Chapter 9: Introductory Assessment
As a well-informed package, Zhuang Youqian already knew what levels of Hengtian Sect's entry test were.
Not only did he know, but he also handed over the news he collected to Xie Zhengliu and Yue Mingqiu for free, and said in the name of "they are all people who have experienced life and death together, and they still care about what those spirit stones do."
But if the rest of the people want to know the inside story from him, the price they need to pay is not small.
Thanks to Zhuang Youqian, Xie Zhengliu knew that Hengtian Sect's entry test was divided into three sessions, namely heart refining, refining and refining will.
The three levels of assessment are all carried out on the long steps of the inner mountain gate, and only the disciples who have passed the three levels and climbed the long steps within the specified time can be regarded as officially entering the Hengtian Sect.
Speaking of which, Xie Zhengliu had heard a lot about this kind of assessment in his previous life, and it was rumored that all the sects of the Righteous Path had a "ladder" for testing their disciples. Now it seems that it is not fake.
A thick bell rang soon from the inner mountain gate, and Xie Zhengliu knew that this was the official start of the assessment.
Sure enough, the transparent barrier on the long steps disappeared in an instant, and the children who had been standing at the end of the long steps for a long time rushed up one by one like crazy, looking like they were afraid of being left behind.
A few of the children wearing magic weapons were particularly fast, they should have been from a cultivation family of three thousand, and their bodies were many times better than those who came from three thousand.
Simply glanced at the people on the long steps, and Xie Zhengliu quickly stepped forward with Zhuang Youqian.
As soon as she stepped on the long steps, Xie Zhengliu felt a faint spiritual power wash over her body.
Zhuang Youqian had mentioned to them before that in order to prevent children with magic weapons from using spiritual power to cheat, Heng Tianzong laid out a formation on the long steps, which can be regarded as ensuring the fairness of the entry assessment to a certain extent.
The end of the long staircase was hidden in the mist, making it impossible to tell how many steps there were. Xie Zhengliu and they could only keep climbing upwards and trying to end all this as soon as possible.
But where could the test of Hengtian Sect be so simple, she walked for less than an hour, and when Xie Zhengliu stepped up to the thousandth step, her legs suddenly became as heavy as lead. I didn't lift my foot once, and I almost had to exert all my strength.
Not only her, but the new disciples around her, who had also bought a thousand steps, showed difficult expressions, and a few even knelt on the long steps on the spot, and they couldn't even walk a step.
Guessing that this was probably part of the assessment, Xie Zhengliu gritted his teeth and climbed up. Seeing this, Zhuang Youqian also hurriedly learned, and it really saved a lot of effort.
Walking in the forefront like them was Feng Tianci, who had had a conflict with Yue Ming before, the young man glanced at the movements of Xie Zhengliu and the three of them, even if it was equally difficult for him to take a step, he still had to speak and mock: "Heh, if you are really a slut, even if the spiritual root is superior, you can't change the lowliness in your bones!" ”
Xie Zhengliu glanced at him silently, did not speak, but sped up, and soon climbed in front of the young man.
Zhuang Youqian wanted to argue with the other party, but seeing that Xie Zhengliu was walking so fast, he had to urge Yue Mingqiu to follow quickly.
Feng Tianci thought that the three of them were afraid of him, and looked down on Xie Zhengliu and the others more and more in his heart.
But he didn't expect to finally climb up the stairs, and Xie Zhengliu, who was in front of him, didn't seem to stand firmly, and suddenly fell straight towards him!
Feng Tianci couldn't dodge it, and was smashed on the head by Xie Zhengliu. He rolled down a dozen steps, directly falling a thousand steps away, and his previous efforts were instantly in vain.
However, Xie Zhengliu took a step back, and returned to his previous position with a single force of his hands and feet.
This scene made Feng Tianci very angry, and without the suppression of the formation, he immediately jumped to his feet and scolded: "You, a pariah with three thousand, dare to calculate me!" ”
"I'm really sorry Young Master Feng, I'm just too tired, and my hands and feet are weak for a while. A person with a noble background like you shouldn't bother with a pariah like me, right? Xie Zhengliu turned his head, "It's a pity that you have been climbing for so long in vain, and I don't know if Young Master Feng still has the strength to continue climbing?" ”
After speaking, no matter how angry Feng Tianci was behind him, Xie Zhengliu continued to use both hands and feet, enduring the heavier and heavier coercion and crawling forward.
Zhuang Youqian laughed twice, and patted Yue Mingqiu's shoulder: "Look, this is called the wicked have their own wicked grinding." ”
"Are you saying Xie Zhengliu is a wicked person?" Yue Mingqiu shook off Zhuang Youqian's hand, looking like he was grabbing the other party's handle.
Zhuang Youqian immediately smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm praising Xiao Xie for his wit and bravery!" ”
After speaking, he quickly crawled away, not daring to say these little words to Yue Mingqiu anymore.
In a place that few people didn't know, the sect masters and elders of Hengtian Sect sat on the jade chair and saw the previous picture in their eyes through countless water mirrors.
One of them, a middle-aged monk wearing a black Taoist robe with deep wrinkles in his eyebrows, pointed at Xie Zhengliu and said, "This woman targeted her because of a few words of discord from others, and her heart is so ruthless, I'm afraid she is not the disciple that our Hengtian Sect should want!" ”
"Huh!" The woman with a bewitching face in red curled the corners of her lips, "If it weren't for that Feng family kid who opened his mouth to provoke first, how could that little girl do it?" Besides, there are more examples of attacking people around you on the long steps, haven't we seen direct attacks before? Why didn't Elder Chen say it at that time? ”
Elder Chen's face was not red and his heart was not beating: "Before, it was two male disciples attacking each other, isn't it easier for men to have friction between them?" This woman unilaterally harmed others, how can it be confused? ”
Hearing these words, the female elder in red almost laughed: "I knew that the Feng family gave you a big gift and asked you to protect some of the Feng family's children, but I didn't think that you didn't even want to lose face. Saying this kind of thing in front of the sect master, Chen Lou, do you know the shame? ”
Elder Chen's face turned dark, and he seemed to be about to jump up and fight with the female elder on the spot.
But the two didn't even have a chance to make a move, and the sect master raised his hand to make the tension between the two disappear invisibly: "Okay, my Hengtian Sect only accepts disciples to see if he can pass the three levels, and the rest is ignored." ”
Sect Leader Yu Heng's gaze simply swept over Elder Chen and the female elder in red, and directly asked the two of them to swallow back all the anger in their stomachs.
The elders in the main hall exchanged glances with each other, and then cast their eyes back on the water mirror in front of them, but they didn't know what they were thinking in their hearts.
At this moment, a large number of the new disciples on the long rank were still outside the first thousand steps, and a small number of them had already entered the first thousand steps.
And Xie Zhengliu and his entourage, along with a few children from the Xiuzhen family, barely walked in the forefront. At this moment, they are shouldering a pressure that is dozens of times heavier than at the beginning, and every movement seems to have squeezed out the last bit of strength in their bodies.
Not to mention Zhuang Youqian, who was weak when he looked at it, even Xie Zhengliu and Yue Mingqiu had been washed with sweat, and the heavy panting sound was even more resounding.
I don't know how long she persevered under such heavy pressure, and when Xie Zhengliu climbed another step, she was relieved. The burden on her back seemed to be lifted in an instant, which made her already difficult breathing easier.
However, it didn't take long for Xie Zhengliu's eyes to turn white, and the whole person was pulled into another world.
A loud bang exploded in her ears, and when she looked up into the sky, the figure standing under the heavy clouds of calamity immediately took away all of her mind.