NABC Chapter 759 World 37
Chapter 759 World 37
Li Miaoyi paused for a moment: "There are also Concentration Path, Return to Soul Cliff, and Cleansing Pool to come, one after another, and each one is different."
Someone nearby asked, "There's always another hurdle after the first one. How can we possibly reach the finish line smoothly?"
“Didn’t the immortal master say,” someone around him would reply, “that it depends on your physique, temperament, and comprehension.”
The person asking the question slapped their forehead: "Oh dear, how could I forget what I just said?"
No one thought his oversight was foolish, and he himself laughed heartily.
The atmosphere here immediately improved, and people began to exchange names and address each other as fellow Daoists.
Although they will all be opponents in the future, their greatest enemy is not others, but themselves.
Shen Ruyin could tell at a glance that most of these people were of good character and had no problem getting started, unless something went wrong along the way, in which case they would just be unlucky.
As their excitement subsided, a dazzling light emanated from the Heavenly Ladder, and a majestic voice echoed from an unknown distance, reaching the ears of everyone present.
"The mountain gate is now open; you may proceed as you see fit."
Almost the instant the sound stopped, some people rushed up the ladder to heaven.
Shen Ruwan tugged at her sister's hand and gestured in a direction.
Shen Ruyin looked closely and realized that the young master Sun from before was also among them.
Shen Ruyin asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why is he running so fast?"
"Of course, it's to win first place," Li Miaoyi said calmly. "Although he comes from a small family in the cultivation world, he himself only has three spiritual roots."
"If he ranks high in this competition, his clan will provide him with a Spirit Cleansing Herb to cleanse away the weaker impure spiritual root."
"Having dual spiritual roots is considered quite good talent in the cultivation world."
Shen Ruyin tentatively said, "Sister Li's family and the Sun family must have a very good relationship, otherwise they wouldn't know so much about it."
“We’re just related by blood,” Li Miaoyi said without going into details. “Let’s go.”
Shen Ruyin nodded, but held hands with Shen Ruwan: "Sister Li, please go first. My sister and I would like to take another look."
Li Miaoyi didn't say much and left on her own.
Shen Ruwan stood at the foot of the mountain, watching the people walking on the ladder to heaven. Sometimes they would suddenly go down a step, or suddenly scream and tumble down from the top. She couldn't help but take a deep breath.
“Yinyin, let’s go too,” she hugged her younger sister, her eyes full of determination, “We’ll meet at the finish line.”
Shen Ruyin rephrased it: "Okay, my sister and I will meet at the summit."
The two sisters let go of each other's hands and stepped onto the first step together.
For the first few steps, the two could still see each other, just like walking normally. However, after a few more steps, a thick fog rose around them, and they could see nothing but themselves and the end of the ladder to heaven at the top.
After a few more steps, Shen Ruyin felt a heavy pressure on her body, and each additional step seemed to make her steps more and more difficult.
Shen Ruyin remained unmoved and continued to ascend at the same pace.
Perhaps knowing that such illusions would not affect her, the pressure quickly disappeared, and the scene around her soon returned to the way it was in the village before. Those familiar faces were all telling her to stay, saying that the path to immortality was hard to find, and advising her not to go any further.
When persuasion proved useless, these people transformed into wolves and tigers, baring their jaws and lunging at Shen Ruyin.
Shen Ruyin sighed; it was all an illusion.
Her impression of this ladder to heaven was that the method was too simplistic and the challenges were insufficient.
Perhaps because of her composure, she disappeared from the ladder to heaven a moment later and arrived at the edge of a cliff.
This small stone platform, only five steps square, has a proper-looking stele next to it with the words "Returning Soul Cliff" written on it.
"Yin Yin."
Upon hearing this voice, Shen Ruyin's heart skipped a beat, and a small part of the Rebirth Cliff had already transformed into her room at home.
Mother Shen pushed open the door and saw her standing in the room without moving. She smiled and waved to her, "Child, I'm calling you to eat. Why aren't you moving? Come on in."
Shen Ruyin was still standing there, but her eyes held a hint of nostalgia.
"Why aren't you here yet?" a male voice rang out, and Shen's father appeared at the door. He had a gentle expression on his face. "Yinyin, your mother made your favorite pancakes and your favorite soup."
Shen Ruyin watched for a while, smiled at them, and bowed deeply with her hands clasped.
The next moment, the surrounding houses, and even the figures of Shen's father and mother, disappeared from sight, leaving only the stele with the three words "Returning Soul Cliff" inscribed in front of Shen Ruyin.
A log bridge spanned from one side of the cliff to the other, and Shen Ruyin stepped onto it without hesitation.
"Huh?" Inside the main hall of the Supreme Sect, an elder who was always keeping an eye on the disciples' movements was surprised and found a water mirror.
"Sect Master, this little girl has already passed the Heavenly Ladder and the Rebirth Cliff, and is heading towards the Concentration Path... Oh, she has already passed the Concentration Path and is now walking through the Cleansing Pool."
"So fast," Sect Master Qian looked over in surprise, growing more and more fond of Shen Ruyin's clear and resolute eyes. "What is her spiritual root?"
Immediately, a disciple turned to Shen Ruyin's page: "She is the one with the top-grade ice spirit root."
Sect Leader Qian stroked his chin and sent out a transmission talisman: "Junior brother, come and take me as a disciple."
Of the other nine peak masters of the inner sect, only one is absent. It's easy to guess who Sect Master Qian sent his communication talisman to.
The peak master of Sword Peak said, "Such a good girl, does the sect leader intend to send her to Breaking Thought Peak to cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness?"
The peak masters of the other peaks also felt it was unreliable: "When the sect leader sees a promising talent, he shouldn't just think about Po Nian Peak. We want one too. Can't we all rely on our own abilities?"
Sect Leader Qian said, "Let Junior Brother Chenling take a look first."
After saying that, he added, "It's been so many years, and it's rare to find a promising talent who seems suitable for Po Nian Peak. Let's give it to Junior Brother Chen Ling."
"If Po Nian Peak doesn't recruit anyone soon, and Junior Brother Chen Ling makes further progress, our sect's Ruthless Path will be cut off from the lineage."
After these words were spoken, the others fell silent.
Others cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness, and they all perish. In their sect, the graduation rate for the Path of Ruthlessness is only 50/50. Some fail, and some ascend to immortality.
In the last thousand years alone, two people from Po Nian Peak have ascended to immortality, averaging one every five hundred years.
This ratio is not only for the ruthless path, but also very high if all cultivators are considered together.
However, there is a problem: there are too many geniuses on Po Nian Peak. They either die quickly or ascend to immortality quickly, so the population has never been able to flourish.
By the time it came to Chenling's generation, he was excessively picky about accepting disciples.
Therefore, nowadays, apart from a few miscellaneous disciples, he is the only peak master on Broken Thought Peak.
For this reason, Master Qian was extremely worried.
Seeing that Shen Ruyin had already crossed the Cleansing Pool, but Chen Ling still hadn't made a move, Sect Master Qian sent out another communication talisman.
"Junior brother, if you don't even show up, I'm going to burn the Heavenly Spirit Talisman and tell your master about this!"