"Oh... Really? How about we make a bet? I bet he can't climb to the 30th floor!"
The man smiled coldly and glared disdainfully at the person in front of him.
"Okay, I'll make a bet with you!"
"But since it's a gambling game, there should be a chance of winning. Let me bet you a thousand low-grade spiritual stones. How dare you?!"
"Hmph, it's just a thousand low-grade spiritual stones, why don't you dare!"
…
"Okay, I'll make a bet too. I bet that kid can't climb to the 30th floor. One hundred low-grade spiritual stones. Is there any fellow Taoist who will take my bet?"
The crowd of onlookers began to commotion and agreed with the two men's bet.
Some even started looking for people to bet against, and the place was extremely busy for a while.
"Fellow Taoist, since this is a gambling game, we need to find a notary to prevent anyone from defaulting on the bill!"
"Hmph..."
"OK, no problem."
The two of them took out a bet of a thousand low-grade spiritual stones and scanned the surrounding area, looking for a notary they could trust.
"Two fellow Taoists, I'm here with the Luo family in Tianshui City - Luo Hun. How about I come and act as a notary for you two?"
A young man in his early twenties, wearing a white robe and holding a folding fan in his hand, squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the two of them.
When the two of them heard the sound and looked, they were immediately stunned.
Turning around, the person who supported Xiao Fei quickly handed over his hand, "Brother Luo, why are you here too?"
"Ha ha…"
Luo Hun laughed, raised his hands to the man and said in return, "Isn't Brother Wang Hong here?"
"Haha, aren't I bored?" Wang Hong scratched his head in embarrassment and said with some embarrassment.
"Do you know each other?" The man who was gambling with Wang Hong couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he saw the familiarity between the two.
He then waved his hands and said, "No, since you know each other, you can't be a notary!"
"Why?" Luo Hun was stunned and looked at the man in front of him with some confusion.
"If it doesn't work, it won't work. You are locals and I am from another place. Who knows if you will join forces to deceive me."
When Luo Hun heard this, he just smiled slightly and did not defend himself. Instead, he slightly cupped his hands towards the man and said with a smile, "I don't know the name of the young master yet, can you tell me?"
"Haiwu City - Mei Hu." Mei Hu proudly reported his origin, and after speaking, he raised his eyebrows at the two of them.
"It turns out it's Mr. Mei, I'm disrespectful." Luo Hun said politely. Then he looked up at Wang Hong, pointed at him and said, "Young Master Mei, there is no need to worry. He is a direct descendant of my Wang family in Tianshui City. I He is also the eldest son of Luo. With our status and strength, we don’t care about this spiritual stone at all, and Mr. Mei doesn’t need to care about it at all.”
Mei Hu frowned and thought for a moment. He had been in Tianshui City for several days and naturally knew the three major families in Tianshui City. The overall strength of each of them was not inferior to that of his Mei family.
They were even slightly better than his Mei family. He just didn't know their identities just now, so he was a little wary.
Of course, given his status, he doesn't care about the money, but it is still necessary to stay alert when going out.
"Well, in that case I will confront Brother Wang."
Mei Hu thought for a moment, and since the bet was done, there was absolutely no reason to back down. And after learning the identities of the two people, he was sure that the two people in front of him would not cheat him.
Of course, it's not that he completely trusts the two of them, but he has another trump card, that is, he is not the only one from the Mei family who came to Tianshui City this time.
They were also the group of people who came to hunt down the new students, but it just happened to be the Tianjian Sect's assessment, and they did not dare to be too ostentatious. Therefore, the group decided to wait until the assessment was over before going to capture the new students.
Therefore, he had time to come here to watch the fun.
"In that case, please both of you give me the spirit stone. I will give it to whoever wins." Luo Hun waved the folding fan in his hand and looked at the two of them with a smile on his face.
Without thinking, Wang Hong threw a thousand pieces of low-grade spiritual stones to Luo Hun, "You have to take it. If one piece is missing, you will have to take responsibility."
"This is mine," Mei Hu said and took out his spiritual stone.
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On the high platform of the assessment square, Fatty Li and others gathered together and talked in low voices.
"I think it's better to use my recommendation order. Anyway, I don't have any followers." Fatty Li looked at the people in front of him with a serious look on his face.
Cheng Xing glanced at Fatty Li and said, "Okay, this is not a problem. The problem is that we have to let Brother Xiao wake up first. I have heard that once you are addicted to this ladder, you will also be addicted to it."
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There is such a danger to life. Now there is only more than an hour before the end of the assessment. We have to find a way to wake up Brother Xiao in advance!"
"Is there any good way? Once the ladder to heaven is opened, outsiders will not be able to enter unless the formation is closed, let alone the Tianjian Sect will not allow us to do this." Huang Wuji also had a serious look on his face, his brows furrowed.
Several people were silent when they heard this, they already knew this.
Now this problem has become their biggest difficulty in saving Xiao Fei.
"How about we go alone and go directly to the ladder to see if we can directly wake up Brother Xiao."
After hearing Huang Wuji's words, Cheng Xing immediately stopped him, "No, if we go up at this time, the disciples guarding the ladder will not let us go up. And even if we can go up, how can we wake up Brother Xiao?"
Huang Wuji shook his sleeves and became a little irritated, "This won't work, that won't work either. Are we just going to watch?!"
"this……"
Cheng Xing suddenly became speechless, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
At this time, Fatty Li said, "I think we can just use the method I mentioned and let Boss Xiao join the Tianjian Sect as a follower. This is the only way."
"Although he feels a little wronged, there is no other way."
…
"Miss," Xiaowen pulled Wang Qianqian's clothes nervously.
Xiao Fei was supposed to stand here with Huang Wuji and his group, but he left this opportunity to the three of him. Now he is in trouble. This made her feel touched and a little guilty at the same time.
The eyes looking at Xiao Fei were slightly red.
"Don't worry, Mr. Xiao will definitely be able to do it. He has always been a miracle worker. I believe he will be able to do it this time too."
When Mogami said this, she was actually worried in her heart. She just didn't want to show it because of outsiders.
…
Time passes, minute by minute.
An hour has passed in the blink of an eye, and now it is only about half an hour before the end of the assessment. However, under the concerned eyes of everyone, Xiao Fei is still standing motionless on the first floor.
Fatty Li kept pacing back and forth on the high platform, scratching his ears and cheeks, and muttering in a low voice, "Oh... I'm really anxious!"
Huang Wuji looked equally ugly as Cheng Xing. In order to distract his attention, Cheng Xing actually sat cross-legged and forced himself to meditate instead of paying attention to Xiao Fei.
As for Huang Wuji, he was much calmer. Although he was also agitated, he was not as unbearable as others. He just kept sending out messages with a summons.
Among them were members of his royal family in the Titian Sword Sect, as well as some spies from the royal family.
Everything he did was to deal with Xiao Fei's matter after the assessment. And using the power of the royal family, he tried to force Xiao Fei to join the Tianjian Sect after his failure...
"hehe…"
"Brother Wang, it seems you are going to lose." Outside the formation barrier, Mei Hu looked at Wang Hong with a smile on his face, and the look of pride in his eyes was not concealed at all.
"snort…"
Wang Hong snorted coldly, "You haven't won until the last minute!"
"Don't be anxious, you two. There is only half an hour left. All the results will be known soon. Why waste this time and a half?"
Luo Hun looked at the two of them with a smile and slowly shook the folding fan in his hand. It could be seen that he was really not in a hurry at all.
…
In the attic of Tianjian Sect, all the elders looked at Fu Ming. As the leader of this assessment, he needed to give everyone an explanation for this situation.
"Ahem..."
Fu Ming coughed twice and said hesitantly, "How about waking him up?"
Although he had always supported Xiao Fei because of Sikong Lie's face, now this situation made him a little unable to resist.
After all, there are only eight people currently on the ladder to heaven, and seven of them are geniuses who have climbed above the 800th floor and are unwilling to give up.
With the exception of Xiao Fei, he has stayed on the first floor since the first day.
Now because of Xiao Fei's situation, this puts him in a dilemma.
It's a good thing that Sikong Lie is gone, otherwise he would be in even more trouble. I believe that after this assessment, he will probably have nothing to worry about in future assessments.
Thinking of this, he could only sigh helplessly in his heart.
"The elder is joking. This is the assessment meeting of our Tianjian Sect. How can you destroy your sect's reputation and do something like interrupting other people's assessments? I think it's better to wait until the assessment is over before making a decision."
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An elder stood up and raised his hands to Fu Ming and said with an extremely sincere tone. If it weren't for the joking and sarcastic expression on his face, maybe Fu Ming would really be moved by his words.
"hehe…"
"Yes, the assessment is almost over, and it has been confirmed that seven people can receive sect rewards. I think we should prepare the reward items first. As for this one, we can just eliminate them after the assessment is over."
"Yes, Elder Fu Ming please think twice and don't ruin the sect's reputation because of a boy."
Fu Ming naturally heard everyone's sarcastic words. Although he was not angry in his heart, he did not show it and kept silent.
He knew that these elders had strong opinions on him because of what happened before.
I had killed Xie Shenlong before, but did not pass judgment on Xiao Fei, the murderer, which made these guys very dissatisfied with me and even Xiao Fei. That's why they targeted Xiao Fei everywhere.
I suppressed them all myself.
However, as the biggest talker in this assessment, how could he be frightened by these guys? He said with a straight face, "Okay! Let's not mention this for now. We will make a decision after all matters are assessed!"
"As for the rewards for those seven people, just give them according to the sect's regulations!"
After saying that, Fu Ming flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the small attic.
Now that the big deal has been decided, with only half an hour left, even he would not believe that any miracle would happen.
Unless Xiao Fei can greatly increase his cultivation level in an instant, directly skipping the golden elixir stage and reaching the Nascent Soul stage, and maybe there is still a glimmer of hope of passing the assessment, otherwise everything is empty talk.
Therefore, he is no longer needed to preside over the overall situation here. He believes that these Nascent Soul stage elders will handle the follow-up matters themselves...
On the roof of another small attic, an old man with white hair was sitting cross-legged.
Looking at the setting sun, Sikong Lie sighed, "Oh, get out of here, boy. You disappoint me so much."
After saying that, he brought the wine jar in his hand to his mouth and took a big gulp.
"Wine is good wine, but it's not enjoyable to drink."
Sikong Lie smacked his lips, feeling uninterested.
He glanced sideways at Xiao Fei who was on the ladder to heaven, and felt angry in his heart.
In fact, he didn't believe that with Xiao Fei's strength, he couldn't even get up to the first level.
But now that the facts were before his eyes, he couldn't help but not believe it.
So feeling depressed, he changed his mind and started drinking wine instead of tea.
At this moment, Fu Ming walked out of the small attic angrily.
Sikong Lie looked at his back and rolled his eyes. His spiritual consciousness said, "Boy, come up!"
Fu Ming was slightly shaken when he heard the message from his spiritual consciousness, and his steps stopped moving forward. He raised his eyes and looked around, looking for the person who was transmitting the message from his spiritual consciousness.
But after looking for a long time, he didn't find the speaker, so he frowned and shouted coldly, "Who is it? Come out!"
Sikong Lie on the roof smiled slightly and released a trace of his hidden aura.
With Fu Ming's cultivation level, he naturally felt this suffocating aura immediately. Almost the moment Sikong Lie released his breath, Fu Ming discovered his whereabouts.
When he saw that it was Sikong Lie who was transmitting the message to him, he subconsciously blurted out, "Great Elder?!"
Immediately afterwards came Yixi, who came out angrily, but his actual purpose was to find Sikong Lie.
I didn't expect that I was so lucky. I just stepped out of the attic and found Sikong Lie.
Immediately, he bowed slightly and prepared to salute.
Unexpectedly, Sikong Lie didn't give him this chance at all. He just waved his hand and said, "Come up here!"
The next moment, Fu Ming felt a spiritual force lifting him up and flying slowly towards Sikong Lie.
Fu Ming did not resist this, but looked relaxed.
When he arrived next to Sikong Lie, before he could salute, a round object flew towards him.
Fu Ming subconsciously wanted to hit him with a palm, but he suddenly realized that this was what Sikong Lie had thrown back. With Sikong Lie's cultivation level, he didn't have to go to such trouble to kill him, he could just move his fingers.
A lot of thoughts flashed through his mind, and his palm turned into a lifting shape. The spiritual power in his hand moved and he gently caught the object in front of him.
When he saw clearly what was in his hand, he was slightly startled. He was a little confused.
"Ha ha…"
Sikong Lie laughed and said, "Sit down and have a drink with me!"