【Chapter 097】Team Assessment
【Chapter 097】Team Assessment
Eighteen sky-viewing mirrors are inlaid on the right wall of the main hall of Yunjue Palace. Usually, only one side of the sky-viewing mirror is open, showing the scene in front of the mountain gate of Yunjue Palace.
From the moment they began recruiting new disciples, the eighteen sky-peeking mirrors were opened one after another. The images displayed on each Sky-Peeping Realm are different, but without exception, they all show the scene on the Ladder of Inquiry.
Nangong Chenyu occupied one of the sky-viewing mirrors.
Originally, his figure would only occasionally appear on one of the Sky-Viewing Mirrors. But he walked out of the illusion so quickly that he immediately attracted the attention of several elders.
Most people, after being pulled into an illusion, will become immersed in it. Some people cannot distinguish between reality and illusion, while some people know it is an illusion but do not want to wake up.
This was the first time they had seen someone like Nangong Chenyu, who was pulled into the illusion and broke out of it in less than a minute.
I was looking forward to his answer to the next question, but he just chopped the word "Tao" into pieces.
This stunned the elders and palace masters who were watching.
“Ah~ It’s possible!”
I don’t know which elder expressed what everyone was thinking.
Thinking back to when they took the entrance exam, they answered the questions carefully and cautiously after careful consideration. He was afraid that his answer would not satisfy the ancestor who asked the question and that he would not pass the test.
"Palace Master, can this boy be considered to have passed the first stage of the assessment by doing this?" The question was asked by the Tenth Elder.
“Why not?” The Palace Master had a good impression of Nangong Chenyu: “His appearance in the square means that he has passed the first level of the assessment.”
Although there were many cultivators who came to take part in the entrance examination of Yunjue Palace, judging from their performance on the first day, few of them could catch the eye of the Palace Master.
"That's fine."
The tenth elder was very satisfied with the palace master's decision.
When the Seventh Elder heard what the Tenth Elder said, he asked suspiciously, "Little Ten, you don't want to take that boy as your disciple, do you?"
Without waiting for the Tenth Elder to answer, the First Elder said, "With the lazy nature of the Tenth Elder, he doesn't want to accept a disciple. He just feels that the young man's behavior is very satisfying."
The Ninth Elder who was listening in on the conversation was curious: "What do you mean?"
The other elders who were unaware of the situation looked at the chief elder.
In the hall, the chief elder is the oldest. When many people present were taking the entrance test, the Great Elder was already an elder of Yunjue Palace.
The tenth elder knew that the first elder wanted to talk about his dark history, so he quickly changed the subject: "I just want to see how far this young man who doesn't follow the rules can go."
The other elders either ignored him or rolled their eyes at him; none of them believed what he said.
Even the palace master showed some interest.
The Great Elder lived up to everyone's expectations and said slowly, "When Xiao Shi participated in the entrance examination, he was not very satisfied with the results of his answers to the questions asked by the ancestor's mind. In the end, he was not only thrown to the square by the ancestor's mind, but also fell flat on his face."
"Pfft~" Several elders couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The tenth elder hurriedly defended himself: "I didn't stand firmly."
"Yeah, yeah! You didn't stand firmly." Several elders echoed.
The Tenth Elder: “…” I’m so angry.
The tenth elder glared at the people who were laughing the loudest.
"Okay, let's see if there's anyone we like." The Palace Master sitting in the middle said, "There are quite a few talented young people this year."
The elders immediately turned their attention to the sky-viewing mirror on the wall.
The square above the Ladder of Inquiry.
"Congratulations, you are the first person to pass the first level of the assessment."
A foundation-building disciple wearing a robe from the Yunjue Palace said to Nangong Chenyu, "You must wait here until the sun sets tomorrow, and then take part in the second round of the assessment with the other people who passed the first round."
Nangong Chenyu nodded: "Thank you."
Nangong Chenyu was actually very surprised that he was the first one to reach the square. Because as far as he knew, there were at least seventy or eighty people walking ahead of him.
What Nangong Chenyu didn’t know was that those who were walking in front of him were still struggling in the illusion of self-examination.
There are no tests on the 600th to 700th steps of the Ladder of Conscience, in order to allow everyone to relax their vigilance. Fortunately, the next 700 to 999 steps made everyone fall into an illusion without realizing it.
The illusion of the heart evolves according to what everyone thinks. Those with weak minds will fall into illusions early, and the earlier they fall into illusions, the harder it will be to break free.
Beauty, money, power, status, fame, and immortality are the goals that many people pursue throughout their lives. Once you get it, you can't help but be intoxicated by it.
Ye Yisheng is one of those people who knows that he is in an illusion but does not want to wake up. In the illusion, his mother did not leave, and their family lived happily together.
When the determined man finally broke free from the illusion, he met the ancestor of Yunjue Palace and asked him about his conscience.
The question most people are asked is: Why embark on the path of spiritual practice?
Only about twenty people were asked the same question as Nangong Chenyu: What is Tao?
The Palace Master and elders of Yunjue Palace will pay special attention to observing these twenty or so people in the upcoming second test. Being asked the second question means that you performed well in the illusion of questioning your conscience.
Ye Yishen was the sixth person to pass the first test and appeared in the square two hours later than Nangong Chenyu.
Seeing him, Nangong Chenyu walked up to him. Seeing that he looked unhappy, I couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
Ye Yisheng shook his head gently: "It's okay."
Thinking of something, he asked back, "Did anyone ask you any questions before you appeared in the square?"
After looking around and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, Nangong Chenyu whispered, "An old man asked me what Tao is."
Ye Yisheng's heart skipped a beat. It turned out that he was not hallucinating. Everyone would be asked this question.
"And how did you answer that?"
“I didn’t answer, I just chopped the word Tao that appeared in front of me into pieces.”
Ye Yisheng: “…”
Seeing his pale face, Nangong Chenyu asked curiously: "How did you answer?"
Ye Yisheng's eyes were wandering and he looked guilty. He didn't want to leave the illusion at all, and was pulling his mother to ask her why she never came back. Ask her if she is an immortal? Ask her if she doesn't want them anymore?
As a result, before he got the answer, he was kicked out of the illusion by his mother. Suddenly, an old voice sounded in his ears, asking him what Tao was. He didn't care what Tao was.
The words "shut up" were spoken with great force.
Ye Yi stiffened his scalp and said, "My answer is to shut up."
Nangong Chenyu: “…”
Ye Yisheng felt uneasy: "Is my answer inappropriate? Will it affect our joining Yunjue Palace?"
Nangong Chenyu thought to himself: Not only is it inappropriate, it is also very lethal.
But he replied against his will: "It's fine, there's nothing wrong with it. And no one said you can't answer like that."
At the end, he gave Ye Yisheng a thumbs up.
Ye Yisheng: “…”
He always felt that Nangong Chenyu was slandering him.
Nangong Chenyu put his hand on Ye Yisheng's shoulder and said, "Don't think about it. At worst, we can join other sects."
As soon as the sun set on the third day, all the monks who were still on the Ladder of Inquiry were teleported to the gate of Yunjue Palace.
There were a total of more than 10,000 and less than 20,000 monks taking the assessment. But after passing the first level of assessment, there were only more than 900 monks left standing in the square.
A white-haired old man appeared out of nowhere in the square.
Everyone subconsciously turned their eyes to him.
"Congratulations on passing the first level of the Heavenly Ladder of Inquiry. Next, you will begin the second level of the test." The white-haired old man pointed to a house not far away and said, "The test location is a barren mountain in Yunjue Palace. Go there now and take the teleportation array."
"Senior, what is the content of the assessment?" someone asked.
"You will know when you arrive."
Upon hearing this, everyone headed towards the teleportation array.
After the sky and the earth spun, what came into everyone's sight was a dense forest.
At this time, the voice of the white-haired old man sounded above everyone's head.
"The second level is about actual combat. Do you see the numbers above your heads? Every five people form a team, and people with the same numbers above their heads are assigned to the same team. All team members must obtain five demon cores to complete the mission."
"If one member of the team fails to obtain five demon cores, the entire team will be eliminated. If there are any cultivators who want to withdraw from the assessment, they can simply crush the jade slip."
Everyone was stunned by the sudden appearance of the team.
Someone looked up at the sky and asked, "Senior, if someone in the team quits, then if the other members of the team each harvest five demon cores, will that count as passing the assessment?"
The white-haired old man replied, "If one member of the team is missing, each of the remaining members will receive five demon cores; if two members are missing, each of the remaining members will receive ten demon cores; if three members are missing, each of the remaining members will receive twenty demon cores, and so on."
Someone else asked, "Senior, can we split into teams ourselves?"
The white-haired old man was merciless: "No!"
Seeing that the number on the head of someone they knew was different from their own, everyone fell silent.
The white-haired old man was in a good mood, and his voice was full of joy: "Okay, the assessment begins, and it will last for three days."
Everyone: “…”
After a moment of silence, everyone began to look for people with the same number above their heads.
But Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yishen stood there without moving.
The number above Nangong Chenyu’s head is one, and the number above Ye Yishen’s head is six. The two of them waited for the person with the same number above their heads to come.
Soon, Nangong Chenyu saw four familiar faces walking towards them. These four people were the ones who had been standing on the 600 steps blocking their way. The person who wanted to push Ye Yisheng was not among them. I guess he was eliminated.
Looking up, there are three people with the number one on their heads and one person with the number six on his head. Very good, three people will be in his team, and the other one will be in Ye Yisheng’s team.
Soon the rest of the team members arrived.
Nangong Chenyu saw a flash of murderous intent, undisguised malice, inexplicable hatred, and deep jealousy in the eyes of the four team members.
In addition, he also saw hostility towards Ye Yisheng in the eyes of Ye Yisheng's four teammates.
What's going on?
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