The environment surrounding him changed when he stepped on the first step.
The bright sky turned dark as everything seemed to age at a speed visible to the naked eye and disappeared. In the end, as if returning to the chaotic years of the past, the ladder was also stained with mottled colors.
As Lin Zhizhi moved forward, the spiritual energy in his body would be sucked every time he raised his foot and touched the panel beneath him.
Lin Zhizhi didn’t immediately step on the second panel. Instead, he squatted down and lightly touched the steps with his fingertips. While he felt the cold surface of the panels, he noticed that his spiritual energy entered the ladder through his fingers. He closed his eyes and used his spiritual sense to examine them. But the steps were like a bottomless vortex, devouring his spiritual senses in an instant.
The young master of the Lin family did not give up. He intuitively felt that there was something hidden in the steps, so he placed his palm on the first step and took the initiative to release his spiritual energy, which was soon swept away by the ladder beneath him.
He stayed on the first step for a long time and tried to figure the ladder out. After many attempts, Lin Zhizhi finally knew the commonality of the devouring nature of the ladder.
After physical contact, a sucking force will appear in the steps that would absorb that part of spiritual power.
This was only the first step. Is it possible to speculate that in the next few levels, this devouring power will gradually increase?
Lin Zhizhi imprinted the aura of this magical power in his spiritual sense and stepped on the second panel. Sure enough, this time, the flow of spiritual power was even faster than the previous one. The first level only absorbs one-third, while the second level directly devoured two-thirds.
In the third panel, he was already facing a state of depletion of spiritual energy, he succeeded so far by relying on his physical might.
Lin Zhizhi walked very slowly on the first triple ladder.
With his heavenly spiritual root and perfect foundation, the first few steps weren’t a problem at all. But Lin Zhizhi stood on the third panel for a long time to feel the progressive devouring power of the ladder. For this reason, in the first three days that should have easily passed, he had experienced the pain of spiritual energy depletion many times. Fortunately, his spiritual whirlpool is huge, so his speed of recovery is much faster than that of ordinary cultivators.
As soon as he entered the fourth panel, Lin Zhizhi felt his whole body sink as the devouring force of the ladder sharply increased, absorbing all of his spiritual energy in a blink of an eye.
The young man’s foundation tower nourished his dry meridians. Strange to say, but it’s as if the devouring force sensed the qi from the foundation tower and stopped resisting him as it simply spat back his devoured spiritual energy.
“A perfectly built foundation. You can go straight to the sixth heaven.” An old and solemn voice sounded in his ear.
In the next second, Lin Zhizhi’s feet shifted as he directly appeared on the sixth step of the heavenly appraising ladder, forcibly skipping levels to bring him here.
Lin Zhizhi wore a dead fish-like face as he stood on the empty panel. He said to the spirit, who he guessed to be the ladder’s consciousness, “…Could you please let me go back?”
He missed two steps, ah! QAQ
Only the sound of the wind answered him.
He rearranged his words before saying, “Senior, my generation of cultivators believe in cultivating and improving themselves step by step. This is why I also wish to climb this ladder on my own without any help. I hope you could grant this humble disciple’s request.”
The boy’s face looked sincere with his innocent eyes and clear white skin. He looked like a good disciple begging his master to teach him the classics. In short, very lovable. If he was asking a real person, he’s afraid that even the most tough-hearted people would agree to any of his requests.
But the solemn voice remained silent. Lin Zhizhi had no choice but to step on the sixth panel in regret. As soon as he stepped on it, he felt as if he was carrying a heavy object on his back, making him stumble two steps before falling down.
On this solemn day, the foundation tower wasn’t able to protect his spiritual energy, making him nearly mortal. Fortunately, after replenishing his body and tempering his body, he was barely able to withstand the pressure. But the weight on his body grew with time, making it difficult for him to walk.
Lin Zhizhi slowly moved forward. The pressure on his back made him feel uncomfortable but it also meant that the devouring force of the ladder was becoming more obvious. In an almost hollowed-out state, it made it easier for him to notice the source of this might.
The young master of the Lin family moved forward with great difficulty with the feeling of carrying the whole world on his shoulders. Lin Zhizhi dropped to further understand the devouring power within the steps. After a long time, he opened his eyes and patted his left shoulder. A small and slight swallowing force lightened the weight on his shoulder.
…So that’s how the magic works.
Lin Zhizhi thought and guessed that it won’t be easy for him to suppress spiritual powers within a cultivator’s body just by using ordinary cultivator’s methods. It was so obvious. Starting from the steps must’ve been a way to give the contender a chance. It was the chance to understand the law of the devouring power within the steps to deal with the increasing pressure that lies ahead of them.
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The seventh level is very clean, the kind of clear that you could see its end from a glance, but there are no steps in sight.
So… does this mean he has to create his own path?
No wonder it’s a mystery. Where could there be talents who build their foundations and form a golden core using their own cultivation methods? That’s something that only happens in a novel from the secular realm. Top-level cultivation methods are of great help in improving one’s cultivation and strength. So much so, that many disciples had betrayed their sect to steal it. If creating a cultivation path is so simple, why would they need to steal?
Only those great immortals residing in the realm of the gods are able to carve their own path. It is very difficult for a cultivator in the foundation establishment period to create their own.
The young master of the Lin family held his cheeks as he thought about it for a long time. His eyes were fixed on his hands as spiritual energy started to flow around his fingertips.
It is already pretty shocking for him to be able to get this far, but his temperament won’t allow him to just give up like this. Plus, it’ll also be a pity if he decides to give up.
Backing out from a challenge? How is that possible? Besides, the path he’ll carve out here isn’t a mature Dao but a prototype.
Taking this opportunity, Lin Zhizhi simply remembered the cultivation manuals he had to learn since he was a child. From thunder to sword cultivation, to the devouring force he had observed just now… It was all integrated into his heart.
There was a faint blue light glowing from the boy’s fingertips. It merged into a thunder that resembled a dragon. The dragon affectionately rubbed his fingertips as Lin Zhizhi scratched his chin. It happily licked his approaching finger as he continued to rub him.
Lin Zhizhi’s eyes changed as some black spots appeared on the dragon’s scale. He distributed some spiritual energy and was swallowed by the vortex formed by the black spot.
Sword cultivators and thunders are both fierce and aggressive. The devouring force is one of the origins of heaven and earth itself, which could be used to attack and defend. These three could be combined to create a Dao, with the thunder used to form a sword that can devour-
Lin Zhizhi had vaguely found a path.
The young master of the Lin family has a good aptitude, high understanding and has almost no shortcomings, but he is still too young.
During the foundation building, this talented young man was missing some experience. Of those foundation-building stages that he could successfully cultivate, which one of them did not require many years of experience and perseverance to try again after numerous failed attempts?
His mind was hazy as three steps formed in the air, which trembled and collapsed. Moving the boy out of the ninth step of the ladder.
On the stone tablet in the immortal king island, the words in the stone tablet began to tremble amidst clouds and mist surrounding the tablet.
A line of small tadpole-like characters quietly appeared in the front of the stone tablet. It squeezed out his name between two names that are already written on the tablet before returning to silence.
The disciple first looked at the bottom of the stone tablet, reading them one by one before moving to the middle.
It seems that the foundation period disciple in there isn’t bad, he didn’t know which sect’s core disciple this guy came from.
The disciples looked at the middle and upper middle sections curiously. His sight passed through the drifting clouds and mist surrounding the tablet as he clearly read the stone tablet.
He still couldn’t find it! Could it be in the first paragraph-
He abruptly jumped and ignored the chair he was sitting on. He scanned through the first paragraph and noticed a new name appearing in the ninth place on the stone tablet.
[ Lin Zhizhi, foundation building period. Stopped at seventh heaven ]
Ninth place, what does this mean?! Entering the seventh heaven when his cultivation is still in foundation building?! This guy will be a big man comparable to those elders!
He immediately engraved a message into a jade talisman and hurriedly sent the message.
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Luo immortal sword sect.
After the first disciple of the latest batch of new disciples in the outer sect entered the ladder, the elders and disciples suspended their lectures and waited for the bell to ring again.
Not long after, there was a long ring, indicating that the disciple had passed the first stage.
An elder of the inner sect, elder Yan Ka, nodded. He took out a long scroll and prepared to add the person to the list of inner sect disciples.
The teaching elder in the outer sect lecture class twitched his beard and motivated the following disciples, “They’re also outer sect disciples and are destined to enter the inner sect, so you have to work hard!”
“If it’s senior brother Tian Jue, he will definitely be able to enter the third stage!” Exclaimed a disciple.
“Stinky boy! Do you think it’s easy to climb the ladder? The third stage could have the potential to become a nascent soul. Now, who dares to say they’ll become a nascent soul cultivator in the future? Say it now, then that means you’re equivalent to my peer now.” The elder said as he huffed and glared at the young man.
The disciple was stunned.
He hasn’t even reached foundation building yet, so how could he dare say he’ll become a nascent soul cultivator in the future?
The elder waited for a while, but the second bell didn’t ring. He sighed and muttered, “It seems that he stopped at the first level. It’s not bad-” As soon as he stopped speaking, the second bell rang for a long time. It made the elder stunned for a moment before he beamed with joy, “Good, Good! The second level! A disciple with the potential to form a core!”
The disciples below were in an uproar, and there was envy, jealousy, and a blazing fighting spirit in their eyes.
They’re also outer sect disciples, but how come this person already established their foundation and booked a place in the inner sect already yet they’re still in their Qi refining period? It looks like they’ll have to work harder in the future.
The elders looked at the burning passion in their young disciple’s eyes in satisfaction.
The most fearful thing for cultivators is to lose their self-motivation. Now that there’s someone to encourage these disciples, they won’t have to worry that they’ll stop because of being too complacent in the future.
“Okay, you should study by yourself first, I will go to the inner door to meet this disciple.” The elder put the book in his hand and ordered the surrounding disciples.
He never thought that this young man would enter the third stage.
That’s because this year’s outer sect disciple doesn’t have any noteworthy people among them. Even the first person in the apprenticeship meeting who chose the Tianyin faction. For this reason, elder He Wei was criticized by the sect leader. It is an unexpected joy to have one person appear and enter the second stage.
The elder pushed open the door, walked out of the lecture class, took his sword, and flew to the inner mountain.
“Boom~” the third bell rang, causing the sword beneath the elder’s feet to tremble a little.
This- This is the third heaven? If it doesn’t stop then they could become a nascent soul-
You must know that many major figures with their late core formation cultivation level dare not say that they’ll enter nascent soul! It’s just that difficult! Achieving a nascent soul means having an extra life! Their life will surge for a thousand years! This is more than enough to enter the sect as an inner disciple!
He sucked in a breath of cold air as his sword cut through the sky, immediately descending into the fifth peak in the inner mountains.
With the third sound, many elders who were cultivating in their caves weren’t able to sit still.
They wanted to take this talented disciple as their apprentice.
Outer sect disciples don’t have a master. If they could grab this person and accept them as a disciple who could become a nascent soul cultivator in the future, then maybe they’ll also have the chance to condense a nascent soul in the future.
With this thought, several elders flew out from major mountain peaks into the fifth peak.
“Yan Ka, do you know who that person is?” The elder who was teaching a classroom earlier, master Zhishui, collected his sword and rushed straight into the room to ask.
Elder Yan Ka was also deep in thought. He heard the other’s question and shook his head with a wry smile. “I don’t know. In my impression, this batch of outer sect disciples doesn’t have this major talent.”
He also thought in his heart, “If they did, I would’ve already snatched them into my disciple!”
“That’s odd, was this talent hidden so deeply? Or, is this person cultivating the demonic path-?”
“Let’s just wait until he comes out.” Yan Ka said as he gazed at the window and saw a few familiar faces, “It seems that other people also had the thought of accepting this child as their disciple. Don’t ask any more questions as I don’t know as well. I plan to go and take a look now.”
Yan Ka gave a wry smile and was the first to interrupt the questions of the numerous old men who wanted to ask.
Just when they were going to form a team to go to the third peak, the fourth bell sounded like a clap of thunder, ringing in their ears. This time, those Nascent Soul elders opened their closed eyes.
Then came the fifth sound, and the sixth sound resounded through the sky.
The sect leader frowned and raised his head from the scrolls lying on his table and walked out of the main peak.
The elders were dumbfounded: What’s the situation? How did this ladder become Chinese cabbage?! How much weight do you want to put on?! Will a major immortal figure appear?! Or could the bell be broken?!
Yan Ka couldn’t sit still any longer and decided to immediately head to the third peak.
Whether it’s true or not, he’ll check it out first!
“Xiao er- Yan Ka, stop!” Because he was too shocked, the old man who was seized by elder Yan Ka was furious and closely followed behind him.
The mighty army of sect elder came to the third peak.
In front of them, the quaint big bell rang a clear seventh.
Burst in the sword sect.
….
When Lin Zhizhi came out, the first thing he saw was not the disciple who was supposed to stand on guard, nor the iconic big bell, but the faces of countless old tigers staring right at him.
Those elders will definitely fight over Lin Zhizi XD
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