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That said, this place really was rather empty.

Mu Zi looked around at the utterly bare, "crude" scene and could not help shaking her head. If it stayed like this, probably no one would be willing to come here at all, and this area would become nothing more than a decoration.

"Mm."

After pondering for a moment, Mu Zi's thoughts stirred. The space immediately rippled slightly, and with a tremor, a huge ancient stele slowly rose from the ground.

"What's this?"

Sensing the commotion, the others gathered over and studied the ancient stele in surprise. It stood at the center of the land, in the most conspicuous spot. Anyone who entered this area would see it at once.

"A little trinket."

Mu Zi said indifferently. This ancient stele did not have much use; it was only there to embellish the environment a little, a toy of sorts.

Of course, a toy in the reincarnation area was naturally no ordinary object. This ancient stele could test strength, and even Reincarnation Stage experts fell within its range of detection.

"Oh?"

Hearing Mu Zi's explanation, the others all grew interested. Items with similar functions were not rare, such as the "Nirvana Stele" set up by the Eastern Xuan Region in the Hundred Dynasty Battle. However, a treasure capable of withstanding power close to the Reincarnation Stage was unheard of.

Seeing that they were all interested, Mu Zi continued,

"Attack the ancient stele, and the test result will appear on its surface."

"Of course, there is a minimum threshold. Only power that reaches 'one yuan' will be recorded by the ancient stele."

"One yuan?" The others looked somewhat blank when they heard this. Mu Zi smiled slightly and gave them an explanation.

This was a unit Mu Zi had defined, used to measure the power of experts above the Samsara Stage.

For a Samsara Stage expert who had yet to touch reincarnation, once they cultivated to the peak and fully activated their Life and Death Power, that power would be one yuan.

Originally, Mu Zi had planned to continue using the previous "Human Yuan," but after thinking about it, using Human Yuanzi as the "benchmark" to measure the strength of the world's experts was giving him far too much credit. So she abandoned it and changed it to the more quantified "yuan."

This "yuan" was taken from yuan power, the foundation of cultivation on the Tianxuan Continent, and had absolutely nothing to do with Human Yuanzi.

Just like the two great stages, "Heavenly Yuan Stage" and "Earthly Yuan Stage," were not named because of those two old dogs from the Yuan Sect.

"Heh, interesting. Then let this old man give it a try."

Qian Yuanzi became intrigued. Yuan power condensed in his palm, and he slammed it onto the ancient stele.

Buzz!

The ancient stele immediately reacted. Light flickered, finally condensing into an ancient character on its surface.

Four.

Qian Yuanzi narrowed his eyes slightly. This result was not far from his estimate.

A single yuan-power attack held four yuan of power. A few months ago, it would have been impossible for him to possess such strength, but who told him he had such a good disciple?

Not long ago, under the effects of Mu Zi's "Dao Guidance," Qian Yuanzi had already touched reincarnation, and had even reached the threshold of the Reincarnation Stage!

"It is all thanks to my disciple."

Qian Yuanzi looked toward Mu Zi beside him, emotion rippling in his eyes. If his own disciple had not given him special treatment during this period, he would never have possessed such strength.

Sensing her master's gaze, Mu Zi looked over and smiled serenely.

After giving it a try, Qian Yuanzi had a rough idea in his heart. If he went all out, he could still raise that number a little. Once he cultivated to great completion the martial art Mu Zi had specially created for him, he would truly reach a level comparable to the Reincarnation Stage.

However, Qian Yuanzi did not continue. Instead, he left the stage to the young ones.

"I'll try."

Mu Lingsha was eager. The power of the Primordial Ancestral Symbol strengthened her, and she punched heavily toward the ancient stele.

Three.

Mu Lingsha was not too surprised by this result. After all, she was only at the Death Profound Realm. Her normal strength was still somewhat inferior to a "turning reincarnation" expert like Qian Yuanzi.

Next, she used the Primordial Arrow, and the number immediately rose to "five." After she simultaneously activated the Primordial Stone Axe, it soared to a terrifying "twelve."

The power of an ordinary Reincarnation Stage expert was only "ten yuan." This destructive power had already slightly surpassed that. Human Yuanzi had only been an incomplete reincarnation back then, so no wonder he had been chopped apart so easily.

After Mu Lingsha finished testing, she stepped aside. Ying Huanhuan came before the ancient stele, and an ice-blue rune appeared between her brows.

Crack, crack!

Extremely cold air swept out, snowflakes dancing as they quickly gathered together and transformed into an enormous thousand-zhang ice-blue halberd. The tip of the halberd emitted sharp fluctuations, then stabbed fiercely into the ancient stele.

Fifteen.

An ancient character appeared. Ying Huanhuan's gaze was calm. This was not her limit; she still had stronger methods she had yet to use, such as the "Eternal Ice Seal" that could instantly annihilate a Reincarnation Stage expert's soul.

To the side, Qian Yuanzi looked at the number on the ancient stele, his eyes filled with deep amazement and emotion.

"Young people these days truly are incredible."

In the Eastern Xuan Region of the past, who would have dared imagine that someone among the younger generation could rival a peak Reincarnation Stage expert? Yet now, it had truly appeared before his eyes, and not just one of them.

After several of them finished testing in succession, their gazes focused on Ling Qingzhu, curiosity faintly flashing in their eyes.

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Ling Qingzhu had not intended to act, but she could not resist the expectant gazes of her sisters, so she had no choice but to give it a try.

Whoosh!

Her Jade Foot stepped into the air, and with a slight Lotus Step, Ling Qingzhu gracefully walked forward. Facing the ancient stele that towered like the firmament, her eyes were calm as water, without ripple or wave.

Chi!

Ling Qingzhu held the Glass Sword, chaotic light emerging. A ray of fine light transformed into Sword Glow and shot through space. That Sword Glow was far too sharp. The space along its path violently trembled, letting out an overwhelmed wail.

Mu Zi's eyelid twitched. Ling Qingzhu, this fellow, had silently gone all out. This space was almost unable to bear it.

She immediately mobilized more power from the Martial World and concentrated it in this area. Space became stable once more.

Swoosh!

In the next instant, under everyone's gazes, that Sword Light drifted down lightly and landed on the surface of the ancient stele.

Buzz, buzz!

In an instant, light abruptly erupted, dazzling and resplendent. A tiny mark even appeared on the stone stele. Immediately after, a terrifying number flickered into view.

"Heavens!" "This..."

Everyone was dumbfounded. Looking at the stele surface, they sharply sucked in cold air.

Three hundred and one.

Ling Qingzhu's "casual" sword strike was simply terrifying to this extent!

Mu Zi looked over from the corner of her eye. In terms of destructive power alone, Ling Qingzhu's sword strike had already reached a level comparable to Second Cycle Reincarnation!

"I have embarrassed myself."

Ling Qingzhu's pretty face was slightly pale as she looked toward the stone stele. At this moment, that trace on the stele surface slowly closed up, clearly not having exceeded the limit of what it could withstand.

Ying Huanhuan and Mu Lingsha looked at each other, the corners of their eyes twitching slightly. Such a terrifying sword strike, and you call that "embarrassing yourself"?

For a moment, they actually could not tell whether Ling Qingzhu was being modest or showing off.