(For free.) Ye Feng lay bored on the spaceship, sleeping a lot, watching others cultivate, and no one spoke, this kind of day was really not interesting.
He is not lazy, but a special case of the chaotic body. Ye Feng can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at any time, even when sleeping, he is still absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth everywhere, without needing to meditate specially.
Only when he was at a critical juncture would Ye Feng go into seclusion and meditate.
"Hey, I'm telling you, Young Master Ye, you're quite interesting, sleeping so soundly." A disciple leaned in close to Ye Feng and nudged him with his shoulder, saying.
Ye Feng opened his eyes and took a look. Among these people, he only recognized the Grand Elder of Jian Ge, Li Xinchen. This disciple was unfamiliar to him.
"What's this senior fellow called?" Ye Feng remained in a sleeping posture, his eyes looking somewhat lazy.
"Just call me Xiao Zuo." Zuo Yue Xing was very easy-going and didn't have any of the airs of a senior brother.
"I wouldn't dare, it's better to call you Left Shifu." Among these people, Ye Feng was the youngest.
"Hehe, as you wish." Zuo Le's attitude made Ye Feng feel very comfortable, unlike others who lacked human touch. No matter how high your cultivation is, aren't you still a person with flesh and blood? If you lack human touch, what's the difference between you and a machine?
"Little Yezi, have you seen that guy in blue clothes?" Zuo Leixin pointed.
"That's the leader of our trial this time, to put it bluntly, we're all just supporting actors. As for how well we do this time, it still depends on that guy." Zuo Le Xing said.
"Oh? Who is he?" Ye Feng asked.
"Impossible, Xiao Yezi, you don't even recognize the famous Senior Brother Hehe." Zuo Leixing looked at Ye Feng with a strange expression and shook his head: "No wonder he's a madman, not even putting Senior Brother Su Mubai in his eyes."
He was Su Mu Bai, and Ye Feng couldn't help but take another two glances at him. This young man who was known as the most talented disciple of the Wang Hai Sect had successfully built his foundation at the age of 21, and his future looked extremely promising. If nothing unexpected happened, he would definitely become a core figure in the Wang Hai Sect in the future.
No wonder he looked at everyone with a hint of disdain, and after boarding the spaceship, he occupied the best position, ignoring everyone.
"It's a good thing Old Su doesn't care about titles, and still accepts everyone calling him Big Brother Master; otherwise, we'd all have to call him Uncle Master." Zuo Le Xing seemed to not be too fond of Su Mu Bai.
It's no wonder, just like Ye Feng, as long as someone stands in front of the crowd, it will naturally make people behind feel uncomfortable.
"But even if Su Mu Bai takes action, this trial will still end with the Wang Hai Sect being at the bottom among the top ten sects." Zuo Le Xing sighed.
"What's going on?" Ye Feng was almost completely ignorant of the trials in the Illusory Realm, and he urgently wanted to learn more from Zuo Leixin.
"How many years has it been, every time we participate in the trial of the Illusory Realm, our Wanghai Sect is always competing with the Qiankun Sect for first place." Zuo Le Xing said.
"This isn't good." Ye Feng was puzzled. In the past, they had always competed for first place, so why did they have to be at the bottom this time?
"It's a joke, we're competing for the last place. Every time, either the Wanghai faction is ranked last or it's the Qiankun faction. Now, whenever other factions see us, they all laugh and say that the old turtle has arrived again." Zuo Le Xing had a helpless expression.
"Is it that other sects are so strong? We don't even have a glimmer of hope." Ye Feng asked.
"Who says it's not? Look at other sects, that lineup is called gorgeous, basically all five foundation-building peaks with ten energy-refining peaks, and what about us? Su Mu Bai has just stabilized his energy-refining realm and he's already our sect's face. The Qiankun Sect isn't much stronger either, weak and powerless, can't do anything about it." Zuo Le Xing said.
Indeed, the trial of the Illusory Realm is a test of a sect's foundation. For the Wanghai Sect, even if you add up all the cultivators in the entire sect, there are only a few dozen Foundation Establishment experts, and most of them are middle-aged or older.
It's not that there is a rule that old guys can't participate in the trial, but rather there is a rule that any cultivator who has participated in the previous trial is not allowed to participate in the next one.
Wang Hai faction due to the scarcity of talents, these high-level cultivators who have reached the foundation period, basically all participated in the previous trials, so it would lead to Wang Hai faction being short-handed in using people, and even before reaching the peak of their cultivation, they had to send them out.
From this, we can also see the status of Wang Hai Pai in Zhongzhou, which belongs to the bottom door.
In the eyes of secular ordinary people, these are all fairy people flying in the sky. In fact, the status of Wanghai School is too embarrassing, once brilliant, but has completely declined.
Gongsun Hui also had the ambition to revive the sect, but after the crystal mine vein he once possessed was completely depleted, it restricted the rise of Wanghai Sect from the root.
In today's world, what is most important is that resources are too crucial for a sect's development.
"Left Martial Brother, then what do we need to do when we enter the Illusory Realm?" Ye Feng asked.
"What a rare treasure, yet you don't even know this much and still come to the Illusory Realm." Zuo Yue looked at Ye Feng with confusion.
"Please also give me your instructions, Brother Shi." Ye Feng was very polite and had a matter to ask about, so he naturally put aside his pride.
"After arriving at the location, there will be ten sect leaders who will jointly research and decide on several task items, such as medicinal materials, spiritual beast inner elixirs, and some rare resources. The sect that obtains the most task items within the specified time limit will be the winner, and the ranking will also be arranged in this order." Zuo Yue Xing said.
Ye Feng understood, this was to prevent any sects from cheating by bringing some items in beforehand and using them as task items.
"This is a sect mission, and also a personal mission." Zuo Leixin continued.
"What's personal task?"
"All practitioners who enter the Illusory Realm must collect a set amount of items, and this ranking is also the practitioner's ranking."
Ye Feng nodded after listening.
"This personal task is the most difficult to complete." Zuo Le Xing continued: "If the personal task cannot be completed in the end, it will be punished."
"What kind of punishment method." Ye Feng asked.
"You will be left in the fantasy realm and not allowed out."
"What's the big deal? If it doesn't come out, then it just won't come out." Ye Feng obviously didn't understand what was going on with the Illusory Domain.
"Xiao Yezi, you speak lightly, but you don't know the terrifying aspects of the Illusory Realm." Zuo Leixin's expression was solemn.
Ye Feng leaned in close and listened carefully as Zuo Le Xing told him everything about the Illusory Realm.
The reason why the Illusory Realm is called the Illusory Realm is because of the constantly changing scenery inside. The Illusory Realm opens once every five years and lasts for a month, during which cultivators can enter and exit freely, except for Golden Dan period cultivators who cannot enter.
Once the one-month deadline has passed, the entrance to the Illusory Realm will close, and any cultivators who have not completed their tasks will be left inside to face the endless spiritual beasts within. It is said that the strongest of these spiritual beasts are even more powerful than those in the Nascent Soul stage. In just five years' time, let alone facing Nascent Soul-stage spiritual beasts, even Golden Core-stage spiritual beasts would be able to devour all the cultivators inside.
If you don't complete the task, then go die.
It is said that every time there will be monks who die in the fantasy domain because they cannot complete their tasks, and most of these disciples who fail to complete their tasks are from Wanghai Sect and Qiankun Sect.
So the other sects also called the disciples of Wang Hai and Qian Kun who came to participate in the trial "spiritual beast food", implying that these two sects were just providing food for the spiritual beasts.
It's because of such rules that the occurrence of murder and treasure snatching is not uncommon, as long as you do it cleanly and don't get caught, no one can do anything about it.
Hearing this rule, Ye Feng felt even more at ease in his heart. This was simply a tailor-made rule for himself, and what he was best at was killing people and stealing treasures. What is the foundation of the peak? I will be the first place this time.
With a certain understanding of the fantasy realm, Ye Feng slept even more soundly.
Li Xincheng had not looked at Ye Feng straight in the eye for several days, and even when he did glance at him casually, there was a hint of viciousness hidden in his gaze.
Half a month's journey came to an end, and the Wang Hai faction arrived at the Phantom Territory.
At this time, there were still two days before the opening of the Illusory Realm Domain. Li Xincheng brought a group of disciples to land the flying ship.
The entrance to the Illusory Realm is a grand canyon, with a vast open space in front of it. This place was usually desolate and uninhabited, and people only came here when the Illusory Realm opened every five years. And those who came to participate in the trial were not just limited to these ten major sects.
There will also be some smaller forces intervening, and some scattered cultivators coming forth.
They chose to enter the Illusory Realm not for the sake of trials and ranking among disciples, but for the numerous treasures within the Illusory Realm.
Inside the Illusory Realm, all sorts of medicinal herbs grew in abundance, none of which could be found outside. Picking and selling them would fetch a handsome price. Moreover, there were many spiritual beasts inside. If one was lucky enough to kill a few, they could obtain their inner cores, which would sell for an even higher price.
A large number of monks have gathered in the open space, either in groups of several people or individually occupying a piece of land, and set up temporary tents.
Li Xincheng led his disciples in search of a flat area, took out materials and started setting up tents.
"Hey, isn't this a cultivator from the Wanghai Sect? And you're here to feed the spiritual beast again." Ye Feng heard a mocking voice while he was busy.
"That's right, the Wanghai faction is indeed the most particular. They know that the spiritual beasts in the Illusory Realm can't eat human cultivators for a long time and will get bored with their taste. Isn't it that they send a batch every five years?" Another voice chimed in.
Ye Feng was somewhat displeased in his heart, but this time the team leader was Li Xincheng, the Grand Elder of Jian Ge, and it wasn't his turn to speak yet.
Li Xincheng was directing his disciples at work when he heard someone mocking them and insulting the Wanghai faction, so he stopped working and went forward to reason with the person.
"Yin Ren, don't be too arrogant." Although he said so, Li Xincen seemed to lack confidence.
"What's wrong, Li Xincheng? You're looking down on me because I'm being arrogant? Can't help it, who let me have the capital to be arrogant?" Yin Ren was extremely pleased with himself. Compared to the Wanghai faction, his own faction was stronger by more than just one level.
"That's right, like your sect doesn't need to come to the Fantasy Realm at all, even entering the third-to-last is fine, and the last two were taken by you and the Qiankun Sect. The Liangguo Xiu Zhen Realm has really declined." Another cultivator also spoke bluntly.
"Leiwen, don't be too arrogant. When you see a powerful sect, you're more obedient than a dog, but with us, you have an attitude as if you want to bite." Li Xincen also refused to show weakness.
Lei Wen and Yin Ren belong to two different sects, with Yin Ren's sect ranking in the top three among the ten major sects, while Lei Wen's sect is ranked lower, only stronger than the Wang Hai Sect.