The crooked way can also lead to heaven

To be honest, it is incredible that Zhao Sanfeng and Lao Wu can come to the Death Desert.

One is greedy for money and afraid of death, and the other is full of compassion. It is impossible to connect them with the inhumane evil cultivation competition.

But I calmed down and thought about it carefully. There are really many strange things about Zhao Sanfeng.

From the surface, he should be a righteous person, but he has evil magic.

When he killed the river dragon before, the strength he showed seemed to be hidden.

He had also seen the golden fake tree, but from his description, he must have encountered something extremely terrible, which is different from the scene Ye Ran encountered.

Moreover, Zhao Sanfeng once said that the team that went together was almost wiped out, and no one survived except himself.

The most important thing is that he successfully brought back clues about the golden tree.

Combining this information, Ye Ran was thinking in his heart, can it be judged that the golden tree that Zhao Sanfeng saw is different from the one he encountered?

The little beggar once said that the golden condensate is the necessary seed for cultivating the golden fake tree. In this way, the golden trees cultivated after birth should be the same.

Ye Ran shook his head, his mind was a little confused for a while. Inferences made out of thin air could not get accurate results, and there were many things that could not be explained.

I am afraid that I have to ask Zhao Sanfeng in person to get the answer to all the intricacies here.

Pulling back his thoughts, Ye Ran asked Old Wu in front of him: "Since you are not here for revenge, why are you looking for me?"

Old Wu and I are just customers, there is no relationship to talk about.

Now that he suddenly came to me, there seems to be only one reason that can be thought of.

Cooperation!

But this competition is just to stretch your muscles. It is as easy as drinking water to advance. I don’t need to cooperate with others.

When it came to the point, Old Wu's eyes showed a trace of self-blame: "I want to cooperate with you, but not in the first round, but in the second round."

"Although I survived, my two apprentices suffered with me. I owe them too much, and I have to find a way to make up for it."

Hearing that Old Wu participated in the competition for his apprentices, Ye Ran immediately understood and said, "Could it be that you borrowed the life span of the two apprentices, causing their souls to be unstable?"

Old Wu did not refute, but nodded silently.

After confirming, Ye Ran did not find it strange, and continued: "The damage to the soul is not easy to make up for, unless there are top-grade soul-type medicinal materials, but such things are hard to come by."

"I know, so I came to the Death Desert."

"I have been searching for soul-type medicinal materials during this period, and I accidentally heard that there is a group of soul-fixing Tai Sui in the ancient house in the central city."

"This is my goal."

Old Wu's tone was unquestionable, and it seemed that he was determined to enter the ancient house.

However, he had just started practicing evil cultivation, so he was much inferior in terms of magic. He didn't have to worry about his martial arts. He was half human and half corpse, and he had improved his cultivation in a short period of time.

Side effects could be completely ignored. He was not a normal person, so it didn't matter.

The reason why he sought cooperation was to get Ye Ran's protection.

The strength that Ye Ran had shown in the central square before was enough to shock everyone. In this way, the pressure he faced would be much smaller, and his chances of passing the second round would be much higher.

Ye Ran shrugged and said, "No problem, but what can you give me?"

"Since you are also an evil cultivator now, you should understand that if you want to seek cooperation, you must show enough sincerity. Who will bother you without benefits?"

Although this old Wu was his former customer, one thing is one thing, and the benefits that should be received cannot be reduced at all.

"I've seen you win a lot of money in the death fight arena before. I guess you don't care about the little things I have."

"So, as long as you can help me pass the second round, I will be willing to be your death warrior, how about it?"

Old Wu really didn't have anything to show for himself. The only valuable thing was himself.

Although doing so was very irresponsible to his two apprentices, there was no better way.

Ye Ran looked at him with a smile: "Are you really willing to spend so much money for two apprentices?"

Old Wu nodded without changing his expression: "I am willing."

"Okay, I can agree to this deal, but you have to show me some sincerity first." Ye Ran put his hands behind his back and slowly turned around and walked into the hut.

Old Wu said nothing, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

...

By the end of the first round of the game, Ye Ran's camp was already full of wooden signs.

Old Wu searched for prey day and night, just to collect two thousand wooden signs as soon as possible.

Ye Ran was free, and he could easily advance without doing anything, so why not?

The desert was already filled with a nauseating smell.

Even outside the broken house, there were corpses lying all over the place.

There was only about a day left before the end of the competition, and the battle was undoubtedly more intense at this moment.

If you can't collect a thousand wooden signs, you will still die. This is the cruelty of the evil cultivation conference.

In order to survive, the contestants can only keep killing, even if they become mentally ill, they must grit their teeth and continue.

The reason why Ye Ran didn't ask about Zhao Sanfeng's whereabouts was because since this guy chose to participate in the competition, he must have enough confidence to survive three rounds of competition.

Instead of searching for a needle in a haystack in the desert and running around in the blood, it is better to wait until we enter the ancient house to meet again.

There are only two thousand places in total, and he can't hide even if he wants to.

Five days passed in a flash, and the dull bell rang again, announcing the end of the first round of the competition.

At this moment, those who have not yet received a thousand wooden signs panicked and rushed to the border, trying to escape from this nightmare place.

Although the idea is good, the reality is extremely cruel.

The identity wooden signs of these people have been tampered with long ago. Once the task is not completed or they try to escape, they will be burned to ashes in an instant.

"Stay quiet, the second round of the competition is about to begin."

Ye Ran held a cigarette in his mouth, leaned against the wall, put his hand behind his neck, and puffed out smoke.

Old Wu was indeed somewhat puzzled: "Didn't they send someone to check the wooden sign?"

"Also, won't they give us a chance to breathe before the second round of competition begins?"

To be honest, Ye Ran hadn't heard such an innocent question and answer for a long time, and he actually laughed out loud for a moment.

Old Wu raised his eyebrows in confusion: "Did I say something funny?"

Ye Ran stopped laughing and explained: "Do you think this is a yin and yang event?"

"Give you time to prepare, give you a chance to breathe, and let you touch women and take a couple's bath?"

"Listen carefully, after the first round of the evil cultivation conference is over, the second round will start within five minutes, and it will only last for twelve hours."

"In the next twelve hours, no matter how many contestants are left now, only two thousand will survive in the end, otherwise everyone will be judged to be eliminated."

Hearing this explanation, Old Wu's face couldn't help but tremble.

The man in the central square only talked about the rules of the first round, and didn't talk about the rest.

"They didn't explain it in advance. Isn't it too unfair for the novices?"

However, he immediately shut up as soon as he finished speaking, as if he understood something.

This is the holy land of evil cultivators, how can it be fair?

If he hadn't come to find Ye Ran, he would probably still be a headless fly, and maybe he would have been eliminated long ago.

This competition is a huge meat grinder!

There is no bottom line!

"Mr. Ye, I don't think you seem to be in a hurry at all. Time is so tight, shouldn't you go out to find prey?"

After coming back to his senses, Old Wu asked.

Ye Ran looked indifferent: "Is it necessary?"

"The competition has entered a white-hot stage, and everyone is hunting frantically."

"You just need to set up a fire at the door, and when the smoke rises, there will be fewer people coming here to find the smell?"

It's already this time, why do you need to go out to find prey, just set bait for them to take the bait.

But it is worth mentioning that although the second round is about magic,

However, due to the urgency of time and the fact that these people were already killing like crazy and had not yet come to their senses, they would most likely solve the enemy in the most direct, simple and brutal way.

At this moment, his mind was still clear, and he had already stepped half a foot into the edge of promotion.

Although he said so, Lao Wu still had some worries lingering.

There was no problem with putting bait to fish, but he was afraid that it was not fish that came.

For safety reasons, after lighting a fire at the door, he was on guard around.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the smoke started, someone came over after smelling the smell, which was really fast.

There were three people walking over not far away, and they looked like they were in a team.

Lao Wu remained calm and wanted to wait until they got closer before taking action.

After waiting for a while, when he saw that the time was right, he was ready to take action. As a result, as soon as he stood up, he saw that the bodies of the three people coming towards him were cut into several pieces, and their intestines and internal organs were scattered all over the ground.

"What's going on?"

Lao Wu was puzzled and immediately went over to check.

At this moment, a deep wound appeared on his arm, and he immediately shrank back in fear. If he went a little deeper, he would end up like the three people.

Old Wu narrowed his eyes and slowly stepped forward to check carefully, wanting to see what was going on.

After a careful gaze, he found that the surrounding area was full of transparent silk threads!

If you don't stop and look carefully, you can't detect it at all!

Old Wu turned his head sharply and stared at the small broken house with horror.

When was the trap set here?

He didn't even notice it at all!

Is this the martial arts champion? It's really scary!

Little did he know that his confusion was just a routine operation for Ye Ran.

You know everything in advance, which is too much of a failure for the evil cultivator.

And Ye Ran's focus is not on these minions.

Those who can survive the first two rounds of the evil cultivator conference are all strong.

I'm not afraid of them being reckless, I'm afraid of them being the sixth.