Chapter 915: Holding On
After Shi Ruyu finished speaking, Shi didn't care about the others and headed for the stairs leading to the lower level. Then the others followed one after another. Baotan Sanren suddenly opened his eyes, and two sharp bursts of blood shot out. There was no trace of drunkenness on his body. Then he paused and walked quickly to the entrance of the stairs, while Qingyang gritted his teeth and chased after them.
Jiuquzi wanted to chase them, but he knew his situation very well. He was a 190-year-old foundation-building cultivator, and his life span was approaching. He only had a few years left to live. His physical fitness and endurance could not be compared with others. If he continued to hold on, he might die today. Good wine is a good thing, but you have to do it within your means and not gamble with your life.
Jiuquzi hesitated for a moment, and could only clasp his fists towards Baotan Sanren and Qingyang, saying: "I will not accompany you any longer, my two Taoist friends, I wish you a successful start."
Jiuquzi's side is not mentioned for the moment. Since Qingyang entered the steps from the fourth floor to the fifth floor of the ancient cellar, a large amount of alcohol has surged, choking him so much that he can hardly breathe. He had to stimulate his whole body's true essence to form a true energy shield outside his body to shield the alcohol. But even so, it was difficult to resist the erosion of the alcohol. The alcohol seemed to have spirituality, almost pervasive, and ordinary defense methods were useless.
The difficulties that others felt on the previous floor were all pressed on Qingyang without exception. At this time, he not only had to endure the harassment of drunkenness, but also the huge pressure of external alcohol. Under multiple stimulations, Qingyang knew that he had reached his limit. Although he could drink more than others, after all, his cultivation was there. Being able to enter the fifth floor from the fourth floor was stronger than many Jindan cultivators. It was already an extraordinary performance. It would be a bit outrageous if he was stronger.
Qingyang really wanted to turn around and leave, but if he returned like this, his trip to the wine tasting would probably be over. Yaoyue Zhenjun had said long ago that only the top 20 would be selected at this level. Now there were only about 80 people left. If he turned around now, he would have no chance of being in the top 20.
There were still 40 to 50 cultivators in a similar situation to Qingyang, most of whom were mid-stage Jindan cultivators, and a small number of early-stage Jindan cultivators. They had also reached their limits and were struggling to hold on, but no one was willing to hold on with so many people, so they were struggling to hold on.
Unlike Qingyang's struggling to hold on, the altar-holding wanderer walked in front of him, looking very relaxed. Qingyang couldn't understand why the other party had such great potential, as they were both perfect foundation-building cultivators. Could it be that the Jiugui Sect was so powerful?
Just this hundred-foot step, when Qingyang finally entered the fifth-floor hall of the ancient cellar, he felt as if he had climbed thousands of mountains and rivers, and his whole body was exhausted, his head was dizzy, and his whole body was weak. He might fall to the ground at any time.
There are many who are worse than Qingyang. When they stepped into the fifth floor of the ancient cellar and saw that the red line on the jade slip had turned into five, they finally couldn't bear it anymore. Without waiting for others to give them a way out, they turned around and stumbled back to the way they came. With someone taking the lead, the psychological burden of others was reduced. They turned around and followed, and the whole team ran away in a large group.
In a blink of an eye, one-third of the cultivators on the fifth floor of the ancient cellar were gone. Now there are more than fifty cultivators left, only half of the number of people who came in at the beginning. If they can survive half of them, they may win. Unfortunately, the remaining people are all determined and no one is willing to leave first.
When others turned back just now, Qingyang also wanted to give up, but thinking about the Yinfeng Extreme Fire Cave and the Wind and Fire Order, he still persisted, but he didn't know how long he could persist. Maybe he would get drunk before he could enter the entrance to the sixth floor of the ancient cellar.
The fifth floor of the ancient cellar is the limit for most of the cultivators here. Although Master Yaoyue said that the sixth floor of the ancient cellar is the limit for Jindan cultivators, in fact, the sixth floor requires super performance to enter, and there are very few people who can really meet such requirements, so whether it will succeed or not depends on this one move.
Among the more than 50 cultivators, most of them are similar to Qingyang, and only a few are in a slightly better situation. Even the six Yuanying cultivators are sweating profusely and drunk. If they hadn't used some special means to keep themselves awake, they might not be able to hold on at this time.
Shi Ruyu looked at the other five cultivators and said with all his strength: "This is already the fifth floor of the ancient cellar. Fellow Taoists, does the bet we made before still count?"
Master Gu and Master Han said with a big tongue: "A gentleman... a promise cannot be taken back. How can the promised things... not count? Let's go..."
"As long as Senior Brother Shi dares to go, we will accompany him to the end." Master Qingsong said.
At this time, Ziyun Zhenren no longer had the image of a lady. She rolled up her sleeves, revealing half of her snow-white arms, and said, "That's right, who's afraid of who? I'll go first." After saying that, Ziyun Zhenren actually picked up her skirt and was the first to walk to the entrance of the ancient cellar from the fifth floor to the sixth floor, which made others speechless. However, everyone couldn't care less at this time and could only speed up and follow. They were about to go down, and suddenly, several figures flashed at the entrance of the fifth floor to the sixth floor. They were the Yuanying monks who had entered the ancient cellar before them. It was unclear whether these people had entered the eighth floor of the ancient cellar, and it was unknown what they had done down there before. Anyway, when they returned here, the six Yuanying monks had regained their master style.
"Look at how you look now. How can you still look like a female cultivator? This is not the place you should be. Come back with me immediately." Seeing the performance of his disciple Ziyun Zhenren, Qingyue Zhenjun suddenly became angry. He came to the office and scolded, Zhenjun Qingyue reprimanded her righteously, but she didn't know that she was also a female cultivator, and her previous performance below was not much better than that of her apprentice.
"I..." Master Ziyun still wanted to argue a few words.
"Hmph, do you want me to say it a second time?" Qingyue Zhenjun said with a cold face.
Seeing that her master was really angry, Master Ziyun did not dare to say anything and could only stand next to Master Qingyue obediently. Her trip to the Ten Thousand Years Ancient Cellar would probably end here.
Zhenjun Yaoyue glanced around, then nodded towards Zhenren Lone Star, and said: "More than half of the people have come to the fifth floor of the ancient cellar. Your performance is very good, especially there are two foundation-building monks among them. You "Go on, I and a few other fellow Taoists will go back first."
Zhenjun Yaoyue gave a few brief explanations, and without staying here too long, he went directly out of the fifth floor of the ancient cellar with the other five Nascent Soul monks and Zhenren Ziyun. Without Master Ziyun, Shi Ruyu's desire to perform was much weaker, and Master Lone Star led the team to continue their downward journey.