Chapter 358: Trials (2/2)

Xue Wei was often in danger, and so were his friends. It was natural for him to pick a healing treasure, especially since he was capable of getting his hands on a full Widow's Willow. If it had just been a handful of leaves, then he would have picked something else, but a full tree was quite good, it could also regrow the leaves he pulled, and thus, it was a great choice.

After having made his choice, the Widow’s Willow appeared next to him, and he quickly stored it in his storage treasure, before he looked around the room.

He had not been able to find his friends yet, but he knew that they were capable of understanding their limits. If they had some doubts, they would, without a doubt, withdraw from the challenges.

When looking at the other wall opposite him, he found two doors; one had a sign on top which politely stated ”Exit,” while the other was without a sign at all.

It was evident that if he wished to continue, he would have to enter the second trial through this door.

Xue Wei entered the door, and when he looked around, he found that he was in a small box-like chamber.

The walls, the floor, and the ceiling were grey; they seemed to be made from another material than the usual black stone that everything else had been made from.

He looked around, but nothing happened, so he sat down in the middle and began cultivating.

After waiting for a few minutes, the voice he had heard before sounded once more, ”Young one, you have guts, daring to take on the second trial of mine.

”The first trial took away all your senses, but this trial will test how well you handle pain. The longer you can stay conscious, the better rewards you will gain.”

At this point in time, the voice vanished, and instead, an uncontrollable itch began spreading all over Xue Wei's body.

The itch did not hurt, but it felt as if thousands of insects were crawling all over his body.

The feeling was uncomfortable, and discomfort made him frown slightly, but not a word escaped his lips as the itching turned to sharp stabbing pain that wreaked havoc over his body.

Xue Wei's heart was bleeding. Not because of the pain he was undergoing, but because he understood his friends. All of them would definitely have tried this second trial as well, and that meant they were also experiencing the same excruciating pain.

Knowing that his friends had to suffer, Xue Wei was frowning and unhappy, but then he thought about how they too, were like him. They needed to temper themselves and to grow alongside him. Although the pain was severe, they needed to know how to keep their minds clear even in such situations.

In the other chambers within the underground world, all of them were sitting still. Luoluo's small, frail body was trembling from the intense pain she was feeling, but not a sound spilled from her tightly clenched lips.

All of them had the same thought. For them to be able to get further on the journey of cultivation, for them to stay together, they had no other option than to endure this pain. The more they could endure, the more they would be rewarded.

Looking at the rewards they had gotten in the first round, they knew that this was a place filled with treasures.

These treasures were able to increase their strength, so they wanted to do their best.

Time trickled by slowly; every moment felt like an eternity in the excruciating pain they were experiencing, but none of them gave up.

Deep within the depths of the underground world was a stone stele. This stone stele had strange rune-like writing on top of it, and the runes were shining with a blue light.

An ancient voice, the voice which had been speaking to them earlier, could be heard.

”These young ones are not too shabby,” it said with appreciation.

After a short while, a tremble ran through the stone stele, and it exclaimed in shock, ”This bloodline!”

Since the stone stele had no expression and no face, it was impossible to tell what and where it had sensed something, but from the voice alone, one could hear the great shock it experienced. A bloodline, unlike any others, had arrived in the underground world!

Only this stone stele knew precisely what this bloodline signified, but it said no more, just observed.

The entrance that Xue Wei and his friends had entered was not the only entrance into the underground world.

In total, four entrances had appeared in the Ascended's Realm. Two of these entrances had been left unexplored, but one other had caught the attention of a group of experts.

Now a full seventeen experts were inside the underground world, but the two groups were unaware of the other's existence. Only the stone stele knew everything that was happening inside.

This time, time was going by the same time outside and inside the chamber. Luoluo was the first to give up in the face of the pain, after which a long time passed, and Bai Tianyi also had to give up.

Hei Gou lasted longer than Lin Xiao, but none of them could overtake Xue Wei.

After the others had finished their trial, they all picked a treasure and got ready for the next trial. All apart from Luoluo, who decided to give up.

Xue Wei lasted more than a full day. As long as someone was still within the previous trial, no one would be able to advance to the next trial, and when Xue Wei came out, he quickly picked another rare treasure, a Vermilion Bird Feather, the most potent fire Qi treasure around.