"Wait a moment!"
The two of them turned to look at him at the same time, "Sect Master?"
You You glanced at the voting array above, then looked at the two of them and said, "Ling Qi, as the sect leader, do I have a veto right?"
Ling Qi was taken aback, and it took him a moment to realize what she was talking about. He quickly nodded and said, "Of course I do!" Isn't that obvious? Weren't all the spiritual roots bestowed upon us by you? Besides, you were the one who came up with the rules for this vote.
“Alright! These people have indeed passed all the tests and are qualified to join the True Evolution Sect, but…” You You changed the subject, looking at the crowd gathered at the mountain gate in the water mirror, and pointed to the tall, strong man in the middle, “Except for him!”
Everyone was stunned, especially Feng Yu, who had been optimistic about the man from the beginning. He was shocked and couldn't help but ask, "Sect Master, why is that? This person has the best aptitude among everyone!" He thought for a moment and continued, "Is it because he didn't save the person who almost fell? But in that situation, everyone was too busy to save themselves. Although he didn't save the person immediately, it was still understandable."
Ling Qi nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right. When I retrieved the Heavenly Ladder just now, I intentionally slowed it down and arranged for people to be on guard against any accidents. I was confident that no one would be in trouble, but the people who tested it were unaware of this."
Qiu Zhang nodded and said, "They thought they would die if they fell, and besides, they didn't know each other. It's understandable that they were trying to protect themselves from danger in their panic. Ning Hui's courage to go back and save them is indeed commendable, but it's only natural that others didn't help them."
“I’m not saying he didn’t save anyone.” You You’s brows furrowed even deeper. “It’s certainly right to protect yourself in a crisis, but he was wrong to kick someone when they’re down.”
"Huh?!" Everyone was stunned. What did that mean?
“Xiao You is right,” Yuan Qi also spoke up. “This person’s character is indeed not suitable for being taken into the sect. You can see for yourselves!” As he spoke, he waved his sleeve directly in the direction of the water mirror. The water mirror flashed, and the scene replayed back to the moment when they were climbing the Heavenly Ladder. It showed the scene of someone falling down and the man climbing the Heavenly Gate.
Everyone was still completely bewildered after watching. "No problem! Didn't everyone just see that?"
"Yuan's father, zoom in on his feet, close-up!" Youyou reminded.
As soon as Yuan Qi changed his incantation, the water mirror image focused on the opponent's feet, replaying the scene from before.
At this point, everyone could see clearly that the man's leap was not out of desperation, but deliberate. He used a bit of hidden force to deliberately collapse the steps in front of him, which is why the person in front of him almost fell. And the step he took was not a panicked action, but rather a deliberate attempt to use the other steps as leverage to help him climb onto the mountain gate, in case the other steps also suddenly collapsed.
In the magnified image, everyone could even see the diagram showing the spiritual energy shield covering the person being trampled had been broken. This was an array that automatically attached to everyone as they ascended the Heavenly Ladder, without their knowledge. Although it was only a tiny wisp of spiritual energy, it was enough to ensure their safety.
The fact that a mere mortal could break through this spiritual energy proves just how heavy and powerful his stomp was. If it weren't for the spiritual energy protecting him, the person who fell would not only have fallen directly, but that stomp could have even killed him.
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