The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 242 Yuan Bihua

In the Jingxin Valley of the Yulei Sect, after Pan Chengfeng came back, he handed in the task and got the points, then returned to his cave to practice. After all, the ranking competition for the disciples every five years is about to begin. Many people are making the final sprint, hoping to improve their strength before the competition begins. After all, the higher the ranking, the more resources and rewards. The first place in this ranking competition will be rewarded with 100,000 points, as well as a magic treasure provided by the Refining Hall, but it is not known what it is yet.

Pan Chengfeng originally planned to come back and practice Thunder Step after getting the points, but after calculating the time, he felt that it would be too late, so he gave up this plan. There were only ten days left, and it was too late to do anything, so he could only meditate and absorb the crystal beads. A high-grade crystal bead in his hand turned into ashes, and Pan Chengfeng opened his eyes and said: "This high-grade crystal bead is really slow. Even if I meditate here and absorb the crystal beads, it will take at least a year to build the 8th level of foundation. At this speed, it will take at least two years to build the 9th level of foundation, and breaking through the golden elixir will probably be five or six years later."

Thinking that Xin'er should be working on breaking through the golden elixir now, Pan Chengfeng felt a little anxious. Knowing that his mind was unstable, Pan Chengfeng did not plan to continue absorbing the crystal beads. He stood up and patted his butt and said, "Let's ask Master if there is any way to increase the speed of cultivation." He stood up and left the cave, flew all the way up, and came to Qiu Xiaotian's cave. He found that the master was not there. Pan Chengfeng thought to himself, "Did he run out to make money again? Really, he didn't even say hello when he went out." There was no other way. He couldn't find the master, so he could only go to Mou Xuyou.

All the way to Mou Xuyou's cave, he found that Mou Xuyou was not there either. Pan Chengfeng said angrily: "One by one! Don't you say hello before you go out? I made a wasted trip!" There was no other way. The master and the apprentice were not there, so Pan Chengfeng had to go find Shuang'er. Just when he was about to go back to find Shuang'er, a message talisman flew over. Pan Chengfeng took it casually. It turned out to be sent by Bi Ruqing, the gatekeeper, saying that a senior brother named Yuan was looking for him. Pan Chengfeng scratched his head and thought to himself: "Yuan? I don't know anyone named Yuan in the sect." Pan Chengfeng replied to let him wait, he would be there soon. Outer disciples cannot enter Zilei Mountain unless summoned by their elders, so Pan Chengfeng could only go to the door to see which one named Yuan was looking for him.

After a cup of tea, Pan Chengfeng arrived at the door and saw the man surnamed Yuan who was looking for him. Then he remembered and thought to himself, "It was him?" Pan Chengfeng walked over. Bi Ruqing bowed and said, "Uncle Master is him. He said he knew you and wanted to see you for something." Pan Chengfeng nodded and said, "Yes, Yuan Bihua, right?" The man who came was Yuan Bihua, who Pan Chengfeng had seen before in the library and shouted when he saw injustice. Yuan Bihua bowed and said, "Meet Uncle Master Pan, I am Yuan Bihua, the outer disciple. Thank you for your help last time." In fact, this was the third time Yuan Bihua came. The first two times Pan Chengfeng was not there because he was out on a mission.

Pan Chengfeng waved his hand and said, "It's a small matter. Yu Qian and I have always had a rift. It's just a passing matter. You don't have to come and thank me specially." Yuan Bihua said, "It's a small matter for my uncle, but it's not a small matter for me." Pan Chengfeng asked curiously, "Oh? Why is it not a small matter? Tell me about it." Yuan Bihua said, "When I went to the library to borrow the 'Eight Trigrams Thunder Dragon Claw' that day, I only had more than 100 points. If Yu Qian had taken it away, I might not have been able to accumulate enough points to borrow it again even after another ten years, let alone break through to the Nascent Soul Great Perfection."

Pan Chengfeng then realized that Yuan Bihua had already broken through. Last time he was at the 9th level of the Nascent Soul, but now he has reached the Great Perfection. He nodded secretly. It has only been a short time, and this kid has already broken through. His aptitude is indeed extraordinary. Pan Chengfeng said, "You can break through because of your own efforts. You don't need to thank me. Is there anything else? Otherwise, I have to go back." Pan Chengfeng turned around to leave. Yuan Bihua opened his mouth and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle Master, please stay. I have something else to do." Pan Chengfeng raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, "I knew you had something else to do, otherwise I wouldn't have come to me on purpose."

Pan Chengfeng stopped and turned around and asked, "Oh? What else do you want, nephew?" Yuan Bihua looked around and said, "Uncle Master, please move." Pan Chengfeng asked curiously, "What's the matter? Is it important?" Yuan Bihua nodded and said, "Very important!" Pan Chengfeng said indifferently, "Okay, lead the way." Yuan Bihua was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, uncle master, I will lead the way."

Pan Chengfeng followed Yuan Bihua and flew for half an hour, and found that they were actually going to the dormitory of the outer sect disciples. The conditions of the outer sect were much worse than those of the inner sect, not to mention the direct disciples like Pan Chengfeng, there was no comparison at all. There were many small caves densely opened on a small hill. The people inside also had different cultivation levels. The highest one was Yuan Bihua, who had reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul, and the lowest one was at the foot of the mountain, who had only the foundation-building cultivation level.

Pan Chengfeng looked at the mountain and saw that there were at least several thousand cultivators. Seeing Pan Chengfeng's puzzled expression, Yuan Bihua explained, "There are about a hundred residences for outer disciples of the Yu Lei Sect. Some have slightly richer spiritual energy, while others are like this one, with thin spiritual energy and average environment. However, the spiritual energy of the mountain is still good, so there are often people fighting here to compete for the caves on the mountain." As he was talking, Pan Chengfeng heard the sound of fighting in the distance. With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he saw two Yuanying Great Perfection cultivators fighting fiercely. After watching for a few seconds, he withdrew his spiritual sense without interest and said, "You live here?" Yuan Bihua nodded and said, "Disciples and Taoist companions live here."

The two flew all the way, Yuan Bihua was in the front, Pan Chengfeng followed behind with a sword, all the outer disciples felt strange, how could there be a disciple wearing the clothes of a direct disciple flying here. Everyone knew that to become a direct disciple, one must at least have the cultivation level of a spirit transformation. However, everyone was puzzled for a while before they realized that he was the direct disciple of the great elder Qiu, who was heard to have only the foundation building cultivation level. Today, when they saw him, he really only had the foundation building cultivation level. Suddenly, many people were dissatisfied, secretly saying: "The sect actually allocated so many resources to a little foundation building cultivator!"

Pan Chengfeng also felt that the atmosphere was not right. Seeing so many Yuanying cultivators hostile to him, he thought about it and understood. He braked, laughed, and said to everyone, "You seem unconvinced?" The scene was silent. Yuan Bihua did not expect this and hurriedly said, "You..." Pan Chengfeng raised his hand to stop Yuan Bihua's words and said, "One by one, you don't practice well and think about unrealistic things all day long. What's wrong? Do you feel that the sect treats you unfairly?" Due to their status as direct disciples, no one dared to speak out, but the look on his face showed that he was unconvinced.

Pan Chengfeng suddenly felt that he was too low-key. These little Karami dared to glare at him. Did they really think that their strength was only at the foundation building stage? Pan Chengfeng suddenly shouted: "What are you looking at? I will give you a chance today. If you are brave, come to the martial arts arena tomorrow. No matter what level of cultivation you have, no matter how many people there are, as long as you dare to challenge me and win, I will give you 10,000 high-quality crystal beads for each victory! I will give you as many times as you win!"

There was an uproar below, and the hands of the Nascent Soul cultivators were shaking with excitement! Ten thousand high-grade crystal beads! They had never used so many crystal beads in their cultivation until now! Now, they could get this wealth just by defeating a young Foundation Establishment cultivator! As long as they got this wealth, wouldn't the Divine Transformation be within reach? Just when everyone was excited, a voice came from the air: "Junior Brother Pan, don't talk nonsense. Do you know how many outer disciples there are?" Pan Chengfeng bowed and said, "Senior Brother Jian, don't worry about them. Junior Brother will show mercy."

Senior Brother Jian is a disciple of the Third Inner Elder, and he is at the middle stage of the Void Refining Realm. Pan Chengfeng has met him twice, so he knows him. Senior Brother Jian rolled his eyes and said to himself, "I am worried about you!" Seeing that Pan Chengfeng didn't seem to understand what he meant, Senior Brother Jian said, "There are 76 outer disciples in total, and there are more than disciples who have reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm alone. Can Junior Brother accept the challenge of so many people alone? Don't joke around." Pan Chengfeng waved his hand and said, "Senior Brother, there is no need to say more. Junior Brother knows what is going on. Senior Brother, just help to be a witness."

Pan Chengfeng turned around and said, "What I said is binding. Did you hear me clearly?" A Nascent Soul cultivator said excitedly, "Are you serious, uncle? Do you dare to swear?!" Pan Chengfeng smiled and said, "Are you still uneasy even with Brother Jian as a witness? Well, I'll make an oath to you! Otherwise, you'll think I'm deceiving you." Then Pan Chengfeng made a big oath. This was a big deal. The entire Yu Lei Sect was in turmoil.

Yuan Bihua didn't expect that just bringing Pan Chengfeng to his cave would cause such a thing, so he said, "Uncle-master, disciple..." Pan Chengfeng interrupted, "It's none of your business, just continue to lead the way." Pan Chengfeng thought to himself, "I've been in Yu Lei Sect for a while, and this is a good opportunity for me to make a name for myself, otherwise people will think that I'm easy to bully!" Yuan Bihua saw that Pan Chengfeng had made up his mind, and secretly blamed himself, but Pan Chengfeng didn't let him say more, so he had to take Pan Chengfeng and fly to his cave.

Looking at the cave in front of him, Pan Chengfeng asked uncertainly, "Is this your cave?" Yuan Bihua nodded awkwardly. Pan Chengfeng was even more confused and asked, "It's not on the top of the mountain, nor on the mountainside, but at the foot of the mountain? Aren't you in the Nascent Soul stage? Why do you live at the foot of the mountain like a foundation-building disciple?" Yuan Bihua scratched his head and said, "Uncle, if you are interested, I will tell you later. Now, follow me in to see my wife." Pan Chengfeng nodded and said, "If you are interested, tell me later." In fact, Pan Chengfeng had already guessed something, but he just wanted to hear what Yuan Bihua said with his own ears.

Yuan Bihua entered the cave first, and Pan Chengfeng followed. After entering, he found that although the whole cave was simple, it was well arranged. It was obvious that someone had taken good care of it. Although Pan Chengfeng's cave was bigger than this one, and the spiritual energy was many times that of this one, the interior decoration was not as good as this one. Pan Chengfeng nodded and said, "Your Taoist partner is very careful. The layout of the cave is really good." Yuan Bihua smiled and said, "She likes to do these things when she has nothing to do. I'm sorry to make you laugh. Please come this way." Yuan Bihua led the way and led Pan Chengfeng into another small bedroom.