Refusing to ascend at the beginning

Chapter 78 Failure?

In the cracks in the mountain, beside the shining black stone platform, Nie Ren bowed his head and knelt on the ground.

When he was swept away by that will, his soul almost burst because he was too close.

While my heart was full of horror, I was also full of expectation and ecstasy.

A year ago, an earthquake occurred around the Flame Mountain, causing the mountain on the south side to crack, allowing this place to see the light of day again.

The people from Chuanxin Palace discovered this place first and got a scroll on the stone platform.

They felt the extraordinaryness of the black stone platform, but they couldn't start.After careful consideration, they decided to summon the Heart-Destroying Pavilion to please the latter.

And Nie Ren was the first person in the Heart-Destroying Pavilion to see this letter.

After reading the letter, he was keenly aware of the great opportunity and did not report it further.

He secretly hid the letter and pretended to be an envoy from Juexin Pavilion and came to Chuanxin Palace.

The moment he saw the black stone platform, he was even more convinced of this opportunity.

Because it comes from the same source as the Demon-Sealing Mountain at the back of our sect, so it is not an extraordinary thing.

After getting the scroll from Chuanxin Palace, in the past year, he spent a lot of blood refining elixirs that could have further improved his cultivation, opening up connections in the Heart-Destroying Pavilion, and consulting ancient books.

Finally, he found out the pronunciation of the weird syllables on the scroll in an ancient book that was so dilapidated that it would fall into ashes if used improperly.

After several months of careful preparation, hundreds of hearts were obtained.

Now it's finally time to harvest.

The stronger the will of this sweep, the better the quality of the objects given after the sacrifice!

Whether it's a top-grade weapon or a superb skill, it can elevate his status within the sect to a higher level.

The five hundred hearts on the stone platform have melted. He looked greedily at the center of the black stone platform with great expectation in his heart!

However, in his expectant eyes, after the will that destroyed the world swept across, the light of the black stone platform faded away again.

Shitai regained its calm.

The stagnant air in the cracks began to flow again, the shadows of the trees on the Flame Mountain swayed again in the night, and the chirping of insects in the weeds again sounded softly.

Everyone who was almost breathless under the pressure of that will relaxed, but the look of shock still remained on their faces.

Su Han also had a slight thought and looked at the black stone platform with a full expression of fear.

That will gave him so much pressure in just one sweep.

Of course, there is also the reason why he is only in the second realm at this time and his soul is far less powerful than in his previous life.

But the sense of danger that this will brought to him was indeed the only one he had ever seen in his life.

It seems that if there is an opportunity in the future, we must investigate this matter carefully.

Within the crack, Nie Ren was completely stunned.

After waiting for a while, he finally confirmed that the stone platform had indeed returned to calm, and there were no high-grade weapons or techniques that he expected.

He looked at the black stone platform blankly, then turned to look at Lu Chunhua. After noticing the same astonishment on the latter's face, he opened his mouth slightly and looked at the stone platform again.

"What happened?" He whispered to himself silently, "The sacrifice... failed?"

A year of hard work turned into nothing, and his confusion quickly turned into anger.

Nie Ren roared angrily, and the cultivation of all four realms exploded, and the violent spiritual energy filled the entire crack in an instant.

He jumped onto the stone platform and punched the black stone platform one after another.

The spiritual energy exploded, and there were waves of vibrations in the cracks as the fists rose and fell.

One after another, the boulders embedded in the wall were dug out by his spiritual energy and smashed angrily on the black stone platform.

Amidst the smoke and dust scattered by the rubble, the cracks seemed ready to collapse at any moment.

Lu Chunhua took out a healing elixir from her storage bag and stuffed it into her mouth, then forcefully took a breath of spiritual energy, dodged into the smoke, and headed towards the exit of the crack.

"Go up the mountain!" Lu Chunhua slipped out of the crack and said to Su Han, then took the lead and galloped towards the top of the Flame Mountain.

Su Han didn't hesitate and rushed out together. With the blessing of Dengyunbu, his speed was no slower than Lu Chunhua.

Cao Nan and Tao Zhixi were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other, then each chose a direction and fled in all directions.

In the darkness a hundred feet away, Yan Wei frowned slightly, but in the end he did not pursue him.

He sprang out from the darkness, came to the crack and took a look inside. The crack was filled with smoke and dust, and there were waves of roars and vibrations.

After a while, calm returned to the crack.

After venting his anger, Nie Ren panted and stopped, but the black stone platform was still intact.

"Why is this happening?" He frowned and whispered to himself breathlessly, "What went wrong?!"

Yan Wei pondered for a moment and said, "Senior Brother Nie, is there something wrong with your heart?"

Nie Ren suddenly raised his head and looked at Yan Weiyi.

The latter looked thoughtful and said, "What we are doing this time is basically based on ordinary hearts. Is it possible that because of this, these ordinary hearts cannot withstand the coming of the will? Or, in other words, the ordinary hearts are not what the will wants." ?”

Nie Ren's eyes flashed, and he remembered that when the five hundred hearts melted just now, only the hearts of some practitioners melted a little later than ordinary hearts.

Is it true?
That will disdains these hundreds of ordinary hearts, but wants the hearts of practitioners?

Nie Ren looked bitter. He had to carefully collect hundreds of mortal hearts for more than two months.

Not to mention five hundred practitioner hearts.

This is no longer something that his power can solve.

The only way is to report this to the sect and let the sect elders or even the sect master handle the matter.

I have the merit of discovering this place, so I should be able to get a share of the pie.

After thinking about it, Nie Ren let out an extremely depressed breath, then said with dagger-like eyes, "Where are those little guys?"

"Already scattered and fled."

"Hmph." His face was as cold as ice, and then he swayed, rose into the air, and flew out of the crack like an eagle.

He stood in mid-air and looked in three directions, then flew towards the foot of the mountain in the direction where Tao Zhixi was escaping, and his figure disappeared in an instant.

Before leaving, he said: "Destroy the entrance to the crack and don't let others discover this place!"

As soon as Yan Wei accepted the order, after Nie Ren left, he used his spiritual energy to seal the cracks in the mountain with huge rocks and covered them up. Then he stayed here and waited for Nie Ren to return.

……

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Tao Zhixi concentrated on escaping through the mountains and forests, reaching the ultimate speed he could achieve.

After running in a depressing escape for a long time, the edge of the mountain forest was already in sight.

He felt happy in his heart, and the shadow of death in his heart finally dissipated.

They ran away separately, and even if Nie Ren wanted to chase them, they would not necessarily pursue him in his direction. He was just an ordinary practitioner in the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

How could it be as threatening as the disciples of Qing Chi Sword Sect and Qi Qing Palace.

He rushed out of the forest with a hint of joy, but was shocked to find a figure standing outside the forest.

The figure smiled coldly at him.

In the midst of his astonishment and sudden despair, the bell rang leisurely.

……

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On the other side, Cao Nan was running in another direction of the mountain forest.

After escaping for a certain distance, he stopped, cleared a gap in a pile of rocks, and got in.

Then he felt that it was not enough, so he dug a deep hole in the ground.

Before burying himself inside, he restored the gaps between the piles of rocks, and then covered himself with soil again.

He restrained all his breath, slowed down his heartbeat, and made himself one with this land.

In the darkness where he buried himself alive, he could only hear his own gentle breathing, and the slightly damp soil brought a slight chill to his skin.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a strong spiritual wind blew through, flattening the pile of rocks where he was.

The soil covering his body was also lifted up, exposing him.

With a pale face, he looked at the figure in the sky, who seemed to be holding something in his hand.

The figure raised his hand slightly, and the object in his hand fell in front of Cao Nan.

"Boom."

What landed in front of him was Tao Zhixi's head with a look of panic still remaining on his face.

Cao Nan had sweat breaking out on his forehead.

Then, the figure in the sky also spoke.

"Don't be afraid, I won't kill you. But, I need you to do something."

"bell……"

(End of this chapter)