Chapter 316: Robbing People
Chapter 316 – Robbing People
The eighth day of the opening of the Tian Yuan Secret Realm.
Xu Chuniang swept a glance at the palace in front of her, and her gaze fell to the word “Heavenly Dao” above the plaque.
This magnificent palace with its closed doors was the Heavenly Dao Palace that she had been searching for days.
The two words “Heavenly Dao” seemed ordinary, but after looking at them for a long time, they seemed to give birth to infinite changes that could draw the mind into them.
Until the token in her hand continued to heat up, a touch of burning meaning was born, Xu Chuniang was only shaken and her consciousness returned to the cage.
She took a deep breath, her gaze falling on top of the token in her hand, sending aura into it.
However, a force of resistance emanated from the token, ejecting all the aura.
After a moment’s thought, Xu Chuniang cut her fingertip, and a drop of blood landed on top of the token, instantly blending into it.
In the next second, her eyes went black.
When she regained consciousness again, she was already in a large hall filled with stone pillars.
On these stone pillars, most of them were empty, and a small portion had cultivators sitting on them.
And her foothold happened to be on top of one of the stone pillars.
“Hey, there’s another one.”
A slightly excited voice rang out from the left, and a bone-thin male cultivator looked over towards Xu Chuniang.
His gaze landed on her body with interest, glancing back and forth.
Xu Chuniang’s brows furrowed in an undetectable frown, this cultivator’s eyes were far too blunt.
“There’s no need to be nervous. Right now, the trial hasn’t officially begun, and on top of this stone pillar, cultivators can’t attack each other.”
The skinny male cultivator seemed to have seen her disquiet, and with a hefty smile, he explained, “This is your first time coming to the Heavenly Dao Palace, right?”
Xu Chuniang ignored him and only sat down on her knees, secretly observing.
There were a total of three hundred and sixty-one stone pillars here, of which less than a hundred were occupied by cultivators.
Could it be that the trial would not officially begin until all the stone pillars were occupied?
I just don’t know the specific content of that trial, and what it is.
The skinny male cultivator was uninterested, but the smile on his face was unchanged.
“Since you’re a newcomer, I’m sure you don’t know much about this Heavenly Dao Palace, are you interested in cooperating?”
Only then did Xu Chuniang look at him one more time, “How to cooperate?”
She didn’t know much about the Heavenly Dao Palace, but since someone was rushing to ask her to ‘cooperate’, there was no harm in listening.
The smile on the skinny male cultivator’s face deepened, “Naturally, in the trial in a moment, we will work hand in hand.”
“Just the two of us?”
“Naturally more than that. Counting you there are a total of five people. How about it, want to consider joining us?”
Before Xu Chuniang could reply, a slightly familiar voice came from the right.
“Would you like to consider coming to our side, we have a total of twelve people here. Together with fellow Daoist, that’s a full thirteen people.”
Xu Chuniang heard the voice and looked over, and across four or five stone pillars, she could see the person’s face at a glance.
It was the old crone beside City Lord Xie Changyuan.
Seeing Xu Chuniang look over, the old woman revealed a kind smile, only her eyes were arrogant.
“We are from the City Lord’s Mansion, if you choose to join us, you can at least pass through the first few barriers safely and securely.”
Before Xu Chuniang could reply, the skinny cultivator on her left was annoyed.
“Granny Gong, you’re here to steal people from me again! Obviously I invited this Taoist friend first, you are acting like this, it’s a bit too much, isn’t it?”
The smile on Granny Gong’s face slightly converged, revealing several deep wrinkles. “I didn’t rob with you, the right to choose is in the hands of this fairy, clear-eyed people know how to choose.”
Thin male cultivator angry jumping feet, Gong woman mouth said did not rob, but her side of the number of people is more, and then move out the name of the City Lord’s mansion, and how many people will not be moved?
Earlier, there were two people who were robbed by her.
Xu Chuniang thought for a moment, “I don’t know much about this Heavenly Dao Palace, do I have to cooperate to participate in the trial?”
“Naturally not. It’s just that according to past experience, it’s best to choose to embrace the group, so as to maximize the passing rate. At least the first few rounds of levels, can easily pass”
Seeing that this female cultivator didn’t agree to Granny Gong’s invitation in one go, the skinny male cultivator’s spirit perked up and he hurriedly opened his mouth to clear up her confusion.
“Every time you pass a round of barriers, you will be rewarded accordingly, and joining a team is a matter of cooperation and mutual benefit.”
“What if someone pretends to cooperate but secretly turns against each other?”
Xu Chuniang’s eyes were calm, a temporarily formed team with any number of people in it.
If they just paid lip service to cooperation, it would be meaningless at all.
“Just take an oath before joining the team. There are rules in the Heavenly Dao Palace, and the oath is effective, the punishment for violating the oath is quite severe. But don’t worry, this oath will automatically lose its binding power after leaving the Heavenly Dao Palace.”
Granny Gong also nodded, “Exactly, no matter what team you join, you must take an oath before entering.”
“Then do the two Daoists know the specifics of this so-called trial?”
The skinny male cultivator shook his head, “Each trial in this Heavenly Dao Palace is different, and even though this is the third time I’ve entered this place, I can’t predict it beforehand.”
Xu Chuniang’s eyes showed a thoughtful expression.
These two couldn’t wait to pull her into the team, and since they were bound by the Heavenly Dao Oath, there was no need for her to refuse.
It was just that she hadn’t thought about which side to join.
The City Lord’s Mansion is certainly powerful, just that once you choose them, it means …… that you can’t make a move against them.
But no matter what, agreeing to one side would inevitably offend the other.
Seeing that the female cultivator was hesitant to say anything, there was a hidden color of impatience in Gong Brahma s eyes.
Just between their conversations, several more people entered, she didn’t have time to waste any more time.
“Has the fairy considered whether she wants to join our City Lord’s Mansion?”
The skinny male cultivator’s face showed urgency and he deliberately lowered his voice.
“Fellow Daoist should consider carefully ah, joining the City Lord’s Mansion will certainly allow you to easily pass the first few levels, but it’s limited to that.”
Xu Chuniang sighed in her heart, clasped her fist towards Granny Gong, and slowly spoke amidst the other party’s satisfied look, “I’m sorry.”
Grandma Gong’s face stiffened, and she snorted coldly, “Not knowing how to raise your honor!”
After saying these words, she ignored Xu Chuniang again and turned to look at the several newly appeared cultivators.
The skinny male cultivator, however, had his eyes lit up, “Congratulations on joining, my name is Chu Youtian. I haven’t yet asked for your name, fellow Daoist?”
“My surname is Yan, I wonder what you meant by ‘limited to this’?”
The skinny male cultivator hesitated slightly before finally speaking.
“The so-called partnership is actually temporary. The rules of certain levels will allow team members …… to kill each other.”
Xu Chuniang was slightly startled, then realized that perhaps this was the Heavenly Dao Palace’s way of checking and balancing, avoiding too many people passing the trials.
“But Fellow Daoist Yan can rest assured that before we get that far, we can at least maintain a cooperative relationship.”
Chu Youtian smiled in a pretense of lightheartedness, “At that time, it will be up to each of you. Or you can also choose to leave the Heavenly Dao Palace early after passing a certain barrier.”
(End of chapter)