Zhao Family Old Ancestor waved his hand, pointing to the Zongshi Hall, which was still tightly shut.
"Don't. Don't jump to conclusions before the results are out."
Ancestor Mo grinned, "A Sect Knight emerging from the mountain has never been this exaggerated."
The Eight Ancestors' faces immediately turned grim.
The commotion caused by the previous Ethereal Weapon Tribulation had just barely settled, so what was the reason for the Zongshi Hall's tremor, which caused the Eight Peaks to resonate?
If something were to happen at the Zongshi Hall in Zongshi Ridge, it would be far more serious than the lightning strikes at Peak Head Cliff.
Ancestor Zeng looked at Zeng Zifang, who was not dispirited, and advised:
"Zifang, the sect's morale is unstable, which is detrimental to our sect. You are the Grand Elder of Nose Peak. Please tell us a bit about the situation inside so we can figure out how to appease everyone."
Zeng Zifang, who had been keeping her head down in silence, looked up upon hearing this.
"Elder Qian is currently fighting Elder Zhao for the position of Sect Knight of Nose Peak in the third trial. I don't know the outcome yet."
The Eight Ancestors' expressions changed drastically.
Ancestor Zeng urgently asked, "Qian Duoduo? Why is it him?"
Zhao Family Old Ancestor disbelieved Zeng Zifang: "Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Zeng Zifang's eyes flickered, not wanting to explain.
She was originally the victor, but Zhao Yanran used a scheme to replace her, which she found incredibly humiliating and frustrating.
Letting these old men remain unclear about the process of the Zongshi War, especially letting Zhao Yanran's grandfather worry, made Zeng Zifang feel somewhat relieved.
Copper Extreme Old Ancestor laughed twice, "In that case, there will be a result very soon, and Elder Zhao still has a greater chance of winning."
The other Ancestors also nodded slightly.
Zhao Yanran was at the Golden Core Middle Stage, while Qian Duoduo was only at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, a difference of an entire major Realm.
Ancestor Zeng leisurely said:
"The Zongshi War this time has caused quite a stir, but no matter who wins, don't be like the other seven Sect Knights..."
He stopped there, leaving the latter half of the sentence unsaid.
Zeng Zifang, Long Jinxuan, and Hua Biaobang did not understand, but the other seven Ancestors knew that the latter half of his sentence was: "...just revealing their names and then disappearing without a trace."
The disappearance of the seven Sect Knights was a top secret of the Ba Ling Sect.
After the previous seven Zongshi Wars, the names of the Cultivators who became Sect Knights appeared on the Zongshi Hall's door, but no Sect Knight ever emerged from the Zongshi Hall.
If the Ba Ling Sect had not been preparing to launch the Three Sects War, the Eight Ancestors would not have initiated the Nose Peak Zongshi War.
So where did the Sect Knights go? The answer to this secret could only be found within the Zongshi Hall before them.
To investigate the truth, and for better pre-war preparations, to understand the state of the Zongshi Hall, Ancestor Zeng and Zhao Family Old Ancestor agreed to let Zeng Zifang and Zhao Yanran begin the Zongshi War.
"Do you know? That vibration just now was the Ba Ling Sect testing its sect-protecting Magic Treasure in Zongshi Ridge."
As this news spread rapidly, the Cultivators of the Eight Peaks saw that no high-ranking individuals flew out to stand ready, and the panic within the sect gradually dissipated.
Only the Eight Ancestors remained in Zongshi Ridge, filled with anticipation and worry.
At this moment, Qian Duoduo was brought by that powerful Spiritual Awareness force to an unfamiliar space.
This space did not belong to any of the Ba Ling Sect's immortal peaks, nor was it the world of the Refining Saint Wall he had visited before.
In this space, countless blood-colored crystal blocks floated, like blood-stained spiritual gangue stones, and also like smooth mirrors.
Qian Duoduo fully activated the Eternal Wealth and Nobility cultivation method, took out the Four Unlike, summoned the Golden Winged Bird, and carefully observed this world through his Purple Eyes.
There was nothing else in this world besides crystal blocks; each block was filled with Spiritual Qi and spiritual power.
"Was the test on the throne just now for becoming a Sect Knight, and is this also a test?"
Qian Duoduo quickly thought: "If the red color just now tested mental fortitude under slaughter, and black tested emotional control under dark instincts, then what is being tested here?"
"What did that powerful Spiritual Awareness mean by 'Ten thousand years of dreams awaken, who knows the hegemonic enterprise'? Is it hinting at something, or just talking to itself?"
Qian Duoduo carefully moved his steps, not daring to touch the floating crystal blocks.
Suddenly, he noticed that the edges of two adjacent crystal blocks were extremely similar, only one was convex and the other concave.
"Could they have originally been one piece?"
Qian Duoduo recalled the assessment he experienced when participating in the "Encyclopedia of Weapon Refining."
