Mortal: My divine sense has mutated.

As for the fact that the demonic path would soon invade Yue Kingdom, and that the seven major sects of Yue Kingdom would have to pack up and run away, Chen Liang was not too worried.

Because as long as Mo Caihuan, a cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, joins Huangfeng Valley, Huangfeng Valley will inevitably take the Mo family members with them when they retreat, and Chen Liang and Han Li should not be abandoned as well.

However, Chen Liang didn't plan to run away with Huangfeng Valley. If he were to flee, he would go to the Chaotic Star Sea. That place was wonderful; it was practically paradise for Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators.

After the spiritual root test, Nie Ying, Mo Yuzhu, and Mo Fengwu chose to join Huangfeng Valley directly and not participate in the upcoming arena battles.

Because the Wan family had a long-standing friendship with Tianque Fortress, Wan Xiaoshan and his seventh sister and ninth brother all chose to join Tianque Fortress. Han Yunzhi chose to join Ling Shou Mountain, while the beautiful woman from the Yan family chose to join the Yan Yue Sect.

Soon after, the arena battles of the Ascension Ceremony officially began.

There are two main rules for this stage. First, the cultivators participating in the battle cannot use top-level magic weapons, and in terms of talismans, they cannot use talismans of intermediate or higher level, or even talisman treasures.

Second: After being defeated, the participating cultivators still have the opportunity to challenge the top ten winners once.

These two rules are intended to ensure relative fairness for the participating cultivators and to select the most outstanding cultivators possible, which shows their good intentions.

Among the disciples of the great immortal cultivation clans participating in the arena battle, only the arrogant young man from the Wang family and the handsome man from the Yan family were present.

However, neither of these two chose to join the Yellow Maple Valley sect, so Chen Liang did not fight them on the arena. Instead, Han Yunzhi's brother, Han Yunping, faced off against that arrogant young man from the Wang family.

Although Han Yunping was strong and powerful, and his fighting skills were not weak, he was injured by a cold and sinister magic passed down in the Wang family. Not only did he lose to the arrogant young man from the Wang family, but he also had a cold and sinister aura left in his body that was difficult to remove.

Fortunately, Chen Liang and Han Yunzhi were acquaintances, and Chen Liang used his own primordial spiritual power to remove the cold yin energy from Han Yunping's body. Otherwise, Han Yunzhi would have had to risk going to the Blood Forbidden Land to pick the Blazing Sun Flower to save Han Yunping, just like in the original story.

Chen Liang's intervention not only earned him the sincere gratitude of the Han siblings, but also once again attracted the attention of many powerful cultivation clans.

After all, the family's secret techniques, passed down through generations of a powerful cultivation clan like the Wang family, are not so easy to break; otherwise, how could the Wang family maintain its foothold in the cultivation world?

Everyone then realized that Chen Liang, such a young cultivator with five spiritual roots, must have something unique about him to have reached the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

Chen Liang's sweeping victory on the stage, easily becoming the champion of the Yellow Maple Valley arena, was particularly noteworthy.

However, Chen Liang's five spiritual roots talent was quickly forgotten by everyone.

Soon after, the winners of the seven major sects' arena battles were finally determined, and the arrogant young man from the Wang family joined the Spirit Beast Mountain through the arena battles.

Han Yunping successfully challenged a winner and was thus able to join the Spirit Beast Mountain, while the handsome man from the Yan family and his Daoist partner joined the Hidden Moon Sect together.

So the leaders of the seven major sects let the new disciples say goodbye to their relatives or companions, and then everyone went to their respective sects.

However, Chen Liang and his group took advantage of this free time to come to the guide in charge of Huangfeng Valley.

After the group bowed respectfully, Han Li took out the Ascension Token from Huangfeng Valley.

The guide was somewhat surprised by this, but didn't say much. He simply told Han Li to board the ferry to Huangfeng Valley with the others later, and to enter the valley together once they arrived.

Next, Chen Liang transmitted his voice to the guide, revealing Mo Caihuan's aptitude for the Heavenly Spiritual Root. Upon hearing this, the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Wang's eyes widened immediately, and he quickly led Chen Liang and his group to a secluded spot to test Mo Caihuan's spiritual root.

Upon confirming Mo Caihuan's wood-attribute celestial spiritual root aptitude, the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Wang blushed and was so excited he was practically steaming.

It took a while for the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Wang to calm down, but he couldn't stop smiling.

To avoid any accidents, this Uncle Wang first sent out a transmission talisman, and then led the disciples who had joined Huangfeng Valley ahead of time, piloting the ferry to Huangfeng Valley.

During the journey, Li Huayuan, a Core Formation cultivator from Huangfeng Valley and Han Li's future master, rushed over from Huangfeng Valley after receiving the transmission talisman. He brought Mo Caihuan and the other two women, along with Nie Ying, Chen Liang, and Han Li, back to Huangfeng Valley.

Inside the main hall of Huangfeng Valley, Mo Caihuan was being surrounded by four Core Formation cultivators, with the excited Huangfeng Valley Sect Leader, Zhong Lingdao, and his Uncle Wang accompanying her.

Among the four Core Formation cultivators, besides the fiercely independent Li Huayuan, there is also the obese Lei Wanhe, the still charming Hong Fu Zhenren, and the calm and mature Feng Yun Zhenren.

These four were the only four Core Formation cultivators in Huangfeng Valley. At this moment, even those with fiery personalities like Li Huayuan, aloof personalities like Hongfu Zhenren, and calm and mature personalities like Fengyun Zhenren were all kind and friendly, showing concern for Mo Caihuan.

As for Lei Wanhe, he was as fat as a Maitreya Buddha, and his face was naturally kind and amiable.

On the other hand, Mo Caihuan's Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude had actually alarmed Ancestor Linghu. However, Ancestor Linghu did not show himself at this time in order to maintain his authority and prevent Mo Caihuan from developing an arrogant personality.

However, according to the usual practice in the cultivation world, as long as Mo Caihuan successfully establishes his foundation, then Ancestor Linghu will accept him as a disciple.

Once Mo Caihuan successfully forms her core, she will become a personal disciple of Patriarch Linghu.

Any cultivator in the cultivation world knows that this is only a matter of time for a Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator, which is why Mo Caihuan is being treated with such courtesy by four Core Formation cultivators.

Besides Zhong Lingdao and Uncle Wang, Mo Yuzhu, Mo Fengwu, and Nie Ying were also present.

Li Huayuan and Hong Fu Zhenren, along with other Core Formation cultivators, would occasionally show some concern for these three promising talents with dual spiritual roots.

Besides, in a corner of the main hall of Huangfeng Valley, Chen Liang and Han Li, who had become mere background decorations, stood quietly.

The two men, with their mouths facing their noses and their noses facing their hearts, resembled a pair of unfortunate brothers.

But this was just Han Li's illusion. Chen Liang, who had lived two lives, was quite calm about the situation. In fact, a fleeting thought in his mind made him shake his head and chuckle.

"That year I was eighteen, and there was a path by the roadside in the main hall of Yellow Maple Valley... No, there were two paths by the roadside..."

As his thoughts raced, Chen Liang couldn't help but glance at Han Li beside him, while Han Li looked at Mo Caihuan, who was surrounded by admirers, with envy.

For Han Li, he once again felt the importance that the cultivation world placed on spiritual root aptitude, and even the importance of family background.

Because when Uncle Wang introduced Nie Ying, he only mentioned that "this woman is the pearl of the Nie family," Nie Ying was qualified to accompany a Core Formation cultivator.

Han Li and Chen Liang were also members of the Mo family, from the Mo family, although their pseudo-spiritual roots and fake spiritual roots made the four Core Formation cultivators have no interest in them whatsoever.

However, this family background made Zhong Lingdao, the sect leader of Huangfeng Valley, determined to ensure that Han Li could obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill smoothly, and not allow other Foundation Establishment cultivators in the valley to plot to forcibly exchange the Foundation Establishment Pill.

As for Chen Liang, a tough guy who joined the sect through the Ascension Tournament arena battle, the Zhongling Sect Leader doesn't need to worry about him.

It's worth mentioning that Han Li actually had a dark side; he kept comforting himself with Chen Liang's fake spiritual root aptitude.

"Pseudo-spiritual root aptitude isn't actually the worst, is it..."

So Han Li couldn't help but look at Chen Liang beside him, and the two smiled at each other, as if comforting one another.