Chapter 67: We Are All Thinking for the Demonic Sect

As the cultivator with the highest cultivation in the entire branch, and having received systematic training at the headquarters and studied the true essence of the demonic path, what kind of scene had the Branch Master not seen?

This scene, he really hadn't seen.

If it were the deacons being considerate of his hard work and preparing in advance, he could understand, and might even feel gratified.

But what was going on with you three? Where did you pop out from?

The Branch Master figured out the problem, his eyes cold enough to kill. These three people were impersonating examiners to screen out competitors in advance.

"What a good method!" the Branch Master gritted his teeth and said.

The three were still impersonating examiners. Lu Yang put his leg on the table: "You want to pass the assessment without bribing us? Next?"

The next person respectfully took out spirit stones to honor the three examiners. Meng Jingzhou counted them and felt it was too little, so he asked: "Do you have experience joining the Demonic Sect?"

"No."

"Oh, sorry, we don't want people without experience. Go back."

"..." He felt the examiners might as well have written "We just aren't recruiting people" in big letters on their faces.

The Branch Master appeared behind the three like a ghost, cold air leaking from his teeth, his Golden Core aura fully displayed. With one slap, he sent the three of them flying against the wall: "You three have such big guts, daring to impersonate examiners here!"

If he had arrived any later, everyone would have run away!

Lu Yang pried himself off the wall and said hurriedly: "My lord, we are wronged! We are all considering the Demonic Sect wholeheartedly!"

The Branch Master was so angry he laughed, asking: "Then tell me, how are you considering it for the Demonic Sect?"

"My lord, think about it. As demonic path practitioners, we should be suspicious and inquisitive, and not easily trust others. Look at these people; as soon as the three of us sat here, they believed we were examiners. Not a single person had any questions."

"Being so easily deceived, wouldn't it be very easy to be tricked? If there were smart people in the righteous path, they would be tricked every time."

"And only righteous path practitioners would believe whatever anyone says. I even suspect there are righteous path spies among these people. My lord, you must investigate their identities in detail; you cannot let righteous path practitioners mix in!"

Speaking of this, Lu Yang even looked suspiciously at the people participating in the trial, with an expression that said there must be spies among you.

Lu Yang spoke with sincerity, completely looking like he was thinking for the Branch Master.

The Branch Master's expression eased slightly.

Meng Jingzhou spoke even more sincerely than Lu Yang, and one could tell it was his true thought: "Furthermore, demonic path practitioners are selfish and only consider themselves. There are so many people here to participate in the trial, so we naturally have to try every means to reduce the competitors!"

"They aren't as skilled as others and got tricked; who can they blame? They can only blame themselves for not having enough experience in tricking people!"

The Branch Master's brows unfurled, feeling this was the three's true words.

Right, demonic path practitioners should be lawless and use every means possible. When he joined the Demonic Sect, he also used every means, gained the appreciation of the higher-ups, and had his position today.

These three's methods were even better than his own back then; the blue comes from the indigo but is better than the indigo.

Man Gu spoke most simply, stating his position: "We sincerely want to join the Demonic Sect and guarantee we won't do a single good deed!"

The Branch Master nodded slightly, thinking perhaps these three could also gain the appreciation of the higher-ups, raising the evaluation of the Yanjiang Branch by the higher-ups to a higher level.

The crowd glared at Lu Yang and the others. They were all famous loafers, rascals, and scammers in the underworld, but none were as shameless as these three, tricking people so ruthlessly!

If the Branch Master weren't there, they would all want to swarm up and tear these three bastards to pieces!

The Branch Master didn't care about the thoughts of the people below; a group of mediocre people, how could they compare to the value of these three people.

"What is your cultivation?"

Lu Yang answered respectfully: "Both are early Foundation Establishment. The three of us brothers are from out of town. We came to Yanjiang Prefecture a month ago and accidentally heard that the Demonic Sect was recruiting, so we wanted to try. Seeing too many competitors, we came up with this superior strategy."

"Not bad." The more the Branch Master looked at the three, the more satisfied he was. Good seedlings, these were all his performance.

Just now, with a casual wave of his hand, ordinary early Foundation Establishment cultivators would have been injured. In contrast, these three weren't injured at all, showing they were outstanding among early Foundation Establishment cultivators.

If these three performed decently in the trial, it wouldn't be impossible to promote them to deacons.

Those who had been eliminated by Lu Yang also returned one after another; they had been called over when the Branch Master came.

These eliminated people hated Lu Yang even more than the others. Lu Yang felt that if he killed these people now, they would probably turn directly into vengeful spirits.

The Branch Master opened the stone wall again and said to everyone: "Come in."

Behind the stone wall was a vast and dark space, with giant rocks suspended and connected by chains, quite spectacular.

Lu Yang's guess was true; the Yanjiang Branch was in a cave heaven.

The Branch Master's attitude toward the three was clearly different from his attitude toward others: "You thought very well, wanting to squeeze out competitors, and what you did was also commendable. But you were wrong from the beginning. Squeezing out these people, or even if only the three of you participated in the trial, it doesn't necessarily mean you would pass."

"What does this mean?" The three were puzzled.

The Branch Master under the mask smiled without answering, stepped on the floating stone, and led the crowd to the largest floating stone.

This was a platform, with complex and magnificent patterns carved on the ground. Four ancient stone pillars stood in the four directions of east, west, south, and north. Eleven deacons in black robes performed their duties, guarding the edge of the platform.

"Scatter and sit down, relax your minds."

After everyone did as told, the Branch Master came to the center of the platform, where a jade-green stone floated, with dense mysterious symbols engraved on its surface.

The Branch Master input spiritual energy into the stone, and the array under his feet began to operate, rotating and expanding, copying and increasing, instantly filling the entire platform.

The platform was like an ancient giant beast waking up, using mysterious power from the prehistoric era to lead everyone to an unknown space.

In the pure white space, shadowy people stood, looking blank, not knowing what had happened.

Whenever Lu Yang saw a pure white space, he would always suspect that a Tofu Heavenly Venerable would suddenly pop out from the crowd.

Lu Yang discovered that Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu were not by his side, and the surroundings were full of people he didn't know.

"Brother, where are you from?" Lu Yang asked quite familiarly. That person wasn't very used to Lu Yang's enthusiasm.

That person felt it wasn't good not to speak, so he said: "From Huang Yue City."

Lu Yang asked several people in a row and found that they came from different Demonic Sect strongholds and were all transmitted here through a giant array.

Lu Yang roughly understood what the Branch Master meant. This selection wasn't each stronghold selecting for itself, but a selection organized by the headquarters, with all demonic rogue cultivators participating at the same time.

"This feeling is like a soul leaving the body, but it's different." Lu Yang muttered to himself. He felt that what the platform transmitted wasn't the true body, but something like consciousness.

"It's interesting. I wonder if Senior Sister can..." Lu Yang stopped his thoughts. If this was a state of consciousness, perhaps the Immortal-Decaying Sect had a way to detect what he was thinking.

Better to be careful.

Suddenly, the entire space darkened, and a figure emitting a white halo stood in the air.

They only heard that person say faintly: "This seat is the Vice Sect Master of the Immortal-Decaying Sect. I have set three trials for you all. Those who pass all three trials can enter this sect."

There will be another update later.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 68 =====