Ancient Devouring Technique

Chapter 885 Entering the Valley
There is no doubt that the Yinsha Sect will plot something in this trial. The question is just how they will do it.

Now that the Yinsha Sect has not arrived yet, it is obvious that they are doing it on purpose. They must be trying to hide something and don't want the Xuanyun Sect to find out too early.

The Second Patriarch Tieshan led everyone to the locations of the other sects, and moved closer to the location of the Xianshui Sect, with which they had a good relationship. The two sects met up, and several elders leading the other side came forward to greet Tieshan and the others.

After a brief greeting, everyone from Xuanyun Sect found a place to rest. Ye Xuan didn't want to socialize with those people from Xianshui Sect, so he simply went aside to close his eyes and rest, leaving the Second Patriarch Tieshan and the Third Patriarch Huo Miao to talk with them.

When introducing Ye Xuan, Tieshan simply said that he was the newly invited elder of Xuanyun Sect. Although the people of Xianshui Sect were puzzled, they did not ask too much. During the conversation, they kindly reminded Tieshan and others to be careful of Yinsha Sect. It seems that the situation of the two sects is now known to everyone, and many people are probably waiting to see the show...

Because the date when the poison ivy in the Poison Ivy Valley begins to hibernate is not absolutely fixed, the various sects usually wait outside the valley a few days in advance, and then enter the valley after the poison ivy goes dormant. According to past rules, the date when the poison ivy goes dormant should be within these two days.

The people from several major sects each occupied an area and waited quietly. There was not much communication between them. They were all calmly adjusting their states and making final preparations for the journey into the valley in the near future.

What was quite surprising was that until two days later, when the poisonous vines in the valley finally entered a dormant period, the people from the Yinsha Sect had not arrived yet.

"The poison vine has begun to hibernate. Let the disciples who participated in the trial in the front valley enter the valley." Zeng Zhilong, the great sage ancestor of the Baihua Sect, stood up and spoke in an old voice.

Everyone from each sect stood up, and Tieshan said to Ye Xuan: "Sixth brother, I will send them to the front valley."

"Okay." Ye Xuan nodded slightly, then looked at the group of nervous young disciples and encouraged them, "Be careful when you enter the valley, and don't panic when you encounter danger. The road of martial arts is to constantly seek opportunities."

Seeing this 'disciple' who was once the same as them speaking, the nervousness of the young disciples eased a lot, and some disciples even looked expectant, hoping to become like Ye Xuan as soon as possible.

"Yes, Sixth Patriarch!" all the disciples said in unison.

Ye Xuan nodded gently and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Tieshan and the heads of various families, along with a hundred young disciples, bid farewell to Ye Xuan and Huo Miao, and walked towards the entrance of the front valley thousands of feet ahead. People from other sects also started to move, and moved forward in a mighty manner. After the disciples participating in the trial entered the valley, the elders leading the teams from each sect would wait at the entrance of the valley, ready to receive the disciples coming out of the valley at any time, until all the disciples came out or the trial was over.

Those who stayed where they were like Ye Xuan were the older powerful men who were about to enter the back valley to search for treasure. Ye Xuan glanced over and saw that Zeng Zhilong from the Baihua Sect had indeed not left. In addition to him, there were three other Saint Realm powerful men. Compared with the other sects which all had two Saint Realm masters, the advantage of the Baihua Sect could not be more obvious.

Looking over at the Man Gui Sect again, Pei Shenhuan was indeed about to enter the back valley, and there was an old man in green who was at the third level of the Saint Realm next to him.

"Go to the back valley." Zeng Zhilong watched the team in the front valley go away, then glanced at everyone, said lightly, and then flew up into the air and flew towards the west.

Zeng Zhilong's movements were too fast. In order to keep up with him, many people directly used their secret techniques and transformed into rays of light and flew away into the air.

No one mentioned the Yinsha Sect which had not arrived yet, because this has always been the tacit rule. As long as the poison ivy begins to hibernate, action will begin, and no one will wait for those who are late.

As long as the poison vine is dormant, you can enter and exit the Poison Ivy Valley, so you don't lose the opportunity if you are late. However, if you are late, you lose the initiative, and perhaps the treasure that was originally your target will be snatched away by someone else. Therefore, there has never been a sect that has not arrived before the trial begins. Today, the Yinsha Sect has set a precedent.

However, less than a hundred breaths after everyone left, a group of light spots were seen shooting out from the eastern sky. There were more than a hundred rays of light of various colors, and within a dozen breaths, they arrived at the place where the people from the previous sects had rested.

The escaping light suddenly stopped, revealing figures. The leader was none other than Ge Zhanxiong, the first ancestor of the Yinsha Sect. He raised his head and glanced in the direction of the Poison Ivy Front Valley, then turned to an old man in a green robe beside him and said, "Take them to the Front Valley for the trial, and proceed according to the plan."

The old man nodded slightly, without saying much, and waved to the disciples behind him, and a group of people flew to the front valley entrance again. In addition to Ge Zhanxiong, there was an old man in white and a middle-aged man in gray robes who did not move. Both of them were in the Saint Realm, one in the fourth heaven and the other in the third heaven.

Ge Zhanxiong looked in the direction where Ye Xuan and the others disappeared and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go!"

The three of them shot towards the entrance of Poison Ivy Valley like three meteors.

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On the other side, Ye Xuan and others finally arrived at the entrance to the Poison Ivy Valley after flying along the outer mountain wall of the Poison Ivy Valley for nearly half an hour.

To enter the Poison Ivy Valley, one can only enter from the normal entrances on the front and back sides. If one attempts to climb in directly from the top of the mountain on the side, one will be attacked terribly by the poison vines on the top of the mountain inside. The poison vines there are in the lowest dormancy level and are also the most powerful. Even a Great Sage would not dare to pass through there.

Arriving at the entrance of the back valley, the leader Zeng Zhilong flew directly in without any stopping. However, it was obvious that his vigilance increased several times from the moment he entered the valley. Even with his cultivation level of Great Saint, he did not dare to be careless in the valley.

Ye Xuan also carefully observed the Poison Ivy Valley. The entrance was relatively narrow, and everyone was flying in the middle, about a hundred feet away from the mountain walls on both sides. Looking around, the mountain walls on both sides were all dark green, and dark green vines of varying thickness were entwined on the mountain walls like countless giant dragons, and they were twisting slightly, looking quite scary.

The thinnest of these poison vines is as big as an adult's arm, while the thickest is as thick as a water tank. They are at least seventy or eighty feet long, and the longest is over a hundred feet long.

Ye Xuan used his mental power to carefully investigate these poisonous vines and found that he could not sense any dangerous aura from them. This was very terrifying, because if someone who didn't know these poisonous vines encountered them and approached them without warning, the result could be imagined.

"Whoosh!!!"

Just as Ye Xuan was observing these poisonous vines, something unexpected happened. He saw a shadow flash on the right side of the mountain wall, and a poisonous vine as thick as a water tank rolled in front of everyone in an instant!

(End of this chapter)