1087: 281_3 1087: 281_3 Apart from entering the grand event through different sects, there was another way to gain entry, and that was by challenging a formation!
Each great sect, during the event, would set up a great formation and welcome people of all cultivation realms to challenge it.
No matter who it was or what their cultivation realm was, as long as they could pass through the formation, they could naturally enter the sect and participate in the grand event as honored guests.
Thus, the people present were eager to challenge the great formation of the Cloud Reaching Sect.
Among them were some with the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection, who indeed could directly enter into the sect.
However, it was rumored that challenging the great formations of the various sects could lead to great benefits.
As long as you delved deep enough into the challenge, there was an opportunity to gain some of the paths leading to the Dao left by the great sects.
So even those with Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection wished to challenge the formations.
Moreover, during normal times, many Earth Immortals would choose to challenge the formation, creating a situation where those who could advance to the next stage were almost always Earth Immortals.
This was because the formation set up by each great sect had the same first stage: groups of a hundred.
No matter the method, if you were among the top ten, rushing to a designated spot, you would pass to the next stage.
Out of a hundred people, ten would advance to the next stage, usually filled with Earth Immortals under normal circumstances.
Those at the Golden Core Stage had no chance at all, but now, during the Reversal Mini Epoch Period, it was rare for those at the Golden Core Stage to have an opportunity to advance, so there were many participants in the challenges.
Thus, they were inviting Cao Zhen.
Their invitation was to form an alliance so if they ended up in the same group, they could join forces.
Cao Zhen flew towards the Cloud Reaching Sect with everyone, neither too quickly nor too slowly.
On the other side, Xiang Ziyu flew along with Huo Fanqi and eventually glimpsed an Immortal Sect from afar.
He had seen many Immortal Sects, being quite experienced.
After all, he had just been touring East Breeze and had seen countless Immortal Sects, but he had never seen such a magnificent and Spiritually Energy-filled Immortal Sect before!
Many Immortal Sects he had seen had their gatehouses enveloped in clouds and mist at the mountaintop, but this one had clouds swirling around its base as well.
And from a distance, it even seemed like the legendary Immortal Mountain.
Despite the far distance, he could still feel the abundant Spiritual Energy emanating from it.
In the Eastern Province, he had felt the Spiritual Energy was much more abundant than in the Eastern Wasteland, but the Spiritual Energy outside this Immortal Sect was even fuller.
And in front of this sect’s gatehouse, he could see numerous people gathering.
Clearly, this had to be the Cloud Reaching Sect.
Xiang Ziyu instantly exerted his full power and dashed forward.
As Huo Fanqi was flying, suddenly, a figure flew past him.
“Xiang Ziyu!”
Huo Fanqi was instantly shocked.
How could this guy suddenly burst out at such high speed?
Had he been holding back before?
No, he himself was an unparalleled genius; he had been going all out.
Even if Ziyu specialized in speed, at their same cultivation level, he shouldn’t be so much faster than him.
Unless, he used a secret technique!
Yes, he must have used a secret technique!
Damn!
How could he forget to use a secret technique!
He was a disciple of a Great Sect, his secret techniques were surely stronger, but now…
Huo Fanqi, watching Xiang Ziyu swiftly fly to the base of the Cloud Reaching Sect’s mountain gate, felt a big regret., It was too late to use a secret technique himself.
Indeed, those disciples from other great sects like to play these tricks.
He didn’t use the secret technique earlier; he must have known that if he did, he would realize and perhaps catch up by using one himself too.
He chose to use it just as they were about to arrive, overtaking him in one fell swoop.
As Huo Fanqi landed a step behind Xiang Ziyu at the gatehouse of the Cloud Reaching Sect, he said coldly,
“You used a secret technique!”
“Secret technique?” Xiang Ziyu paused for a moment, understanding what was implied, and then shook his head dismissively, “With you, I need to use a secret technique?
Is it necessary?
What, are you saying you lost because you can’t take a loss gracefully?”
“Nonsense!” Huo Fanqi’s face instantly flushed red, and he shouted, “I, Huo Fanqi, can afford to lose, and I admit you won.
But I don’t accept it!
I want to challenge you again!”
Huo Fanqi, pointing ahead, said, “There lies the entrance to the Sky-reaching Formation.
Do you dare to compete with me one more time?
Our wagers will still be twenty Blood Coagulation Crystals.
Whoever wins takes them.
Do you dare?”
Xiang Ziyu immediately replied dismissively, “You haven’t even given me the twenty Blood Coagulation Crystals from before, and now you want to compete again?
Are you trying to swindle me?”
Though both were at the Nine Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Pills stage, the speed they displayed while flying was clearly not something ordinary holders of such a stage could possess.
As they spoke, the surrounding crowd turned their eyes towards them.
Upon looking, the crowd also recognized Huo Fanqi’s identity.
“A person from the Sacred Flower Sect?”
“Huo Fanqi, I seem to have heard of him.
Isn’t he a genius disciple of the Sacred Flower Sect?”
“From the sound of it, Huo Fanqi just competed with the man before us and Huo Fanqi lost?”
“Who is this person?
Which Great Sect’s genius disciple is he, able to defeat Huo Fanqi?”
“Strange, why doesn’t he have any marks of a Great Sect?”
“He must be a disciple of a Great Sect, otherwise, how could he gamble so big, directly wagering twenty Blood Condensing Stones?”
“But it seems Huo Fanqi has lost and hasn’t given the other party the Blood Condensing Stones yet.”
Huo Fanqi, feeling insulted, shouted, “I am a disciple of the Sacred Flower Sect; do you fear that I won’t give you the Blood Condensing Stones?
I’m asking you, do you dare to compete again?”
He truly couldn’t accept it, and he also truly didn’t have any Blood Condensing Stones, so, if they competed again, and if he won, he wouldn’t need to give the other party the Blood Condensing Stones.
Moreover, he firmly believed that if they competed again, he would definitely be the winner!