Chapter 39

In the early morning, everything was quiet.

A tall, slender youth held a dark red greatsword and swung it in the forest of steles. If one observed closely, they would realize that he was not practicing any profound sword technique, but rather the most basic sword technique on the Spirit Martial Continent.

Although it was a basic sword technique, the youth did not show any sign of perfunctoriness. He put all his effort into each strike, performing the movements to perfection. Slash, thrust, sweep... These basic movements were repeated over and over by the youth.

After more than a hundred repetitions, the youth sheathed his sword, planted the dark red longsword vertically into the ground, and then slowly exhaled.

Swoosh!

Like a knife slicing through tofu, the dark red greatsword easily pierced the ground. The youth moved his arms and said softly, "I've basically adapted to the weight of this Red Flame Greatsword. Moreover, my spiritual energy has increased so much that I'm probably going to break through to the sixth stage soon."

"Of course, your spiritual energy circulation is now more than twice as fast as before, right?" Another voice sounded. "And haven't you noticed how strange this place is?"

This youth was Lin Xuan, who smiled and said, "Of course it's strange. There are only stone steles and black plants, nothing that can move!"

"You're still too young to sense the power of the rules. This place seems to form its own world, with rules different from the outside." Jiu Ye said solemnly, "At least in terms of time, it's different here."

Seeing Lin Xuan's confusion, Jiu Ye continued, "This Demon Pit is in a separate small mystic realm. The place you are in now is a buffer zone between the small mystic realm and the larger world. Inside is another world you can't enter. Outside is the larger world, with a distorted space in between."

"What's the point?" Lin Xuan asked, pursing his lips.

"For every few days you spend here, it's only a few hours in the outside world. And the closer you get to the Demon Pit mystic realm, the more pronounced this effect becomes." Jiu Ye gave a direct conclusion.

"Xuanzi, this is a rare opportunity. You should take full advantage of it to master this greatsword!" Jiu Ye said.

"Really?" Lin Xuan was originally a bit worried about the upcoming inner gate test, but now it seemed all problems were solved.

"But, will I starve to death?" Lin Xuan asked worriedly, "I'm just a small spirit practitioner at the Pulse Condensation stage, I can't absorb the spiritual energy from the surroundings."

"I have a way to ensure you won't starve." Jiu Ye said, "But it might cost me some energy. Xuanzi, you need to continue finding spirit herbs to help me make good wine!"

"Don't worry, Uncle Drunkard, as long as I can enter the inner gate, I'll definitely find a bunch of spirit herbs for you!" Lin Xuan promised, patting his chest.

With that, Lin Xuan picked up the Red Flame Greatsword and walked closer to the Demon Pit, resuming his practice...

At the periphery of the Taihang Mountains.

A group of people in silver light armor were fleeing through the forest in a disheveled state.

"Damn it, the Xuantian Sect people are too ruthless, they killed so many of our brothers!" a bald man said.

"Second Brother, let's retreat! They are members of the Divine Might Group, and the Four Heroes of the Outer Gate are also involved. We can't stand against them!" a bearded middle-aged man said with hatred.

"Damn it, we didn't even take the brown stones, but they keep chasing us. We can't avenge Zhixing for now, let's retreat!" the bald man said through gritted teeth.

Thus, the surviving members of the Poison Snake Mercenary Group quickly withdrew...

In another direction, at the exit of the brown stones.

Members of various factions gathered here, including disciples of the Xuantian Sect and the Purple Mist Sect.

"Brother Jiang, according to our calculations, a batch of brown stones will be ejected in about half an hour."

Jiang Yulong nodded. He was determined to get this batch of stones. He had been at the periphery of the Demon Pit for five days and had only obtained one brown stone, but it contained nothing. In other words, he had wasted five days.

"Hmph! Duan Fei from the Combat Group got three, Shen Lan from the Green Robe Society got two, and the inner gate disciples are unknown..." Jiang Yulong calculated and found that he had the least.

"Yuer, don't worry, I'll definitely get you a brown divine stone." A flattering voice reached Jiang Yulong's ears. He frowned and glanced at the speaker, then coldly snorted.

Not far behind, a purple-clothed youth was shamelessly纠缠着 Tang Yu, who was from the Purple Mist Sect, the second young master.

"Ding Xiang, stay away from me, or I'll have my brother beat you up when he comes back!" Tang Yu said with disgust.

"Hehe, your brother has been invited by Senior Brother Liu Qing for a sparring session. But don't worry, I'll protect you!" The purple-clothed youth, Ding Xiang, said, shaking his head.

Duan Fei, standing nearby, had a dark face. He was handsome and one of the Four Heroes of the Outer Gate, and he considered Tang Yu his woman. But this purple-clothed youth had been shamelessly纠缠着 Tang Yu all morning, and he had long wanted to slap him.

However, this youth's brother, Ding Hao, was a top young expert, known as the "Little Fast Blade" of Yunzhou. With such a powerful brother, Duan Fei naturally didn't dare to make a move.

Just as he was seething with anger, someone suddenly shouted, "The divine stones are coming out!"

Duan Fei quickly turned his head, staring intently at the front, ready to act. The others were also eager, and Jiang Yulong's hand gripped his longsword tightly.

Swoosh!

Suddenly, the sound of something breaking through the air came from the front, and everyone tensed up.

A fist-sized brown stone flew over, but no one moved because a large shadow followed behind. This shadow must belong to an enormous stone, which had never appeared before!

Jiang Yulong licked his lips; he had to get this stone.

However, he soon realized something was wrong, and so did everyone else. There was a person standing on the stone!

"How can there be a living person in the Demon Pit? Could it be a demon?" Many people were shocked. If a supreme demon king jumped out, they would all die here.

"Wait, it's a youth!" Someone noticed a new situation.

"The clothes, he's a disciple of the Xuantian Sect!" Everyone's eyes widened. They couldn't understand why a Xuantian Sect disciple would come out of the Demon Pit.

A handsome youth, carrying a dark red greatsword, stood confidently on the brown stone. He smiled, his eyes filled with indescribable confidence.

Swoosh!

The youth jumped off the stone and whistled playfully, "Thanks for coming to pick me up. The stones are flying, go chase them quickly."

"Thanks my ass!" Everyone cursed inwardly. We were waiting for the brown divine stones!

However, after the youth's reminder, many people woke up and quickly chased after the stones.

"Lin Xuan, it's Lin Xuan!" Finally, someone recognized the youth, and the members of the Divine Might Group approached with dark faces. They knew that whenever Lin Xuan appeared, nothing good would happen!

Jiang Yulong's brows furrowed, and he walked forward with a cold face, his icy gaze fixed on Lin Xuan.

"I said I would twist off your head if I saw you again!" Jiang Yulong said coldly.

"Is that so?" Lin Xuan's face was lazy, but his tone was as sharp as a blade, "I also said I would defeat you with my sword when we meet again!"