If the Severed Soul City is a trial.
This outermost city is the first test for outsiders.
By passing through, you will obtain clues and proceed to the middle section to enter the Inheritance Secret Realm.
If it fails, then there is only one way out: death.
These souls, suppressed within the outermost city, can devour all the souls in the city after the outsiders fail, possess their bodies, and then break through the restrictions of this realm to escape Severed Soul City once they regain their strength.
All of this seemed to be orchestrated by an invisible hand.
Everyone is a puppet on a string under this finger.
As an observer, I manipulate everything in Severed Soul City...
After receiving the information.
Ye Qiubai left the city.
The old man's soul can only wait for the next outsider to step into this city.
"Hopefully, nothing unexpected will happen to Xiao Hei and Mu Fusheng... No, wait."
At this point, Ye Qiubai shook his head and chuckled, "Those two should be fine, nothing unexpected should happen."
Just as Ye Qiubai had predicted.
Within the city where Mu Fusheng resides.
Given Mu Fusheng's cautious nature, he noticed the anomaly even faster than Ye Qiubai.
Furthermore, they did the opposite, trapping the other party's soul.
All the useful information was extracted.
That's right...
Mu Fusheng didn't even give the other party a chance to get close.
Of course, Mu Fusheng also asked a more important question.
That is, after the outsiders fail in their trials, they are possessed.
The possessor will use the body of the person currently possessed to travel to the secret realm of inheritance, sparing no expense to search for rare and precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures, or to kill others and obtain their Spirit Pill, thereby continuously restoring their strength and ultimately escaping from Severed Soul City...
In other words, you should never blindly trust the people around you unless you are absolutely certain!
And what about Xiao Hei?
Although he allowed the other party to enter his sea of consciousness.
But the moment it entered the sea of consciousness.
It was then suppressed by Xiao Hei's Demon God Bloodline aura.
He then revealed all the information and begged Xiao Hei to let him go.
Neither Xiao Hei nor Mu Fusheng gave the other a way out.
The three successfully passed the test outside the Severed Soul City.
That doesn't mean others will be able to pass.
For example, Zhuang Zidong of Heavenly Sword Peak.
For example, Ning Xi of the Holy Talisman Sect.
There are many more similar examples.
Severed Soul City, within their respective sects.
The soul tablets opposite them had already shattered...
When Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei, in different places, all looked up at the sky at the same time.
There, towering stone pillars pierced the sky and shone with immense starlight.
And those starlight rays, after the eruption, scattered to various places.
The seal on the stone pillar thus disappeared.
They know.
This means that someone has been possessed, breaking the seal on the stone pillar...
Mu Fusheng shook his head slightly and sighed, "I was careless; I shouldn't have come here."
"This feeling of being manipulated and forced to follow someone's wishes really doesn't give me a sense of security."
"I'm still not cautious enough... I'll have to consult with my master more often."
But then I thought of Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei.
Mu Fusheng scratched his hair helplessly again. "I still need Master to give Senior Brother and Little Senior Brother Hei a proper lesson, otherwise sometimes even if I feel it's dangerous, I have no choice but to go on adventures with these two senior brothers."
This moment.
Mu Fusheng felt that things were going too hard for him.
I also deeply understood my master's feelings...
However, they've already gotten in.
The challenges ahead are still to be overcome, and I hope to reunite with my senior brothers as soon as possible...
Within the Severed Soul City.
There is no day-night cycle.
Only that one dazzling Milky Way hangs above the Severed Soul City.
It continuously releases its dazzling afterglow.
About a day has passed.
Following the soul imprint, Ye Qiubai arrived at the foot of a mountain hollow.
On both sides of the valley are continuous mountain ranges.
In the center, there is a quiet path.
The path is flanked by smooth cliffs, as if carved by a knife and axe.
A powerful Sword Intent was faintly emanating from the surrounding cliff face.
He simply felt the Sword Intent.
This gave Ye Qiubai a jolt of energy.
This is the Immortal Sword Sword Intent.
It can be said that...
The master of this Sword Dao lineage was a Sword Immortal in his lifetime!
only.
Ahead on that quiet path stood a barrier emanating from Sword Intent, blocking the way.
This barrier, given Ye Qiubai's current strength...
Even if you drain your Spiritual Qi and use the third sword of the Primordial Sword Scripture, combined with the Yin-Yang World-Destroying Lightning Art, you still can't cut through it.
It seems that only those at the Heaven Immortal Realm or higher could break through the barrier...
Ye Qiubai thought to himself.
If it really is a trial.
Therefore, it's impossible to create a problem that cannot be solved.
In other words, specific conditions must be met to open the barrier.
Perhaps we have to wait for a specific day.
Or perhaps... not everyone has arrived yet.
Ye Qiubai tried to press the soul imprint in his hand close to the barrier.
This moment.
The barrier's strength also seemed to have weakened somewhat.
have to.
We still have to wait for someone.
Thinking of this, Ye Qiubai was not in a hurry and sat cross-legged on the ground.
He began to comprehend the Immortal Sword Sword Intent emanating from the cliff face.
In the time that followed.
Ye Qiubai did not have to wait long.
People started arriving one after another.
The second-place finisher arrived here.
This occurred within half an incense stick's time after Ye Qiubai arrived.
He was a white-robed man with long black hair trailing on the ground, holding a guqin in his arms.
After seeing Ye Qiubai, the man in white robes asked, "You're fast. Which disciple are you?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Qiubai thought for a moment and then said, " Heavenly Sword Peak."
He entered the Severed Soul City on behalf of Heavenly Sword Peak, so that's not wrong.
Heavenly Sword Peak?
Upon hearing these words, Yuezheng Chi's previously calm expression instantly turned cold.
You cannot obtain this inheritance.
Ye Qiubai raised an eyebrow slightly; his expression changed in an instant.
Is this some kind of grudge against Heavenly Sword Peak?
"Then it depends on your abilities."
Yuezheng Chi stood half a step in front of Ye Qiubai, looking towards the mountain hollow, and said coldly, "The strength of the disciples of Heavenly Sword Peak is not worthy of competing with me."
It seems they have a grudge.
Ye Qiubai was also somewhat curious.
Wasn't Heavenly Sword Peak quite low-key before he arrived?
They haven't even actively sought to compete for some of the resources in the secret realms.
Why would this white-robed man holding the guqin harbor such deep resentment towards Heavenly Sword Peak?
I can't figure it out.
Ye Qiubai then stopped caring.
The two then fell silent.
Another day has passed.
Then seven more people arrived at this place.
All nine of them were sword cultivators.
When the nine people, including Ye Qiubai, arrived in front of the barrier.
The soul imprint began to tremble, automatically floating out and imprinting itself into the barrier!
The barrier began to slowly dissipate.
P. S.: There will be no update tomorrow, and you all probably know why.
There was supposed to be three updates, but I don't have time now, it's almost midnight, so I'll just do two. I'll make up for the rest the day after tomorrow.
May Elder Jiang rest in peace!