Li Shuang herself had made up her mind early on.
But she had no intention of convincing anyone to stay. If they chose to stay, she couldn't guarantee that she would be able to lead them to survive.
Such life-or-death decisions had to be made by themselves.
Finally.
The time for an incense stick to burn out arrived.
Besides Li Shuang and a few others who had made their decisions early.
The others hesitated, then made their respective choices.
Excluding the seven people with insufficient points, only forty-three remained.
They all stepped forward to make their decisions.
Out of the forty-three people, eleven decided to leave with their rewards.
Thirty-two people chose to use ten points to start a second playthrough.
Lin An calmly looked at everyone: "It seems you have all made your decisions."
He glanced at the eleven people who decided to leave: "You can exchange for any rewards you want based on your current points."
Lin An handed each person a list.
These eleven people looked at the list, and a surge of joy flashed in their eyes.
Clearly.
The current rewards were already very satisfying to them.
They quickly made their decisions.
Lin An waved his hand, and the items they chose entered their storage bags.
They checked the contents of their storage bags, their faces full of delight.
Everyone said the Langya Palace dungeon was extremely difficult, and they had been trembling with fear.
If it weren't for Li Shuang, they would most likely have died.
It could be said.
That exactly forty-three people exceeding ten points this time was already a miracle.
A miracle created by Li Shuang herself.
These eleven people hesitated for a moment, then walked up to Li Shuang.
"Sister Shuang, I'm sorry. Our abilities are limited, and we really don't dare to venture further."
"I know my own limits. If it weren't for Sister Shuang this time, I'd probably be a corpse. I've exchanged for some rewards here, Sister Shuang, please pick whatever you like."
"That's right, Sister Shuang, you can pick whatever you like from mine too."
Li Shuang was stunned for a moment and stopped them from taking out their items: "No need, you should keep your things. With the team's help, I also got more points; this is mutual assistance, no need for any reward."
Everyone hesitated.
One person took out a communication token: "Sister Shuang, I'm from the high-ranking sect Linglang Pavilion. This is my communication token. After we leave Langya Palace, if Sister Shuang has any instructions, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I will not refuse."
This was also a method.
The others also reported their sects and offered their communication tokens.
This time, it was harder to refuse.
Although Li Shuang didn't plan to collect any rewards from them, she still accepted these communication tokens.
Only then did these eleven disciples breathe a sigh of relief, and they all chose to leave the Langya Palace dungeon.
"Sister Shuang, you've accepted their communication tokens, you must accept mine too." Cang Yin also eagerly took out his communication token.
The others also looked at Li Shuang with anticipation.
Li Shuang had no choice but to accept a pile of communication tokens again.
This batch of disciples who came to Langya Palace were already the cream of the crop among the younger generation of various sects.
Now.
These communication tokens in Li Shuang's storage bag instantly spread her network across various sects.
Lin An calmly watched everyone's actions.
After everyone was done, he calmly said: "Those who chose to stay will proceed to the second round of selection. This time, there are a total of five tasks."
Lin An issued the tasks again.
This time, the points for the tasks increased; the highest had twenty points, and the lowest had five points.
Lin An glanced at Li Shuang: "You don't need to take any tasks here. Someone will lead you to the Ascension Array later."
In the second playthrough, Li Shuang no longer needed to accumulate points from scratch. After deducting ten points, her total points still exceeded 100.
This time, her starting point was the Ascension Array!
Lin An glanced at the sky: "Wait here. Someone will come to escort you in about a quarter of an hour."
With that.
Lin An turned and left directly.
The others didn't immediately go to do their tasks; they still gathered around Li Shuang.
Time was limited, Cang Yin quickly said: "Sister Shuang, when you were in the Ascension Array, you might not have seen what was happening outside. I'll briefly explain, this Thousand Silk Net is not like an artifact at all; it's a genuine evil artifact! During ascension, the Thousand Silk Net first absorbed the blood and bones of the demonic beasts in the Demonic Beast Pavilion, then directly absorbed the blood and bones of the outer disciples, and finally, it didn't even spare the vital spiritual energy contained in mountains and rivers!"
"Using such an evil artifact for ascension, the downfall of the Langya Sect was entirely self-inflicted!"
"That's right. The high-ranking officials of the Langya Sect seem to have completely fallen into evil."
"I saw from afar that it was the sect master who controlled the Thousand Silk Net," Feng Yu added.
Everyone exchanged information.
Li Shuang also quickly said: "Elite disciples only need to accumulate one hundred points to enter the Ascension Array. Ordinary disciples need to first accumulate one hundred points to become elite disciples, and then accumulate another one hundred points, a total of two hundred points, to enter the Ascension Array."
"After reaching one hundred points, there will be a faction choice. Lin An will ask whether to join the opposition or the support faction. I personally chose the opposition."
Li Shuang gave several crucial pieces of information.
Now was not the time to keep secrets.
She wasn't worried that some ill-intentioned people among them would reveal that she was in the opposition faction.
Firstly, apart from her, other spiritual beings rarely interacted with ordinary disciples.
Secondly, if anyone dared to say anything, Lin An would be the first to act.
"The first time I entered the Ascension Array, I was just at the lowest level and couldn't change anything at all. I need you to also join the Ascension Array as soon as possible. If there are enough of us, we might be able to change the final outcome," Li Shuang said slowly.
Everyone solemnly agreed.
Originally.
The Langya Palace dungeon was a free-for-all, and no one would openly share information like this.
But.
This time, Li Shuang was in the secret realm.
Her presence bound everyone together.
Thirty-two people!
They wanted to see if they could... defy fate!
If it were in real history, their collective strength would be a drop in the ocean, and they certainly wouldn't be able to change anything.
However.
This was a secret realm!
This secret realm also restricted practitioners under a hundred years old from joining.
Meaning.
Their combined strength had the potential to change the outcome.
Otherwise, to break through the secret realm, wouldn't it require the strongest human cultivators!
"I've looked at your tasks for today. Don't try the twenty-point tasks. Huolie, continue in the Artifact Forging Pavilion, and do the ten-point task."
"Feng Yu, your luck shouldn't continue to be so bad, try to do the tasks in the Alchemy Pavilion."
"Cang Yin, besides music, you're also proficient in array formations, right? Try that task of repairing small magic arrays."
"This is the first time there's a daytime Demonic Beast Pavilion task. Some people need to explore it."
"There might be some scriptures related to ascension hidden in the Scripture Repository, some people can go and explore there."
"Everyone, let's work together and strive to all accumulate one hundred points in the second round! All elite disciples, let's all enter the Ascension Array together first. If there's a third round of selection, then we'll find a way for ordinary disciples to also enter the Ascension Array."
Li Shuang quickly gave out her suggestions.