Chapter 217: 216. Another Realm in the Ten Talents Trial! (2/4)
The Ten Talents Token was in hand, and a smile of joy spread across Qin Mo’s lips.
"Ten..."
Qin Mo was just about to exclaim, but after glancing at the people around him, he immediately covered his mouth, holding back half of what he wanted to say.
"Sect Leader, how do you have so many? Did you use Gold Coins to buy them just to get us in?"
The Ten Talents Token isn’t actually expensive.
About 200,000 Gold Coins.
But the Ten Talents Trial is meant for those under 15 years old, and the top ten standalone cultivators in the thirteen-chong realm. Generally, people who don’t meet these two standards wouldn’t buy a Ten Talents Token, no matter how much money they have.
The Token is essentially meant for those wanting to try their luck in the trial.
After Qin Mo finished speaking, Wen Ping spoke, "Each Ten Talents Token costs a hundred thousand Gold Coins. Pay me back when we return to the Sect."
"Sect Leader, can we not talk about money? I know you want us to realize nothing comes easy, but if you keep saying this, people might think you’re just a superficial person who only cares about money."
Qin Mo chuckled. For him, a hundred thousand Gold Coins wasn’t too much, an acceptable amount.
But upon hearing Qin Mo’s words, Wen Ping couldn’t help but feel ill at ease, thinking: Who says I don’t care about money? Who keeps maliciously slandering me like this?
While brooding over this, he suddenly heard a delicate voice behind him.
"Haha!"
"Are you crazy? If you want to laugh, just laugh, why do it next to me?" Qin Mo turned around first, unable to hold back a scolding to the person next to him. However, upon seeing it was Zhantian Ye, he quickly forced out a smile, "This is a misunderstanding, a beautiful misunderstanding..."
Then he hid behind Wen Ping and Yu Mo.
This is a girl he wouldn’t dare to provoke!
As he stepped away, Zhantian Qingxuan walked right up to Wen Ping, looked him up and down, and directly asked, "Kid, it’s been four days, any progress with the box I gave you?"
Wen Ping responded, "Senior, we agreed on ten days."
The old woman Zhantian Qingxuan gave a faint smile and said, "Don’t bother anymore, you can’t dispel the black miasma poison on the Black Box. But since I gave you ten days, I won’t go back on my word, I’ll come back to you in five days."
Having said that, Zhantian Qingxuan started to leave.
But seeing Zhantian Ye playing enthusiastically with a dog, she furrowed her brows and returned her gaze to Wen Ping.
Zhantian Qingxuan asked, "Kid, how much for this dog?"
"Not for sale!"
Wen Ping was also a bit speechless.
Why are both of them interested in the Mountain Dog? It’s a lady-killer, could it also be an old-woman killer?
But Zhantian Qingxuan seemed oblivious to Wen Ping’s refusal, and directly said, "5 White Crystals!"
Wen Ping responded, "Senior, it’s not about the price."
Zhantian Qingxuan continued, "It’s just a dog. With 5 White Crystals, you can buy thousands."
"Senior, if you want to buy a dog, why not take her directly to the dog market?"
Zhantian Qingxuan replied in frustration, "My silly granddaughter just likes this one; there’s nothing I can do. How about this, 10 White Crystals. Isn’t that enough? I believe no one else under the sky would spend 10 White Crystals on a dog like I would."
"Senior, do I look like someone lacking White Crystals?" As he spoke, Wen Ping casually took out ten White Crystals from his Storage Ring—the ones obtained from killing Lie Yi—not many, only twenty White Crystals, "Besides, Senior, you can’t afford to raise this dog."
To snatch the Evil Spirit Knight’s mount, first, you must be able to withstand its wrath.
Secondly, where will you find Upper Profound Realm souls to feed it?
The old woman gave Wen Ping a sidelong glance, "Can’t afford it? Kid, do you think this old woman is that easy to fool?"
Just then, Qin Mo let out an exclamation.
"The trial has begun!"
"That soon." The old woman glanced at the suddenly moving crowd, looked at the Wen Ping beside Zhantian Ye, who stood up consciously, and just as she was about to leave, left behind a sentence, "20 White Crystals!"
Watching the old woman walk away, Wen Ping gave a helpless smile.
Then he turned to Qin Mo and the others and said, "Let’s go, let’s head inside."
The two of them hurriedly followed.
As Wen Ping moved forward, he kept replaying the phrase from the parchment in his mind.
Go against the flow!
...
Fifteen minutes later.
Zhantian Qingxuan stepped into the mist. Of course, the world inside the mist was visible, the sky above was free of mist, and one could still see Great Demons flying above, but no one dared descend from above.
Though there was no mist blocking the view, a deadly restriction existed a hundred meters up in the air, touch it and die.
No exceptions.
This place, compared to the outside world, was even more unique, even the grass was over half human height. Those fighting for the Ten Talents moved ahead, while Zhantian Qingxuan, who merely wished to have a look, moved cautiously onward.
As she walked a short distance, Bai Peng also entered.
When everyone had distanced themselves from the entrance, and no one was visible within a kilometer, Bai Peng finally turned back, walking towards the way he had come.
The Trial Area had a natural rule that those who entered couldn’t leave, leaving midway meant death. So for years, no one dared to exit the mist midway.
And no one would do so.
Because the front of the Trial Area held many Celestial Materials and Treasures, even those not seeking to claim the Ten Talents could find treasures within to boost their realm by one or two levels.
Yet now, Bai Peng was walking back!
His body disappeared into the white mist, and yet he did not emerge on the other side; clearly, just ten steps would take him out of the mist, but even after fifteen minutes he had not emerged.
Meanwhile, in other places, several others also vanished into the mist and did not reappear.
It wasn’t until a stick of incense later that Bai Peng finally emerged from the white mist.
Upon emerging, he immediately crushed a Jade Token in his hand.
In Fengyuan City, Shan Long abruptly stood from the Grandmaster’s Chair, and seeing the Jade Token shattered on the small side table, his smile grew wider. At the same time, he pulled out a Jade Token and crushed it.
After crushing it, he walked out of the room smiling, "The rumored Secret Treasure left by the Divine Profound Upper Realm Watcher, the old man is here!"
...
Meanwhile, Wen Ping, having entered the Mist Area, finally understood what "going against the flow" meant.
The endpoint was set at the far end.
But who would have guessed that the destination was actually behind?
Within the white mist, there was a realm!
"This..."
Upon stepping in, Qin Mo and the others looked at the scene before them, somewhat excited.
The three people and a dog stood on a hillside, and in the distance were forests and waterfalls cascading down cliffs.
A whole new world!
The most surprising to the two was the abundance of Celestial Materials and Treasures, and no Demon Race guarding them!
With a swift glance, Wen Ping immediately said, "Pack them up directly, take as much as you can!"
Yet when Qin Mo reached out to grab a piece of Celestial Metal to store in his Storage Ring, it suddenly decayed like moldy tofu.
Yu Mo said, "Sect Leader, it seems we can’t take them."
Wen Ping replied, "Then look for the Celestial Materials and Treasures that are useful to ourselves and focus on cultivation for four or five days first."
As the two entered the forest to begin their feverish gathering, Wen Ping, along with the Mountain Dog, set out ahead.
According to what the system said, the realm has a boundary!
(Everyone, I am currently repaying the owed Chapters, doing one update per day, and will surely make up for them all!!)