Chapter 92

Recently, Hua Xiajiu's strength had surged dramatically, and even among the experts of the Core Formation Realm, he was considered a formidable practitioner. However, he was very clear about his own position; compared to the Soul Out-of-Body Realm, his strength was still vastly inferior.

The tasks on the purple stone wall were aimed at disciples of the Soul Out-of-Body Realm, and thus were not something he, at the Core Formation Realm, could accomplish. In fact, most of the tasks on the purple stone wall involved going to dangerous and unpredictable places to collect rare medicinal herbs or minerals, and these dangerous places were invariably inhabited by Soul Out-of-Body Realm beasts or alien races.

Some of the tasks even required specific parts of certain beasts, which were either extremely rare and hard to find, or were themselves powerful, comparable to the Soul Out-of-Body Realm. Even if some individual beasts did not reach the Soul Out-of-Body Realm in strength, they often appeared in groups.

In short, there was not a single task on the purple stone wall that a Core Formation Realm cultivator could complete. Helplessly, Hua Xiajiu could only give up.

On the black stone wall, there were many tasks that Hua Xiajiu could easily complete, but most of them only offered spirit stones as rewards. Even if a few offered contribution points as rewards, the number was pitifully small, not exceeding two hundred contribution points, and they were also time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Wu Jiu, seeing Hua Xiajiu's expression, knew that the latter was worried about earning contribution points. Since learning Hua Xiajiu's true identity, he had become even more enthusiastic, especially after discovering that Hua Xiajiu was not impatient. This made him even more spirited, paying close attention to Hua Xiajiu's expressions and trying to please him.

Wu Jiu had average talent, average strength, and was rather old. To advance his cultivation from the early Core Formation Realm, he would need a large amount of cultivation resources. However, given his status in the sect, he had no strength to complete tasks and thus had no chance to obtain a large amount of cultivation resources. In short, if he did not have any special opportunities, the rest of his life would be spent just getting by.

Therefore, Wu Jiu had secretly regarded Hua Xiajiu as his chance to change his fate.

Hua Xiajiu was at a loss, and Wu Jiu was also thinking of ways to help.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration came to Wu Jiu. He remembered a conversation he had overheard among several disciples of the Five Elements Hall when Hua Xiajiu was fighting on the platform.

"Perhaps Senior Brother Hua can try to challenge the Five Elements Array of the Five Elements Hall—" Wu Jiu recalled that Hua Xiajiu's Metal Elemental Technique was significantly more powerful than ordinary Five Elements Techniques, and he had a bold idea.

"Senior Brother Hua! Junior Brother has thought of a way to earn a large number of contribution points," Wu Jiu said uncertainly.

Hua Xiajiu, who had been half-closed his eyes, suddenly opened them, his eyes bright, and stared at Wu Jiu, saying, "What way! Speak quickly!"

Wu Jiu was slightly taken aback and said, "I saw Senior Brother Hua use the Metal Elemental Technique to easily defeat Senior Brother He of the Five Elements lineage. I believe Senior Brother Hua has a high level of mastery over the Five Elements Techniques, at least for the Metal Elemental Technique—"

"Get to the point," Hua Xiajiu, seeing Wu Jiu start to ramble, could not help but feel speechless and rudely interrupted him, asking directly for the key points.

Wu Jiu smiled awkwardly and said, "The Five Elements lineage has a Five Elements Array. If an outer sect disciple can survive for more than three days in it, they can join the Five Elements Hall as an inner sect disciple. For inner sect disciples, including those from the other six lineages, if they can survive for a certain period and retreat safely, the Five Elements Hall will reward them with corresponding contribution points. I heard that a few years ago, a senior brother from the Puppetry Institute stayed in the Five Elements Array for five days and was rewarded with fifty thousand contribution points. It seems to be one thousand contribution points per day!"

Hua Xiajiu's eyes grew brighter, and he said, "Tell me everything you know about the Five Elements Array."

Wu Jiu smiled awkwardly and said, "Senior Brother Hua! You may not know, but to challenge the Five Elements Array, one needs to pay one thousand contribution points. Therefore, those who have challenged the array, whether they succeeded or not, keep the details of the array a secret and only tell those they are close to. Junior Brother only knows the information I just mentioned. However, I do know a few outer sect disciples who have challenged the array, but they won't tell me any secrets about the Five Elements Array. You don't know, they—"

Hua Xiajiu listened carefully to Wu Jiu, and when he was about to start rambling again, he decisively interrupted him, saying, "Stop! Hmm! How about buying the information they have?"

Wu Jiu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Oh! This should be feasible. I know a few of them, like Ma Hengzi—"

Seeing Hua Xiajiu frown slightly, Wu Jiu awkwardly stopped his rambling.

Hua Xiajiu's frown was not because of Wu Jiu's rambling, but because he suddenly remembered that he had no spirit stones in his storage bag. He only had one thousand contribution points, just enough to challenge the Five Elements Array. He was short of funds and could not afford to buy information, which made him worried.

Wu Jiu looked at Hua Xiajiu, silently blaming himself for his rambling habit, and carefully said, "Senior Brother Hua! Leave this to Junior Brother! Please wait here a moment, and I will go and gather information about the Five Elements Array."

Wu Jiu, worried that Hua Xiajiu would be polite, unusually did not ramble and, without waiting for Hua Xiajiu to say anything, turned and quickly left.

Hua Xiajiu watched Wu Jiu leave, feeling a sense of relief.

"Junior Brother Wu is truly a good person. After I challenge the Five Elements Array and earn contribution points, I should give him a portion," Hua Xiajiu, a very honest young man, thought. In his view, Wu Jiu had spent time and effort and invested spirit stones, which was like doing business together. The contribution points earned should be shared.

With this decision made, Hua Xiajiu did not think further and continued to examine the two stone walls in front of him.

At this moment, a chorus of exclamations came from behind the two stone walls, near the inner side of the hall.

Hua Xiajiu's heart stirred, and he walked towards the inner side of the hall.

Crossing the two stone walls and rounding several stone pillars, Hua Xiajiu saw dozens of people gathered around a blood-red stone wall, pointing and discussing with great excitement.

"I never thought that the massacre of Li Feng, who had been on our Purple Mist Sect's bounty list for three hundred years, would disappear right under our noses just now. I wonder which senior brother eliminated this demon. That's a million contribution points!"

"Isn't that right? If I had a million contribution points, I could have the Alchemy Cave forge a magical treasure for me. Sigh! I wonder which senior brother is so powerful. I heard that Li Feng's strength had reached the late Soul Out-of-Body Realm, and his techniques and powers were extremely strange and powerful. Even a fully accomplished Soul Out-of-Body Realm expert might not be able to eliminate this demon."

I will be taking a train to Xi'an later, so I am uploading this chapter early. The next chapter will be around 10 PM. Additionally, I would like to thank my first fan 'Ai Yin Liu Shi Chuang Dan' for their generous support and monthly vote this morning. I am still shamelessly asking for monthly votes, recommendations, and positive reviews—please consider adding the story to your collection if you haven't already.

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