Chapter 643: The Nine Great Peak Masters

Bone age of three months? Sprinkling blood on the Heavenly Ladder?

Even though the nine Peak Masters of the Immortal Cloud Sect were all famous experts in the cultivation world, with extremely powerful strength and vast experience.

When they heard the news reported by Zhou Yan, they were all somewhat stunned.

Zhou Yan was speaking human language, but how could they not understand it when it was put together?

"Zhou Yan, what nonsense are you spouting? How can a three-month-old bone age be allowed on the Heavenly Ladder?" The voice of the Heart Peak Master exploded in Zhou Yan's ear across a vast distance.

"This..."

Zhou Yan scratched his head. If he had known Ye Lin would cause such a big commotion on the Heavenly Ladder, he shouldn't have been greedy for those three hundred top-tier Immortal Source Stones.

"My vision is limited, and I can't explain it clearly. Why don't you Peak Masters take a look for yourselves?"

Zhou Yan waved his hand and projected the current situation over.

A water curtain appeared before the nine Peak Masters, and the water curtain was playing the situation of the disciple assessment in real-time.

They saw that at the very front, Xiao Qingming and the other two were strolling leisurely, showing the demeanor that heaven's proud sons should have.

The nine Peak Masters all nodded, obviously extremely satisfied with the performance of the three, and some Peak Masters couldn't help but want to step out and snatch them.

Further back were many figures with ordinary talent but firm eyes, working hard to climb up.

This part of the people was the backbone of the Immortal Cloud Sect disciples, which was also normal.

And between these two groups...

"What kind of thing is that?"

"Is this the cultivator with a bone age of three months? Is this damn thing three months old?"

"No, the bone age of a few months is no longer important. Why don't you look at what he is doing?"

"This kid, could he be a demon disguised as a human?"

The scene before them undoubtedly brought extreme shock to the nine Peak Masters.

Some Peak Masters even couldn't help but curse.

They saw that on the Heavenly Ladder, Ye Lin was using his hands and feet, like a strange creature, crawling in a dark and twisted way on the stairs, spraying blood while crawling.

That would be fine, but the key was that he was crawling very fast, and the distance between him and Xiao Qingming and the other two was getting closer and closer!

Ye Lin didn't want to be like this, but he really couldn't stand up anymore. The higher he went, the greater the pressure of the Heavenly Ladder, so crawling was actually more convenient.

Anyway, the content of the assessment was to reach the top; it didn't say he had to walk up.

The nine Peak Masters just stared blankly as Ye Lin twisted his body and crawled another long distance upward.

After reacting, they all activated their Heavenly Eyes to look at Ye Lin, but they couldn't see any clues.

"Situ, among us, your pupil technique is the strongest. Can you see what kind of thing that kid is? Could he really be a great demon in disguise?"

The person called Situ was the Peak Master of Spirit Peak, Situ Qi. This person was born blind, but he had practiced a pair of terrifying black pupils that could even see through the cycle of yin and yang.

"I can confirm he is a human, but the strange thing is, I also cannot see what spiritual root or constitution he has."

Situ Qi's face had confusion. His pair of eyes had no whites, just like two black holes, observing Ye Lin from a vast distance.

"I can vaguely see that hidden in his body is a very terrifying power, but this power seems unable to manifest right now."

Hearing Situ Qi confirm that Ye Lin was a human, the other eight Peak Masters all breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he was human, it was fine.

They were afraid that Ye Lin was a great demon or devil disguised and mixed in.

Such things had happened in previous years, causing not small losses to the Immortal Cloud Sect.

After ruling out the danger, several Peak Masters began to get curious about Ye Lin's bone structure.

"Situ, can you really not see clearly? You aren't seeing it clearly and deliberately hiding it from us because you want to secretly snatch him, right?" A Peak Master asked from afar.

Previously, there was a disciple who hadn't even started testing his bone structure when Situ Qi's black pupils discovered he was actually a Ten Thousand Beast Melting Furnace Sacred Body, capable of devouring various great demon bloodlines and fusing their innate divine abilities.

His spiritual root was also a Heaven-grade single spiritual root, but after this old fox Situ Qi saw it, he secretly ordered people to drive him out of the Immortal Cloud Sect, and then ran off to change his name and snatch the disciple for himself.

That disciple had cultivated for nearly a hundred years before he knew his master was actually the Peak Master of the Immortal Cloud Sect.

"Not this time; this time I really can't see clearly." Situ Qi's tone was calm. If he could see clearly, why would he still be sitting here?

"The bone structure stele can't measure it, and even Situ can't see it clearly. Could this kid be the legendary forbidden-level bone structure?" A Peak Master couldn't help but guess.

"Not very likely. If it were really a forbidden-level bone structure and he had no top-tier experts protecting him, he would have been struck dead by tribulation lightning the moment he was born; he wouldn't have lived to be this big."

"His bone age is only three months; could it be related to his bone structure?"

"This guess is indeed very possible. Have someone investigate this Ye Lin."

"Let's look further. After climbing the Heavenly Ladder, the next stages are the Heart-Questioning Pool and Crossing the Mountains and Seas. This kid is only at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Gathering Realm; if he wants to pass the next two stages, it will definitely not be an easy task. At that time, clues will definitely be revealed."

At this very moment, the attention of the nine Peak Masters of the Immortal Cloud Sect was almost entirely focused on the disciple assessment.

In the past, the disciple assessment was basically handled by sending an elder to preside over it.

Ye Lin rolled and crawled; he didn't know how far he had climbed, but he still couldn't see the top of the Heavenly Ladder.

"Why is this damn staircase so high?"

Ye Lin only wanted to reach the top quickly and then get away from this Heavenly Ladder.

Otherwise, if he kept crawling here, only one outcome awaited Ye Lin: his physical body would collapse and explode.

Although he wouldn't die if he exploded, how would he explain it to the people of the Immortal Cloud Sect after he resurrected in a cloud of blood mist under everyone's eyes?

"Forbidden Spell: Burning Reincarnation!"

To increase his climbing speed, Ye Lin didn't hesitate to use a forbidden technique.

Accompanied by red blood flames burning on his body, his already fast speed soared again, and the whole person, like a large baboon chasing prey, rushed upward using all four limbs.

Soon, among Xiao Qingming and the other two, the slowest one, Ye Chen, was surpassed by Ye Lin.

Watching a mass of unknown blood-colored creature roll past him, Ye Chen was startled and almost unleashed a divine ability.

"Is this an illusion produced on the Heavenly Ladder?"

Ye Chen looked at Ye Lin's figure in a daze. Because he was climbing fast, he hadn't noticed such a strange life form behind him just now.

Soon, the second-ranked Gu Qianxue was also surpassed by Ye Lin. She exclaimed, covering her red, small, and delicate cherry lips, her exquisite little face full of surprise.

At this time, Xiao Qingming, who had been walking at the very front of everyone, also noticed the movement behind him and turned his head in some confusion.

Xiao Qingming's pupils shrank violently because he saw a blood-colored baboon rushing toward him!

Just when Xiao Qingming thought he was hallucinating and was stunned, that blood-colored baboon actually spoke human words.

"Buddy, I'm in a hurry, open your mouth... oh no, move aside!"

As soon as his voice fell, Ye Lin rushed past Xiao Qingming with a "whoosh."

The smell of blood came rushing toward him.

Only then did Xiao Qingming react that a bloody person had just passed him.

Looking at the bloody marks on the steps along the way after Ye Lin passed, Xiao Qingming looked at Zhou Yan in confusion and asked.

"Elder Zhou, please forgive my rudeness, but is there any reward for the first person to reach the top of the Heavenly Ladder?"

"Uh... no." Zhou Yan answered truthfully.

"No?"

Xiao Qingming was even more confused. If there was no reward, why did that guy just now risk his life and spray blood to run so fast?

"Then what is the situation with that fellow Daoist just now?" Xiao Qingming couldn't help but ask.

"He might... be in a bit of a hurry to join the Immortal Cloud Sect." ===== CHAPTER 644 =====