Chapter 570 - 570: Saint Extreme Road

The Saint Extreme Road was a special place within the Saint Extreme Sect.

It opened once a month.

Aside from the new disciples who had just joined and were required to attempt the trial in their first month, senior disciples who hadn't entered in half a year could also try again to increase the floor they could reach in the Saint Extreme Tower.

Therefore, every opening of the Saint Extreme Road was considered a significant event in the Outer Sect, attracting a large crowd.

And this time, in a pavilion next to the Saint Extreme Road that controlled its opening and closing, many Outer Elders had gathered.

"How many stages do you think that Chu Qingyun can pass on the Saint Extreme Road?"

"He won the Celestial Martial City Pill Battle Conference, making him arguably the strongest Alchemist of the younger generation in the Northern Domain. His Soul Power must be very strong, which is a huge advantage on the Saint Extreme Road. I think he can pass the fourth stage!"

"The fourth stage... Isn't that overestimating him? He's only a Spirit Level Alchemist. The advantage of his strong Soul Power should be more or less nullified after the third stage. After that, it's all about willpower. How strong can the will of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old kid be?"

"Not necessarily. He fought his way from the Blood-soaked Land all the way to Celestial Martial City. In my opinion, none of this year's new disciples should be underestimated."

"That's right. I heard that the new disciples' performance on the Saint Extreme Road in the past few months has been better than previous cohorts, overall."

Several Outer Elders of the Martial Emperor Realm were discussing amongst themselves.

The Saint Extreme Road opened once a month, and under normal circumstances, it wouldn't attract the Elders' attention. Even the task of opening it was usually delegated to Inner Sect Disciples.

But this time was an exception, because Chu Qingyun was among those attempting the trial this month.

Between his victory at the Celestial Martial City Pill Battle Conference and the large number of Secret Manuals and Secret Techniques he "sold" to the sect, Chu Qingyun had long since attracted the attention of many Elders.

Just as the Elders were talking, Elder Huang suddenly snorted and said, "Third stage, fourth stage? I doubt he can even pass the first!"

Previously, those twenty-some senior disciples had arranged for people to make a move against this month's new disciples on the Saint Extreme Road.

Since Chu Qingyun was involved, they had naturally informed Elder Huang in advance.

"Oh? Elder Huang, could it be that you know something?" an Elder asked.

But Elder Huang just sneered. "You'll all find out soon enough. That Chu Qingyun is arrogant, conceited, and acts with impunity. This time, he's bound to take a major fall!"

...

Soon, Chu Qingyun and the other twenty-six people arrived at the Saint Extreme Road.

Along the way, Chu Qingyun had already learned the rules of the Saint Extreme Road from Mu Xiaoxiao and the others.

The Saint Extreme Road, as its name implied, was a road.

The so-called trial of the Saint Extreme Road was simply for the sect's disciples to walk forward along it.

Completing the first thousand meters was considered passing the first stage, granting one the qualification to cultivate on the first floor of the Saint Extreme Tower.

Completing the first two thousand meters meant passing the second stage, qualifying one for the second floor of the Saint Extreme Tower.

And so on.

The Saint Extreme Tower had seven floors open in total.

And the Saint Extreme Road also had a total of seven stages, which corresponded to seven thousand meters.

Only by completing all seven thousand meters could one be considered to have perfected the Saint Extreme Road, earning the right to cultivate on the seventh floor of the Saint Extreme Tower.

Furthermore, Chu Qingyun learned that upon stepping onto the Saint Extreme Road, one would be subjected to a very peculiar pressure.

Under that pressure, moving forward was extremely difficult.

However, one type of person had an innate advantage on the Saint Extreme Road: Alchemists who had awakened their Soul Power.

Alchemists possessing Soul Power seemed to have a certain resistance to the pressure on the Saint Extreme Road.

According to the information they had gathered, with the Soul Power strength commonly possessed by Spirit Level Alchemists, they would be basically unaffected during the first two stages of the Saint Extreme Road.

Only upon reaching the third stage would they truly feel the pressure.

After Chu Qingyun and his group of twenty-seven arrived, the Saint Extreme Road had not yet officially opened, but quite a few Outer Disciples were already waiting nearby.

The Outer Sect had a large number of disciples. So, even though each person only got one chance every half-year, many people still participated each time the Saint Extreme Road opened.

And here, the twenty-plus people from yesterday were also already waiting.

Seeing that Chu Qingyun and all twenty-six of his companions had arrived together, the other group instantly figured it out.

In the face of their threats from yesterday, Chu Qingyun and the new disciples had banded together.

However, they didn't care at all.

'Trash is still trash, no matter how much of it you gather.'

As senior disciples who had cultivated in the sect for many years, with the aid of the Saint Extreme Tower, they were very confident in dealing with new disciples who had just joined and had never even entered the tower.

"Not a single one of you twenty-seven will pass even one stage of the Saint Extreme Road!"

"You won't get into the Saint Extreme Tower this half-year, and you won't get in the next! Until you satisfy us, you can forget about ever entering the Saint Extreme Tower in your lifetime!"

Someone among the group of twenty-plus sneered.

Instantly, the faces of most of the twenty-seven new disciples changed slightly, feeling a lack of confidence. After all, the difference in strength between the two sides was simply too great.

But Chu Qingyun and his two companions remained calm and indifferent.

With the current strength of the three of them, even an eighth-level Martial Spirit would likely be no match for them. Chu Qingyun himself even had the strength to fight a ninth-level Martial Spirit.

Confidence stemmed from strength.

The strongest disciples allowed on the Outer Sect's Saint Extreme Road were, at most, ninth-level Martial Spirits.

Just then, another person stepped out from the group of twenty-plus, looked at Chu Qingyun, and said, "Chu Qingyun, since you've all decided to work together, we can give you another chance."

"Use your Saint Extreme Points to buy your way out of this."

"One thousand Saint Extreme Points per person. In other words, you hand over twenty-seven thousand Saint Extreme Points, and we'll consider this matter settled. How about it?"

Those people had failed in their attempt to forcibly take Saint Extreme Points in the Molten Rock District.

Yesterday, they had tried to use Elder Huang's authority to intimidate Chu Qingyun and brazenly seize his Saint Extreme Points, but that also failed.

And now, they had changed their strategy to extortion, targeting the new disciples.

Moreover, their appetite had shrunk with each attempt—from trying to take everything, to seventy thousand, and now to twenty-seven thousand.

Hearing this, many of the twenty-seven new disciples instantly turned to look at Chu Qingyun.

Honestly, they of course wanted to pass their first, crucial attempt at the Saint Extreme Road peacefully.

Chu Qingyun, however, just scoffed. "You think you can take nearly thirty thousand Saint Extreme Points from me with a single threat? Is that even possible?"

Chu Qingyun was merely cooperating with these new disciples.

They were neither friends nor family; he had no interest in spending his own Saint Extreme Points to buy their so-called peace.