The four Old Ancestors looked natural, still respectfully facing the front of Zongshi Ridge.
Behind the Formation, the bloody color grew thicker, and with a “boom,” something seemed to break out of the ground.
Slowly, a magnificent blood-colored Zongshi Hall appeared before Qian Duoduo's eyes.
The Zongshi Hall was ten times larger than the Nose Peak's peak Zongshi Hall, and on the plaque in front of the Zongshi Hall, the three characters “Zongshi Hall” were written.
The Zongshi Hall had three entrances.
The central one was the widest, but the Zongshi Hall doors were tightly shut.
The left and right side doors were open, and a narrow path extended from the front of the doors, laid over the Formation, leading directly to Zeng Zifang and Zhao Yanran's feet.
Qian Duoduo looked inside the Zongshi Hall.
Inside the Zongshi Hall, bloody mist churned, making it impossible to see anything, only an icy Evil Qi could be felt.
“The Sect Knight trial begins; why are you not setting off?”
Zhao Family Old Ancestor gave the order.
Zeng Zifang and Zhao Yanran took the lead and walked towards the Zongshi Hall.
Qian Duoduo followed behind Zeng Zifang, thinking about the introduction on the Jade Slip.
The Zongshi Hall was a Magic Treasure of the Ba Ling Sect, said to have been left by the Ancestral Founder who established the sect.
Inside the Zongshi Hall was an independent space; not to mention Nascent Soul cultivators, even Heavenly Human Cultivators could not interfere with the battles within it.
Qian Duoduo and Liu Boli would also temporarily lose contact.
The so-called Zongshi War was divided into three stages.
The first stage was Mountains and Plains. Upon entering, various Spirit Beasts and Spirit Birds would be encountered. These Spirit Beasts and Spirit Birds were all transformed from Magic Treasures; the lowest were battle beasts, and the highest were Jin Beasts, attacking anyone they saw with extreme ferocity.
In this stage, the guards had to pass within three days, or they would be eliminated. Zeng Zifang and Zhao Yanran would pass directly to the second stage.
The second stage was Bronze Soldiers and Iron Guards.
The two sides of the trial would first have a round of death matches between their guards. The death matches were divided into three rounds, with each side sending a maximum of three people per round. It was a fight to the death.
After the death matches, it was the troop selection phase. Zeng Zifang and Zhao Yanran could bring a maximum of two guards to decide the victor. If all guards from the previous round were wiped out, then they would face a situation of being outnumbered.
In this stage, Zeng Zifang and Zhao Yanran had to determine a winner, either by one being killed or someone admitting defeat.
The third stage, Borrowed Body and Returning Soul, was a special test for Zeng Zifang or Zhao Yanran.
The winner of the previous stage had to pass this test to become the Sect Knight of Nose Peak.
What kind of test this stage was, Zeng Zifang's Jade Slip did not say.
Because the guards did not need to know this.
Zhao Yanran's guards were all Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
These twenty Cultivators came from Nose Peak, but more came from other peaks, and more than half came from the strongest Left Eyebrow Peak and Right Eyebrow Peak.
Among them were three who had long possessed the strength to condense a Golden Core but had delayed their advancement: the three eccentric geniuses of Left Eyebrow Peak, Gao Yuan, Shan Yu, and Yun Shao.
These three all had glorious records of slaying Golden Core cultivators across ranks. It was unknown what methods Zhao Yanran used to persuade them to participate in the battle.
From the overall strength of the guards, Zhao Yanran was quite a bit stronger than Zeng Zifang.
Lost in thought, when Qian Duoduo stepped into the Zongshi Hall, he lifted his leg a little too low and tripped on the threshold, almost falling flat on his face.
His disheveled appearance once again caused a burst of laughter from Zhao Yanran's camp.
Among Zhao Yanran's guards, a Cultivator with a large red gourd on his back loudly said, “Such a weakling won't even pass the first stage.”
Fortunately, everyone quickly entered the Zongshi Hall, and after everyone was inside, the two Zongshi Hall doors slammed shut with a boom.
Inside the Zongshi Hall, the Formation flickered, and streaks of red light swept over everyone.
Qian Duoduo's vision blurred, and he found himself in a two-colored world of red and black.
In this world, both Spiritual Qi and Evil Qi were abundant, with dense forests and lakes, and a palpable sense of dread everywhere.
This was the first stage, Mountains and Plains.