Even with Lin Yi's protection, he couldn't guarantee everyone's safety with his Foundation Stage full cultivation. After all, Xue Jianfeng's strength had undergone a complete transformation after being trained with great care. The threat couldn't be underestimated.
And so, in the last month and a half, Lingshan and the others went into isolated practitioning. With the Golden and breakthrough pills Lin Yi had prepared for them, even if they couldn't level up in this month and a half, they could at least consolidate their strength and have a little more self-protection.
As for Lin Yi himself, it was a bit of a problem. Other than trying to figure out the trick and use of the demigod state, it seemed like it was almost impossible to break through to the full foundation Stage. For some reason, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get it right.
If it was someone else, they might've thought that they were just a step away from success and would've tried their best to break through, but Lin Yi was an early stage Mystic Ascension master after all. He had a lot of experience in breaking through and he knew that there must be a certain condition missing. Forcing it would only backfire.
But the problem was, what was the necessary condition that was missing? Or could it be that the limit of a primordial spirit body was the perfected Foundation establishment? He didn't know-there was still a chance for the former, but the latter was out of his hands, and even Lin Yi couldn't do anything about it.
Lin Yi felt helpless. Although the demi-primordial spirit state was a godlike trump card, it wasn't a long-term plan. Even someone like Xue Jianfeng was already a golden core stage master, and he would be even stronger in the test. Lin Yi himself was stuck at Foundation Stage perfection, and he couldn't go any further.
A month and a half later, everyone was gathered together by Xin Yijie once again. However, they were split into two groups. One group was full of ambition and eagerness because they were about to begin the once-in-a-Millennium trial. The other group was listless and dejected because they had all failed the trial Competition. No matter how rare the trial was, it had nothing to do with them.
"Everyone, the one-year experience in the secular world has officially come to an end today. Although many things have happened in the process, it has finally come to a successful end. Congratulations." Xin Yijie said in a clear voice as he nodded gratefully at Lin Yi.
If it wasn't for the sudden appearance of Lin Yi, who turned the tide, the situation between the ancient Alliance and the practitioner Alliance of the common world would be hard to say. The common world might be in a terrible situation now, and the ancient Alliance might have lost a bunch of disciples. The situation would be out of control, and he would have to bear the blame as the leader.
The rest of the people did not comment on this. For most of the disciples of the immemorial Alliance, the experience in the secular world was just a fun activity. They did not expect to have any substantial gains except to see the colorful world of the secular world. In fact, most of them had stayed in the transfer islands to cultivate after going out for a while. Instead of saying that they came out to experience, it was better to say that they came out for closed-door cultivation.
"The secular world's trial has ended. In accordance with the orders of the archaic Alliance's higher-ups, everyone should return to their own places." Xin Yijie paused for a moment before announcing,"first, it's the disciples who have been eliminated in the trial Competition. What you need to do is to be directly teleported back to the small world of martial artists in the immemorial age. Report back to your respective sects. You are not allowed to stay any longer."
Everyone had already expected this outcome. Although they were all reluctant to part with the unique spiritual Qi conditions of the transit archipelago, this was an order from the higher-ups of the immemorial Alliance. They did not have the guts to disobey, so they could only agree in unison.
Under Xin Yijie's supervision, everyone entered the teleportation formation and disappeared in a flash of white light.
After that, Xin Yijie turned to Lin Yi and the others."As for the rest of you, you are all elites who have successfully passed the trial Competition. The place you are going to next is naturally the legendary trial grounds of the ancient primordial era."
"Martial uncle Xin, where is this ancient trial ground you mentioned?" Someone asked impatiently.
"That's right. You've asked us to mine the spiritual jade mine for so long to prepare for the primordial trial, but we haven't seen a third teleportation array yet?" The others asked. Of the two teleportation formations, one was connected to the secular world and the other to the small Jianghu of the immemorial era. Where was the third one?
"Yes, but they haven't appeared yet." Xin Yijie put on a profound smile.
"He still hasn't appeared?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this and looked at each other. Could it be that this teleportation array could be hidden?
"Everyone, please calm down. According to the predictions of the ancient Alliance's higher-ups, the teleportation array should appear today. Therefore, we just have to wait patiently." Xin Yijie said as he sat down.
Lin Yi smiled faintly and sat down as well. The others looked at each other-their hearts were itching, but they couldn't do anything about it since Xin Yijie wanted to keep them in suspense.
Duanmu Yu suddenly walked over and sat down beside Lin Yi under everyone's surprised gazes. Under normal circumstances, a woman sitting next to a man would at least blush a little, but her expression was calm and composed, without a hint of embarrassment. In fact, she was even more natural and confident than most men.
"Brother Lin, thank you for your help last time." Duanmu Yu cupped his hands and said.
"You're welcome, it's no trouble at all. " Lin Yi smiled faintly as he shook his head.
"To you, it might be as easy as lifting a finger, but to me, it's no small matter. If not for brother Lin's help, I might not have been able to participate in this trial of the Supreme ancient Immortal Realms and would have returned home like the others." Duanmu Yu said with a serious expression.
It wasn't a joke-if Lin Yi didn't help her with the frostbite, the broken ice prison mirror would've given her a headache for a few months. She might even be busy healing herself right now, let alone in the test.
"So you've completely recovered, miss Duanmu?" Lin Yi asked curiously. The "rejuvenation of withered leaves" had a weak phase of three months, and although Duanmu Yu only used the incomplete version, it had only been one and a half months. He didn't even know if she had fully recovered yet. Perhaps this woman was risking her life to participate in the test.
"I guess so." Duanmu Yu's answer was ambiguous-they weren't familiar with each other, after all, and it'd be too much of a shrewdness for her to just tell Lin Yi everything so casually.
"That's good. " Lin Yi nodded. (To be continued.) "If you like this work, you're welcome to come to Qidian.com to give your recommendation and monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please read on M.Qidian.com.)
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