The God of War.

The Three Swords Sect also lost several people. Lin Fei and Yang Qingqing have been missing, and the other two inner disciples have not come out yet.

Except for a small number of people who got some low-level elixirs, some ordinary mid-level weapons, and some dispensable skills, all the people who went in gained nothing. Compared with the losses, this treasure hunt in the underground palace was a heavy loss.

No one was happy after returning empty-handed. They had thought that entering the underground palace this time would be much better than the last trip to the Shuowang Palace, but they ended up running into Zhong Buli, a miser who had basically hidden all the good stuff somewhere unknown.

Since the collapse of the underground palace, there is no hope that Zhong Buli’s things will ever appear in the world again.

Perhaps, the one who actually took away all the treasures was not Zhong Buli, but the Dark Emperor who had disappeared for a long time.

No one knows whether the Dark Emperor is alive or dead, but for thousands of years, there has been no trace of the Dark Emperor on this continent.

Of course, if the Dark Emperor’s underground palace and tomb appear somewhere one day, the things inside will definitely be extremely rich. It can also be imagined that that day will be the darkest day in the world of immortal cultivation.

It is not difficult to imagine how many people would die in one day from infighting among their own clan, including those from the same sect or family.

There are many such cases in history.

Everything is for their own benefit, and this is true in every world, and even more so in the cultivation of immortals.

For your own sake, there is no room for others.

On the way home, Elder Jiang and Jian Buling were in heavy moods, especially Jian Buling. When Elder Jiang handed Yang Qingqing to him, he asked him to take special care of her. Now, Yang Qingqing was missing, not even alive. How would he explain to Elder Jiang when he returned home?

Jian Buling was not so heartbroken about the loss of other disciples. Of course, it's not that he wasn't heartbroken, as an elder he felt sad for his own disciples, but compared to a talented disciple like Yang Qingqing, the gap in his heart was naturally greater.

While walking, he was thinking about how to give Elder Jiang a suitable explanation, so Jian Buling deliberately slowed the team down.

In this way, what was supposed to take two days to get home finally took four days and I was still only halfway there.

Today is already the fourth day since we returned from the underground palace. Originally, we only had half a day to reach the Three Swords Sect, but Jian Buling stopped the team and asked them to rest on the spot and return to the sect tomorrow.

Everyone knew what the elders were thinking. After losing so many people, everyone felt bad. So, when the team stopped, no one disturbed Jian Buling and Elder Jiang who were sitting nearby. Instead, they just sat there and stared at the trees in the mountains in a daze.

……

As soon as Lin Fei and Yang Qingqing entered the cave, the underground palace collapsed. The two quickly rushed to the exit. Soon, they were only ten feet away from the exit. Unexpectedly, the exit also collapsed due to rain and failure of the formation. It took the two a long time to open up the cave and come out of the cave.

Therefore, it was delayed for almost two days.

After coming out, Lin Fei and Yang Qingqing quickly took a shortcut and headed towards the Three Swords Sect. However, due to the sudden increase of lakes in the mountains, the air became humid and the fog suddenly became heavier. The two of them wandered in the mountains for a whole day before they got out of the mountain, and they headed back as soon as they got out.

Soon they arrived at the main road, and the two of them rode non-stop back to the Three Swords Sect.

Lin Fei knew that after their disappearance, neither Jian Buling nor Elder Jiang would be able to give the sect a definite explanation when they returned to the sect.

Therefore, Lin Fei tried his best to catch up with the other people from the Three Swords Sect as quickly as possible.

Soon, they approached the path they came from.

"Someone?"

When they were still fifty feet away from the path, Lin Fei felt the people who were resting in the forest. He and Yang Qingqing immediately hid in the forest on this side and looked towards the place where there were people in front.

Yang Qingqing followed Lin Fei and also looked forward.

"Why do those people feel familiar?"

Lin Fei glanced at Yang Qingqing and said.

"Yes, it seems to be someone from the Three Swords Sect."

Yang Qingqing said vaguely.

"It's not like that. They are originally from the Three Sword Sect. But it's still so early now. What are they doing here?"

"He probably doesn't dare to go back, so he's waiting for us here."

After all, she is a girl, and she is thoughtful.

"It seems that we still have some weight in their hearts!"

Lin Fei looked at Yang Qingqing and smiled.

"In fact, the main reason is that Jian Buling went back to hand over to Elder Jiang!"

"..."

Yang Qingqing looked at Lin Fei with a strange look.

"Let's go, we'll find out soon."

After saying that, the two of them stopped hiding and walked straight forward.

"who is it?"

Just after walking ten feet forward, I heard someone shouting in front.

"It's us!"

Lin Fei replied.

"It's Lin Fei!"

The man seemed to be very familiar with Lin Fei's voice, and he knew who it was as soon as he heard Lin Fei's words.

"Elder Jiang, Elder Jian, Lin Fei is back!"

The man shouted loudly to the two elders who were in deep thought.

Hearing the shout, Jian Buling and Elder Jiang ran over like the wind. When they saw Lin Fei and Yang Qingqing coming over, their eyes almost lit up.

Especially Jian Buling, the moment he saw the two of them, tears almost fell from his eyes.

"Where have you two little bastards been? Are you trying to kill us?"

After being stunned for a moment, Jian Buling ran up and wanted to hug the two of them, but he quickly came to his senses and said with a certain sadness in his voice.

"That's good, that's good. Let's set off and return to the sect immediately!"

Everyone quickly gathered around and looked at Lin Fei and Yang Qingqing, each with their own feelings.

Soon, the team rushed towards the Three Swords Sect.

Along the way, Jian Buling stayed by Lin Fei's side, constantly asking him about the situation in the cave.

Lin Fei told Jian Buling some of the things that happened after he entered the fog that day, but he concealed some of the things. Although he knew that this was a bit disrespectful, he had to do so, otherwise, he would encounter many unexpected things.

With no more worries in their hearts, the team quickly returned to the Three Swords Sect. Lin Fei said goodbye to the two elders and then to Yang Qingqing before going straight back to his residence.

Along the way, Lin Fei saw a lot of people talking about something. After asking around, he found out that the Qinglian Kingdom's triennial talent selection competition would be held three months later.

In the ancient You Continent, there are 1,800 sects of the Three Saints and Five Religions. Among them, the Three Saints and Five Religions will select the most evil disciples from the various sects below as their own reinforcements every three years.

Entering the Three Saints and Five Religions to practice is also the greatest wish of all disciples. You must know that in the lower sects, the martial arts techniques and training resources practiced are not as good as those of the top institutions like the Three Saints and Five Religions.

Each sect or country determines the resources it obtains from the Three Saints and Five Religions based on the number or status of its disciples in the Three Saints and Five Religions.

In other words, if the disciples your sect sends to the Three Saints and Five Religions are of high level, then your sect will be able to obtain more training resources returned by the Three Saints and Five Religions.

As long as a sect has the resources for training, it can cultivate more outstanding disciples and send them to these institutions, thereby obtaining more resources.

If the cycle continues like this, the sect will continue to grow stronger, and the prestige of the sect will rise step by step, allowing more evil disciples to enter the sect and continuously strengthen the sect's strength.

Therefore, in order to make their sects or countries stronger, these countries or sects will hold various competitions and use a large amount of resources to reward disciples with outstanding cultivation abilities, thereby motivating all disciples to work hard and practice hard, which will lead to the emergence of more and stronger disciples.

Just like the talent selection competition held every three years in Qinglian Kingdom, it is to select outstanding talents for the Three Saints and Five Religions, so that their country and sect can be recognized and protected by the Three Saints and Five Religions.

As for individuals, every practitioner hopes to receive special training from their family or sect, and hopes to enter a better sect to practice, so as to obtain more practice resources.

However, the sect always selects people to train. Only if you are different and extremely talented, the sect will provide corresponding resources to train you, or send you to a higher institution for training, and hope that you can give back to the sect that trained you.

In other words, the sect and the individual are two mutually beneficial parties, and it is also like an organization that maximizes interests. You benefit from the sect, and the sect also benefits from you.

For all those who practice cultivation, whether you are a casual cultivator, a member of a family, or a sect, these three-yearly talent competition is undoubtedly a major turning point in their lives.

It seems that no one wants to give up this opportunity, and Lin Fei is no exception.

There are still three months left. Lin Fei's current cultivation level is the second level of spiritual realm. He must break through to the fourth level of spiritual realm within three months. Only then will he have the opportunity to participate in the once-in-three-years Talent Conference.

The fourth level of spiritual aspect is a prerequisite for participating in this selection competition.

Lin Fei returned to the room and began to plan.

It seemed that it was not enough for him to rely solely on Tianyuan's spiritual veins to break through to the fourth level of spiritual phase. He had to find a way.

The only way is to make pills, which is the fastest way to break through. To make pills you need money. Now Lin Fei has more than 500,000 spirit stones.

More than half a million may seem like a lot to most people, but to Lin Fei, it is too little.

Lin Fei's Dantian is really too big. Now, Lin Fei estimates that he needs at least 100 million spirit stones to cultivate from the second level of spiritual phase to the fourth level of spiritual phase.

One hundred million, for most people, this is something they dare not even think about.

Where to find these 100 million spirit stones? Lin Fei had no choice but to go to Wanbao Palace.

Soon, Lin Fei appeared in the hall of Wanbao Palace.

With the experience from last time, Lin Fei was not in a hurry to find the manager of Wanbao Palace, but instead wandered around in the hall. He believed that if he did not go to find the manager of Wanbao Palace, the manager would definitely come to find him.

Sure enough, the same beauty soon spotted Lin Fei wandering around in the hall.

"Little brother, are you okay?"

She was still smiling brightly, like a fragrant breeze blowing in front of Lin Fei, and the two peaks on her chest naturally touched Lin Fei's arm.

“Hey, hey, it’s okay, Kuang Kuang—Kuang Kuang!”

Lin Fei smiled foolishly and glanced at the beauty in front of him.

This woman is so beautiful, with curvy figure, rosy face and a watery complexion. She looks like she is made of water and it seems that water will flow out if touched.

"Little brother, do you want to buy some spiritual herbs? The spiritual herbs we have here are the best in the entire Yibang City."

The girl still smiled and followed Lin Fei as if she had Lin Fei in her arms.

"Okay, let me ask you, can you make the decision here?"

Lin Fei looked at the girl and suddenly asked, and his expression was much more serious than before.

"If you want to buy those poisonous substances, then I can't make the decision. If it's other things, I think it should be okay."

The girl was frightened by Lin Fei's sudden seriousness, but she quickly came to her senses.

"I'm not buying things, I'm selling things!"

Lin Fei deliberately put his lips close to the girl's ear, looking very mysterious.

"Don't scare me. What good things do you have to sell?"

The girl had been through a lot before, and it seemed like people often came here to cause trouble, so she was used to it.

"If you don't believe me, forget it. I'll find someone else."

Lin Fei smiled and wanted to turn around and leave.

"Okay, okay, okay, I believe you, let's do it now." Seeing that Lin Fei was about to leave, the girl was afraid that the good things she had got would slip away again, so she hurriedly walked in front of Lin Fei. "Tell me, what is the good thing?"

"Medicine! Top quality."

Lin Fei still looked mysterious as always, and spoke to the girl in a low voice.

"Top-grade elixir!" Upon hearing the name, the girl immediately covered her mouth, as if she was afraid of attracting other people's attention.

"Then come with me!"

The girl immediately grabbed Lin Fei's hand and pulled him to the back room.

After turning several corridors, Lin Fei met a middle-aged man in a luxuriously decorated room.

Looking at the middle-aged man's attire, Lin Fei knew that this was a person who could make the decisions.

At this time, the girl who brought Chu Fei in stood next to the middle-aged man with a serious look on her face.

"You said there were top-grade elixirs for sale?"

The middle-aged man looked at Lin Fei with a look of disbelief on his face. That expression seemed to tell Lin Fei that if what you said was not true, then you will pay the price for what you did.

"Is this how you treat guests? You don't even offer a cup of tea to guests!"

Lin Fei did not become timid because of the man's expression. Instead, he looked at the middle-aged man with a smile and replied.

When the middle-aged man heard what Lin Xi said, his face immediately became a little excited, but he still winked at the girl standing next to him, and the girl immediately walked out.

"You seem to be a man who has seen the world. However, if you can't come up with something decent later, then you should think about the consequences of your actions."

The middle-aged man took a close look at Lin Fei. He was judging Lin Fei's calmness to see if it was fake. If Lin Fei's calmness was fake, then as long as he scared him, the other party would become timid and afraid.

However, no matter how he looked at Lin Fei, Lin Fei still stood there calmly, looking unaffected by the wind and rain.

"Can I sit down?" Lin Fei asked when he saw the middle-aged man looking at him like that.

"Please sit down!" Seeing that Lin Fei was not pretending at all, the middle-aged man calmed down. After Lin Fei sat down, the girl outside came in with a cup of spiritual tea.

Lin Fei motioned to the girl to put the tea on the table, then took out a jade box from his arms and handed it to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man took the jade box from Lin Fei's hand, and suddenly smelled a strong aroma of elixir entering his nostrils. He hurriedly asked the girl to go out, and then opened the jade box.

The moment the middle-aged man saw the pill, his eyes widened.

"This... this is a Boundary Breaking Pill, a top-grade Boundary Breaking Pill!"

The middle-aged man looked at the pill and then at Lin Fei. His expression was like a dying man seeing a life-saving straw. That look could not be described in words.

Lin Fei stood up at this time, snatched the jade box from the middle-aged man, and then looked at the middle-aged man meaningfully.

"Now it depends on your sincerity!"

"If your sincerity is good enough, then I can let you handle my master's elixirs in the future. I think you should know how much benefit an alchemist who can refine top-grade elixirs can bring to you."