Chapter 231: Chapter 129: The Second Batch of Shadow Guards, The Qingqu County Liang Family is on the Brink of Collapse_1
Luo Family Ancestral Land.
Within the courtyard where the Ancestor of the Luo Family resided.
At this moment, Luo Changfeng was sitting quietly under a Stone Pavilion.
He held a cup of steaming tea in his hands, sipping from it slowly.
Suddenly, a breeze blew by.
A somewhat cold figure appeared beside him.
“Master, the selection for the second batch of Shadow Guard reserves has ended, with a total of sixty-three…”
Ruan Liuli was slightly bowing her head.
She spoke in a respectful yet cold voice.
“Sixty-three people?”
Luo Changfeng lifted his head slightly and after contemplating for a moment, he spoke softly, “In that case, let’s go take a look…”
Having said that, he stood up.
And disappeared from the courtyard.
…
Outside Qingshi County City.
In a desolate and uninhabited area.
A fairly large courtyard stood erect.
And in the courtyard, on an open space.
Sixty-three teenagers, ranging from 10 to 18 years old, were standing silently.
These youngsters varied in appearance.
What they all had in common was their expressionless faces and the cold, unemotional eyes.
“So these are the second batch of Shadow Guard reserves you’ve selected?”
In the courtyard, Luo Changfeng looked at the young men and women who were faintly exuding a chill aura.
He asked Ruan Liuli in a low voice beside him.
Ruan Liuli did not speak; she simply nodded silently.
As for Luo Changfeng looking at these young people,
he was extremely satisfied in his heart.
If one were to compare, they would notice—
The quality of this batch was clearly superior to the last one’s quality.
However, the following processes were still the same as before.
“I have thirty Epiphyllum Elixirs here, which means only thirty of you will survive.”
“No matter what you do, it doesn’t matter.”
“I only need one result…”
Having spoken, Luo Changfeng took a few steps back and fell silent.
The selection for the Shadow Guards was utterly ruthless.
It could almost be said that the birth of every Shadow Guard was over the bodies of at least several hundred Shadow Guard reserves.
The ones standing in front of Luo Changfeng were already among the elite of the elite, selected through countless selections.
But even then,
Luo Changfeng still had to conduct one final selection.
Survive, and you shall live; die, and you’ll be but a clump of yellow soil, forever resting beneath the ground.
Cruel, isn’t it? The Shadow Guard selection is indeed quite cruel, even somewhat inhumane.
But isn’t this world like this from the beginning?
Those brought here for the Shadow Guard selection were already people facing death.
Luo Changfeng gave them a path to survival.
A chance for them to stay alive.
They should be grateful.
…
Approximately ten minutes later.
The final result came out.
The sixty-three who were standing in front of Luo Changfeng now numbered only thirty.
Among them, twenty males and ten females.
“You’ve succeeded, but this does not mean you will live.”
“Consume this Epiphyllum Elixir, and if you can digest the medicinal power within your body, you may soar to great heights.”
“But if you fail, the only outcome… is death!!!”
Luo Changfeng waved his hand, casually taking out thirty Yellow Grade intermediate Epiphyllum Elixirs from his storage bag.
Afterward, he waved his hand again.
Effortlessly, he distributed the thirty intermediate Epiphyllum Elixirs to everyone using his Qi-Blood Force.
Epiphyllum, fleeting beauty.
Aside from quick defeat, a moment of splendid flowering.
The effect of the second-generation Epiphyllum Elixir, though it doesn’t damage one’s lifespan—
Once one consumes this Epiphyllum Elixir.
Your cultivation talent and potential will be exhausted, and your cultivation level will remain forever stagnant at the stage after consumption.
Of course, nothing in the world is constant.
Unless your cultivation talent exceeds the extent to which a Yellow Grade intermediate second-generation Epiphyllum Elixir can transform.
Otherwise, you will remain stuck at the stage after consuming the Elixir for life.
Oh, that’s incorrect.
There seems to be another way now to break the rules of the second-generation Epiphyllum Elixir.
That’s the highly mysterious blood-red grass growing a hundred meters beneath Luo Changfeng’s small courtyard on the Luo Family Ancestral Land.
However, Luo Changfeng has yet to figure out how to remove the strange energy contained within the blood-red grass.
…
“Luo Changfeng.”
Within a desolate yard outside Qingshi County City,
just as everyone on the open ground within the yard was about to consume the second-generation Epiphyllum Elixir in their hands,
a young man, expressionless, bloodstained on his face, and seemingly somewhat handsome,
suddenly lifted his head, staring intently at Luo Changfeng before him.
“To utter the master’s name directly, you deserve to die…”
A Shadow Guard at the Intermediate Stage of Organ Refinement suddenly appeared behind the young man.
In the hands of the Shadow Guard was a longsword, reaching the grade of a top-level mortal weapon.
At that moment, it was pressed against the young man’s neck.
In the eyes of Ruan Liuli, who stood behind Luo Changfeng, the calm and unmoved pupils suddenly gave way to a hint of intense killing intent.
Had Luo Changfeng not stopped the Shadow Guard,
the young man would probably have been beheaded by now.
“What do you wish to say?”
Luo Changfeng quietly walked a few steps towards the young man,
looking at him with a somewhat calm countenance.
“My presence here is completely accidental…”