Chapter 23 Ancient Strange Symbols

  Unfortunately, the fog mass has always existed in the mirror, and it has not floated to the surface of the mirror like a silver fish. Is it only when breaking through a major stage that an unusual phenomenon can appear?

  Jiu felt a bit impatient and thought he should try again when he reached the Unity Realm.

  With that, this time's retreat purpose has exceeded expectations and was perfectly completed. Jiǔ returned to his own room on the fifth floor with a heart full of joy as the sun set.

  Sitting on a chair, feeling somewhat bored, having just broken through, rarely having leisure time, and surprisingly having nothing to do.

  I was going to take a look at some cultivation books, but then I remembered that the Cultivation Temple has a testing area on each floor to test one's strength at every stage, so I might as well go give it a try.

  Leave the sunset in the house, wish Jiu to go out alone, and hurry to the first floor with quick steps.

  The place where one's magical power and cultivation potential are tested. Chui Jiu had never been there before, as soon as he came down the stairs, he was met with a disciple in uniform guarding the entrance.

  He explained that they were going to test the junior's magical powers and potential, so the leading disciple turned around and led the way forward. After a short while, they arrived at an exceptionally spacious stone hall.

  The hall's layout was strange, with bare walls on all sides, and only a piece of white jade slab over ten feet in size, square in shape, placed in the middle.

  The surface of the jade pendant has a slight wave, emitting a bright and lustrous glow, it is clear at first sight that it is not an ordinary object.

  At this time, more than a dozen students were standing in front of Yu Bei, among whom two were the young men from Xiu Fa Dian who had come with Zhu Jiu.

  Jiu remembered that one of them was called Wei Ou and another was Yan Kai. These young men were gathered together, loudly arguing, with Yan Kai's face completely red as he said:

  "Fart, you northern group students' qualifications are not as good as ours in the eastern group. You don't use your own group's testing wall, but instead come here to test, it's clear that you've been preparing early, what's the big deal if you win? Our two qualifications are not enough, if some of the top-ranked people from my eastern group came, one person could sweep away your western, southern and northern groups."

  At first, Jiu Qi thought these young people were arguing and fighting, but after listening for a while, he understood. Since the year-end assessment, Zong Nei has allowed the internal exchanges between the Xiu Fa Dian students, and there are four groups of students inside the temple. There is a subtle sense of competition among them, each saying that their own group is the first in Xiu Fa Dian.

  Testing the thickness of Guangming Realm's law power and potential has become a goal for young people to compete with each other.

  The previous test results clearly showed that Chiu's team was lagging behind in the Eastern group, which led to Yan Kai's heated argument with a red face.

  At this time, Yan Kawei and Ou Ye faced a young man and said:

  "You're just talking nonsense, in our Eastern Group, except for Su Xingchen, the rest are ordinary people. If you don't believe me, we have an ancient talisman here that was bought at a high price, swallowing it can increase the potential of the strokes of the recognition sea symbol, you can go back and find someone to test it, if your talent is indeed higher than our group's Tian Qi Yang Shixiong, then we will all admit defeat and give you an ancient symbol."

  Yan Kai and Wei Ou were taken aback, but they responded in unison, turned around and walked out. Suddenly, they saw Zhu Jiu, and their faces lit up with joy. They quickly walked to Zhu Jiu's side, then turned back to look at the seven or eight young men on the other side, their demeanor suddenly changed.

  Wei Ou quietly told the story of what had just happened, and it was roughly the same as Zhu Jiu's previous guess.

  Jiu Ben didn't want to get involved in the youngsters' gamble, but he had studied the knowledge of talismans for many years and when he saw the symbol the youngster opposite him took out, his eyes lit up and he stepped forward towards them.

  Those young men opposite saw Zhu Jiu and were shocked, but they knew that this time was a competition of cultivation potential, not a life-and-death battle, so they didn't fear Zhu Jiu much. After all, it was said that nine years ago during the assessment, Zhu Jiu had revealed his incredible devouring technique when he beheaded Sun Bu.

  Zhu Jiu leaned in closer, pretending to be nonchalant as he glanced at the talisman in his opponent's hand. He noticed that the talisman's backing page was a strange deep green color, while the strokes of the talisman characters were dark red. The complexity of the talisman characters was dazzling, but unfortunately, there was a hole the size of a thumb in the middle. It seemed that such a precious talisman would not have ended up in these young people's hands if it hadn't been damaged already. This greatly piqued Zhu Jiu's interest.

  Jiu's gaze swept over the few young men opposite him, his face expressionless as he said:

  "I'm also a member of the East group. Since you look down on the East group, I'll have to represent them and compete with you."

  Among the seven young men opposite, one with the highest stature and handsome eyebrows and eyes seemed to be the leader, answering in a calm voice:

  "You only need to enter the Tian Tian Bai Yu, wait for a period of time, the longer the better. The ranking given by the Tian Tian wall after you come out will be higher. This ranking is the accumulation of countless years of cultivation by the ancestors of the Corpse God Sect. If you can surpass my ranking of 761st in the Bright Realm, I will admit defeat and give you this ancient talisman."

  The young man said this with great confidence, it seems that his achievement of over 700 is quite impressive.

  Yan Kai glanced at Tian Qiyang's hand holding the broken talisman and sneered:

  "This talisman of yours is tattered and worn out. We wish Brother Shifu would win, what's the use of this broken talisman?"

  Tian Qiyang's face turned red as he explained:

  "You don't know, this talisman was exchanged from my senior brother in the Treasure Gathering Hall. He said it was a mysterious mission they received outside, brought out from an ancient cultivator's tomb. If the talisman wasn't broken, he wouldn't have exchanged it with me. You don't recognize its value, so don't speak nonsense."

  Jiǔ Yuè felt that the origin of the talisman was even more extraordinary, and his desire to obtain it grew stronger. He nodded in agreement and said, "Alright, I'll go try it out." He lifted his foot and walked towards the testing jade pendant.

  Sensing someone approaching, ripples spread across the surface of the white jade pendant.

  Knead the nine stretch out to touch, jade plate touches hand slightly cool, feels like a soft jelly block, step squeeze in, some resistance, after entering all around have slight pressure coming.

  Standing still in the jade disc, after a while, waves of drowsiness came, urging people to sleep, almost irresistible. Zhu Jiu relied on his strong willpower to endure, but the drowsiness was one wave higher than the other, and he couldn't hold on for even a minute, so he had to mobilize the power of the sea of consciousness to resist it. Unexpectedly, the drowsiness also doubled its growth, becoming more and more turbulent.

  At this time, many young people outside had already begun to discuss and were amazed that Zhu Jiu could persist for so long. Wei Ou and Yan Kai looked pleased, while the other young people's faces gradually became unsightly.

  In the jade pendant, Zhu Jiu gradually felt that with the help of the talisman's power, he could hardly resist the overwhelming fatigue. He also wanted to see how much potential his cultivation had, so he added the power of the dark shadow talisman, and only then did he feel a slight weakening of the fatigue.

  After a few minutes, when the power of the Dark Shadow Talisman was almost exhausted, Zhu Jiu stopped forcing himself and took the initiative to withdraw from the test jade, feeling a sense of relief throughout his body.

  Jiu's persistence for such a long time was already beyond the expectations of all the young people. Wei Ou and Yan Kai, with their youthful nature, almost jumped up in joy, while the other young people had pale faces, revealing their unwillingness to give up.

  A white jade plate ripples, with numbers appearing on its surface. Zhu Jiu looks up to see rows of test rankings appearing one after another.