Sect Stronghold

Zhang Yang and Qingxu began refining Law Treasure together.

Zhang Yang had already learned these things from Huolingzi, and even studied the forging of some simple Law Treasure in order to enter the Prodigy Battlefield.

They melted down the swords and added the spiritual materials they had just found to forge a Compound Bow, a longsword, and a hammer.

All three are Law Artifact, appearing to have just reached the Eight-Rank Magic Artifact.

Of these three Law Artifacts, the Compound Bow was given to Zhang Yang, the longsword to Situ Mingyue, and the hammer to Qingxu.

"Now, we can go and raid the strongholds of some ordinary sect prodigies," Qingxu said with a smile.

"A stronghold?" Zhang Yang countered. "Are those places, like Cloud Firmament Palace, their strongholds?"

Qingxu nodded solemnly. "Yes, there is a mountain several hundred feet high in that direction, that is their Cloud Firmament Palace's stronghold."

Since the beginning of the Prodigy Battlefield nine hundred years ago, each sect has had a fixed stronghold. Now, the Prodigy Battlefield has been divided into many areas by these strongholds.

As for other sects, they can only scavenge for scraps outside the territories of these major sects.

For example, the area where we One-Guard Monastery is a huge lake with many islands, containing countless rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

The stronghold of the Langya Sacred Land is a huge sinkhole located near the center of the Prodigy Battlefield, which also contains many heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

Zhang Yang frowned and asked, "These strongholds contain more than just rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures, don't they?"

Qingxu gave Zhang Yang an approving look and nodded, saying, "Every time they are about to finish in the Prodigy Battlefield, they leave behind the powerful magic Law Treasure they have crafted inside the Prodigy Battlefield so that the next person can continue to use them."

Besides Law Treasure, there were also some elixirs, various materials, and so on.

Generally speaking, they don't take anything out unless it's particularly valuable.

Most importantly, everyone has been in the Prodigy Battlefield for so many years and already has mature strategies.

They would organize a large group of people, accompanied by weapon refiners, Alchemist, and even individuals with other abilities.

These people are all support roles, specifically tasked with assisting a few prodigies that the sects particularly favor.

What Tianjiao needs to do is to break through to the next level.

They only step in when they are truly needed.

After he was completely convinced by Zhang Yang, he revealed all the information he knew.

Zhang Yang took a deep breath. It seemed that the Prodigy Battlefield was much more difficult than he had imagined.

It's really quite foolish that so many people took thousands of years to figure this out.

"Do you know who the prodigies of these sects are?" Zhang Yang asked.

Qingxu shook his head. "The true prodigies of each sect are kept top secret, for fear of being ambushed by other sects. Of course, as the Prodigy Battlefield comes to an end, those prodigies will reveal their true colors."

"What about the core prodigies of One-Guard Monastery?" Zhang Yang asked.

Qingxu hesitated for a moment, but still said, "There are three in this generation of One-Guard Monastery, all of them at the Nascent Soul Peak stage, just a little short of breaking through. They are all disciples of the Xu generation, namely Zixu, Kong Xu, and Ling Xu."

I advise you that even if you know their identities, it's best not to touch them.

On one hand, they are truly very powerful, and you may not be their match.

Secondly, if you harm them, everyone else from One-Guard Monastery on the Prodigy Battlefield will fight you Undying the death.

Zhang Yang stared at Qingxu in astonishment. What on earth was this "Kong Xu"?

He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't go looking for them unless there's a suitable opportunity."

He will go when he is confident.

Qingxu conjured an incomplete map and pointed to it, saying to Zhang Yang, "These are the strongholds of various major sects in the Prodigy Battlefield."

The closest one to us is Cloud Firmament Mountain of the Cloud Firmament Palace, followed by Langya Blessed Land of Langya Sacred Land —that sinkhole has already been named Langya Blessed Land by them. Next is Heavenly Secret Lake of One-Guard Monastery, and then the Lost-Trace Forest of the Myriad Spirits Sect.

These are the locations of the four major sects' strongholds relative to our half of the Prodigy Battlefield. The other strongholds are on the other side of the Prodigy Battlefield.

Between these strongholds are the smaller strongholds that various minor sects fight over.

However, these smaller sects often couldn't hold onto their strongholds, and they were quickly lost.

Zhang Yang finally understood the overall situation of the Prodigy Battlefield.

Simply put, this Prodigy Battlefield has been controlled by several major sects.

In a sense, these strongholds are the "sects" of several major sects in the Prodigy Battlefield, representing their foundation and Fortune. Because if their strongholds are destroyed, their prodigies will have to start from scratch if they want to enter the Prodigy Battlefield in the future.

More importantly, with even the stronghold destroyed, the acquisition of rare and heavenly materials and earthly treasures will definitely be greatly reduced, and even the prodigies may die.

From this perspective, the loss of Fortune is too great.

Zhang Yang cursed those major sects in his heart; no wonder they wanted him to enter the Prodigy Battlefield.

In this situation, it would be extremely difficult for him to survive!

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Yang said, "For now, let's avoid the strongholds of those major sects. We shouldn't provoke them easily. We'll deal with them when we have the opportunity."

What we need to do now is to stockpile grain and then delay declaring ourselves king!

"Let's go around in this direction and seize the heavenly materials and earthly treasures."

The group re-entered the Prodigy Battlefield, this time choosing to enter from the left, as there were no strongholds of major sects in this direction.

"By the way, what's everyone's attitude towards that main hall in the Prodigy Battlefield?" Zhang Yang asked casually.

Qingxu smiled helplessly, "That hall has existed for over three thousand years, and countless people have tried every possible method to open it. Therefore, people don't really pay that much attention to it. However, everyone knows that there must be some mystery to that hall."

Therefore, every time they entered, they would send someone to check on the situation in that main hall.

After the true prodigies have acquired all the heavenly materials and earthly treasures, everyone will gather in that main hall to attempt to open it, and at the same time, a true martial arts competition will take place to conclude this Prodigy Battlefield."

"Then how about we go straight to the main hall..." Zhang Yang's expression turned strange.

Qingxu looked at Zhang Yang in surprise. "Why go to the main hall? There aren't many rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures there, and the main hall can't be opened. It would also easily alert people from other major sects."

"What if I can open it?"

Qingxu suddenly looked at Zhang Yang: "You can open it? Do you know something?"

Zhang Yang smiled arrogantly, "What others can't think of, I can think of; what many people can't do, I can do. In that case, isn't this grand hall just waiting for me to open it?"

Qingxu was speechless upon hearing this.

He knew Zhang Yang was intelligent, but had there been no intelligent people in these thousands of years?

Who can open this?