Bai Huan watched Qi Yu take a few steps back, his eyes gradually filled with disbelief.

Looking into her eyes, Qi Yu couldn't help but add voiceover for her.

Were you serious about taking half a step back?

No, no, now is not the time to think about this.

Seeing Bai Huan about to start yelling again, Qi Yu quickly stepped forward and covered her mouth.

"Stop yelling. Venerable Canglang doesn't like noise. If you yell again, he'll send you to the Western Paradise with one punch."

Upon hearing this, Bai Huan glanced fearfully at the unfriendly-looking Venerable Canglang, made a gesture to close her mouth, and dared not speak again.

Venerable Canglang, who has excellent hearing: "..."

After Bai Huan fell silent, another Bai Zilin climbed up, cursing and swearing.

"I'm truly impressed, the rules are really..."

Before he could finish speaking, he met the death stares of everyone gathered at the sect's entrance, as well as Venerable Canglang's "friendly" smile, and gradually shut his mouth.

He calmed down and quietly found a corner to squat in.

Many of those who climbed up later, seeing this, dared not say anything and quietly found a place to wait.

An Rong'er, covered in hidden injuries, climbed up to confront Qi Yu, her imposing manner completely oblivious to the strange atmosphere.

When An Rong'er was two steps away from her, Qi Yu made a shushing gesture.

"Shh, keep your voice down. Making such a commotion might displease Venerable Canglang."

An Rong'er turned her head with some doubt to look at the middle-aged man whose aura was the most intimidating, and noticed the strange looks from the others. She frowned and remained silent.

Qi Yu smiled as he played with the cloth-wrapped Compassion Sword in his hand, feeling quite content.

Time passed slowly, the sun began to set, and the other end of the ladder to heaven gradually fell silent. It seemed that those who could climb up had already done so, and the rest had probably given up.

Some people couldn't sit still and complained in a low voice, "Why haven't they brought us into the Flying Star Sect yet? No one else is coming."

Sitting behind the table, Venerable Canglang closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Wait."

The man dared not say anything more and could only continue to wait.

As the sun set and darkness gradually fell, a thin figure appeared at the top of the Stairway to Heaven, limping. Qi Yu could see the person's face clearly.

It was the boy who first fell down the ladder to heaven.

Unexpectedly, he had such perseverance and eventually climbed up.

A hint of appreciation also appeared in the eyes of Venerable Canglang standing to the side.

"That's right, you are the last person to pass the first test at this recruitment ceremony. What's your name?"

The boy raised his head. His lips were pale and cracked, bleeding from several places. His half-length black hair was tied up in a mess with a thin hemp rope. Besides the blood from his lips, there was a striking red mark on his face.

A cinnabar mole was placed between his eyebrows.

He opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word, he collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this, Qi Yu quickly stepped forward to help the boy up and gave him some water from his water bag.

For some reason, this young man reminded her of Gou Dan. He was of similar age and build. Thinking of Gou Dan, who was seriously injured while helping her hold off Li Daogu, Qi Yu's eyes dimmed.

The boy coughed and opened his eyes.

He hurriedly climbed out of Qi Yu's arms, saw the water bag in her hand, and whispered his thanks.

Venerable Canglang glanced at Qi Yu with an ambiguous look in his eyes.

He saw everything that happened on the Stairway to Heaven, including the unremarkable girl who kicked another girl off the cliff.

Although the girl acted in self-defense, her wicked smile still left a deep impression on him.

It's obviously not a good thing.

It's hard to say that his "enthusiastic" act of helping the boy who fainted in front of him wasn't just a publicity stunt.

He is the kind of person who is most prone to being irritable and deceitful.

"Don't waste any more time. Once everyone is here, we'll prepare to enter the sect."

Qi Yu looked up at Venerable Canglang, puzzled as to why the Venerable Canglang was speaking in such an unfriendly tone.

Did they hear him spreading rumors that he would violently punch Bai Huan to his death? Is that why he's being so rude?

No, it's probably just that Venerable Canglang has a bad temper!

Upon noticing the constantly changing expression in Qi Yu's eyes, Venerable Canglang thought, "..." He disliked those darting eyes even more.

Noticing that Venerable Canglang's expression had become even more hostile, Qi Yu silently stood up, wanting to move away to avoid further damaging Venerable Canglang's goodwill.

Suddenly, an electronic voice rang in her mind.

[Congratulations on successfully completing the "Do a Good Deed Every Day" task! Your arrival brought a little warmth to a young man filled with hatred. You are awarded 300 points as encouragement!]

[Ding! The system has detected that the host has come into contact with a key figure. This system will provide you with a portion of the storyline to help you complete the mission more effectively.]

Qi Yu paused, her body swayed slightly, and she sat crookedly on the ground, receiving the information fed into her by the system.

Bai Huan was startled and helped her up, asking repeatedly, "Xiao Yan'er, what's wrong!"

Qi Yu kept her eyes tightly closed, and after a long while, she suddenly opened them.

She lowered her head, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and whispered, "It's nothing, I'm probably just hungry, and I feel a little dizzy."

Suddenly, a dry, flatbread was handed to her. Qi Yu looked up, her eyes trembling slightly, as the boy, whose arms were covered in scars from being cut by the cliff, turned his face away and handed her the flatbread.

The boy's voice was low: "Thank you for the water, the cake is clean."

She took the flatbread and said softly, "Thank you."

Qi Yu grabbed the pancake and took a bite.

The pancake had no seasonings added, only a faint white flour flavor, yet it gave her a strange feeling.

Nothing more.

The boy's figure appeared in the memory fragments that the system had just transmitted.

As the villain.

Unlike the original female supporting character who only appeared a few times before tragically dying, this boy's role seems much more important.

In those few short clips, the boy, with a cinnabar mole on his forehead, slaughtered all of the male protagonist Chu Mo's subordinates like a god of death, and stole the female protagonist, Burning Heart.

The last fragment about him is the scene where he was torn to pieces by the male protagonist, Chu Mo, and his soul was annihilated.

Seeing that she was alright, Bai Huan, who was standing next to her, asked the boy curiously, "Little brother, what's your name?"

His name is...

"meteor."

"Wow! What a great name! Shooting stars are so rare! They streak across the sky and disappear in an instant!"

"……Thanks."

At this moment, disciples of the Flying Star Sect came out to lead them toward Star Guest Peak, where guests were received.

Qi Yu watched silently as Bai Huan tried to make small talk with Liu Xing. One moment he was seeing Liu Xing covered in wounds and looking thin and weak, the next he was seeing him in the plot, engrossed in bloody and crazy battles. He wanted Bai Huan to stay away from him.

Bai Huan, what you're holding onto is a deadly weapon!