Chapter 2803 — The Rules of the Trial
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Most of you come from ancient clans and sects, and you should be well acquainted with the rules of the Xuandan Sect's trial. I trust that even the loose cultivators among you have made inquiries into the regulations of our trials in past years." Here Tianjisuan paused, his gaze sweeping over the assembled disciples, then continued: "This time, however, there are certain changes from the rules of previous trials! First, our former rule was that only cultivators of the Mystic rank and above but below the Earth rank might take part. This time the limit is relaxed: all cultivators of the Mystic rank and above are permitted to enter. In exchange, the trial deposit has been raised—it was one hundred million before, and this time it shall rise to two hundred million!"
At Tianjisuan's words, the cultivators below exchanged glances. How was it that this trial had gone up in price? And not by a little—from one hundred million to two hundred million. This was fleecing them outright!
Then again, the Xuandan Sect had changed its rules this time and relaxed the conditions for entry, which was why so many more people had come than in previous years. Could it be for the sake of gathering wealth? Considering that raised deposit, everyone felt it very likely!
Watching the expressions of the cultivators below, Tianjisuan was well pleased. This year's Xuandan Sect trial was unlike those of the past; should trouble arise later, the sect feared that the other ancient sects might detect something amiss and bear a grudge, coming to make trouble—and so they had deliberately raised the amount of the deposit, letting outsiders mistakenly believe that the Xuandan Sect had relaxed the conditions for entry this time merely because they lacked money!
Otherwise, when a great many Earth-rank and even Heaven-rank disciples died, such a matter would easily arouse suspicion. As it stood, even if some grew suspicious, they could only conclude that the Xuandan Sect's trial was simply too dangerous—for the matter of the changed strength limits had already been reasonably explained away by the question of gathering wealth.
"Good. Since there are no objections, I shall next speak of the trial's rules. This trial shall last half a month, give or take five days. The site of the trial is the Wildlands of the Five Baleful Ice behind the Xuandan Sect's mountain. During the trial, you must gather a certain medicinal herb within the Wildlands of the Five Baleful Ice. Once you have that herb in hand, you may leave the Wildlands and complete the trial. Of course, if you have not found it, you may withdraw along the way—but that shall be deemed a voluntary forfeiture, and the trial deposit shall not be refunded!" Tianjisuan continued.
None of what Tianjisuan described differed from the trials of the past, so no one present showed any particular expression—only Wei Zhao listened closely, for he had not been especially familiar with such matters before.
"However, the rewards granted to those who successfully pass this trial also differ from before! In past Xuandan Sect trials, those who successfully gathered the herb received only a single third-grade pill already in the Xuandan Sect's possession, or a natural treasure!"