After clearing the level, the fairies were reborn!

Her voice was beautiful, like ice beads falling onto a jade plate, clear and melodious.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was met with strong opposition from the little girl.

"Pah! You want to form an alliance?" The little girl put her hands on her hips. "I think you want to get punched!"

"I know you too well. On the surface, you seem frigid and aloof, like you're above worldly concerns, but you might be the complete opposite..."

Mu Qinghe, tugging at Xu Ze's sleeve, said with a righteous expression:

"Brother, you mustn't fall for his tricks! Boys must protect themselves when they're out and about!"

"From now on, I will stay by your side at all times to prevent any bad women from taking advantage of the situation."

His words came out like a barrage of bullets, becoming more and more outrageous, leaving the entire square in complete silence.

That little girl's mouth, as if coated with poison, spewed out raunchy and inappropriate words.

The nine people who were watching the show were all dumbfounded and didn't dare to breathe.

These three people in front of them are all incredibly powerful, and they dare not offend any of them!

In a corner where no one could see, Fairy Qing Shuang clenched her fist, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

This is blatant slander and defamation!

I am, after all, a fairy from Flying Snow Valley who cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness. I am usually chaste and have never even touched a man's hand. How could I possibly have such vulgar and lewd thoughts?

But you, little girl, are so young, yet your head is full of all sorts of nonsense!

Fairy Qing Shuang took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

Don't get angry, don't lose your composure.

The other party is the Ninth Princess of the Central Continent Dynasty. With that status, what can she do?

"Qing Shuang really didn't mean any harm..." Just as she was about to try to persuade him...

in the sky.

A huge, semi-transparent light curtain slowly emerged.

The ancient and mysterious voice resounded once again in everyone's mind.

"The second trial: Climbing the mountain!"

As time came.

The second round of trials for the Xuanling Sect's "Entry Examination" has begun.

"Those who climb over the 'Peak of Inquiry' and reach the finish line first will be considered to have passed the test and will advance to the final trial."

This round of assessment will not have any penalty for failure; instead, you will be directly teleported out.

Similarly, the first place winner will directly become an inner disciple, as stated at the very beginning of the entire assessment.

"Xu Ze, an inner disciple, you may choose whether or not to participate in the trial."

It is worth mentioning that a special voice also rang out in Xu Ze's mind.

The sound was very similar to that ancient, mysterious sound, but much clearer.

Xu Ze looked at the token in his hand, which seemed to have originated from it.

He glanced at the others and found that none of them reacted, indicating that only he could hear the sound.

"I'll participate."

Xu Ze certainly wouldn't back down.

The [Earth Spirit Grass] collected in the first trial is a top-quality material for alchemy.

The second hurdle might bring other benefits and opportunities.

How could I possibly miss it?

"A wise choice." The voice in the token seemed to carry a hint of approval. "If you can win first place in all the assessments, you will be directly promoted to a personal disciple of the sect leader."

"The sect leader's personal disciple has not appeared for... zzzz... years. Good luck."

The voice suddenly became static again, as if the signal had been interrupted.

Xu Ze had no choice but to put it away.

I don't understand.

This ancient token has a surprisingly high-tech feel to it.

There might be bugs too.

"...Crossing the mountain?"

At the same time, Mu Qing, who was standing next to him, looked around in confusion.

He looked at the empty square; there was nothing there except for the altar in front of him.

"Where are the mountains?"

The others had similar expressions.

They looked at each other, puzzled and confused, but mostly bewildered by the unknown.

Suddenly.

"Boom—!"

A deafening sound rang out, and the altar in the center of the square began to change.

The pale golden mist that had been flowing quietly suddenly seemed to be infused with life and began to churn violently.

The fog thickened and thickened, eventually forming a huge vortex above the altar, with a chilling pressure emanating from its center.

The entire square trembled, and the huge bluestone slabs cracked with a "crackling" sound, with countless fine cracks spreading out like a spider web.

At the edge of the square, more ruins collapsed with a roar, stirring up clouds of ice dust.

"what happened?"

"Another earthquake?!"

The faces of those who advanced changed drastically.

They all raised their protective spiritual light, looking around in horror.

Even Mu Qinghe nervously clung tightly to Xu Ze's arm.

Only the menial disciples remained kneeling in place, motionless, as if they were completely unaware of everything around them.

"Snap—!"

Just as everyone was filled with surprise and doubt, the huge chasm in the center of the altar split open.

A bottomless crack started from the bottom of the altar and extended to both sides, quickly tearing the entire square apart!

Chapter 84 Crossing the Mountains? A Pilgrimage!

The fissure in the ground was ten zhang wide, pitch black, and bottomless.

Standing at the edge of the crack and looking down, all you can see is endless darkness, like an entrance to the deepest hell.

At first, a chilling wind blew out, carrying with it a faint smell of blood and decay, like a death wind blowing from an ancient battlefield.

"Hey, don't you guys feel something's creepy about here...?"

Several of the more prominent figures nearby couldn't help but shiver and instinctively took a few steps back.

As they were speaking, something slowly rose from the depths of the crack.

At first, it was just a faint light, like a firefly in an abyss.

But the point of light rapidly expanded, eventually transforming into a towering pillar of light that pierced through the vortex of mist above and soared into the clouds.

Followed by.

"boom--!"

A mountain peak emerged from the crack in the earth.

It didn't rise slowly, but like a sword drawn from its sheath, it tore through the earth and shot into the sky with unstoppable force!

The mountain was entirely bluish-black, towering thousands of feet high, blocking out the sky and the sun. Its steep slopes were as if cut by a knife, with almost no vegetation, only exposed rocks and ice.

"Oh my God!"

"This is absolutely amazing!"

Exclamations erupted from all sides.

Most notably, there is a winding stone staircase leading from the foot of the mountain to the summit.

At a glance, there are at least a thousand stone steps, stretching from the foot of the mountain all the way to the cloud-shrouded summit, like a stairway to heaven.

Once the mountain peak had fully risen and stabilized, an indescribable aura of the Great Dao spread out from the mountain like a tide.

Everyone was in shock.

Creating mountains out of thin air is a method that is beyond their comprehension.

Even a powerful being in the Void Refinement stage might be able to move mountains and fill seas, but to create a mountain containing the aura of the Great Dao from nothing in an instant like this is probably impossible.

"As expected of a major sect from ancient times, such methods are probably at least the work of a Nascent Soul cultivator... no, even a Tribulation Transcending cultivator."

"This is after ten thousand years. I really don't know what kind of methods the Xuanling Sect possessed back then."

Everyone was amazed.

Only Xu Ze felt that this kind of assessment was... truly "classic".

It's practically the standard procedure for selecting disciples in those fantasy novels I read in my past life—it's got that strong fantasy cultivation vibe!

"Let's climb then."

Without further thought, he was the first to step towards the mountain peak.

This scene brought many of the stunned onlookers back to their senses.

"It seems that this second challenge is entirely a test of the individual."