Chapter 48: North Peak and South Peak

  "The Asura's skull is sinking further," Ye Fang said.

  "No way, the number of Shura skulls is increasing." Ye Yuan held up a human skull. Before entering the underground world, they had thought that obtaining one or two Shura skulls would be enough, and it would be considered as completing their first trial in the underground world. As the lowest-ranking disciples among the top ten true transmission disciples, they didn't have big ambitions, and their greatest dream was to become one of the North Peak Six Sword Immortals after a few hundred years. For this first trial in the underground world, obtaining one or two Shura skulls would be considered as completing the task.

  The result was unexpected, this time the luck burst, and there were three or four Shura heads in the sacks on their backs. The Shura head was originally extremely heavy, and even one head had a considerable weight. Three or four added up to weigh heavily on their shoulders, which would be tiring for ordinary strong men. Fortunately, the cultivators themselves had great strength, so it wasn't a difficult task.

  Ye Fang and Ye Yuan naturally knew that this time they would gain so much, on the surface it seemed like their luck had exploded, but in fact it was thanks to Lu Yuan's blessing. If they hadn't been with Lu Yuan, where could they have stayed in the underground world for so long? They would have been eliminated early and lost their qualification for training.

  As for the ten Shura heads in Lu Yuan's burlap sack, they were quite heavy, but fortunately his own magical powers had now reached the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refining, so these Shura heads were just a bit heavier and didn't matter.

  Ye Fang laughed: "Sixth Brother, this time it really depends on you. After we reach the mortal world, I'll treat you to a drink."

  Ye Yuan nodded: "If you bring out wine, I'll set up a table of delicious dishes."

  Ye Fang and Ye Yuan, one brought out wine and the other brought out a sumptuous feast. Lu Yuan nodded, laughing "Haha": "Alright, alright, when the time comes I'll definitely eat my fill, absolutely won't hold back."

  This time, the underground demon world's trial, Lu Yuan's help to Ye Fang and Ye Yuan was immense. It wasn't just about gaining three or four Shura heads; the spoils of war were secondary. More importantly, it allowed Ye Fang and Ye Yuan to become accustomed to fighting in the underground world and get used to battling Shuras.

  At that time, Yuan's writing "Thunder Shocking the Snake into a Dragon" was actually very reasonable. The first trial allowed the true transmission disciples to slowly get used to fighting against the demons in the ground, and this first trial was quite important. If they could establish confidence and get used to fighting for the first time, the growth of the true transmission disciples would be much faster afterwards.

  After passing this level, it's a dragon.

  If you can't get through this pass, it's a snake shedding its skin.

  It's either a dragon or an insect; the first trial is extremely crucial.

  And Ye Fang and Ye Yuan's greatest gain was this.

  Ye Fang and Ye Yuan said that after returning to the mortal world, they invited Lu Yuan to drink fine wine and eat delicious food. In fact, compared to what they had obtained this time, it was far, far inferior. However, both Ye Fang and Ye Yuan were not the kind of people who liked to express their gratitude verbally, but rather preferred to remember it in their hearts and felt uncomfortable saying it out loud.

  Secondly, among friends, sometimes it's you helping me and I helping you. If every little thing is calculated between friends, then they can't be considered friends at all.

  A friend is just a friend.

  In the past, before Lu Yuan had cultivated his sword intent, he often hung out with Ye Fang and Ye Yuan for many years. The three of them were inseparable at that time.

  Such deep friendship can't be explained in just a few words.

  If Ye Fang and Ye Yuan are capable of helping Lu Yuan, they will probably help too.

  This is friendship.

  Having friends makes even a dark and gloomy place more enjoyable.

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  The three of them continued to hold torches and walk in the underground world.

  At this time, Ye Fang said: "Huh, there is a secret code here." Lu Yuan also came over and immediately changed his expression slightly. This was a sign of danger nearby, each immortal door had its own unique secret code, which could convey many meanings at the right time. Of course, cryptography was also a very complex subject, and there were codes to be deciphered. Over time, the codes of various immortal doors kept changing and evolving. As a true disciple, someone who would stand alone in the future, naturally had to learn codes. From childhood, over the past eleven years, he had already learned three sets of codes.

  The two sets in front were cracked by someone and have been abandoned for a long time.

  It can be said that my cryptography has always been poor, and I've gotten used to being lazy. Except for practicing swordsmanship, I'm not very interested in anything else, so all the other subjects are just average. However, even with average cryptography skills, I recognized that this code indicates danger nearby.

  Just then, Lu Yuan heard a burst of fighting sounds.

  "We're going." Lu Yuan jumped forward, and Ye Fang and Ye Yuan also quickly followed.

  He chased after him, and soon discovered that there was a fight ahead. However, by the time he caught up, the fight had already ended. A pale blue glow had been erected beside the human figure. Don't look at this pale blue glow as thin as it looks, but no matter how hard the opponent, a cultivator of the sixth level of Qi Refining, attacked, he couldn't break through this pale blue glow.

  This must be the protective charm sent by Chu Fei Shu Bo, Lu Yuan immediately judged and also saw the big girl in the protective charm, who was exactly San Shu Jie Ling Yu Zhu. At this time, San Shu Jie Ling Yu Zhu had already activated the protective charm and was automatically eliminated from this trial.

  "It seems I'm late," said Lu Yuan.

  "Oh, it's you, Sixth Brother." Ling Yu Zhu's face showed some regret: "Be careful, your opponent is a Cultivating Qi Six-Heavy Realm Shura, the Shura's attack is quite fast, all four limbs can be used as weapons, and its moves are extremely unpredictable, making it very difficult to deal with." Just now, Ling Yu Zhu was defeated by this Shura in just ten moves, forcing her defensive charm to activate. If she hadn't had the defensive charm on her, she might have already been killed by this Shura. She felt a great sense of fear towards this wildly aggressive and domineering Shura, which seemed to be able to appear and disappear at will. Fearing that Lu Yuan might not know, she warned him once.

  "I understand." Lu Yuan shrugged and didn't take Ling Yuzhu's reminder to heart, after all, it was just an opponent of this level. Yang Wujian had already drawn his sword out of its scabbard, and the sword light shot towards the Shura like a clear ray of light. The Shura was worried that it couldn't get rid of Ling Yuzhu, who was surrounded by a pale blue symbol light, and couldn't get this piece of blood food, which made it furious in its heart. As a result, three new blood foods came at this time, and it let out a loud and strange cry, Ah, great! It immediately attacked Lu Yuan, planning to take down this human blood food.

  Lu Yuan was already quite experienced in dealing with this level of Shura, and at this point, he didn't rush to defeat his opponent. Instead, he wanted to try out his complete understanding of the sword intent. The Long Hong Sword in his hand made a few dozen moves, but it had already forced the Shura into a desperate situation, trapped in a web of swords. If the Shura wanted to move forward, it could only go up, and didn't dare to move anywhere else.

  This Shura would move right, and he absolutely only moved right, even the angle was under Lu Yuan's control with his long sword.

  Long sword in hand, controlling the opponent.

  This is a complete grasp of the sword's intention, and it's really refreshing. Compared to the way I used to aim at my opponent's weaknesses with each move, this is even more refreshing.

  Lu Yuan's moves became more and more refreshing as he fought, striking at will, and displaying his moves freely, without needing fixed techniques.

  ……

  At this time, Ling Yuju was almost stunned. When she encountered this Shura, she was forced to use her defensive talisman in just ten moves. She deeply knew the terror of this Shura, that speed, that terrifying attack, and that unpredictable angle of attack had all left an impression on Ling Yuju's mind.

  At this moment, Ling Yuju only saw that she was completely no match for the terrifying Sixth Master of the Six Reincarnations of Asura, who seemed to be controlled by her sixth junior brother's sword like a puppet. As someone who also practiced swordsmanship, Ling Yuju knew that this must have been the result of his exceptional skill with the sword. What kind of frightening swordsmanship was this!

  Ling Yuzhu was completely stunned.

  As for Ye Fang and Ye Yuan, the two had long been accustomed to Lu Yuan's exquisite swordsmanship, in other words, they had already been stimulated to the point of numbness. If they were to be shocked every time, their nerves would have been shattered long ago. However, why did Ye Fang and Ye Yuan feel that there was still a surge of tears in their hearts?

  After a long time, Ling Yu Zhu finally said: "By the way, I'll let you know that it seems like now, in the underground world, among our North Peak's eight true transmission disciples, except for the three of you, including me, five true transmission disciples have already been eliminated."

  "While Nanfeng's seven authentic disciples, now only two have been eliminated. This time, our North Peak and South Peak competition is a big margin behind." Ling Yuju reminded and said.

  "Now it's up to you three." Ling Yuju said, of course, saying so, but in fact, it really depends on Lu Yuan alone, to help Beifeng earn some face, and not lose too badly.

  The honor of Beifeng, the honor of everyone.

  Huashan Xianmen's elite education cultivates a strong sense of centripetal force among the elites towards the sect.

  (This chapter was revised and revised, 2,000 words were deleted, and it took a lot of effort to finally finish this chapter. It's really frustrating! So the update is a bit late.)