Shenquan Town, located in the core area of the psychedelic forest, is the place where the 'earth spirit vein' leaks, and the gushing spring water contains rich spiritual power, which has the magical effect of refining the gods of pure body, and is named the divine spring. Forcibly occupied by the Great Zhou Empire thousands of years ago, it was guarded by a powerful man of the honorable level, and transformed into one of the five major 'baptismal sacrifices' of the empire.

Shenquan Town is a huge valley, surrounded by four huge peaks that reach into the sky, only one canyon is connected with the inside and outside, the town is full of restaurants and inns, and there are military camps stationed, but in ordinary times there are only a few strong warriors in the town, no one is allowed to step in, although the valley is fully equipped but no one is dead. Temporary openings are only allowed during the biennial baptismal rites, but they must be designated by the Empire or family to enter.

Shenquan Town is dedicated to serving the warriors of the Northern Wastelands of the Empire, which has a total of seventeen cities, including one prince, five academies, six great families, and twenty-nine medium-sized families. For the biennial baptismal event, the Maison can send people on its own or attach themselves to the academy to participate, while the children of the commoners can only be attached to the academy.

Because the Great Zhou Empire and even the entire Qitian Continent highly respect martial arts, and it is only opened once every two years, there are more than 100 qualified teenagers and girls every time, and more than 200 people.

For example, there are one hundred and eighty-one third-order martial artists under the age of eighteen who are qualified to enter this year.

It's just that...... There were five teams that were attacked by different Cheng Dù, and a large number of the children of the academy and the family disappeared, and all the teachers and students of one of the colleges disappeared completely, and the children of the seven medium-sized families all disappeared.

This matter has aroused the vigilance of the garrison in Shenquan Town, and it has spread to the entire Northern Wasteland, and a large number of strong people have entered the psychedelic forest seven days ago and began to investigate what happened.

For the whole thing, the royal family personally signed a secret decree - no silence!

So the incident was a little strange and did not leak to the public, and the baptism sacrifice began as scheduled four days ago.

Today is the last day, due to special reasons, some families and academies have left early, but some mercenaries have just arrived.

The valley was bustling and lively, and there were also many mercenaries and do-gooders gathered outside the valley, who were also interested in this kind of sacrifice and baptism. I hope to be able to witness the birth of a powerful bloodline, and if this is the case, it is not in vain that they have come all the way to come.

"Have you all heard about it? The baptism of the county lord of Lingyu has been completed, which has alarmed the three imperial elders who are guarding the altar, according to the news from inside, the baptism of the county lord is very smooth, and the spiritual veins have awakened to seventy percent, which is comparable to the direct heirs of the royal family!"

"Seventy percent? How is it possible! Last year's baptism in the imperial capital, the three princes of the royal family were just this Cheng dù!"

"It's true, now that Shenquan Town is boiling, King Zhou Ling has personally come to greet Princess Lingyu. ”

"Seventy percent, I already have the qualifications to impact the Martial Venerable level! Oh my God, is my Northern Wasteland going to give birth to a Martial Venerable again?"

"It's that simple, qualifications are qualifications, but whether they can grow up is a problem. ”

"What if the royal family directly brings the county lord of Lingyu into the imperial capital?"

"Uh......"

"There is also news that the young master of the Li family in Giant Elephant City is said to have completed the baptism and opened the body treasure. ”

As early as ten years ago, someone once said that the divine spring in Shenquan Town began to wither, and it was difficult for any martial artist to use it to open his own treasure, and now the young master of the Li family broke the deadlock, I believe it will attract many eyes. ”

"By the way, there is another thing! During the last baptism yesterday afternoon, a student of the Giant Elephant Academy had a change in the spiritual vein! He was just a commoner's child, with no family inherited spiritual veins, only the most ordinary meridians, but during the baptism, he actually evolved into a real spiritual vein, which is said to be related to petrification. ”

"I've also heard about it, it seems that it has attracted the attention of the Giant Elephant Academy, and there are rumors that he may be focused on cultivating by the Academy after he goes back, and even King Zhou Ling intends to recruit him. ”

"What's it called?"

"What do you call it...... Du Yang. ”

"Xue Ying, the only grandson of the dean of Tianyuan Academy, also participated in this baptism, and it seems that he also opened the body treasure, but this news has not been confirmed, and people are just speculating. ”

"A little girl from the Tang family has also attracted attention, and the spiritual vein baptism has been very successful, and the awakening has reached 80%. ”

"I seem to have seen Tang Qiong, the butcher of the Tang family, this time he personally escorted it? No wonder, it seems that I should have a premonition in advance that little girl is good. ”

"This baptism sacrifice is so exciting, accidents have appeared one after another, and the entire Shenquan Town has already fried the pot. Today is the last day, and there are still two baptisms left, so I don't know if there will be surprises. ”

Tang Yan strolled through the noisy crowd, listened to the passionate discussions of the mercenaries, and learned about the real situation in Shenquan Town.

After this period of tempering, Tang Yan not only has an understanding of 'spiritual power' and 'martial arts', but also has a new understanding of 'baptism', which has some similarities with the 'genes' of his previous life. If a powerful warrior was born among their ancestors, they would pass on some special talents to their descendants, calling them 'spirit veins'. But they are not immediately apparent, and basically need some kind of means to provoke, which is called 'baptism'.

If the offspring stimulates these spiritual veins in the process of baptism, they will be smoother on the way to cultivation, and the higher the consistency with the spiritual veins of the ancestors, the more likely they are to reach the level of the other party, that is, the higher their future achievements.

If you can reach 60 percent, you can already be surprised, how to appear 70 or 80 is enough to make anyone excited and become a treasure in the family.

As for opening the body treasures, that is, in the hearts of the martial artists of the Prayer Heaven Continent, each human body is a huge treasure trove, containing endless treasures, but it is difficult for ordinary people to search for them. If someone is lucky enough to open it during the baptism, it will be given a special ability similar to a new lineage, with its own special ability.

They are called a special group of people, in Tang Yan's understanding, they are 'investment stocks', this group of people does not have the growth memories of their ancestors like those who inspire the spiritual veins, they need to explore this unknown path alone, and find another path of cultivation. If you fail, you will achieve nothing, and if you succeed, you will continue to have a new spiritual vein and grow into an even more terrible being.

As for the mutation of the spiritual vein, it is equivalent to the revival of the depleted inheritance spiritual vein, or the ordinary spiritual vein is endowed with new abilities, similar to the baptism of the spiritual vein, and it is like opening a treasure, Tang Yan has never understood this aspect thoroughly.

However, listening to the discussions of the mercenaries, Tang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and the little girl escaped from danger and entered Shenquan Town, and completed the baptism smoothly.

The other news wasn't so good -- the last day? There were only two chances left?

"Why don't you let in?" Standing in front of the majestic city gate, Tang Yan looked coldly at the two arrogant warriors in front of him.

"Invitation!"

"What invitation?"

"You don't even know the invitation, what Shenquan Town are you entering? Get out of here, little beggar! Don't blame us for being rude if you dare to make trouble again. The strong man just glanced at Tang Yan and didn't take another look. His clothes were in tatters, his face was full of dirt, his hair was unkempt, and he was wearing straw sandals woven with double leaves, which were even more sloppy than ordinary beggars.

A few mercenaries who were drinking in the wine shed not far away suddenly burst out laughing, and a rather rough man roared like thunder: "Little guy still come to the bar, I'll please! Shenquan Town is only open to the family and the academy, and we ordinary people have no chance." ”

"Unless you have a hundred gold, but I think you're like this...... Looks like you don't even have a copper coin, right?"

"Haha, little one, come, drink. ”

Tang Yan frowned slightly, a hundred gold coins, the currency that is common in this otherworldly continent is called crystal coins, copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, amethyst coins, and so on. One Amethyst Coin is equal to one hundred gold coins, one gold coin is equal to one hundred silver coins, and one silver coin is equal to one hundred copper coins.

If you use the paper money of the original world to make a rough comparison, one amethyst coin is equivalent to one million!

In the shade of the main entrance, a lean man in a high-level military uniform said indifferently: "You can't say that, the spiritual power possessed by Shenquan is limited, and it is impossible to wave it unscrupulously. The family belongs to the empire, the academy belongs to the empire, and of course the empire is responsible for them, as long as ordinary people have talent, they can join the academy, and as long as they enter the academy, they can be baptized with hard work.

It's all about the rules!

If any one of them could enter, wouldn't it be a mess? What if it was someone from another empire? What if it was a person from a hostile force? Our Great Zhou Empire was not yet generous enough to serve them. ”

The guard in front of the door glanced at Tang Yan coldly: "Understand, get out of here!"

Tang Yan's voice raised slightly: "My name is Tang Yan, the second young master of the Tang family in Giant Elephant City, are you qualified like this?"

There was a slight silence near the city gate, and then an even more unbridled laughter erupted, and even the officers in the shade shook their heads amusedly.

"Little beggar, you have nothing to do to smoke, right?" the strong man in front of the door was a little annoyed.

Another strong man said angrily and funny: "Young Master of the Tang family, why don't you say that you are the head of the Tang family? Okay, okay, we don't have the same knowledge as you, how far and how far can we go." ”

Tang Yan was a little helpless: "There are people from the Tang family in Shenquan Town, you can go and ask, or take them out, I am Tang Yan, if it is fake!"

"Get out!!" the two giants said in unison, lacking even the interest to say one more word. Looking for the Tang family? and bringing them out to recognize them? Do you know who the Tang family is inside? It's the butcher Tang Qiong!

Tang Yan was secretly anxious, but he really couldn't find anything to prove himself, and in the face of the killing intent gradually revealed by the giants, as well as the mocking eyes around him, he could only leave the city gate temporarily.

But just when Tang Yan reported his name, several men in the nearby crowd raised their eyebrows, their eyes fixed on him, and after carefully looking at him, their spirits were lifted.

Signaling to each other, one got up and walked to the wine shed, and sat down in front of the group of mercenaries who had just invited Tang Yan to drink, and the ten gold coins were placed in turn, and said indifferently: "Find a way to bring that kid into the dense forest and get rid of it secretly, this is a deposit, and I will give fifty gold coins after the matter is completed." Be careful not to alarm other people and do something clean. ”