For Lan Aohan, the physical pain was far less than the humiliation in his heart.

He never imagined that he would lose to Wang Ruoxie, who only had an Eighth Layer Essence Pill Realm cultivation. Even when he unleashed his strongest power, he couldn't do anything to him.

This also meant that the gap in strength between them was much larger than he had thought.

"In one year, I am sure I can break through to the Acupoint Condensation Realm. At that time, I swear to kill him and wash away today's shame."

Lan Aohan gave Wang Ruoxie a cold look, then staggered back into the crowd.

Although he was seriously injured, it was not life-threatening, so he only needed to recuperate for a period to fully recover.

"Is there anyone else who wishes to continue challenging?"

After waiting for a moment, seeing no one stepped forward, Zhong Wuchang swept his gaze over the crowd and spoke.

Upon hearing his words, everyone shook their heads with varied expressions. Although some still wanted to improve their rankings, they were well aware that if they really did, not only might they fail to win, but it could also result in their elimination and loss of their current standing.

"Since no one wants to challenge anymore, I now announce that this trial tournament is concluded."

Zhong Wuchang glanced at everyone again and spoke.

Then, he turned his gaze to Wang Ruoxie, Fu Tian, Feng Yangyu, and others, and continued: "Congratulations to all of you who have passed this trial tournament. This means that you now qualify to join our Great Yu Imperial Dynasty's Black Dragon Guard."

"Moreover, based on your ranking, you will receive corresponding rewards after joining the Black Dragon Guard. Especially the top ten, who will receive the Pure Yang Pill as a reward."

Upon hearing Zhong Wuchang's words, those who passed the test all displayed excitement and enthusiasm, including the second and third-ranked Fu Tian and Feng Yangyu.

You should know, the Pure Yang Pill is a more precious cultivation resource than Spirit Stones. It can be said that one Pure Yang Pill's auxiliary effect on cultivation equates to at least a million top-grade Spirit Stones.

After all, the Pure Yang Pill is refined by beings above the Essence Pill Realm, using extremely pure mana.

Generally speaking, one Pure Yang Pill is enough to elevate a martial cultivator in the early stage of the Essence Pill Realm by at least one level. Ten Pure Yang Pills are enough to elevate a middle-stage Essence Pill Realm martial cultivator by at least one level.

And a hundred Pure Yang Pills can at least elevate a late-stage Essence Pill Realm martial cultivator by one level.

However, for Wang Ruoxie now, unless the number of Pure Yang Pills reaches a certain level, it's difficult to elevate his cultivation realm in a short time.

"At least a thousand Pure Yang Pills, or maybe more, are needed to elevate my cultivation to the Ninth Layer of the Essence Pill Realm,"

Wang Ruoxie thought to himself. To use Pure Yang Pills to break through to the Acupoint Condensation Realm, probably without ten thousand Pure Yang Pills, it's entirely impossible.

According to Xiahou Bai, even amongst the decurions of the Black Dragon Guard, they receive only one Pure Yang Pill a month.

And even a martial cultivator at the First Layer of the Acupoint Condensation Realm can only refine one Pure Yang Pill a day at most.

Therefore, even if he joins the Black Dragon Guard, it's almost impossible to obtain enough Pure Yang Pills.

"You can choose to go with me to the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty or decide to go on your own, but in any case, in six months, you must all head to the Imperial Capital of our Great Yu Imperial Dynasty to join the Black Dragon Guard,"

At this point, Zhong Wuchang continued.

"Senior, I choose to go with you."

"Senior, I plan to do the same."

...

Immediately, more than half the people chose to go with Zhong Wuchang to the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty.

As for the remaining dozen or so people, they naturally chose to travel on their own.

"Brother Wang, see you in the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty,"

Xiahou Bai slightly cupped his hand toward Wang Ruoxie and said.

He was originally from the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty, so he naturally had to follow Zhong Wuchang back.

"En, see you in six months,"

Wang Ruoxie nodded with a smile and replied.

Initially, he planned to return to Wuyi County in the East Victory Kingdom after the trial tournament ended.

He had left the Wang Family for over four years, transforming from a fifteen-year-old boy into a nineteen-year-old young man, and it was time to return for a visit.

In fact, the only ones in the Wang Family who truly concerned him were his mother and Fu'Er.

To him, the other members of the Wang Family were essentially strangers.

"By the way, thank you for your sword,"

Wang Ruoxie handed the sword in his hand to Xiahou Bai and said with a smile.

His upper-grade Earth Artifact longsword was shattered by Feng Yangyu earlier, and his treasure resources had mostly been exchanged for jade talismans in the Ancient Ruins, so he had to borrow a longsword from Xiahou Bai for the time being.

"Between us, there's no need to be so polite,"

Xiahou Bai did not take back the longsword and said: "Although this sword is only a middle-grade Earth Artifact, its power is quite decent. If you don't mind, you can keep using it."

"Then I won't be polite,"

Wang Ruoxie did not insist further and immediately stored the longsword into his storage ring.

"Wang Ruoxie, until we meet again,"

At this moment, Bai Yinyin also smiled at Wang Ruoxie and said.

"Until we meet again,"

Wang Ruoxie responded with a smile. Although he didn't have much good feeling for Bai Yinyin, since she was willing to befriend him, he was not someone to be pretentious.

After a brief conversation, everyone bid farewell to each other and left.

...

After leaving Ruins City, Wang Ruoxie directly started using the Cloud Soaring Step, flying rapidly in the void.

With his current cultivation, he could perfectly utilize the power of the Cloud Soaring Step, moving several times faster than before. It was estimated that it would take at most half a month to reach the territory of the East Victory Kingdom.

If he used the Soul Boat, it might not even take three days for him to return to the East Victory Kingdom.

However, he did not use the Soul Boat because, first, his current Soul Power was not sufficient to control it, and second, he had obtained the Soul Boat only recently and had not yet completely refined it to unleash its full power.

Moreover, he planned to go to Nanyang County along the way to figure out why Su Qingxue and Su Qiuling did not come to the trial tournament.

Three days later, a vast and majestic ancient city came into view, naturally, it was Nanyang County City.

Without any hesitation, he descended and walked into the city.

"What's going on? Such a dense Blood Fiend Qi."

As soon as he stepped into the ancient city, Wang Ruoxie's eyes narrowed because he found the entire city was dead silent, with an extremely dense Blood Fiend Qi permeating the air.

Compared to the previous prosperity and bustle, Nanyang County City had now become a dead city.

"It looks like something must have happened in Nanyang County City."

Wang Ruoxie thought to himself, then his body trembled slightly and he dashed toward the direction of the Su Family.

Quickly, Wang Ruoxie arrived at the front of the Su Mansion.

Only to see a visible blood-red mist gathered above the Su Mansion, shrouding the entire place.

He also sensed an even denser Blood Fiend Qi emanating from within the Su Mansion.

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