Chapter 23: Going up the mountain is easy, coming down is difficult

  When he heard the words 'no mercy', although he knew it wasn't directed at him, Lin Tianyang still felt the murderous intent in those words, and they were absolutely not spoken in jest!

  As soon as her voice fell, five or six people immediately stood up and walked silently towards the direction of the road.

  When they reached the crossroads, Li Li suddenly said: "You have already exceeded the conditions for becoming an inner disciple, but if you still want to join our sect, it's okay to directly become an outer disciple!"

  Two of them showed a happy expression upon hearing this, but the others still looked helpless.

  After they left, Li Li looked at the crowd and continued: "Among you, those who are dual-spirit-root cultivators, those who reached the 9th layer of Qi Refining before the age of 20, and those who reached the 12th layer before the age of 25, stand on my left side. The rest of you, stand on my right side!"

  Lin Tianyang and two others, as well as two-thirds of the cultivators, met her requirements and immediately stood up to her left. The remaining one-third reluctantly went to her right, clearly indicating that they would face different trials ahead, and those who did not meet the conditions would definitely have a more difficult test.

  Seeing so many people meet the requirements, Li Li nodded in satisfaction: "Those standing on my left hand side, after Hai hour, you will go down the mountain. You are not allowed to use flying instruments. If you can rush to Dengtian Town before dawn, it's considered qualified!"

  Hearing that just seeing is enough to pass, those standing on the right side couldn't help but reveal extremely envious eyes.

  Li Li's gaze swept over them and she said calmly, "Those standing on my right side will go down the mountain at midnight. As long as you arrive in Dengtian Town before dawn, it will be considered a pass!"

  "What? Why should we leave an hour later than them?" As soon as Li Li finished speaking, someone immediately shouted in dissatisfaction.

  Li Li coldly snorted and said: "Either you are not talented enough, or you didn't work hard enough, so you can't meet the conditions I mentioned earlier. Since that's the case, naturally I will be even stricter with you. Otherwise, do you think being an inner disciple of Lei Yan Sect is easy? If anyone has any objections, they can leave immediately!"

  Although many people on the right-hand side were extremely dissatisfied in their hearts, yet no one really quit.

  Although two hours was a short period of time, he had fully absorbed the spiritual energy from the spirit stone to replenish his depleted spiritual power. By the time it was up, his magical powers had almost recovered.

  At the first hour of Hai, the originally sealed road intersection suddenly opened completely. After someone took the lead and walked out first, everyone rushed out in a flurry.

  Lin Tianyang was not in a hurry, since Li Lili let those who did not meet the requirements leave only when it was time to set off, obviously there was enough time, so he waited until most people left before slowly leaving the mountain top.

  In the darkness, the small path up the mountain seemed to be still the same, and even the gravity restriction had disappeared. However, Lin Tianyang only walked out a hundred yards before discovering that there was no trace of the person who had gone down the mountain earlier. This made Lin Tianyang feel a wave of doubt in his heart.

  "Leng brother, what's going on here?" Lin Tianyang asked Cold Qingfeng beside him.

  Leng Qingfeng also discovered this, furrowing his brow and saying: "If I'm not mistaken, the entire mountain peak is controlled by a gigantic spell array. The gravity earlier was like that, now it's likely someone has activated another function of this spell array. I think going down the mountain will be much more difficult than climbing up!"

  Lin Tianyang nodded silently after listening, then the three of them continued to move forward cautiously. However, they hadn't walked for long when they suddenly heard a shrill cry coming from ahead. The three of them exchanged a glance before immediately taking out their magical instruments and heading in the direction of the sound.

  Before long, the three of them saw a monk lying under a giant tree. Although it was night, they could still see clearly that the monk's face had turned black, apparently poisoned by some unknown potent toxin.

  Lin Tianyang looked at the place where the monk fell, leaned against a big tree, and after looking at the big tree, picked up a stone from the ground and threw it towards the big tree.

  Just as the stone hit the big tree, several palm-sized lizards were frightened and immediately crawled up towards the trunk from around the monk.

  Leng Qingfeng was shocked and exclaimed, "What kind of monster is this? It can actually evade my divine sense perception, and its appearance has become exactly the same as the bark of this big tree, taking advantage of the darkness to deceive people's eyes."

  "I don't know about this either, but Brother Lin is right to be cautious. If we go up there directly to check, we might get ambushed!" Fang Jin said with some trepidation.

  Just as the three of them were about to go over and take a look, someone suddenly fell from the tree.

  Three people suddenly saw someone appear at the same time, with a look of surprise on their faces. It's worth noting that all three had just used their divine sense to check their surroundings and hadn't found anything.

  When the three of them saw that the person who appeared was wearing the uniform of a Lei Yan Sect cultivator, they immediately understood that the person on the tree was likely to be a foundation-building period cultivator. Lin Tianyang immediately asked respectfully: "Greetings senior! I don't know why senior has appeared here?"

  The three of you are much smarter than this guy. If he's poisoned for too long, his life will be in danger. Since you've already figured out the little tricks here, I don't need to hide anymore. You might as well continue on your way!

  Although this foundation-building monk didn't say it explicitly, Lin Tianyang and the others understood that on this path down the mountain, there would definitely be many mechanisms and traps, and one small mistake could lead to disaster!

  The three of them became even more cautious on the road ahead, not seeking speed but stability. As expected, they had only walked halfway up the mountain when they discovered three traps one after another. Fortunately, the three of them were vigilant and dodged each one successfully.

  "Calculating the time, those who set out later should also start descending now!" Leng Qingfeng suddenly spoke up after walking for a while.

  "Yes, but there are many obstacles along the way. They're in a hurry to catch up with us, and I'm afraid more people will fall into their trap!" Lin Tianyang said calmly.

  "Not bad, and I don't know how many of these nearly ten thousand people will be left when we arrive at Dengtian Town."

  "Regardless of the number, in the end there will be two to three thousand who can pass the assessment. Counting the two to three thousand from the immortal families' reserved quota, some elders' personally accepted disciples and their own sect's descendants add up to another two to three thousand! Adding around ten thousand outer sect disciples, this is what allows the Lei Yan Sect to maintain such a large sect. These are all things my aunt told me!"

  Since it was said by Leng Yue, it should be correct. The number of disciples recruited by Lei Yan Sect sounds like a lot, but thinking about the number of cultivators in Lei Yan Country, it doesn't seem too many after all.

  After walking for nearly half a time, Lin Tianyang suddenly frowned and said: "Have you found that we have been walking for a long time, always turning around the mountain waist?"

  Leng Qingfeng and Fang Jin looked around cautiously, their faces immediately turned solemn. Leng Qingfeng whispered: "We may have accidentally walked into a maze!" PS: Three updates are here, La Jing begs the book-reading big shots to move their hands and click on the collection! La Jing is once again very grateful!

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