Immortal Palace of Eternal Life

Chapter 287: Blood Sacrifice Recognition (Combined Chapter)

Among the ten outer sect disciples, the first six acted alone, known as "Lone Wolves."

The last four formed pairs and worked together in the secret realm, searching for seeds of spiritual herbs.

Both methods of action have their advantages and disadvantages.

The former, acting alone, has a larger range of activity but is also isolated; in some situations, it is easier to fall.

The latter, by looking out for each other, is relatively safer and more competitive against other cultivators, but its range of activity is smaller.

With this arrangement, the ten outer sect disciples face the complex situations of the secret realm, increasing their chances of returning alive with gains.

At least, the possibility of total annihilation is significantly reduced.

Besides the two who teamed up, they knew little about the identities of the others.

These ten outer sect disciples would not know how many people Liu Yu had arranged to enter the secret realm.

To ensure that these individuals would not leak information and jeopardize his plans, Liu Yu carefully examined their backgrounds and required each of them to swear the Oath of the Heart Demon, stating that they could not advance to the foundation establishment stage.

Of course, their main task was still to enter the secret realm to seek various resources for the sect, with collecting seeds of spiritual herbs being a secondary objective.

If they failed to gather the seeds they needed, there would be no punishment; the "investment" made prior would simply be reclaimed, making the conditions quite lenient.

The so-called investment involved temporarily bestowing each person a high-grade magical artifact and several first-tier high-quality talismans of great power, or various first-tier consumables.

In total, this was worth about five hundred spiritual stones per person, leading to a total of five thousand spiritual stones for ten individuals.

If they returned empty-handed, all these "investments" would be reclaimed; however, if their gains met the requirements, the investments would permanently belong to these disciples.

Each sect has a limited quota for entering the secret realm; if the disciples applying exceed the quota, a selection must be conducted beforehand to eliminate those with weaker abilities.

Arranging for powerful disciples to enter the secret realm to gather more resources aligns with the sect's interests.

Naturally, the ten outer sect disciples selected by Liu Yu were already among the stronger members, and with the magical artifacts bestowed upon them, they would be akin to wings on a tiger, making selection through the competition a non-issue.

Two months from now, the expedition into the secret realm would begin; registration has already started, with the duel selection set to commence in one month.

Liu Yu, of course, had no interest in watching the duels of these qi refinement stage disciples; he simply arranged for Wu Chang to keep an eye on the situation.

With all arrangements made, he only had to wait for the Blood-colored Secret Realm to open and see how these ten outer sect disciples would perform.

The term "blood-colored" in the Blood-colored Secret Realm is enough to indicate its cruelty and peril; often, only two or three of the ten disciples who enter will survive.

Therefore, inner sect disciples, who have greater potential and receive certain resource advantages from the sect, are less likely to choose to risk their lives in such a place, while the outer sect disciples with poorer qualifications occupy the majority of the entries.

Certainly, the sect would not only arrange for inner and outer sect disciples to enter.

They would also send a few elite disciples, with powers far exceeding their peers, having reached full circle of qi refinement and wielding supreme magical artifacts, to gather important resources.

They might even hunt ordinary disciples from other sects to reap substantial rewards.

Elite disciples receive too much attention from the sect to be lured away easily.