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Half a day later, in the city posthouse where Zhong Xiu lived.
Zhong Xiu packed his luggage into a small cloth bag. After thinking about it, he took out a red spirit stone and put it away close to his body. Then he put the small cloth bag behind him and walked out the door.
In the small courtyard, a middle-aged man in green robes wearing Miaoyin Sect clothing stood there. His cultivation had also reached the innate realm. His face was full of anxiety. When he saw Zhong Xiu coming out, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Junior sister, why did you suddenly give up the qualification to ascend to immortality? This kind of opportunity is rare!" said the middle-aged man in green robe.
"Senior brother, the matter has come to this, what's the point of saying more." Zhong Xiu smiled slightly.
The middle-aged man in green robe was about to make a few more excuses. At this moment, a middle-aged man walked into the post house.
This man was dressed in a yellow robe, with a weathered and capable face. The sleeve of his left arm was empty, as if he had a broken arm.
This person was the earthly guard who accompanied Princess Yueni to the auction that day.
Zhong Xiu and the middle-aged man in green robe were shocked when they saw this. With their cultivation level, they didn't even notice anyone approaching.
"I wonder who you are?" Zhong Xiu asked.
"Don't get me wrong, I don't have any bad intentions here." The one-armed middle-aged man showed a kind smile on his face.
"This is Miss Zhong Xiu, right? I am Fei Qing, the guest minister of the Lushan Dynasty. Today, thanks to Miss Zhong Xiu's concession, Princess Yueni can be selected. I am here under the order of King Lu Shan to report to Zhong Xiu.
Girl, please express your gratitude." The one-armed middle-aged man said, took out a gift box from his body and handed it to Zhong Xiu.
Zhong Xiu's beautiful eyes flashed, she didn't seem surprised, and she reached out to take it.
"Princess Yueni has a high level of cultivation and excellent qualifications. It is a natural thing to be selected for the qualification to ascend to immortality. Please take me to thank Princess Yueni." Zhong Xiu said.
The one-armed middle-aged man nodded, turned around and walked out without staying any longer.
Zhong Xiu opened the box and found a silver-gray ring inside.
"Storage ring!" The middle-aged man in green robe was surprised.
With a calm face, Zhong Xiu picked up the ring with two white onion-like fingers, dripping blood to identify the owner, and penetrated the ring with her spiritual consciousness.
The ring contains a lot of cultivation resources, elixirs, spiritual stones, and magic weapons, all in large quantities.
She was silent for a moment, took off the ring, and directly terminated the blood connection with it.
"Senior brother, there are a lot of cultivation resources here, please bring them to Master." Zhong Xiu handed the ring to the middle-aged man in green robe.
"Junior sister, won't you come back to the sect with me?" The middle-aged man in green robe subconsciously took the ring, but when he heard this, he was suddenly shocked.
"My little sister has some personal matters that need to be dealt with, so she won't be returning to the sect for the time being. Senior brother, please convey this message to the master for me, telling him not to worry about me. I will definitely go back someday," Zhong Xiu said.
The middle-aged man in green robe looked at Zhong Xiu's expression and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to persuade him to say something, but in the end, no words came out.
"Then I'll trouble you, senior brother." Zhong Xiu saluted the middle-aged man in green robe and walked outside.
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Almost at the same time, the northern part of the Qin Kingdom.
This is already the extreme north of the Dongzhou Continent. Heavy snow is flying in the sky all the time, and cold currents sweep across it. No matter where you go, the world is a vast expanse of white.
A huge mountain range looks like an ancient beast lying in the violent storm and snow, and it has existed forever.
This huge mountain range is the famous Blackwater Mountains of Great Qin. A huge and majestic black river flows under the peaks.
In such a cold place, the big black river shows no sign of freezing. The name of this mountain range comes from this big black river.
Where the black river flows into the mountains, there is a huge flat land with countless huge buildings rising from the ground.
The most majestic among them is a huge tower that towers into the sky. The tower is hundreds of feet tall. It is not inferior to some of the surrounding giant peaks in the sky. It looks like a giant standing in the wind and snow, despite the wind like a knife and the snow like rain.
Overlooking this land of ice and snow for thousands of years.
The top of the giant tower emits a dazzling red light, as if there is a sun hanging on the top of the tower.
The giant tower and the huge buildings below were brightly lit, and countless people could be seen faintly passing by.
This is where the main altar of Tianmo Sect is located.
In a huge palace, thousands of people gathered here at this moment.
In the center of the hall is a huge altar, with blazing black flames burning at the top. In the center of the altar, stands a statue of a black man with a black face and ghost horns, holding a three-pronged fork, and looks ferocious.
In front of the statue, six figures stand side by side.
After a series of competitions and selections in the Demonic Yang Ceremony of Tianmo Sect, six winners were finally decided today.
Among the six people, four men and two women are all young people, full of majesty and extraordinary grace.
A few people stood with their hands behind their hands, facing the audience calmly.
Among the six people, the one standing on the far left looks too young. He is dressed in gray robes and has a delicate appearance. He looks to be only seventeen or eighteen years old at most.
If Shi Mu were here, he would have recognized that this person was Feng Li, whom he had met in Fengcheng that day, and who actually appeared in Tianmo Sect and participated in the Demon Yang Ceremony.
It's a pity that Shi Mu was unable to come to participate due to various reasons, otherwise he would have been shocked.
Feng Li was looking straight ahead at this time.
"Brother Feng, I didn't expect that the Yin Demon Sect in Ganzhou actually has talents like you. It's really surprising." A bald young man beside Feng Li said.
"Brother Zong, how can I compare with a general disciple like Brother Zong with this little strength? It's just a fluke." Feng Li said.
The bald young man chuckled and seemed quite satisfied with Feng Li's answer. He turned his head and said nothing more.
At this moment, a middle-aged man in black robe walked up slowly.
This man looked to be in his thirties, with sharp eyebrows and a short black beard. He looked very elegant.
But from the outside, this man looks like a great scholar, but in fact he is Situ Hao, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect who is famous in the Qin Kingdom.
In a corner under the altar, several men in black robes stood here, looking at the six people on the altar.
These people were the three members of the Black Demon Sect, led by Jin Xiaochai.
Mourning's aura was faint at this moment, and he had already advanced to the early stage of Xiantian. He looked at the six people on the ring with envy and jealousy.
Beside him, Bai Shuixiu was still in the realm of a spiritual level warlock, but his expression was relatively calm.
The Magic Sun Ceremony did not deliberately limit the cultivation of the contestants. It seemed that more consideration was given to age and qualifications, and the final selection was based on a comprehensive ranking calculated by a certain rule.
After all, Mourning and his wife failed to make it into the draft, not even ranking in the top 30.
Mo Ning turned his head and glanced at Jin Xiaochai. Among them, only Jin Xiaochai had a high chance of being selected. However, in the last round of competition, Jin Xiaochai encountered a strong enemy and was defeated. In the end, he missed the top six, although he still ranked among the top six.
It is in the top ten, but the difference from the top six is not small.
But looking at Jin Xiaochai's expression at the moment, he didn't seem to care.
"Everyone, after days of competition, the Magic Sun Ceremony finally ended today, and six talents were selected as expected." Situ Hao said with a smile on his face.
"As for other people who have not been selected, the top ten will also receive major rewards. You can go to the Deacon Hall to claim them later." Situ Hao paused for a moment and continued.
Under the altar, Jin Xiaochai glanced at Feng Li on the stage and curled her lips. She was defeated by this man.
"This Demonic Sun Ceremony has yielded a great harvest. Our Demonic Sect has been favored by the Demonic God, and our power is growing day by day..."
Situ Hao's voice lingered in the hall, and everyone around him listened attentively, but Jin Xiaochai seemed a little absent-minded.
She turned over her hand and took out a jade plaque, rubbing it lightly.
The light flashed on the jade plate, and a figure emerged. It was Shi Mu, and there were a few lines of small words next to it.
"Damn it, what did you do in Tianyu City to end up being wanted together with the evil men of Mingyue Cult..." Jin Xiaochai cursed secretly in his heart.
At this moment, Situ Hao had finished his lecture.
"The ceremony is over. You can leave and have a good rest." Situ Hao said.
After hearing this, everyone in the ceremony walked out one after another.
Soon, only seven people on the altar were left in the entire hall.
"Come with me." Situ Hao said to the six people and walked towards the depths of the hall.
After a while, a group of people stopped in front of a black gate. There was a plaque hanging on the gate with three big bloody characters of 'Tianmo Palace' written on it.
The three big red characters look ordinary, and the font is not outstanding. Instead, it looks clumsy and unworked. However, the three big characters exude a special aura.
Feng Li and the other six people looked at these words, their bodies trembled, and their breathing became somewhat rapid.
"Okay, you six are the winners of this Mo Yang Ceremony. According to the usual practice, each of you can get a Mo Yang Pill." Situ Hao waved his hand, and six black boxes flew out of his hand and headed towards the six people.
Fly away.
The six people hurriedly stretched out their hands to catch it.
"Mo Yang Dan has a special nature. It must be calm and refined for seventy-seven forty-nine days. Don't forget it. From today on, the six of you will retreat in this Heavenly Demon Palace. This palace was built by the seniors of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
It will help you improve your cultivation, ascend as soon as possible, and serve the devil." Situ Hao said.
The six people looked at each other and agreed in unison.
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In a small courtyard building of Tianmo Sect.
"Senior Sister Jin, are you leaving?" Mo Ning looked at Jin Xiaochai who was ready to go and asked.
"That's right. It's up to you two to receive my share of the reward, and then return to the sect as early as possible." Jin Xiaochai took out a black cloak and put it on, wrapping his plump body.
"Then where are you going, Senior Sister Jin, and how can we report it to the head?" Mo Ning asked.
"I'm going to travel for a while, and I will return to the sect when the time comes. Just tell the head brother." After Jin Xiaochai said this, he ignored Mo Ning and walked outside.
Moning and Bai Shuixiu looked at each other, a little confused.
Half an hour later, Jin Xiaochai stood on a highland with snow and ice near the Blackwater Mountains, looking at the vast snowfield in front of him, silent and wondering what he was thinking.
After a moment, she jumped down from the high ground in a flash, and her figure quickly disappeared into the wind and snow.