[Cultivation] Asking for a sword

He just planned to participate in the mandatory task of the Scarlet Trial, and although the process is different now, the result has not changed much.

There was an old table in the room, on which lay a dirty old man. The robe on his body had not been washed for many years, and it was full of oil stains. He had a big nose, small eyes, and wrinkled face. It looks like a mouse face.

Gu Cheng knocked on the table and looked down at the old man in front of him.

"What are you knocking for? I want to buy something. There is a price tag on it. You can take it away after handing over the spirit stone." The old man lazily opened his eyelids to look at him, and was about to close them again after a while.

Gu Cheng stretched out his hand, opened it, and let the things in his hand fall down.

The old man was startled. Looking at the three medium-grade spirit stones scattered on the table, his eyes lit up, and he stood up instantly, with a smile on his face.

"Ah, fellow Taoist, what do you want to buy? I have a lot of good things here. If you don't believe me, take a look!" He pointed to some dark things on the wooden shelf

"Water stone, cloud essence stone, and iron wood are all good materials for refining spirit weapons. If you are not satisfied, you can also take a look at these, the fangs of the first-level low-grade monster push mountain beast, and"

Gu Cheng frowned and interrupted him: "I'm not here to buy anything."

A look of disappointment suddenly appeared on the old man's face, and it was a pity that he failed to kill a wronged person.

"Then what do you come to see the old man for? There is also a fee for pure chatting! Two low-level spirit stones per hour!"

Miser!

Gu Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "I want to know about the Bloody Trial. How did you come back alive three years ago with the fifth level of Qi training?"

Hearing this, the old man first sized up Gu Cheng several times with an unlucky look, and then slowly began to say: "The blood test is a test for monks in the qi training period within the sect. , led by monks in the alchemy stage, all seven top sects except Wanyao Valley will participate, the rewards are generous, and the death rate is high, it will only be held every three years."

Gu Cheng only felt that there were blue veins on his forehead, and he said coldly, "You don't need to read the things written in the sect manual for me."

The old man squinted at him, then raised his right hand and rubbed his fingers together.

Gu Cheng threw up a middle-grade spirit stone, raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me the reason why you survived, this is yours."

The old man smiled and shook his fingers: "One spirit stone is not enough for such an important secret!"

Gu Cheng gritted his teeth and added a piece.

Only then did the old man nodded in satisfaction, and then he opened his mouth and said, "Do you know Jianfeng? That is the cave where the strongest true biography of our sect is located."

Although Gu Cheng didn't know how this bloody trial would be related to the alchemy master, he still patiently followed his words.

"Of course I know, the master of Sword Peak, Chu Han, is known as the number one monk under Yuan Ying, with unfathomable cultivation and unfathomable talents."

This master uncle is simply a living signboard of the Zhengyang Sect, not to mention the disciples of the Zhengyang Sect, even the Demon Cultivator and the Demon Cultivator are clearly gnashing their teeth, and they have earned their fame all the way.

The old man stroked the messy beard on his chin, and thought to himself that this time the No. 1 banner of the alchemy stage was pulled, not afraid that you would not be fooled, the more mysterious and the greater the background, the more money was cheated.

He cleared his throat, and said again: "That's right, this master uncle has always been honored as the Peerless Peak Master in Zhengyangzong. He has only been practicing for a hundred years, and he is already in the late stage of alchemy. His swordsmanship is even more terrifying. Nine Heavens Sword Once the formation is out, no one dares to plunder its sharpness."

Gu Cheng finally couldn't help but said, "I just want to know about the Bloody Trial."

"Don't be so impatient, young people, take care of the emotions of the elderly!"

Gu Cheng kept his mouth shut.

The old man has almost talked enough, and finally started to talk about the main point: "I once took a task from Jianfeng, the requirement was to plant a sky thunder grass, the time is not limited, and the reward is a piece that can protect against all attacks below the foundation. Protecting Heart Pei."

Gu Cheng was stunned, but Huxin Pei didn't say anything, Tianlei grass is not something that can be obtained easily, it is the main medicine of Dinglei Dan, and the growth conditions are extremely harsh, the grass seeds of Tianlei grass alone are cultivating has almost disappeared.

"Old man, I have seen a lot of things in the past, and it was only by accident that I knew the method of cultivating the sky thunder grass. It was only then that I was favored by the master of Jianfeng. I went to Jianfeng to cultivate the sky thunder grass. Cultivator Dan Qi's cave!" Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but shook his head: "Although the aura inside is rich, it's too dangerous, alas!"

Only then did Gu Cheng understand the situation: "So you survived by relying on that protective heart."

The old man gave a triumphant acknowledgment.

Gu Cheng narrowed his eyes, and the three medium-grade spirit stones in his hand shone brightly in front of the old man, and then said, "Huxin Pei, can I borrow it?"

Needless to say, the value of this heart-protecting pendant can be completely offset by the attack during the Qi training period, and it can be reduced by [-]% even during the foundation building period. How could he be so carefree after being destroyed by someone.

The old man slowly stretched out two fingers, and then clenched them into fists again.

Gu Cheng glared at him: "Twenty, impossible, I don't have so many spirit stones."

The old man snorted, but thinking about Gu Cheng's unsure face in the face of the bloody trial, he must not be a monk above the tenth level of Qi training. In this case, it is really impossible to have too many spirit stones, so he said:

"If it's less than ten yuan, don't talk about it."

Gu Cheng's face was still not very good-looking: "You can buy a good spiritual weapon at this price."

The old man shook his head, and said seriously: "If it weren't for the sake of middle-grade spirit stones, I would always ask for two thousand spirit stones outside, and you should think about it clearly, whether the spirit weapon or the life is more important."

Gu Cheng gritted his teeth, it was obvious that he was taking advantage of others, but he had no choice but to take out eight middle-grade spirit stones from the storage bag.

Just as the old man was about to say something, he saw Gu Cheng looking at him with red eyes, so he could only touch his nose, "Forget it, the old man made a loss-making business, so the previous news is for you."

Paying the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other, Gu Cheng looked at the crystal clear jade pendant in his hand and was very satisfied.

Both parties have already signed the agreement, and then use the Zongmen Token as a token, unless Gu Cheng doesn't want to hang out with Zhengyangzong anymore, otherwise there will be no situation of running away with something.

The old man was taken aback when he saw his token, especially after learning about Gu Cheng's current cultivation level, he couldn't help muttering: "When did the inner sect disciples have such low requirements that even you The boy can reach the seventh level of cultivation."

Gu Cheng didn't bother to pay attention to him. He still had a lot of things to prepare. After getting this heart-protecting pendant, he was now limited to saving his life. He had to get a good result in the trial in order to make up for the previous efforts. return.

The few shops at the foot of Zhengyangzong were still the same. Gu Cheng walked into the one he went to last time, slowly picked out things, wandered around for several times, and then brought the things to the shopkeeper, ready to pay the bill.

The shopkeeper raised his head and glanced at him: "It turned out to be Gu Daoyou, a regular customer, so I wiped off the change for you, two thousand and three hundred yuan of spirit stones."

Gu Cheng has come here quite a few times, and the last time he got the trophies he got was sold here, now seeing what the other party said, he just nodded with a smile.

After returning to the cave, Gu Cheng sorted out the things he bought again. Some valuable things were stored in a storage bag, which was placed in the underwear, and the other storage bag was used to store spiritual artifacts, talismans and healing elixirs. Hang it on the waist where you can get the most easily, so as to prevent you from being caught off guard during the battle.

This time, he spent all his family money, but it is obvious that the armed effect of using money is still very obvious, and the number of spiritual weapons equipped on his body has reached as many as six.

Two low-grade spirit weapons, spirit boots that can increase speed, a shield, two middle-grade spirit weapons, close-fitting armor, and the newly obtained spirit-sealing flag that traps enemies, as well as the green spirit sword and golden silk armor.

There are also three Tianleizi and a simple set of small restraints.

I won't mention the other random things one by one, and they are all specially prepared just in case.

After packing up his things, Gu Cheng continued to practice, instead of taking pills, he concentrated his cultivation as much as possible to prepare for the bloody trial ten days later.

Time passed quickly, and the departure time stipulated by the Zongmen had arrived.

Gu Cheng left the cave and went directly to the mountain gate of the Zhengyang Sect. He was relatively early, and there were only two or three monks waiting at the gate, all wearing the clothes of outer disciples. He was very surprised when he saw Gu Cheng, but he didn't Dare to come up to talk directly.

Just looking at Gu Cheng's young and excessively young face, everyone thought that he was an inner disciple who was admitted exceptionally, and then he didn't know whether he was excluded or he was unlucky and received the mandatory task of the Scarlet Trial.

But because of his status, those disciples were quite in awe of him.

Soon all the disciples who participated in the trial arrived, and everyone stood at the gate of Zhengyangzong and waited.

Looking around, Gu Cheng found that among these disciples, the one with the lowest cultivation level had already reached the eighth level of Qi training, and looking back at himself, it doesn't matter if he doesn't mention it.

After estimating the number of people, there are about 80 to [-] people, many of them stand together in groups of three or four, and some of them are alone, but they are all of quite good strength, either practicing Qi Dzogchen or the eleventh floor.

Gu Cheng sized it up indiscriminately, and found that these disciples were generally older. The youngest one also looked about 40 to [-] years old, and there were very few women. Man, full of murderous intent.

Gu Cheng counted the time boredly, about half a quarter of an hour later.

A unparalleled sword light suddenly lit up in the sky.