An inner disciple like Hou Yucheng would be escorted away the moment he entered the Heaven Seeking Palace. Mo Wuji and Zhen Shaoru were both outer disciples, so they could only wait with the rest of the outer disciples.
Mo Wuji did not mind at all. Previously, he was even a service disciple, what more an inner disciple of the Heaven Seeking Palace? Ever since he entered the Heaven Seeking Palace, he had been sizing it up.
Within the Heaven Seeking Palace, the misty scenery had indeed dissipated by quite a bit. A seven to eight zhang wide bluestone avenue extended into the distance, and all kinds of grand and imposing buildings lined up in rows, appearing majestic and grand. Even further away, Mo Wuji could see an unfathomably deep valley. Within those valleys, there were still lingering clouds. There seemed to be some tall buildings on the mountain peaks in the distance.
What attracted Mo Wuji's attention the most was a towering pagoda that pierced through the clouds. He had no idea where the top of this pagoda was.
"That's the Heaven Seeking Palace's Immortal Training Tower, one of the symbols of the Heaven Seeking Palace." Seeing Mo Wuji staring at the tower, Zhen Shaoru chuckled.
Immortal Training Tower? Mo Wuji immediately thought of the Immortal Training Tower in Fringe City. He heard from Yan Qianyin that the Fringe City's Immortal Training Tower was modeled after the Heaven Seeking Palace's Immortal Training Tower. Who knew that before a year was up, he would see the Heaven Seeking Palace's Immortal Training Tower.
Since it was the Heaven Seeking Palace's Immortal Training Tower, there would definitely be a Lightning Tempering Room inside. At the thought of the Lightning Tempering Room, Mo Wuji's heart started to burn. He could not wait to find a place to concoct the channel opening solution and enter the Lightning Tempering Room in the Immortal Training Tower to continue opening his meridians.
A black robed man landed in front of the crowd of outer disciples. His gaze swept across the crowd of outer disciples before he said slowly, "The Heaven Seeking Palace is a place where geniuses gather. Here, there are only geniuses and no trash."
Everyone was silent. Whether he was a genius or not, only they knew in their hearts. Most people would think that they were geniuses.
The man in black paused for a moment before snorting, "However, this rule has been broken from today onwards. Because the Heaven Seeking Palace recruited a bunch of trash, and this bunch of trash is you guys … "
Many of the outer court disciples immediately became restless. Obviously, everyone was extremely uncomfortable in their hearts. It could be said that besides Mo Wuji, almost everyone here was either an elite or a genius descendant of a large sect. After entering the Heaven Seeking Palace, he was actually treated as trash.
"Quieten down. Anyone who dares to utter another word will be chased out of the Heaven Seeking Palace." The black robed man's words were too lethal, and the atmosphere instantly quietened down.
After the crowd quietened down, the black robed man continued with a cold face, "Because all of you relied on the spiritual herbs in the Five Rings Desolate Domain to have the chance to enter the Heaven Seeking Palace. Without the Five Elements Desolate Domain, all of you would be trash."
Mo Wuji thought to himself: This fella has guts. Exchanging the Five Elements Desolate Domain spiritual herbs for a chance to enter the Heaven Seeking Palace was definitely a decision made by the higher-ups of the Heaven Seeking Palace. This fella actually dared to say that the rules were broken by those people.
"… So you can only live in the trashiest outer sect peak …" The man in black waved his hand and a lifelike image of a mountain appeared in front of everyone. There were also many zones on the mountain peak. Mo Wuji noticed that Zone A was the highest, while Zone C was the lowest. There was also a Zone D, which seemed to be on the side of the outer sect peak, and was on the same level as Zone B.
After everyone had a clear view of the mountain peak, the black robed man said coldly, "Before you can live in the outer sect peak, you will need to climb the Heaven Seeking Staircase. Those who can climb 10 steps and above can live in Zone C. Those who can climb 11 to 15 can live in Zone B. Those who can climb 15 and above can live in Zone A. If you are below 10 steps, then scram to Zone D. "
Just as the black robed man finished speaking, someone asked, "Senior, since Zone D is the last, why is it still the same height as Zone B?"
The black robed man said coldly, "Because Zone D is the back of the spiritual energy gathering array, so the spiritual energy is the thinnest. Furthermore, the resources allocated to the outer disciples living in Zone D are also the lowest. But Zone D is not without its merits. At least it is spacious, and everyone can have their own courtyard. So if you want to live comfortably, then don't step on the 10th step when climbing the Heaven Seeking Staircase. "
Everyone immediately understood. Why did they come to the Heaven Seeking Palace? Because they wanted to live comfortably? Every single one of them was the pride of their sect, so why would they come to the Heaven Seeking Palace if they wanted to live comfortably? In their own sects, what kind of comfort couldn't they enjoy?
There was only one motive for coming to the Heaven Seeking Palace, and that was to fight to enter the Heaven Seeking Palace's inner sect, and become a true disciple.
For a cultivator to live in a place without spiritual energy, it was equivalent to destroying his own future, let alone becoming a true disciple.
Perhaps there was one person who did not think this way, and that was Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji was well aware of his own situation. When he cultivated, the amount of spiritual energy he absorbed was terrifying. Even though it would affect him if the spiritual energy was thinner, it was still better than living in a group of people. If he lived in a group of people, he would probably be discovered the moment he started cultivating, and even know that he absorbed too much spiritual energy.
But this was not the main reason. The main reason was that Mo Wuji needed a place with fewer people, a place where he could have his own independent space. He wanted to concoct the channel opening solution. As for the spiritual energy for cultivation, he had so many spirit stones, and he was a Tier 4 Earth Pill Refiner, so why would he be afraid of not having enough spiritual energy for cultivation?
District D was at the side of the outer sect mountain, and there were fewer people here. Normally, if there was nothing special, no one would purposely go to such a place with thin spiritual energy. More importantly, the area was vast, and there were fewer people living here, so it was the most suitable place for Mo Wuji to live.
Of course, if no one could climb to the 10th step, then he would think of a way to rush to a higher place. Anyway, choosing a place with fewer people was the right choice.
"Now, all the outer disciples will follow me to the Heaven Seeking Staircase, and according to your results, you will be able to choose a place to live in the outer sect mountain." The black clothed man turned and left after finishing his sentence.
Mo Wuji and co. hurriedly followed behind, and stepped onto the spacious bluestone path.
After walking along the bluestone path for about 10 minutes, a huge plaza appeared in front of them. The plaza was on the left side of the bluestone path, and at the side of the plaza, there was a huge statue. Beside the statue, there was a bluestone staircase, which extended all the way up. This staircase did not look like much, but when Mo Wuji looked at the top of the staircase, he felt like he could not see it clearly.
Following the black clothed man towards the bluestone staircase beside the statue, Mo Wuji could clearly see the three words on the side of the statue: Heaven Seeking Staircase.
This was the Heaven Seeking Staircase? Every step of this staircase was only 2 feet high, was it really that difficult to climb to the 10th step?
Mo Wuji wasn't the only one who thought this way, almost everyone standing at the edge of the Heaven Seeking Staircase had the same thought.
The black clothed man's gaze swept across the 200-300 outer disciples, and said emotionlessly, "Everyone, start climbing the Heaven Seeking Staircase now. After climbing it, head to the sect's Hall of Affairs to collect your residence jade token and other miscellaneous items."
The crowd of outer disciples, who were already unconvinced and wanted to try the Heaven Seeking Staircase, all rushed towards the Heaven Seeking Staircase after hearing the black clothed man's words.
Mo Wuji followed behind, and he saw that it did not seem difficult for these outer disciples to climb the Heaven Seeking Staircase, and they easily climbed up to 3 to 5 steps.
Mo Wuji also tried to step onto the Heaven Seeking Staircase, and the instant he stepped onto it, a strong pulling force and pushing force came crashing over. However, this force did not affect Mo Wuji much. He easily stepped onto the second step.
The pushing force on the second step was almost double that of the first step, but to Mo Wuji, it still did not affect him much.
Mo Wuji finally understood why these outer disciples' speed was so fast. His cultivation level was the lowest here. Even he could easily climb to the second step, so these people definitely had it easier.
Very soon, Mo Wuji realised that the Heaven Seeking Staircase was not simple. When he stepped onto the third step, the pressure seemed to be more than double that of the second step.
When he stepped onto the fourth step, the pulling force and pushing force were at least double that of the third step. Mo Wuji lifted his head to look at the endless steps, and he finally understood how terrifying the Heaven Seeking Staircase was. The higher one climbed, the more terrifying the power they would have to endure.
One could imagine, if one could barely climb up to the 20th step, he would never be able to climb to the 21st step. Under this kind of increasing force, it was not something that could be forcefully resolved.
By the time Mo Wuji reached the sixth step, most of the cultivators had already reached the 10th step.
Even though Mo Wuji still had it easy, he was panting heavily because he did not want to reach the 10th step.
By the time Mo Wuji reached the seventh step, he was the only one left. Even the weakest among them had reached the eighth step. Some of the stronger cultivators had even passed the 15th step, and were advancing towards the 16th step.
By the time he reached the eighth step, Mo Wuji could truly feel the immense pressure, and he had to use a portion of his strength to resist it.
Mo Wuji did not continue to climb the ninth step. He looked at the steps above him, and estimated that with his strength, it should not be a problem for him to reach the 13th step. It should not be possible for him to charge past the 15th step.
He saw that most of the cultivators had just charged past the 10th step, and did not have the strength to climb any further.
Roughly two hours passed, and other than a small number of people who were still struggling to climb up, most of the people had stopped at the same spot. Some people even rolled down because they tried to force their way up.
Mo Wuji looked around, including himself, there were only 19 people below the 10th step. Among these 19, only one person was on the same level as him on the 8th step, while the other 17 were all on the 9th step.
The black robed man shouted, "Time's up. Everyone, remember the steps you climbed, then go to the sect's hall to apply for residency in the outer sect mountain. Those who roll down will be ranked according to the highest Heaven Seeking Staircase. "
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