341 The Correct Way to Pass a Level
The real person in charge of the academy is a Nascent Soul cultivator named Yao Hengtai.
He usually keeps his status high and rarely appears in public. All matters are handled by Gu Dong, the nominal dean of the academy.
Today is the important day for selecting good candidates for the academy, and Yao Hengtai has been secretly observing the candidates' every move.
The situation of Jiang Xin and his group had been reported to him long ago. As soon as they appeared in the academy, they were noticed by Yao Hengtai.
It's just that these people came from big sects, and the secret treasures they carried to conceal their identities were far beyond the Nascent Soul stage, so even Yao Hengtai was able to hide it, thinking that they were really fellow brothers and sisters who had mistakenly entered this place to escape.
At this moment, seeing all the candidates entering the illusion, Yao Hengtai's figure appeared in the hall.
Gu Dong quickly stood up to greet him: "Junior greets you, Master. All candidates who registered are here today."
The examinees in the hall had different expressions due to their different experiences in the illusion; some were in pain, some were angry, and some were crying silently.
Yao Hengtai took a quick glance and didn't take this commonplace scene seriously.
The content of the academy's examinations is the same every year. Regardless of whether these candidates can stay in the academy or not, they will forget the specific content of the examinations and only remember what the academy requires them to remember to avoid leaking the examination questions.
Just as he was about to look away, Yao Hengtai suddenly saw Ning Yao and the others who looked as usual.
It would be fine if it was just the older teenagers, but why didn’t the two little kids, Jiang Xin and Jiang Xiao, cry because of the repeated torture in the illusion?
It's impossible that they are so determined at such a young age, right?
Gu Dong had been carefully observing Yao Hengtai's gaze. Noticing that he was looking at Ning Yao and his group, Gu Dong smiled and said, "I have also been paying attention to these children. It seems that their moods are not affected by the illusion."
Yao Hengtai thought it was impossible: "Our illusion is so real, how could they not be affected?"
Gu Dong realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly made amends: "What I meant is that these kids may have suffered enough outside these days and have learned to hide their emotions, so they look like they are not affected by the illusion."
Yao Hengtai snorted coldly, not wanting to bother with him, and threw out a silver-handled handheld mirror inlaid with rubies.
The handheld mirror was hovering in the middle of the hall. As Yao Hengtai injected spiritual power into it, the mirror surface, which originally did not reflect any scenery, quickly flashed many images, which were all illusions that the candidates were experiencing.
"That's perfect. Let me see if there are any good candidates among this year's candidates." Yao Hengtai grabbed Gu Dong, turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the handheld mirror.
The first illusion they entered was that of a local teenager from Xuanlin Village. The teenager in the illusion was also an outer disciple of the Tianshui Sect who was bullied, and his "experience" was exactly the same as Ning Yao's.
Time passed quickly in the illusion. The boy had already stayed in the illusion for three years and had been bullied for three whole years.
Three days ago, when he was out collecting herbs, he accidentally entered a secret realm and received the inheritance of a powerful being. Now he has secretly built his foundation and leaped from the first level of Qi Refining to become a distinguished foundation-building cultivator.
When the boy returned to the sect today, he was about to hand in the spiritual plants he had picked to the mission hall in exchange for contribution points. The deacon who had been bullying him suddenly intervened and wanted to snatch all of the boy's spiritual plants.
In the past, the young man’s cultivation was shallow and he could not defeat this manager who was in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if he was unwilling, the spiritual plant would be snatched away by him.
Now that their cultivation has improved and they are all in the foundation-building stage, the young man doesn't want to be bullied anymore and rises up to resist.
It was his first time fighting with someone, and the boy was inexperienced and used too much force, so he accidentally killed the deacon.
This matter became a big deal. The boy was sent to the Law Enforcement Hall and was to be executed for harming his fellow disciples.
The young man was angry and frightened, and he felt even more unwilling to accept the injustice he had suffered over the years.
"When he bullied me, you all turned a blind eye and no one cared. Now that I have defeated him with my own strength, you are interfering? Why? I refuse to accept it!"
However, his anger had no effect, and he only received a more severe punishment from the elders of the Law Enforcement Hall: "If you are stubborn and refuse to change your ways, you will be executed immediately!"
The power of the Jindan stage burst out from the hands of the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall and rushed straight towards him.
The real fear of approaching death came upon the young man, and he was terrified. However, he did not expect that a jade pendant he had obtained in the secret realm before would flash with light and actually kill the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall.
The light of the jade pendant enveloped the boy's entire body. A steady stream of power poured into his body, and the boy's cultivation level skyrocketed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Spiritual Transformation Stage...
The young man could not recognize the subsequent realm, but he knew that he was terribly strong at the moment.
He waved his hand lightly, and all the people watching the execution in the Law Enforcement Hall turned into ashes.
Those who had bullied him were killed by him effortlessly.
The young man's heart was hesitant for a moment. He looked at the empty Law Enforcement Hall, then looked at his own powerful hands, and was a little at a loss for a moment.
At this time, a voice sounded in his ears: "You were bullied before because you were too weak. Now you are the offspring of the World Tree and are protected by the World Tree. You don't have to be bullied by anyone anymore. Since the Tianshui Sect is unkind to you, you can't blame you for being unjust. Kill them all!"
"Kill them all!"
These four words kept echoing in the young man's mind. He stood there without moving, struggling internally.
Just then, a Jindan cultivator walked in from the door.
The man was holding a bunch of spiritual plants in his hand, and before he even entered the door, he said with a smile: "Brother, I'm here to give you some spiritual herbs."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that there was only a young man in the Law Enforcement Hall. He was stunned for a moment, "Why are you alone? Where are the others?"
The boy said nothing, feeling uneasy as if he had been seen through.
The Jindan monk looked around and saw the monks in the room turned into black ash. Suddenly he realized something and shouted, "Kill them!"
This action frightened the young man, and almost out of self-preservation instinct, he raised his hand and swung out a force, easily killing the Jindan cultivator to prevent the news from leaking out.
"These so-called noble and upright people are extremely hypocritical. They bully the weak and do all kinds of evil behind the scenes. They deserve to die!"
"Killing one is killing, killing a pair is also killing. Now that you have killed so many people, the Tianshui Sect will never let you go. You might as well strike first and kill all of them!"
These thoughts kept echoing in the boy's mind, and finally he made up his mind and walked out of the Law Enforcement Hall.
An even more powerful force surged in his body. The young man hovered in the air and with just a light wave of force, he turned the huge Tianshui Sect into ashes.
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Yao Hengtai and Gu Dong were hiding in the dark. After observing the boy's entire illusion, Yao Hengtai smiled.
Gu Dong took the opportunity to say, "This child seems to be a talented person with great potential. With today's experience, even if he goes out in the future, he will not be afraid of being recruited by those big sects."
Yao Hengtai nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, she's a good candidate." Suddenly he thought of Jiang Xin, "Let's go see the youngest girl."
Gu Dong didn't know his true attitude towards Jiang Xin, so he asked tentatively: "This child is too young, I'm afraid he may not have the temperament of this young man."
"I know. The younger she is, the easier it is to control her. What kind of character she will have in the future depends on how we teach her. Even if she can't pass this illusion test, it doesn't matter. I just don't know what kind of character her brothers have."
Gu Dong thought it was not a big problem: "These young men have average talent. If they could enter a large sect, they would have entered long ago and would not have ended up in a remote small sect. It's just that they value the friendship between master and sect too much. I don't know if they can kill their fellow disciples in the illusion."
Yao Hengtai sneered: "It would be best if he can pass. If not, just kill him. In short, the affairs of the academy must not be known to outsiders."
"Junior understands." Gu Dong responded. Seeing that he wanted to leave, he hurriedly asked, "Where are you going, Master?"
"Go and take a look at the illusions of these outsiders." Yao Hengtai grabbed him and turned into a stream of light and jumped into the next illusion, but he didn't expect to come up empty-handed.
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