Chapter 149 - 79: The Trial Begins, the Earth Collapses

Chapter 149: Chapter 79: The Trial Begins, the Earth Collapses

The thought of his three-person group facing a siege by nearly everyone from the Yin Daoist School made him despair over the outcome of this assessment.

’This is even worse than the worst-case scenario I imagined!’

Since he didn’t know what form the assessment would take, Jiang Xuan couldn’t offer any comfort. All he could do was speculate and prepare to adapt to whatever came their way.

"HUMMM—!"

Jiang Xuan’s wild thoughts had just ended when a deep hum suddenly resounded between Heaven and Earth.

Zhu Jin had finally finished adjusting the trial difficulty for the Road of Purgatory.

Seeing this, the three instructors waved their hands, signaling all the students to sit cross-legged on the examination plaza.

The next moment, as a mirror-like spiritual light suddenly showered down and enveloped the entire area, everyone’s vision went black. When light returned, they discovered they had left the examination plaza and were now standing in a vast, desolate wilderness.

What made Jiang Xuan raise an eyebrow was that upon entering the Road of Purgatory, they hadn’t been completely scattered.

"Sister Linyin, long time no see."

Well, their positions were still a bit scrambled. A pretty girl from the Yin Daoist School in a yellow dress had suddenly appeared next to Jiang Xuan and the others.

She seemed to be an old acquaintance of Su Linyin’s. After landing, she frowned and glanced around, but she quickly composed herself and greeted Su Linyin with a smile.

However, upon seeing her, Su Linyin’s expression darkened, her brow filled with aloofness and vigilance.

This made Jiang Xuan raise a brow and secretly send a voice transmission.

"You know her?"

"Yes." While exchanging pleasantries with the girl before her, Su Linyin sent Jiang Xuan a voice transmission with the girl’s information: "She’s a daughter of the Lin Family, named Lin Yiyi."

After a brief pause, her tone stiff, she told Jiang Xuan the origin of their connection.

"The two of us know each other because of some grudges between our mothers..."

...

While Su Linyin was explaining the truth to Jiang Xuan via voice transmission inside the Road of Purgatory, outside, Lin Yiyi’s mother, Lin Rongjin, had found Su Wanyi and greeted her with a playful smile.

"Senior Sister Wan Yi, you came today too. This must be niece Linyin. She’s just like you, with a cold personality and an otherworldly air." After a few words of false praise, Lin Rongjin’s tone suddenly shifted, her voice dripping with undisguised schadenfreude. "It’s just a shame that niece Linyin ended up in the Chen Daoist School, instead of the Yin Daoist School like my Yiyi."

"What’s more, niece Linyin is up against Young Master Chen Qianjun, who is practically the strongest person outside the Daozi Courtyard. She has really bad luck in this assessment."

These provocative words made Su Wanyi’s elegant brows furrow slightly, but her expression quickly returned to normal as she retorted coldly, "I believe in Linyin. As for you, Junior Sister Lin, so many years have passed, yet you’re still as naive and worldly-unwise as ever."

That first sentence wasn’t so bad, but the next one made Lin Rongjin’s chest heave with anger: "What’s more, you only know how to live by clinging to others."

After mocking Lin Rongjin, Su Wanyi then turned her sights on Lin Yiyi:

"And if I were you, I would stop meddling in niece Yiyi’s education... Cultivation is about cultivating one’s true self, one’s original self. Your controlling upbringing has already led her astray. Riding on the coattails of others... with a Heart Nature like that, she will never become a true expert."

CRACK!

Su Wanyi’s words were like daggers to the heart, making Lin Rongjin clench her jaw in anger, nearly losing her composure and attacking on the spot.

However, a cold glance from Su Wanyi swept over her, like a basin of ice water poured over her head, instantly extinguishing the flames of her rage.

Her Cultivation was far inferior to Su Wanyi’s, so she didn’t dare to openly turn hostile.

Her anger extinguished and her reason returning, she soon began to laugh again.

"Heh, Su Wanyi, I think you’re just jealous. Jealous you didn’t marry as well as I did. So what if I rely on others? With my husband’s support, my Cultivation progress is now exactly the same as yours."

"Besides, I can just stay at home and cultivate in comfort now. I heard the master of your house is gone, and now you have to show your face in public."

"And as for this assessment, no matter what you say, you can’t change the fact that your daughter is going to be eliminated. My Yiyi will be the one left standing at the end."

Those words did indeed strike a nerve with Su Wanyi, but her gaze soon swept over to Song Zhou and Cheng Jin, and her harsh glare softened slightly. Her look toward Lin Rongjin now held a trace of pity. "Junior Sister Lin, I’ve always advised you to use your brain more. Song Zhou and Cheng Jin are not fools. Since they dared to accept this bet, they must have a plan... They can’t afford the price of having all their disciples eliminated."

Looking directly at Lin Rongjin, Su Wanyi’s smile grew even more composed. "If I were you, the one I’d be worried about right now is Yiyi."

"What nonsense are you talking about? The Yin Daoist School’s strength is unrivaled among the three schools. How could they possibly lose!"

BOOM!

On the viewing platform outside, Su Wanyi and Lin Rongjin were arguing.

Inside the Trial Gate, Jiang Xuan was surveying the surrounding wilderness, still pondering what form the assessment would take.

’They’re not really going to make us have a free-for-all brawl right after we get in, are they?’

’The Daoist School’s assessment methods shouldn’t be this crude, right?’

Just as Jiang Xuan was lost in thought, a smiling Lin Yiyi had finished exchanging pleasantries with Su Linyin.

"Sister Linyin, you must be careful during this assessment. It won’t be simple..."

By the time their conversation was over, twenty to thirty Cultivators from the Yin Daoist School had gathered around Lin Yiyi.