"Then it's a deal!" Xiang Yuanqing was confident:
Want to keep him here, dealing with boring official documents every day? Impossible! If he, the Pavilion Master, has to handle everything, what are the elders for? Dare to make a bet with him. If you lose later, don't look so sad!
Lin Jinghan finally reached the ninth step. Now she couldn't even stand. The veins on her forehead were bulging, and it was obvious that she had reached her limit.
Master, you are cheating your apprentice! No wonder you haven't accepted any apprentices in all these years. You come to such a severe test without even saying hello. You are trying to trick your apprentice to death!
After I get up there, I have to ask him for compensation! I have to make him feel bad!
Lin Jinghan never gave up. She gritted her teeth and used her hands and feet to step up to the tenth step with difficulty.
"Ah!" As soon as her hand touched the tenth step, the huge pressure caused the blood vessels in her hand to burst instantly!
A short pain is worse than a long one. She gritted her teeth, and instantly burst out all her strength, climbing up the tenth step in one go!
She felt like she was about to suffocate, but she could clearly hear the sound of blood vessels bursting all over her body. The pain all over her body was no less than the pain of having her soul stripped away last time.
This master is such a jerk...
A strong feeling of fatigue came over her, and she closed her eyes unwillingly.
"By the way, what is your disciple's current cultivation level?" the Great Elder asked casually.
"Oh no, I forgot, Jinghan is now an intermediate grandmaster!"
The smile on Xiang Yuanqing's face froze, and the next moment he immediately ran down the mountain: Jinghan, it's all my negligence, you must hold on.
"What?" The Great Elder was also shocked. "Didn't they say the little girl is only seventeen this year? She's already a Grandmaster!"
This was the first time in Tianque Pavilion that a mid-level Grandmaster had participated in the ladder test! Last time, a junior Grandmaster came to participate in the test, but he couldn't stand the pressure after reaching the fifth level and gave up!
The intensity of the Zhongji Grandmaster's assessment was beyond the capability of a little girl like this! After so much anticipation for the Pavilion Master to accept a disciple, the elders were counting on this Pavilion Master's personal disciple to share their workload! Nothing could possibly go wrong!
The Great Elder wanted to curse someone, but the person he wanted to curse the most was - Sikong Zhan.
Originally, if a guest of Tianque Pavilion accidentally stepped onto the stairs, because he was wearing a badge that marked him as a guest of Tianque Pavilion, these stairs would be just ordinary stairs to him.
But, the Grand Master is an exception!
If a grandmaster reaches this level, it means that he will be elected as an elder, and this level will naturally have an effect on him - the elder assessment.
The elders' assessments were far stricter than those of the disciples, and naturally the difficulty was multiplied. Even with his excellent physique, he had to bend down when he reached the fifth step.
He is not afraid of any pressure, but he is worried that his Jinghan cannot withstand such strong pressure.
He thought Lin Jinghan had come in before him, and as long as he was fast enough, he would be able to catch up with her, so he climbed up desperately. Even though his blood vessels were ruptured and his bones were broken, he didn't make a sound and didn't even stop to rest for a moment.
Jinghan, hold on, wait for me!
The pain in her body disappeared instantly. Lin Jinghan opened her eyes suddenly and subconsciously checked her body condition. Only to find that she was actually fine! There was blood, but there was no trace of injury on her body!
What had happened just now? If it weren't for the blood on her body, she would have suspected that the pain she had just experienced was an illusion!
"Master, what kind of test have you given me? It's really not easy to be your disciple. You want me to risk my life to take part in this test!" Lin Jinghan couldn't help but complain.
Xiang Yuanqing rushed over and just happened to hear Lin Jinghan's complaint.
"The little girl actually made it through? And she even got the reward for clearing the first stage!" The Great Elder was so surprised that his eyes almost popped out.
Xiang Yuanqing finally felt relieved and automatically blocked Lin Jinghan's complaints. He was quite proud of himself and said, "She is indeed my good disciple!"
He quickly figured out the key: Lin Jinghan had obtained the Medicine King's marrow-destroying pill, and because of her dual cultivation with Sikong Zhan, she had obtained the Yuan power of heaven and earth. Her body had long been transformed into a very strong one, so it made sense that she could withstand the test of an intermediate grandmaster.
"Congratulations on passing the level. This is your reward." A beautiful female voice sounded, and a floating jade box suddenly appeared in the air. Lin Jinghan looked around and didn't see anyone. After thinking for a while, she took the jade box and opened it without hesitation.
Inside lay a round bead emitting a pure white soft light. Lin Jinghan looked at it for a long time but couldn't find out what treasure it was, so she simply threw it into the medical space for research.
After looking at the stairs in front of her, Lin Jinghan decided to continue climbing.
"Your disciple doesn't even recognize the Golden Yuan Pearl?" The Great Elder couldn't believe that someone actually threw the Golden Yuan Pearl into the space like a stone and ignored it!
Xiang Yuanqing coughed, trying his best to cover up his negligence, "What kind of treasure has my disciple not seen? The most important thing now is to pass the test, nothing else matters!"
On the other side, Sikong Zhan climbed the stairs in a hurry. When he reached the tenth step, it was also a terrible sight, but his condition was better and he did not faint.
He saw Lin Jinghan lying on the ground not far away, covered in blood. He rushed over anxiously, but was blocked by an invisible obstacle and could not get through. No matter how he shouted, Lin Jinghan seemed to be unable to hear his voice at all.
He watched her wounds heal quickly, watched her take the jade box, and watched her continue up the stairs and disappear.
He became anxious and followed him up the eleventh step.
"Did you invite this Grand Master?" The Great Elder looked at Sikong Zhan, his eyes sparkling. This man's strength was definitely not inferior to his. Their Tianque Pavilion would have another elder! Great! He would have less work to do in the future!
"Ahem, this person has a special identity. Whether he stays or leaves depends on fate."
Xiang Yuanqing hadn't expected Sikong Zhan to follow him up the stairs. He thought that with his strength, he would definitely pass. However, he hadn't explained this to him beforehand. If he passed the test but didn't want to become an elder, then things would get really bad...
The second stage of the ladder test is the test of the state of mind. You will experience one of the greed, anger, ignorance, hatred, love, evil and desire in the human world at each level.
Xiang Yuanqing wasn't worried about anything else, but only about "love". His disciple was indeed too obsessed with love. Even though Prince Jingnan had divorced her in public, she still gave him away without a care...
Well, don’t say anything indecent, don’t say anything indecent…
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