Chapter 1588: Nothing But a Fluke

Because Elder Zhou had gone with Chongyangzi to evaluate the Broken Army Sect, he knew a little more about Li Yan’s information than Elder Fang did.

He knew about Li Yan’s true performance on that flying ship during the Great Nothingness Fruit picking.

This wasn’t to say that Elder Fang couldn’t find out, but they were all Void Refining realm cultivators, and their minds had already become very indifferent to matters outside of themselves.

Moreover, those people were just juniors, and their evaluation of the qualifications of the lower sect cultivators was just following orders. Otherwise, they would rarely look at those people’s information.

So, Elder Fang’s side only had a better understanding of the Bright Flame Sect’s Spirit Transformation cultivators.

“The Broken Army Sect has successfully broken away this time! Hehehe…”

The burly Alliance Master of the Seven Tigers Alliance said this in a nonchalant tone at this time, and then he also chuckled, and then glanced at Wu Gouzi.

Wu Gouzi’s expression, however, did not change at all. He just nodded.

It seemed as if he was agreeing with the words of the burly man from the Seven Tigers Alliance, or as if he was agreeing with Li Yan’s ability, making it impossible for people to see his true thoughts at this time.

But how could these people be so simple-minded? How could they not guess Wu Gouzi’s thoughts at this moment? Especially the burly man from the Seven Tigers Alliance, who had fought with Wu Gouzi year after year.

He could be 100% sure that at this moment, Wu Gouzi’s heart was filled with the thought of annihilating the Broken Army Sect.

And he just liked this feeling. He had always liked things that could make Wu Gouzi angry.

Consequently, when he looked at Li Yan again, in that instant, he felt that this kid was quite good and suited his temper.

Since everyone would be a third-rate sect in the future, no matter how large the territory the Broken Army Sect could get later, it was worth trying to win them over.

And for a long time to come, the Broken Army Sect would definitely not be able to compare with the Seven Tigers Alliance and the Blood Lantern Sect.

But given the delicate relationship here, if the Broken Army Sect were to grow up in the future, it would definitely be the best means to contain the Blood Lantern Sect.

At the same time, openly associating with the Broken Army Sect could greatly disgust Wu Gouzi. Why not do it?

And just at this moment, another change occurred.

Just as Li Yan landed at the location of the Broken Army Sect, at the position of the Blood Pagoda Lamp, another spatial fluctuation suddenly came out.

Then, another figure stumbled out of the void, blurred. After landing on the ground, the person’s body swayed continuously before they finally stood firm.

Before the figure had even solidified, a “wah!” of blood spewed from her mouth.

“It’s Elder Yu!”

On the Bright Flame Sect’s side, Han Zhumei was the first to see the person clearly. She couldn’t help but frown and say, “Elder Yu only made it to five hundred zhang and she’s already withdrawn?”

This was even worse than the previous Shangguan Tianque!

The appearance of Elder Yu almost drew everyone’s attention away from Li Yan, who had just flown back.

Too many faces showed expressions of incomprehension, especially the cultivators of the Bright Flame Sect, whose faces were filled with surprise.

Elder Yu’s strength, at least on the surface, was much stronger than that Shangguan Tianque, but how did she only manage half the journey and… and fail?

And looking at Elder Yu’s injuries, although not as tragic as Li Yan’s, they were at least much more serious than Master Wei’s and Shangguan Tianque’s.

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Elder Yu’s face also turned slightly flushed, which was caused by the surging of qi and blood.

She turned her head to look, only to find that the lamp cover was now empty.

Immediately, her divine sense swept towards the Broken Army Sect, just in time to see Li Yan, who had just landed, looking back with a pale face.

‘Hmm? This child also failed to pass the trial!’

This thought immediately arose in Elder Yu’s mind.

This made her feel a little better!

However, her heart was still filled with indignation and confusion. She had to go back and ask Elder Wei properly why the situation inside was completely different from what he had told them.

The fiery heads and demonic beasts she encountered were originally objects of utmost Yang, with fierce and domineering attacks.

And the things she saw were more like they had eaten an aphrodisiac. Their attack speed and power far exceeded the realm she could sense.

An initial-stage Nascent Soul head was more like a mid-stage Nascent Soul, and a mid-stage Nascent Soul was like a late-stage one…

This was not a big deal for her, but the sheer number of heads and demonic beasts in the sea of fire was like the stars in the sky. Her initial strategy of using her magical power was already a mistake.

Under such circumstances, Elder Yu could only continuously break through, using more and more magical power to control the fire and part the flow, in order to shake off the pursuers behind her.

But in this way, her magical power consumption was more than doubled.

Especially when she had just broken through to over five hundred zhang, at a certain moment, she had just poured a mouthful of medicinal liquid into her mouth and had not yet had time to refine it slightly.

The surrounding demonic beasts, as if they had suddenly received some strong stimulus, all unleashed their potential and pounced on her from all directions.

Feeling the surging power that was almost infinitely close to the initial-stage Spirit Transformation, Elder Yu’s entire body immediately trembled.

Immediately, without having time to think much, she could only desperately use her fire control art, continuously parting the surrounding sea of fire that was surging like angry waves. But after only holding on for about five breaths, her defense was broken.

She was instantly struck as if by lightning and sent flying on the spot. A stream of blood had just shot out when it was burned away by the high temperature.

In mid-air, she was already terrified. How could she dare to persist any longer? She crushed the escape talisman that she had been holding in one hand.

She felt that if she were any slower, she would definitely be submerged by the boundless tide, swallowed without even a bone fragment left.

And just a few breaths before Elder Yu resisted, it was precisely when Li Yan broke through the pass in one go. It was also at that time that the sea of fire around Elder Yu became frantic and chaotic…

Elder Yu forcefully suppressed the discomfort in her body. After feeling the countless gazes, she also flew towards the Bright Flame Sect with a blank expression.

Soon, Master Wei, who had already interrupted his healing, looked at Elder Yu with a face full of disbelief. Because, Elder Yu had also learned that the Broken Army Sect had succeeded in passing the trial.

“So the Broken Army Sect passed the trial! Elder Yu, tell us what happened to you inside!”

Master Wei withdrew his gaze from the Broken Army Sect and immediately said.

After Elder Yu also recovered, she immediately explained the situation she had encountered. As Master Wei listened, his gaze became more and more solemn.

At this time, he also thought of when he was breaking through the final pass, that crocodile-shaped demonic beast also seemed to have suddenly erupted, causing his final blow to fall short!

He then asked Elder Yu a few more questions, but found that the situation she encountered was not the same as his before, which made him even more suspicious.

“Now… in this situation, we can’t go to Senior Wu to clarify. Firstly, the Broken Army Sect has already succeeded in passing the trial. From any point of view, the Blood Lantern Sect’s attitude towards the Broken Army Sect can only be more displeased. You can already feel their attitude just from the expressions and words of these low-level cultivators in the plaza, so we have no reason to be suspicious. Secondly, this was controlled by cultivators from the Pure Yang Hall. It’s even more impossible for them to do something unbalanced. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have gone to so much trouble and could have just found fault with our application conditions. If they don’t want us to participate, it’s very easy to find fault with us, and we would have nothing to say. Thirdly, in the end, the attacks in the Blood Pagoda Lamp did not exceed our capabilities. To put it bluntly, if Elder Yu hadn’t listened to my advice, and had allocated her magical power more reasonably and used what she thought was the best way to pass the trial, she might have been able to break through to the later checkpoints. Therefore, we have no reason to go to Senior Wu to verify, and we would instead offend him, which is not what the Bright Flame Sect wants to face. Since that’s the case, this time it will be Elder Han’s turn. Don’t consider our experiences and suggestions anymore. Use the method you think is most suitable to pass the trial!”

After Master Wei enveloped the several Spirit Transformation cultivators of his sect in a restriction, he spoke via voice transmission.

He knew that if Wu Gouzi and the others wanted to eavesdrop on their conversation, all these measures would be useless.

However, there were several Void Refining realm cultivators there, and none of them would be willing to send out their divine sense to eavesdrop, lest they give others something to talk about.

“But… but the situation inside is not right!”

At this time, an ugly expression appeared on Elder Yu’s face. The other party’s second person had succeeded in passing the trial, and he was also an initial-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator.

She, however, had only made it to over five hundred zhang. This made her old face unable to bear it, and her heart was filled with unwillingness and resentment.

“Let’s do as the Grand Elder says. We indeed cannot go to Senior Wu to verify the situation. I will go!”

Han Zhumei’s beautiful eyes glanced askance at Elder Yu.

If the Broken Army Sect had not succeeded in passing the trial, they could have gone over to verify the situation. But under the current circumstances, it was definitely not possible. Weren’t you just slapping the Blood Lantern Sect in the face?

After Master Wei removed the restriction’s light shield, Han Zhumei floated towards Wu Gouzi. Of course, she was just going to receive an escape talisman.

After taking the escape talisman, she said no more and immediately flew towards the Blood Pagoda Lamp…

Seeing that most people’s attention had been drawn to the pure and innocent woman from the Bright Flame Sect, Shangguan Tianque finally looked at Li Yan.

He was about to speak with a smile when Yu Banjiang and the two guest elders walked over quickly. The three of them first bowed.

The two guest elders, in particular, had eyes full of respect. They had heard of Li Yan’s various battle records before, but they had only heard of them.

Later, after Li Yan returned from outside, they had once wanted to spar with Li Yan, but Li Yan went out again not long after.

After returning once more, he immediately went into seclusion, which made them doubt Li Yan’s strength.

But not long after, Shangguan Tianque actually announced to the public that they were going to raise their sect’s rank, and Li Yan was also promoted to Supreme Elder. This gave the two guest elders a shock.

Only then did they realize that this Elder Li was actually a Spirit Transformation realm expert. Thinking back to their idea of going to “spar” with him, wouldn’t they have been tortured to death?

They finally remembered that the Sect Master, Yu Banjiang, when talking about this Elder Li, had mentioned to them more than once that Elder Li’s cultivation was unfathomable and could not be judged by his Nascent Soul level strength.

Seeing him again today, the two of them were completely convinced. Li Yan had succeeded in something that even the Supreme Grand Elder, Shangguan Tianque, had failed to accomplish.

“Junior Brother Li, thank you!”

After the three of them stood up, Shangguan Tianque also said a simple sentence to Li Yan. His words were very brief, and there were no promises or expressions of extreme gratitude, just a faint sentence.

Even his face only had a smile.

But everyone present knew that from now on, Shangguan Tianque and the Broken Army Sect would do anything for Li Yan, as long as he needed it.

Li Yan waved his hand and was about to speak when Ren Yanyu beat him to it.

“Nothing but a fluke!”

After saying that, she was already pursing her lips and giggling. In a great mood, she was even more beautiful and charming.

Li Yan was stunned when he heard this.

Immediately, he saw that everyone, including Mu Guyue, was laughing lightly.

Li Yan could only give a dry cough and rub his nose…

‘It seems they all know what I was going to say!’

About half an hour later, a figure flew straight out from the top of the Blood Pagoda Lamp. At the same time, a grand voice resounded through the heavens and earth.

“The Bright Flame Sect has passed the trial!”

Han Zhumei used a very short amount of time to successfully pass the trial. Inside, she fully utilized her wind-attribute movement skill, dodging those attacks at an extremely fast speed.

In the eyes of those fiery heads and demonic beasts, she was almost nonexistent. She only had to stop at the checkpoints to kill the great demons guarding them.

But for great demons of the fourth and initial-fifth ranks, she just waved her hand and finished them off, so she didn’t consume much magical power.

This greatly exceeded many people’s expectations. It was only at the last two checkpoints that Han Zhumei took a slightly longer time.

At that time, she did not dare to recklessly pull a large number of powerful demonic beasts upwards, thinking of fighting all the demons at that checkpoint.

In that situation, even she, facing a group of mid-stage fifth-rank and above demonic beasts, could not guarantee that there would be no accidents.

Therefore, she adopted a strategy of advancing step by step, killing them one by one before ascending.

But this strategy was only possible for her. If other cultivators wanted to do the same, they would have to have abundant magical power.

But she hadn’t consumed too much magical power in the first few checkpoints. A wind-attribute cultivator moved more elusively than a ghost, which made Master Wei and the others regret it endlessly.

If they had known earlier, the first choice for passing the trial should have been Elder Han! Everyone had spent so much effort and had to consider so many things about how to counter the Blood Pagoda Lamp.

In the end, it was all just a waste of effort!