They were already starving, and at this point, they had even forgotten their sorrow.

??In such a situation, what could be more important than eating?

??”I want a dish of shredded pork in garlic sauce over rice.”

??”Sword Venerate, I want stir-fried pork over rice.”

??”……”

??Everyone lined up to get their food, then hurriedly moved aside to open their meals. Following the previous method, they added water to the lime bag and waited for the food to be ready.

??They had already become adept at this.

??”If you’re still hungry after finishing, you can come and get another serving.”

??Li Changqing knew that one serving wouldn’t be enough for them. After all, they had been fighting all night and their physical strength was severely depleted.

??They had to be well-fed.

??The Sword Venerate had become a canteen uncle.

??”Really?” The disciples looked at Li Changqing with faces full of surprise. Could they really have more after finishing?

??They had thought that such food would decrease day by day, and it would be good if they could have one meal a day, because it was impossible to bring in much, right?

??But it seemed that there was still a lot left.

??”Yes, you can come and get another serving after finishing.” Li Changqing nodded.

??However, the elders of Dao Mountain Ancient Land and Zhanhe Residence were worried that if they ate like this, they would run out of food after a while, as they had to stay here for thirteen days.

??But what they didn’t know was that most of the twenty Acceptance of Rings that Li Changqing had were filled with food. No matter how much they ate, it would be enough. Their worries were completely unnecessary.

??The aroma spread out, once again enveloping the surroundings. Those disciples from other sects who smelled the aroma couldn’t help but start to salivate crazily.

??There were even quite a few ‘spies’ secretly leaning against the wall, reporting the situation of Dao Mountain Ancient Land and Zhanhe Residence to the strong ones in their sects.

??Upon learning of this, the strong ones from those sects all snorted coldly. What were they showing off?

??”Just wait and see. Even if they brought a lot of food, how many days can they eat like this? In the end, they will still have to gnaw on dry food. By that time, they will be used to living in luxury and won’t be able to eat it. They will suffer.” A clan leader said.

??”Dad, I really want to eat it too. When we go back, let’s find this Changqing Trading Company and see if we can buy their food. It’s really tempting.”

??A young man next to the clan leader said with stars in his eyes.

??”Useless.” The clan leader couldn’t help but shout: “After we get out, will we lack food and clothing? The fact that we don’t have food now is temporary. When we get out, there will be all kinds of delicacies in the family. Will you still want to eat this then?”

??”Yes.” The young man said affirmatively.

??The other members of the clan looked at their clan leader and nodded crazily, indicating that they wanted to eat it.

??At this moment, in their hearts, the self-heating rice from Changqing Trading Company was simply the most delicious thing in the world. Even if they had all kinds of delicacies when they went out, they still wanted to eat the self-heating rice from Changqing Trading Company.

??This had almost become an obsession.

??This was also Li Changqing’s goal.

??The more unattainable something is, the more unforgettable it is. When they go to Changqing Trading Company to buy self-heating rice, they have already taken the most important step. In the future, Changqing Trading Company’s business will be endless.

??Not only this clan, but almost all the disciples of other sects, including those of other sects, had a crazy obsession with the self-heating rice from Changqing Trading Company.

??That aroma, they really couldn’t resist it.

??At this moment, they were gnawing on dry buns, smelling the aroma of shredded pork in garlic sauce and stir-fried pork, they felt more tormented than when they were fighting with the Ghost Clan.

??”Damn it.” A disciple cursed: “After being tortured by the Ghost Clan, we have to be tortured by them mentally! When this Ghost Devil trial is over, I will find this Changqing Trading Company, and then I will buy that stir-fried pork over rice every day!”

??Just as everyone was enjoying their meal, Lin Qingyi quietly appeared on the city wall behind them.

??Lin Qingyi did not hide his presence.

??So the moment he appeared, everyone felt it.

??”Mr. Lin.”

??Many strong ones stood up and spoke politely to Lin Qingyi.

??Lin Qingyi seemed to have just woken up. Li Changqing had seen Lin Qingyi several times and he always looked like this, always wondering why Lin Qingyi never seemed to get enough sleep.

??He glanced at everyone and then said, “It seems a bit tragic.”

??Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

??It was indeed tragic. Last night, more than a hundred disciples were killed or injured.”Although there are many disciples participating, almost two thousand, more than a hundred were eliminated in just one night. There might be even stronger members of the Ghost Clan appearing later, which would make things even more difficult to control.”

“No worries.”

Lin Qingyi didn’t seem to mind, he simply said, “The first day of the Ghost Devil trial is always like this.”

“Young people, especially those who are participating in the Ghost Devil trial for the first time, lack experience.” Lin Qingyi said as he slowly floated down from the city wall and landed on the top of a pavilion. “After this night of baptism, everyone will grow. With growth, things will get much better, and the casualties won’t be as severe.”

Everyone agreed with his words.

On this first day, facing the Ghost Clan for the first time, many disciples were very nervous. It was already quite good if they could exert seventy percent of their strength.

Most of the injured disciples were hurt at the very beginning.

Later, as they killed more and more ghosts, they became more proficient.

“Alright.” Lin Qingyi said to everyone, “I’m here to announce the disciple who earned the most merit points yesterday.”

Upon hearing this news, everyone became serious. They hadn’t had time to check their own merit tokens yet.

When Lin Qingyi said this, everyone wanted to know which sect’s disciple had earned the most merit.

It was a matter of honor.

“I guess it must be a disciple who has reached the peak of the Postnatal Realm from some sect. After all, they can kill the Ghost Clan members who have reached the peak of the Postnatal Realm. They must have earned a lot of merit.”

Someone speculated.

Others nodded in agreement. It was indeed the case.

The disciple who earned the most merit must be those who have reached the peak of the Postnatal Realm.

“Third Brother, it should be you, right?” Li Hengsheng, while eating, looked at Zhou Jun next to him and asked curiously.

“I’m not sure.” Zhou Jun shook his head, “There are also a few powerful characters in other sects. There are a total of twenty-seven disciples who have reached the peak of the Postnatal Realm participating in the trial this time. It’s hard to say who it is.”

Numerous eyes turned to Lin Qingyi, waiting for him to announce.

“Guanglan Palace, Lu Shiran.”

When Lin Qingyi said this name, the entire Sky-Overturning Ghost City fell silent, and everyone’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

It was Lu Shiran?

How could it be?

At this moment, in a small courtyard, Lu Shiran, with half a bun in her mouth, also looked up at Lin Qingyi in surprise.

“Um, is it me?”

Lu Shiran was slightly surprised, then lowered her head and continued eating her bun.

Even Li Hengsheng was incredulous.

A mere Postnatal Realm cultivator had earned the most merit?

How did she do it?

Even the disciples who fought last night didn’t see Lu Shiran’s figure.

“Lu Shiran is the only one among you who has evolved her iron merit token into a bronze one. There’s no one else.” Lin Qingyi said slowly.

“Sir Lin, under what conditions will the merit token evolve from iron to bronze?” A disciple couldn’t help but ask.

“When your merit points exceed ten thousand, it can evolve into a bronze token.” After Lin Qingyi finished speaking, he added casually, “Everyone, keep up the good work. After the trial is over, Tianhai City will reward you based on your merits.”

Then Lin Qingyi turned around and left.

He came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

But no one cared where Lin Qingyi went.

“Lu Shiran earned over ten thousand merit points in one night?” Li Hengsheng simply didn’t know how Lu Shiran did it.

Others wanted to ask Lu Shiran where she found so many Ghost Clan members.

But at this time, Wu Wenying, the Peak Master of the Law Enforcement Peak of Dao Mountain Ancient Land, came over and said, “Don’t think too much about it. That little girl went deeper into the city alone last night. There are more Ghost Clan members there, and it’s more dangerous, so she was able to earn so many merit points.”

“You don’t need to be envious.”

“If you went to such a place, I’m afraid you wouldn’t be able to come back alive.”

Hearing Wu Wenying’s words, everyone felt a lot better, but at the same time, they were shocked by Lu Shiran’s strength.

She was only in the Postnatal Realm, but she had such formidable strength.

Wasn’t that a bit too abnormal?

“Fourth Brother, your wife is not simple.” Even Zhou Jun on the side expressed his confusion.

Li Hengsheng didn’t say a word. He probably knew what was going on.”Lu Shiran’s divine body has already reached the minor achievement realm.”

“My Sun-Moon Immortal-Demon Divine Body hasn’t even reached the beginner level.”

“Even so, my divine body is already quite strong. With it, I can contend with a mountain ghost that is one realm higher than me. Not to mention Lu Shiran, whose divine body has reached the minor achievement realm.”

“She might even have the qualifications to fight against those at the peak of the postnatal realm.”

“This is a true genius!”

“Li Hengsheng admits that he had underestimated the geniuses of the world. This is just Lu Shiran from Guanglan Palace. How many geniuses are there in the entire Cangyuan Realm?”

“Li Hengsheng used his Divine Soul to feel the merit points he had earned yesterday in his iron badge. He found that he had over 4700 points.”

“That’s more than twice less than Lu Shiran.”

“I need to work harder.”

“All the disciples had their meals, then they all went to their tents to sleep in their sleeping bags.”

“The disciples from other sects could only burrow into the straw or find a place sheltered from the wind to lean against the wall and sleep for a while.”

“Li Changqing and Xue Qianbai sat together, chatting.”

“Almost noon.”

“Elder.”

“At this time, Kan Chengli came over and said to Li Changqing, “Elder Xu went to find disciples Sun Zhusheng and Meng Chang early in the morning, but he hasn’t returned yet.”

“Huh?”

“Li Changqing then remembered that Xu Chang’an had indeed been gone for a long time.”

“Not only did the two disciples Sun Zhusheng not return, but it was also strange that Xu Chang’an did not return.”

“After all, Xu Chang’an is a master at the peak of the Prenatal Realm.”

“Even if he didn’t find the two disciples, he should have returned by now.”

“Li Changqing spread out his Divine Soul, trying to find Xu Chang’an.”

“But his Divine Soul spread out far and wide, and he didn’t find any trace of anyone.”

“This made Li Changqing frown.”

“Nothing?”

“What’s going on?”

“Although the Sky-Overturning Ghost City is incredibly large, Xu Chang’an couldn’t have gone that far.”

“Didn’t find him?” Xue Qianbai saw the look on Li Changqing’s face and asked with a frown.

“Hmm.” Li Changqing nodded, “No trace at all, it’s a bit strange.”

“Anything can happen in this Ghost Devil.” Xue Qianbai slowly said, “Maybe he really encountered some powerful character and got killed.”

“If he went too far, even if there was a battle fluctuation, we wouldn’t be able to feel it.”

“Everyone nodded in agreement with Xue Qianbai’s words.”

“Only the two elders of Zhanhe Residence looked worried.”

“It’s not just the disciples that are missing, but also an elder.”

“Let’s wait a bit longer.” Li Changqing wouldn’t rashly go looking. What if he encountered some terrifying creature?

“Who knows what’s in this Ghost Devil.”

“What if a powerful figure like the Sky-Overturning Ghost Lord suddenly rushes out? Wouldn’t that be a disaster?”

“Although the probability of such a thing happening is almost zero, Li Changqing wouldn’t take risks for others.”

“A day passed like this.”

“Everyone had long lost the tension and excitement they had when they first arrived.”

“When midnight fell, everyone began a new round of slaughter!

“The performance on the second night was much better than the first night, and the number of disciples lost was almost less than ten.”

“Moreover, only one Prenatal Realm expert appeared.”

“He was killed by a master of the Great Yuan Dynasty as soon as he appeared.”

“Everything else was normal.”

“But the number of Ghost Clan members that appeared this night was significantly less than the first day, so after the battle on the second day ended, all the sects left their current locations and moved deeper into the Sky-Overturning Ghost City.”

“The outer layer of the Ghost Clan was killed, and the Ghost Clan that appeared again would appear in the depths of the city. If they only defended the periphery, their thirteen days would be easy.”

“The number of Ghost Clan that came out wouldn’t be many, but in this way, the meaning of the trial would be lost, and more importantly, they wouldn’t be able to earn more merit points.”

“Many disciples had already set their sights on what they wanted and were waiting to exchange them with merit points.”

“So they wouldn’t choose to kill fewer Ghost Clan if they could kill more.”

“Moreover, everyone had also felt their strength improving.”

“That was something that couldn’t be compared with closed-door cultivation in the sect.”

“Li Hengsheng’s ‘Overlord Immortal Spear Technique’ and ‘Nine True Spear Technique’ had become more and more proficient, and his understanding of the realm of the spear following the heart was getting deeper and deeper.”

“Three consecutive days of slaughter made everyone’s growth visible to the naked eye.”“`

??Only three days had passed, and Xu Chang’an still hadn’t returned.

??There was no trace or news of him.

??In the end, the two elders of Zhanhe Residence had no choice but to give up.

??The iron badges of hundreds of disciples had all turned into bronze badges. At the same time, Lin Qingyi hadn’t appeared for several days. They also wanted to know if Lu Shiran’s bronze badge had turned into a silver one.

??Minghong Prefecture, Changting Town.

??The town was as usual, with people bustling about on the streets, and various vendors hawking their wares.

??Shi Yan Zhai.

??The storyteller was still narrating his outrageous tales.

??Before Li Changqing left, he had given quite a few books, so there was no shortage of stories to tell every day.

??At this moment, a figure walked into Shi Yan Zhai.

??He looked around and then casually found a corner to sit down.

??”Sir, what would you like to eat?” The waiter hurried over and handed him the menu.

??If there were other powerful people here, they would definitely recognize that this man was none other than Lin Qingyi.

??In the past few days, Lin Qingyi hadn’t appeared in the Ghost Devil, and everyone thought that Lin Qingyi was busy. No one would have thought that Lin Qingyi would appear in a small place like Changting Town.

??After all, in such a small place, not even a single innate talent would appear in several years, let alone a master like Lin Qingyi.

??Lin Qingyi looked at the items on the menu, all of which he had never eaten in Tianhai City, and was immediately interested, so he ordered a few.

??He also ordered a pot of tea.

??Then his attention was drawn to the storyteller on the stage.

??Lin Qingyi seemed very interested in the absurd stories written by Li Changqing.

??He listened very attentively.

??After the dishes were served, Lin Qingyi tasted each one carefully.

??”The food is really good.” Lin Qingyi didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise, and finished all the dishes. After the storyteller finished his story, Lin Qingyi raised his hand, and a silver ingot flew out, landing right on the table in front of the old man.

??The old man’s face changed when he saw such a large silver ingot. This silver ingot must weigh at least fifty taels!

??So much money, he couldn’t earn it even if he told stories for a year.

??”Thank you for your reward, sir.” The old storyteller was overjoyed. Such a big customer only comes once in several years.

??The other guests also turned their eyes to Lin Qingyi, wanting to see who was so generous. But when they saw Lin Qingyi, they found that they didn’t recognize him at all.

??However, a few young men had some ill intentions in their eyes.

??Lin Qingyi also said to the old man, “Sir, would you like to come over and sit with me for a chat?”

??”Sure.”

??Lin Qingyi had given fifty taels of silver, so it was natural to come over for a chat.

??The old storyteller sat down, and Lin Qingyi personally poured him a cup of tea.

??”Young man.” The old storyteller looked around and then whispered, “You gave too much silver, and it’s in public. Look at those people over there.”

??As he spoke, he glanced over with his eyes.

??Lin Qingyi looked over and saw several young men sitting in the corner, also looking at him, their ill intentions not concealed at all.

??”Those are the town’s ruffians. They are idle and unskilled, but they have some means. You need to be extra careful. You’ve shown your wealth, and they might cause you trouble.” The old storyteller said with concern.

??”Are they that scary?” Lin Qingyi was somewhat surprised.

??

Some people die, but they are not completely dead……

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