One day, when I ascend to immortality, I will slay all the hypocrites of the righteous path!
Hao Ren swore bitterly in his heart.
At this moment, he was beginning to understand the mindset of demonic cultivators.
Righteous cultivators were too damned annoying.
One moment they were yelling about "irreconcilable enmity," who could stand that?
Hao Ren was speechless.
After the two Golden Core elders of the "Sheng Feng Sect" killed the Yun family cultivators, they would undoubtedly come after him next. The cultivation world was too dangerous, and righteous cultivators were too dangerous.
No, he had to find a way to save the Yun family cultivators.
With the Yun family cultivators blocking the front, at least the "Sheng Feng Sect" cultivators wouldn't bother Hao Ren for the time being.
Hao Ren racked his brain.
How could a mere Qi Refining novice like him possibly find a way to save the Yun family cultivators?
He had no ideas at all!
The Yun family cultivators, facing the siege of the two Golden Core elders of the "Sheng Feng Sect," were doomed!
Just as Hao Ren was filled with sorrow and helplessness, another "status message" popped up.
[Ding! Your friend "Yun Tianchong" has successfully completed "Primary Inheritance Enlightenment," obtaining "Inheritance Qualification." The trial ceremony of the "Eastern Sword Sect" immortal mansion is about to begin!]
Hao Ren.
(・◇・)?
Oh, a trial, a traditional trope in xianxia novels!
It seemed this "Eastern Sword Sect" was bored to death. Their sect was about to be wiped out, yet they still had the leisure to arrange trial content. The minds of cultivators were truly unusual.
[Ding! Your enemy "Zuo Feifan" has received a celestial warning: The immortal mansion trial is about to begin. The "Myriad Sword Array" will activate in ten seconds. The "Myriad Sword Array" guards the immortal gate and protects trial-takers. The cultivation of trial-takers cannot exceed the Foundation Establishment stage. Ten seconds later, the "Myriad Sword Array" will kill all cultivators at the Golden Core stage and above.]
[Ding! Your enemy "Gu Zhen" has received a celestial warning: The immortal mansion trial is about to begin. The "Myriad Sword Array" will activate in ten seconds.]
[Ding! Your enemy "Zuo Feifan" has ignored the warning and remains within the "Eastern Sword Sect" immortal mansion.]
[Ding! Your enemy "Gu Zhen" is fleeing the immortal mansion alone.]
[Ding! Your enemy "Zuo Feifan" has been instantly killed by the "Myriad Sword Array," his form and spirit annihilated, with no burial ground.]
[Ding! Your enemy "Gu Zhen" was a step too slow and had a hand and a foot severed by the "Myriad Sword Array." He narrowly escaped, sustaining severe injuries.]
…
Absurd!
Simply absurd!
Hao Ren didn't know how to describe his current feelings.
Zuo Feifan's death was too frustrating!
A mighty Golden Core stage cultivator, powerful and arrogant.
Logically, the Yun family cultivators were doomed; they wouldn't even have a chance to escape in front of Zuo Feifan.
But, by sheer coincidence, "Yun Tianchong" suddenly passed the "Primary Trial Enlightenment," initiating the "Immortal Mansion Trial" segment, and the "Myriad Sword Array" activated.
To ensure fair and just competition among the "trial-takers," the "Myriad Sword Array" only allowed cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage to participate. Not only could Golden Core cultivators and above not participate, but they would also be obliterated by the "Myriad Sword Array" if they appeared within the "Eastern Sword Sect's" immortal mansion.
Tsk, tsk, tsk…
It felt like this plot was specifically targeting Zuo Feifan.
A "plot kill"!
The "protagonist's halo" of the Yun family cultivators had activated, forcefully eliminating the powerful enemy Zuo Feifan.
Hao Ren sighed with emotion.
The cultivation world was truly too dangerous!
Even if you were very strong and your opponent was weak, if they had a "protagonist's halo," you might die inexplicably.
Dangerous!
Too dangerous!
Hao Ren made up his mind. From now on, even if he cultivated to the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage, he would not go out for experience. Hiding, hiding in a cave was the safest.
[Ding! Your friend "Wang Dong" has awakened from his coma. Due to severe injuries, "Wang Dong's" cultivation has temporarily dropped from the Golden Core stage to the Foundation Establishment stage. The "Myriad Sword Array" did not attack him.]
Uh…
This was another effect of the "protagonist's halo," wasn't it?
Hao Ren was speechless.
Something as unlucky as "dropping a cultivation stage" turned into a good thing for Wang Dong. If someone said it wasn't the effect of the "protagonist's halo," no one would believe them!
[Ding! Your friend "Wang Dong" took the opportunity to confess his love to your friend "Yun Zhaozhao" and presented the "Divine Sense Pill" as a token of love.]
[Ding! Your friend "Yun Zhaozhao" rejected your friend "Wang Dong's" confession and returned the "Divine Sense Pill" as a token of love.]
Hao Ren.
彡(—＿—;）彡
Speechless to the max, utterly speechless.
Wang Dong, you little prince, can you control your "love-struck brain"? What time is it, and you're still confessing.
Yun Zhaozhao, you too. Given Wang Dong's sincerity, why didn't you accept him? If you don't want the "Divine Sense Pill" as a token of love, you could have given it to me!
Hao Ren grumbled in his heart.
He didn't know what was so great about that damned monkey to make Yun Zhaozhao so "devoted." Puzzling, so puzzling!
[Ding! Your friend "Little Spirit Monkey King" has successfully comprehended the "Nameless Celestial Stele," further activating its "Spiritual Clarity Stone Monkey" bloodline and greatly increasing its strength.]
[Ding! Your friend "Little Spirit Monkey King" has discovered the Western Inheritance Stone and is beginning to undergo "Primary Inheritance Enlightenment"…]
Suddenly, two "status messages" about the Little Spirit Monkey King popped up.
Hao Ren was speechless.
This "damned monkey" truly held a "protagonist's script"!
It went into seclusion for a month, its bloodline awakened, and its strength greatly increased.
Immediately after its seclusion ended, it had a miraculous encounter and began to undergo "Primary Inheritance Enlightenment," soon becoming the second "trial-taker."
Tsk, tsk, tsk…
Hao Ren didn't know what to say.
When the monkey emerged from the "ancient immortal mansion ruins," would it have already become a "Super Saiyan Monkey"? Would he still be able to defeat it then?
The thought of not being able to defeat the monkey and being thoroughly thrashed by it sent a shiver down Hao Ren's spine.
No, he had to cultivate diligently.
With that thought, Hao Ren's expression turned serious. He immediately closed the "status messages" and prepared to cultivate properly.
"Vast Righteous Qi Art"!
This was the cultivation technique Hao Ren was practicing.
The name was imposing, but it was actually the most basic cultivation technique.
With such a technique, it would be difficult to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Should I switch to another cultivation technique?
Hao Ren pondered, then took out another cultivation technique from his embrace.
"True Demon Secret Record"!
This cultivation technique was "picked up" by Hao Ren from the storage bag of the "delivery man" Wan Yingfa.
Wan Yingfa was an inner disciple of the "Yuantong Divine Cult."
His "True Demon Secret Record" was a classic demonic cultivation technique. When cultivated to a profound level, it could draw upon the power of the seventy-two True Demons of Chaos. It was good, and it was powerful!
Hao Ren had tried to cultivate this technique before, but due to his poor aptitude, he had never succeeded.
Now, Hao Ren had shared Wang Tenglong's innate destiny. He was also a "Congenital Lightning Seed" and possessed a "Congenital Lightning Spirit Root." His aptitude was definitely not a problem anymore.
Come on, let's cultivate!
Hao Ren opened the "True Demon Secret Record" and began to cultivate earnestly.