65: Chapter 65 Crimson Trial? Not even a dog would go!

Three months after you left the Sect.

On this day, you were in your temporary Immortal Cave, sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed, making final preparations to break through to the Core Formation Stage.

The Sect token at your waist suddenly vibrated slightly.

You probed it with your Divine Sense, and a decree issued personally by the Sect Master clearly appeared in your mind.

"Sect Decree: The Crimson Trial will begin in one month. All Disciples of my Azure Cloud Sect under the age of one hundred with a cultivation level at the Foundation Establishment Stage may sign up to participate..."

"Oh? The Crimson Trial is opening again?"

Seeing these familiar words, a playful smile curled the corners of your lips.

You recalled the scene from your last simulation where you slaughtered your way through the Crimson Trial and seized the nine heavens breathing soil, and you also remembered the feat in the real world where you effortlessly looted the entire Crimson Trial.

"Calculating the time, the batch of people going in this time should be Su Qinghan and her group again."

You calculated in your heart.

"I just don't know what kind of wonderful expression they will have when they rush in excitedly, only to find that they can't even find a single hair inside."

You suddenly became interested.

"Since I'm idle anyway, why not... go watch a good show?"

After the trial officially began, with a thought, you activated Carefree Roam (Gold).

The scene before your eyes shifted, and the next moment, you had already appeared on that familiar, dark red land filled with the scent of blood and decay.

You did not reveal yourself, but instead activated Breath Concealment Technique (Purple), perfectly hiding your aura.

You found a hilltop with the best view and sat down comfortably, just like an audience member waiting for the show to begin.

Not long after, the space in mid-air twisted, and a huge blood-red vortex slowly emerged.

Immediately after, streaks of light flew out from the vortex, scattering to every corner of this land like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Disciples from the Azure Cloud Sect, Heavenly Demon Valley, Beast Taming Manor...

Disciples from various major Sects, each carrying a longing for Opportunity and a yearning for the future, stepped onto this land fraught with danger.

You even saw that familiar, cold-as-the-moon white figure of Su Qinghan in the crowd.

Just like in the last simulation, her cultivation had already reached the Middle Foundation Establishment Stage, and her whole body radiated a cold Sword Intent that kept strangers at a distance.

"Tsk tsk, the young girl is quite hardworking. It's a pity, she came for nothing."

You shook your head, feeling a trace of pity for her in your heart.

The good show had officially begun.

You saw a team of Azure Cloud Sect Disciples flying excitedly towards a valley in their memory that was rich in "Red Sun Grass".

As a result, when they arrived, they turned the entire valley upside down; never mind Red Sun Grass, they couldn't even find a single blade of grass.

"What is going on? Doesn't the map say this is a habitat for Red Sun Grass?"

"Could it be that someone got here first?"

"That's impossible! We were the first batch to enter!"

They were all dumbfounded, their faces full of confusion.

On the other side, a team of Heavenly Demon Valley Disciples snuck into a graveyard filled with heavy Yin Qi.

It is said that a third-order "Zombie King" is buried here, and a priceless "Corpse Pill" is gestating within its body.

They exhausted all their efforts to set up a great formation, finally luring the Zombie King out from underground.

A great battle ensued, fought until the sky went dark.

In the end, they paid a heavy price of three casualties to successfully slay the Zombie King.

However, when they sliced open the Zombie King's body, preparing to harvest the fruits of victory, they found it empty.

The Corpse Pill that should have been there had vanished into thin air.

"Pfft—"

The leader of the Heavenly Demon Valley Disciples was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot and fainted directly.

Similar scenes played out continuously in every corner of the Crimson Trial.

Everyone was going crazy.

They discovered that this ancient Secret Realm, rumored to be filled with treasures everywhere, seemed to have been meticulously sifted through by someone with a sieve.

Everything valuable was gone! Even Spiritual Plants with slightly longer ages had been uprooted! Nothing was left! It was cleaner than a locust plague!

"What the hell is going on!?"

"It's haunted! This place is definitely haunted!"

"Which goddamn bastard did this! This is too wicked! They didn't even leave us a single hair!"

Countless Cultivators roared at the sky, letting out desperate and angry shouts.

You sat on the mountaintop, watching this hilarious scene, laughing until you rocked back and forth, tears almost coming to your eyes.

"Hahahaha! This is so fun! This is much more interesting than watching a play!"

You even saw Su Qinghan bringing a few Disciples to the Great Earth Rift Valley you had visited before.

They were clearly also aiming for that "thick earth spirit ginseng".

As a result, after they arduously defeated the guardian Yao Beast, the "One-Horned Earth Dragon Python", they found that the pool where the spirit ginseng grew had dried up, and there wasn't even a single water plant inside.

You saw Su Qinghan standing by the empty pool, her cold, pretty face turning green and then white, and in the end, she could only sigh helplessly.

"Satisfying!"

You felt your thoughts were clear and your whole body was comfortable.

This feeling of hiding behind the scenes, manipulating everything, and watching others go crazy for you was simply too satisfying.

One month later, you activated Carefree Roam (Gold) and returned to your temporary Immortal Cave in the desolate mountains.

The chaos of the outside world had nothing to do with you.

You took out a large pile of perfect-quality third-grade elixir that you had refined yourself from your Storage Pouch.

"Dragon-Tiger Pill", "Spirit Nourishing Pill", "Soul Returning Pill"...

Any one of these Medicinal Pills, if taken outside, would be enough to cause frantic scrambling among Core Formation Stage Cultivators.

And now, they would all become stepping stones for your breakthrough to the Core Formation Stage.

"Come on! Let me see just how hard it is to break through to the Core Formation Stage!"

A light of unprecedented determination flashed in your eyes as you popped a "Dragon-Tiger Pill" into your mouth.