On the way back, Zhuang Yan could not help but think about Zhuang Ling's background.
Zhuang Ling was four years older than Zhuang Yan and was the direct descendant of the Zhuang family. Legend had it that when she was born, a mysterious light descended from the sky, flowers bloomed, and a strange fragrance surrounded her body for three days.
Not only did Zhuang Ling inherit the powerful bloodline of her ancestor, Zhuang Jingsheng, but she also had a powerful physique.
It was said that when she was one year old, she was even brought by the current clan leader to meet her ancestor, Zhuang Jingsheng, and received great benefits.
Therefore, Zhuang Ling could be said to be one of the most outstanding people in the Zhuang family of the same generation. She had a very high status in the family. Otherwise, she wouldn't have casually given him a cultivation technique that could allow him to obtain the Heaven Rank.
It was also because of Zhuang Ling's status that she went to the ancestral land back then. On one hand, it was because of the family rules. On the other hand, it was to let her choose people with talent in cultivation from the family to become her future followers and protectors. She wanted to nurture her own direct descendants.
Zhuang Yan was able to catch her eye mainly because he was not complicated and had no way out. Secondly, he was talented and could take charge of his own affairs if he was properly nurtured.
"Brother Zhuang? Why are you here?" An exclamation interrupted Zhuang Yan's thoughts.
He turned his head to look for the sound and saw Luo Qian waving at him a few steps away. Beside him stood the other five core disciples who had entered the sect together with Zhang Yanxiu, who was leading the way.
Zhuang Yan also waved at him and said,"The elder sister of the family invited me to pay her respects."”
"Oh, Brother Zhuang, we still have something to do. We'll leave first. I'll look for you when I'm free.”Zhang Yanxiu was still by her side, so they must not have finished their business.
Therefore, Luo Qian didn't dare to waste any time. He simply greeted Zhuang Yan and bid farewell.
Zhuang Yan smiled.”After saying that, Zhuang Yan did not continue to waste their time and turned to leave.
Zhang Yanxiu looked at Zhuang Yan's receding figure and turned his head to look at the Purple Bamboo Yard in the distance. He thought to himself,""Surname Zhuang? Elder sister?"
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Zhuang Yan quickly returned to his own courtyard in the inner sect. This place was much worse than the residence of a true disciple. It was just a simple house, unlike the Purple Bamboo Courtyard, which had a courtyard and a set.
However, Zhuang Yan was also from a poor background. He was already satisfied with having a place to shelter from the wind and rain. He did not dare to ask for anything else.
After setting up the restrictions and authority of the house through the token, he couldn't wait to open the two cultivation techniques he had obtained today.
The first was the chapter of Soaring Cloud. When he opened the front page, he saw that it was written," Soaring Cloud's qi rushed to the sky, and the spirit entered the Qing Ming Lord's body.”
It was written quite aggressively, but he didn't need it for the time being. He put it aside and picked up the [Innate Qi].
This was mainly a technique used to absorb spiritual energy and transform true essence. It was supplemented by other external techniques to train the body and lay the foundation for cross-border cultivation. It was not very profound.
He flipped open the [Innate Qi] and gradually sank into it, experiencing the subtlety of this technique.
When Zhuang Yan came back to his senses, the sky had already darkened. He could not help but feel a sense of hunger in his stomach. He thought about how he had not eaten since he woke up in the morning, and it was already evening, but his stomach was still empty.
He had only encountered such a situation when he couldn't afford to eat in the past.
Thinking of this, he stood up and walked to the dining table. He saw that there were some complicated spirit runes carved on the table.
Zhuang Yan took the token and placed it in the middle of the table. Then, the spiritual patterns on the table flashed and some simple dishes appeared.
This was a human-friendly design of Xian Tian Sect. With the teleportation runes carved on the table, it could directly teleport the food from the dining hall over to make it convenient for those who were focused on their research and cultivation and did not want to go out.
The food was simple, which was a disadvantage of teleportation. It only provided basic food. If one wanted to eat good food, they had to go to the dining hall and spend merit points to exchange for it.
However, Zhuang Yan did not mind that much. As long as he could eat, it was fine. He immediately picked up his chopsticks and began to sweep the food like a reincarnated ghost.
After eating, the spirit rune teleported the bowls and chopsticks away. Zhuang Yan saw that it was getting late, so he wanted to clean the house and go to bed.
Tomorrow morning, he had to go to the Scripture Hall to listen to the sect's seniors 'lectures and learn the Innate Qi to build his foundation for his future cultivation path.
At night, Zhuang Yan put [Soaring Cloud] into his Qiankun Bag and placed it under his pillow. As for [Innate Qi], he threw it aside. Then, she fell into a deep sleep.
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At this moment, in an unknown and unfathomable place, in an empty hall of a strange building, an illusory halo floated in the air. As the light and shadow flowed, it formed a blurry picture. If one looked carefully, one could recognize the figure.
One of them was the scene of Zhuang Yan lying down in a deep sleep in the Xiantian Sect. There were other scenes beside it, but they were all of others.
Some strange fluctuations began to appear in the hall, and then the blurry figures formed by the halos began to gradually become clear.
In reality, Zhuang Yan, who had fallen asleep, felt himself getting heavier and heavier. He crushed the bed board, crushed the ground, and sank into the ground.
He could not help but panic and try to grab onto something to slow down his fall, but it was useless.
" What's going on?" Before he could cry out, he disappeared in a flash of light.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhuang Yan was still in a daze.
A furious roar woke him up."Sis? Sis, what's wrong? Wake up. Who did this? I'm going to kill him!"
Zhuang Yan propped himself up from the ground and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a young man kneeling on the ground with a delicate and pretty girl in his arms.
He looked around and found that other than the two people who seemed to be siblings, there were five other people lying beside them, four men and one woman.
"Cough, cough, cough. Little Hai, stop shaking. I'm fine.”Just as Zhuang Yan was carefully observing his surroundings, a soft sound like water splashing in the deep pool attracted his attention. It was the girl who had just woken up.
Her voice was really nice, Zhuang Yan thought to himself.
However, he didn't do much. After all, he was in an unfamiliar place. Being more vigilant, doing less, talking less, listening more, and seeing more were the criteria for survival.
"Sister, sit down first. I'll go and see what's going on. I want to see who's so bold as to dare to touch our Shen clan's people.”The young man helped his sister up and sat her down on the ground. He looked around and realized that there was nothing useful. He waved his hand and walked towards the young man who was lying on the ground closest to him.
"Hey, kid, don't play dead.”As he spoke, he lifted his foot and stepped on it.
Just as he thought that his kick would hit, the person lying on the ground, who looked unconscious, suddenly stabbed the foot of the irritable youth with his right hand.
However, the teenager reacted quickly. He slipped and retreated.
"Yo, I couldn't tell. You're still pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger. Come, this young master will accompany you to train properly.”As he spoke, he swung his fist and wanted to charge.
Unexpectedly, a white palm pressed on his shoulder." Alright, Little Hai, don't be rash." Let's see what's going on."
The young girl stepped forward and immediately suppressed the irritable youth.
She walked past her younger brother and raised her hand to apologize to the young man who had pretended to be dead just now."Young master, I'm really sorry. Although my brother was impulsive, he didn't mean any harm.”
" Humph!" The youth's expression improved a little, but he still looked wary.
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"Hey, brother. Where is this place?" Just as Zhuang Yan was watching the development of the situation, someone suddenly poked him in the back and asked.
In an instant, Zhuang Yan did not think about anything. Relying on the basic body-tempering technique he had learned in the Zhuang family's ancestral land, he exerted strength on his toes and moved forward by ten feet. Then, he turned around and looked at the person who had stabbed him.
It was another young man who was lying not far away from him. He had woken up at some point in time and had quietly come to Zhuang Yan's back to stab him.
Zhuang Yan's actions attracted everyone's attention. The young man who had stabbed him just now was standing rooted to the ground. His right hand was half raised and his index finger was extended. He looked at the others awkwardly. Clearly, he did not expect Zhuang Yan to have such a big reaction.
"Hmph, don't call me from behind next time. "If it wasn't for the fact that we're in an unknown place and it's inconvenient for us to act, you would have died just now." As he spoke, Zhuang Yan flung his sleeves and pretended to be unfathomable.
In fact, he was already secretly breaking out in cold sweat. If that person had any ill intentions, he would already be dead.
"Haha, I won't, I won't. Brother, I'm really sorry.”
The stabbing youth was also a tactful person. He gently brushed off the awkwardness from before." I am Ning Yunsheng. Greetings to all of you. I wonder which expert was joking with me. If I have offended you in the past, please forgive me." When he returned, he would definitely pay a visit to apologize.”
After saying that, he glanced at the few people present with a sincere expression.
However, Ning Yunsheng was obviously talking to Niu Tanqin. Everyone present looked at him with a confused expression.
At this moment, the other four people who were lying on the ground had also woken up. They were also looking around in a daze.
One of the young men looked to be in his twenties. The moment he woke up, he unhesitatingly pulled out a narrow and long black knife from his waist. There was a conspicuous red blood groove on it, and a few small skulls were embedded in the handle. This style of weapon did not look like a righteous weapon.
The other burly man had a burly physique, a fierce face, and a fierce expression. After he stood up, a woman who seemed to be a young woman from a wealthy family subconsciously moved away from him.
Just as Zhuang Yan and the other four who woke up first and the four behind them looked at each other, an inexplicable fluctuation appeared in the hall. Then, a ball of light of various colors appeared in the middle.
When the ball of light appeared, a word inexplicably appeared in Zhuang Yan's mind: Space-time island.
The Space-Time Island was a place that the Space-Time Great Dao could not cover. It was located outside of space-time and was difficult to figure out. It was not above, below, or in the past, present, or future. There was no flow of time here. The past, present, future, karma, fate, and all other laws were useless here.
The information that appeared in his mind shocked Zhuang Yan. He subconsciously looked at the others and saw that they had different expressions. This meant that he wasn't the only one who had received the information. The others had the same expression.
Zhuang Yan continued to recall the information in his mind.
Those who entered the space-time island were lucky and unlucky. You may die at any time, and you may also obtain unimaginable opportunities…
After reading the description, Zhuang Yan roughly understood what was going on.
This meant that the Space-Time Island would send the selected people to various places to carry out missions. After completing the missions, they would receive merit points, which could be exchanged for various things.
However, just like the introduction just now, coming here was both lucky and unfortunate. The unfortunate part was that if the mission was not completed, the contribution points would be deducted. If the contribution points were insufficient, they would be erased! If he died during the mission, he would really die.
"Hmph, nonsense. If there really is such a strange place, how could our Shen clan not have records of it?”
" I don't know where this audacious person came from. How dare he play with me. When I return, I'll definitely ask the elders in the clan to raze this place to the ground," the hot-tempered youth said again and cursed.
"Alright, Little Hai, don't say anything." His sister stopped him again and continued.
"Qin Mengyu greets everyone. This is my younger brother, Qin Haiyun. He is still a child. If he has offended you in any way, please forgive him. I don't know how you guys can teach me about the current situation, please give me some pointers."
When Qin Haiyun heard Qin Mengyu call him a " child ", he was about to retort, but he was glared back.
The conversation between Qin Haiyun and Qin Mengyu broke the silence.
When the young woman from the wealthy family saw Qin Mengyu, she couldn't help but take a few steps toward her due to the psychological dependence of the same sex.
Then, the young woman bowed to everyone and said,"My name is Liu Ruyi, my father is Liu Mengjie, and my husband is Marquis Jin of Yan Country. If you can save me, I will repay you generously!”
The saber-wielding young man glanced at Liu Ruyi with a hint of disdain on his face. He didn't say anything.
On the other hand, the burly man was probably not a good person either. He pinched his chin and looked at Liu Ruyi and Qin Mengyu."Little ladies, why don't I send you back?”
"You're courting death." Before Qin Mengyu and Liu Ruyi could say anything, the hot-tempered youth jumped up and shouted angrily. At the same time, a wave of spiritual energy appeared on his body. It was obvious that he was about to make a move.
"Little Hai!" Qin Mengyu stopped Qin Haiyun once again." Have you forgotten what Gu Dao said about not killing your companions?”
Qin Haiyun's eyes were wide open, and he panted a few times before he managed to suppress his anger. However, he still glared at the burly man and gritted his teeth,""How dare you tease my sister? Just you wait. When we get back, I'll definitely search the world and burn you to ashes.”
Although Qin Mengyu stopped Qin Haiyun, her face turned cold and she didn't say anything.
The burly man couldn't help but take a step back. He didn't expect that the words he used to tease women in the bandit den would actually make Qin Haiyun furious.
Moreover, from the looks of it, his identity was either rich or noble. He might have attracted a great enemy to himself. Thinking of this, the burly man's expression could not help but turn gloomy.
Ning Yunsheng, who had previously stabbed Zhuang Yan, stepped out to be the peacemaker.""Haha, everyone, don't be angry. We're all on the same boat now, and the situation is unclear. It's better to work together. May I ask how I should address you?"
Zhuang Yan, the knife-wielding youth, and the youth pretending to be asleep stood silently at the side and did not interfere in what had just happened.
However, Ning Yunsheng's words eased the tense atmosphere a little.
Several people were captured by the island at the same time. Zhuang Yan also agreed with Ning Yunsheng's statement that they were on the same boat, so he was the first to respond,
"Zhuang Yan."
"Bai Cang." The young man who was pretending to be asleep replied.
When it was the knife-wielding youth's turn, he was silent for a moment before coldly saying,""Song Yan."
Then, his eyes focused on the burly man. The burly man was still worried that he would attract Qin Haiyun's revenge. When the words reached his throat, he swallowed them back. After a while, he hesitated and said,""Just call me Old Wu." He still didn't dare to reveal his real name.
After everyone reported their names, Zhuang Yan happened to see Bai Cang staring at the ball of light in a daze. He did not know what he was thinking.
"Brother Bai Cang, you've been staring at the ball of light. Did you discover anything?"”
Bai Cang looked away from the ball of light and hesitated for a moment before saying,"Take a look at the item exchange list it just mentioned.”
With this reminder, everyone realized that they had been busy searching for the identity of the owner of this place and that what had just happened had disturbed their minds. They had not thought much about the information that had appeared in their minds.
According to the information, Zhuang Yan opened the item exchange list mentioned by Gu Dao.
On it were written cultivation techniques, medicinal pills, natural treasures, and magic treasures.
Other than the exchange function, there were other functions such as healing and enlightenment.
Looking at its description, it was simply beyond imagination. For example, Healing could eliminate any negative state. Even if one was dying, they could recover to their original state.
In addition, enlightenment could allow one to be in a state of enlightenment for twelve times. At that time, the efficiency of studying cultivation techniques would be more than a hundred times higher than usual.
Zhuang Yan tried to open the exchange board and clicked on the cultivation technique exchange column.
[Premier Jade Pure Scripture]
Taiqing Tao Te Ching
[Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art]
[Sumeru Scripture of the Three Worlds]
Chaos Beginning Demon Scripture
Fairy Slaying Sword Manual
Book of the Chaos
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It was a high and mighty scripture, but the string of zeros behind the achievement points required to exchange for it was daunting.
Of course, there were also second-class ones, such as:
[Martial Mystic Scripture]
Myriad Transformations Scripture
Secret Manual of Langhuan
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These second-class cultivation techniques could only be exchanged for hundreds of thousands of contribution points. Zhuang Yan looked at his contribution points. It was 500 points, and it was a gift from the isolated island.
After comparing the exchange prices of the items on the rankings, Zhuang Yan silently retracted his gaze. He wanted to, but he couldn't. It was really a pity in life.
Just as everyone was immersed in the shock brought by the powerful cultivation techniques and magic treasures on the exchange list, a voice that was neither male nor female came from the hall."Harmonization of souls completed, karma screening completed, world selected-God Deification. Teleportation will begin in fifteen minutes.”
An inexplicable voice pulled everyone back to reality.
"What should we do now? Should we believe it?”Ning Yunsheng was a little anxious. After all, everything was strange. They didn't even know who the mastermind was or what his purpose was.
Qin Mengyu let out a sigh of relief, and her expression became better. She walked forward and said,""The current situation is unclear. I think we should observe the situation for the time being and not act rashly. What do you think?"
"It's not impossible to observe the situation for now, but we should also make some preparations. According to the description of the island, the mission is very dangerous. Now, each of us has 500 contribution points. In case we are really sent to carry out the mission, I think we should combine our contribution points and exchange them for certain life-saving items.”Bai Cang added.
After Zhuang Yan heard this, he also felt that what the two of them said made sense. However, he did not know what the rest of the people thought.
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