Night fell.
When the last wave of testing was completed, the test was finally over.
Out of hundreds of thousands of people, only 500 people made it to the next round. It could be seen how cruel it was.
Among them, other than two earth spiritual roots and one heaven spiritual root, the rest all had human spiritual roots.
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" The first test is complete."
"Those who have passed the test, there will be a warden who will bring you to stay for the night. The rest of you can leave on your own.”
An inner court elder stood on the high platform and said to those who had not passed the test on the square.
They had been waiting for a miracle to happen, but it was a pity that it did not happen at the last moment.
This world was just so cruel. It would not give you any face.
Soon, the people in the square dispersed one after another.
Su Han opened his eyes, stood up, stretched his waist, and yawned.
It was finally time to get off work.
At this moment, Su Han stood on the high platform and looked down at the square below. He looked at the dejected mortal disciples who left with their heads lowered. He felt a little emotional.
Immortal cultivation was so cruel. Tens of thousands of people fought for a spot.
No, wait…From the moment they were born, the Innate Spiritual Root had already determined their future. Their efforts over the past ten to twenty years had been in vain. At this moment, they were only aware of reality.
At this moment, Su Han noticed that a thin youth was still standing in the square.
The loose cotton clothes seemed very out of place on his body. When the wind blew, one could see the thin figure under the cotton clothes. It was as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
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The young man in cotton clothes stood on the spot and raised his head to look at the mountain of the Illusion Cloud Sect. He was in a daze and his pupils were unfocused.
He turned around and looked at the crowd, not knowing where to go next.
Not a single sect wanted him. He walked all the way from the north. When he was hungry, he would eat tree leaves. When he was thirsty, he would drink water. As long as he saw a sect on the way, he would try it. However, without exception, they all refused him at the door.
Finally, he walked to the Illusion Cloud Sect. This was already his last stop.
He couldn't continue to go south, nor did he have the strength to continue.
And now, he didn't know where he should go.
He was stunned for a long time. When everyone in the square had scattered, he still stood where he was. In the end, he retracted his gaze, and the last trace of light in his eyes disappeared.
Then, he turned around and walked out of the mountain step by step.
"Elder Su, I'll be leaving first?"
A deacon in charge of Su Han's testing platform said when he saw that Su Han was still standing there.
"Yes."
Su Han looked at the young man and sighed.
"Elder Su, you've always been in the Sutra Depository in the past, so you might not know much about the disciple recruitment ceremony.”
"Me? From the day I became a deacon, I have witnessed more than ten disciple recruitment ceremonies, big and small.”
"On the second day after the end of the disciple recruitment hall, we will go to the nearby mountain range and search under the cliff.”
The middle-aged deacon followed Su Han's gaze and saw the thin young man walking out of the mountain like a walking corpse. He sighed with emotion.
"Search? Search for what?"
Su Han asked.
"Corpses."
Hearing this, Su Han was also stunned.
The deacon smiled bitterly and said faintly,"The last time I went to the Disciple Accepting Hall, I found thousands of corpses at the bottom of the cliff outside our mountain range.”
"When I went there, the corpses were still warm.”
"Many of these mortals are staking everything on one shot. If they succeed, they will reach the heavens in a single step. If they don't succeed, they will reach hell.”
"Many of them were in a bad mood. After leaving this mountain range, they found a cliff and jumped.”
Hearing this, Su Han sighed. This was too realistic. After all, 99% of the resources in this world were in the hands of cultivators, and the weak did not even have the right to live.
However, those who couldn't take the blow and jumped off the cliff were either unable to accept their mediocrity or couldn't face the cruel reality, so they directly jumped off the cliff.
"What happened after you collected the corpse? Did you lose it?"
Su Han asked a question that he was somewhat concerned about.
"No, we will send people to send these disciples back to their hometown and give their families a pension.”
Hearing this deacon's words, a trace of surprise flashed across Su Han's eyes. He unconsciously had a better impression of the Illusion Cloud Sect.
"This rule only exists in our Illusion Cloud Sect.”
"The other six sects won't even collect the corpses, let alone send them back to their hometowns.”
"This also led to the fact that the number of people attending our disciple recruitment ceremony was the highest. This is because those people knew that they could not stand jumping off the cliff anymore and would return to their roots. They would also bring a portion of the pension to their families.”
"There are even some poor mortal families. When they can't hold on any longer, the men in the family will come to participate in the disciple recruitment ceremony and then jump off the cliff outside the mountain of the Illusion Cloud Sect.”
"The purpose is to find a way for his wife and children to survive.”
When he heard this, Su Han asked," Wouldn't that cause more and more people to deliberately swindle the pension from the Illusion Cloud Sect?”
"That's right. Although there are so many people attending the disciple recruitment ceremony, at least one-fifth of them are here for the pension.”
"I'll be busy for at least the next month or two.”
The deacon smiled bitterly.
"Then how much will you give me?”
" It's not fixed," the deacon said." It won't be less or more. According to the population of the deceased's family, we'll give them at least enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives."”
"Not much. For many poor mortal families, three or four low-grade spirit stones are enough for them to live for the rest of their lives.”
The deacon paused and lowered his voice,""Elder Su, perhaps you don't know this, but in fact, in many mortal villages of Great Qian Empire, the position of the Illusion Cloud Sect is far higher than any other sect, including the royal family!”
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Hearing the last sentence, Su Han frowned as if he had thought of something.
The deacon continued," At first, many elders in the inner sect didn't understand what the sect leader was doing. The absolute sect leader was too kind. After all, it was fine to appease a few or dozens of families. However, after appeasing hundreds or thousands of families, the workload was very large.”
"Afterwards, the sect leader said something that I still remember clearly.”
"He said,"
At this point, the deacon revealed a nostalgic expression."Mortals have a hard life. The pillar of a family uses his life to believe in our Fantasy Cloud Sect. What reason do we have to refuse? People should accumulate more virtue."
Hearing this, Su Han was stunned. The appearance of the middle-aged Daoist appeared in his mind.
At this moment, his overall impression of Yun Peak seemed to have increased a little.
So, he was such a person.
To be honest, Su Han had a better impression of Yun Feng at this moment. Perhaps they could become friends in the future.
"The Sect Leader said all the good things. After that, he continued to be idle.”
"We're suffering.”
As he spoke, the deacon smiled bitterly. However, Su Han could see that he actually admired Yun Feng very much from the bottom of his heart.
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"Alright, Elder Su, let's not talk anymore.”
"I have to rush back to gather my men and arrange the tasks. I still have to work early tomorrow morning.”
With that, the deacon prepared to leave.
"What's your name?" Su Han asked the deacon.
"Hao Yun."
With that, he left in a hurry.
Su Han remembered this name. If he could help in the future, he would help. This person was not bad.
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When Su Han came back to his senses.
The skinny youth had already reached the end of the mountain range and was about to disappear into the night.
Looking at the thin back, Su Han knew that it was very likely that he would also jump off the cliff…
At this moment, Su Han used his "Heavenly Eye" to examine the thin youth.
Soon, the message appeared in Su Han's mind.
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