Junior Sister must ascend this time!

Elder Hu stood below, bowing as he said, "Alliance Leader, Ye Xuan's spiritual root absorption is almost complete. In a few more days, the purity of the spiritual root will stabilize."

The alliance leader leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the armrest, his gaze fixed on the list spread out on the table. Pei Shubai, Shen Qingchen, Yun Qing, Ling Yue, Gu Changfeng, Lu Xingzhou, Yue Heng…

Each name was labeled with its spiritual root attribute and root value. His finger traced over each name, finally stopping at Yun Qing's name.

Elder Hu led the way, passing through three stone gates and descending a stone staircase into the depths of the underground palace.

The core area of ​​the underground palace is a huge circular space with a high dome and walls inlaid with dark spirit stones that emit a faint light. In the center of the space stand several transparent spirit pillars, each containing a figure wrapped in a transparent membrane.

Ye Xuan was right in the center, her body curled up inside a transparent membrane, suspended in the center of a spirit pillar filled with blue liquid.

The liquid flowed slowly along her veins, carrying tiny glimmers of light. Her eyes were closed, like an infant still asleep in its mother's body.

Beneath this spirit pillar, a dozen or so desiccated corpses lay scattered on the ground, their skin clinging tightly to their bones, as if all their spiritual power had been drained away.

Beneath the corpses was a massive array, connected to the base of the spirit pillar, which purified the spiritual power of those people and channeled it into the pillar.

The leader of the alliance stood in front of Ye Xuan, placed his hand in front of the spirit pillar, and sensed the condition of the spiritual root in her body.

"That's about right. Increase the input of spiritual energy. I need her spiritual root to reach its best state within two days."

Elder Hu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Alliance...Alliance Leader, too many disciples have disappeared. I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion from those with ulterior motives. Moreover...the input of too much spiritual energy might be too much for Ye Xuan to handle."

The alliance leader approached Elder Hu, his aura suddenly darkening. "Those disciples from the Seven Sects aren't fools! Do you want them to ruin my plans instead of seizing the time for our experiment?"

Elder Hu immediately knelt down, "I was wrong, Alliance Leader. I will take care of it right away. Two days later, I will have Ye Xuan's spiritual root try to merge with the other four."

The alliance leader closed his eyes, his tone softening, "Go."

"Wei Qing and the others haven't experienced setbacks for too long. It's time to temper their arrogance. Create opportunities for them to spar with those disciples from the Seven Sects, and also to probe the strength of the Seven Sects' disciples."

"It also lets the people of the Seven Sects understand that the Immortal Alliance's level is beyond their reach."

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At this moment, three furtive figures appeared outside the Holy Land of Extreme Harmony.

One of the elite disciples said, "Senior brother, do we really have to do this sneaking around?"

Ji Ming slapped her on the head. "Nonsense. If we hadn't taken advantage of the fact that the elders of Shouji and the Holy Land were away on business, how would we have had a chance to get in here?"

"This time, we must teach those useless fools from the Seven Sects a lesson, otherwise they'll think they can run rampant in the Immortal Alliance just because they have good spiritual roots!"

Another elite disciple immediately chimed in, "Exactly! With their cultivation level, Senior Brother only needed to use half his strength to..."

"So what?" Yun Qing leaned against the doorway, tilting her head to look at the three of them.

Ji Ming was startled. "You're eavesdropping on other people's conversations. Aren't you polite?"

Yun Qing shrugged. "I only came out to pick you up because I was being too polite."

Then she turned to the crowd and shouted, "Senior Brother Ji is here to help us absorb spiritual energy!"

Ji Ming: "............" Are you sick?

"What are you sucking for! I'm here to compete with you." With that, he took out a scroll from his storage ring.

The scroll shimmered with a pale blue light, and even before it was opened, one could feel the pure spiritual energy emanating from it, making it a rare and precious magical treasure.

"This is a formation scroll. Once you inject spiritual energy, it will suck you into its space for a practical combat simulation. I heard you're a formation master. Do you dare to go in and test your formation skills with me?"

Yun Qing: "Who told you that? How did they praise my formation? Was it exquisite and unparalleled in the world?"

Ji Ming: "???? Is that the point? Do you even dare to compete with me?"

"If you lose, you can get out of the Holy Land of Extremes. If you win, we'll never bother you again. How about that?"

Yun Qing saw Cen Ning's bright eyes fixed on the reel, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. "You want it?"

Cen Ning nodded.

Yun Qing: "Wait, I'll win it back for you."

She looked at Ji Ming, "This bet is too boring."

"If you lose, you'll cripple one of your hands; if I win, I'll give you the array scroll you have. How about that?"

Ji Ming: ? ? ? ? "Do you think I'm stupid? How come you're the only one who can win? Do you think you're guaranteed to win?"

Yun Qing tilted her head, her tone sincere: "Otherwise what? Why would I take a bet with you that I might not even win?"

Ji Ming was speechless at her words, as if he hadn't expected her to be so self-righteous.

He paused for a moment, then asked, "What if I win?"

Yun Qing raised an eyebrow. "Same here. Cripple one of your hands and hand over your natal magic weapon."

Cen Ning quickly grabbed Yun Qing's hand and shook her head, "Junior Sister, no, this bet is too big. We don't want that magic weapon anymore..."

Ji Ming sneered, "You've already said it, so you think you can just say you won't gamble and that's it?"

"Shut up!" Yun Qing said coldly, "Didn't I say we weren't going to compete? What's all the noise about!"

Ji Ming: …………

Yun Qing gently patted Cen Ning's hand, "Second Senior Sister, don't worry, no formation can stump me. Even if I don't compete with him, with his petty mind, do you think he'll let it go so easily?"

Ji Ming: ...That's enough, I'm still here.

Ji Ming unrolled the array mirror scroll and first infused it with spiritual power. A bluish-white light spread from the center of the scroll, forming a circular light array beneath his feet. Without waiting for Yun Qing, he stepped into the light array, his figure quickly blurring and dissipating in the light.

Without hesitation, Yun Qing stepped into the light array the instant Ji Ming's figure disappeared. The light converged behind her, and the two of them were simultaneously sucked into the inner space by the scroll.

Cen Ning tried to grab Yun Qing's hand but missed. Pei Shubai comforted her, "Don't worry, Junior Sister never does anything without being sure of success."

To pass the trial of the array scroll, two tests must be completed. The first is to break the five arrays randomly given by the array scroll, and the second is to attack the opponent with your own array until one side concedes defeat or the array is completely suppressed.

The array scroll floated in mid-air, and the images inside were also transmitted to the outside.

Si Mingche suddenly pointed at the scroll and said excitedly, "Little...Junior Sister just went in, right? She actually broke two formations in the blink of an eye!"