Chapter 65: Can the spiritual environment also restore true energy?

"Speak." Shangguan Liang said indifferently.

The freshman asked quickly, "Teacher, are the pills distributed by the school? Or do we have to bring them ourselves? If we can only use what we bring ourselves, wouldn't people from wealthy families have a huge advantage? Wouldn't it be too unfair to people like us who come from ordinary families? I know there is no real fairness in this world, but isn't this too much? Please forgive me, I don't mean to contradict you."

As soon as these words were spoken, many freshmen's faces changed slightly, and they all thought of this.

Indeed, it would be unfair to people from poor families if they could only use what they brought with them.

Moreover, many people do not have many pills on them. If they use them in the freshman competition instead of improving their cultivation, it would be a waste.

"good question."

Shangguan Liang said with an unchanged expression: "But I have already said that the content of the freshman competition is the speed of refining pills and the efficiency of absorbing medicinal properties, not who has more pills."

"If you don't have a strong enough talent, it's useless no matter how many pills you bring."

"Besides, you have entered an illusion array. Everything in the illusion array is similar to reality, but it is all fake. Your pills will not really disappear."

"The content of this freshman competition has been in use for many years and has been used till now. There must be a reason for it."

After saying that, he shook his hand and threw out a battle formation diagram.

The formation diagram swelled in the wind and soon turned into a huge formation diagram of a thousand meters, suspended in the sky above all the new students.

In the eyes of Liang Xiao and others, the formation diagram was like an extremely huge topographic map.

But when they looked closely, the topographic map seemed to be rapidly enlarging, and in the blink of an eye they saw the mountains, rivers and land, as well as some human figures on it.

After a flash of light, Liang Xiao found that he was no longer in the square.

In the eyes of Yun Ling and others, Liang Xiao and all the other freshmen suddenly closed their eyes, and their bodies became a little unreal.

Above the heads of Liang Xiao and all the other freshmen, a holographic projection screen appeared, showing the scene after they entered the illusion array.

At this moment, numbers have begun to appear above some people's heads.

Obviously, someone has already started killing the enemy.

"What do you think of Liang Xiao?"

Suddenly a voice sounded in Shangguan Liang's ears.

But no one else heard the voice.

Shangguan Liang knew that it was the red-haired principal's voice. He said without changing his expression, "It's just so-so. Apart from his strong body, there's nothing special about him."

Suddenly, the red-haired principal chuckled in my ears: "So what place do you think Liang Xiao will get?"

"His cultivation is almost at the bottom among the freshmen, but considering that the enemies in the freshman competition are all at the same level, and that you think so highly of him, I guess he's in the top 50."

Shangguan Liang said calmly, "Principal, what do you like about him? You've even given him the gold medal of immunity. Do you want to take him in as your apprentice?"

In the dark, the red-haired principal was silent.

He did want to take Liang Xiao as his disciple, but considering the other party's terrifying level of comprehension, he was afraid of misleading him, so he had been hesitating until now.

"How about we make a bet?"

He didn't respond to Shangguan Liang's words, but chuckled and said, "I bet he's in the top three. If he's lower than the top three, you win."

Shangguan Liang was surprised: "Do you trust him so much?"

"Just tell me whether you dare to gamble or not." asked the red-haired principal.

Shangguan Liang hesitated slightly, then asked, "What are you betting on?"

"If you win, I'll give you a bottle of Shenhua Pill."

The red-haired principal said, "But if you lose, your blood source spirit pool will be given to Liang Xiao for one year."

"..."

Shangguan Liang was stunned: "Are you sure?"

Although the Blood Spirit Pool is very precious, the resources consumed by a freshman for just one year are far less valuable than a bottle of Divine Transformation Pill.

This is because cultivators at a lower level consume very little resources for cultivation.

“Of course, I never joke, but he has to wait until he is promoted to the Golden Core stage before he can enter the Blood Source Spirit Pool.” said the red-haired principal.

"After the golden elixir..."

Shangguan Liang hesitated for a moment, then said, "Okay, I'll take this bet."

The red-haired principal smiled and said, "He has started to kill the enemies. Let's wait and see."

……

Liang Xiao only felt a flash before his eyes, and the square in front of him disappeared, and what appeared in his field of vision turned into a forest covered by fog.

And the place where he was was the edge of the forest covered by fog.

To be precise, it was an open space surrounded by a forest covered in mist, an open space of one square kilometer in size, very spacious.

"As expected, I can't sense any spiritual energy from heaven and earth..."

He looked around cautiously: "Is this the inside of the illusion array? Why does my body feel so real? Even... the special golden elixir is still there, the destruction spear is still there, everything is exactly the same as it really is."

There are no other freshmen here. It seems that they have been separated and do not need to fight with other freshmen.

At this moment, a figure wearing armor and with a blurred face walked out of the fog.

The aura emitted by the other party was surprisingly that of the fifth level of Qi training. After seeing Liang Xiao, the figure suddenly increased his speed and summoned weapons at the same time.

Liang Xiao simply snapped his fingers.

"Oh!"

The figure didn't even have the chance to attack before being shot to pieces.

……

"What kind of magic is that?"

In the square, everyone who was paying attention to Liang Xiao was a little surprised.

He actually killed a cultivator of the same level so easily.

Because most of the old students came for Liang Xiao, most of them were paying attention to Liang Xiao.

Of course, they would occasionally look at other people, especially those freshmen in the foundation-building stage.

At this moment, the number of people who kill enemies the fastest has reached three people above their heads, which shows how strong their combat power is at the same level.

As for the weakest person, he had already fallen out. He was unable to kill even an enemy of the same level and was directly eliminated.

"Is that his spiritual power needle?"

Yun Ling stared at the scene where Liang Xiao was.

……

"Hmm? How come?"

In the illusion array, Liang Xiao, who had just killed the enemy, suddenly found that the true energy he had just consumed had been restored.

"Isn't this the Absolute Spirit Array? I don't feel any spiritual energy around me, so why can my true energy recover automatically?"

He was stunned, feeling something was not normal.

"Could it be that... my special golden elixir's ability to restore true energy is not drawn from the surrounding heaven and earth at all?"

This guess made his heart beat faster.

"But if it is not absorbed from the surrounding heaven and earth, then where does this true energy come from?"

Unfortunately, before I could figure this out, the second enemy appeared.

Just like before, he is also at the fifth level of Qi training.

The outfit was exactly the same as the previous person, as if it was a copy.

Liang Xiao snapped his fingers again.

"Oh!"

The man exploded again.

Then the third person walked out of the fog.

He snapped his fingers again.

"Oh!"

The third person also exploded.

Then the fourth, fifth, sixth...

The speed at which the enemies appear is actually increasing.

It seems that this is what Shangguan Liang meant. Without sufficient talent, no matter how many pills you have, they will be useless because you simply won't have the time to refine them.

……

"Damn, this is too easy, right?"

"This guy...is not as simple as he looks."

“No wonder he got the gold medal of immunity.”

Everyone who saw this scene was shocked.

Because the number above Liang Xiao's head was increasing rapidly and had reached nine.

Liang Xiao, who was originally far behind the others, suddenly jumped to the first place, shocking everyone.

Because no matter how strong the other freshmen are, it would take several moves to kill a cultivator of the same level, and they need to get close to each other.

But Liang Xiao just snapped his fingers and shot an enemy of the same level from several hundred meters away.

Not on the same level at all.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, are the other freshmen in this class too bad, or is Liang Xiao too strong?
"But two of them will appear soon. I wonder if he can handle it..."

Yun Ling also looked at him nervously: "And his Qi recovery speed... He doesn't even take the pills yet..."

She was worried about Liang Xiao.

　Thanks to RaymondTai and 08a for their tips.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)