"There are a total of nine thousand two hundred and thirty-five people participating in the Disciple Recruitment Ceremony. As for those who did not make it here for some reason, they will be disqualified. Before the Trials officially begin, the Old Man will ask a routine question. Those with Celestial Spiritual Roots, Mutated Spiritual Roots, or Special Spiritual Bodies do not need to participate in this Trials. As long as you have a clean background and are focused on the Dao, you can directly enter the Sect. Alright, those with Celestial Spiritual Roots, Mutated Spiritual Roots, or Special Spiritual Bodies may enter the Demon Subduing Pagoda at the top of the mountain. [Full text reading …] "
As soon as the announcement was made, the originally quiet crowd became restless again. From time to time, there would be people walking towards the giant pagoda at the top of the mountain.
Seeing this scene, there was a burst of discussion among the crowd.
Wang Changsheng heard this and could not help but smile bitterly. He was only a Triple Spiritual Root and only qualified to participate in the Disciple Recruitment Ceremony. There was no way he could compete with these geniuses. However, he did not give up. He firmly believed that since he was not as good as others, he had to work harder. Only then could he catch up with others.
After the time it took to burn a stick of incense, no one else entered the giant pagoda.
"Alright, since there is no one else, then according to the usual practice, the Old Man will explain the Trials and the things to take note of," the middle-aged man continued to announce.
With this, Wang Changsheng listened even more carefully, afraid that he would miss a word.
"As you can see, there is a Yao-Sealing Pagoda on each mountain. The trial will be held in the Yao-Sealing Pagoda. When you registered, you received a token and a simple teleportation talisman. You can use the token to enter the Yao-Sealing Pagoda. The Yao-Sealing Pagoda will transform into various demonic beasts according to your strength. What you need to do is kill the demonic beasts that appear in front of you. Remember, there are only two ways you can leave the Yao-Sealing Pagoda.
If you can't defeat them, immediately crush the Teleportation Talisman and leave the Yao-Sealing Pagoda with your life intact. However, doing so will also mean giving up your right to participate in the competition. In addition, you can enter the Yao-Sealing Pagoda alone, or in a group. The more people there are, the more Yao-Sealing Pagoda will appear, and the stronger the Yao-Sealing Pagoda will be. If you want to give up on this competition, immediately descend the mountain. There will be people at the foot of the mountain to escort you back to the market, "the middle-aged man added.
Wang Changsheng had gone through many difficulties to get here. Naturally, he wouldn't be scared off by a few words. Wang Changsheng wouldn't give up, and the elites from the cultivation families wouldn't give up either. If they gave up halfway, they wouldn't just lose face for themselves, but also for their families. Moreover, they came from cultivation families and had more or less signed up for this. They had also experienced fights of magical power. Naturally, they wouldn't give up just because of a few words.
After listening to the middle-aged man's words, more than a dozen people still walked down the mountain. It seemed that they had given up.
"Well, the Old Man has said everything that needs to be said. Finally, I want to remind you that in addition to aptitude, character is also very important when selecting disciples. If you bear a bad reputation or want to use the sect's reputation to commit despicable acts, the sect will not accept you. Even if you successfully enter the sect, if you do such acts, the sect's Law Enforcement Hall will not be a decoration. We will definitely punish you severely," the middle-aged man said very seriously.
Among the crowd, a few more people were walking down the mountain.
However, most of them still had an excited expression on their faces. They were eager to give it a try.
"Time's up. The competition begins. Use the wooden token in your hand to enter the Yao-Sealing Pagoda." The middle-aged man didn't say anything more. He shouted loudly, and his voice resounded through the sky.
After that, the middle-aged man's figure flashed and disappeared.
At the same time, two melodious bells sounded. The crowd on each mountain peak rushed toward the giant pagoda.
"Don't be in such a hurry. Line up obediently. If you're in a group, line up together." The Taiqing Palace disciple guarding the entrance of the pagoda hurried to maintain order.
However, there were far too many people participating in the trial. There were at least a thousand people on each mountain. Relying on a dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators to maintain order was simply not enough. After the Foundation Establishment cultivators in charge of maintaining order severely punished a few troublemakers, these troublemakers finally calmed down.
The order of entering the pagoda wasn't according to the number on the wooden token. However, Wang Changsheng wasn't in a hurry to enter. It took courage to be the first to eat crabs. He would observe for a while before deciding.
Immortal Wang noticed that most of the challengers were teaming up to participate in the trial, with as few as three, and as many as ten. From the clothes of these challengers, he could tell that most of them came from the same family, or they were old friends.
The cultivators in front of the line were excited, but most of them were gathered together and whispering. Some even took out food to eat.
Wang Changsheng was also a bit hungry, so he ate a fasting pill. Compared to a banquet made of spiritual materials, the fasting pill tasted like wax.
He roughly calculated that there were at least nine hundred people on his mountain peak. Even if there were ten people in a group, there would be a hundred groups. Currently, only three groups had entered, which added up to less than fifteen people. At this rate, he didn't know how long the trial would take.
Suddenly, the crowd on the mountainside became restless. Accompanied by a woman's scream, the crowd on the mountaintop also became restless. They all wanted to see what was happening.
When Wang Changsheng saw this, his heart stirred. After hesitating for a while, he finally couldn't suppress his curiosity and walked toward the mountainside. He wanted to see what was causing the commotion.
When Wang Changsheng saw clearly what was causing the commotion, he frowned. In front of him were four or five bloody corpses. Some were headless and bleeding incessantly, while others had fist-sized bloody holes in their heads.
The corpses were all in a spacious area surrounded by several small arrays. From time to time, people would be teleported out, but most of them were corpses. It wasn't easy to teleport out a few alive ones, but they were all broken arms and legs, and their bodies were all injured.
The disciples of the Taiqing Palace guarding the spacious area turned a blind eye to this. When the corpses piled up into a teleportation array, they took out a storage bag and put the corpses away.
Seeing this bloody scene, some of the pampered cultivators vomited. Many of them had thoughts of retreating. They covered their mouths and walked down the mountain.
Even though he had experienced many battles, Wang Changsheng still felt a little disgusted when he saw so many corpses. He couldn't help but vomit.
After vomiting, Wang Changsheng quickly left and returned to his original position.
To be honest, when he saw these corpses, Wang Changsheng felt a little bit of retreating. He was a little homesick. He missed his father, his elder sister, and his mother. When he thought of his mother, Wang Changsheng thought of the meaning of his mother's name, Chang Sheng. When he thought of his own experiences in the past six months, he felt more confident.
Immortal Cultivation was originally a Great Way with no retreat. Even if there were difficulties in the front, and even if one's life was threatened, so what? One could only rely on perseverance to fight his way out. If it was so easy to become an immortal, it wouldn't be called an immortal. Since he had chosen the thorny path of immortal cultivation, he wouldn't give up halfway.
Because if he advanced, he would become an immortal. If he retreated, he would become a mortal.
Mortals could only live up to a hundred years old at most. They would either work hard for three meals a day, or they would scheme against others for power and wealth. No matter how much wealth and power they had, after a hundred years, they would only be a pile of bones. Immortals were different. If they had elixirs, Aura Refining cultivators could live up to two hundred years old. Of course, immortals also had their disadvantages. There was too much killing and too much scheming. But so what? If they were given another chance, they would still choose to cultivate. Why? Because fate was in their own hands. Their fate was in their own hands. They controlled their own fate and not the heavens. At the very least, cultivators could live up to a hundred years old, but many mortals couldn't even live up to fifty years old.
Which was better and which was worse? A smart person would know which to choose.
When he thought of this, Immortal Wang's dao heart became more and more resolute. Many years later, Immortal Wang found out that he was invaded by a heart demon. Fortunately, his will was firm, otherwise, he would have been turned into a walking corpse that only knew slaughter by the heart demon primordial spirit, all the way until his body and dao vanished.
The trial continued. From time to time, there were challengers who crushed the transmission talisman and were teleported out of the giant tower. Most of them were missing arms or legs. Occasionally, there were a few healthy ones. They looked terrified and pale, as if they had seen something terrible.
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