Chapter Fifteen: Heartache

  Su Che walked all the way forward until he reached the depths of the grand hall, where he saw two examiners wearing deep purple Taoist robes sitting there, leisurely drinking tea and chatting.

  On the wall not far behind them, a dark doorway appeared, and it was unknown where it would lead.

  Generally speaking, Tianxuan Sect recruits more than 2,000 outer disciples every year. On average, calculated per day, it's less than ten people who come to take the assessment, so the job of an examiner is undoubtedly very easy-going.

  "Disciple Su Che, here for assessment." After the courtesy and inquiry, Su Che walked forward and placed his identity jade symbol on a certain examiner's desk.

  The official's face was big and his complexion was relatively kind. He took up Su Che's identity jade symbol, inputted true energy to check the information inside, including the sect contribution value and his origin, etc. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he said: "Su Che, congratulations on meeting the two requirements for entering the sect. According to the rules, I must remind you that this final assessment may result in injury or failure, and even loss of life. Are you certain that you have made all necessary preparations?"

  "Thank you for the reminder, senior. I'm fully prepared now." Su Che didn't know what generation these examiners belonged to in their sect, so he could only address them as "seniors", which was also basic knowledge in the cultivation world.

  "Uh-huh."

  The examiner hesitated for a moment, took out a yellow jade token from the drawer of his desk, and placed it next to Su Che's original cyan jade token. He gave an encouraging ritual: "Then go all out, if you pass the assessment, I will give you a replacement outer door disciple token."

  "Thank you, senior."

  "Go through that door!" The examiner's voice rose several degrees, pointing to the dark doorway behind him: "After entering, defeating any kind of demon you encounter may be a demonic beast, may be a yin soul, may be an extraterritorial heavenly demon, or may be an underground demon... Do you understand?"

  "I understand!"

  On the way, Yu Qing told Su Che about the content of the assessment. When entering the examination room, it's not necessarily being transported to a certain room, and it's not necessarily encountering a certain kind of monster or ghost. It's completely random, depending on one's luck.

  The Tianxuan Sect arranged it this way because some people have a lot of experience dealing with demonic beasts, some are skilled at hunting and killing dark souls, while others have little to no experience. To be fair, they simply used random teleportation, which is also a test of an individual's good fortune.

  On the path of cultivation, innate talent, acquired effort, good fortune and interpersonal relationships are all important! In other words, losing in any one aspect is reasonable, don't blame heaven or earth, can only blame oneself.

  Originally, with Yu Qing's recommendation, Su Che could have exempted himself from this assessment and directly obtained the identity of an outer door disciple. However, after entering the grand hall, he was suddenly stimulated by the atmosphere inside the hall and his competitive spirit was ignited, so Su Che really wanted to give it a try, lest he be looked down upon by Yu Qing Shixiong.

  Before entering the examination hall, the examiner reminded them for the last time: "Remember, when fighting against demons and monsters, you can only rely on your own spells, martial arts or innate abilities. It is not allowed to use any form of magic weapons or talismans. Otherwise, it will be considered cheating and you will forever lose the qualification to join our sect."

  "Yes!" Su Che replied loudly.

  This provision is also reasonable. If the test-taker relies on a powerful treasure to win easily, it fundamentally reflects not one's own ability, then the so-called assessment would lose its meaning.

  It was precisely because of this that Su Che had been repeatedly reminding the little tower in his mind not to lend a hand to help himself, and even more so, not to take the initiative to capture the demon object, lest he be discovered by the examiner and reveal his greatest secret.

  I just don't know if Xiaotou can really understand these words of advice...

  At this moment, Su Che was filled with fighting spirit and walked into the dark cave without hesitation. He only felt a slight dizziness, followed by a flash of light in front of his eyes, and his vision returned to normal.

  This is a spacious room, about 100 steps long and wide, with dim light coming from some crystal stones on the wall. The room has no windows or doors, almost completely sealed, and it's unclear how to get out after entering.

  Su Che had just steadied himself when he saw a semi-transparent grey mist floating towards him from a distance, charging straight at him.

  "This luck is really unspeakable, actually encountering the most difficult to deal with Extraordinary Heavenly Demon from outside the domain!" Su Che's heart couldn't help but bitterly smile.

  Although it was the first time I saw a Domain Devil, various books that were openly sold in Xuanji City often mentioned this demon, with the most detailed descriptions of its shape and characteristics. Because this demon is the archenemy of all living things, their existence is to harm all living beings.

  Generally speaking, Tianmo does not have a physical body and is just a stream of gas-like substance. However, it can transform into the image of any living being, extremely realistic and difficult to distinguish between true and false.

  Only the highest-ranking Tianmo can condense a real body with its own Tianmo flames. Of course, that kind of demon king-level terrifying existence can kill countless Su Che with one mouthful of demonic energy, and it's impossible for it to appear today, let alone here.

  This demon is difficult to deal with because it has no physical form, ordinary attacks are ineffective against it, and it must rely on magic or its own true energy to thoroughly evaporate it into nothingness in order to truly get rid of it.

  The most frightening thing is that the extraterritorial Tianmo can detect a person's thoughts, instantly dig out your inner weaknesses, and even drill into your brain, devouring your soul, occupying your body, and then harming other creatures.

  Once possessed by the heavenly demon, conventional attack methods become ineffective. You can't just slap your own head to pieces, so you can only rely on your own spiritual power, defeat it in the world of thought, and thoroughly erase it into nothingness...

  The terror of the outer demon, Su Che still understood some of it, so as he watched the air flow about to pounce on himself, he hastily made a diagonal dash and narrowly dodged it.

  However, although he was not possessed by this air current, he did not know how it had sensed his thoughts, and they were very deep thoughts...

  That air current flashed extremely fast and circled around Su Che for half a circle before running to his back.

  Su Che hastily turned around, and with one glance, his heart began racing wildly...

  "Xing Er!"

  Behind him, a frail figure appeared, surprisingly it was his pregnant wife Xing Er, with a big belly!

  "Brother..."

  Her cry made Su Che's feet move involuntarily, and he almost pounced over...

  "No! You're not!"

  Fortunately, Su Che still had his wits about him and let out a loud shout. He knew that she was the Heavenly Demon in disguise, but his eyes were uncontrollably blurred with tears nonetheless.

  "Brother, save me, save me..."

  Yuè Wài Tiān Mó is still taking advantage of Su Chè's weakness, with a face full of sorrow and eyes full of fear, stretching out both hands to pounce on Su Chè, truly that desperate little woman.

  No!

  Su Che quickly retreated, dodging her approach repeatedly, several times raising his hand to throw a punch, but always overcoming the struggle in his heart...

  Where did you hit her?

  Slap her face?

  Is it still that bulging belly?

  How could he have succeeded!

  The human heart, the human heart, who would have thought that it is so complicated, even one's own mind cannot be thoroughly controlled!

  Fortunately, the room was quite spacious, and Su Che could maintain a certain distance from her by dodging back and forth for the time being. However, this couldn't go on forever; sooner or later, she would find an opportunity to pounce on him and successfully possess his body.

  Time passed minute by minute and second by second, Su Che was still desperately dodging.

  The two examiners outside the arena, watching through a water mirror spell, found it not surprising at all that an outsider like Tianmo would resort to such tactics. What they did find interesting was this examinee - so young, yet he had managed to get a woman older than himself pregnant, and from the looks of it, they seemed deeply in love...

  "This young man is really unlucky. At such a young age, his willpower is not strong, I'm afraid he won't pass this hurdle." The examiner with the goatee said in a low voice.

  "Not necessarily." The examiner with a square head and a round face, who had a kind expression, shook his head: "I think this kid is a bit special, can't quite put my finger on the reason, just...".

  Just as he said this, something changed in the examination room.

  "Xing'er, my wife, forgive me!"

  Su Che's eyes were filled with tears as he muttered to himself, asking for his wife's forgiveness. He had promised to protect her for all eternity, but now she was nothing more than ashes before his very eyes, and he was powerless to stop it. And at this moment, he was about to strike out at the image of her.

  On the path of cultivating immortality, he must endure the pain and cut off some things...

  "Ah!"

  One fist slammed down, carrying a violent surge of true energy and a man's extreme sorrow, striking the protruding belly.

  This position represents his wife and children, which is the weakest point in Su Che's heart.

  Boom!

  One punch hit, the little woman's body was torn apart.

  Ouch!

  Su's heart was cut like a knife, and a stream of blood from the top of his head surged up to the ground. Even though he clenched his teeth tightly, it still flowed out from his mouth and nose.

  At this moment, the pain in my heart is beyond words.

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