Chapter 34 Entry Test

The children around Bu Gong became excited when they heard what the mysterious old man said. Their faces flushed red, obviously because of excitement. They stared at the path under their feet, as if Xianyang Gate was right in front of them.
“This is Elder Yi, you should do as he says; this is the first hurdle for you to enter Xianyang Sect. If you pass it, then you will have more than 80% chance of entering Xianyang Sect. This first hurdle is supervised by Elder Yi in front of you,” Wu Likun said again.
As Wu Likun finished speaking, Elder Yi’s eyes slowly swept over the children present, his face darkened, and he said in a low voice: “Let’s start now; anyone who can reach the end of this path, which is the mountain gate of Xianyang Sect, before dark, will pass the first level.”
When the children present heard what Elder Yi said, they rushed towards the path like wild horses. They all ran to the front, and the path was only about one meter wide, so they began to crowd together.
“Don’t push, come in order. Anyone who pushes again will be disqualified.” Just when some children were squeezed to the point of being unable to stand steadily, a majestic old voice rang out between heaven and earth.
Suddenly, the children who were pushing the hardest in the crowd calmed down one by one and started to walk out from the path in front of them in their own order.
The children queuing at the back were all full of energy, with excitement in their eyes and their hands clenched tightly. They were very excited because they had a chance to enter the legendary fairy gate, where the immortals lived.
“Legend has it that everyone who goes there will become an immortal,” this was the common thought in the hearts of these children; they saw them all setting out from the path in front of them with full energy and then running madly.
Just as Bu Gong had just stepped onto the path, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears: “You don’t need to take the first level test, enter the door and take the test directly. If you pass the test, you will be an inner disciple. If you fail the test, you will be an outer disciple of the sect.” The person who spoke was naturally the Elder Yi.
Because there were only two or three young men like Bu Gong who were in the Body Shaping Stage, they were easily recognized. But Bu Gong was a little puzzled. Why were the children in the first round of the test only the fifty or sixty children recruited from Xuanhuo City? Where did the children from other cities go?
In fact, Bu Gong had such doubts in his mind when he just came here; because he found that the children in this open space were almost all the children he had seen in Xuanhuo City, and there were no other people. However, he did not think much about it at the time, thinking that those children might not have arrived yet.
As a result, the first stage has already begun, but none of the children from other cities have arrived yet; Bu Gong was also confused at this time, “Could it be that no one has been received from other cities?” Such a thought popped up in Bu Gong’s mind, and then he shook his head, this is impossible.
Now, because of what Elder Yi said just now, Bu Gong did not participate in the first level of the test, but stayed where he was with the other two children whose cultivation was also in the Body Shaping Stage.
Bu Gong glanced around and saw that in addition to the children who were still waiting to set off, such as Lin Xin, Wu Likun, and the woman named Han Qing, the several Xianyang Sect disciples who had followed Han Qing to the rescue were also here.
Bu Gong slowly walked up to Wu Likun and asked with a doubtful tone, “Brother Wu, I have a question, but I’m not sure if I should ask it.”
Wu Likun had already noticed Bu Gong when he walked towards him just now. When he heard Bu Gong say this, his eyes were a little strange and he said, “What’s the problem? Tell me.”
Bu Gong glanced around again and said, “Brother Wu, didn’t the Xianyang Sect recruit disciples from several cities? But why are there only children from Xuanhuo City now, and no children from other cities?”
Upon hearing this, Wu Likun looked at Bu Gong with some approval in his eyes, and then laughed: “Haha…you are really meticulous, you have discovered this.”
“Please tell me, Brother Wu,” Bu Gong bowed to Wu Likun and said, “Don’t try this on me next time, kid, and speak in such a flowery way,” Wu Likun scolded with a smile.
“In fact, there are more than one path to reach Xianyang Gate. The children in other cities are taking the same test on other paths. If all the children gather on this path to take the first level test, it will take three or four days?” Wu Likun explained.
Hearing Wu Likun say this, Bu Gong’s eyes showed some relief; “It turns out that there is more than one way to reach Xianyang Gate,” Bu Gong thought to himself. At this moment, something seemed to flash through Bu Gong’s mind, but he didn’t catch it at all, which made Bu Gong feel a little disappointed.
However, Bu Gong recovered immediately. This time, he had just come out of the town when he encountered the news that Xianyang Sect was recruiting disciples. Then, he was noticed and brought here directly. He did not even have to take the first entrance test and became a disciple of Xianyang Sect directly.
Thinking about how all this happened so smoothly, even Bu Gong felt a little bit unbelievable.
Time passes slowly!
At this time, the children on the gravel road were sweating profusely, and some even had difficulty walking. It had been an hour since they set out.
At first, they were all incredibly energetic, running faster than anyone else. They knew that if they reached the end of the path, they would have a chance to become immortals. Immortals, they could fly, so they began running with confidence. The more they ran, the more tired they became, yet the path seemed endless.
Every time they looked up and forward, they felt a little disappointed; the more times it happened, the greater the disappointment. Coupled with fatigue and sore muscles, most of these children gradually began to think of retreating.
“No matter how far I run, I can’t reach the end of the path; and I’m so tired. Maybe I’m not destined to be an immortal.” This is the general thought in the minds of those children.
Although they were still persisting, it could be seen from their eyes that they no longer had the same perseverance as at the beginning; there was hesitation and flicker in their eyes, but seeing that the children next to them were still persisting, they also gritted their teeth and persisted.
There was a “thump” sound, and the sound of a child falling to the ground was heard. After one of the children fell to the ground, the sound of “thump, thump…” continued to fall to the ground, one after another.
I saw the children who fell to the ground, sitting on the ground, kneading their thighs, breathing heavily, and sweating profusely as if they had been drenched by water; coupled with the dazzling and scorching sunlight, their eyelids were about to close.
On the gravel road where the children of Xuanhuo City were, some children were still gritting their teeth and persevering. Even though their eyes were soaked with sweat and they could hardly open them, they still gritted their teeth and ran with difficulty. As for the road sections, in some places there were one or two children sitting there, pounding their arms and legs, not moving at all; and in some places, there were several children lying there, apparently asleep.
It seems that it is not that easy to run this distance. There were originally seventy-one people, of course excluding Bu Gong and the other three, there are only sixty-eight people in total; and now there are less than twenty-five people still running on the path. However, the most eye-catching ones among them are two girls.
The two girls’ faces turned pale, and beads of sweat appeared on their pretty foreheads. They were running unsteadily and staggering, as if a stronger wind would blow them away.
But the two girls bit their red lips tightly with their pearly teeth, and their beautiful eyes revealed a kind of stubbornness and stubbornness; even when they had to support each other, they still gritted their teeth and ran forward with their bodies staggering. Their persistence was heartbreaking to watch.
The two women in front of him were Xiang Ling’er and the girl that Bu Gong brought out from the Liu family.
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If someone looks down from a thousand feet high, they will find a huge arc-shaped mountain with pavilions and tens of millions of houses.
On it, tall trees stand in rows and thousands of flowers and plants are in full bloom; if someone knows it, they will find that this is the residence of the Xianyang Sect.
Moreover, this huge mountain is surrounded by many smaller peaks, just like stars surrounding the moon in the center. At first glance, the environment is very beautiful.
At this moment, if you look down from the top of this huge mountain, you will find that there are gravel paths on the hillside of this huge mountain. They are like streams winding towards the top of the mountain like hundreds of streams returning to the sea from the dense weeds and trees.
On these gravel roads, children were running with sweat dripping down their faces. On the roads, the children were lying in different positions, some were sitting, some were lying, and some were gritting their teeth and continuing to run.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another hour had passed, and the sun was setting. On the gravel road in Xuanhuo City where Bu Gong and his friends were, there were only twenty-five people still running, twenty-three boys, and not far behind these twenty-three boys were two girls.
The boys were fine, they all looked listless, their lips were slightly chapped, and they were gasping for breath; despite this, there was a hint of surprise in their eyes.
Because they saw a mountain gate, and there were disciples guarding the mountain gate, “This is Xianyang Gate, we’re here, we’re finally here” At this time, a slightly weak voice came out of a boy’s mouth.
The ecstasy was self-evident, and the two girls who were about to fall to the ground at any moment, when they saw the mountain gate, a hint of joy appeared in their beautiful eyes at the same time. However, before the joy faded away, they fell to the ground at the same time and passed out, because they had finally reached the end.
Perhaps the mountains before them were the goal that Xiang Ling’er and the girl were currently pursuing; therefore, when they saw the mountain gate, they finally gave up their pursuit, because they had seen it, they had achieved it.
At this time, Bu Gong, Xuan Yue and others had already arrived at the mountain gate; they were brought by Lin Xin and others and flew up directly from another path, so it took them less than five minutes to reach the mountain gate.
Bu Gong looked at the twenty or so little boys in front of him who were sitting on the ground with listless expressions, panting, and sweating, as well as the two girls Xiang Ling’er who were lying on the ground unconscious, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.
“If I hadn’t practiced beforehand, I would have ended up like these little boys, right?” Bu Gong asked himself secretly. Looking at the twenty-three little boys and the two unconscious girls before him, Bu Gong’s eyes gradually revealed a hint of warmth: “Aren’t they just like me? They set out on this journey because they had a goal to persevere.”
“Some of them may be like me, with a knot in their hearts that supports them to walk the path in front of them; some may have other reasons!” Bu Gong sighed secretly in his heart at this time.