The Eerie Immortal Path: Begin by Devouring Fairy Flesh

The attitudes of the three fairies told Brandon Jiang that his understanding of the path of cultivation was not skewed.

The true path of cultivation is indeed this extreme!

Although he had passed the first test, Brandon Jiang's mood remained heavy.@@novelbin@@

The cultivation world of this realm was far more terrifying and perilous than he had imagined.

Even after joining the Heavenly Lotus Sect, he would have to tread carefully, or death and the dissipation of his Daoist heart could come in an instant.

Time ticked by, and under the pressure of the three fairies, the others in the plaza were forced to answer, but naturally, they were stumped by various trick questions, with more deaths than survivals.

Those who survived had naturally passed the first test.

These people had some understanding of the path of cultivation and could handle the general trick questions.

However, answers as exceptional as those given by Brandon Jiang and Ashley Taibai did not appear again.

During this time, Brandon Jiang observed and found that the initial option of killing a hundred thousand people was indeed correct, as long as it adhered to the theme of promoting cultivation through killing.

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After a long while, the densely packed crowd in the plaza had sharply reduced, leaving fewer than a thousand people.

The rest were either taken away alive by the three fairies or drained on the spot into "little old men," a fate worse than death.

The survivors had become numb to this, only hoping that the second test would be simpler, allowing them to pass successfully.

The young fairy didn't keep them in suspense and said to the crowd with a faint smile:

"The first test was to assess your wisdom, so it was a bit difficult.

The second test is not so troublesome. You only need to sit cross-legged and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If your absorption speed meets the standard, you can officially become disciples of our Heavenly Lotus Sect."

Upon hearing this, Brandon Jiang and the surviving mortal girls felt a slight shock in their hearts.

As the young fairy said, this was indeed a very simple assessment.

But at the same time, it was an extremely cruel one.

Because aptitude is something that, if not born with, one would never have.

This is something predetermined at birth, no matter how intelligent or talented one might be.

Thinking of this, many people showed expressions of nervousness and anxiety.

The mortals who had made it here were all judged by the fairies of the Heavenly Lotus Sect to have spiritual roots, but the exact quality of these roots still needed to be tested.

If they did not meet the standards of the Heavenly Lotus Sect, the outcome was predictable.

On this matter of aptitude, Brandon Jiang was not too worried. After all, he had survived swallowing a pill refined by the Villain of the Blood Sea as a mortal, which was enough to show that he had some talent in the path of cultivation.

Moreover, this talent had even surprised that Fairy Yu, so passing the assessment shouldn't be difficult.

He just didn't know how exactly to absorb this spiritual energy?

Could it be that the three fairies would teach them some breathing techniques?

As he was thinking this, the young fairy asked:

"The second test begins immediately. Do you have any questions?"

Naturally, no one dared to speak up, shaking their heads repeatedly.

The young fairy nodded, then raised her hand and gently pinched.

Puff—

Ten girls on the field were instantly killed!

Brandon Jiang and the others widened their eyes at this scene, almost crying out.

What was going on?!

Hadn't these ten people already passed the first test? Why were they killed before the second test even began?!

If they were killed, what about the remaining survivors?

For a moment, the survivors didn't dare to breathe, fearing they would follow in the footsteps of these ten.

Seeing how frightened everyone was, the young fairy laughed:"Don't be nervous, I just randomly selected ten sacrificial furnaces. These furnaces will be your cultivation materials for the next phase. Ten should be enough for you. They were destined to die and had no fate with our sect."

Upon hearing this, the crowd trembled all over, feeling as if they had walked through the gates of hell, and a strong sense of sorrow welled up within them.

They deeply resented the high and mighty three fairies!

Why did they have to be so cruel and ruthless, treating them like ants to be crushed?

But no matter how much pain and resentment they felt inside, they could only grit their teeth and endure, because ants have no right to resist.

Immediately after, the crowd realized another piece of information in the young fairy's words.

The ten who had died, referred to as sacrificial furnaces by the young fairy, would be used as their... cultivation materials?!

The young fairy seemed to see through their thoughts and explained with a smile:"You guessed right, these furnaces are for your cultivation. I will teach you how to extract life force and fortune. Only by absorbing the life force and fortune extracted from living beings can you sense the presence of spiritual energy.

Once you sense the spiritual energy, mortals with spiritual roots can use it to draw the energy into their bodies, taking the first step on the path of cultivation. To pass the second test, the first thing you need to do is draw the energy into your body.

Stop dawdling and start drawing the energy into your bodies!"

After hearing the young fairy's words, some people's faces changed drastically!

This was asking them to absorb the life force of their kind to cultivate?!

It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from ".

For these young girls who had just recently lived in the mortal world, this was something they couldn't accept.

This meant sacrificing their companions' lives to walk the path of cultivation!

But if they didn't absorb it, what awaited them was death!

Observing their expressions, the young fairy suddenly said:"If you can't accept it for the moment, I can understand. I have some mermaid tails here. Although their effect as furnaces is not as good as that of humans, you can still use them to sense spiritual energy."

As she spoke, she waved her hand, and several human-sized fish tails appeared in the plaza.

These fish tails were long, but they were cleanly cut off at the top, with the cut surfaces smooth as mirrors, even revealing spine-like structures similar to humans.

Looking at the cut surfaces of these fish tails, Brandon Jiang could almost guess that the front half of these tails was not fish bodies, but human bodies!

These were mermaids, a half-human, half-fish race!

But no matter what, the mermaid tails, which were more like fish, were much easier for most people to accept.

After all, to them, these were not their kind.

The moment the mermaid tails appeared, hundreds of people rushed over, quickly extracting the life force and fortune from the mermaid flesh, fearing that if they were late, there would be none left.

Then they immediately sat cross-legged and began to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Watching this scene, Brandon Jiang felt a strange sensation in his heart.

The young fairy had specially brought out mermaid flesh to cater to the mortals' feelings, was this really reasonable?

Would she be so kind?

In an instant, Brandon Jiang concluded that this was a trap!

He took a deep breath, ignoring the mermaid tails that were being fought over, and turned to the human furnaces that were almost untouched.

Ashley Taibai was already standing in front of the furnaces, beginning to extract life force and fortune, her expression as calm as ever, as if the furnaces in front of her were not her kind.

Brandon Jiang steeled his resolve and walked over.

In the end, only a very small number of people did not choose the mermaids.

Moments later, nearly a thousand people on the scene had finished absorbing the furnaces and sat cross-legged to begin absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, at this moment, the young fairy's cold voice suddenly rang out.

"Eight hundred and fifty-seven people failed the test, it seems your Daoist hearts are not firm enough."

"WHAT!!!"

Hearing this, those who had absorbed the mermaid furnaces were all stunned!

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