Chapter 160: Climbing the Ladder

Summer is over, it is early autumn, the real battle for the true teaching begins, that is, the disciples of the main courtyard and the disciples of the side courtyard participate in the battle for the true teaching, rather than a unilateral selection.

If there are still disciples of the side courtyard who have not arrived yet, they will lose the opportunity to participate in the battle for the true teaching. Those who have not arrived now are basically the disciples of the Taoist temple of Dacheng Kingdom. They are the last batch and set out in the spring.

They have just crossed the thousand-mile monster land and have not had much time to rest. They have to participate in a more intense battle for the true teaching. It seems a bit unfair to the disciples of Dacheng Kingdom. This can be said to be a loophole in the rules, a loophole set up artificially because of the gap in national strength.

National strength is difficult to determine, which is also a very important reason why the disciples of the three countries are constantly arguing about the order of precedence.

Of course, Wu Yi, who is climbing the ladder, will not care about these things at present, because these have nothing to do with him. At this time, he is standing at the bottom of the ladder that can't be seen at a glance, listening to the master's teachings and disciplines.

He was still awakened by Yun He this morning. He vaguely understood something about yesterday's events. He only knew that he killed many people in the end, and he didn't know how the sect would deal with it in the end.

Ask Yun He about his future, but Yun He was previously warned by Master Xu Yang not to tell Wu Yi about this too early, so he was evasive and didn't dare to speak directly.

Wu Yi couldn't get the general idea, and knew there must be a secret behind it, but at this time the matter of the ladder was more important, so he put it aside and planned to talk about it after the ladder was completed.

A master came in a flying boat to take all the disciples who participated in the ladder. The ladder was part of the inner gate's mountain protection formation. Although the Dide Temple was nominally in the Yulong Mountain Range with the inner gate, it was a distance away from the inner gate, so it was naturally better to have someone to pick them up.

There were about a dozen people with Wu Yi, and each of them had a strong cultivation base. Even several of them had condensed the mysterious light, which meant they had entered the high level of foundation building.

The disciples who were able to climb the ladder were all very confident in their cultivation. In addition, they had to have someone behind them, that is, they had to have the support of a master, and the master's vision would not be bad.

The recommendation of at least five real people is not a request without reason. If the recommenders do not perform well, these real people will inevitably be labeled as poor judges.

"All disciples who enter the ladder are not allowed to leave midway. They can only leave after a disciple has ascended first." The real person with white hair and long eyebrows said coldly.

"Does anyone among you want to withdraw?"

These disciples were recommended by the real people. If they withdraw, it would be like slapping the real people who support them behind the scenes, so no one said anything.

This was just a routine question. After asking, the real person said directly: "I will go to open the ladder and disperse the killing array. You wait here first."

After that, the real person said nothing more. He waved his sleeves and shot out a formation talisman. The mountain protection formation shot out a ray of light, forming a ladder, leading the real person into the inner gate, leaving Wu Yi and the others looking at each other in bewilderment.

The real person in charge left, but there were still many real people watching besides Wu Yi and the others. Most of them were relatives and teachers of the people present.

Wu Yi saw a familiar figure watching and flew over.

"Master." Wang Chuchen finally came. Wu Yi was participating in the competition for the true teaching, while Wang Chuchen was participating in the competition for the ten disciples of the true teaching. Compared with Wu Yi, the pressure would be greater.

"Well," although Wang Chuchen was no longer the master of the temple, he still nodded slightly, hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Protect yourself."

Wang Chuchen always regarded Wu Yi as Wu Yi's grandfather. Originally, he thought that it should not be difficult to protect Wu Yi, a fledgling who had just entered the sect, with his own cultivation, but Wu Yi's cultivation growth rate exceeded his imagination, and it was difficult to protect him with his strength.

He also understood some of the news about Wu Yi during this period. Wu Yi had been involved in the tide of the inner sect, and he didn't know whether the people behind him were interested in the relationship between Wu Yi and him.

Wang Chuchen's vision is broader after all. He knows a lot of things that Wu Yi can't see or hear. The inner sect is just maintaining a stable state on the surface, but in fact, the factional struggle is extremely fierce.

After meeting and talking with Wang Chuchen, Wu Yi returned to the original place, thinking back to the last words Wang Chuchen said to him before, which was "miscellaneous paths".

Wu Yi knew that if he passed the ladder, there would be a path for disciples to choose, a total of four paths, not to mention the three paths of force, magic, and qi, and there are also miscellaneous paths including talismans, external elixirs, and thoughts. Wang Chuchen's master is Lingya Shang Zhenxiu, who is from the thoughts school, a miscellaneous path, and the only miscellaneous path Dongtian Shangzhen in Yiqimen.

Wang Chuchen wanted him to choose the miscellaneous path, Xu Yang wanted him to choose the force path, and Hua Jianling wanted him to choose the law path.

Wu Yi's mind was extremely heavy. These three people had done him a favor, and their wishes were all different. How to choose, if one of them was not handled well, then the originally friendly relationship would become hostile.

"Hurry up and climb the ladder. It's too late." Without giving Wu Yi much time to think, the voice of the White Eyebrow Immortal came from nowhere.

Forget it, I'll choose whichever one suits me best when the time comes. Wu Yi thought to himself, flying with the air, and set foot on the ladder.

As soon as Wu Yi stepped on the white stone ladder, it was as if he had entered a small world. All he could see was yellow sand. From time to time, strong winds blew up, raising countless dust. When the dust rose, it was dark and dim.

"Hey, why is my blood light gone? And where is the stone tablet world? Where are the ghosts? Where are my pills?" Wu Yi was suddenly shocked to find that there was almost nothing except the spiritual energy in his dantian.

The originally majestic spiritual consciousness was compressed to only a little bit, which did not look like the spiritual consciousness of a person who practiced three parallel paths.

"Only the Qi Dao cultivation can use it." Wu Yi took a long time to accept this reality.

Since it is a test, I think other people are the same. Wu Yi thought to himself that he did not feel frustrated because his strength was greatly compressed, and other people might not be much better than him.

But why is it such a world? Shouldn't it be like a ladder? Wu Yi looked around. The scene of climbing the ladder in the bamboo slips given to him by Hua Jianling was clearly not like this, but Wu Yi didn't have much information about the ladder, so he could only take one step at a time.

Among the four directions, the spiritual energy in the east is the most concentrated, followed by the west and south, and the spiritual energy in the north is the worst.

Wu Yi sneered and said: "Little Daoer, you also want to confuse my mind." Wu Yi walked towards the north.

The path of cultivation is not so simple. If you blindly seek a smooth path and indulge in pleasure, you will achieve nothing in the end. Isn't the amount of spiritual energy a test of your mind?

In the eyes of the immortals outside, most of these disciples stayed where they were after stepping on the ladder, and did not move forward, as if they were confused.

Wu Yi was not the first one to move forward, but he also walked earlier. There were several disciples who just stood still or walked on the same step. They were obviously confused. If they did not realize their mistakes later, they would keep standing still.

The immortals left after watching the beginning. Wu Yi and other disciples were not worth spending too much thought on. Those who stayed were the servants of these disciples. In order to prove that their masters were stronger than others, these people also gave instructions.

"Xu Da, your master is not good enough. He hasn't taken a step forward for such a long time."

"Hmph, your master doesn't walk fast. Maybe he will be caught up by my master later! It's a total of three months. It's not certain who will win first in the end." The speaker encouraged himself.

The conversations of these servants could not change anything, but they were mixed with family disputes, Taoist temple disputes, and personal disputes. For a while, they were bustling and lively. There were even many fights because of this, just like the servant who provoked the dispute before was knocked to the ground by the latter.

Wu Yi was alone and had no ties. Naturally, not many people cared about him. At this time, Wu Yi was not very forward in terms of speed or position. He was in a middle position, neither forward nor backward.

Wu Yi continued to move forward towards the north. After walking for an hour, Wu Yi was surprised to find that the content of spiritual energy was getting less and less, even worse than the wilderness.

In the outside world, if Wu Yi moves forward at a leisurely pace, the origin gas bead will automatically absorb and exhale spiritual energy to nourish Wu Yi, and Wu Yi almost doesn't need to stop to restore spiritual energy. However, here, spiritual energy is scarce and it is impossible to balance spiritual energy.

The Yiqi Sect disciples do not have a high demand for pills such as Qi-boosting pills that temporarily replenish spiritual energy, because the practice of cultivation will automatically absorb and exhale spiritual energy, and it is more refined, which is better than the general Qi-boosting pill. The effect of swallowing pills may not be as fast as the recovery of the origin gas bead.

This test of the ladder is for all disciples. As long as they cultivate the seedling of true qi, that is, they have reached the ninth transformation of Qi Refining, they will definitely encounter this test.

Placing disciples in a land where spiritual energy is scarce, they cannot get any external supplements at all. Disciples need to use innate qi to cultivate acquired qi, that is, spiritual energy is self-generated, not seeking outside. This speed is much faster than transforming innate qi, but much slower than absorbing and exhaling external spiritual energy.

This requirement is unimaginable for disciples of other sects, but it is the most basic skill for disciples of Yiqi Sect. The evolution direction of the origin gas bead is a small world. After the disciples of Yiqi Sect cultivate to the cave heaven stage, the origin gas bead is their inner cave heaven.

Three days and three nights passed, Wu Yi tried to maintain a steady speed. Although he was not the fastest, he persisted the longest. However, even so, his spiritual energy was exhausted. Next, Wu Yi needed to cultivate spiritual energy by himself.

Otherwise, it would be almost impossible to walk through it under the suppression of strength cultivation.

Wu Yi looked inside the empty Dantian in his body. Except for an origin gas bead floating in the air above, there was no spiritual energy in the Dantian.

At the moment when Wu Yi stopped, the origin gas bead slowly turned and produced spiritual energy the size of a hair, but for Wu Yi who still could not see the end, this was just a drop in the bucket.

This trace of spiritual energy couldn't even circulate around his body. Wu Yi continued to move forward at the speed of a mortal, like a snail, waiting for the spiritual energy to recover.

What Wu Yi didn't realize was that since his spiritual energy was exhausted, the sun in the sky became much more toxic, the gravel on the ground hit his feet more, and the number of times the dust rose increased.

The road ahead became more difficult and the spiritual energy was exhausted. Wu Yi's steps became heavier and heavier. The sweat from his forehead covered his face. The scorching sun made Wu Yi unable to open his eyes.

At this time, Wu Yi suddenly found an oasis-like existence not far away, with spiritual energy and abundant water vapor.