Chapter 1712: Climbing Onto the Lotus Platform
As for Situ Yong, he was shocked. Now he finally understood why the conditions he had given could not impress Qingyang. He had the strength to fight for the lotus platform. How could he give up the opportunity to help him? Originally, Situ Yong had a hard time surviving Qingyang's rejection. He also thought that he would have a chance to teach Qingyang a lesson. Now he no longer dared to have this idea.
Let's not talk about other people for now. The two Nascent Soul Level 5 peak cultivators looked at Qingyang with fear in their hearts. People like Qingyang were either born geniuses or came from super forces. Their means were beyond ordinary people. If they continued to fight, they would only suffer.
And seeing Qingyang's relaxed look, it seemed that he still had some strength left. That is to say, even if the two of them joined forces again, they might not be Qingyang's opponent. The most likely thing was that the two of them would be injured again. If they were injured again, they might completely lose the opportunity to fight for the lotus platform. In this case, it would be better to change the target directly and compete with people of equal strength. Maybe there would be some hope.
Thinking of this, the two men retreated a distance and joined other battle circles to compete with those people for the last three lotus platforms, while Qingyang climbed onto the empty lotus platform in front.
When they were by the lake, the lotus platform looked very small from a distance, like nine lotus flowers growing on the lake. When they got close, they found that the lotus platform was much larger than they had imagined. The rhizome several feet thick grew in the lake, and the height was more than a hundred feet. The lotus platform had a diameter of several dozen feet. It looked like a lotus seat from the outside, and it was flat on the top. Standing on the platform, one could see the surrounding situation at a glance.
After climbing onto the lotus platform, Qingyang felt that his whole body was transparent, his brain suddenly became much clearer, and his comprehension was greatly improved. Some things that he couldn't understand at ordinary times suddenly became clear. Some of the cultivation problems he encountered before didn't seem so difficult at this time. Even his whole body's true energy was running more smoothly than before, and he could exert a stronger strength.
Qingyang didn't know how the third level of the heart-searching test was conducted, nor did he know what the reward would be after the challenge was successful. However, judging from the benefits shown by the lotus platform, the final result would definitely be extraordinary. Since it was here, he would make the best of it. He would first see who would eventually own the remaining three lotus platforms.
The fewer the number of lotus platforms, the more intense the competition among the remaining people. Especially after the two Yuanying level 5 peak cultivators gave up Qingyang and joined other battle circles, the battle completely entered a white-hot state. In less than a cup of tea, several people were seriously injured and withdrew from the fight for the lotus platform, while the remaining people were like crazy, launching attacks regardless of everything to fight for the last chance.
A quarter of an hour later, the first battle group took the lead in deciding the outcome. The Yuanying level 5 peak cultivator who wanted to take advantage of the loophole did not defeat the three Yuanying level 5 cultivators who shared the same hatred and lost the opportunity to go on stage. However, the three did not laugh to the end, but were taken advantage of by one of the Yuanying level 5 peak cultivators who was defeated by Qingyang and thus changed his target, and finally went on the lotus platform.
Then the second battle group also decided the winner. Situ Yong was well prepared, but his three opponents could not unite against the enemy. In the end, they were defeated one by one by Situ Yong and occupied the eighth lotus platform.
The competition for the last lotus platform was even more fierce. Everyone knew that this was the last chance, so several monks who were unwilling to lose in the competition for other lotus platforms also participated in the competition despite their injuries. Therefore, the last battle group not only did not decrease, but became much larger. Seven or eight monks cooperated with each other, but they did not give in to each other, and launched a dazzling melee. Swords and shadows, waves flying, and waves on the lake surface were shocked. Huge waves, heavy casualties.
In this case, it is not that the strong will definitely win. The strong will be dealt with by others. Therefore, the last lotus platform was obtained by a fifth-level Yuanying monk with better luck. It seems that this challenge in the Heart Valley is not only about strength, but also luck.
The nine lotus platforms were occupied by people, and the remaining seriously injured monks had no choice but to retreat. However, they did not leave the Heart-Searching Valley, but stayed by the lake. They would not get the reward for the Heart-Searching Valley challenge, but the spiritual energy here was sufficient, and the speed of cultivation could be greatly accelerated. Instead of going out to take risks, it was better to stay here to improve their strength. Moreover, they were all injured and needed to recuperate in the Heart-Searching Valley for a period of time, and also see who could pass the final challenge.
Let’s not talk about how these people outside healed their injuries. The nine lotus platforms were occupied by people, and the second level of the Heart-Searching Valley challenge was over. The nine lotus platforms suddenly shook a few times, and then a circle of lotus petals rose from the bottom of each lotus platform, closing the entire lotus platform, and the nine monks on the lotus platform were covered inside, and their vision and divine thoughts were restricted to the lotus platform.
Qingyang encountered this situation for the first time, and he didn’t know what would happen next, but seeing that everyone else looked calm, there should be no danger, and the space of the Lotus Platform Mountain was not small, even if the vision and divine thoughts were restricted, it would not feel too closed.
Qingyang had heard from Situ Yong before that the third level of the challenge in the Valley of Questioning the Heart was questioning the heart. As the name suggests, it should be related to the tribulation of the heart. The lotus platform was closed to form independent spaces, probably to facilitate everyone to overcome the tribulation of the heart. Qingyang walked around the lotus platform several times and saw nothing unusual, so he sat cross-legged in the center of the lotus platform.
After the lotus platform was closed, the feeling of clear mind and clear eyes seemed to be more obvious, and the bottom of the lotus platform continuously provided spiritual energy, which was more concentrated than outside. Qingyang didn't know when the third level would start, so he just sat down to practice.
Once he started practicing, he forgot the passage of time. After an unknown period of time, Qingyang felt that he was suddenly in a trance, and then he was in another place.
This is an unnamed hill. For Qingyang, who is used to seeing all kinds of caves and blessed places in the world of immortal cultivation, this hill is extremely desolate. On the hillside, there is a dilapidated small Taoist temple. It seems to have experienced many winds and rains. It looks extremely dilapidated. There are traces of repairs everywhere. It seems that a gust of wind can blow it down. This small Taoist temple is really small, with a radius of two or three feet, and there is not even a yard.
Qingyang would not normally pay attention to such an ordinary place, but this time he could not move his feet, because this place was so familiar and had been sealed deep in his memory. It had once haunted him and also made him dare not even think about it again. This place was none other than the Xiping Temple where Qingyang had lived since he was a child.