Chapter 64
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At a Location inside the Qin Palace:
Three groups of people could be seen in front of a Large blue circle which laid on the ground. The Blue Circle was filled with inscriptions which the present cultivators couldn't decipher.
It gave off a mysterious feeling even without it emitting any sorts of energy. Clearly, this is a formation. As time passed by, a small ray of light shone from the center of the circle formation. Slowly but steadily the entire formation was filled with a blue-white light.
A group of Elders was standing behind the three groups with the Qin Feng(Clan head), Grand Elder and the alchemist Yu Yang being the center.
"You may go. Remember, the Winner is the King. He who wins is the one with destiny to lead the Clan." Grand Elder Qin Mu spoke signaling everyone to start.
Qin Li clenched his fist, Qin Qing took a deep breath while Qin Cheng remained nonchalant as ever but there was a sharp glint in his eyes that was hard not to notice.
The three groups holding the entry token entered the Formation. The next second, with a 'whoosh', they disappeared.
****
Sheng Tian opened his eyes as his body felt a bit unsteady. Looking around, he found himself in front of a lake with a tinge of green. Surrounding the lake is the flora painting the scene with greenery.
Far away, he could see a Forest. Everyone is teleported randomly, to either the Lake or the Forest.
Only after traveling to both Lake and Forest would they get to the final destination to receive the inheritances.
There are treasures for those who can get them. All the while, they had to search for the Jade seals.
Sheng Tian shook his head feeling that it was a pain in the butt. But since he promised Qin Qing that he would help her find the Jade Seals, he should honor his words.
But the thing which needed the most attention now was the lake which is at least 2 sq.km in area. It's not very big but to search for the Jade Seals in this lake is going to be hard.
Then he heard 'splash' after 'splash'. The people similar to him who are transported to this lake dived into the lake already. Without further ado, he too jumped into the lake.
Cultivators could see in the water without problems.
Sheng Tian saw the whole water being red with a glimmering green occasionally. He looked around but didn't see anything except water. He dived in further and his vision caught a shining red crystal. Also, he felt the blood in his body being slightly affected.
Then he remembered Qin Qing's words of yesterday " Blood Lake is a place of risks and benefits. You can find the blood crystals in the lake which can help you strengthen your blood and improve the quality of it. This, in turn, increases your physical strength and also overall capabilities."
When he dived in the pressure increased but it didn't affect him much and just as he was about to take the crystal into his hand, a red figure appeared near the crystal in a flash and took it away.
Sheng Tian then saw it clearly. It is resembling a Pirahna with its large teeth and the length of half a meter. It is definitely not aesthetic to a beauty lover like him. It is kind of creepy with its bulging red scales.
Then as if to justify the situation, Qin Qing's speech continued to be recalled in his head " The deeper you go, the higher the chances of getting the blood crystals. At the same time, the pressure on you would increase. There is also a chance that the blood in your body might lose control and erupt leading to demise. Also, there are creatures living in the Blood Lake that love to drink blood. Individually, they are not an issue, the problem is they always attack in groups."
As soon as the introduction was finished, Sheng Tian saw the debut of a group of piranha. The group of piranhas came to him at fast speeds with their speeds reaching that of an Earth Realm cultivator and in the blink of an eye, they are in front of him.
Seeing the pack of fish, Sheng Tian shook his head and used Destruction Fist which was boosted by his Physical Strength.
*Boom*
The Fishes were blown away turning into minces of meat due to the Sheer shockwaves of his attack. The water was replaced by air where he punched due to the force as all the water which was present there was also pushed out.
Sheng Tian didn't care about the aftermath and took the crystal. He held it in his arms and felt the surging energy in it. He sat down crosslegged in water and used the crystal. A stream of energy flowed into his blood berserkly. When he was about to control the Energy, the Dragon God bloodline in his body churned and released a roar as the energy was blasted back to the crystal as it shattered to pieces.
"Fuck!" Sheng Tian cursed speechlessly at the situation. He felt annoyed due to the intervention of his bloodline.
Then he thought of the possible reasons. It could either be due to the Superiority of its bloodline but it never really tried to dominate his human bloodline, so the problem must lie in the energy of the crystal that it felt instinctive rejection. But he didn't know the exact reason and could only shrug it off.
Sheng Tian dived deeper and saw a pack of the piranha-like fishes. This time, at the center of their group, a green glow was radiating. Sheng Tian who saw this had a guess in his mind and quickly made his way to the group.
Without wasting his time, he punched out and caught the glowing object. Opening his hand, he saw a Green Jade in the shape of "J". The red colored water and being in the pack of the fish, its green luminescence stood out.
This is one of the supposedly twelve Jade seals present in the blood lake. The maximum number of Jade seals found in the blood lake till date was only 11. The last one was supposed to be present at the bottom of the lake. But trying to go there only means courting death as the Physical Pressure increases exponentially and the blood in a cultivator's body would go berserk as one goes deeper.
Earlier, there was a cultivator who cultivated in Body cultivation and made his body strong enough to even withstand the attacks of an Earth Realm cultivator by the age of 24 and his Energy Cultivation was at the Earth Profound Realm. He is praised as a genius by countless people.
But he met his demise when he tried to go to the bed of the lake to retrieve the Final Jade seal due to a challenge.
The onlookers stated that his physical body with the protection of profound energy withstood the pressure but his blood burst from inside exploding his body leading to a gruesome death. So, the scary part about the lake is not the pressure but its blood control. And the scarier part was one wouldn't know for sure if his blood was going to explode out though it becomes berserk. You can only know that your blood which was berserk all along would explode a moment before it does.
So, the participants who go down would only feel their blood being a little berserk and think that it is the effect of the lake. But when their blood is about to erupt out, it would be too late.
Sheng Tian recalled these stories he was told. Honestly, they did seem a bit scary but that's it. He started searching for the remaining Jade seals and also tried collecting Blood Crystals to investigate or sell them.
***
At the Forest of Bones, Qin Ancestral Grounds:
A figure was moving forward with a green glow covering the figure's body. A while later, a sharp spike shot towards the figure. Spinning in the air gracefully, the figure's green glow faded a bit revealing the face of the young miss of the Qin Clan.
She slashed her sword forward as profound Energy covered it and blasted towards a normal tree. Before the Slash even came close, the tree uprooted its root from the ground and opened its green eyes and a scary square shaped mouth. Its brown branches shot numerous green spikes each an arm's length towards Qin Qing. The spikes were filled with profound Energy and Qin Qing was sure that each spike could easily cut metal like butter. Then, the tree monster used its branches and created a shield powered with Profound Energy blocking the attack only suffering light injuries.
She flew high into the air to dodge them. But the spikes changed their direction and continued to target her. Qin Qing created a barrier and blocked the spikes easily. Then she closed the distance between the tree monster and slashed into two halves at a quick speed.
After the Tree monster was dead, she looked into her pockets and saw the Jade Seal she found. She made her way forward into the forest trying to find more seals.
Then she saw a green light glittering in the dense trees ahead. She was excited to find one more Jade Seal as she rushed forward without thinking.
But as she saw the Jade Seal simply lying on the ground without anyone or anything near it, She suddenly stopped. There is no way obtaining a Jade seal would be so simple. This must be a trap.
Suddenly, she felt a chill in her spine as she hurriedly dodged to the side. With a whoosh, a light appeared which cut her sleeve and revealed her jade-white left arm.
"Tsk, Tsk, no less from the Young Miss of the Qin Clan. Not bad, eh? There is not a single cut on your skin!" a female voice came from the trees as a Young Woman walked out. She looked pretty but the expression on her face was full of playfulness and disdain. She was around 20 years of age. She was wearing Orange White Robes and on the belt on her waist was a symbol of Sun rising between the Valleys.
"Rising Valley Sect Disciple?" Qin Qing was a bit stunned. Outside, based on the clothes she was wearing Qin Qing thought that she was from a noble family. Now, it seemed that it was all a disguise.
"Not bad, Miss Qin. Little Jing, you missed such an easy target. Don't come crying to me if you become a laughing stock." a rough male voice sounded as a young man who seemed to be in the twenties too stepped out.
"Che, So what? It's not like I lost or anything. The rabbit is still in the trap with no way to break out."
the girl replied hatefully.
"What do you want?" Qin Qing asked as she quickly took the Jade Seal into her hands using profound energy and kept inside. When the two jade seals came closer, they glowed more.
"Now, Now, Miss Qin. You are someone clever. So, You better give the Jade Seals you got to us as and we will be polite. Otherwise, I can only ask for forgiveness." the Young man talked casually but he already took out his Spear as a threatening gesture.
Qin Qing didn't answer but took out her thin green sword. With one person appearing in front and one at back, they seemed like they planned to seal her way. Even though they had the same cultivation as her, she isn't afraid.
In one vs one, she can be sure of escaping even if she couldn't win. But if two people attack her, then it is difficult to say.
This is why the number of Contestants in a group matter. The more the people, the better the chances of bumping into the person of the same group and looting the individual opponents with a collective force. Even if they didn't meet in the beginning, in the end, the combined force of the group with the most number of participants would be generally greater. Her younger brother, Qin Cheng had the highest number of contestants, 13 members thus increasing his chances of winning the trial.
*Swish* Qin Qing made the first strike as she struck at the girl in front. The girl brought out a fan and blocked her attack. Without giving her a chance to breathe, the young man attacked her from behind. Qin Qing flipped and attacked him but at the same, the girl used her fan to attack her with wind-based strikes.
Even though she dodged, A small cut appeared on her left arm. The fight however continued. The duo is draining her without giving her a chance to escape. Because she is also at the 5th stage of the Earth Profound Realm, the same as them, they didn't take her lightly. Their teamwork was perfect and it seemed like it was not their first time fighting two against one.
Qin Qing recently brokethrough after the journey to the forbidden land, otherwise, it would have been difficult for her to even keep up with these people in a fair fight.
But the two people are older than her by at least two years and they are fighting two on one so, the fight is not even fair in the first place.
As Qin Qing was about to use a Profound Art which would cost her Blood essence to escape. Loss of Blood essence could lead to severe consequences, A sharp light shot at the Young Man who was about to attack her. He had no time to dodge and he could only use his spear to negate the attack but he coughed up blood due to the force it carried.
"Hold your horses! Oh my! Oh my! Two grown-ups joining hands to bully a little girl. Don't you have any shame?" an amused and ridiculed voice sounded as Ling Chen appeared.
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At a Location inside the Qin Palace:
Three groups of people could be seen in front of a Large blue circle which laid on the ground. The Blue Circle was filled with inscriptions which the present cultivators couldn't decipher.
It gave off a mysterious feeling even without it emitting any sorts of energy. Clearly, this is a formation. As time passed by, a small ray of light shone from the center of the circle formation. Slowly but steadily the entire formation was filled with a blue-white light.
A group of Elders was standing behind the three groups with the Qin Feng(Clan head), Grand Elder and the alchemist Yu Yang being the center.
"You may go. Remember, the Winner is the King. He who wins is the one with destiny to lead the Clan." Grand Elder Qin Mu spoke signaling everyone to start.
Qin Li clenched his fist, Qin Qing took a deep breath while Qin Cheng remained nonchalant as ever but there was a sharp glint in his eyes that was hard not to notice.
The three groups holding the entry token entered the Formation. The next second, with a 'whoosh', they disappeared.
****
Sheng Tian opened his eyes as his body felt a bit unsteady. Looking around, he found himself in front of a lake with a tinge of green. Surrounding the lake is the flora painting the scene with greenery.
Far away, he could see a Forest. Everyone is teleported randomly, to either the Lake or the Forest.
Only after traveling to both Lake and Forest would they get to the final destination to receive the inheritances.
There are treasures for those who can get them. All the while, they had to search for the Jade seals.
Sheng Tian shook his head feeling that it was a pain in the butt. But since he promised Qin Qing that he would help her find the Jade Seals, he should honor his words.
But the thing which needed the most attention now was the lake which is at least 2 sq.km in area. It's not very big but to search for the Jade Seals in this lake is going to be hard.
Then he heard 'splash' after 'splash'. The people similar to him who are transported to this lake dived into the lake already. Without further ado, he too jumped into the lake.
Cultivators could see in the water without problems.
Sheng Tian saw the whole water being red with a glimmering green occasionally. He looked around but didn't see anything except water. He dived in further and his vision caught a shining red crystal. Also, he felt the blood in his body being slightly affected.
Then he remembered Qin Qing's words of yesterday " Blood Lake is a place of risks and benefits. You can find the blood crystals in the lake which can help you strengthen your blood and improve the quality of it. This, in turn, increases your physical strength and also overall capabilities."
When he dived in the pressure increased but it didn't affect him much and just as he was about to take the crystal into his hand, a red figure appeared near the crystal in a flash and took it away.
Sheng Tian then saw it clearly. It is resembling a Pirahna with its large teeth and the length of half a meter. It is definitely not aesthetic to a beauty lover like him. It is kind of creepy with its bulging red scales.
Then as if to justify the situation, Qin Qing's speech continued to be recalled in his head " The deeper you go, the higher the chances of getting the blood crystals. At the same time, the pressure on you would increase. There is also a chance that the blood in your body might lose control and erupt leading to demise. Also, there are creatures living in the Blood Lake that love to drink blood. Individually, they are not an issue, the problem is they always attack in groups."
As soon as the introduction was finished, Sheng Tian saw the debut of a group of piranha. The group of piranhas came to him at fast speeds with their speeds reaching that of an Earth Realm cultivator and in the blink of an eye, they are in front of him.
Seeing the pack of fish, Sheng Tian shook his head and used Destruction Fist which was boosted by his Physical Strength.
*Boom*
The Fishes were blown away turning into minces of meat due to the Sheer shockwaves of his attack. The water was replaced by air where he punched due to the force as all the water which was present there was also pushed out.
Sheng Tian didn't care about the aftermath and took the crystal. He held it in his arms and felt the surging energy in it. He sat down crosslegged in water and used the crystal. A stream of energy flowed into his blood berserkly. When he was about to control the Energy, the Dragon God bloodline in his body churned and released a roar as the energy was blasted back to the crystal as it shattered to pieces.
"Fuck!" Sheng Tian cursed speechlessly at the situation. He felt annoyed due to the intervention of his bloodline.
Then he thought of the possible reasons. It could either be due to the Superiority of its bloodline but it never really tried to dominate his human bloodline, so the problem must lie in the energy of the crystal that it felt instinctive rejection. But he didn't know the exact reason and could only shrug it off.
Sheng Tian dived deeper and saw a pack of the piranha-like fishes. This time, at the center of their group, a green glow was radiating. Sheng Tian who saw this had a guess in his mind and quickly made his way to the group.
Without wasting his time, he punched out and caught the glowing object. Opening his hand, he saw a Green Jade in the shape of "J". The red colored water and being in the pack of the fish, its green luminescence stood out.
This is one of the supposedly twelve Jade seals present in the blood lake. The maximum number of Jade seals found in the blood lake till date was only 11. The last one was supposed to be present at the bottom of the lake. But trying to go there only means courting death as the Physical Pressure increases exponentially and the blood in a cultivator's body would go berserk as one goes deeper.
Earlier, there was a cultivator who cultivated in Body cultivation and made his body strong enough to even withstand the attacks of an Earth Realm cultivator by the age of 24 and his Energy Cultivation was at the Earth Profound Realm. He is praised as a genius by countless people.
But he met his demise when he tried to go to the bed of the lake to retrieve the Final Jade seal due to a challenge.
The onlookers stated that his physical body with the protection of profound energy withstood the pressure but his blood burst from inside exploding his body leading to a gruesome death. So, the scary part about the lake is not the pressure but its blood control. And the scarier part was one wouldn't know for sure if his blood was going to explode out though it becomes berserk. You can only know that your blood which was berserk all along would explode a moment before it does.
So, the participants who go down would only feel their blood being a little berserk and think that it is the effect of the lake. But when their blood is about to erupt out, it would be too late.
Sheng Tian recalled these stories he was told. Honestly, they did seem a bit scary but that's it. He started searching for the remaining Jade seals and also tried collecting Blood Crystals to investigate or sell them.
***
At the Forest of Bones, Qin Ancestral Grounds:
A figure was moving forward with a green glow covering the figure's body. A while later, a sharp spike shot towards the figure. Spinning in the air gracefully, the figure's green glow faded a bit revealing the face of the young miss of the Qin Clan.
She slashed her sword forward as profound Energy covered it and blasted towards a normal tree. Before the Slash even came close, the tree uprooted its root from the ground and opened its green eyes and a scary square shaped mouth. Its brown branches shot numerous green spikes each an arm's length towards Qin Qing. The spikes were filled with profound Energy and Qin Qing was sure that each spike could easily cut metal like butter. Then, the tree monster used its branches and created a shield powered with Profound Energy blocking the attack only suffering light injuries.
She flew high into the air to dodge them. But the spikes changed their direction and continued to target her. Qin Qing created a barrier and blocked the spikes easily. Then she closed the distance between the tree monster and slashed into two halves at a quick speed.
After the Tree monster was dead, she looked into her pockets and saw the Jade Seal she found. She made her way forward into the forest trying to find more seals.
Then she saw a green light glittering in the dense trees ahead. She was excited to find one more Jade Seal as she rushed forward without thinking.
But as she saw the Jade Seal simply lying on the ground without anyone or anything near it, She suddenly stopped. There is no way obtaining a Jade seal would be so simple. This must be a trap.
Suddenly, she felt a chill in her spine as she hurriedly dodged to the side. With a whoosh, a light appeared which cut her sleeve and revealed her jade-white left arm.
"Tsk, Tsk, no less from the Young Miss of the Qin Clan. Not bad, eh? There is not a single cut on your skin!" a female voice came from the trees as a Young Woman walked out. She looked pretty but the expression on her face was full of playfulness and disdain. She was around 20 years of age. She was wearing Orange White Robes and on the belt on her waist was a symbol of Sun rising between the Valleys.
"Rising Valley Sect Disciple?" Qin Qing was a bit stunned. Outside, based on the clothes she was wearing Qin Qing thought that she was from a noble family. Now, it seemed that it was all a disguise.
"Not bad, Miss Qin. Little Jing, you missed such an easy target. Don't come crying to me if you become a laughing stock." a rough male voice sounded as a young man who seemed to be in the twenties too stepped out.
"Che, So what? It's not like I lost or anything. The rabbit is still in the trap with no way to break out."
the girl replied hatefully.
"What do you want?" Qin Qing asked as she quickly took the Jade Seal into her hands using profound energy and kept inside. When the two jade seals came closer, they glowed more.
"Now, Now, Miss Qin. You are someone clever. So, You better give the Jade Seals you got to us as and we will be polite. Otherwise, I can only ask for forgiveness." the Young man talked casually but he already took out his Spear as a threatening gesture.
Qin Qing didn't answer but took out her thin green sword. With one person appearing in front and one at back, they seemed like they planned to seal her way. Even though they had the same cultivation as her, she isn't afraid.
In one vs one, she can be sure of escaping even if she couldn't win. But if two people attack her, then it is difficult to say.
This is why the number of Contestants in a group matter. The more the people, the better the chances of bumping into the person of the same group and looting the individual opponents with a collective force. Even if they didn't meet in the beginning, in the end, the combined force of the group with the most number of participants would be generally greater. Her younger brother, Qin Cheng had the highest number of contestants, 13 members thus increasing his chances of winning the trial.
*Swish* Qin Qing made the first strike as she struck at the girl in front. The girl brought out a fan and blocked her attack. Without giving her a chance to breathe, the young man attacked her from behind. Qin Qing flipped and attacked him but at the same, the girl used her fan to attack her with wind-based strikes.
Even though she dodged, A small cut appeared on her left arm. The fight however continued. The duo is draining her without giving her a chance to escape. Because she is also at the 5th stage of the Earth Profound Realm, the same as them, they didn't take her lightly. Their teamwork was perfect and it seemed like it was not their first time fighting two against one.
Qin Qing recently brokethrough after the journey to the forbidden land, otherwise, it would have been difficult for her to even keep up with these people in a fair fight.
But the two people are older than her by at least two years and they are fighting two on one so, the fight is not even fair in the first place.
As Qin Qing was about to use a Profound Art which would cost her Blood essence to escape. Loss of Blood essence could lead to severe consequences, A sharp light shot at the Young Man who was about to attack her. He had no time to dodge and he could only use his spear to negate the attack but he coughed up blood due to the force it carried.
"Hold your horses! Oh my! Oh my! Two grown-ups joining hands to bully a little girl. Don't you have any shame?" an amused and ridiculed voice sounded as Ling Chen appeared.
At a Location inside the Qin Palace:Three groups of people could be seen in front of a Large blue circle which laid on the ground. The Blue Circle was filled with inscriptions which the present cultivators couldn't decipher.It gave off a mysterious feeling even without it emitting any sorts of energy. Clearly, this is a formation. As time passed by, a small ray of light shone from the center of the circle formation. Slowly but steadily the entire formation was filled with a blue-white light.A group of Elders was standing behind the three groups with the Qin FengClan head, Grand Elder and the alchemist Yu Yang being the center."You may go. Remember, the Winner is the King. He who wins is the one with destiny to lead the Clan." Grand Elder Qin Mu spoke signaling everyone to start.Qin Li clenched his fist, Qin Qing took a deep breath while Qin Cheng remained nonchalant as ever but there was a sharp glint in his eyes that was hard not to notice.The three groups holding the entry token entered the Formation. The next second, with a 'whoosh', they disappeared.****Sheng Tian opened his eyes as his body felt a bit unsteady. Looking around, he found himself in front of a lake with a tinge of green. Surrounding the lake is the flora painting the scene with greenery.Far away, he could see a Forest. Everyone is teleported randomly, to either the Lake or the Forest.Only after traveling to both Lake and Forest would they get to the final destination to receive the inheritances.There are treasures for those who can get them. All the while, they had to search for the Jade seals.Sheng Tian shook his head feeling that it was a pain in the butt. But since he promised Qin Qing that he would help her find the Jade Seals, he should honor his words.But the thing which needed the most attention now was the lake which is at least 2 sq.km in area. It's not very big but to search for the Jade Seals in this lake is going to be hard.Then he heard 'splash' after 'splash'. The people similar to him who are transported to this lake dived into the lake already. Without further ado, he too jumped into the lake.Cultivators could see in the water without problems.Sheng Tian saw the whole water being red with a glimmering green occasionally. He looked around but didn't see anything except water. He dived in further and his vision caught a shining red crystal. Also, he felt the blood in his body being slightly affected.Then he remembered Qin Qing's words of yesterday " Blood Lake is a place of risks and benefits. You can find the blood crystals in the lake which can help you strengthen your blood and improve the quality of it. This, in turn, increases your physical strength and also overall capabilities."When he dived in the pressure increased but it didn't affect him much and just as he was about to take the crystal into his hand, a red figure appeared near the crystal in a flash and took it away.Sheng Tian then saw it clearly. It is resembling a Pirahna with its large teeth and the length of half a meter. It is definitely not aesthetic to a beauty lover like him. It is kind of creepy with its bulging red scales.Then as if to justify the situation, Qin Qing's speech continued to be recalled in his head " The deeper you go, the higher the chances of getting the blood crystals. At the same time, the pressure on you would increase. There is also a chance that the blood in your body might lose control and erupt leading to demise. Also, there are creatures living in the Blood Lake that love to drink blood. Individually, they are not an issue, the problem is they always attack in groups."As soon as the introduction was finished, Sheng Tian saw the debut of a group of piranha. The group of piranhas came to him at fast speeds with their speeds reaching that of an Earth Realm cultivator and in the blink of an eye, they are in front of him.Seeing the pack of fish, Sheng Tian shook his head and used Destruction Fist which was boosted by his Physical Strength.*Boom*The Fishes were blown away turning into minces of meat due to the Sheer shockwaves of his attack. The water was replaced by air where he punched due to the force as all the water which was present there was also pushed out.Sheng Tian didn't care about the aftermath and took the crystal. He held it in his arms and felt the surging energy in it. He sat down crosslegged in water and used the crystal. A stream of energy flowed into his blood berserkly. When he was about to control the Energy, the Dragon God bloodline in his body churned and released a roar as the energy was blasted back to the crystal as it shattered to pieces."Fuck!" Sheng Tian cursed speechlessly at the situation. He felt annoyed due to the intervention of his bloodline.Then he thought of the possible reasons. It could either be due to the Superiority of its bloodline but it never really tried to dominate his human bloodline, so the problem must lie in the energy of the crystal that it felt instinctive rejection. But he didn't know the exact reason and could only shrug it off.Sheng Tian dived deeper and saw a pack of the piranha-like fishes. This time, at the center of their group, a green glow was radiating. Sheng Tian who saw this had a guess in his mind and quickly made his way to the group.Without wasting his time, he punched out and caught the glowing object. Opening his hand, he saw a Green Jade in the shape of "J". The red colored water and being in the pack of the fish, its green luminescence stood out.This is one of the supposedly twelve Jade seals present in the blood lake. The maximum number of Jade seals found in the blood lake till date was only 11. The last one was supposed to be present at the bottom of the lake. But trying to go there only means courting death as the Physical Pressure increases exponentially and the blood in a cultivator's body would go berserk as one goes deeper.Earlier, there was a cultivator who cultivated in Body cultivation and made his body strong enough to even withstand the attacks of an Earth Realm cultivator by the age of 24 and his Energy Cultivation was at the Earth Profound Realm. He is praised as a genius by countless people.But he met his demise when he tried to go to the bed of the lake to retrieve the Final Jade seal due to a challenge.The onlookers stated that his physical body with the protection of profound energy withstood the pressure but his blood burst from inside exploding his body leading to a gruesome death. So, the scary part about the lake is not the pressure but its blood control. And the scarier part was one wouldn't know for sure if his blood was going to explode out though it becomes berserk. You can only know that your blood which was berserk all along would explode a moment before it does.So, the participants who go down would only feel their blood being a little berserk and think that it is the effect of the lake. But when their blood is about to erupt out, it would be too late.Sheng Tian recalled these stories he was told. Honestly, they did seem a bit scary but that's it. He started searching for the remaining Jade seals and also tried collecting Blood Crystals to investigate or sell them.***At the Forest of Bones, Qin Ancestral Grounds:A figure was moving forward with a green glow covering the figure's body. A while later, a sharp spike shot towards the figure. Spinning in the air gracefully, the figure's green glow faded a bit revealing the face of the young miss of the Qin Clan.She slashed her sword forward as profound Energy covered it and blasted towards a normal tree. Before the Slash even came close, the tree uprooted its root from the ground and opened its green eyes and a scary square shaped mouth. Its brown branches shot numerous green spikes each an arm's length towards Qin Qing. The spikes were filled with profound Energy and Qin Qing was sure that each spike could easily cut metal like butter. Then, the tree monster used its branches and created a shield powered with Profound Energy blocking the attack only suffering light injuries.She flew high into the air to dodge them. But the spikes changed their direction and continued to target her. Qin Qing created a barrier and blocked the spikes easily. Then she closed the distance between the tree monster and slashed into two halves at a quick speed.After the Tree monster was dead, she looked into her pockets and saw the Jade Seal she found. She made her way forward into the forest trying to find more seals.Then she saw a green light glittering in the dense trees ahead. She was excited to find one more Jade Seal as she rushed forward without thinking.But as she saw the Jade Seal simply lying on the ground without anyone or anything near it, She suddenly stopped. There is no way obtaining a Jade seal would be so simple. This must be a trap.Suddenly, she felt a chill in her spine as she hurriedly dodged to the side. With a whoosh, a light appeared which cut her sleeve and revealed her jade-white left arm."Tsk, Tsk, no less from the Young Miss of the Qin Clan. Not bad, eh? There is not a single cut on your skin!" a female voice came from the trees as a Young Woman walked out. She looked pretty but the expression on her face was full of playfulness and disdain. She was around 20 years of age. She was wearing Orange White Robes and on the belt on her waist was a symbol of Sun rising between the Valleys."Rising Valley Sect Disciple?" Qin Qing was a bit stunned. Outside, based on the clothes she was wearing Qin Qing thought that she was from a noble family. Now, it seemed that it was all a disguise."Not bad, Miss Qin. Little Jing, you missed such an easy target. Don't come crying to me if you become a laughing stock." a rough male voice sounded as a young man who seemed to be in the twenties too stepped out."Che, So what? It's not like I lost or anything. The rabbit is still in the trap with no way to break out."the girl replied hatefully."What do you want?" Qin Qing asked as she quickly took the Jade Seal into her hands using profound energy and kept inside. When the two jade seals came closer, they glowed more."Now, Now, Miss Qin. You are someone clever. So, You better give the Jade Seals you got to us as and we will be polite. Otherwise, I can only ask for forgiveness." the Young man talked casually but he already took out his Spear as a threatening gesture.Qin Qing didn't answer but took out her thin green sword. With one person appearing in front and one at back, they seemed like they planned to seal her way. Even though they had the same cultivation as her, she isn't afraid.In one vs one, she can be sure of escaping even if she couldn't win. But if two people attack her, then it is difficult to say.This is why the number of Contestants in a group matter. The more the people, the better the chances of bumping into the person of the same group and looting the individual opponents with a collective force. Even if they didn't meet in the beginning, in the end, the combined force of the group with the most number of participants would be generally greater. Her younger brother, Qin Cheng had the highest number of contestants, 13 members thus increasing his chances of winning the trial.*Swish* Qin Qing made the first strike as she struck at the girl in front. The girl brought out a fan and blocked her attack. Without giving her a chance to breathe, the young man attacked her from behind. Qin Qing flipped and attacked him but at the same, the girl used her fan to attack her with wind-based strikes.Even though she dodged, A small cut appeared on her left arm. The fight however continued. The duo is draining her without giving her a chance to escape. Because she is also at the 5th stage of the Earth Profound Realm, the same as them, they didn't take her lightly. Their teamwork was perfect and it seemed like it was not their first time fighting two against one.Qin Qing recently brokethrough after the journey to the forbidden land, otherwise, it would have been difficult for her to even keep up with these people in a fair fight.But the two people are older than her by at least two years and they are fighting two on one so, the fight is not even fair in the first place.As Qin Qing was about to use a Profound Art which would cost her Blood essence to escape. Loss of Blood essence could lead to severe consequences, A sharp light shot at the Young Man who was about to attack her. He had no time to dodge and he could only use his spear to negate the attack but he coughed up blood due to the force it carried."Hold your horses! Oh my! Oh my! Two grown-ups joining hands to bully a little girl. Don't you have any shame?" an amused and ridiculed voice sounded as Ling Chen appeared.
