Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 589 - 62 Corridor City [Seeking Monthly Tickets!] _1

Chapter 589: Chapter 62 Corridor City [Seeking Monthly Tickets!] _1

What’s the point of waiting?

Even if you claim that time is money, it’s not like I can’t afford to pay...

When Chu Liang arrived on the high platform with the team, there was some resentment. The immortal sects of the other nine families, which have advanced to the battle of the Imperial City, had already been waiting here; the Emperor of the Yu Dynasty and the upper echelons of the Regent Residence and the Nine Heavens and the Ten Lands had already taken their seats.

The younger generation of the Immortal Sects were already on the high platform, facing the audience of hundreds of thousands, basking in the commotion and celebration amongst the ocean of people, the cheers resonating straight through the clouds.

The Penglai Upper Sect, Misty Mountain Immortal, Endless Sword Sect, Heavenly Gang Sect, Shu Mountain Sect, Heavenly King Sect, Tianshu Pavilion, Yunque Temple, Nanyin Square, and Sanjue Valley.

All the top ten this time were occupied by the Nine Heavens and the Ten Lands. Moreover, eight out of the top ten came from the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect, which is a rare scene. It could be said that in this era of thousands of flourishing sects, these well-established sects with rich inheritance had cultivated stronger generations of disciples.

Among them, the Nanyin Square and Sanjue Valley of the Ten Earth Sects were exceptions, in the top ten, Sanjue Valley was slightly better. The Nanyin Square, not renowned for its battle prowess, rarely makes it to the level of the Imperial City Battle.

The reason they were able to come this far had everything to do with one name.

"Chu Liang —"

The loudest call out from the crowd was for the disciple of Shu Mountain Sect who had made a great difference in this competition. His performance in saving the sect from severe danger had won the hearts of almost all the spectators.

Although Nanyin Square may have more followers, they owe their qualification to Chu Liang. Those people didn’t mind cheering for him as well.

The audience didn’t care about the disputes between the sects, only the excitement of the battle. Before the competition, people thought Yang Shenlong was unquestionably powerful. However, he was beaten by Chu Liang, indicating that the Shu Mountain Sect had a high chance of winning this Immortal Sect Tournament.

Standing in the center of the crowd, he was bathed in endless glory.

The officials from the Regent’s Residence were on the high platform, announcing the rules of the Battle for the Imperial City. Which, of course, was no secret to the disciples, it was only the newcomers who needed to listen.

In the Imperial City, there was a "Corridor City" built specifically for the Immortal Sect Tournament. It was extremely vast. The walls were thirty feet high and contained the essence of Qiankun. It seemed like a corner of the Imperial City, but once you stepped into it, you would find that it occupied an area almost equivalent to the entire Imperial City.

The Corridor City has forty entrances, each disciple will randomly enter one of them. Every two doors lead to the same corridor. When they open the door and enter the corridor, they don’t know who they are going to encounter.

The two people who enter the same corridor must decide a victor. Only one person should remain, and then the door at the end of the corridor will open, allowing the winner to enter the next corridor.

This kind of fight will continue until only two people are left, and the winner between them will be the final victor.

Time is of the essence in the Corridor City. If you have to fight all the way to the end, you will go through four or five high-intensity battles. There will be no respite during this period.

Only if you manage to finish your fight earlier than your next opponent will you have time to recover your cultivation and heal your injuries. If you are a little slower, you will end up fighting while exhausted.

From forty to twenty, from twenty to ten, from ten to five, there is no rest. After the top five face-off, the first person to win can advance directly without having to engage in the next battle. The remaining four will participate in the fight to become the final two.

The person who wins the fight to become the final two can also directly advance to the next round without engaging in another battle. The slower people who won will fight against the previous direct winners.

In other words, if you consistently win slowly, you may have to go through an extra fight to reach the end of Corridor City.

Going through an additional battle in this level of duels is undoubtedly a massive consumption.

Overall, although the competition format of the Battle of the Imperial City seems no different from the traditional single-player arena competition, the entire competition is compressed together. The intensity of the game will be much increased, and the uncertainty will be significantly increased.

But one thing remains the same, the strong are always strong.

...

After some celebration, the various teams disbanded. The Battle for the Imperial City was set to begin in seven days.

They had just spent seven days in the Mirror Sky Eight Diagrams. Even in the Void Realm, the mental toll was not reduced. The disciples of the Immortal Sects needed to take a good rest.

The Nine Heavens and the Ten Lands didn’t need to leave Emperor Qiu, after all, they were already here.

Not long after the Shu Mountain team returned, a guest visited them.

Even Wang Xuanling would bow her head in salute upon seeing the visitor, "Sect Master Jiuyi."

Standing outside the door was none other than the Sect Master of Misty Mountain, Immortal Jiuyi, who was dressed in a wide white robe and possessed the air of a maverick scholar.

Unexpectedly, he came to the palace where Shu Mountain was residing.

"I would like to meet Chu Liang of Shu Mountain," the Immortal Jiuyi said. "Is it convenient?"

Wang Xuan Ling was a bit surprised, "The Sect Master Jiuyi wants to see him? What is it for?"

"He did me a substantial favor, and I want to express my thanks in person," Immortal Jiuyi said with a smile.

"Ah?" Wang Xuan Ling became more astonished. As an outsider, he couldn’t see the images of the Immortal Yuan Lu in the Virtual Realm and, naturally, didn’t know what had happened.

Originally, he thought that Immortal Jiuyi had covered up Chu Liang’s possible use of prohibited drugs, but it turned out to be the other way around - Chu Liang had helped Immortal Jiuyi?

A bit shocked, he quickly said, "Of course it’s convenient." He then turned around to call Chu Liang, who met with the Immortal Jiuyi in the main hall.

Seeing the Immortal Jiuyi, Chu Liang was also somewhat surprised. He didn’t expect that such a high-ranking figure would come in person.

"I’ve met Jiuyi Senior," he greeted, bowing his head in respect.

"No need for formalities, sit down and let’s talk," Jiuyi Immortal raised his hand.

So Chu Liang sat down across from him.

"I’m very grateful for what you did in the Virtual Realm. We have been searching for the infiltrators from the Demon Sect and we did not catch them all, they are small fish. The real body of the Immortal Yuan Lu is thousands of miles away, it will take time to deal with him," Immortal Jiuyi said leisurely. "You should be careful of their revenge."

"I understand," Chu Liang replied. "Thank you for the reminder, Senior."

"Without you, this matter would have been difficult to handle; the entire Misty Mountain is grateful to you," Immortal Jiuyi said. "But this matter cannot be revealed to the outside world, but we will remember your favor."

"Senior, you’re too kind," Chu Liang said with a smile. "Opening the Mirror Sky Eight Diagrams to create an excellent competition field is a good thing that benefits all Immortal Sects. If there are little demons causing chaos, we naturally need to help with all our strength, otherwise the Righteous Path in the world will be harmed."

Immortal Jiuyi laughed satisfactorily after hearing his words.

This young man, though not old, has indeed thoroughly studied the ’Pattern’.

"There’s gratitude to be expressed," Immortal Jiuyi continued. "While I can’t assist you in the battle of the Imperial City, I can help you strengthen your forces as much as possible. Even if it’s only seven days, if you open the secret realm of the Mirror Sky Eight Diagrams, you should be able to buy more time."

At these words, Chu Liang’s eyes lit up instantly.

Some top Immortal Sects have secret realms integrated with the Dao of Time and can change the flow of time.

Just like the scroll painting they encountered in Wu’an City before, a year outside the scroll is only a day inside. Of course, that was slowing down the flow of time, if they want to speed it up, the difficulty would be much greater, and they probably might not be able to achieve it.

According to Immortal Jiuyi, in the secret realm of the Mirror Sky Eight Diagrams, time could flow ten times faster.

That would mean that seven days outside the secret realm would be seventy days inside.

Like Daoist Cang Sheng from Penglai, who mastered the Endless Road in time, he definitely possessed such a secret realm, and his effects were even stronger.

The cultivation in the Sixth Realm by Yang Shenlong was almost impossible under the usual flow of time, and only in these secret realms might there be a small possibility.

Of course, even if he cultivates in a time secret realm, the time span should not be too exaggerated. Because the time spent in the secret realm counts towards one’s age, it does not increase according to the age outside the secret realm. If one exceeds the age limit, they will not be approved to participate in this Immortal Sect Conference.

This could be considered one of the consequences of Shu Mountain losing the Divine Artifact. If it weren’t for the absolute giftedness of Emperor Feng and her predecessors, the strength of their same generation would inevitably be weaker without equivalent assistance. Other immortal sects possessing Divine Artifacts were not likely to lend their artifacts to cultivate competitors in this time period.

At this moment, the assistance from Immortal Jiuyi proved to be especially important.

Chu Liang immediately stood and said, "Thank you, Senior!"

"Of course, it may not be appropriate to say this now, but I’ll mention it casually." After the matter was settled, Immortal Jiuyi continued, "Your talent is excellent, but in terms of intelligence and character, I think you are even better than that. No matter which Immortal Sect you are in, you have boundless prospects."

"However, no matter what, Shu Mountain will not have absolute competitiveness anymore, and it’s inevitable that it will waste your talent." He paused, then continued, "After the Immortal Sect Conference, have you considered transferring to my Misty Mountain Immortal? I can promise... to cultivate you as a future successor."

"I am deeply ashamed of Senior’s heavy kindness," Chu Liang hurriedly said with a smile. "But it was my teacher and sect who nurtured me, how could I betray them? No matter when, I dare not have this intention."

"That’s the way it is, if it was another Sect’s disciple I wouldn’t have asked, but since you are of Shu Mountain’s Silver Sword Peak, I just asked.", Immortal Jiuyi nodded, seemingly unsurprised by Chu Liang’s refusal. He said nonchalantly, "After all, your master is Empress Feng."