Chapter 178: Chapter 178: It Should Be a Sure Thing
Wu Junxin stood up.
He had only been in the Trial Secret Realm for half a day, but he was already getting tired.
He glanced at the Red Token at his waist. After he killed an interdiate energy body, the points on the token had increased from three to six.
At his current rate, he’d only have thirty-six points by the end of the trial—and that was if he didn’t sleep or rest at all.
Thirty-six points was already a decent score.
In past Four Sects Trials, a disciple who earned thirty-six points had a very high chance of placing in the top ten.
’Junior Brother Fang didn’t agree with my strategy. I guess whether I run into him will just be a matter of luck,’ Wu Junxin thought to himself as he picked a direction and started walking.
He, Song Qiaoqiao, and Lu Zefeng had discussed with Fang Yun how they could help him earn points more effectively after entering the Trial Secret Realm.
His strategy was simple: once inside the Secret Realm, regardless of their starting locations, they would all head to a central eting point. In theory, this was the fastest way to group up.
Once they were together, they would help Fang Yun fight the energy bodies, doing their best to let him land the final blow.
However, Fang Yun rejected his proposal.
Fang Yun had pointed out that the Secret Realm was vast, and simply trying to et up would waste a significant amount of ti.
Furthermore, if he got all the points, it ant the three of them would get none, which would lower the Sect’s overall score.
But the most important reason was that Fang Yun felt it would actually lower his point-earning efficiency. As long as he had enough pills to restore his Spiritual Power, he believed his pace wouldn’t slow down at all.
Wu Junxin still believed that Fang Yun would earn points more efficiently with their help.
So Fang Yun had told them to focus on their own scores after entering the Trial Secret Realm. If they happened to cross paths, it would be up to luck.
He was grateful for their offer of help, but the thought was enough.
’I hope things go smoothly for Junior Brother Fang...’
’With his strength, Junior Brother Fang should have no problem with interdiate energy bodies. But he might need our help for the advanced ones. A single advanced energy body is worth a full ten points.’
...
’My poison has this effect on energy bodies, huh.’
Lu Zefeng discovered this unexpected effect when his right hand made contact with a basic energy body.
Until now, he hadn’t managed to fully utilize the right arm Fang Yun had Refined for him.
After dispatching the Demon Beast that the basic energy body had manifested as, Lu Zefeng’s thoughts ran along the sa lines as Wu Junxin’s.
He also wanted to find Fang Yun quickly. With his right arm, he could help him kill energy bodies.
Unfortunately, Fang Yun hadn’t agreed to the plan of eting up at the start.
’Two points so far. It hasn’t been easy.’
He could handle basic energy bodies, but Lu Zefeng wasn’t sure if he could defeat an interdiate one.
He had only managed to qualify for the Four Sects Trial by using a specific counter against his senior sister to defeat her. In terms of overall strength, he was at the bottom of the twenty-five participants.
If he didn’t run into Fang Yun, his goal was simply to earn ten points in the Trial Secret Realm.
That should be enough to keep his rank out of the bottom ten.
...
「Outside the Secret Realm.」
A full day had passed on the rocky plateau.
Today, a disciple from Star Moon Valley erged from the entrance to the Secret Realm.
He was the very first disciple to exit the Secret Realm.
When Wen Zhongyun saw this, his expression soured.
Just a few hours earlier, they had been chatting about which sect’s disciple would be the first one out.
They had even made a small wager on it.
The bet wasn’t on the final rankings, but on which sect would have the first disciple eliminated. It was more a matter of luck, so Wen Zhongyun had agreed to it.
"Fellow Daoist Wen, three hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones."
"Pay up."
"And ."
"Fine, fine!" A frustrated Wen Zhongyun took out nine hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones and handed three hundred each to Feng Tianrui and the other two.
That amount of Lower Grade Spirit Stones was enough to buy half a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact.
For Wen Zhongyun, the loss stung.
He could only bla his own bad luck. After all, it was his Star Moon Valley disciple who had been the first one knocked out of the Trial Secret Realm.
In contrast to Wen Zhongyun, the other three were delighted.
It wasn’t just about the three hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones; more importantly, it ant that none of their own Sect Disciples had been the first to be eliminated.
"How about we bet on the second one out?"
"No."
"Betting on the first one is interesting. There’s no point in betting on the second."
Besides Wen Zhongyun, Luo Yiyang also refused.
Theoretically, the second disciple to be eliminated could be from any sect. However, since the first was from Star Moon Valley, Luo Yiyang reasoned that the probability of the next one also being from Star Moon Valley was now lower, which ant the odds had shifted in favor of the other three sects.
"Why are you out?" Wen Zhongyun asked his disciple.
After a full day, the likelihood of disciples from the four major sects fighting each other was already high.
"I couldn’t defeat an interdiate energy body," the Ninth Layer Qi Refining disciple from Star Moon Valley replied.
Activating the Token to leave the Trial Secret Realm before the ti was up ant forfeiting half of one’s points.
When he left the Trial Secret Realm, if there was an energy body within a one-li radius, the forfeited points would simply vanish. If there were no energy bodies, the points would be transferred to the nearest token of a different color within that one-li radius.
This was also how one could obtain half of another Sect Disciple’s points by defeating them—so long as one paid attention to the conditions, securing that half-score was a sure thing.
"I understand. Give
your Token."
"Yes, Elder."
After handing the yellow Token to Wen Zhongyun, the Star Moon Valley disciple obediently returned to the spot where he had been sitting cross-legged.
He felt terrible for being the first one eliminated from the Trial Secret Realm. ’If only I’d been second to last,’ he thought miserably.
Wen Zhongyun glanced at the Token in his hand. It displayed two points, which didn’t surprise him.
Disciples who left the Trial Secret Realm this early, after having their score halved, rarely had more than three points.
Not long after.
Another disciple erged from the Trial Secret Realm.
This ti, it was a disciple from the Vast Sea Sect.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, you’re lucky we didn’t go for another round."
"This is hardly a cause for celebration," Luo Yiyang said, his face expressionless.
He couldn’t feel happy about his luck being spent on sothing like this.
Just like Star Moon Valley, their Vast Sea Sect was now down to twenty-four disciples inside the Trial Secret Realm.
The Vast Sea Sect disciple saw the disciple from Star Moon Valley seated nearby and breathed an inward sigh of relief.
’At least I wasn’t the first one out,’ he thought.
"What are you looking at? Give
your Token. It’s not like you’re much better off."
"Yes, Elder."
After taking out his blue Token, the Vast Sea Sect disciple dejectedly returned to his original spot.
...
「Inside the Trial Secret Realm.」
Half of the allotted ti had now passed.
In another day and a half, the three-day trial in the Secret Realm would co to an end.
The frost shattered, and the interdiate energy body—which had taken the form of a giant snake—dissipated.
’Forty-five points already. First place in the trial should be locked in.’
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