Quick Wear: The Villain is a Little Pitiful

[It's okay, ninth sister, you're fine now.] Tong Xiyuan still had the energy to respond at this moment, but after a quarter of an hour he was too tired to speak anymore.

After nearly half an hour, the first stage was finally over.

At the end of the ladder, the head of the Lingxiao Sect looked at the people who had already stood on the thousandth step, nodded, and said to the real people: "These people have good qualifications."

Danhe Zhenren of Lingyao Peak is a female cultivator. She glanced at it casually and was not very optimistic. "Since ancient times, it has been difficult to defeat the inner demon. Let's wait and see."

On the ladder, others had already taken out various tools to help themselves climb up to the second stage of the ladder as soon as possible. Only Tong Xiyuan stood there to slow down his breathing, his face as pale as death.

[Ninth sister, I haven't drawn the Qi into my body yet, right? ]

[Uh... yes, Yuanbao, you were born in a humble family and have no chance to practice. ]

[Then I don’t have a spiritual weapon, right? ]

【Uh... yes.】

999 felt very guilty. It was not that it did not want to arrange a good start for Tong Xiyuan, but in Lingxiao Sect, even the outer disciples were the best among ordinary people. Tong Xiyuan had no spiritual power, and when it first tried to arrange an identity for him as an entry-level disciple, it was directly rejected by the world consciousness. It had no choice but to change to the current situation.

Tong Xiyuan looked up at the steps, took a deep breath and raised his sore legs again.

At the end of the ladder, the head of the sect asked curiously, "Why doesn't that young friend use his spiritual power?"

"Maybe he's afraid of having a demon in his heart," Dan He Zhenren smiled slightly, "If he continues like this, others will surpass him."

As soon as he finished speaking, the first person who had climbed thousands of floors in one breath with the help of a spiritual weapon suddenly stopped, his expression confused and painful.

The head sect leader and the others were not surprised and could tell at a glance that this person was possessed by an inner demon.

Compared to others who were eager for quick success and rushed up from the beginning, Tong Xiyuan, who was down-to-earth and took one step at a time, was particularly eye-catching on the ladder. Some people sneered when they passed by him, some people sighed with regret when they passed by him, but no one stopped to linger beside Tong Xiyuan.

Halfway up the climb, Tong Xiyuan turned around and looked back the way he had come, then sat down.

999 was horrified and screamed: [Yuanbao, why don’t you leave? ]

[There are already ten people in front of me,] Tong Xiyuan remembered clearly in his heart. He pounded his sore legs and sighed: [Ninth sister, I think we need to change our method.]

Tong Xiyuan was very self-aware. If he climbed any further, he would definitely run out of energy and roll off the ladder.

He asked: [Does Lingxiao Sect recruit people other than disciples? For example... cooks?]

999: [Those who practice cultivation do not eat.]

Tong Xiyuan said, "Oh," [Then I'll go help them clean up? ]

999: [A cultivator can become spotless with just one mantra. ]

Tong Xiyuan curled his lips in disappointment. He saw from the corner of his eye that another person had passed him. He followed that person and saw a competitor standing not far away who was in a nightmare. He asked curiously, "Why don't I have a demon in my heart?"

Just as he finished speaking, he saw a man suddenly walking down from the ladder.

The man was dressed in black and his face could not be seen clearly, as if there was a layer of invisible and intangible mist between them. However, his figure was very familiar, and his every move revealed an arrogant and violent aura.

999 said wow, [your inner demon is here. ]

Tong Xiyuan stared at the other person blankly until the other person stood in front of him.

There was a chuckle in his ear, and the man raised his finger to Tong Xiyuan's forehead. His voice was low and teasing, "Everyone else has gone up, why are you standing still?"

Tong Xiyuan glanced at the ladder that still had no top in sight and said, "I'm too tired."

The man in the mist seemed to smile again, and his tone was tempting, "Do you want to go up?"

Tong Xiyuan nodded, thinking that this inner demon was not as scary as others, "Yes."

A hand grabbed his wrist. Tong Xiyuan was stunned. Before he could lower his head to see clearly, his eyes were covered by the man's other hand.

The light was gone, and in the darkness, Tong Xiyuan heard a familiar voice saying.

"Shh—don't talk nonsense when you're up there."

At the top of the ladder, the headmaster and others had already attracted the attention of others, but they were still able to notice immediately when a person disappeared out of thin air.

Dan He Zhenren of Lingyao Peak frowned and asked, "That little friend just now is gone?"

Master Shan Yuan of the Spiritual Weapon Peak stroked his beard and said in amazement: "What a powerful spiritual weapon!"

Lu Zhihan, who was sitting here in place of his master, smiled and said to Master Shanyuan, "When he comes up, it wouldn't be a bad idea for Master Uncle to borrow him to appreciate it."

As they were talking, the ninth selected disciple had already reached the top.

Master Shan Yuan shook his head and sighed, "No matter how powerful a spiritual weapon is, it can't climb nearly 5,000 layers of cloud ladders in an instant. I don't think he can make it up—"

He stopped talking halfway. Lu Zhihan and the others looked towards the ladder and saw that the last selected disciple had reached the top. It was Tong Xiyuan, whom they were talking about just now.

At the same time, a disciple of Lingxiao Sect shouted: "Gather the ten selected disciples, remove the ladders - close the mountain gate -"

The people who had not yet reached the top shouted unwillingly. There was a commotion halfway up the mountain. As the cloud ladder disappeared, those people struggled and fell down one by one. The other disciples of Lingxiao Sect flew down the mountain on swords to catch them, so those people would not be injured.

Tong Xiyuan listened to the voices below and felt depressed for a moment, "Jiu Mei, I think I cheated."

Although he couldn't understand how an inner demon brought him to the top, Tong Xiyuan, who had a high sense of morals, felt guilty towards the tenth person who should have reached the summit.

999 didn't take it seriously at all, and said with a smile: [Yuanbao, you have to understand that luck is also a part of strength. ]

Others also have demons in their hearts, so why don’t their demons send them up? The system thought happily, as long as its ingots were selected, it would be fine.

Tong Xiyuan did not respond. He was silent for a long time, then he let out a breath and followed the others to the headmaster and others.

The headmaster and the others looked at them one by one, and all nodded with satisfaction, "Since you have already climbed the ladder, you will be disciples of the Lingxiao Sect in the future. However, whether you will be inner disciples or outer disciples will be determined by your future master."

After saying this, the Sect Leader stood up first and brought a group of people to the main peak of Lingxiao Sect.

In the hall, spirit stones for testing spiritual roots had already been placed there.

The headmaster and all the real people took their seats one after another, raised his hands and said, "In Lingxiao Sect, we don't place too much emphasis on the grade of your spiritual roots when practicing. Testing you is just to help you choose a more suitable path of practice based on your spiritual roots. Now, start in the order in which you reach the top."

The first selected disciple stepped forward to begin the test, followed by the second, the third...

Finally, it was Tong Xiyuan's turn. He walked to the spirit stone and placed his hand on it, watching the almost transparent spirit stone gradually emit a dazzling and pure green light.