Zhao Shi led the group to a stop in front of a large tree.
"Senior Brother Zhao, why did you bring us here?"
Chu Chen looked at Zhao Shi calmly stopping his footsteps and asked faintly.
"Oh, our Peak has a rule. Any new disciple who wishes to enter our Duxu Peak must climb this ancient tree once to test their strength and aptitude."
Zhao Shi smiled. "Although our Peak has very few people, this rule has existed since ancient times and cannot be abolished. Junior Brothers and Sisters, please give it a try."
"What? Climbing a tree is enough?" Feng Qiang scratched his head in astonishment. "Isn't that too simple? Is there only one entry trial for the Duxu Peak?"
"Simple? That's not necessarily simple. "
Chu Chen glanced indifferently at Feng Qiang, a blazing light appearing in the depths of his eyes as he looked at the black smoke.
"Sometimes, things that seem simple may not be that simple … Senior Brother Zhao, if new disciples cannot climb to the top of the tree, does that mean they have not passed the entry trial and are unable to enter the Duxu Peak to cultivate?"
"There is no such rule."
Zhao Shi said honestly. "Originally, according to our Duxu Peak's previous rules, new disciples must climb to a height of three hundred feet before they can be considered to have completed the entry trial. However, this rule is no longer as strict as before. All you need to do is climb a little and put on a show. "
"That's too simple. It's just a tree that's a hundred feet tall. We can easily jump up."
Seeing that Chu Chen seemed to be extremely cautious about this ancient tree, Feng Qiang waved his hand indifferently. "You call this a trial?"
"Simple? You're underestimating this ancient tree too much. "
Chu Chen's lips curled into a cold smile. "If I'm not mistaken, this ancient tree has already developed spiritual intelligence and is currently in a state of deep sleep. If we rashly climb up, I'm afraid we'll wake this ancient tree up and cause unimaginable consequences!"
"Oh? Junior Martial Brother, you're quite discerning. "
Zhao Shi looked at Chu Chen with some surprise and nodded in admiration. "This ancient tree really does have a spirit. It has lived for far too long, far too long to imagine."
Chu Chen smiled faintly. In fact, when he arrived in front of the ancient tree, his extraordinary spiritual sense had sensed a huge consciousness sleeping inside the ancient tree. It was obvious that this was a tree spirit that had lived for countless years. If anyone underestimated it, they would suffer a lot.
This ancient tree … was very powerful!
Zhao Shi looked up at the sky and seemed to be silently calculating the time. He then turned to the three of them and said, "Junior Brothers and Sisters, you can find a place to rest. After six hours, you can climb the tree again. That will be considered as participating in this peak's entrance trial. "
"What? We have to wait for two hours?" Feng Qiang's mouth twitched. "Why don't we start now?"
"This ancient tree has existed for so many years. It has its own temper."
Zhao Shi helplessly explained, "It will only wake up from its slumber at a certain time every day. If we rashly disturb it before the time, it will get angry … I believe that you definitely don't want to know how terrifying this tree can be when it gets angry. "
After a slight pause, Zhao Shi said with some surprise.
"Just now, an Elder sent me a message through Divine Sense. This year's batch of new disciples has far exceeded the past. Many talented disciples have been eliminated by other Gufeng trials. Therefore, it is possible that many people will come to our Duxu Peak to participate in the entrance trial. After a while, they will think of a way to transfer to another Gufeng. You guys can just wait here. When the others arrive, we can climb the tree together. "
"Uh … there will be many people coming? These people are quite astute. If they can enter the Duxu Peak, they will have another chance to transfer to another peak in the future. This is equivalent to having another chance to enter the Dark Demon Sect. "
Feng Qiang softly muttered a few words, unable to suppress his gloominess.
On the other side, Chu Chen glanced around and chose a clean bluestone boulder to sit down cross-legged and silently cultivate.
As for the expressionless Zi Xi, she silently stood on top of a high cliff in a daze. Her delicate face seemed to have sunk into some kind of memory, and there was a trace of absent-mindedness.
Chu Chen and the others waited until the afternoon when they saw a group of dejected new disciples being brought to the Duxu Peak.
The group of new disciples sighed and exchanged information about their previous trials.
"How unlucky. I didn't think that the Great Blood Peak's entrance trial would be so difficult. I painstakingly prepared for an entire year, but in the end, I still failed!"
"Yeah, I heard that there are too many new disciples this year, so many Gufeng Peaks have increased the difficulty of entry, causing those who originally had a high chance of entering to be rebuffed. Now it seems that we can only come to this abandoned peak to look for a chance. "
"To be honest, I really didn't want to come here. This is the most trashy Gufeng Peak among the 72 Gufeng Peaks. If it wasn't for the chance to transfer to another peak, I wouldn't want to come to this lousy place …"
…
While Chu Chen and the others were waiting on the Void Crossing Peak, it was strangely quiet.
Meanwhile, along with the arrival of the new disciples, an expanse of clamorous noise suddenly appeared on the calm Void Cross Peak.
Chu Chen looked down from the top of the mountain and saw that the young men and women of the Dark Demon Sect were more or less injured and looked somewhat miserable.
When the new disciples saw that there were already three people waiting on the Duxu Peak, many of their expressions became much more relaxed.
"Hehe, I thought that we were the unluckiest. I didn't expect that there would be people who were eliminated earlier than us."
"Looking at these people, it seems that they've been waiting here for quite some time. In that case, we aren't the worst …"
"Hahaha …"
Seeing the young cultivators' expressions of schadenfreude, the straightforward Feng Qiang couldn't bear it and fiercely waved his hand at the crowd.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you talking about! Do you think that we were eliminated like you and came to the Duxu Peak to look for a last chance? Let me tell you, we chose to enter the Void Crossing Peak of our own volition! "
"Uh …"
Seeing Feng Qiang's infuriated appearance, the young men and women were all stunned, and their expressions instantly became much stranger.
One of the young cultivators, who wore a blue robe and a purple star crown on his forehead, widened his eyes.
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