C54 Discovery

"Master."

Zhu Chaoyun and the rest immediately bowed in respect and admiration towards Lu Xian.

"Senior apprentice-brother."

Xiao Zhi nodded his head, but felt that something was amiss.

Lu Xian walked forward, looked at everyone, and furrowed his brows for a long while before sighing.

"May I ask Master if you've made a decision?"

Zhu Chaoyun asked softly.

Lu Xian pondered for a moment, then looked at the crowd, his entire person regained his composure, and softly said: "The Sect Leader has already decided on this matter, and he has given this trial the title of 'blood forest Escape'."

"blood forest? "Could it be that place?!"

Zhu Chaoyun's lost voice puzzled the Xiao Zhi, who then received Wu Bupang's soft explanation.

The blood forest was said to be a battle of life and death that occurred many years ago on the continent of Douluo. It was said that in that battle, there were more than a hundred cultivators who had reached the Dao Sovereign level. As for the other cultivators, there were thousands more.

That battle caused the winds and clouds to change. Mountains and rivers shattered, and blood dyed the earth. In the end, the battle ended at a certain location in the Ancient History Forest. However, the vast area was still dyed red with blood, and even after a long period of time, it was still difficult to clear.

Some people said that it was because the cultivators participating in the battle were too powerful, and their blood contained a rich amount of spirit energy. This caused the trees to be contaminated, and even caused an internal change.

There were also people who disagreed, saying that it was because the souls of the dead experts did not perish and were possessed by those trees. Otherwise, how could it be explained that even after such a long period of time, there would still be the stench of blood emanating into the air?

Regardless of the reason, the name 'blood forest' spread like wildfire. Over time, many people came to know that there was an area within the Ancient History Plains that resembled a blood wood called 'blood forest'.

The most terrifying thing was that the legends said that a peerless vicious beast once appeared. It was extremely terrifying. Even Dao Sovereigns would have to back down if they encountered one, but in reality, there was no conclusive evidence.

Just how big was the Ancient Forest of History?

No one could say for sure, the entire Ancient History of the Forest extended across the entire Douluo Continent, and just happened to split the entire continent in half. The east was the 'Emperor Dragon Dynasty', and the west was the 'Tianyu Dynasty'.

Its area was definitely comparable to that of a large empire. For example, the Heaven Gate, where the Xiao Zhi was currently located, was merely a corner of the Emperor Dragon Dynasty. It could not even be considered to be the central region of the Primordial Forest of Ancient History.

All of this was because the Ancient History of the Forest was simply too big.

"That's right."

Lu Xian nodded, and said at the same time: "Moreover, this time, it's different from the past. A new generation of disciples can only form a three-man team, and that is limited to me. "

"Three? In the history of the Gate of Heaven, six people were allowed to go there on one occasion. "

Wu Bupang shouted, "Master, this is too unfair. They have been cultivating for a long time, and their strength is not weak in the slightest. If one person can easily ravage our group, how can the three of us play? Just extend your neck and let him chop it off. "

The other people's faces were also ugly, the thoughts in their minds were exactly the same as Wu Bupang. Even the Xiao Zhi frowned. Regarding the strength of Mo Yan, Long Aoyun and the others, although he had not personally fought, he had a rough understanding of them. Unless he produced all three types of dao diagrams at the same time, he would not even have the confidence to retreat safely.

"Without fighting, you are already fearful. How can you become a true expert?"

Lu Xian suddenly roared out explosively, his gaze cold and fierce, pressuring everyone. This was the first time Xiao Zhi had seen Lu Xian in such a state, and the bottom of his heart could not help but tremble.

Wu Bupang remained submissive for a long while before bowing, "This disciple knows his wrongs." The others also reacted and quickly bowed in salute.

During this month, as long as you all can come out from there, you will receive rewards of a hundred Middle Grade Essence Stone. If you can get a large number of contribution points and get first place, you will be able to get a high-rank Earth Realm cultivation technique. Furthermore, you will also get rewards of a hundred Superior Essence Stone.

Lu Xian took a deep breath and explained slowly.

Any disciple who entered the blood forest would receive a 'contribution token', and the amount of contribution points collected would affect the reward they obtained in the end.

High-grade Earth Realm martial skills were definitely rare and valuable. Even some of the big clans might not have them. And for the Gate of Heaven to reward him with this trial, it was clear that he had put in a lot of effort into it.

However, one could imagine how difficult it was. Among them, the participants were not only the new generation of disciples, but also the previous generation. There was a huge gap between the two sides that was difficult to bridge.

However, everyone knew that they would definitely participate in this battle. Otherwise, he would be expelled from the Heaven Gate. In the end, the number of people who will attend is inconclusive, perhaps many, perhaps very few.

"You guys can choose your partners. In a month, this training field will be held as scheduled."

Lu Xian said many more things about the training, and the most important thing now was to form a team. If they truly wanted to fight against the previous generation of disciples, then the three-man team needed to have a certain level of tacit understanding. Otherwise, forget about winning, even surviving would be a difficult problem.

After giving instructions, the fat Bai Fei arrived. When he entered, he first looked at Wu Bupang. The two of them had similar figures, so naturally, they had a good impression of each other.

"This time, if I have the chance, I will help you guys from the shadows. However, you can't completely rely on me because I have my own opponent."

Bai Fei's expression was serious, and did not have the slightest intention to joke around. The reason why he said these words in advance was not to let everyone rely on him, but to let everyone enter with a little bit of confidence, so that they would not have to enter and start to worry.

Sure enough, after Bai Fei finished speaking, the others also heaved a sigh of relief. If Bai Fei was here, then the guarantee of his life would naturally increase.

Very quickly, the disciples began to choose partners from each other.

In fact, it was quite a coincidence. Originally, there were fourteen disciples in the Leisurely Hall, and adding Gao Zhi, there were exactly fifteen people. However, Lu Xian did not mention this point, so he naturally calculated it together.

Wu Bupang, sadly, did not have any candidate. It's because he's too weak among the disciples. There were no candidates in Xiao Zhi, so some of them knew about his situation and felt that he was a good person to cause trouble, but if they were to form a team, it would be troublesome.

Zhu Chaoyun, Gong Xuee and Dian Xiaole formed a party at the first moment. The others all moved quickly as well, choosing disciples who were on good terms with them. In the end, only Wu Bupang and the Xiao Zhi were slightly baffled. There were no candidates for them.

Other than them, there was also Zhang Ling, that silent youth.

Although he was just a teenager, his eyes were as cold as a snake's, causing others to feel very uncomfortable. Not to mention forming a party, even the usual interactions were hard to bear.

Wu Bupang opened his mouth, and in the end, he looked at Gao Zhi helplessly. "Xiao Zhi, it looks like, we are destined to be together.

"Yes."

Xiao Zhi didn't really care who he was with, he just responded and no longer said anything.

"Zhang Ling, how about you join Xiao Zhi and Wu Bupang?"

Zhu Chaoyun opened his mouth. Since he was the eldest senior brother, his words still held some authority. Sure enough, when Zhang Ling heard it, he did not reject, and only nodded.

"Xiao Zhi, do you have any objections?"

Zhu Chaoyun looked at Xiao Zhi again, and asked with a smile.

"No, of course not."

Xiao Zhi shook his head and looked towards Bai Fei at the same time, "Bai Fei, how many people from the thirty-eighth generation will be participating this time?"

Hearing this, Bai Fei pondered for a moment, and softly said: "Other than me, the rest of the side halls, the other halls, will probably not wait for two to five people, and there will probably be more than a hundred people participating. After all, some of the side halls do not have disciples."

After pausing for a moment, he continued, "Perhaps even less than that, it will be controlled within one hundred, or even eighty to ninety people."

Xiao Zhi nodded his head. After all, there were only six hundred disciples in the thirty-ninth generation, if too many disciples of the thirty-eighth generation participated, there was no way to fight them.

"Therefore, in this month, you must make adequate preparations and work hard to increase your cultivation."

Bai Fei warned repeatedly, "During this time, I will always be at the Leisurely Heart Palace. If you have any questions, come and ask me."

The crowd conversed for a while longer before dispersing.

The Xiao Zhi was silent. He did not speak any further with Wu Bupang and Zhang Ling and directly left for Meridian. He still had many things he did not know, so he had to carefully look through them.

Ignoring the first floor of Meridian, Xiao Zhi went straight to the second floor. Before he entered, he naturally had to take out his elder medallion.

Xiao Zhi walked about again and again. He did not want to find those powerful secret skills. Because he had the 'Yuan Tian Magic Seal', and that was enough. What he needed now were the insights regarding the cultivation of the dao diagrams. These things were very important to him.

Very quickly, Xiao Zhi found what seemed to be the cultivation experience written by an elder-class person. It recorded his understanding of each and every Realm, as well as his understanding of the Dao Diagram.

Although he had seen many things, he still wanted to find something different from them. Very quickly, he finished reading this book of cultivation experience, and Xiao Zhi found nothing. He could not help but sigh. This book of cultivation experience, if placed in the ordinary world, would definitely become an important treasure of some ordinary clans, and could be compared with high-grade Earth rank secret skills.

In the end, the Xiao Zhi put this thought aside for the time being. Maybe he could only rely on himself to cultivate his dao diagrams.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Zhi's gaze swept across the bamboo scroll. The bamboo scroll seemed very old, as though it had been there for a long time. Xiao Zhi reached out his hand to take it, but to his astonishment, he discovered that there was nothing inside.

"Nothing?"

The Xiao Zhi was confused. If there really was nothing written down, why would the Heaven Gate place it at the second level of the Meridian?

"Strange."

Xiao Zhi muttered. He extended his hand and rubbed it. The places where he touched were smooth, but there was nothing special about them.

"A prank?"

The Xiao Zhi smiled as if this was the only explanation.

Just as Xiao Zhi was about to put it down, a light ripple from inside his body suddenly passed through Xiao Zhi's right hand and rushed towards the bamboo scroll.

The Xiao Zhi was surprised, he had already felt a change, it was actually the golden sword that he had obtained.

The bamboo block suddenly changed and a pattern appeared on it – a Mountain Diagram.