Chapter 114 — Died on the Spot
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Wei Yong glanced around and said in a low voice, "Have you not heard the news these past days? Most of the scholars from Jiangling died on the road. Apart from our ship being attacked by the Dragon Taming Sect, the others who took the land route or the sky route all met with attacks. Few who came to the capital alive remain. They say some rebellious sects intended to cut deeply into the prestige of Imperial Preceptor Jingping — after all, Imperial Preceptor Jingping hails from Jiangling..."
"From which academy are you? What is your cultivation?" the registrar asked.
Shen Mu said, "Family schooling. No academy. The day before yesterday I just cultivated to the Five Luminaries realm."
The registrar shook his head. "Just entered the Five Luminaries realm and you dare come to take the examination..."
After Shen Mu and Wei Yong finished registering, they walked through the mountain gate. Many scholars crowded there. When all the scholars had been registered, a Daoist priest said in a loud voice, "Those with divine abilities, go up the mountain. The rest remain."
Before long, at the foot of the mountain, only martial artists of the Spirit Embryo realm and the Five Luminaries realm remained — some two thousand or more.
The middle-aged Daoist led the crowd deeper into the mountain. They had not gone far when a cliff face rose before them, some thirty or forty zhang high.
This cliff had no steps and no ropeway. One either flew up or ran up. If one had the ability to leap thirty or forty zhang in a single bound, one could jump up as well.
"Those who cannot get up may go home." The middle-aged Daoist stood at the cliff's edge, looking at the scholars from every region, and said coldly.
"Is this not simple?"
One scholar retreated several steps, then suddenly surged forward at a dead run, charging straight at the cliff, attempting to run up to its top. But the moment his foot landed on the cliff wall, he slipped, and his whole body slapped against the jade wall with a smack, his head split and bleeding.
That cliff face was flawless beautiful jade throughout. His blood fell upon the cliff wall and actually slid straight down, leaving not the slightest trace of a bloodstain.
The scholars beneath the cliff all felt a chill in their hearts: "How slippery!"