Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

Originally, there were more than 200,000 people left, but in the blink of an eye, only a few hundred thousand remained. This rate of elimination is no joke.

The sea of ​​fire, having lost its energy source, gradually turned to ashes under the scorching flames, and Lin Aoxue resumed her battle with the enemy.

However, she can't use her ability for the time being; she can't use this ability continuously.

Chapter 348: The Second Stage Ends (4000 words + 500 monthly votes bonus chapter)

Ye Liuyun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that all those who wanted to kill him had been stopped.

"Ah, that felt great. But I'm one pill short again. I'll have to use a different one next time. I can't keep these green-grade pills like treasures forever," Ye Liuyun murmured, watching the gradually dying sea of ​​fire beside him.

After complaining, Ye Liuyun glanced at the tokens floating in the scorched earth. These things couldn't be left there; there were quite a few of them, totaling at least a hundred.

"Huh?" But as Ye Liuyun looked around, he noticed that some tokens were disappearing one after another. There was no need to look anymore; it must have been Yue Lianxing who did it.

Right now, Yue Lianxing is hiding somewhere, casting a spell to grab those unclaimed tokens.

"Hey? You brat, trying to snatch up the spoils?" Ye Liuyun didn't care about anything else anymore. She rushed into the scorched earth area at lightning speed and grabbed the spoils that were rightfully hers.

"Damn it, you vile vixen! You've already got so many tokens, why are you still robbing?" Yue Lianxing saw that Ye Liuyun had realized what was happening, so she quickly sped up.

However, Yue Lianxin wasn't the only one secretly collecting tokens; there was another person skilled in earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from the earth) who was also collecting tokens.

These people are the ones who are really after the tokens, unlike Lin Aoxue and her group, who are only after the tokens to fight. There's no point in just grabbing tokens.

"Third Sister." Just as Ye Liuyun was speeding up the process of collecting the tokens, a familiar voice came to his ears.

Upon hearing the voice, Ye Liuyun glanced around and spotted two familiar faces in the distance.

"Huh? Eldest sister, second sister, you two actually came to the Nanling Grand Gathering too? Wow, Earth-level aptitude, no way?" Ye Liuyun was stunned as she looked at the two people flying towards her.

The visitors were Yan Yu and Chen Yao.

However, just as the two were about to approach Ye Liuyun, disciples of the Yun Sect intercepted them, since the Yun Sect members did not recognize them.

"Halt! What do you want?" Two Yun Sect cultivators asked, frowning.

Yan Yu and his companion immediately stopped. They knew that the battlefield was chaotic at this time, and if they approached the area, they would easily be mistaken for enemies.

"Um, we're friends with Ye Liuyu and Lin Aoxue," Yan Yu quickly said.

The disciples of Yunzong were taken aback, then turned to look at Ye Liuyun in the distance. Ye Liuyun had already run over here, which meant that the two of them were probably not lying, so they made way for him.

Ye Liuyun was too lazy to collect any other tokens, since he had enough on him anyway. After Ye Liuyun arrived beneath the two of them, they flew down.

"I didn't expect that you two sisters would also come to the Nanling Grand Gathering," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

"Haha, of course! How could we not come to such a grand event? But it was only after we arrived at the Nanling Grand Event that we realized how talented we are," Chen Yao laughed.

Each of them had over 100 tokens, all obtained through their own efforts. They were invincible along the way, and even when they encountered cultivators with Yellow-level aptitude, they were not intimidated.

Although their cultivation levels seemed low, their abilities were in no way inferior to Lin Aoxue's.

Most importantly, they both discovered that their injuries healed very quickly, making them practically indestructible.

"Um, Third Sister, let me ask you a question. What kind of pills did you give us back then? Why do we both possess a power that even we ourselves don't know about?" Yan Yu asked in a low voice.

Ye Liuyun was stunned. The pills she gave to Yan Yu and the other person were called Tongyou Reversal Pills.

There are ten pills in total. The only confirmed effect so far is that they can revive the dead. Ye Liuyun really doesn't know about the other effects.

"This? My two sisters, to be honest, the pills I gave you are actually in the research stage. At present, we can only confirm that they have a resurrection effect. As for the abilities you mentioned, well, I'm just saying they might be the effects of the pills," Ye Liuyun said.

Ye Liuyun's ambiguous words stunned the two of them.

"Is that so? Oh! Third Sister, you're a genius! Never mind, we won't ask anymore. You saved both of our lives, so whatever you say goes." Yan Yu patted Ye Liuyun's shoulder and smiled with her eyes narrowed.

Ye Liuyun nodded, and the three of them didn't continue the topic. After Lin Aoxue finished off her opponent, she noticed that there were two familiar faces next to Ye Liuyun, so she gave up the fight and flew over.

"Hey, eldest sister, second sister, you two actually came too?" Lin Aoxue was equally surprised.

In her opinion, her sworn sister didn't seem to have such good qualities. But when she saw the red marks between their eyebrows, she was stunned.

"Oh my, little sister, you're still as fierce as ever. We were just here to try our luck, but who knew that when we entered the Heavenly Gate, they assigned us both to Earth-level aptitude. We thought there was something wrong with the Heavenly Gate." Chen Yao immediately walked to Lin Aoxue's side and affectionately put her arm around Lin Aoxue's shoulder, laughing.

After hearing this, Lin Aoxue immediately looked at Ye Liuyun. Ye Liuyun could only say that it might be related to his pills, but as for the specific reason, she could only shake her head.

The gathering of Ye Liuyun and his three companions further aroused the suspicions of the Taishang Ganying Sect.

"Huh? These two girls with Earth-rank aptitude actually know these two sisters, and they seem to have a pretty good relationship. Could they be family?" The higher-ups of the Supreme Response Sect were at a loss for words.

This is outrageous; the most qualified people are all acquaintances.

This issue forces Ancestor Tianyi and the others to consider the reasons behind it.

"Could it be that one of them is a person with great fortune? Legend has it that people with great fortune can influence the fate of those around them. Is it this little girl, or is it this little girl?" Ancestor Tianyi felt that there must be someone with great fortune between Lin Aoxue and Ye Liuyun.

The powerful figures of the Taishang Ganying Sect are all pondering this question.

"Alright, we four sisters are all here. Sisters, let me see your skills. Those guys seem to be accomplices of the group that tried to attack us earlier. Let's go and take them down." Ye Liuyun pointed at the cultivators from the Eight Desolate Supreme Palace and the other three families.

Yan Yu and Chen Yao nodded. Their confidence had greatly increased in the past few days, a confidence born from gaining powerful strength.

“Alright, Yao’er, let’s show our third and little sisters something,” Yan Yu said with a smile.

Chen Yao nodded. After she finished speaking, Yan Yu drew the sword from his waist. His eyes turned blood red, and a blood-red killing intent emanated from his body.

A seven-colored light emanated from Chen Yao's body, which transformed into a gauze robe that clung to her. A pair of butterfly wings grew out from behind Chen Yao.

After preparing, the two simultaneously locked onto two powerful Nascent Soul cultivators from the other side.

After defeating several disciples of the Supreme Response Sect, a powerful member of the Morning Glow Moon Worship Sect suddenly felt the hairs on his body stand on end, and he quickly turned around.

The moment he turned around, a terrifying crimson sword light, carrying boundless killing intent, slashed straight toward him.

Yan Yu didn't know what kind of ability this was, so he temporarily named it the "Will of the God of Slaughter".

Because when she uses this move, her fighting spirit will increase exponentially, and once she decides to kill someone, she won't stop until she does.

This sword strike forced the powerful members of the Morning Glow Moon Worship Sect to defend themselves, but they underestimated Yan Yu's sword. The sword struck their defenses, knocking them straight down from the sky.

"Wow, that's fierce? Aoxue, how come I feel like my older sister is even fiercer than you?" Ye Liuyun looked at Yan Yu, who was like a god of death, and said in disbelief.

After observing it for a while, Lin Aoxue felt that this should also be a power bestowed by some special physique.

Looking at Chen Yao's side, Chen Yao is different from Yan Yu. Yan Yu is completely violent, while Chen Yao is skillful. Her target is a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Yin Yang He Dao Palace. As soon as Chen Yao flew over, she released a sky full of colorful fluorescent light. This fluorescent light seemed to have the ability to disintegrate the cultivator's magic power.

"What is this thing? My magic power?" The cultivator whose spell had been dismantled changed his expression drastically. In the moment he was stunned, Chen Yao suddenly struck him on the back with a palm, knocking him down. Her palm strike actually dismantled the magic power within his body as well.

This results in real damage, making the opponent essentially defenseless, even more outrageous than the penetrating effect of Ye Liuyun's Falling Flower Palm.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators with Yellow-level aptitude were immediately put in a difficult position.

The surrounding cultivators were dumbfounded. To be honest, if Yan Yu and Chen Yao hadn't had low cultivation levels and ordinary spiritual roots, they would probably have been at the Heaven-level aptitude. The fact that they were assigned the Earth-level aptitude based solely on their special abilities showed just how powerful they were.

The Taishang Ganying Sect has seen their abilities many times before, so they are no longer surprising to them, but they are currently unable to determine exactly what their abilities are.

However, at present, the one who has caused the greatest visual impact on the Tai Shang Gan Ying Sect is Ye Liuyun, because Ye Liuyun is currently a big mystery, unlike Lin Aoxue and Yan Yu, whose abilities are already open to observation.

Ye Liuyun's only publicly known ability is his special identity as a body cultivator; his other abilities are mostly hidden and unknown.

"Hey, Aoxue, let's both join in. Let's coordinate. I know my methods, but I can't reveal too much," Ye Liuyun suggested.

Lin Aoxue nodded, and then the two of them joined the battle.

As time slowly passed, the number of survivors was about to approach 100,000. Ye Liuyun and the others were also paying attention to the battle. When they felt that it was about time, they went to protect the people of Yunxia Sect. Of course, while protecting the people of Yunxia Sect, they also protected the disciples of the other three families.

However, whether they can pass the test in the end depends on their own fate, because none of the three families have particularly good qualifications and they don't even have many tokens.

"Reminder: There are currently about 12 survivors. The second trial is about to end early, and there are still about 2 eliminated players left."

Upon hearing this reminder, everyone instinctively stopped fighting, because they needed to spend time distributing tokens. Those without tokens would be eliminated, which would be a loss.

"Hmph! Forget it, let's leave it at that for now. We'll settle this later." The leading disciples of several major sects snorted coldly and then chose to cease hostilities.

As the major powers ceased hostilities, the surrounding forces that were vying for tokens instinctively stopped as well. At the moment they stopped, there were less than 11 people left. In other words, tens of thousands more people needed to be eliminated before the trial could end early. By this time, it was already noon.

According to the rules, the third level ends at midnight.

"That's about it. As for the remaining tens of thousands of people, I reckon they'll have their own elimination methods." Ancestor Tianyi and the others relaxed slightly as they watched the battle end.

Of the 100 members of Yunzong, 73 are still alive, meaning 27 have been eliminated, including three disciples from Caiyun Peak.

The situation at Yunxia Sect was even more serious; of the 50 participants, only 22 survived, which was considered a good number.

Among the survivors, not many had tokens. Yun Xin had a few, Xiao Hansheng had a few, and the rest were empty-handed.

Other factions adopted a similar approach to Ye Liuyun and his group, concentrating the tokens on the strongest individuals first, and then distributing them after the competition.

Of the 73 survivors from the Yun Sect, only 56 have tokens, so their tokens also need to be distributed.

As the tokens were distributed, the rankings began to change. Those who did not have tokens were naturally pushed down in the rankings. Ye Liuyun gave most of the tokens to Lin Aoxue and let her choose how to distribute them. She kept one hundred for herself.

One hundred yuan is definitely enough to advance; there's no doubt about that.

If this distribution continues, those without tokens are destined to be eliminated.

"Damn it, no, I can't be eliminated like this." Some unwilling cultivators, looking at the rankings, gritted their teeth and went to snatch tokens again. Of course, they didn't dare to target groups with strong members sitting in the seats, but instead targeted groups where they had a chance.

They couldn't wait any longer. If they waited any longer, the competition would end, and without their tokens, they would be eliminated without a doubt.

Lin Aoxue had already distributed the tokens to the disciples of the Yunxia Sect, basically ensuring that those who survived would pass the second test.

Just then, the leading disciples of the other three families couldn't help but come over and talk to Lin Aoxue.

"Junior Sister Lin, could you share some of the extra tokens with our three families? At this rate, we three families will probably all be eliminated," the leading disciple of the Zixia Sect said helplessly.

Their situation was even worse; each of their three families had only a few members alive.

Lin Aoxue first checked the rankings, then looked at her remaining tokens, and finally gave half of the remaining two hundred tokens to the three families.

"This is all I can give you. You three families can decide how to divide it," Lin Aoxue said.

The cultivators from the three families immediately showed delight; one hundred coins was enough for them to distribute.

With the tokens distributed, the 100,000th holder received his token, and the announcement that the trial had ended echoed in the sky.

"The 100,000 spots for passing the trial have been filled, and the second trial is over," the Moon Fairy announced.

Chapter 349 Trial of Inner Demons (Part 1) (6000 words)

With the end of the second stage, those who were not among the top 100,000 were all teleported out.

By the way, it's not that being eliminated means you're not qualified to stay in the Supreme Induction Sect or the Northern Region cultivation world. Some unlucky cultivators with certain aptitudes are immediately invited by people from the five major sects of the Northern Region after being teleported out.

Of course, those who are eliminated in the second round will only receive an invitation from a sect if they have truly exceptional aptitude, at least at the blue level or above. Cultivators with white-level aptitude are generally not wanted by any sect.

"Alright, let's proceed to the third trial, the Trial of Inner Demons. I'll first explain the rules of the Trial of Inner Demons." After all those who failed the trial were sent out, the Moon Goddess spoke again.

She began to explain the specific rules of the inner demon trial. In fact, this trial is not that complicated. You need to face yourself, not others. In other words, you do not need to fight with other people.

There are only 50,000 spots available in this round. The first 50,000 people to awaken from the illusion of inner demons will advance to the fourth round, while those who do not awaken will be eliminated.

The Trial of Inner Demons, as the name suggests, tests the contestants' willpower and self-control over their emotions and desires.

The seven emotions refer to human emotions: joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear, and shock.

The six desires are sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness.

For cultivators, the seven emotions and six desires are things that need to be overcome. One cannot be too happy or too angry; the enemy of emotions is calmness.

Emotions are expressed through the six senses, so the six senses are the medium through which emotions are generated, and the seven emotions are the source of the six desires.

Inner demons specifically target these areas. Once you lose your composure, you'll basically become an emotional madman. Of course, it's impossible to truly abandon the seven emotions and six desires.

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. Next, the power of this space will transport you to your respective inner demon illusions. Don't worry, no one can see what you're about to experience. Good luck to you all," the Moon Fairy said in closing.

For some reason, Ye Liuyun wasn't particularly worried about the other trials, but she was very worried about this inner demon trial. She knew that her control over her emotions and desires was terrible, and who knew what kind of trial they would put her through?

"Don't worry, I believe in you, you can overcome this." Lin Aoxue smiled when she saw that Ye Liuyun was a little flustered.

Ye Liuyun wanted to say something, but the next moment, this world suddenly darkened, and the surrounding environment and people began to be swallowed by darkness. This feeling was very uncomfortable, as if he was about to fall into darkness.

"what……"

As Lin Aoxue disappeared, Ye Liuyun suddenly lost his balance and plummeted downwards, a very uncomfortable feeling.

It felt like dreaming of falling from a great height, and my consciousness briefly disappeared.

"Huh?" But Ye Liuyun suddenly woke up again, feeling as if he had been startled awake from a nightmare.

The Illusion of Inner Demons.

In a bustling modern metropolis, Ye Liuyun had woken up. However, upon waking, she found herself standing blankly on a familiar street, surrounded by people and cars, amidst a great commotion.