Crossing the high-hanging rope bridge, they arrived at the open space on the opposite side.
Even with Vice Dean Hu Qian's status, his expression suddenly turned serious and solemn at this moment, leaving the several Da Dou Shi students completely bewildered.
Hu Qian didn't explain, only motioned for the five of them to stand properly.
Immediately, he stepped forward, bowed slightly towards the Library Pavilion, and cupped his fists in greeting.
"The top five of this year's Inner Courtyard Selection Tournament have been decided. According to the rules, I have brought them here. Please, Elders, open the door!"
With the amplification of Dou Qi, Hu Qian's words echoed and reverberated through the small valley, lingering for a long time.
Just as Fu Tong and the others were wondering, suddenly, two gray-robed figures appeared like ghosts, strangely at the entrance of the Scripture Collection Pavilion.
The Thousand-Hundred Elders!
Seeing these two, Chen Xiao's heart trembled.
Looking at these two with his current strength was like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky.
After all, these were genuine Dou Zong powerhouses.
They were Jia Nan Academy's greatest reliance after Dean Mang Tianchi left.
However, it was a pity that these two didn't really bother with matters.
Otherwise, in the original trajectory, those weaklings Han Feng invited probably wouldn't even have had the chance to enter the Outer Courtyard, let alone break into the Inner Courtyard.
The Thousand-Hundred Elders revealed themselves but did not respond to Hu Qian, not even opening their eyes.
And Vice Dean Hu Qian's expression did not show the slightest abnormality, still maintaining his bowing posture.
This posture lasted for several minutes before the two old men sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the Scripture Collection Pavilion slowly opened their eyes, revealing eyes that were as still as an ancient well, or rather, completely devoid of emotion.
They expressionlessly scanned the waiting crowd. When their gaze swept over Chen Xiao, it paused for a moment. Immediately after, the gray-robed person on the left, who was either Elder Qian or Elder Bai, spoke in a hoarse voice, with a hint of admiration.
"The quality of this year's top five is indeed much higher than in previous years."
Powerhouses had their own airs, and Chen Xiao could understand that.
But he still wanted to say,
These two were putting on too much of an act.
Not as good as a certain Ice Emperor!
Hu Qian, who was directly in front, breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and smiled, "To receive a word of praise from the Elders, these little fellows can indeed be proud. Please, Elders, unlock the Space Lock."
Space Lock?
Hearing this new term, a hint of confusion flashed across the faces of Fu Tong and the others.
However, Chen Xiao noticed that Cao Hui on the side did not show a puzzled expression, seemingly having some understanding of the Space Lock.
Space Lock, this was a powerful barrier that only Dou Venerate powerhouses were capable of setting up.
Let alone seeing it with their own eyes, even hearing about it required a certain threshold.
Not simple, no wonder he could consecutively defeat two two-star Da Dou Shi with a staff.
Muttering inwardly, Chen Xiao withdrew his gaze.
At the pavilion, the Thousand-Hundred Elders remained silent, only slowly extending two withered hands from their sleeves. Immediately, they slowly formed hand seals finger by finger, and as they formed the seals, Chen Xiao and the others could clearly feel two extremely powerful and invisible fluctuations emanating from their palms like waves.
The invisible fluctuations gradually spread, finally coming into contact with some hard-to-notice spatial wrinkles in this space.
As the two came into contact, the space in front of everyone was like a mirror made of water, constantly rippling. After a moment, the ripples stopped, and a doorway was slowly torn open by an invisible large hand.
"Alright."
Uttering two words, the Thousand-Hundred Elders closed their eyes again.
"Thank you, Elders," Hu Qian thanked them, then turned towards the five.
"Go in, all of you. Remember, no matter what you want to obtain, do not force it. Because everything inside has an energy layer added to it. If your hand can pass through the energy layer without any obstruction, then you can take the item inside. Of course, no matter how much you can get, you can only choose one item to bring out. Also, you have one hour."
Hu Qian instructed them quickly, feeling quite helpless in his heart.
Normally, these precautions should have been explained by the Thousand-Hundred Elders.
Unfortunately, these two were truly a bit...
Chen Xiao and the others nodded, remembering everything. They exchanged glances and, under Hu Qian's watchful eyes, quickly headed towards the Library Pavilion.
When they reached the entrance of the Library Pavilion, the gray-robed old man on the right gently flicked his sleeve, and the tightly closed door slowly opened with a creaking sound, revealing the dim passage inside.
Seeing this, the five of them bowed slightly and stepped in.
After the five entered the Scripture Collection Pavilion, the heavy door slowly closed.
...
Inside the Scripture Collection Pavilion.
As the door behind them closed, a faint yellow light came from the distance of the dim passage.
Humans are phototactic. Seeing this, the five immediately understood the direction and quickened their pace again.
Passing through this dim passage, the faint yellow light intensified. What appeared before the five was an extremely spacious large room. On the walls around the room, there were nearly ten energy shields. At this moment, these energy shields were slowly expanding and contracting with light, illuminating the room as if it were daytime.
"There's no road ahead."
"According to the Vice Dean, we need to get what we want from the energy shields. Is it these?"
Mu Boshan, who was tall and sturdy, took advantage of his height and reached out towards the nearest energy shield as he spoke.
However, at this moment, a faint sound of air breaking suddenly rang out. Although the sound was extremely subtle, for the people present, it was incredibly clear. Immediately, their gazes quickly followed the sound and finally stopped on an energy shield on the left side.
"Something is about to come out."
Chen Xiao spoke up to remind them, and with a flicker of his figure, he arrived before the energy shield, waiting for the prey.
Just as the others were surprised, a red mass suddenly shot out from within the energy shield.
Chen Xiao was already prepared. He suddenly grabbed out with his right hand, penetrating the red energy layer with almost no obstruction, and firmly grasped the object wrapped inside.
Looking closely, it was a scroll.
"Profound High-Rank Cultivation Method, "Sky Fire Burning"."
Reading the small characters on the scroll, Chen Xiao immediately lost interest.
A Profound High-Rank cultivation method was quite precious outside, but in this Scripture Collection Pavilion, it could only be considered average.
Moreover, it was a fire-attribute cultivation method.
Useless.
"Do you want it?" Chen Xiao looked at the only fire-attribute staff-wielding young man in the field.
Cao Hui shook his head decisively, "I don't want cultivation methods. I want an Earth Rank Dou Skill, or... a high-grade pill formula."
After speaking, he added, "The things spit out by this Scripture Collection Pavilion might be random. Why don't we all say what we want, and we can keep an eye out for each other."
This suggestion received everyone's support.
Five people searching together was always more efficient than one person.
Chen Xiao, who had a greater advantage in strength, also didn't refuse. Seeing the four of them look at him first, he said directly, "I need an ice-attribute cultivation method. Anything below Earth Rank is not considered."
Mu Boshan followed closely, "I'm about the same. Earth-attribute cultivation method, or an Earth Rank Dou Skill is also fine. Preferably defensive types. I like seeing others helpless against me."
Hearing this, Chen Xiao couldn't help but laugh.
This big guy, under his honest appearance, was actually quite malicious.
However, thinking about how he was the one who led the attack on him on the arena a few days ago, it didn't seem so surprising.
Ji Ruiyang, who was of the metal attribute, said, "I also want an Earth Rank Dou Skill. The stronger the attack power, the better."
Fu Tong: "A friend of mine was seriously injured and only has a few years left to live. If you see any medicinal materials in this regard, please help me keep an eye out. Thank you."
Hearing this, Chen Xiao and the others nodded, not asking for details.
Cao Hui, however, took another look at Fu Tong.
At this moment, an energy shield not far away once again spat out a ball of blue light.
Cao Hui, who was closest, caught it and with a strong pull, inserted both hands into it.
""Water Origin Skill", Profound High-Rank."
Muttering, Cao Hui directly let it go.
Freed from the restraint, the disappeared blue energy layer reappeared, wrapping the "Water Origin Skill" scroll and flying around the room.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
As if giving them two chances to adapt, the speed at which the energy shields spat out light clusters suddenly accelerated. Balls of light of various colors shot out simultaneously.
Seeing this, the few people didn't hesitate and immediately moved to start receiving them.
Chen Xiao also let go of the scroll in his hand and quickly took action.
Thanks to his stronger strength, his speed in receiving the light clusters was almost equal to the sum of the other four.
"Purple Lightning Skill", "Gale Force", "Demon Subduing Eight Staffs"...
Various Dou Skills and cultivation methods continuously landed in Chen Xiao's hands, only to be ruthlessly discarded.
Occasionally, medicinal materials, pill formulas, and Magic Cores also appeared, but after some questioning, no one was interested.
Until a quarter of an hour later, Chen Xiao steadily received a ball of blue light that was even more intense. As he reached into the energy layer, he could clearly feel that it was slightly more difficult than the previous light clusters.
Good stuff!
Chen Xiao's heart was filled with joy. With a strong pull, he broke through the energy layer on its surface, and a sea-blue scroll immediately came into view.
Earth Rank Middle-Grade Cultivation Method.
"Frost Ripple Ice Hell Scripture"!
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