As soon as Jiang Liu entered, he saw a martial artist inside bombarding the wall. It seemed he hadn't found anything and was just trying his luck here!
Jiang Liu continued walking forward, passing through several doors, but still hadn't reached the deepest part of the warehouse. He did encounter a few martial artists searching for items along the way, but they only glanced at Jiang Liu and then ignored him.
They were all busy digging and scraping the walls, trying to find some treasure.
Jiang Liu passed through five doors in succession and went straight to the last floor. All he saw along the way were empty dark rooms, with iron boxes or wooden boxes discarded on the ground.
Jiang Liu couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It seemed the relocation here was truly thorough. But where had all these people gone now, living in such a large place with so many people?
Could the three sects know some clues? Otherwise, why would they say that the secret to becoming a saint is here? Jiang Liu couldn't figure it out.
Jiang Liu had no choice but to leave the storeroom, as it seemed there wouldn't be anything left. He decided to search other places to see if he could find any clues about what this secret realm was.
Because Jiang Liu had come from behind, Jiang Liu flew straight ahead. The further he flew, the more chaotic the surroundings became, which must have been the work of those who came in from the front.
Jiang Liu didn't stop and walked straight out of the gate. Looking back, he saw three large characters on the plaque above the gate, but unfortunately, Jiang Liu didn't recognize them at all, which was quite embarrassing.
However, Jiang Liu could feel a powerful spiritual pressure emanating from those three large characters. After looking at them for a while, he felt an urge to kneel down. Jiang Liu could only force himself to memorize the strokes of those three characters and then try to copy them after he left to see if anyone could recognize them.
Jiang Liu released his Divine Sense to explore his surroundings and suddenly sensed something unusual. He saw the white mist in front of him slowly disappearing. At first, it was very slow, but then the speed increased until the white mist was completely gone.
Jiang Liu looked toward the place where the white mist had disappeared and saw a huge square in front of him. In the middle of the square stood a bewildered martial artist, who was none other than Li Qiaoyun of the Vast Righteous Sect, Jiang Liu had met in the square outside.
It turns out that Li Qiaoyun was trapped in the white mist and couldn't get out. No wonder I didn't see her in the courtyard group earlier.
This change immediately alerted the martial artists who were searching for treasure in the courtyard complex, and they quickly gathered from all directions.
Jiang Liu had already flown to Li Qiaoyun's side and asked, "Miss Li, do you know what happened?"
Li Qiaoyun shook her head blankly, indicating that she didn't know.
Soon, a crowd gathered around the two of them, all asking questions. Li Qiaoyun kept shaking her head, indicating that she didn't know what had happened either.
Jiang Liu and the other martial artists had no choice but to search along the plaza, hoping to find some clues.
After searching for a long time, no one found anything. Some of the more hot-tempered martial artists even wanted to get violent towards Li Qiaoyun. Suddenly, a commotion came from the middle of the square.
A crack slowly appeared beside Li Qiaoyun, and a stone pillar slowly rose from the crack, enveloped by a layer of light as it rose.
After a while, the stone pillar stopped rising, and then with a loud boom, it seemed to have reached its peak and was stuck there. Everyone looked at the stone pillar and saw eight large characters carved vertically on it.
Jiang Liu stepped forward, but still didn't recognize any of them. He then asked Li Qiaoyun, who was standing next to him, "Miss Li, do you recognize these characters?"
Li Qiaoyun shook her head, indicating that she did not recognize it. At this moment, someone laughed and said, "This is the script of the ancient Great Qin Dynasty. It would be strange if you could recognize it."
Everyone turned around and saw that it was a disciple of the Star Moon Sect who was speaking.
The martial artist next to the man asked curiously, "Brother, do you know him? Could you explain?"
The Star Moon Sect disciple looked smugly at the crowd before speaking, "I happen to recognize these eight characters: 'To obtain the Mystic Treasure, be the first to grab it!'"
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up as they looked at the stone pillar.
At this moment, Jiang Liu suddenly sensed a figure on the stone pillar. When he looked up, Jiang Liu saw a figure there.
However, this figure felt very strange, as if it didn't seem to be a physical entity at all. Jiang Liu released his Divine Sense to investigate and found that the figure really wasn't a physical entity!
The figure was emanating spiritual energy. He stood there motionless for a while, then waved his hand and said something, but unfortunately no one could understand him.
Even the Star Moon Sect disciple who had previously understood the meaning of the words on the stone pillar looked at that person with a blank expression.
However, his words startled everyone, and they all looked at him. After he waved his hand, ten smaller stone pillars and a fighting arena appeared in the center of the square.
The ten pillars and the arena seemed to be blocked by a layer of light, the same layer that covered the large stone pillars. Moreover, the small stone pillars should be accessible only to the victors.
Now everyone understood what it meant: they were to go up to the arena to fight and then compete for the ten pillars.
Immediately, a disciple of the Haotian Sect flew onto the arena, passing directly through the light barrier and appearing on the arena. Upon seeing this, everyone else also hurriedly flew onto the arena.
It was a Haotian Sect disciple who reacted quickly and was the second to step onto the arena. The people who followed were immediately bounced back by the light screen, leaving only two Haotian Sect disciples on the arena.
The two Haotian Sect disciples on the arena were dumbfounded. The second one who went up originally wanted to help him, but it seemed that this meant they were to fight each other.
The two immediately stared at each other for about ten breaths when a beam of light suddenly spun them out. The two Haotian Sect disciples breathed a sigh of relief, as they no longer had to kill each other.
The second Haotian Sect disciple to go up also hurriedly flew up to try to get onto the arena, but when he reached the light screen, he was bounced back and not allowed to enter. It seems that both of them have lost their qualifications.
Now everyone understood the rules: anyone who went on stage but didn't participate would be eliminated. Jiang Liu counted the number of people in the square and found that there were still twenty-four left.
Of the thirteen states' number one disciples here, including Jiang Liu, there are only nine. I don't think I see Xiao Tian! The three sects only have fifteen disciples. It seems they've already fought several battles since they came in; several disciples from the three sects are injured.
With two eliminated, there are only twenty-two left, and only ten spots available. Jiang Liu couldn't let more people go up later, so he immediately flew onto the arena.
Another person with the same idea as Jiang Liu also flew onto the arena. Jiang Liu recognized him as the Flowing Cloud Sect disciple he had encountered before.
Without exchanging any pleasantries, Jiang Liu drew his broadsword, and his opponent drew his longsword, and they began to fight.
Both of them infused their weapons with vital energy. Jiang Liu used the move "Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop" to counter with "Flowing Clouds and Flying Moon." The energy energies from the two collided.
With a "boom!" the two bursts of energy dissipated in the air. Jiang Liu took a step forward and continued to slash down with his broadsword. His opponent also leaped forward quickly and thrust straight at him.
"Clang!" The longsword pierced directly into the tip of Jiang Liu's broadsword.
To the astonishment of the Flowing Cloud Sect disciple, his longsword was cleaved in two by Jiang Liu 'Jiang Liu broadsword, which then swung forward and landed around his neck.
A beam of light shot out, and the defeated Flowing Cloud Sect disciple was ejected from the arena.
Jiang Liu suddenly felt a lightness on his body. Jiang Liu looked down and realized that he had been moved to the first small stone pillar.