Killing God - Chapter 404

Chapter 404 Stone Gate

What kind of treasure could there be? Most of them were high-grade demonic beast shell spirit materials. Of course, the two demonic beast cores with the highest value were no small matter. Shen Shi casually told Sun You about his fortune in the Black Crow Ridge Mountain, but after hesitating for a moment about the Iron Winged Black Scorpion and the cave, he still casually walked over.

After all, besides himself, Zhong Qingzhu was also in the cave, so it was not convenient for him to mention this matter to others.

Sun You didn’t think too much, Apart from expressing a little envy for Shen Shi’s good luck, he also sighed with admiration that he was in a bad year this time. After entering Black Crow Ridge, he encountered a few extremely powerful demonic beasts. Although he had won by relying on his Cloud Piercing Arrow’s divine passage technique in the end, he was still extremely tired. Basically, he didn’t have the strength to bravely improve his ranking.

“It’s up to you this time. I heard that the treasures specially given to the top five after each trial are not bad.” Sun You sighed and patted Shen Shi on the shoulder.

Shen Shi smiled and said, “I hope so.”

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One night passed. When dawn lit up, only the remains of the campfire were left on the ground. The rising sunlight made the black mountain range look softer. In the camp at the foot of the mountain, the beginning of this new day was a sign that the trials that had come to the Hundred Mountains Realm had officially ended.

The enormous floating immortal boat was parked behind the camp. However, on this day, the people of Lingxiao Sect did not intend to use this treasure. They did not even immediately get up and turn around to Ling Xiao City. On this day, all the Origin Core Realm Adepts and Divine Concept disciples in the camp started to get busy. They counted their numbers and checked them one by one before flying towards the depths of Black Crow Ridge.

Because there are still people who haven’t returned yet.

The many Origin Condensation Realm disciples who returned to the camp looked at the figures flashing across the sky. Most of them were silent. Some people and friends whispered to each other in a low voice. After a while, detailed information gradually spread among these disciples.

Nine Origin Condensation Realm disciples who had entered the Black Crow Ridge Trial had yet to return.

According to the rules of this trial, not returning after the deadline was equivalent to a direct judgement of failure, which meant that he had no fate with the Four Great Congresses or Wentian Secret Realm. However, at this point, the outcome was already determined. The focus of everyone’s attention was no longer on this point. What everyone was concerned about was, were the nine people who hadn’t returned yet-still alive?

The trials and examinations at Black Crow Ridge this time were so strict, The mountains were filled with danger, A slight carelessness could lead to death under various dangers, such as demonic beasts, poisons, and all sorts of strange and inexplicable things. Moreover, in some dark and quiet corner of the night, even fellow disciples might become extremely dangerous, if there were enough spirit materials to make them covet at that time.

However, the senior elders of Lingxiao Sect did not pay any attention to this situation. It was only after the trial ended that they entered the mountain to search for it. Perhaps, they could only be considered to have exhausted their personnel.

At this moment, the expressions of many disciples who had been cultivating peacefully under the illustrious reputation of the Soaring Firmament Sect were slightly complicated.

Compared to them, Shen Shi, who was also standing in the camp watching the liveliness, was much calmer in his mind than most people. He had already seen countless deaths and bloodstains over the years, and no matter how weak his heart was, it would gradually become numb. As far as he was concerned, Shen Shi was in agreement with the sect’s methods for this trial.

How could a cultivator not see blood?

In the sky above Black Crow Ridge, sword images flickered as they moved about. They were all vigorous and elegant figures searching through the forests on the mountains. No one cared about the thoughts of an ordinary disciple, and the world would not stop just because they lacked someone.

It was about afternoon when the elders and Divine Concept Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters who entered the mountain for the final search returned. They returned to the camp together with five Origin Condensation Realm disciples who participated in the trial but did not return to the camp on time.

Of the five, Two of them were already lifeless corpses. After returning, they were parked on the ground in the center of the camp. There was a large circle of Origin Condensation Realm disciples surrounding them. At this time, no one whispered anything more. Everyone silently looked at the two corpses lying on the ground. The camp was a solemn and dull place.

Of the remaining three, all of them were severely injured and were almost unable to walk on their own. If it weren’t for the senior elders who came looking for them discovering them, their fate would have been extremely miserable. The injuries of these three Origin Condensation Realm disciples were very serious. Some of them had even injured their foundations, so they were quickly placed, healed, bandaged, and treated with miraculous medicines. The methods of the Immortal Clan were always endless and profound. In the future, they might be able to continue searching for the Immortal Dao.

Compared to the many normal disciples who returned to the camp on time, The three of them were unlucky. However, if they were extremely lucky compared to the two corpses lying on the ground in the middle of the camp, there were even people with worse luck than the two corpses. That was four more people. Even the elders of the commander and seniors didn’t find any traces of them after they searched the mountain.

At that moment, many people silently thought of such things as “death without a complete corpse” and “burying a barren mountain of bones”.

On one side of the camp, in an inconspicuous corner of the crowd, Shen Shi and Young Friend Sun stood side by side, their expressions solemn and solemn. After a while, they slowly withdrew their gazes. Sun You suddenly whispered, “Did you notice?”

Shen Shi remained silent for a moment. He raised his eyes to look at him. He saw that Sun You’s expression wasn’t too strange, but there was a hint of inquiry in his eyes. After pausing for a moment, Shen Shi sighed lightly and lowered his voice, saying,

“Jiang Hongguang is gone.”

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Jiang Hongguang was one of the four missing disciples. Shen Shiguang did not recognize the other three from their names. Of course, Jiang Hongguang did not have any deep friendship with him. At most, they were fellow disciples who had joined Lingxiao Sect and cultivated together in Qingyu Island for five years.

However, even so, hearing news that this person’s life and death were unknown was not something that would make people happy. Shen Shi and Jiang Hongguang did not have any deep enmity. At this time, they could only sigh for him.

However, when he turned around and left, his gaze turned. Suddenly, for a moment, Shen Shi seemed to see a slim figure behind the crowd turning around and silently leaving alone.

From afar, it seemed to be He Xiaomei’s appearance. Judging from her appearance, it seemed that she had decreased a little in the past few days.

In the next two days, Ling Xiao Sect’s Yuan Dan Elder and Divine Concept disciples searched the mountains twice. The vast mountain range was thousands of kilometers wide. It was not too much to say that finding the remaining four people was looking for needles in a haystack. However, the things that needed to be done were always things that needed to be done.

The next day, they actually brought back another person. However, they had already died and only brought back the corpse.

This person was not Jiang Hongguang.

On the third day, after searching for an entire day, no one was found.

In the past three days, no miracles had happened. No one had suddenly run out of the mountains and returned to the camp. He laughed and said that he had only forgotten about the time that had delayed his return.

Life and death were so simple and harsh that they were placed in front of everyone.

On the fourth day, no one went out to search.

The Floating Immortal Ark behind the camp slowly started to fly under the urging of the magic power spirit crystals. The disciples they encountered boarded the ship one after another and left the camp.

The moment the strong wind blew through the Immortal Ark and soared into the sky like a dream, the dark mountain range behind them became distant and tiny. Gradually, it was obscured by the clouds and could no longer be seen. It was as if everyone had a past in their hearts. In the end, they would always be forgotten in a secluded corner.

The Floating Immortal Ark carried a large number of Lingxiao Sect disciples and flew straight to Soaring Firmament City. After that, Elder Sun Ming Yang and the others did not have any intention of letting them stay in Soaring Firmament City for long. After a short rest, they passed through the ancient teleportation array and returned to the Black Turtle Island in the Primordial Chaos Master Realm. Just like when they arrived, they rode the Sea Crossing Immortal Ark back to the towering Golden Rainbow Mountain. Everyone scattered, returning to their respective caves, recovering from their injuries and sleeping exhaustively.

Two days later, On the viewing platform, the sect would finally announce the final ranking of the Black Crow Ridge Trial in the Hundred Mountain Realm. The top five would have the opportunity to head to the Four Main Conferences and enter the Heaven Seeking Secret Realm to search for cultivation opportunities. The five most outstanding people would also receive five treasures from the Ling Xiao Sect as rewards and increase their strength in the Heaven Seeking Secret Realm.

After parting ways with Sun You on the mountain path, Shen Shi brought Xiao Hei all the way to his cave in the deep valley. The mountain path gradually became rugged, and the shade of the trees gradually deepened. It was as if the clamor of the mortal world was slowly disappearing behind him. He was the only one left on the long green mountain path, and there was also the little black pig who looked very happy to jump and smell everywhere.

After staying in the Hundred Mountain Realm for so long and suffering from serious injuries, Shen Shi still felt exhausted. He thought that he really needed to have a good rest for a day or two before returning to his cave residence to recover.

Unknowingly, he walked through the mountain path and into the quiet valley. The faint sound of water came from the depths of the valley. The shade covered the sun, as if everything was exactly the same as before he left. There was no change at all.

Shen Shi had long since become familiar with the seclusion here. It was as if he had walked through this place every time in the past. He walked forward quickly. The mountain breeze blew past quietly, as if it still carried a little bit of the unique humid water vapor.

However, at this moment, Xiao Hei, who was not far away from him, suddenly stopped. He snorted a few times and turned to look at the other side of the road. Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, as if he didn’t react for the time being. After a moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and his expression changed slightly. He also turned around to look.

In this valley, apart from his cave, there was actually another cave that seemed to have never opened a stone door all year round. However, at this moment, in his astonished gaze, he saw that the stone door at the end of the stone path had actually opened a crack at some unknown time.