Infiltrating the righteous path? Just another place to be a sycophant.

It was desolate and lonely, as if it had never been touched by the mortal world.

However, some people say that his father has probably been drained dry and has no hope of ascending to heaven.

However, when Lu An saw these two people, he immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

I wonder which headstrong person would dare to take these two under their wing; wouldn't that be a death sentence?

However, it is not uncommon for enemies to meet and be extremely hostile. According to the teachings of cultivation, this is a karmic entanglement, and they are able to gather together because of this karmic entanglement.

"Light the incense and get ready for the party!"

The disciple approached the huge bronze cauldron where the incense was burning, then flicked two fingers to create a flame, which he then tossed onto the incense sticks, instantly igniting them.

As the incense was lit, the light screen in front of the stairs disappeared instantly. After seeing the light screen disappear, the others rushed up, seemingly afraid of being left behind.

"It's starting! It's starting! Climb faster!"

"Get up! Damn it, don't block my way!"

"You're climbing so slowly, just get down there!"

It was a spectacular scene, with countless people rushing up the stairs, some running, some walking, and some climbing.

If they find someone climbing faster than them, some people will even reach out and pull that person down behind them, causing the person to fall down again.

They started quickly, but their pace slowed down as they climbed more stairs, because the more stairs they climbed, the more they felt something was wrong.

It felt as if a massive boulder weighing thousands of pounds was tied beneath my feet, or as if molten lead had been poured into my feet, making them feel heavier and heavier.

Some people, on the other hand, felt as if they were carrying a huge boulder weighing thousands of pounds, about to crush them completely.

Some people wanted to use talismans to enhance their strength in order to relieve stress and climb faster, but when they took out the talismans and began to use their spiritual power, they found that the talismans had no effect.

The talisman that used to work every time is now like a piece of waste paper, completely ineffective.

Some of the elders couldn't help but sneer when they saw this.

Banning talismans and magical artifacts is fundamental. If you can use talismans and magical artifacts in this kind of place, then you don't need to participate in the test.

This Heavenly Ladder is surrounded by an array, which will put pressure on anyone with cultivation. There are usually two ways to break through it.

Either your cultivation level is higher than theirs, allowing you to directly cross a threshold, or you have no cultivation level at all, making the Yuantian Ladder think you are a mortal, in which case you can ascend.

However, this staircase is quite high, and ordinary people who are not martial arts practitioners generally cannot climb it. To climb it, one must have already cultivated martial arts to the extreme and may be close to breaking through to the Qi Refining stage. Even then, the Yuan Tian Ladder will detect that one has cultivation and suppress one's progress to a certain extent.

In short, you're either too strong or too weak, otherwise you'll have to endure the pressure and obediently crawl.

After a while, there were very few people left at the front. Most of them were kneeling or sitting on the stairs, panting heavily, wiping away sweat, feeling the pressure on their bodies like mountains, and the pressure under their feet like dragging a boulder weighing millions of pounds.

As luck would have it, among the first few people, two figures were walking side by side. Although they had already looked at each other, they seemed to have been injected with adrenaline and started moving with all their might.

"You're quite capable, managing to keep up with my pace."

"Hmph, I should be praising you, right? It seems you've not only worked on your upper body muscles, but also your lower body muscles, otherwise you would have been rolling down there by now, wouldn't you?"

Although Xiao Yun and Guo Fengyi's faces had turned bluish-purple from the immense pressure, and sweat poured down their foreheads like a torrential downpour, they still fought fiercely with each other, showing no sign of backing down.

"I'll definitely go before you! I've heard that whoever goes up first becomes the senior brother or sister!"

"Hmph, if it were a case of 'I'd go first,' you sissy, do you even have the guts to go? You'd better hurry up and call your mother to take you down!"

The two glared at each other, then continued climbing, their steps never faltering, and their speed actually increasing.

"Did these two take drugs before the test? How can they climb like that?"

An outer sect elder looked at the two walking side by side and muttered something.

"I think they're probably a young couple, encouraging each other as they climb the mountain!"

"Back in the day, I was the same way. Elder Luo and I climbed the stairs together, encouraging each other as we made our way up. That's the power of love!"

Another outer sect elder offered a different opinion. He looked at the two figures walking side by side and revealed a smile that seemed to see through everything.

"Really? Is that so? Something doesn't feel right... Hey, she kicked him!"

The elder next to him exclaimed in surprise. He saw that Guo Fengyi had actually kicked Xiao Yun, and then, as Xiao Yun tumbled down the stairs, she rushed up to catch up. She even turned back and made a face at the figure that had rolled down the stairs.

"Hey, you don't understand. As the saying goes, 'Spare the rod and spoil the child'!"

Chapter 209 The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea, Each Displaying Their Unique Abilities

"Why does this staircase get harder and harder to climb?"

"Yes, the pressure on me is getting heavier and heavier, and I feel like I can't take it anymore."

One of the disciples wiped the sweat from his forehead and tried to take a step forward, but a creaking sound came from his waist.

Yes, he hurt his back.

The pressure was simply too great; even with his strong will, his body could hardly keep up.

I can't hold on any longer, I'm too weak.

"Brother, can you hold on?"

"I...I can't take it anymore, my back is injured, I need to take some medicine."

The disciple sat down, supporting his back, took out a jade bottle from his robes, poured out a pill, and was about to swallow it.

However, before he could even swallow the pill, it withered rapidly in his hand like a flower, then a gust of wind blew it away, turning it into ashes and disappearing without a trace.

Both of them were completely dumbfounded. What was going on?

"You still want to take pills? What good pills do we have on us? Any ordinary pills will have their spiritual energy absorbed by the Yuan Tian Ladder and then turn into ashes."

A person walked up to them, looked at the pills in their hands that had turned to black ash, shook his head, and continued forward.

Climbing stairs isn't about brute strength or speed; he's discovered that the fastest runner, unless possessing exceptional physical resilience and strength, puts a greater strain on the body the more force they exert.

Hmph, so as clever as he is, of course he'll take it slow.

A bunch of idiots who only know how to use brute force and have no idea that haste makes waste or that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!

I'm not aiming to be number one, but I'll definitely be one of those who reach the top! Hahahaha!

As the disciple thought this, he climbed upwards, as if he could already see the hope of victory.

But soon, he heard hurried footsteps behind him, and then he felt a gust of wind, and a figure ran up to him.

However, this figure wasn't climbing a mountain; instead, it used its hands as feet, crawling on the ground at an incredible speed.

With all four legs moving in unison, its speed was beyond the imagination of anyone watching.

"Brother, brother, what method are you using? Why are you climbing the stairs like that?"

Seeing that he hadn't climbed far, the disciple suddenly called out to him, and he stopped, asking curiously, "Fellow Daoist, were you calling me?"

"Yes, I'm calling you. Why are you climbing the stairs like that?"

"This fellow doesn't know? The Yuan Heaven Ladder is designed to apply pressure to people. If, under the same force, you have more and more points of support, then the force you receive will naturally be more dispersed!"

"Therefore, tall people experience more pressure, those who climb faster also experience more pressure, including those who are heavier!"

I don't quite understand what he's saying.

However, his intuition told him that what he said seemed to make some sense.

But after listening to what this fellow Daoist said, he turned around and found that it did indeed make some sense.

Those large, muscular men were mostly at the bottom, and even though they were red-faced, they struggled to lift a single leg.

Some petite female cultivators, or those who were thin, actually climbed faster and got to the front.

However, their physical strength was clearly inferior to his, and he left them far behind.

"So that's really the case..."

Just as the disciple was about to ask more questions, he discovered that his fellow Daoist had already climbed far away, and his figure was getting further and further away from him.

Soon, all he could see was that fellow Daoist's wildly twisting buttocks.

So he tried crawling forward on his stomach, but he couldn't take it after only a few tries; it was just too tiring.

Although the pressure has lessened considerably, if this continues, I'll eventually ruin both my hands, and I probably won't be able to stand up anymore.

As expected, some fellow cultivators do possess special talents, but these talents are rather demanding on the hands.

If you can reach the top of the mountain, that's enough. Why bother with involution? There is no best method, only the method that suits you best.

With this in mind, the disciple decided to adjust his mindset and steadily climb the ranks step by step.

"Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho!"

Just as he had adjusted his mindset and was about to continue climbing, two figures appeared beside him, one in front and one behind.

They were seen climbing the stairs together, one in front and one behind, in a rhythmic manner.

"Fellow Daoist, what kind of stair-climbing method are you using?"

"If we stay together, as long as our movements and steps are synchronized, the Heavenly Ladder will recognize us as one person, and the pressure we experience will naturally decrease, allowing us to climb faster!"

After one of them finished explaining, the other quickly reminded him, and then he stopped talking and continued climbing up with his companion, clearly not wanting to disrupt the perfect rhythm.

He stared blankly at the speed of the two people, and in no time they left him behind again.

Who are these people? How did they discover these tricks? It's simply unbelievable!

Then he saw more and more people surpassing him, and these people all had different methods.

Some people climbed up upside down, supporting themselves on the floor, while others simply placed a wooden ladder on the stairs and climbed up by stepping on it.

"As long as you step on the Yuantian Ladder, you will feel pressure, but it's different when you step on the ladder. So just put down the ladder and walk up."

The person carrying the ladder gave him a strange look, then continued forward.

He was initially far ahead, but when he saw these people gradually overtaking him, he became anxious and didn't know what to do.

Some people even took two bricks and placed them one after another to form a makeshift wall.

How come all these people have skills? Why are they all resorting to opportunism?

That's outrageous! He's just foolishly climbing, thinking he's figured out the trick, while the others are just figuring out the method and preparing the tools!

"Fellow Daoist, excuse me, please make way, thank you!"

Soon, he saw a man crawling past his feet in a serpentine manner, even asking him to make way. When he looked closely, he realized that it was the same fellow Daoist who had twisted his waist earlier.

"Why are you climbing like this?"

"Oh, I twisted my waist. I learned some snake-style boxing and found that I can also apply it to my crawling posture. It works quite well!"

So he watched helplessly as the man who had just twisted his back effortlessly overtook him in a strange crawling motion.

At this point, his mentality finally collapsed; in the end, the clown was actually himself!

So he couldn't resist and took a step forward with all his might, trying to catch up with these people who were overtaking him in all sorts of strange ways, but after only a few steps, his ankle made a crisp cracking sound.

That was the sound of bones breaking, followed by a wave of pain that made him kneel on the ground.

I walked too fast, and the pressure put on my feet, so the bone in my ankle actually broke.

“Some of these disciples have good character. Although they fell behind at the beginning, they caught up later.”

"Moreover, their methods of climbing the stairs are also very different. It seems that this year's team has discovered the trick. This is not only a contest of willpower and physical strength, but also a contest of wisdom and skill!"

The elders praised the disciples who were striving forward, and were also amazed by their method of climbing the stairs.

The future is indeed in the hands of young people!

"Elder Lu, do you have a disciple you admire?"

Yu Wanqing suddenly asked.

"Hmm, these people have good character. Although they fell behind at the beginning, they caught up later. In addition, their climbing method is novel and their adaptability is also good. I estimate that they will perform well in the future."

Lu An casually pointed to a few people who had risen to prominence later and praised them with platitudes.

"Which of these people has Elder Lu taken a fancy to?"

"No rush. I mean, these are good prospects, and I'm just a newly recruited elder. If anyone should be chosen, it should be the other elders. I'll wait and see."

Lu An waved his hand, indicating that he had not yet made up his mind about who to choose, and then continued reading.

Seeing that Lu An had already said that, Yu Wanqing didn't press the matter further.

"I'm the first! I'm the first! I'm the first! Why are you arresting me!?"