Trial Ends

"Senior Brother, I know my strength is too weak and I can't help much in combat. But in other aspects, I'm very skilled."

"Senior Brother, you clearly focus on seeking the Dao and improving your strength. I can handle many of the sect's miscellaneous tasks, like buying things or gathering information!"

Despite Su Shi'er's refusal, Zhu Hanwei didn't give up. He called out with a smile.

He understood the principle of playing to one's strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

Gathering information?

Su Shi'er was about to speed up his departure, but upon hearing this, he suddenly changed his mind.

Behind the Man in Black, there was a Venerable Lord. He didn't know their background. To seek revenge, strength was important, but sufficient information was also necessary.

Relying on myself alone, improving my strength while also investigating, I can't fully manage both. Furthermore, the Man in Black knows my life. I'm at risk of exposure at any time. Many things aren't suitable for me to handle personally.

With this thought, Su Shi'er made up his mind.

"Let's go. Let's find a hidden place and wait for the trial to end!"

"Okay! Alright!"

Zhu Hanwei's face lit up with joy, and he nodded repeatedly. Then he added, "Senior Brother, I know a hidden place! About thirty miles west from here, there's a cave."

Su Shi'er nodded, "Let's go there! With your strength, being able to last until now shows you have some skill."

Zhu Hanwei quickly shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "Senior Brother, I don't have that kind of skill. During the trial, disciples like me with low cultivation are simply ignored by others."

"If we encounter someone powerful, we just lower our heads, let them check our storage bags, and then we can leave."

Su Shi'er thought about it and realized it was true. The disciples who came here were all after heavenly materials and earthly treasures. For disciples with low cultivation, the chance of finding good things was too low.

"Then why were you chased by that person just now?" Su Shi'er continued to ask.

Zhu Hanwei pouted. "It's a depressing story. A few days ago, disciples from Tianhua Peak went crazy and started chasing other peak disciples.

Regardless of their cultivation level, if they encountered them, they would kill them!"

"Suddenly, the entire trial ground was in chaos. All sorts of unsavory characters emerged, and us low-cultivation disciples were unlucky, being chased everywhere."

"I heard someone stole their things, but I don't know who did it!"

Zhu Hanwei became more and more dejected as he spoke. For him, this was simply an undeserved disaster!

"Uh..." Su Shi'er immediately reacted, his lips twitching slightly. He didn't elaborate on this topic.

An hour later, the two arrived at a hidden cave.

After returning Zhu Hanwei's storage bag and giving him ten common-grade, second-tier Spirit Materials, Su Shi'er walked to a corner of the cave, took out a cushion, and sat down cross-legged.

He had plenty of Spirit Materials now. Since he planned to use Zhu Hanwei, having him become a formal disciple would definitely be more beneficial to him.

Su Shi'er understood this logic.

Without rushing to cultivate, he sat on the cushion and first inventoried the items from the hook-nosed man.

There were no less than fifty storage bags alone.

There were nearly two hundred Spirit Materials, and a total of eleven various low-grade magical artifacts.

The quality of these magical artifacts was too poor; they no longer caught Su Shi'er's eye.

After organizing the miscellaneous items, Su Shi'er's gaze fell upon the last three items.

The first was the longbow used by the hook-nosed man. It was a dark green longbow, engraved with the three small characters "Heavenly Wolf Bow."

This was only a low-grade magical artifact. However, bow-type magical artifacts were relatively rare, so it had some value.

"This longbow condenses attack light arrows through True Essence. Its power is similar to the Fire Control Technique, only with less True Essence consumption."

"Merely this is not enough to unleash such astonishing power!"

Su Shi'er narrowed his eyes, having a deep impression of the astonishing arrow the hook-nosed man had unleashed.

The power of that arrow was comparable to a full-power strike from a top-grade magic artifact. It was even slightly superior.

Shifting his gaze, he looked at the second item next to it.

It was a quiver containing three pitch-black arrows.

The arrows were shiny black all over, with the words "Explosive Arrow" engraved on them. Furthermore, they contained astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations.

"Explosive Arrow! A one-time use high-grade magical artifact, no wonder its power is astonishing!"

Su Shi'er took a deep breath, his face showing joy.

With just a glance, he knew that these arrows were the source of that astonishing offensive.

He had witnessed the power of the Explosive Arrow firsthand; it could definitely be considered a trump card.

"Paired with this longbow, these arrows indeed have a surprising effect when attacking. With this, I have one more means of self-preservation."

Smiling slightly, Su Shi'er put the two items into his storage ring.

His gaze then moved to the last item: a black bead.

The bead was pitch black all over, emitting a chilling aura. When he held it, it felt bone-chillingly cold.

Su Shi'er tried injecting his True Essence into it and immediately felt that the bead contained a mass of black sand filled with a sinister aura.

The black sand only occupied one-third of the bead's space. Under the activation of his True Essence, it became exceptionally active, as if it were about to burst out at any moment.

"This black sand isn't simple, but it seems to be a consumable item? But it doesn't matter, as long as it can be useful at a critical moment, that's enough!"

Thinking this to himself, Su Shi'er put the Yin Wind Bead away.

Only then did he take out a Vermillion Fruit, swallow it, and continue cultivating.

Time flew by, and more than thirty days passed.

This morning, Su Shi'er opened his eyes.

Now, his spiritual power was dense. After refining a Vermillion Fruit and cultivating diligently for over twenty days, his cultivation had finally reached the peak of the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Feeling the abundant True Essence in his Dantian, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, unable to hide a trace of joy.

In just five years, he had raised his cultivation to this level. Even the formidable geniuses within the sect were no more than this. And he was just an insignificant person with Mixed Spiritual Roots.

"Senior Brother, the Teleportation Talisman is fully charged. We can leave now." At the entrance of the cave, seeing Su Shi'er open his eyes, Zhu Hanwei, holding a Teleportation Talisman, excitedly shouted.

"No rush! I'll organize my belongings first!"

Su Shi'er said calmly, sitting in place, and began to inventory all the resources on his person.

He planned to organize all his most precious and important resources into the storage ring he held.

This storage ring was a good item. It was more convenient to use than a storage bag, and it was also discreet, with no trace of aura fluctuations detectable.

At the same time.

Within the Yun Ge Sect, over a dozen figures shot through the air, successively arriving in the valley where the ancient teleportation array was set up.

The group exchanged glances and wasted no time on pleasantries. Led by the Grand Elder of Tianshu Peak, they all injected their True Essence into the formation.

The ground rumbled, and the immense ancient formation reappeared in everyone's sight.

Immediately, they gazed at the formation, their expressions slightly tense.

After all, they were heading to a new location this time, and they were sending disciples with lower strength. No one could say for sure how many resources they could bring back.

However, the amount of resources brought back was directly related to the subsequent development of each peak. These people were all direct beneficiaries.

Moreover, for this trial, each peak had revealed quite a few of their trump cards. For a moment, everyone's thoughts were varied.