The next morning.
Su Lan arrived at Jun Wu Xie's courtyard early in the morning.
When Jun Wu Xie came out with little Yueyao, he couldn't help but be startled.
"I'll go to Daiga Ken Sect with you. I'll also take a look at this year's examination and join in the fun."
She smiled sweetly and walked forward. She squatted down and opened her arms. "Yueyao, let me hug you, okay?"
Yueyao looked up at Jun Wu Xie, as if asking for his opinion. Seeing him nod, she jumped into Su Lan's arms.
When they walked out of the treasure house, Qin Keqing was standing at the door. She seemed to have been waiting for some time.
Jun Wu Xie was slightly surprised and said, "Miss Qin, are you also going to Daiga Ken Sect to join in the fun?"
"No." Qin Keqing smiled and teased, "I'm going to see how you show off your prowess in the examination."
Jun Wu Xie smiled and shook his head.
… …
Daiga Ken Sect was just outside the capital city. It was very close to the city, only a few dozen miles away.
There was a mountain full of spiritual energy. At the foot of the mountain was a long flowing river, which was a tributary of the Cloud River.
Daiga Ken Sect was built on that mountain.
Looking from afar, the temple stood tall and majestic. There seemed to be sword energy that was about to rush into the clouds.
After crossing the river, they approached the foot of Daiga Ken Sect. Along the way, they could see many people hurrying toward Daiga Ken Sect. It was very lively along the way.
Of course, not all of these people were going to participate in the examination.
In fact, there were only a few hundred people participating in the examination. Most of them were just there to join in the fun.
After all, it was the number one sect in the Great Zhou Dynasty that was recruiting disciples. Naturally, it attracted a lot of attention.
There was a canyon ahead. It was the only way to Daiga Ken Sect.
The canyon wasn't very wide. It sloped upward and reached halfway up the mountain.
Jun Wu Xie raised her head and looked into the distance before she followed the crowd and walked forward.
After entering the canyon, an indescribable feeling welled up in his heart.
There seemed to be an inexplicable sense of tragedy in this canyon.
They continued forward, and before long, the path gradually narrowed. A mountain path appeared in front of them. Above them was a line of sky, and the light was somewhat dim.
There were many stone pillars built on both sides of the mountain path, one every three meters.
There were lanterns hanging on the stone pillars. Inside, there was an everlasting lamp that emitted a weak light.
The moment he saw those lanterns, Jun Wu Xie's pupils suddenly shrank.
It was actually a human skin lantern!
No! It should be called a human head lantern!
Those lanterns were taken out after the human skull was shattered. The facial features were still intact, and the lanterns were lit inside.
Lantern's facial features were twisted and hideous. Blood was congealed at the corners of his eyes and under his eyelids.
"Are you not used to it?" Qin Keqing said softly beside him, "The world of cultivation has never been a pure land. On the contrary, it's very cruel."
"Who are they? How could their skulls be made into lanterns by Daiga Ken Sect?"
Jun Wu Xie's heart was really not used to it. Although he was very ruthless towards his enemies, but this kind of method was just too crazy.
At the same time, he found that the other people who were going to Daiga Ken Sect did not seem surprised by these human head lanterns. It was as if they had been used to it.
"They are the disciples of Sōgō Gakuin School for generations." Qin Keqing shook her head and sighed, saying, "Daiga Ken Sect and Sōgō Gakuin School have been fighting for thousands of years. Every year, they would choose their disciples to fight. Sōgō Gakuin School has almost never won in these years. The defeated disciples are all here, and they are the lanterns you see."
Jun Wu Xie was speechless.
The fight between the two sects was too cruel.
The disciples of Sōgō Gakuin School were made into human head lanterns after death. It was really sad.
"Let's go."
He sighed and walked along the mountain road. After passing through a line of sky, his vision became wider and the terrain became flat.
This place was close to the mountainside. It was a flat area on the mountainside.
At the end of the flat area, there was a huge sword-shaped stone tablet. There were four words engraved on it — Daiga Ken Sect!
Every stroke of these four words seemed to be intertwined with sword Qi. At first glance, they were like four swords that were about to leave the tablet. They were fierce and threatening.
At the top of the sword tablet, there was a female corpse nailed there. He did not know how long she had been dead. The blood on her body had turned black.
The female corpse's hair was disheveled. Her feet, hands, and neck were nailed. Her eyes were wide open. Blood flowed from her eyes to her face and solidified there. She looked very miserable.
"That was the former deputy leader of Daiga Ken Sect. Because she fell in love with the former leader of Sōgō Gakuin School and had a daughter with him, she was sentenced to death by the sect. She was hung on the sword tablet of the sect for twenty years."
Jun Wu Xie withdrew his gaze.
He finally understood what Ji Inran had said to him a few days ago.
There were some things that he could only understand when he came here.
Daiga Ken Sect was indeed different from what he had imagined.
At this moment, there were many people gathered in front of the gate of Daiga Ken Sect.
The disciples participating in the assessment stood at the front of the crowd, while the spectators stood at the back. There were tens of thousands of people densely packed together.
"Yueyao, wait here obediently. Once I join Daiga Ken Sect, I will be able to invite the sect's doctor to treat you."
Jun Wu Xie touched Yueyao's face. He pushed through the crowd and walked to the group of people participating in the assessment, waiting quietly.
Not long after, an old man and two middle-aged men came down from the mountain. They glanced at the crowd in front of the gate and said in a clear voice, "Today is the day of the assessment for the recruitment of disciples in Daiga Ken Sect. The first round of assessment is very simple. You have to reach the end of the stairs in front of you. Otherwise, you will fail."
Jun Wu Xie looked at the stairs. There were more than a hundred steps. It was not very high, but it should be restricted.
In addition to the stairs in front of him, there was another staircase more than a hundred meters away from it.
That staircase was covered with dust. It was obvious that no one had walked on it for many years.
There were many sword tablets on both sides of the staircase. The staircase was engraved with sword symbols. There were 99 steps in total.
"Is this the only staircase that can be climbed?" Someone pointed to the staircase engraved with sword symbols and said, "Can we take that staircase?"
"If any of you want to try, of course you can." The old man looked indifferent and said, "That staircase is called the Heavenly Sword Staircase. It was built by the founder of Daiga Ken Sect himself and set up a sword restriction. Anyone who can successfully pass it will be a sword genius and can be directly promoted to a successor disciple. However, over the past thousands of years, no one who stepped on it has survived. "
Immediately, the person who asked the question stopped talking.
"What are you thinking? You want to pass the Heavenly Sword Staircase? In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, perhaps only the Seventh Princess of the younger generation can try. The others can only die! "
Someone said so.
"The Heavenly Sword Staircase?"
Jun Wu Xie looked at it in the crowd. The sword symbols on it were indeed terrifying.
Others might not be able to feel it, but as a weapon master, he could clearly feel the terrifying sharpness contained in it.
At this moment, the old man standing on the high platform at the end of the staircase said, "Now, check your Great River Selection Tokens, and then gather in front of the test staircase."
Immediately, a group of Daiga Ken Sect disciples came forward and began to check the Sword Sect Tokens of the participants. Those who passed the check were arranged to wait in front of the staircase.
The process was very fast.
Two of them did not have the Daiga Ken Sect token and wanted to get away with it. However, their legs were broken on the spot and they were thrown out.
"Now, the first round of the assessment officially begins. The time limit is 15 minutes."
Following the old man's announcement, the participants in front of the staircase immediately rushed forward like a tide.
The moment they stepped on the staircase, everyone felt their bodies sink down, as if the weight of their bodies had suddenly increased by more than ten times.
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