Ch. 45 - Climbing the Clouds

Eclipsed Moon Peak, Atrium.

The solid light shield gradually dissipated, and Ji Yuenian, dressed in a blue robe, strolled out from the attic and arched his hand towards Jiao Xiuyu outside the courtyard, saying, "Brother Jiao."

Jiao Xiuyu nodded, looked at the still gray sky, and asked, "How have you been preparing for these days? With your cultivation of Xuan Qi, it should not be difficult for you to pass the test, but if you want to be at the top of hundreds of thousands of lives, it will be a hurdle."

Ji Yuenian had an inexplicable look in his eyes, and said, "Although I can't leave the Eclipsed Moon Peak even if I stand out in the examination, I am quite interested in the reward of the final assessment ranking."

A few days ago, Jiao Xiuyu had sent him a jade talisman, which contained extremely detailed information about the four levels of the examination and the rewards for outstanding new disciples.

The first level was checking the activity level of the Heart Fire, which wasn’t difficult, if the Heart Fire was more sensitive to Xuan Qi before it had been ignited, then it would be relatively easy to ignite the fire after that, so this first level is over.

If the Heart Fire had been ignited before the test and the person also had the Xuan Qi cultivation in the body, then he would be selected as a normal disciple in the Luoxia Mountains even if he had failed the rest of the tests.

The second level was based on bloodlines.

If it was the extremely rare and precious demon bloodline, the descendants of spiritual things, and the living beings that have heaven and earth nurtured spirits, then there was a great possibility that they would become enlightened in the future, so this kind of heterogeneity would be classified as top class.

While ordinary demons, humans, spirits, monsters and other categories were uniformly classified as middle-class, and the worst of the lower-class was the mixed bloodline and grass and wood demon spirit streams with extremely low cultivation limits.

This hurdle was to identify outstanding disciples in advance, and it's not too harsh, as long as they were not in the lower class, they could be passed.

The third hurdle was Cloud Climbing Stone Steps, which was extremely strange and mysterious. The stone steps had ‌9,999 steps a great ancestor in the Taiyu Sect made it. Usually these treasures were kept in the Luoyin second mountain range, and would only be taken to the Luoxia Mountain Range for examination when the Outer Sect recruited disciples.

This climbing stone stairs were related to the mind, enlightenment, and the soul, and so on. The information that could be found was extremely complex. In some ways, the farther the one walked on this stone staircase, the more potential they would have on the path of cultivation.

If a living soul could walk past the 120th step, then they would be ranked as a normal disciple. This hurdle would screen out most spirits and eliminate the chance to enter the Taiyu Saint Sect.

If one could pass through 220 steps, then the Hall of Records would assign that person belonging to the mountain peak, and they would be directly listed among the disciples of the Outer sect.

If they walk through the 270 steps within the examination, it meant that the person had terrifying cultivation potential and would be competed by hundreds of mountain peak masters in the Luoxia Mountain Range!

During the last entrance examination, there was a human boy who walked through 275 steps with a mortal body. For a while it was all over the place, and finally he was accepted by Yuan Xing Peak, fourth-ranked mountain peak in the Luoxia Mountains and was celebrated by many disciples.

They had never assigned the disciples to the top ten peaks in the Outer Sect, only these peaks would choose their disciples. Therefore, if they could be valued by the top-ranked peak masters in the assessment, they could describe the future path of cultivation as a smooth road.

The Cloud Climbing Stone Steps would nearly cut off the cultivation path of 80% of the potentiates within the test. If you couldn't even walk the 120 stone steps, then the person would not even be qualified to remain as a miscellaneous disciple.

The fourth hurdle was an uncomplicated illusion.

The only purpose of this illusion was to test the disciple's true attitude towards the sect rules and the sect.

In the illusion, the memory of disciples who take part in the assessment would be erased temporarily, and they would be placed in a specific scene, with a pre-set memory in them.

Jiao Xiuyu explained this fourth level ‌to Ji Yuenian in detail before. Although the scenes in it were different, most of them were related to the Taiyu Saint Sect, and as long as one silently remembered to put the interests of the clan first and abide by the clan's rules, this level could be passed ‌easily.

Although memories were erased temporarily after entering the illusion, there was also possible to have some effect on the illusion if you constantly gave yourself a hint before taking the test.

After passing these four levels, one would pass the entrance examination and truly become a disciple of the Taiyu Saint Sect.

But for Ji Yuenian, he had to pass at least 220 steps in the third level to be considered as passing the assessment.

Even if he passed the examination for the Outer Sect of the Taiyu Saint Sect, but couldn’t manage to climb 220 steps, then he would only end up with a position as a normal disciple, which would have been the same as a failure in the Eclipsed Moon Peak.

Only after directly walking through the 220th step, having the qualification to be listed as a disciple of the Outer Sect, could one continue to stay in the Eclipsed Moon Peak.

After the four levels of screening, the Hall of Clan Affairs at Mountain Service Peak would rearrange the rankings of the four levels and eventually, a complete ranking of the entrance examination will be obtained!

The Luoxia Mountain Range's reward for the new student was also granted according to the final entrance examination ranking. Among which few things in the front rank were extremely valuable, which was enough to make the new student soar into the sky!

"Junior Brother Ji, it's not yet dawn, there is still about an hour before the dawn assessment, but the Eclipsed Moon Peak is quite far from the Luoxia Mountain, so I will take you there in advance."

Jiao Xiuyu saw that there was no panic on Ji Yuenian's face, and his heart was a little relieved.

This younger brother Ji has the cultivation of Xuan Sea [Profound Sea], at least he would be listed as a normal disciple. The key to his participation in the assessment was mainly climbing the Cloud Climbing Stone Steps of the third level. At this time, no matter how worried he may be, it was useless.

"Then I'll be grateful to Brother Jiao," Ji Yuenian took the Outer Sect token and closed the courtyard behind him. "In this way, wouldn't it save you a few more spirit stones? "

Jiao Xiuyu smiled, and a bright silver light gradually filled his body, wrapping his entire body like a silver-white ponytail.

After a few breaths, the brilliance dissipated, and Jiao Xiuyu had turned into a silver-white dragon about several meters long. With a low roar, he grabbed Ji Yuenian's right arm sleeve robe with one claw, and rose straight up, heading towards the Luoxia Mountain range at the very edge of the Luoxia Mountains, pierced through the clouds and breaking through the fog.

Although he could not use the flying magic weapon in the Nascent Profound Upper Realm, but Jiao Xiuyu's body was a spiritual dragon, and he was born with the ability to fly, and he had no idea how many stones he had saved before returning to the realm of truth.

There were several figures in the atrium looking at Jiao Xiuyu who was far away, and there were voices of discussion.

"Jiao Xiuyu is protecting the new monsters again."

"Yes, I didn't realize that Ji Yuenian was a mountain ghost, but these days I saw him very close to Jiao Xiuyu, and only after inquiring with Li Zhao and Xu Yan did I find out about it."

"Jiao Xiuyu has been like this over the years, but the Taiyu Ancient Sect is a human-oriented sect, after all, there was nothing to blame for the fact that they had volunteered to keep warm."

"Do you still remember the fox demon woman who came to the Eclipsed Moon Peak decades ago?"

"Of course, I remember that Jiao Xiuyu fell on her head. Even after learning such a lesson from the past, this dragon spirit still takes the initiative to help the new monsters. There must be some problems with his mind."

“The spirit dragon is always a spirit dragon, and is barely classified as a medium mixed bloodline. In my opinion, he is not as promising as a pure-blooded snake monster."

"Forget about it, let’s not talk about them, let’s go to Mountain Peak quickly and choose some quest, and if you don't do some sect quests, you will lose a piece of spirit stone."

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