Chapter 65: Long Bingyan's Sixth Update

  The stunning woman turned around, and surprisingly looked exactly the same as the woman in the painting on the ancestral altar of the Long family. It was none other than the eldest daughter of the Long family, Long Bingyan.

  However, the woman in the painting is beautiful. The woman in front of me is even more beautiful. Her skin and bones are as delicate as jade, every inch of her body is like a work of art, without any imperfections. But this woman's expression is icy cold, just one glance from her seems to be able to freeze people solid. It makes it difficult for people to feel close to her.

  "What's up?"

  Long Bing's face was pale and he spoke in a faint tone. In his gestures and movements, a sense of superior dignity was revealed.

  "We have people outside the gate who came to report that in this time's Immortal Dao recruitment, they found someone called Lin Xi whom Shifu Jie told us to pay attention to. He is also among those recruited this time. This is the list of recruits for this recruitment."

  "Huh?"

  Emerald-like fingers beckoned once, and a thin slip of paper flew up, falling into Long Bingyan's palm.

  "Sister, this little brat is right on the mountain. Do you want us to take action and kill him directly?"

  The disciple who was speaking revealed a cruel and ruthless expression as he spoke of cutting down everything with his horizontal sword:

  "As long as Eldest Sister says the word, we can definitely do it without anyone noticing. With so many warriors vying for the Immortal Path, killing a few people won't even raise an eyebrow."

  "Hum! Without anyone noticing?"

  The woman let out a cold laugh and lightly tapped her thumb on the name card, revealing an air of thick power and prestige.

  "What do you take the elders above for? The Immortal Dao Recruitment Ceremony, even I don't dare to make a move. You're just a small outer sect disciple, if you say you want to kill someone inside, are you not afraid of dying too quickly?"

  "Are you just going to let him off like that? He ruined your big deal!"

  The white-clothed disciple's face was filled with unwillingness.

  "Spare him? Of course not. A dike a thousand miles long can be breached by an ant hole. If this little ant is not crushed, other Holy Sons and Daughters who are below me will stir up trouble, and many disputes will arise."

  Long Bing's face was cold and he sneered.

  "What does Big Sister mean by that..."

  The white-clothed disciple hesitated.

  "A tiny martial artist with a cultivation base of only the tenth level, an insignificant ant-like creature. I won't personally take action. - Arrange for one of our people to enter the Time and Space Gate with him. Kill him during the mission! Keep your hands clean, don't leave any evidence."

  Long Bingyan waved her hand and said, on her absolutely beautiful face, a resolute and decisive expression appeared.

  "Don't worry, sister. We'll definitely handle this matter beautifully and won't trouble you with it. That little brat will definitely not be able to walk out of the Time Gate alive."

  The white-clothed disciple said and hastily left.

  …………

  Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, three days had gone by. Lin Xi stayed in the other courtyard every day, watching a large number of disciples leave the yard to take part in the Immortal Path assessment. Regardless of whether they passed or not, none of them returned.

  And in these three days, there were constantly warriors entering into Shenyue Mountain.

  Lin Xi only then felt how grand the recruitment of the Immortal Dao Great World was. Looking out at the entire world, perhaps not many people knew about the Immortal Dao Great World. But when they gathered together, one could feel and know just how vast the number of people who knew was.

  "Looking at this situation, the Xian Dao sect sends out nearly 10,000 Xian Dao tokens every year!"

  Lin Xi stood on the mountain, secretly pondering in his heart.

  This data looks very large, but when scattered throughout the world, it seems very little.

  During this period, the most heard by Lin Xi was "Time and Space Gate". It seems that the assessment is related to this time and space gate. Although it's only three days, Lin Xi also felt that the mortality rate of the Immortal Dao assessment was extremely high.

  "Lin Xi, it's your turn."

  A outer sect disciple appeared outside Lin Xi's detached courtyard.

  "Thanks for showing me the way."

  Lin Xi followed the outer sect disciple and soon arrived at a mountain peak. At the top of the mountain, there was an ancient stone gate in the shape of an arch. On the stone gate, the two words "Assessment" were written with cinnabar.

  Under the stone gate, a young Taoist disciple in his twenties stood with his eyebrows furrowed and eyes closed. From his unimposing physique, waves of majestic aura radiated outward. In front of him, everyone involuntarily felt pressure.

  The young disciple's right palm was slightly raised, with a six-inch-high "light gate" in the center of his palm that emitted a faint glow. Upon closer inspection, the light gate had layers of temporal and spatial halos within it, seemingly leading to another world.

  "Could that be the Gate of Space-Time?"

  Lin Xi's heart skipped a beat.

  The young Xian Dao disciple didn't speak either, closing his eyes and remaining as still as a sculpture. In front of him, more than thirty martial artists who had come to take the assessment had already gathered.

  Seeing Lin Xi coming over, a young man in his twenty-fifth or sixth year of age, with a flicker of his eyes, suddenly emerged from the crowd and walked up.

  "This brother, I am Fan Xuanping of the Bing Jue Sect under the Holy Tree Dynasty, how should I address you?"

  The young man had a warm smile and looked friendly and harmless.

  "Lin Xi, the Five Thunder Sect of the Da Liang Dynasty."

  Lin Xi said calmly.

  "Oh, I've long admired you."

  The young man spoke flattering words, but his eyes couldn't hide a hint of disappointment. He skipped the usual pleasantries and made an excuse to turn around and leave immediately.

  Lin Xi just smiled and ignored him.

  "Don't bother with him. He's just a small-minded person. Whoever has an impressive background, he'll go fawn on them. When he encounters someone who is not as capable as him, he can't even be bothered to reason with them. A perfect example of a sycophant."

  A crisp woman's voice suddenly sounded in her ear.

  "Hmm, what he's doing isn't wrong either. The Immortal Path assessment is fraught with danger, so having one more friend and one more helping hand is a good thing. I'm just from a small sect, so others naturally look down on me."

  Lin Xi said faintly, looking back at a lovely young girl walking towards him.

  The girl looked like she was seventeen or eighteen years old, with black hair tied up in a ponytail. She wore a pink dress, and her figure under the clothes was youthful and slender, with curves that were extremely alluring.

  She arrived a little later, and just in time to hear Fan Xuanping and Lin Xi's conversation.

  "Right, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Shangguan Yaoyue."

  Shangguan Yaoyue smiled slightly, and two clear dimples appeared on her cheeks.

  She mentioned her own name, but as for her origin, she didn't mention a word.

  Lin Xi.

  Lin Xi smiled slightly.

  At this time, there were more than 80 disciples at this assessment site, and it was overcrowded.

  In front of the stone gate, a disciple of the Xian Dao who had been motionless finally opened his eyes. A surge of overwhelming aura spread out, and the young people in the row closest to him immediately felt a chill run down their spines, each taking a step back.

  "This is a disciple of the Shen Xiao Sect, a second-level Tian Ming period cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm. Although he's just an outer sect disciple at the second level of Qi Refining, he can draw upon the primordial energy from deep within the earth, and his power is unmatched. Even if all of us were to join forces, we wouldn't be a match for him."

  Shangguan Yaoyue's voice came from beside her ear.

  "Miss Shangguan, you seem to be very familiar with the affairs of the Xian Dao sect."

  Lin Xi turned his head and smiled, with a hint of deep meaning in his eyes.

  Shangguan Yaoyue didn't deny it either, she just smiled and said:

  "It's just a matter of family learning."

  At this time, the Xian Dao disciple in front of the stone gate spoke up:

  "Listen up, everyone. I'm in charge of this mountain's assessment point. The task for this Immortal Dao assessment is very simple. All you need to do is go in and hunt down the ferocious creatures inside, obtaining their hearts. Whoever completes the task will be considered to have passed the recruitment assessment for the Immortal Dao Great World."

  The immortal Taoist disciple said, his palm opened, and in the middle of his left palm, a fist-sized heart suddenly appeared out of thin air. The dark veins were twisted, and it was bright red like fire. Even more bizarre, this heart was still beating.

  "This is the heart required for the assessment. You have all seen it. Only this kind of heart is what the Immortal Dao assessment requires. The assessment is fraught with danger, and since you have come here, it means you have already accepted this danger. Moreover, our Immortal Dao sect is not an evil path, and we always leave a thread of life in everything. If you feel that you cannot complete the task, you can exit from the time-space gate in advance. However, that would also mean that you have failed."

  The immortal Taoist disciple said, with a flick of his palm, the small six-inch-high light gate that Lin Xi had seen earlier was suddenly thrown up by him.

  All that can be seen is a brilliant light filling the air, shining so brightly that it's hard to keep one's eyes open.

  Boom!

  The mountain peak shook, and the light gate fell to the ground. In front of everyone, a large arched door eight feet high suddenly appeared. Inside the arched door was a cluster of crimson flames jumping about, and at the center of the flames was a deep, pitch-black fissure that seemed to lead to some unknown, immeasurable space.

  Lin Xi gazed at the massive light gate, his eyelids twitching slightly. He could feel that from the other end of the rift came a desolate and ominous feeling.

  "This is the Trial Gate, the lowest level of the Time and Space Gates. It was created by the top strongmen of the Xian Dao Sect, collecting yuanqi from other times and spaces, and refining it. Can directly reach other worlds."

  Shangguan Yaoyue seemed to know Lin Xie's doubts and explained beside him.

  "Miss Shangguan said this is the lowest-level time-space gate. I wonder if there are other time-space gates?"

  Lin Xi said calmly and quietly.

  He knew in his heart that this girl named Shang Guan Ya Xue was extremely familiar with the things of the Xian Dao world. Her background was absolutely not simple.

  However, he didn't take it further. He just followed her tone and continued asking.

  "Gate of time and space, gate of dimensional division, gate of planes, and also the gate of space. It is said that some Xian Tao sects have a cosmic gate. They are all made by the great elders of time and space in various Xian Tao sects, and then passed down to the sects. These great elders of time and space have profound cultivation that cannot be measured. They have already transcended the ten levels of refining Qi, their consciousness roaming freely in the vast expanse, and with just a thought, they can take in spatial origin energy from the endless void and refine it into gates of time and space. —— You will know all this later if you join the Shen Xiao Sect. These are not anything big."

  Shangguan Yaoyue didn't think much of it and replied.

  She seems to have a good impression of Lin Xi and answers all his questions.