Free Web NovelYue Ling Qianchen was not only a direct young master of the Yue Ling Clan, but also Qian Bingning's cousin and distant cousin.
The two had always had a good relationship.
That's why Qian Bingning, with his mere C-rank Beastmaster strength, came to serve as this extremely life-threatening support offering for his cousin.
“I always feel like she looks familiar.”
Mingxi did not use the star god scepter’s 【Perfect Gene Simulation】 this time, but the Black and White ghost mask on her face was actually the star god scepter’s last function, 【Black and White Impermanence】.
The name sounds intimidating, but the function is actually not complicated at all: it can shield her body from all forms of detection, and any detection-type skills or items are ineffective against her.
Oh, and it also has a voice-altering effect.
However, this function cannot change her appearance.
But actually, the mask can be hidden, meaning it won't be seen by others.
Compared to the other four functions, 【Black and White Impermanence】 isn't outstanding, but its practicality is very high.
After all, among detection-type skills, there are mental probes and memory searches, which are skills that can easily lead to serious trouble.
With 【Black and White Impermanence】, these troubles can be perfectly avoided.
In short, even with the mask on, due to her build, Qian Bingning, who had met Mingxi quite a few times over the semester, couldn't help but find her familiar.
What's more, he wasn't stupid at all.
“Familiar? Then it’s really possible that she’s someone you’ve seen before. Do you have any idea?”
Yue Ling Qianchen was very curious.
Qian Bingning pondered for a long while, then lowered his eyelids, hiding the flash of understanding and shock in his eyes.
“Cousin, if you trust me, then you’d best instruct your own people that if they encounter this person in the Mystic Ground, they must absolutely not attack her first.”
Qian Bingning had clearly guessed it.
Yue Ling Qianchen’s expression hardened.
“Is this person... of great background? Or is her strength particularly strong?” He certainly trusted his cousin.
Not to mention that his cousin, at such a young age, had to bear the risk of death for him.
He even did not hesitate to use the family’s secret method in advance to achieve his fourth awakening.
Their family's awakening secret method ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ could only be used once and was originally saved for when strength entered a stagnation period, and physical ability and brain capacity were difficult to break through for a long time.
Qian Bingning nodded solemnly and cautiously, “Both!”
“Can you tell me who she is?”
“Cousin, I’ll tell you after we return from the Mystic Ground.”
Yue Ling Qianchen: “You little brat!”
Mingxi also knew that her identity would most likely not remain hidden from Qian Bingning.
Although this senior was a man of few words, he was extremely perceptive.
But it's not a big problem.
Anyway, the competition was about to begin, and her identity would be exposed sooner or later.
Because she would summon Golden Yuanbao and the others.
Each of them, being unique, was her identification.
Unless they used simulation, they simply couldn't hide.
And after all, pet beasts are not humans; making them simulate other races always feels somewhat constrained and lacking, as if their nature is being suppressed.
This was also the reason why Mingxi didn't simulate any identity this time.
So, if Qian Bingning recognized her, then so be it.
Moreover, she didn't think he would actively expose her; this person was quite principled.
“Crack, crack.”
As she pondered, the huge stone pillar in front split into two parts, becoming two thinner stone pillars.
The two stone pillars moved left and right like sliding doors.
During the movement, a dark, misty spatial fluctuation appeared between the stone pillars.
It actually looked more like a scroll slowly being unrolled by someone.
“The entrance is about to open.”
This was the entrance to Yue Ling No. 3 Secret Land.
“Click.”
After two soft clicks that sounded almost simultaneously, the Mystic Ground entrance was fully exposed!
A presiding elder first recited a passage in an ancient language that Mingxi and the others had never heard, and which most people present couldn't understand at all.
This process had nothing to do with the support offerings, but all twelve candidates needed to perform nine prostrations and five incense offerings.
That is, nine kowtows and five incense offerings.
Finally, they had to drip their blood into twelve jade bowls engraved with names in front of the offering table.
The amount of blood was not small, at least 200CC. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
And in the jade bowls, there was not only blood but also a jade token and ten rings immersed in each.
The jade token was the main sacrificial token for each candidate heir, which would be used to activate the sacrificial position after entering the Lingjue Death Ground.
The rings were spatial items to be distributed to their respective support offerings later.
Soaking them in blood like this, of course, was not to let the candidates contract these items.
These items could only be used temporarily and could not be contracted.
Soaking them in blood was to create a resonant connection between the items and the jade tokens, locking in the candidates and their respective support offerings.
The entire scene was quite solemn and orderly, but it did not last long.
It was probably only about a quarter of an hour, much shorter and more concise than the leader's speeches Mingxi encountered in her previous life.
Once all of this was done, the presiding elder finally announced in a deep voice in Chinese that everyone could understand: “The final round of the xxx-generation Yue Ling Clan heir competition officially begins now!”
“Candidate heirs, receive your tokens and break through the barrier!”
The so-called ‘breaking through the barrier’ meant stepping into the entrance, carrying the blessing of breaking through all obstacles and seeing through the mists.
The twelve candidate heirs entered one by one according to their respective order.
The entry order did not involve any lottery or luck; Yue Ling Suiwan, as the first in line, was arranged in the first position, regardless of her chances of winning.
In fact, the entry order was very important.
Even being a second faster, being able to activate the sacrificial position one step ahead of others, was an advantage.
Although there were twelve sacrificial positions and twelve candidates, the positions had advantages and disadvantages.
The sacrificial positions in the true east, west, south, and north directions offered relatively better blessing bonuses and Curse reductions, and more importantly, the effect of converting support offerings' gains into defensive energy was one-tenth higher than other sacrificial positions.
Therefore, fighting for sacrificial positions after entering was an inevitable situation.
And entering first naturally increased the possibility of seizing the initiative!
After Yue Ling Suiwan came Yue Ling Qianchen.
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After all the candidates had entered, it was the turn of the support offerings.
The order was the same, following the candidates' entry.
So Mingxi and the other ten were at the very front, and Mingxi, being the weakest, voluntarily became the tail-ender of their group.
And Qian Bingning, because his cousin pulled some strings for him, was surprisingly the first in their team, right behind Mingxi.
“Can we cooperate if we meet?”
He whispered.
Mingxi turned her head and glanced at him, “I won’t kill you.”
Cooperation was out of the question.
Although she didn't think Qian Bingning would try to harm her for profit, considering their respective positions and her own situation, she would not cooperate with anyone.
Not to mention Qian Bingning, who was ostensibly an opponent belonging to another team; she wouldn't even place too much trust in Yue Ling Suiwan's other support offerings.
