Walk on the Path to Heaven; Enter the sect.
If she wanted to cultivate up to a Paragon, she could only rely on the sacred sect.
It was a journey of half a month. Within the carriage, Ye Qingtang saw an increasingly familiar surrounding before her, and a strange feeling arose within her. She lifted her eyes slightly and looked at the tall mountain not far away. That mountain was steep, and its summit was covered in cloud mist. However, Ye Qingtang was very clear that there… was the location of Xuanling Sect.
Above the vague mist, Xuanling Sect stood against the clouds in the sky.
"Xuanling Sect…" As Ye Qingtang looked at the cloud mist at the mountain's summit, scenes from her previous life flooded her mind.
[Ye Qingtang, you have the Heart of the Demon God in your body. Xuanling Sect cannot keep you anymore.]
In her previous life, Ye Qingtang did not have a spirit root and only found a way to model a fake spirit root after searching for a long time. She used that method and finally entered Xuanling Sect. However… the her then would never have dreamt that the very entrance became a turning point in her life.
Not a good turn, but an abyssal drop.
Her Heart of the Demon God was exposed in a mission, and she was forced out of the sect. Moreover, a Sect Elder with evil intentions, along with other disciples in the sect, told the entire world that she possessed the Heart of the Demon God.
Since then, she turned from avoiding Ye You to becoming everyone's target of murder.
And from the moment she left Xuanling Sect, Ye Qingtang was like a person hated by everyone, and she got shouted at and beaten up by many. The news of the Heart of the Demon God could no longer be hidden.
After innumerable twists and turns, Ye Qingtang chose Xuanling Sect once again in this life.
This time, it was not only to obtain the Black Heaven Water but more to… seek revenge…
In this life, she would not let anyone who harmed her in her previous life off.
"We're reaching Xuanling Sect very soon. Qingtang, are you ready to participate in the sect assessment?" Si Ye's voice rang from outside the carriage.
Ye Qingtang chuckled with bright eyes, "I've been preparing for this moment for too long."
…
Below Xuanling Sect and above the clouds was obviously a place with little trace of civilization, yet today, this place was exceptionally "bustling".
It was difficult for a carriage to ascend the mountain; thus, Si Ye and Ye Qingtang got off the carriage at the foot of the mountain and walked up to the summit.
There were already many people at the summit. In the large groups of people, everyone was donned in luxurious attires and possessed a dignified bearing. Rather, it was Ye Qingtang and Si Ye, who were both relatively young, who dressed casually and in the least numbers. Yet, everyone noticed them once they reached the summit.
"These are all people participating in Xuanling Sect's entrance assessment?" Si Ye asked Ye Qingtang as they stood aside. He unconsciously looked at the others. Amongst the crowd, it was not difficult to tell that the ones who were really there to participate in the assessment were the young talents while most of the rest were there to send them off.
Ye Qingtang nodded slightly.
"I didn't think that there would actually be so many people." Ye Qingtang estimated that there were at least more than a hundred people who were there to participate in Xuanling Sect's entrance assessment.
"It is unknown how many can remain," Ye Qingtang said coolly.
Every year, all sects would welcome a large batch of people who wished to enter the sect. However, amongst these hundreds of people, it was already rare for one-tenth of them to enter the sect.
Unless one possessed a rare supreme-grade spirit root like Ye You did, to obtain the opportunity to enter a sect, one was required to first have a high enough natural endowment and second, a recommendation by a mighty figure. Moreover, these two conditions were merely qualifications for them to participate in a sect's entrance assessment.
No one knew whether one could enter.
"Those are people from the Liu Yun family clan?" Si Ye's eyes swept over a group of people not far away.
The Liu Yun family clan is renowned worldwide, and the cultivators produced from this family clan were all deeply powerful. Family clans like the Si and Ye family seemed especially tiny before ones like Liu Yun's.
Ye Qingtang followed Si Ye's gaze, and as expected, she saw a group of finely-dressed people with elegant demeanors.
Leading the group of people was a tall middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing, and he was quietly talking to a young man. When Ye Qingtang's gaze fell on the male who listened with lowered eyes, something shone in her eyes uncontrollably.
[ Qingtang! Quickly leave! ]
On a stormy night, that handsome youth stood in front of her with his flesh and blood, bearing a fatal blow.
"Senior Brother Yun…" Ye Qingtang mumbled softly as she looked at the side profile of the youth.
"Qingtang, do you know the people from the Liu Yun family clan?" Si Ye seemed to have sensed Ye Qingtang's abnormal behavior and could not help but ask.
Ye Qingtang returned to her senses and shook her head immediately.
It was she who owed him.
In her previous life when Ye Qingtang entered the Xuanling Sect, she experienced difficulty in learning anything due to the absence of spirit root and was, thus, ridiculed by some senior and junior brothers. More than that, she was bullied for not having a family clan background. The only person in Xuanling Sect who treated her well was Senior Brother Yun, Yun Shu.
But ultimately…
Yun Shu died for her, but she did not even have the ability to seek revenge for him.
The only warmth in her previous life was slashed away hard on that stormy night.
Si Ye did not think much into it and was slightly shocked as he looked at the crowd.
He had always known that it was hard to enter a Sect but never expected that despite so, there were even the Formidable Heavens Royals here apart from the Liu Yun family clan. Every candidate participating in the entrance assessment had extraordinary backgrounds such that any random person picked out would have a glorious background.
And only people with such a social status would attract a mighty figure to recommend them.
"Big brother Si, there's still a while more until the assessment. You don't need to accompany me. Do head back first," Ye Qingtang said with a smile.
Si Ye originally wanted to stay and accompany Ye Qingtang, but on second thought, if Ye Qingtang failed, she may be embarrassed to face him. Thus, he gave a few orders and descended the mountain without saying anything more, deciding to wait a while more in the carriage at the bottom of the mountain.
Once Si Ye left, Ye Qingtang stood at the summit alone. Her small frame and outstanding appearance attracted much attention.
However, the reactions she got were less of shock and more of mockery.
"Who is that girl? She can't be here to participate in the sect assessment also?"
"Doesn't look like it. All the candidates for the sect assessment today were escorted by many people from their family and had the company of a powerful person who recommended them. Just now, I saw that there was only one young man beside that girl, and he had left. It doesn't seem like they're here for the assessment."
"Perhaps, she's here to see the world. After all, this Path to Heaven cannot be traversed by normal people."
The people who came today had extremely high expectations and could see that Ye Qingtang's lone self was a misfit in this bustling and flourishing age.
Ye Qingtang was not at all bothered by those discussions and stood there calmly as she eyed the cloudy horizon.
In the previous life, she waited for the Path to Heaven—the path leading to the sect—to open by herself just like this.
Ridicule and coldness—she had long suffered them in her previous life. How would it still bother her in this life?
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