In front of the Forbidden Gate, Grandma led the owners of each house to wait quietly. When the cop saw that everyone had arrived, Grandma struck the ground twice with her golden staff, and Hong Gu immediately loudly announced the rules.

  "This trial will last for twenty days. Within these twenty days, each team will be passing through the checkpoints in the trial grounds."

  Hong Gu lit up a golden token.

  "There are a total of ten levels, with only one such token available for each level. At the end of the trial, the team with the most tokens will be granted a surname and receive a secret manual from the sect leader. The most outstanding member of that team may also have the opportunity to obtain the Tang Sect's secret treasure."

  Hong Gu said, beckoning with her hand, several disciples came forward and began distributing bamboo tubes to the first person in each of the five teams.

  Hua Rou stood at the forefront of their team, and the bamboo tube was handed over to her.

  She took it in her hand and examined it carefully, thinking this thing looked a bit like a firearm.

  "There may be danger in the trial, so each team has a signal pipe. When the signal pipe reports, someone will enter the trial ground and take all the people of this team out. Of course, this team will immediately lose its qualification for the trial, and the tokens they obtained cannot be exchanged for the secret book."

  Tang Liu Liang proudly stood beside the team of Tang Fei Yan and whispered, "These five are mine. When you want to retreat, just break off the bamboo tube, and different colored smoke will come out. One color for each team, look, yours is red!"

  Tang Liu pointed enthusiastically at the red rope wrapped around the end of the bamboo tube, and immediately provoked Tang Feiyan to glare at him fiercely: "Mind your own business!"

  "The trial ground is in the mountain valley, and the area is very large. We will send you into it from five different entrances, each of which is at a different distance from the checkpoint. So now, let's have one person from each team come up and draw lots." Hong Gu said, taking out a lottery tube with the slips facing upwards.

  "Let Huajou go!" Tang Xiao proposed, and the others nodded. Huajou then went forward to draw a lot, at which point Tang Feiyan, who had gone up early, had already drawn one from the lottery barrel, with the character "Bing" written on the head of the slip.

  The flower gently floated up front, pulled out one, and the head of the slip was "A".

  Hua Rou immediately turned around and raised: "It's Jia..."

  The sign in her hand was snatched away. When Hua Rou turned back in shock, Tang Fei Yan threw the sign in her hand to Hua Rou: "A is mine, yours is C!"

  Tang Feiyan said this while staring at Tang Xiao, making it clear that she was giving him the cold shoulder.

  Hua Ruo saw the situation and thought, "Firstly, I don't want to make a fuss, secondly, it's just a starting point anyway, no need to be too particular." She took the pen from Hong Guniang and said, "Mine is Bing."

  Without the expected opposition and argument, Tang Feiyan was taken aback and glanced at Hua Rou, just as Grandma said: "Let's begin!"

  She said and turned to walk to the stone gate, took out the key, inserted it into the mechanism, and the stone gate opened, revealing a small path, with a room similar to a temple in the distance.

  Grandma led the way in first, and Hong Gu hailed: "Disciples of the trial follow me inside." Then she followed in.

  Each house owner did not enter personally but instead had their own disciples remind and instruct.

  "Cherish the opportunity, do your best." Tang Lei naturally cheered on Tang Fei Yan, but Tang Fei Yan only had a face full of impatience: "I know." At this moment, she led her team and immediately rushed into the restricted area.

  She was very annoyed because of the matter of changing shifts, but Tang Xiao actually had a completely indifferent expression, not even a word of blame. This unreasonable attitude made her feel extremely unhappy.

  Outside the stone gate, Tang Jiuer handed a cloth pouch to Hua Rou: "It's always good to be prepared, you take it!"

  "Thank you, Master. I will work hard." Hua Rou hugged her bundle and followed Yu'er and the others inside.

  When the thirty trial disciples entered, the stone gate closed.

  Hua Rou's first time entering the forbidden land, she couldn't help but look around and wonder what was here that would make Tang Men set down rules to keep people far away and prohibited.

  But looking around, there's nothing special after all.

  A group of people arrived in front of a room that resembled a temple, and Grandma touched the mechanism, opening the door to reveal a circular area surrounded by nine stone stele inside.

  The nine ancient and old-fashioned stele, with a strange arrangement style, made the disciples who came in for the first time exclaim in surprise, while those who had been there before remained calm and composed, showing their stability as veterans.

  "Oh, so many birds!" Tang Liu muttered to himself: "Is this a cuckoo?"

  Tang Jing elbowed him lightly: "Shh!"

  Grandma walked to the stone trough in the center of the stele array, inserted the golden staff into the stone trough, and immediately a piece of iron plate popped out from the bottom of the golden staff and was stuck in the stone trough. She turned the golden staff, and the stone trough naturally rotated with it.

  All of a sudden, there was a loud rumbling sound, and five of the nine stone tablets began to sink, revealing the entrance to a secret passage.

  Hua Rou and Yu'er had never seen such a change, and they couldn't help but curl their lips. Tang Feiyan, who was standing not far in front of them, cast a disdainful glance at her, with a mocking expression on her face.

  "From left to right, in order, each team enters the secret passage." Grandma spoke first, and immediately each small team went to their corresponding entrance.

  Hua Rou had just stood in front of the secret passage when Mu Junwu softly said behind her, "I'll go first."

  Hua'er turned around with a smile: "Good."

  The two were about to switch positions, but Tang Xiao suddenly walked all the way to the front: "I'll just go first."

  Hua Rou nodded: "Alright, you've participated before, so you're familiar with the route."

  Mo Jun gazed at Tang Xiao for a moment, then silently stood back behind Hua Rou. Tang Xiao calmly turned around and met the angry gaze of Tang Fei Yan. He tilted his head to one side, ignoring him.

  "Good luck everyone!" As soon as Grandma's voice fell, Tang Xiao was the first to jump down the secret passage, and then others followed suit.

  When all the disciples had entered, Grandma turned the golden staff again. At this time, the other four stone tablets also moved, but they did not sink down, instead, they shifted positions.

  At the same time, the center of the circle sank down and revealed a secret passage.

  The old lady loosened her grip on the golden staff and clapped her hands, and many disciples from the Soul Snatching Room and the Hidden Weapons Room rushed out to this place.

  "Everyone go in."

  These disciples heard the words and jumped into the concentric circular path one after another.

  The trial has begun!

  ……

  The path that is connected is not a road, but a slide.

  The six of them slid along the secret passage in the dark, feeling quite novel.

  When Tang Xiao arrived first and fell into the sand pit, he immediately rolled out of the sand pit and took out a lighter to light up.

  At this time, the other five also arrived one after another.

  "This secret passage is so much fun!" Tang Liu exclaimed excitedly: "I really want to come again!"

  Mo Jun rolled her eyes at what I said, Hua Rou covered her mouth and giggled, while Tang Xiao shook his head in exasperation.

  Tang Jing reminded him in a rare gentle tone, "You're not here to have fun."

  "Alright, follow me." Tang Xiao said as he walked in the front, leading the crowd to quickly exit from a stone cave.