The next day, the sun shone brightly.
Su Wan woke up from her meditative state. Not long later, she heard the door next door open. Then the courtyard started to become noisy.
It seemed like everyone couldn't calm down.
As the time for the second round of exams arrived, the hundred or so candidates followed Ziyang Sect's main examiner to the location of the second round of exams, Ziyang Sect's mountain gate.
Ziyang Sect was located on the peak of Flaming Mountain. Flaming Mountain was a very famous holy land in Kunlun mystical region. Apparently, eight thousand years ago, the Flame Immortal once faced the rising sun and comprehended Taoism here. Afterwards, this mountain was called Flaming Mountain.
Of course, legends were mysterious and magical. In reality, eight thousand years ago, the Flame Immortal shamelessly chased after his wife here to watch the sunrise …
"The second round of exams today is very simple. From the mountain gate in front of us to the main door on the mountain, there are a total of three thousand one hundred and twenty-nine steps. Everyone who can reach the main door within an hour will become Ziyang Sect's outer sect disciple!"
Hearing the examiner's words and looking at the towering steps in front of them, everyone revealed a solemn expression.
Large sects' exams were very difficult. Among the hundred or so people, it wasn't their first time coming here. They knew the mystery behind this.
From Ziyang Sect's mountain gate to the main door, there were over a dozen protective formations on the short three thousand steps. Plus, there were only five formations used for the exams!
When recruiting inner sect disciples, they would activate many formations to test a person's intelligence, perseverance, and potential. The more potential a person had, the faster they would walk. Disciples like this would naturally be highly sought after by the elders of the main peaks.
When recruiting outer sect disciples, Ziyang Sect would only activate the Heart Demon Illusory Formation. This matrix was just like its name. It tested your inner demons and your temperament. If you didn't have any flaws in your heart and didn't have any darkness, then you would naturally be able to leave quickly. Usually, the first to arrive would be approved by the elders, and the last to come out would be those with bad temperaments or those with evil intentions. People like that usually wouldn't be chosen by Ziyang Sect.
As the examination began, many people saw the sand in the hourglass flowing bit by bit. Many people rushed up the stairs, but some people only took a few steps before they froze on the spot. Their faces turned pale and they vomited blood. This was a backlash from their own heart demons.
Seeing some people being crippled on the spot due to their heart demons being too strong, those old examinees who were still standing at the foot of the mountain all sighed. Every year, there would be people dying here. This was no longer a rare occurrence.
It really wasn't easy being a wandering cultivator. Didn't everyone risk their lives to have a place to settle down? How could any rogue cultivator who could fight until now dare to say that their hands were clean and their hearts were red?
Su Wan saw that there were people who had walked a few hundred steps. She couldn't help but take a deep breath and step onto the first step. It was really easy, no different from walking up the stairs normally.
Su Wan walked like she was walking on flat ground, climbing up 300 steps in one breath. Right now, she had already left a lot of people behind her. But there were still a few figures struggling to walk in front of her.
Right now, there were four figures standing side by side in front of the main peak's entrance. They all wore golden robes, the robes of Ziyang Sect's elite disciples.
"Senior brother, the wandering cultivators participating this year seem to have good cultivation and temperament. They're much stronger than last year."
"Senior brother, do you think there's a chance that some of these people will be promoted to the inner sect or even the sect's elite hall?"
Hearing the junior brothers' discussion, Ziyang Sect's eldest disciple, Zhang Zhengyi, looked calmly at the people below. "No matter what, as long as they can contribute to the sect, they're worth nurturing."
Saying this, Zhang Zhengyi's gaze involuntarily landed on a purple-clothed girl. She walked as if she was flying, reaching over a thousand steps in the blink of an eye. So fast!
Low-level inner demons couldn't affect her speed at all. Then what about high-level inner demons?
Humans weren't saints. Everyone had their own flaws. Zhang Zhengyi didn't believe that there was no one in this world who didn't have flaws.
After reaching the 900th step, Su Wan also froze when she saw the purple figure in front of her. Wasn't that the purple clothed maid by Ye Cheng's side? She didn't expect her to be this amazing.
However, she could tell that the purple-clothed girl was impatient and didn't want to fall behind.
Su Wan rested for a while. Seeing that the people behind her were about to catch up, she then slowly walked up. One thousand, one thousand one hundred, one thousand three hundred, one thousand five hundred … … When Su Wan reached the one thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth step, she felt her vision blur and she immediately appeared in a familiar garden.
This was Su Family's back garden. There were sounds of moaning and moaning coming from the flowerbed. Su Wan couldn't help but walk forward. There were two people entangled in the flowerbed.
The two people were her sister, Su You and her fiancé, Xing Yi.
"Heh."
Su Wan sneered. Her sneer made the two people in the flowerbed come back to their senses.
"Xiao Wan!"
Su You pulled her clothes over to cover her body in a panic. The face that Su Wan was extremely familiar with wore a wronged and sad expression.
So you could be like this after being caught cheating?
"Su Wan, don't make things difficult for Xiao You. I …"
"You don't need to say anything. I know you love her. You've always loved her. I'm just her substitute."
Su Wan smiled. While smiling, she plucked a red rose. The thorns on the rose, stem, and stem pierced Su Wan's fair and tender fingers, leaving drops of blood.
"Just a substitute. Xing Yi, what do you think you are in my heart? You're not even worthy of being a substitute! "
Saying this, Su Wan waved her hand and rose petals fell. Everything in front of her shattered. Su Wan walked up the 2000th step without hesitation.
After the 2000th step, Su Wan walked really slowly. She couldn't even see many people around her. There were only two figures in front of her.
One was still that purple figure. She stopped at the 2500th step, seemingly unable to move forward. As for the other person who was far ahead, Su Wan could only see his back. Judging from his back, it should be a man.
Could it be Ye Cheng? Su Wan kept feeling that Ye Cheng carried a mysterious aura, a dangerous and mysterious aura.
She calmed herself down and continued walking forward. When she reached the 2500th step, Su Wan felt a pain in her head and then flames filled the sky.
No matter if it was the Qin Family or the Su Family, they had nowhere to run. They all cried in panic.
They all died. They shouldn't be alive.
"This is the wedding present I prepared for you! The most extravagant fireworks in history. Li Fei, do you like it? "
Su Wan heard a cold female voice. She turned around to see "herself" wearing a white bridesmaid attire standing in front of a man with a smile.
"Xiao Wan, do you know what you're doing?" Pity flickered through Li Fei's gentle and elegant face. "You've destroyed everything. This world will also collapse. Su Wan, no one can survive."
"This is my wish. If I, Su Wan, can't get it, then I'll destroy it all!"
"Su Wan" sneered at the man in front of her. "Isn't it better if everyone dies together? Let's continue fighting to the death in our next lives! "
Saying this, she raised the remote control in her hands. As long as she pressed the button, the entire villa area would explode and turn into a sea of flames!
"Wife, don't play anymore."
At the moment of imminent peril, a gentle and doting voice rang from behind Su Wan.
This voice was …
Su Wan suddenly turned around. The sea of flames around her disappeared and so did Li Fei. In the dense fog, only a slender and elegant figure faintly appeared in front of Su Wan.
Su Wan's heart beat fiercely. She recklessly chased after that figure. Closer, closer.
When she finally grabbed his hand, the slender figure slowly turned around. Only a pair of cold and sharp eyes could be seen in the fog.
Su Wan suddenly opened her eyes.
The fog around her dissipated. She had left the illusion.
At this moment, there was someone standing beside her. His fingers gently grasped her ice-cold fingertips.
"Are you okay?"
The man's cold voice carried faint concern.
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