Sect itself!?

"..."

After understanding the truth of the matter, Yun Qingyao couldn't help but swallow hard.

This stench of blood.

It suddenly carried a rather sinister undertone.

"Let's go."

"We should press forward too. Since we finally made it into the Evolution Grounds, we need to gather some kind of harvest, right?"

Ning Fan raised his hand and patted Yun Qingyao's shoulder reassuringly.

"Mm."

Yun Qingyao's emotions settled considerably.

Only then did the two continue deeper into the Evolution Grounds.

Because they had wasted some time earlier.

Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao had fallen far behind the disciples ahead. Regardless, the strength of those disciples was far beyond what Ning Fan could contend with anyway.

Falling behind was fine.

Vying for the lead here was meaningless.

Thus.

Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao advanced carefully through the Evolution Grounds, doing their best to search for heavenly materials and earthly treasures. But after a period of scavenging, both came up entirely empty-handed. They hadn't even spotted a single basic Yellow-grade cultivation treasure.

"..."

Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao stopped in their tracks.

Something was wrong.

The two gradually realized the discrepancy. Even if they were trailing behind and hadn't seized the initiative, it was impossible not to encounter even a single heavenly material or earthly treasure.

This situation could only mean one thing: there were no heavenly materials or earthly treasures in the Evolution Grounds to begin with.

Or they were incredibly rare.

Thinking about it carefully.

It actually made perfect sense.

This place was a wasteland carved out by the Yin Yang Divine Sect specifically for experiments regarding the Yin Yang Profound Scripture. It naturally lacked the conditions to foster natural treasures.

Moreover, according to what the managing Elder had said earlier.

The Fated Chances of the Evolution Grounds...

...were the Demon Beasts that contained insights into the Yin Yang Profound Scripture. Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao's approach of searching for treasures was fundamentally wrong.

They needed to hunt Demon Beasts instead.

"..."

Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao exchanged a glance. After figuring out this key point, their course of action became clear-seek out Demon Beasts!!

"Let's go."

"Let's go."

Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao spoke in unison. Yet, just as the two prepared to push forward, Ning Fan suddenly sensed that something was amiss...

A strange sensation washed over him.

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