Chapter 45: Disciple Trial Tower – Trial Ranking List

Ten more days had passed since the founding master accepted disciples.

Everything in the Qingyun Sect was running smoothly.

The disciples were training desperately, all hoping to break into the top ten on the two‑month ranking list so they could advance further in the sect.

Upon noticing this, Feng Qingyang exclaimed, "Our sect's internal competition is too fierce!"

Unlike him, all I can do is fish and stroll around with birds…

Cultivation? Cultivate a hair!

"Hurry up, hurry up."

"The elders have allowed us to go train in the Trial Tower."

"Really?!"

"You go ahead, I'll go fetch Junior Brother Zheng Wuyu."

At the foot of the Disciple Trial Tower, many disciples had already gathered.

The hundred‑story Trial Tower shot straight up into the clouds.

Standing before it, one felt a tremendous oppressive pressure rushing toward them.

"Great! Finally we can enter the Trial Tower to train!"

After training nonstop day and night for over ten days, we can now test our progress.

On their first day arriving, they were drawn to the sect's iconic building, all curious about what the tower was used for.

Later, after the elders' explanation,

they learned that the tower was specially for disciples to train in, and that no one would truly die inside.

So this is a great place to boost one's strength!

Only in life‑and‑death battles can one's strength and combat experience be endlessly increased.

However, the elders said at the time that they could not yet use the tower; they needed to first master their techniques and martial skills to practice properly.

After ten days of arduous training, they could finally go in for a try.

Everyone was eager and couldn't wait.

Who knows which brave soul will go in first to scout the way?

Only after gaining the first experience can one perform better.

Who knows whether to enter through the back door or the front door?

"I, Zheng Wuyu, will go first to scout the path for everyone!"

A man dressed in outer‑disciple attire stepped forward, spoke loudly, then entered the Trial Tower.

"Junior Brother Wuyu, go for it!"

The two disciples who came with him, seeing their junior brother rush in first, cheered him on.

……

Two and a half minutes later, Zheng Wuyu was sent back looking dejected.

At the ranking list outside the Trial Tower, his name also appeared.

Trial Ranking List: first place, Zheng Wuyu, twelfth floor.

What a glorious moment!

Zheng Wuyu was so excited he almost jumped up; although he had only cleared twelve floors, he was number one!

Although he knew the ranking would soon push him down.

But so what? He had once been number one, and now he had something to brag about when he went out.

"How is it, Junior Brother Wuyu, what's inside like?"

The disciples gathered around and asked.

"Hehe, you'll know once you go in yourself—it's really exciting!"

Zheng Wuyu still kept them in suspense.

The disciples then all stepped inside one after another.

Not long after,

……

"Holy crap! After passing the twentieth floor it's practically hell‑level difficulty!"

The disciple who was sent back complained.

"Haha, that's what makes it challenging."

"If it were easy to breeze through, what's the point of training at all?"

The Trial Ranking List was also updated.

First place: Lu Renjia, twentieth floor.

Second place: Luo Botou, twentieth floor.

Third place: Zeng Xiao, twentieth floor.

……

By this point, even the highest‑ranked first place had only reached the twenty‑first floor.

No wonder that disciple complained that after the twentieth floor it became hell‑level difficulty.

"Senior Brothers Qin Han and Ning Yan have arrived."

Although the outer‑disciple ranking had not yet been opened for ranking, everyone acknowledged these two's senior‑brother status.

"With the talent of an emperor, are you kidding me?"

Qin Han and Ning Yan walked toward them.

Both didn't linger long, directly stepping into the trial tower.

On the first level of the trial tower, what met their eyes was another self.

"Another illusion."

Qin Han muttered inwardly, then unleashed a punch that killed himself.

"Hmm, another self."

Both progressed rapidly, reaching the tenth level in one go.

Basically, they defeated foes with a single punch.

Outside the tower, as the tenth level's light lit up, all the disciples were shocked by the two's rapid progress in clearing the levels.

"Both senior brothers are so fast!"

"Yeah, this... they just went in, right?"

"Indeed, the world of heavenly pride is beyond our comprehension!"

"This has dealt me a heavy blow; I intend to train bitterly with my junior brothers for a month, day and night without rest!"

"Holy shit! Senior brother, your fighting spirit is through the roof—don't drag us in! We haven't slept for ten days straight!"

"In the distance, on the other side."

"Elder Mu, how many levels do you think these two can clear?"

"Inner Sect Elder Luo Chen, Mu Shuixian, Law Enforcement Hall Elder Luo Wudao, Palace of Techniques Elder Nie Hailong—the four great elders gathered together."

"Having just entered the world not long ago, they are still bare commanders with no one under them."

"Thus it's still easy for now; they came to the outer sect region to inspect the outer disciples."

""Not sure, but these two have high talent and strong strength; although it's their first trial, they probably won't clear too few levels," Mu Shuixian thought and said."

"She had also heard their titles: the Nine Cauldrons Eight Responses heavenly pride, possessing imperial aptitude, destined to become an emperor in the future."

"She herself had been an emperor-level cultivator in her past life, so she naturally knows how high their talent is and how strong their strength is."

"She merely wonders how imperial aptitude can be as cheap as nothing, even buy-one-get-one-free, with two appearing this time when the mountain opened to accept disciples."

"Could it be... the age of great strife has arrived!"

""It seems these two will definitely enter the inner sect in two months.""

""Looks like this elder also needs to select some disciples for the Law Enforcement Hall.""

"Law Enforcement Hall Elder Luo Wudao said."

"The Law Enforcement Hall is an important department, tasked with managing sect order and restraining disciples' misconduct."

"Nowadays, besides him, the Law Enforcement Hall is empty as well."

"At this moment in the trial tower, Qin Han has already broken through the twentieth level and reached the twenty-first."

"He didn't expect that the person on the twenty-first level would give him a 'surprise'."

""Lin Yao!""

"This level is a watershed; once passed, the way to the thirtieth level is smooth sailing."

"It is exactly this level that has blocked all previous challengers."

"This illusion is formed from the obsession in your heart; although its strength equals that of the challenger, the deeper your obsession, the stronger it becomes!"

""Lin Yao, you ruthless woman, I, the Emperor, will kill you! \""

"Although Qin Han knows this is all an illusion, as long as his heart is made of flesh, he cannot stay calm at all."

"As the saying goes, enemies meeting are especially filled with hatred!"

"From beloved to betrayal, from constant companionship to personally killing him, with such a heart‑wrenching memory, how could he let go?"

"The illusion of Lin Yao opposite him saw that he had taken the bait."

"A faint cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth."