Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 172 An unexpected surprise
"...Is Xiaoxi okay?"

"Maybe I fainted from fright. I looked at the ants up close. Wow, they were so scary!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Fellow Daoist Feng, why hasn't Wei Xi woken up yet?"

"Wei Xi... was hit on the head with great force. I don't think he'll die, but he'll be dizzy when he wakes up."

"What's going on? Isn't this round over?"

"Senior Sister, Wei Xi burned the monster leader in the secret realm, and we finally found the exit, but she was knocked unconscious in the melee..."

Wei Xi finally opened her heavy eyelids and saw the anxious faces of several acquaintances.

"Open your eyes! Fellow Daoist Feng! Come and take a look!"

Lian Gouqie pulled the annoyed Feng Xiaotian back, who muttered, "What are you still looking at when the person is awake? I've already checked, there's no internal injuries!"

Wei Xiyou, lying on the stretcher, was confused. Looking at the surrounding environment, it seemed that they had already come out of the secret realm?

By the way, I killed the queen ant. I originally wanted to capture the leader first, but I didn’t expect to find the exit hidden in the secret realm by accident.

Wei Xi tried to get up, but found that half of his body was numb.

Wei Xi grinned when he remembered the queen ant's fierce twitch.

"Xiaoxi? Do you feel uncomfortable?" Qin Feng didn't have time to clean himself up, and there was still spiritual liquid and monster blood on his face.

"...It's okay," Lingyin's voice was full of energy, in stark contrast to Weixi's somewhat weak state. "Is the game over?"

Lian Gouyue stuffed a pillow under Wei Xi's head and said, "It's over. The queen ant is entrenched at the exit of the secret realm and has absorbed a lot of the secret realm's spiritual energy. This is what caused the entire ant nest to mutate."

"The nearby teams quickly got out, but you were still unconscious in the ant pile. Qin Feng fished you out, and the two of us carried you out of the secret realm. Now everyone is waiting for the ranking."

Wei Xi nodded and was about to ask more questions when she heard Xie Yingying say, "Stop asking and get some rest. The competition is not as important as your health!"

Wei Xi still had some questions to ask, but it was difficult to ask with her senior sister here. Fortunately, someone helped her to ask the Qingcheng Sect's gods to leave.

"Sister Yingying," Senior Brother Li Ping said, "Junior Sister has woken up. The Sect Master is still waiting for a reply. What do you think?"

Li Ping's words were euphemistic: "It's common for cultivators to lose their lives, and getting injured in a match isn't really a big deal." This was simply a way of concealing his concerns about his own leader's unreliability.

Because Xie Yingying came to care for her junior sister, it meant that the magic leader who lacked supervision was staying with the leaders of various sects.

Remembering her own sect leader curiously asking the Zhenhai Sect elders why they no longer used the mermaid candles, Xie Yingying's eyes darkened and she forced a comforting smile. "You have a good rest. I'll go and tell the sect leader first. Qin Feng, take good care of Wei Xi!"

After seeing off Senior Sister Xie, Senior Brother Li Ping asked a few more questions and then was called to check the scores. Feng Xiaotian followed him because he didn't know the situation.

"Where is Ge Cang?" Wei Xi asked immediately when there were no outsiders around.

"She was originally guarding you, but after a while, Huaixin sent Gu Hu to call her, so she had to go back with you." There was some anger in Lian Gou's tone, and it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with the actions of Huaixin faction.

Wei Xi felt a little regretful, and then asked, "We were on the ant trail, how come the race ended so quickly?"

"They came here following the smell. As soon as the exit of the secret realm was opened, the cultivators on the fifteenth floor felt something was wrong with the spiritual energy and followed it." Lian Gouye was very attentive and had almost figured out the whole cause and effect.

"Don't worry! These past two years have been filled with disasters and hardships. I even got knocked unconscious during a competition! Next time, don't rush out without caring about yourself. If something happens, you won't have anywhere to cry!"

Qin Feng's words were truly frightening. To ensure advancement, the three of them had agreed before entering the secret realm that if there was a risk of total annihilation, Lian Gou would be hidden. This plan had indeed been activated during the melee. Wei Xi hadn't expected to take such a huge risk. While his life was safe, it was still a source of trepidation. After lying down for a while, Wei Xi felt much better and regained his upright posture.

"That's..." Wei Xi's eyelids jumped, "Did they write down the reason for elimination?"

For some unknown reason, a large stone was erected near the stadium with densely packed golden characters on it, with the name followed by "cause of death".

Such as: being beaten to death by waves, tunnel collapse, being strangled by tree men, being swallowed by mermaids... There are all kinds of strange ways of death. The funniest one is that a disciple of the Zhengxin School used a binding technique for some reason and ended up strangling himself to death.

This stone can be regarded as a complete list of ways low-level cultivators die, and it tests the teaching effectiveness of various sects.

Wei Xi originally felt a little regretful that he had not robbed and killed the Tunhai Sect's team, but now he saw that many of their deaths were accidents, and the score was not that important.

Because the list of qualifiers has yet to be announced, all the contestants are nearby. Many cultivators are recuperating from their injuries, and some were probably frightened in the secret realm and are hiding among their fellow disciples to seek a sense of security.

"The second round of competition has ended, and the results are now announced!"

"There are fifteen teams, thirty-two people in total, that have successfully survived and found the exit of the secret realm."

"These fifteen teams are arranged in order of points as follows: Wanjian Sect Team A, Wanjian Sect Team B, Linchuan Pavilion Team A, Gunu Sect Team A, Hehuan Sect Team B, Wanfa Sect Team B, Qingcheng Sect Team B, Zhenhai Sect Team B, Zhengxin Sect Team A, Huaixin Sect Team C, Qingcheng Sect Team A, Duanye Sect Team A, Xiuxiang Sect Team B, Dai Sect Team A, and Man Sect Team A!"

Wei Xi had a rough idea of which team was Team B of Qingcheng Sect, but the performance of Team A of Qingcheng Sect was unexpected.

Wei Xi remembered that the team consisted of the Wang siblings and Tang Yi, who led Zhao Dazui and his disciples. Their strength was average.

"The Ten Thousand Swords Sect is truly formidable! Both teams are firmly in first and second place, truly worthy of being the leading sect!"

"Senior Brother Liu Yi from the Wanjian Sect is halfway to the Jindan stage. He was the one who killed that troublesome mermaid from the Swallowing Sea Sect! All the points that the Swallowing Sea Sect had before were taken by the Wanfa Sect!"

"Let alone the Wanfa Sect, even the Dongyi sects are no match for us! See, the top four are all Dongyi sects!"

"So what? Dongyi has a deep foundation, so it's only natural for them to win! But the Qingcheng Sect, hasn't that group always been at the bottom? How come two teams are still left?"

"Oh, isn't it okay for them to be lucky? It's good that they advanced. It can save some spiritual energy for the competition and let me draw an opponent from the Qingcheng Sect!"

"Did Team B see that? There are people from the Qingcheng Sect, the Wanfa Sect, and the Huaixin Sect in there. I also saw that wealthy King Wuyang squeeze someone in there earlier. I think he's also an expert!"

"This kind of powerful person, not to mention her own combat prowess, her guards must be quite strong. So, the Qingcheng Sect is indeed very lucky..."

"What are you talking about!" A familiar cultivator interrupted the whispers. "Stop talking about others behind their backs. Don't you have enough gossip? If you really have something to say, let's have a real fight in the arena!"

After being taught a lesson, several people calmed down and listened to the announcement of the list of qualifiers by the Zhenhai Sect elders.

The members of the fifteen teams naturally advanced smoothly, and the remaining seventy or so people had to postpone their selection.

The unlucky disciples of sects represented by Tunhai Sect were able to advance.

In terms of absolute strength, the scores obtained by these teams of disciples were much higher than those of the first fifteen teams. It was just that they were unlucky and were hunted by other sects as a points pool.

"The third round of the competition will be held in three days. Everyone can rest for a few days. During this time, Huichao Hall will be open day and night for fellow Taoists from various sects to exchange ideas."

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