Chapter 70

On the peak of the mountain, the three elders were meditating.

At their level, it was normal for them to meditate for months or years. Half a year was too normal for them.

Ling Yun, Chen Feng, and Wu Hong were not very patient. After the first time they met, they complimented each other. After half a year, they started to have some ideas.

Calculating the time, the people who entered the Spiritual Herbal Gardens should be coming out soon. Thus, Chen Feng said, "Ling Yun, Wu Hong, the Spiritual Herbal Gardens will be closing soon. Which sect do you think will win?"

After half a year, the three of them no longer called each other senior brothers. They called each other by their names.

Wu Hong smiled. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's hard to say. The three sects have their own strengths. It should depend on luck."

"There's no need to guess. This time, our Combat Sect will naturally be able to obtain first place," Ling Yun said confidently without even thinking.

"That may not be true. Our Nimbus Martial Ancestor has many strong people too." Ling Yun's confidence made Chen Feng very unhappy.

The people who entered the Spiritual Herbal Gardens this time were all his own people. The ten disciples of the inner sect were also very strong. There was no reason for them not to win.

"Haha, then let's wait and see. The Battle Martial Ancestor will definitely win. As for your two sects, you can fight for the other two spots." Ling Yun smiled. The Battle Martial Ancestor had been planning for decades. He was very confident.

Wu Hong only smiled and did not say anything. However, Chen Feng was unhappy. He said, "Ling Yun, you are too confident. Don't be overconfident."

"If you don't believe me, we can make a small bet."

"How?"

"How about a low-grade primordial stone?" Ling Yun smiled.

"Low-grade primordial stone." Chen Feng's expression changed.

There was spiritual energy in heaven and earth. Cultivators absorbed it and turned it into True Qi. Breaking through one realm after another, True Qi transformed into Xiantian True Qi. Then, it changed again and again. Finally, it turned into elemental energy and reached the True Energy Realm.

There was elemental energy in heaven and earth. True Energy Realm cultivators could absorb and refine it directly. There was also some elemental energy that was too dense and turned into a solid state. It was called primordial stones.

Primeval stones were the crystallization of True Yuan, and were the favorite of True Yuan experts. It was also the currency of the Sky Martial Continent.

However, this kind of currency was something that True Energy cultivators were unable to come into contact with. Even Xiantian cultivators would find it difficult to obtain a complete low grade primordial stone. The majority of people used broken primordial stones. As the name implied, some broken primordial stones had impure energy.

For someone in the Xiantian Realm, this was definitely not a small gamble. It could be said to be a huge gamble.

A piece of low grade Primordial Stone could be exchanged for at least a hundred pieces of Primordial Stone Fragments. An ordinary Xiantian Realm expert would have around ten pieces of Primordial Stone Fragments, which could be considered a tycoon.

"A low grade Yuan Stone." Even the usually indifferent Wu Hong's expression changed slightly. This wager was far beyond his imagination.

"Not bad, a little gambling is fun." Ling Yun nodded. He was very satisfied with the changes in their expressions.

"This is a small bet?"

Chen Feng was unable to speak, but he did not want to lose face in front of Ling Yun. He could only nod and say, "Alright, a small bet it is. A low grade Yuan Stone it is."

"Wu Hong, what about you?" Ling Yun looked at Wu Hong.

"Haha, you guys go ahead. I won't participate." Wu Hong shook his head and laughed.

"Why, Wu Hong?

Could it be that you are so poor that you can't even take out a low grade Yuan Stone? Has your Xuan Martial Ancestor fallen to such a state? "

Chen Feng's eyes flashed with disdain. He had just lost face in front of Ling Yun, but now he had regained it from Wu Hong.

"Wu Hong, let's play. A small bet is fun, but a big bet is harmful to the body. We are just fooling around. A mere low grade Yuan Stone is not worth so much. Everyone is just having fun." Ling Yun also said, but the disdain in his expression was very obvious.

"Alright then, let's play." Wu Hong finally nodded.

"Haha, that's right." Ling Yun laughed, already calculating the profits in his heart.

The three elders sat cross-legged in the distance, not saying a word. It was as if they did not notice the three people gambling.

After a long time, the elders who were sitting cross-legged suddenly opened their eyes.

"Half a year is up. The disciples of the three sects should be back soon."

On the mountain peak, there was a sudden rumbling sound. The space began to distort, and a torrential energy surged wildly.

Ling Yun and the other two retreated. This energy was too terrifying.

"This Spiritual Herbal Garden is indeed mysterious. When it is opened, it requires a lot of True Origin Energy. When it is closed, a strange energy appears."

"Yes, the Spiritual Herbal Garden is too mysterious. It is a pity that we cannot enter to investigate."

"Half a year is too short. I just don't know how much they have gained this time."

The space was distorted, as if a huge force was tearing it apart. With a "chi" sound, the space on the mountain peak was shattered, and a pitch-black crack appeared. Boundless energy filled the mountain peak. Ling Yun and the others retreated again. The True Origin Energy shield around the three elders made a "chi chi" sound.

The crack spread, and it was pitch black. It was like a huge mouth of the netherworld. It was incomparably deep, and it was also like a bottomless hole with no end.

After the raging energy dissipated, the space finally stabilized. The large crack appeared on the mountain peak, followed by figures.

Half a year had passed, and the people who entered the Spiritual Herbal Garden finally appeared.

When they entered, many cultivators rushed in like a tide. When they came out, they were scattered and sparse. The number of cultivators was greatly reduced. Coupled with the deliberate calculations of the Zhan Martial Ancestor, only one-tenth of the cultivators who entered the Spiritual Herbal Garden survived.

In other words, only a few dozen out of hundreds of people could come out alive.

The first to come out were the disciples of the Nimbus Martial Ancestor. They were in fear in the Spiritual Herbal Garden. They hid all day, afraid that Zi Chen would come to kill them. When the large crack opened, they were the first to rush out. Their faces were filled with panic. They only calmed down when they walked in front of the Great Elder.

The First Elder furrowed his brows and had a bad feeling in his heart.

The disciples of the Nimbus Martial Ancestor appeared sparsely. There were only a few dozen of them. Almost all of them were filled with fear and panic.

These people were all at Level Eight or Seven. There was almost no one at Level Nine True Qi. As for the ten disciples of the inner sect who were at Level Ten True Qi, none of them appeared.

"Chen Feng, your people don't seem to be in a good mood. The ten disciples of the inner sect didn't appear?"

Ling Yun smiled faintly. However, he was very dissatisfied. According to their calculations, the number of people from the Nimbus Martial Ancestor who could come out alive would not be more than twenty.

"Hmph, don't be anxious. The strong ones always appear last. That's the only way to show up." Chen Feng snorted. He had a bad feeling in his heart.

The disciples appeared one after another. In the end, the disciples of the Nimbus Martial Ancestor stopped at thirty-eight. Following them were the disciples of the Zhan Martial Ancestor. They were even worse. When they walked out of the crack, their faces were filled with fear. Their clothes were tattered and covered in blood. Some of them even had multiple knife and sword wounds on their bodies.

"What's going on?"

Elder Ge of the Battle Martial Sect, who was previously calm, had a slight change in his expression at this moment. Although there had been battles when the Spiritual Herbal Gardens had opened in the past, it had definitely not been like today where everyone was injured. Some of them even had more than ten saber wounds on their bodies.

Even after seeing him, the Elder, they could not calm down.

Battles were allowed in the Spiritual Herbal Garden, but they were all for the sake of snatching spiritual herbs. It was far from what happened today, where everyone had more than ten knife wounds. How was this snatching spiritual herbs? It was simply silencing them.

"Haha, Ling Yun, your sect's disciples seem to be in a bad situation. They are all about to die." Chen Feng mocked at the right time.

"Hmph!" Ling Yun's face darkened. He did not speak. The situation seemed to have changed. Now was not the time to ask.

The disciples of the Zhan Martial Ancestor came out one after another. Then, they were divided into two groups. One group was filled with fear. Some of them were still bleeding. There were very few of them, so they gathered together. The other group was glaring at each other angrily. There were about the same number of people. This was a conflict between sects.

Ling Yun's heart sank. After waiting for a long time, the people he was waiting for did not come out.

Ling Chen, Ling Fei, Xie Qiu, Chen Chong, and the others did not appear.

The situation had changed. Ling Yun's face also changed. If this failed, he would be responsible for a lot of things.

After the Zhan Martial Ancestor, it was the Xuan Martial Ancestor's disciples. The Xuan Martial Ancestor had a large number of disciples. After the disciples appeared, they were all angry. Each of them held a long knife in their hands. Some of the knives were still dripping with blood. They looked murderously in the direction of the Zhan Martial Ancestor.

"What the hell is going on?"

The three Elders were puzzled. They did not know what had happened.

Moreover, there was something strange about this. Up until now, no one above Level Nine of the Genuine Qi had appeared.

Ling Yun's face darkened. He had a guilty conscience. The other two also had a bad feeling in their hearts. But then, another figure appeared.

Liang Guang of Level Ten of the Genuine Qi had appeared.

This was the first person above Level Nine of the Genuine Qi Realm. Moreover, Liang Guang's appearance also indicated that a true expert had appeared.

Then, Muyi, Lv Peng, and some of the Xuan Martial Ancestor's experts appeared.

However, the Xuan Martial Ancestor's eleven Genuine Qi Realm experts had entered. This time, only five of them had come out.

A group of people came out and walked towards Elder Zhang. Then, they gathered together. However, when they looked at the Zhan Martial Ancestor, their gazes were very unfriendly.

"How could this be?"

Seeing Muyi and the others appear, Ling Yun could not help but exclaim. The situation in front of him was not normal. It was far from the plan.

"Phew!"

Wu Hong breathed a sigh of relief. He did not care about the outcome of the bet. He just did not want anything to happen to Muyi and the others.

Ling Yun wanted to question Ling Chen. At this moment, he was waiting for her to appear. Chen Feng was also waiting for Xu Yan to appear. He wanted to ask him how things were going.

Thus, under the watchful eyes of the two, another figure walked out of the big crack. The person in the lead was a cold-looking youth. His whole body exuded an aura that repelled people thousands of miles away. It was Zhang Haotian.

Behind Zhang Haotian was an extremely ordinary youth. Then, everyone's eyes lit up. Two great beauties, Lin Xue and Su Mengyao, walked out of the crack. Their figures were slim and graceful. One was like a lotus, the other was like a goddess. They immediately attracted everyone's attention.