High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Bai Zhi was slightly taken aback, wondering why Su Jie suddenly asked this question.

She thought for a moment and answered truthfully: "The Heavenly Maiden Temple... is a place where women are revered, and the rules within the temple are extremely strict. All the disciples are women."

The Palace Master, the Celestial Maiden Supreme, is one of the nine Eternals of the Origin Temple, second only to the Lord of the Beginning in strength.

She paused, then added, "Most of the four Eternals sent in by the Celestial Maiden Temple this time are descendants of the temple's elders."

However, the true strength of the Temple this time does not lie with them, but with those special eternal beings, those with three innate wheels.

The temple has forcibly brought in at least 50 special eternities this time, and they will be the real threat on this battlefield a year from now.

It is said that the Fairy Palace Master in charge of this operation gave them a death order: the Celestial Maiden Temple must obtain 2 top-grade cosmic crystals this time.

Su Jie raised an eyebrow: "Twenty thousand? What an appetite. Is your palace master treating them like miners?"

Bai Zhi lowered her head and said in a softer voice, "The Palace Master has given the order, and they have no choice but to obey."

Those special eternities were forcibly created by the temple by consuming a large amount of resources.

If they fail to complete the mission, they will face endless torture upon returning, a punishment worse than death.

Her voice trembled slightly, clearly indicating that she had heard of that kind of torture.

Su Jie simply nodded upon hearing this, but inwardly thought to himself that this Fairy Palace Master had quite a plan.

Fifty special eternal beings emerged from seclusion a year later. Each of them possessed several million units of combat power, and with the supreme treasures bestowed by the temple, they could indeed roam freely on this battlefield.

Without his presence, it wouldn't be impossible for them to have taken away 20,000 top-grade cosmic crystals.

Moreover, there must be a few special immortals who were given a strict order to immediately find a place to go into seclusion for a hundred years at the start of the game and condense the third wheel of acquired destiny.

A century later, their basic combat strength will exceed ten million units of constant power. With the amplification from the Great Dao Fruit, they will be able to unleash tens of millions of units of constant power with ease.

When the second phase begins, those five-wheeled immortals will enter the battlefield and run into these six-wheeled immortals who have just emerged from seclusion.

The Celestial Temple was plundered in the first phase using fifty special eternities, and then harvested in the second phase using several six-round eternities.

With a combination of overt and covert operations, even if the first phase of looting doesn't go smoothly, as long as those few assassins successfully leave the pass, the second phase can still make up for the losses.

Su Jie's lips curled up slightly, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

They actually wanted to take advantage of him, but the Fairy Palace Master miscalculated.

Su Jie will soon be able to spend money to become a permanent member. At that time, he will have the full battlefield vision of a permanent member, and he can drag them out of their secluded training grounds at any time.

Or it wouldn't matter if we killed and refined them after they succeeded; perhaps then we could even contribute more nutrients to his talent.

Su Jie put aside his worries and asked casually, "What do you think of Jiang Yue'er, your Daoist disciple?"

Bai Zhi was slightly taken aback, not expecting him to ask that.

She pondered for a moment and slowly said, "Jiang Daozi is very strong. He is a ninth-level supreme being with unfathomable combat power."

Moreover, she possesses a powerful treasure bestowed by the temple; even some of the Five Eternals have been slain by her.

She paused, her voice lowering slightly, "Daozi is arrogant and disdainful of others. In the Holy Temple, she shows no respect to anyone except the Heavenly Maiden Palace Master."

Su Jie raised an eyebrow: "That's all?"

Bai Zhi bit her lip, seemingly hesitant about whether to continue.

After a moment, she sighed and lowered her voice: "Senior Sister Jiang seems to be a very tolerant person on the surface."

In the temple, she often said, "The Supreme Woman must help the Supreme Woman." If any of her disciples were bullied, they would go to her, and she would always stand up for them.

Therefore, the female disciples in the temple respected her greatly and regarded her as their greatest support.

However, what I'm about to say isn't really my place. But since you've asked, Senior Sister Jiang isn't as simple as she seems on the surface.

Su Jie raised an eyebrow.

A complex emotion flashed in Bai Zhi's eyes, her voice almost inaudible:

"Few people in the Celestial Maiden Temple know about this, but I am one of the people who do."

"Senior Sister Jiang has a twin sister named Jiang Rou'er. They entered the hall at the same time and both possessed unparalleled beauty."

But Senior Sister Rou'er's personality is completely different from Senior Sister Jiang's. She is gentle and kind, kind to everyone, and never puts on airs, like a pure lotus untouched by the dust of the world.

Bai Zhi's eyes reddened slightly as she spoke: "When I first entered the Holy Temple, I was often bullied. It was Senior Sister Rou'er who happened to pass by and helped me out of the predicament."

She even saved my life once during a disciple trial, urging me to cultivate diligently, saying, "A woman should be self-reliant, but she must not lose her true self."

Su Jie listened in silence without interrupting.

Bai Zhi took a deep breath, her voice trembling: "Later, the sisters went out to train together. When they came back, only Jiang Yue'er was there."

She said that Senior Sister Jiang Rou'er suffered a qi deviation during her training, resulting in the depletion of her bloodline and the loss of all her cultivation. She died not long afterward.

That's what the temple told the outside world, and everyone believed it.

Because Senior Sister Jiang cried so bitterly that she almost fainted at Senior Sister Rou'er's funeral, everyone in the Holy Temple was deeply moved.

She paused, a cold glint in her eyes: "But I don't believe it."

"With a personality like Senior Sister Rou'er's, how could she have gone astray in her cultivation? She is the most composed in her cultivation and never acts rashly."

Moreover, after her accident, Senior Sister Jiang's cultivation progressed rapidly, and the purity of her bloodline increased by leaps and bounds.

Originally, she was a step behind Senior Sister Rou'er, but in just a few years she surpassed everyone and ascended to the position of Dao Child. This is too much of a coincidence.

Bai Zhi raised her head, looking at Su Jie, her eyes filled with a hint of resentment that had been suppressed for many years:

"Later, I overheard some rumors that Senior Sister Jiang had somehow obtained an evil technique that could devour bloodlines to strengthen herself."

Senior Sister Rou'er's bloodline was definitely drained by her own hands. I don't know if the rumors are true or false, but I do know that Senior Sister Jiang has indeed walked to where she is today by stepping on her own sister's blood.

The Temple Master might know something, but she didn't pursue it. After all, given her level, losing one and having an even stronger survivor wasn't a loss for the Heavenly Maiden Temple.

She bit her lip, her voice so low it was almost inaudible: "Young master, Senior Sister Rou'er saved my life. She has been kind to me."

Jiang Yue'er should be considered my enemy. But I never dared to show any abnormality because she is the Dao Child, the personal disciple of the Heavenly Maiden Supreme, and the future leader of the Heavenly Maiden Holy Temple.

As for me, I am merely an ordinary saintess. I have no power to avenge Senior Sister Rou'er, nor even the right to express hatred. Therefore, I can only endure it, pretending to know nothing, and always greeting her with a smile whenever we meet.

P.S.: This made Bai Zhi seem a bit out of place all of a sudden. If I were to write about her training, I could go on for ages, so I'll just go for four chapters.