"I don't..."
"Don't rush to refute. You'll surely understand what I mean in the future. Now, leave this place."
Shen Qing's body involuntarily floated up and slowly drifted away from Han Ze.
"Wait! What about the poison of True Lord Kun Shan? The petals of Reincarnation are incompatible with the medicine he drank. If there's no antidote, he'll die!"
Shen Qing shouted anxiously, waving her hands wildly, hoping Han Ze could give her an answer.
Han Ze paused for a moment and said, "Reincarnation is called so because its petals are both poisonous and an antidote. Boil the seeds into a potion and let the poisoned person drink it. The poison will naturally be cured."
"Shen Qing, the next time we meet, you won't be as kind - hearted as you are today. I'm really looking forward to the day when you're drowned by hatred and lose your reason..."
Han Ze's voice became ethereal again. Thick fog gradually rose, hiding his figure within.
Shen Qing's body quickly retreated. In no time, she arrived at the entrance of the forbidden area.
Only then did she notice that somehow Li Xian and the others had also been frozen into ice sculptures and stood there. Li Xian's eyes were wide - open, filled with panic.
But at this moment, the sky slowly brightened. The moonlight was dispelled, replaced by the dawn at sunrise.
Before Shen Qing could feel scared, the ice on Li Xian and the others slowly melted, and their stiff bodies became soft.
"Shen Qing! Don't go with him!"
The moment the spell on Li Xian was lifted, he staggered forward as he hadn't stood firmly yet, shouting out the words he hadn't had time to say before being frozen.
Seeing Shen Qing standing in front of him safe and sound, he was stunned for a moment.
"Shen Qing?"
"How are you? Are you okay? You were frozen by Han Ze with ice."
"True Lord Hu Xiao and Shi Yu were the same. But as soon as the sun came out, the spells on you were lifted. I think Lan Qiu and the others should be okay too."
After the spells on True Lord Hu Xiao and Xian Shiyu faded, they looked at each other with lingering fear.
The person was so powerful that he could cast the spell on them silently without giving them a moment to resist. No wonder all the disciples of the Beast - Taming Sect had been frozen.
True Lord Hu Xiao felt even more ashamed. It was he who had brought these juniors here, but he himself had been hit by the spell invisibly. If that person had wanted to kill them, their lives would have been in danger.
Thinking like this, he despised his usual laziness. In the Nine - Wasteland Continent where the strong were respected, although he was an elder of the Beast - Taming Sect and stronger than most people, he should always remember that there was always someone stronger.
Seeing that everyone was okay, Shen Qing told them what had just happened.
However, True Lord Hu Xiao still had doubts about whether the person they had just seen was really from the Dragon Clan.
"Fortunately, he told us how to detoxify. Let's collect these seeds and go back to save the sect master first."
Xian Shiyu patted her chest in fear. She first started to remove the crystals on the petals, being very careful not to touch the petals.
Shen Qing nodded and also started to help. After collecting a small bag of crystals, they set off to leave the forbidden area.
The twenty - five disciples who had been frozen outside the forbidden area had fully awakened. They stood there blankly, exchanging information with each other, not knowing what had happened to them.
"While I was collecting things, I suddenly saw a ghostly figure pounce on me. It gave me a big scare, and then I lost consciousness."
"I'm different from you. I suddenly saw ice pillars whistling towards me. I think I was knocked unconscious by those ice pillars."
"Oh my god! How much time has passed? I've only collected three items. My score will only be three points, won't it?"
Reminded by this disciple, everyone remembered the purpose of entering the Beast Forest.
So they quickly checked if there were any missing supplies on them.
Chu Lan Qiu was standing silently on one side, constantly going over what she had experienced in her mind. But after thinking for a long time, before she lost consciousness, she only saw a few glints of cold light, and couldn't remember anything else.
Just when she was feeling troubled, she saw True Lord Hu Xiao leading Shen Qing and the others coming out of the forbidden area. Her eyes immediately widened.
"Master?!"
The disciples were attracted by Chu Lan Qiu's voice and quickly looked towards the entrance of the forbidden area. Only then did they find that the entrance was wide open and True Lord Hu Xiao was standing there looking at them.
Facing the disciples' confused looks, True Lord Hu Xiao coughed twice and said loudly, "This is a special test set by the sect for you. But unfortunately, none of you could avoid the trap. There's only one day left until the end of the exam. Make the most of it."
After saying this, True Lord Hu Xiao left a back view that he thought was handsome and then quickly walked away from this place.
Xian Shiyu looked at her master with a complicated expression, nodded awkwardly to her senior sister, and then followed True Lord Hu Xiao away.
They had already discussed how to explain this matter inside.
If the disciples knew that a cultivator who claimed to be from the Dragon Clan had frozen them all here, it would surely cause panic. So True Lord Hu Xiao came up with a perfect excuse to let the disciples complete this selection first.
Shen Qing and Li Xian came out later. Seeing the disciples' expressions of regret and heart - ache, they suddenly thought this excuse was really perfect.
Across a few disciples, Li Xian and Shen Qing nodded to Chu Lan Qiu as a greeting.
They were still in a hurry to return to the sect to detoxify True Lord Kun Shan, so they didn't stay long and left the Beast Forest directly.
Knowing that they only had one day to collect supplies, the disciples immediately wailed. Half of them had already decided to give up.
Looking at the more than ten items she had already collected in her storage bag, Chu Lan Qiu made up her mind and said to the disciples.
"Dear senior brothers, senior sisters, junior brothers, and junior sisters, please listen to me!"
"I know you're very discouraged. With only one day left, it's absolutely impossible for us to collect fifty items by ourselves."
"So I have a plan. If you can cooperate, I can guarantee that we can complete the third - stage task within just one day!"
But some of the disciples were already dejected, and their words were aggressive: "What can you do? The supplies on this list are distributed in the four directions of the southeast, northwest. There's no hope."
"Chu Lan Qiu, you were the champion of the first two stages, so you don't have to worry. Anyway, we can't win. Why bother working so hard?"
But Chu Lan Qiu wasn't affected by these words. She was even more determined in her idea.
"If you lose your confidence so easily, then I advise you to give up on ascending earlier. I believe many people participated in this selection not just to win, but to prove themselves. But now that we have a chance to prove ourselves, you want to give up!"
"Winning is the goal, but the process is more important!"
"Please believe me. I can guarantee that you'll collect fifty items within one day!!"