assistirfilmes Chapter 7 – Using companions as the sacrificial furnace
Chapter 7 – Using companions as the sacrificial furnace
The attitudes of the three fairies told Brandon Jiang that his understanding of the path of cultivation was not skewed.
The true path of cultivation is indeed this extreme!
Although he had passed the first test, Brandon Jiang's mood remained heavy.
The cultivation world of this realm was far more terrifying and perilous than he had imagined.
Even after joining the Heavenly Lotus Sect, he would have to tread carefully, or death and the dissipation of his Daoist heart could come in an instant.
Time ticked by, and under the pressure of the three fairies, the others in the plaza were forced to answer, but naturally, they were stumped by various trick questions, with more deaths than survivals.
Those who survived had naturally passed the first test.
These people had some understanding of the path of cultivation and could handle the general trick questions.
However, answers as exceptional as those given by Brandon Jiang and Ashley Taibai did not appear again.
During this time, Brandon Jiang observed and found that the initial option of killing a hundred thousand people was indeed correct, as long as it adhered to the theme of promoting cultivation through killing.
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After a long while, the densely packed crowd in the plaza had sharply reduced, leaving fewer than a thousand people.
The rest were either taken away alive by the three fairies or drained on the spot into "little old men," a fate worse than death.
The survivors had become numb to this, only hoping that the second test would be simpler, allowing them to pass successfully.
The young fairy didn't keep them in suspense and said to the crowd with a faint smile:
"The first test was to assess your wisdom, so it was a bit difficult.
The second test is not so troublesome. You only need to sit cross-legged and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If your absorption speed meets the standard, you can officially become disciples of our Heavenly Lotus Sect."
Upon hearing this, Brandon Jiang and the surviving mortal girls felt a slight shock in their hearts.
As the young fairy said, this was indeed a very simple assessment.
But at the same time, it was an extremely cruel one.
Because aptitude is something that, if not born with, one would never have.
This is something predetermined at birth, no matter how intelligent or talented one might be.
Thinking of this, many people showed expressions of nervousness and anxiety.
The mortals who had made it here were all judged by the fairies of the Heavenly Lotus Sect to have spiritual roots, but the exact quality of these roots still needed to be tested.
If they did not meet the standards of the Heavenly Lotus Sect, the outcome was predictable.
On this matter of aptitude, Brandon Jiang was not too worried. After all, he had survived swallowing a pill refined by the Villain of the Blood Sea as a mortal, which was enough to show that he had some talent in the path of cultivation.
For these young girls who had just recently lived in the mortal world, this was something they couldn't accept.
This meant sacrificing their companions' lives to walk the path of cultivation!
But if they didn't absorb it, what awaited them was death!
Observing their expressions, the young fairy suddenly said:"If you can't accept it for the moment, I can understand. I have some mermaid tails here. Although their effect as furnaces is not as good as that of humans, you can still use them to sense spiritual energy."
As she spoke, she waved her hand, and several human-sized fish tails appeared in the plaza.
These fish tails were long, but they were cleanly cut off at the top, with the cut surfaces smooth as mirrors, even revealing spine-like structures similar to humans.
Looking at the cut surfaces of these fish tails, Brandon Jiang could almost guess that the front half of these tails was not fish bodies, but human bodies!
These were mermaids, a half-human, half-fish race!
But no matter what, the mermaid tails, which were more like fish, were much easier for most people to accept.
After all, to them, these were not their kind.
The moment the mermaid tails appeared, hundreds of people rushed over, quickly extracting the life force and fortune from the mermaid flesh, fearing that if they were late, there would be none left.
Then they immediately sat cross-legged and began to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Watching this scene, Brandon Jiang felt a strange sensation in his heart.
The young fairy had specially brought out mermaid flesh to cater to the mortals' feelings, was this really reasonable?
Would she be so kind?
In an instant, Brandon Jiang concluded that this was a trap!
He took a deep breath, ignoring the mermaid tails that were being fought over, and turned to the human furnaces that were almost untouched.
Ashley Taibai was already standing in front of the furnaces, beginning to extract life force and fortune, her expression as calm as ever, as if the furnaces in front of her were not her kind.
Brandon Jiang steeled his resolve and walked over.
In the end, only a very small number of people did not choose the mermaids.
Moments later, nearly a thousand people on the scene had finished absorbing the furnaces and sat cross-legged to begin absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
However, at this moment, the young fairy's cold voice suddenly rang out.
"Eight hundred and fifty-seven people failed the test, it seems your Daoist hearts are not firm enough."
"WHAT!!!"
Hearing this, those who had absorbed the mermaid furnaces were all stunned!
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