Enter the forest

  The teleportation array shone with white light. Mo Tian Ge didn't hesitate at all and slapped a defensive talisman on himself.

  This time it's not like Misty Valley, after all, Misty Valley has been dealt with by the three sects' seniors. Although there are some demon beasts left, they won't last long, and besides, there are some restrictions set up in the valley. As long as the disciples have their command tokens on them, no one will die. But here in these mountains, it's hard to say. If you're really transported right in front of a demon beast and get bitten, that's a death sentence. And now, among the three sects' disciples, undercurrents are surging, and some people see profit and forget righteousness, who knows, they might really put their lives on the line.

  Because she had anticipated the danger of this trip, she specifically exchanged some talismans with Qin Xi. Qin Xi had been practicing drawing talismans earlier and although he had wasted many, he also had a number of finished products that he didn't think much of, saying there were many left over, so the other three people traded for many from him. Mo Tian Ge didn't have many spirit stones left, so she exchanged materials with him, but he wasn't stingy because alchemy and artifact refinement both involved some experimentation, so it was a fair trade.

  This time, she was well-prepared for the trial. Mo Tian Ge had been worried about it. She wasn't a wealthy cultivator with a rich family background; all her spiritual stones were obtained through rewards or trading, and she had poor aptitude, which made her cultivation costly. Originally, the three small factions' competition was where Second Uncle sold his belongings to prepare talismans and pellets for her. Now, she really didn't have any valuable items left. She only had a hundred or so spiritual stones left, which she kept for setting up arrays; there were some spiritual herbs and materials, but most of them had been exchanged for spiritual stones, and the remaining ones couldn't be sold for much money. The talismans were still insufficient, and they couldn't be exchanged for spiritual stones either. There was also a pile of unknown items, some of which Qin Xi recognized and traded with her for talismans, while others he didn't know what to do with. She remembered getting a pearl from the An family's man, about the size of a small child's fist, which contained surging spiritual energy inside, but nobody could identify what it was. In this case, only some valuable spiritual equipment remained, most of which were obtained three years ago when she killed that An family's man; however, she didn't dare to sell them. But this wasn't the main concern for now; at least for this trial, her preparations were already very sufficient.

  Teleported into the woods, Mo Tian Ge immediately looked around. Fortunately, she didn't encounter any ferocious beasts. Letting out a sigh of relief, she took a step forward, and in the next moment, her foot stepped on empty air. She fell straight down, hastily using her Light Body Technique to find a point of leverage and jump back up.

  This is a steep slope, because there are too many vines. The front looks like solid ground, but it's actually just vines attached to it. She patted her forehead, what a false alarm, she had observed everything around her but forgot about the ground beneath her feet, it seems that in the future she needs to be more careful.

  The surroundings are dense woods, with vines crawling everywhere, and thick dry leaves underfoot, making it difficult to find a way out.

  Mò Tiān Gē took out a jade slip from her bosom, which had a map of this place engraved on it. However, the map was too rough and there were no reference points nearby, so she couldn't find anything. She could only give up, carefully calm her breath, and draw out her Qingmu sword to navigate through the forest. Fortunately for her, she practiced Wood-element Xìnggōngfǎ. In this forest, the wood energy was dense, making it more powerful when used.

  Suddenly, a strange aura burst forth from behind, and Mo Tian Ge, who had been intently observing his surroundings, immediately flashed into action, his Qingmu sword at the ready. He turned to face his opponent - a striped, flat-headed serpent!

  In an instant, her hairs stood on end. Even if she considered herself brave, facing a snake like this made her feel somewhat nauseous. But now was not the time to vomit. This demon snake's aura was not weak, and if she didn't focus, dying in its mouth would be even more disgusting.

  This snake was over ten feet long, as thick as a bowl, with a flat head, a tongue that darted in and out, and cold eyes that stared directly at her. The aura it emitted was that of a first-class demon beast. In an instant, the snake sprang up, spewing a stream of black toxic liquid towards her.

  At this time, the defensive talisman on her body took effect, and the poisonous liquid hadn't reached her yet, it fell down. After this blow, the defensive shield on her body shook, about to shatter, Mo Tian Ge didn't dare to be careless, again taking out a defensive talisman and slapping it onto her body. Then she raised the Qingmu sword, striking at the snake's seventh inch.

  The demon snake was also agile, almost moving like lightning, stretching and shrinking, entwining itself with the Qingmu sword.

  She carefully manipulated the Qingmu sword, but took out a handful of seeds from the Qiankun bag and threw them out while the snake was entwined by the Qingmu sword. The seeds fell on the snake's body and suddenly grew into thorny firethorns, tightly binding the demon snake. Her heart slightly calmed down, but in the next moment, she was shocked to the point of almost screaming.

  Only the demon snake's body stretched and shrunk, the fire thorns wrapped around its body couldn't pierce its skin, instead it was shaken off by a swing of its tail.

  Mo Tian's expression turned grave, this snake's scales were actually so hard that even the thorns of the firethorn couldn't pierce through.

  The demon snake flashed past the green wood sword, its head suddenly turned towards her, and a misty fog was spat out from the tip of its tongue, rather than venom.

  Moye Song only felt a dizziness, greatly shocked, this must be the poisonous fog! At this moment, he didn't dare to be careless, holding his breath at the same time. He took out a dan pill from the Qiankun bag and threw it into his mouth. The icy clear pill's medicinal power spread out, his mind immediately cleared up, and he didn't dare to continue entangling anymore. He took out a talisman paper and slapped it onto the snake's body.

  A column of water shot up into the air, pouring down on the snake's body, and then froze into ice. The snake's movements slowed down instantly. The Qingmu sword stabbed downwards with a "pu" sound, stabbing solidly and finally piercing its scales, nailing its seven inches firmly in place.

  The demon snake twisted a few times, but couldn't break free from the ice or the Qingmu sword. Eventually, it stopped moving and lost its breath.

  Mò Tiān Gē let out a breath, retrieved the Qingmu sword, and carefully wiped it clean. She couldn't help but glance at the ice on the snake's body - that Ice Seal symbol was quite expensive. This forest really was full of dangers everywhere; just one snake had caused her such excitement, and she'd even used up an Ice Seal symbol.

  Facing the snake corpse on the ground, Mó Tiān Gē encountered a problem. This time during the trial, her senior in the sect had clearly said that they needed to bring back the body of the demon beast, but this snake looked really disgusting and she couldn't bear to touch it.

  She hesitated for a moment, then took out a leather bag from the Qiankun bag, and with Qingmu sword, she lifted the snake's corpse into it, tied the opening tightly, and threw it back into the Qiankun bag.

  After doing all this, she gathered her breath and carefully identified the direction, crawling out of the forest.

  In the dense forest, a clear stream flows through the empty space between the mountains, winding down. Under the nourishment of this stream water, the grasslands on both banks are lush and beautiful, with wild flowers blooming profusely, making it a magnificent landscape in the wilderness.

  In this beautiful scenery, however, there are two people who destroy the beauty.

  The two men were dressed in purple and yellow robes respectively, but the sleeves had the same emblem embroidered on them. They glared at each other with malice.

  The young man in purple clothes snorted and angrily said: "You're from the Golden Blade Sect, how dare you ambush me?!"

  The middle-aged monk in yellow robes showed no expression on his face, and his tone was light: "Little Yellow Miaozi, what's the point of ambushing you?"

  Infuriated by his unflappable attitude, the young man twisted his face: "You - I am a disciple of the Purple Mist Sect's main vein. You're from an exterminated sect, aren't you afraid of being punished by your school?"

  "If I've done a clean job, who can find any evidence on me?"

  "You..." The young man was so angry that he was fuming, thinking that he lacked experience and had not gone through setbacks during his cultivation, and was easily provoked. At this time, the spiritual instrument in Cao's hand flew towards the middle-aged cultivator.

  The middle-aged cultivator cautiously retreated a step back, while secretly taking out the talisman.

  Both were at the tenth level of cultivation, and for a time they fought back and forth, evenly matched in strength.

  Just then, another person emerged from the woods, wearing a green robe.

  He only saw him see the two people in the fight, his face changing color, and after a long time, he finally took out an object from the Qiankun bag and threw it at one of them.

  Following the sound of the stream, several spiritual auras fluctuated and caught Mo Tian Ge's attention. She carefully concealed her tracks and headed towards the place where they were dueling.

  By the brook's grassland, two disciples belonging to Zixia Sect and Jindao Gate were dueling, while in a corner of the woods, a hideous Yunwu Sect disciple threw out the spiritual instrument in his hand.

  "Ah——" a miserable cry, that purple mist sect disciple lay in a pool of blood, lifeless.

  The disciples of the Golden Sword Sect and the Cloud Mist Sect let out a sigh of relief, as the two didn't fight or exchange blows. They divided up the belongings of the Purple Mist Sect's disciple, then set fire to the corpse, burning it clean, before parting ways and leaving separately.

  Moy Tian Ge hid in the woods, his forehead covered in cold sweat. Xu Jing Zhi's worst fears had finally come true - the Jin Dao Men and Yun Wu Pai disciples, fueled by hatred, had ambushed and killed a lone Zi Xia Zong disciple to vent their anger. She could imagine what would happen next. Those who had killed the Zi Xia Zong disciples couldn't resist striking again, and if they did so repeatedly, the Zi Xia Zong disciples would discover that their fellow sect members were being harmed. In a fit of rage, they would retaliate against the two sects. The three sects' disciples would thus engage in a fierce battle, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.

  This trial is indeed fraught with danger, having to guard against both the demonic beasts in the forest and other cultivators.

  After calming down for a long time, Mo Tian Ge set foot on the road again. Even if she was worried, it was useless, and she could only carefully avoid it, because the exit array would only open after one day, and she was determined to get the foundation elixir!