Chapter 18 On the way we came, we saw Zhou An's body
The ethereal ladder, the tense atmosphere, and the shocking atmosphere.
The sect elders who were on the top of the peak were so shocked that their palms were sweating.
They were shocked not only by Xiao Nuo's over-the-limit combat power, but also by the opponent's straightforward and ruthless approach...
Too cruel!
Tang Qian's arm was severed with one knife, and Tang Qian was severely injured with two knifes and fell to the ground. Before that, no one thought that things would change so quickly.
Xiao Nuo stood on the ladder to heaven, the demon sword in his palm flashed with cold light. Although the power of the Spiritual Qi Pill was rushing through his body, it failed to break through Xiao Nuo's body.
As we all know, spiritual energy pills are used to enhance cultivation and speed up cultivation. Once taken, the spiritual energy needs to be refined, otherwise the violent power will cause internal damage to the meridians and body.
But at this moment, Xiao Nuo was steadily suppressing the surge of spiritual energy in his body, which was also unbelievable.
As everyone knows, the "Hongmeng Ba Ti Jue" practiced by Xiao Nuo has tempered the physical body over and over again.
The strength of Xiao Nuo's muscles and bones cannot be measured by ordinary people's standards, and the energy of the two spiritual energy pills cannot have an impact on Xiao Nuo.
At the top of the ladder and at the bottom of the ladder, everyone was astonished.
Tang Qian was like a dead dog, unable to block the road. He was dripping with blood. He could only watch helplessly as Xiao Nuo stepped onto the last step...
"Wow!"
Climb to the top!
Starting from Yunfeng Terrace, only about three hours later, Xiao Nuo took the lead and set foot on the Misty Sky Staircase.
However, those in second and third place have not even reached the middle of the ladder at this moment.
The elders on the peak were frightened and at the same time, their gazes towards Xiao Nuo also changed.
Such a genius must be brought over.
But at this moment, a cold and angry shout came...
"You are so brave, how dare you commit murder and hurt others?"
Everyone was shocked when they saw Zhou Yufu and Elder Zhou coming here angrily. Behind her was Liang Xingchen, the ultimate swordsman.
Zhou Yufu glared at Xiao Nuo angrily, her eyes almost bursting with fire: "You haven't even started yet, but you are using such cruel methods. You really don't take the Piaomiao Sect seriously."
Facing Zhou Yufu's scolding, Xiao Nuo looked calm and said calmly: "Swords have no eyes, I just passed the test normally."
"You still dare to quibble?"
"Everyone here can see clearly that he was the first to draw the sword and he was also the first to block the road. Do I have to stand there and let him fail? When I was at Yunfeng Terrace, I didn't listen.
I said that there is this assessment, is it because I don’t take Piaomiao Sect seriously, or is there someone who is obstructing it and breaking Piaomiao Sect’s rules without authorization?”
He spoke sharply and showed his vigor. Even when facing the elders of the sect, Xiao Nuo's aura was still not weak.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yufu couldn't help but feel guilty in her eyes.
Tang Qian's blocking of the road was her private instruction. Although this matter was not serious and Zhou Yufu could bear it as a person, if it were really publicized, her reputation would be affected to some extent.
"This new junior brother is so sharp..." At this time, Liang Xingchen, who was standing behind Zhou Yufu, spoke.
Xiao Nuo looked back, and the moment their eyes met, Xiao Nuo felt an extremely powerful aura.
What a strong breath!
This person's strength has at least reached the same level as Xiao Xiong, the head of the Xiao family, the "spiritual realm".
But Xiao Xiong is already in his forties and is almost at the peak of his life. It will be extremely difficult for him to make further progress in the future.
The person in front of me is only about twenty years old, and his future achievements are limitless.
Xiao Nuo secretly felt that the Piaomiao Sect was worthy of being one of the seven holy places of cultivation as famous as the Tiangang Sword Sect. Within the sect, there was truly a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Having said that, Xiao Nuo did not back down.
He replied: "Since it is a challenge, you should show your talents!"
Then, Xiao Nuo turned his eyes to several elders.
"I just want to know if I passed the challenge of the Misty Ladder?"
Several elders looked at each other, and then one of the elders said: "Yes, you passed. Once the rankings are all out, we will grant you the corresponding reward."
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Yufu was really angry.
She gritted her teeth and cursed secretly: "What on earth is this boy Zhou An doing?"
Zhou Yufu turned her eyes towards the direction of the ladder, and the remaining newcomers were making their final sprint.
The first place already has its owner, but the second and third place are enough to make people fight to the death.
But among those who climbed the ladder to heaven, Zhou An and Liangzi were nowhere to be seen.
"Where did these two people go?" Zhou Yufu said in a deep voice.
Liang Xingchen didn't speak, but his expression became more and more serious.
When he witnessed Xiao Nuo cutting off Tang Qian's arm with his own eyes, Liang Xingchen already had a bad premonition in his heart.
Tang Qian was at the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, while Zhou An was only at the third level. Even if the opponent intercepted Xiao Nuo, there was a high probability that the interception would fail.
As newcomers one after another successfully boarded the Piaomiao Ladder, the time came to evening.
When the last newcomer stepped onto the ladder, neither Zhou An nor Liangzi showed up.
"The time has come, the challenger of the Misty Ladder, success or failure has been determined!" A receptionist from the sect rang the gong.
Zhou Yufu is really not calm now.
Zhou An failed?
Zhou An, who is regarded as this year's newcomer king, failed to set foot on the Misty Ladder?
She walked directly in front of the elders.
"Where is Zhou An? Send someone to find him."
Several elders are also doubtful. This is very mysterious. Zhou An has not come until now.
At this time, a new disciple not far away said: "Is this elder looking for Zhou An? He is already dead..."
"What did you say?" Zhou Yufu's eyes widened with a scary expression.
The disciple was immediately startled, and then said weakly: "Back, back to the elders, on the way we came, we saw Zhou An's body. He was... decapitated!"
"Boom!"
Zhou Yufu suddenly felt that his mind went blank.
Liang Xingchen's face was instantly filled with frost.
In an instant, Liang Xingchen's cold gaze shot directly at Xiao Nuo on the sidelines.
"It's you?"
"Wow!" The cold current overflowed and penetrated into the bone marrow. Liang Xingchen's reaction shocked everyone around him. His robes were lifted up, and there was clearly a hint of hidden murderous intent in his eyes.
Zhou Yufu also looked at Xiao Nuo fiercely, her anger boiling: "How dare you commit murder...I cannot spare you today!"
Facing the other party's anger, Xiao Nuo just said it lightly.
"Is there any evidence?"
"You still dare to quibble?" Zhou Yufu was almost mad.
Xiao Nuo chuckled: "There are so many people here, how can you prove that I killed him?"
"you……"
Zhou Yufu was trembling with anger. At this moment, she was completely different from her usual noble and cool self.
Liang Xingchen held Zhou Yufu's shoulders, and then took a step forward: "You want evidence, right? I will find it for you... In addition, from now on, you and I will both be disciples of the Piaomiao Sect. I, Liang Xingchen,
, I will definitely take good care of your new junior brother..."
"Haha!"
As soon as these words came out, there was an exclamation of exclamation from the top of the mountain.
"Is he the Ultimate Sword Ziliang Xingchen?"
"No wonder the aura is so powerful. It turns out that he is the top ten strongest inner disciples of Piao Miao Sect."
"This guy is so brave! How dare he contradict Liang Xingchen?"
"..."
All the newcomers subconsciously stayed away from Xiao Nuo. They had just entered the Piaomiao Sect and had offended Elder Liang Xingchen and Zhou Yufu. They felt suffocated just thinking about it.
Immediately, Liang Xingchen cast a cold look in his eyes and turned to leave.
Zhou An is dead.
What Liang Xingchen is worried about now is Liangzi's condition.
When Liang Xingchen left Yunshen Valley, Zhou An was with Liangzi, and now it's hard not to think about whether something happened to her.
"If anything happens to Liangzi, I will cut you into pieces!" Liang Xingchen secretly thought in his heart, and the corners of his cold eyes were so sinister that it was terrifying.
Zhou Yufu also glared at Xiao Nuo fiercely, and then walked towards the bottom of the Piao Miao Ladder together.
On the top, it was noisy.
Several elders looked at each other and sighed.
"Oh, let's give out the rewards!" An elder sighed and then said.
Anyone who climbs the Misty Ladder will be rewarded with a Foundation Establishment Pill.
The top five are doubled, that is, two coins.
Third place will be rewarded with three Foundation Building Pills, a martial art that only inner disciples are qualified to practice.
Second place, four foundation-building pills, and one low-grade spiritual weapon.
First place, five foundation-building pills, and one medium-grade spiritual weapon.
Rewards begin to be distributed.
"This is the middle-grade spiritual weapon 'Xuanhan Iron Chain'. It has both offensive and defensive capabilities. It can also be used to imprison enemies. Now I give it to you..."
Everyone looked at the aura-filled iron chain in front of Xiao Nuo, with envy on their faces.
There was also a glimmer of light in Xiao Nuo's eyes. The "Xuanhan Iron Chain" was coiled together, like a whip. It was not too thick and did not feel particularly heavy. There was a layer of frost-white cold current flowing on it.
In my hands, it felt cold and prickly.
Seeing Xiao Nuo accept the "Xuanhan Iron Chain" and five Foundation Establishment Pills, several elders had strange expressions.
This was prepared for Zhou An and Liangzi, but now it was used as a wedding dress for others.
The second place was a girl in red. She got four foundation-building pills and three flying needles.
The three flying needles are shaped like chopsticks, with golden light and shadow on them. They are also an extraordinary spiritual weapon.
After all the rewards have been distributed, the next step is to choose a faction.
"You are not bad in strength and have excellent talents. Are you willing to join my 'Guixu Palace'?" An elder walked directly in front of the girl in red.
The girl in red who won second place was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily: "I do."
Then, another elder came to the young man who won the third place.
"Are you willing to enter my 'Yuanlong Palace'?"
"This junior is asking for more." The young man agreed without even thinking about it.
Several elders on the summit were selecting new people one after another, but almost all of them ignored Xiao Nuo.
In fact, these elders also secretly felt sorry for them.
Xiao Nuo was extremely talented and had a calm personality. When he reached the top of the ladder with first place results, several elders already had the idea of competing for him.
However, Xiao Nuo offended Zhou Yufu and Liang Xingchen.
To be honest, Zhou Yufu was okay. Although she was an elder-level figure, she was not so afraid of them.
The most important thing is Ziliang Xingchen, the ultimate sword.
Liang Xingchen himself is the top ten inner sect disciples, and he even took over the management rights of "Shacheng" for the Piaomiao Sect some time ago.
He has already passed the approval of the senior group of elders, and when the sect leader nods, Liang Xingchen will be the true disciple of the Piaomiao Sect.
None of these elders knew what a true disciple was.
Among the hundreds of thousands of disciples of the Piaomiao Sect, he has truly reached the ceiling.
Liang Xingchen will receive huge resources from the sect, and may even become a candidate for the next sect leader.
Although Xiao Nuo, a newcomer, performed brilliantly, these elders did not dare to offend Liang Xingchen for him.
Soon, all the new disciples had their own belongings, but Xiao Nuo was the only one standing there.
Just as the elders led their disciples into the mountain gate, a young receptionist finally couldn't help but ask.
"Elder Han, what should we do with that person?"
The old man called Elder Han glanced at Xiao Nuo on the sidelines, and then said: "Let him go to the Nirvana Hall."
"Ah?" The receptionist had a strange expression and said with a frown, "Isn't that good? He is number one after all. Isn't it too much to go to the Nirvana Hall?"
Elder Han said angrily: "I also want to cherish my talents, but I dare not take the risk of offending the future 'sect leader candidate'. Think about it, it is a certainty that Liang Xingchen will become his direct disciple.
Once he takes over the power in the future, do I still want to stay in the Piaomiao Sect?"
"This..." The young receptionist didn't know how to answer. He hesitated for a while and could only nod: "Okay! He offended Juebian Jianzi, and he probably won't be able to go far in the Piaomiao Sect."
"Well, let's arrange for him to go to the 'Nirvana Palace'!"
After saying that, Elder Han left with a group of newcomers.
In the blink of an eye, the people at the top of the ladder were almost gone.
The young receptionist came to Xiao Nuo.
"Junior brother, go to the Nirvana Hall!"
As the other party spoke, he took out a jade-colored token.
The edge of the token is engraved with exquisite patterns, with the word "Piaomiao" engraved on the front and the word "Nirvana" engraved on the back.
"This is a token of the 'Nirvana Palace'. If you inject spiritual power into it, you can activate the restrictions inside. In the future, you can use this object to freely enter and leave the Nirvana Palace without being affected by the palace formation..."
"Thank you, senior brother." Xiao Nuo put the token into his hand and immediately asked: "Where is the Nirvana Palace?"
"Eh?" The other party was stunned: "Don't you know anything about Piaomiao Sect?"
"Yeah!" Xiao Nuo admitted generously.
The young man's eyes lit up and he couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, I'm worried about hurting your self-esteem!"
"What's the meaning?"
"It's okay, it's okay..." The young man waved his hand and explained: "Piaomiao Sect has five halls... namely: Juexian Hall, Guixu Hall, Yuanlong Hall, Taihua Hall, and... Nirvana Hall.
These five halls are the five major lines of the Piao Miao Sect, and they have different methods of cultivation, and their areas of expertise are also different..."
Juexian, Guixu, Yuanlong, Taihua, Nirvana, each name has a unique aura of greatness in Xiao Nuo's ears.
"Why didn't the people from Nirvana Palace come?" Xiao Nuo asked.
"Uh..." The young man hesitated for a moment and said: "The people in Nirvana Hall are focused on practicing and are quite busy, so you can just go there. Don't think too much, Nirvana Hall is the first of the five halls..."
"Really?" Xiao Nuo didn't believe it.
But now, he had no choice. After a simple thank you, Xiao Nuo followed the other party's instructions and went to the Nirvana Palace.
Looking at Xiao Nuo's back, the young man sighed, and then showed a strange smile.
"Don't blame me! Apart from the Nirvana Palace, there is no place willing to accept you... The Nirvana Palace used to be the first of the five palaces, but now, it is... the shame of the Piaomiao Sect!"