In the boundless starry sky, the words of the Great Elder of Tianji Pavilion caused some excitement among the people present.
Without any more nonsense, the old man immediately announced that the trial had officially begun.
Almost at the same moment, the crowd immediately took action and rushed towards the nearest small star.
He Gu is one of the very few people who still stays where he is.
Thinking that Tianji Pavilion's biggest purpose this time was most likely to find him out, he carefully observed first.
Soon, the small star closest to him was neatly captured by a disciple from Tianji Pavilion.
As if there was a tacit understanding, the outside cultivators nearby did not compete with him.
There are too many stars in the sky, and although they are all quite far apart, it is estimated that it is more stable and efficient to find another one than to have many people fighting for one.
Furthermore, perhaps influenced by the righteous and awe-inspiring words of the Great Elder of Tianji Pavilion just now, the outside cultivators are somewhat embarrassed to argue.
I saw the Tianji Pavilion disciple reaching out and touching the small star. After a few breaths, the star began to tremble slightly.
The disciple's face suddenly became difficult, as if the collection process was not easy.
After a while, a wisp of pale gas that was constantly resisting to shrink back was slowly pulled out from the star body bit by bit.
When the entire wisp of gas left the small star, the heavenly energy immediately calmed down and turned into a small ball, lying quietly in the palm of the man's hand.
Without the aura of heavenly secrets, the small star suddenly became dim and dull.
After skillfully putting it into the storage bag, the Tianji Pavilion disciple set off to look for the next target small star.
Although the whole process takes a long time, it does not seem dangerous.
After observing the extraction process of three people, the situation was basically the same.
This made He Gu a little confused.
So far, he has not felt any abnormality, and the secret stone in his body has not been affected by external factors and has not produced any movement.
There are two levels in the trial, and Jige most likely planned to catch him in the second level that day.
But how did the other party ensure that he would naturally be qualified to participate in the second level?
Are you sure that he has outstanding strength and can definitely occupy the 99 small stars in the top 100?
Within the secret realm, the closer you get to the galaxy high in the sky above, the more small stars are distributed.
Many people noticed this and started to move up.
He Gu followed a small number of people and went the opposite way. While moving towards the lower parts where the distribution of stars was less dense, he took out the escaping beads from the storage bag and hid them in the palm of his hand without leaving any trace.
As soon as he thought about it, the demon rat appeared quietly and jumped onto his shoulder naturally.
His expression remained unchanged as he explained what had just happened and his doubts to the demon rat in detail through communication with his mind.
Tianye closed the eyes of the mouse leisurely, and then opened them again after a moment.
"Okay, I've marked the location of this secret realm. As for what you just said, you can understand it more or less by looking at the man wearing a green and purple robe on the right."
Following the direction given by God's thoughts, He Gu stopped and looked sideways.
To his surprise, he saw that the process of extracting the Qi of Heaven by that person was obviously better than that of the four people he had seen before, and the extraction speed was obviously faster.
In other words, everyone's efficiency in extracting Tianji Qi is actually different.
With a chuckle, the demon rat then replied: "You should try it quickly and the answer should come out."
Some guessed the result, and He Gu continued to move towards the lower level where there were fewer moving figures.
Soon he found an uncontested asteroid.
Take a deep breath and touch your palms decisively.
After mobilizing a bit of spiritual power, the wisp of heavenly energy from the asteroid in front of him proactively came out on its own and was delivered obediently into the palm of He Gu's hand.
He looked like he was eager to give her away.
Although I was mentally prepared, I was a little shocked.
"Oops, it must have been exposed, right?!"
On the surface, the demon rat pretended to be a demon pet with low intelligence, only licking its paws, but secretly still maintaining communication with He Gu.
It spoke calmly and calmly comforted: "Don't worry, in such a large secret space and with so many targets, they can't monitor everyone's real-time footage at the same time.
The only way to carry out surveillance is when there are only a hundred people left in the second level.
You haven't collected it before. From their point of view, you are just one of the group of people who have fallen behind in performance, and it took them so long to collect the first ray of divine energy."
Thinking about it, He Gu just calmed down his mind.
There was still no movement from the Tianji Stone in his body. He speculated that a certain sense of closeness brought by the Tianji Stone attracted the energy of Tianji, causing it to actively embrace him.
With such an astonishing collection speed, it would be easy for him to qualify for the second level or even qualify for first place.
God sneered: "No wonder it is divided into two levels, those hairless old guys are really clever.
As long as you can't resist the temptation brought by the Tianji Qi to improve the quality of your spiritual roots, this first level will definitely put you among the hundred people.
Even if we can’t find you in the second level, we still have a direction to pursue in the future.”
After imitating the disciple of Tianji Pavilion and putting the Tianji Qi on his palm into the storage bag, He Gu still had a little doubt in his mind.
"Then if I secretly choose to give up and fail to collect the ninety-nine rays, wouldn't their plan be 100% in vain?"
"Of course.
However, if you had not met me, you would not have known beforehand that this trial was a trap specifically aimed at you, but you would have thought that Tianji Pavilion was really holding it out of righteousness.
Just with the idea of trying your luck to come in and secretly find a way to identify the sacred object, would you give up halfway?"
Imagine that situation, He Gu's answer is of course not to give up.
At most, hide some of your clumsiness and get a low-key ranking in the middle.
No matter what the situation is, it is uncertain whether a method can be found for the Tianji Stone to completely recognize its owner, and the Tianji Qi here is a real and rare opportunity.
The situation gradually became clearer, and He Gu immediately made a decision.
"God, since the spatial location here has been marked, let's give up for now!"
Seeing that he is not tempted and can quickly make the most rational strategy, the demon rat has gained some confidence in how he can rely on to resolve the curse of heaven on his family in the future.
When it comes to experience, you should listen to it.
But if you want to grow into a strong and indomitable person, you must at least have your own opinions at critical moments.
Now that it saw this in He Gu, it felt a little relieved.
"Yeah, but don't come here in vain. You still have to collect some. Even the treasures that are delivered to your door, don't come in vain."
He raised his head and glanced at the dazzling galaxy above, and it reminded: "Go up, and that should be the core area of the Tianji Secret Realm. If there really is a way to fully recognize the sacred object as its owner, it should be stored there.
Be careful, pay careful attention to the condition of the sacred objects, and stop immediately if there is any sign that something is wrong."
Hearing this, I have some worries.
"Would it be too risky?"
Since we were planning to turn around and sneak in again, it seemed a bit unnecessary to take an extra step and get closer now. It was not necessary no matter how we looked at it.
"Don't worry, since God can bring you in later, he can also take you out at any time now.
Because of the curse that God has sent down, except for a few top demon clans, the other two clans don't know about the existence of my clan, so naturally they don't know the power of my special talents.
When it comes to running away, I am a descendant of my grandparents.
I am not bragging. Even among my clan, I am the only one who has the highest level of ability to travel through space. I can travel through secret realm walls and space barriers at will without the help of external magic weapons.
There may be only one place in this world that can stop me..."
When he said the last sentence, the demon rat couldn't help but think of a very unpleasant and bad experience. He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart and stopped talking immediately.
Hearing it speak with dignity, He Gu immediately thought of the mysterious upside-down tower hidden under the lava lake in the Land of Heavenly Fire.
At that time, he and Leng Qingzhu only entered the first floor at the top, and the rest were unable to enter.
The powerful Yin-Yang innate formations are placed on the first floor. It is hard to imagine what powerful and precious treasures there will be on the second floor and even the most likely third and fourth floors.
Now he and the demon rat only have a deep cooperative relationship that requires mutual gain, and have not yet reached the level of complete unconditional trust, so he did not say it out loud.
Seeing that he was still thinking, Tianye patiently explained: "I don't want you to go all the way up, but try to get as close as possible. I can feel the situation there carefully so that I can act accurately the next time I come in.
This risk must be taken.”
It's not just for no reason, since he said this, He Gu naturally has no objection.
Picking an area where there were relatively few people, he turned around and moved upwards, taking his time and speed.
As the altitude increases, the density of distributed small stars becomes higher and higher, so that there are more stars than people in an area.
At this point, the trial has evolved from occasional competition at the beginning to a competition on how quickly each can extract the energy of heaven, creating a rare scene of harmony.
Considering to avoid exposure, He Gu did not rush to collect along the way. Instead, he secretly estimated the length of each interval and maintained an ordinary and inconspicuous acquisition speed.
As for the demon rat, as the two of them moved closer and closer to the bright galaxy, the pair of black light rat eyes like millet grains began to waver faintly.
…
Like locusts crossing the border, countless figures of trialists raced upwards.
At the front of the crowd, the man in the black mask and the woman in the white silk mask mixed neatly among the group of people who performed best.
They dare not use the power of the spiritual seal, so they have only used the power of the spiritual root to collect the energy of heaven.
Efficiently drawing out a ray of heavenly energy, the silk-faced girl was a little absent-minded.
"Brother Yang, what's going on? Is he still down there and not coming up?"
Affected by the information about the Body of the Sun, their initial judgment was that the prey would definitely stand out in the trial and be at the forefront like them.
That doesn't seem to be the case right now.
Along the way, the people around them didn't even have the most basic yang spiritual power possessed by the Yang body, let alone the need for them to use special techniques to sense it.
The masked man was slightly disturbed.
"Get the pass first, and then go find him. Don't forget, there is another prey we want to find here, and we must make sure to enter the second level."