Chapter 80: Remember to go to bed early
Chapter 80 Remember to Sleep Early
The cultivators following behind Qin Tang were all horrified when they noticed the scene in the distance.
“What a bunch of idiots, they’ve all said they’ve encountered the weirdness, and they’re still trying to escape. Really don’t know how to write the word death.”
“One of them I recognize is Foundation Establishment Cultivator Sun Kai Rong. This person’s Dao is quite impressive, I didn’t expect to die so silently.”
“Strange, how come we didn’t see any heaven and earth anomalies when they died?”
“This is the first time you’ve heard of weirdness, right? Under the shroud of weirdness, it becomes its own rules. Most of the common sense of the past fails. That’s why it’s even more important to treat it with care.”
“Thank you, fellow Daoist, for your guidance.”
……
While walking and communicating with divine sense, the people had different expressions.
Not long after, Qin Tang led the crowd to a tall building.
In the center was a straight passageway.
On both sides of the passageway, there were small cubicles spread out.
Inside each compartment, there was little other decoration.
It was just a simple placement of five wooden beds.
“Alright! Everyone will rest here tonight! Tomorrow morning, gather in the square!” Qin Tang turned to the crowd and said.
After saying that, he shook his head and walked out.
“By the way, remember to go to bed early oh!”
After the figure disappeared, Qin Tang’s voice once again came faintly.
Seeing that weirdness disappear, the cultivators present finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Most of them were people who were more familiar with each other, and together they found a house to stay in.
That Sikong Yi and Baili Dust, naturally, lived in one place.
Li Fan did not choose to go over there, but just picked another house that was closer to them.
There were already two people in the house.
These two also knew each other and were exchanging something with their divine sense.
Li Fan did not greet them either.
Lying straight on the bed, the Xuan Huang Refining Heart Mantra was running, and the distracting thoughts in his mind were eliminated.
Within a short time, he fell into a deep sleep.
The other two people who were still talking saw this, and first froze.
Then they thought of something, and their faces suddenly turned pale, seemingly in a fit of fear.
The two then hurriedly stopped communicating as well, and instead forced themselves, into sleep.
But not everyone was keenly aware of what was about to happen.
There were still quite a few people who were exchanging with their companions about what they had seen and heard today, as well as their desires for the treasures that might exist in this brand new Cloud Water Heavenly Palace Ruins.
The expressions were so excited that it was difficult to sleep.
Time just passed bit by bit.
I don’t know how long it took.
Suddenly, the light inside this tall building suddenly disappeared.
In the midst of the darkness, Qin Tang’s voice sounded eerily.
“Aiya, none of the newcomers are very obedient this time.”
“I’ve told you to go to bed early.”
“How come by now, there are still so many people who haven’t rested yet.”
“It wouldn’t be good if we delayed tomorrow morning’s test.”
“Since you can’t sleep, I’ll give you guys a hand.”
“Pfft!”
“Pfft!”
“Pfft!”
Creepy sounds kept ringing out.
It was unknown how many cultivators had buried their lives without even being able to utter a single scream.
Only then did everyone present realize that Qin Tang’s phrase “Remember to go to bed early” was not a joke.
But it was already too late.
The auras of the cultivators disappeared from the senses without stopping.
Some wanted to yell and wake up the ones that were already asleep.
However, just as the sound came out, it came to an abrupt end.
Killing and death spread through the darkness.
Under this terrifying atmosphere, some cultivators who hadn’t yet fallen asleep finally couldn’t take it anymore.
The aura in their bodies surged, and they were about to exert their full strength to fight the white-clothed Qin Tang to the death.
Qin Tang snorted coldly, seemingly offended.
The blue light lit up and just went out again.
Thus, these cultivators who wished to resist did not make the slightest ripple, and fell so silently.
After killing these people, Qin Tang’s mood seemed to be a little better. “Ai, this errand is really tiring. If it weren’t for the Sect Master, Senior Brother and Sister, who have all disappeared, there would be no need for me to have to step in.”
“No fun, really no fun. Why don’t we go drinking!”
This Qin Tang’s words were preverbal and he acted as he pleased.
As the words faded away, the surviving cultivators inside the building all let out a long sigh of relief.
But no one could guarantee when this Qin Tang would return.
Thus, they all tried to catch some sleep.
But ……
Sleeping was something that those who often suffered from insomnia surely knew all too well.
If there is nothing in the mind, it is also said to fall asleep.
But on the contrary, if the heart has been thinking about this thing, forcing themselves to sleep.
Nine times out of ten, you will wake up the moment you are about to fall asleep.
On top of that, many of these cultivators had already gotten used to replacing sleep with closed-door cultivation.
It was as if they had already lost the ability to sleep.
Thus, even though they knew that they would die if they didn’t sleep, there were still many cultivators who failed to fall asleep.
Seeing that the hypocritical Qin Tang would return at any moment, these people had no choice.
In their hearts, they secretly hated that they had not learned one or two hypnosis spells before coming here, so they had no choice but to knock themselves out in an attempt to be able to muddle through.
Unfortunately, in Qin Tang’s eyes, falling asleep and passing out were obviously two different concepts.
Thus, in the latter half of the night, when Qin Tang came again.
There was another bloody storm.
The next morning, when Li Fan woke up.
What he saw were the corpses all over the building.
That Jiao Xiuyuan, as expected by Li Fan, had not been able to break through this level.
His body and head were separated, lying there quietly.
Naturally, Li Fan would not have any pity for him.
Without delay, Li Fan went straight to yesterday’s square.
With yesterday’s lesson, the cultivators didn’t go scurrying elsewhere and obediently gathered in the square.
The crowd was sparse, and less than two-thirds of yesterday’s cultivators survived.
The trial hadn’t even officially begun, and there were so many casualties.
Those who survived were pessimistic about what would happen next, and their faces were uninspired.
Li Fan knew that this was just the beginning.
In the end, less than one tenth of this first batch of cultivators who entered the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace would make it out alive.
In the crowd, Li Fan also saw the figures of Sikong Yi and Baili Dust.
It was just a sweeping glance, and his sight did not linger much.
Silently waiting for Qin Tang to arrive.
Not long after, Qin Tang appeared in front of the crowd once again.
He was holding a wine gourd in his hand, and as he walked, he poured it into his mouth.
“Good wine! Good wine!”
Qin Tang exclaimed in pain before he gazed at the surviving cultivators in the square.
“Good, it seems that everyone has arrived.”
“Then, we will officially begin the first test.”
His eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was recalling something.
“Master once said that there are three things that are the most crucial in the search for immortality.”
“Natural talent, heart, and qi.”
“Master believes that of these three things, the natural talent is the most important.”
“I, on the other hand, am not.”
“I thought that of the three, it is the heart that is the most important.”
“That’s why the threefold tests I arranged are all related to heartiness.”
Qin Tang slowly spoke while leading the crowd inside an attic.
The attic had three floors.
The first floor that the crowd was on was filled with hundreds of bookshelves.
Each shelf was filled with books.
The crowd fixed their eyes on them.
The Book of Flying Cloud Illusions, The Flying Thunder Escape, and the Greenwood Rejuvenation Technique ……
Each of the books was, quite literally, a merit technique.
Everyone’s breath hitched.
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