C20 Body Tempering Pill

"Everyone, it's time." The middle-aged man put away his flying sword and slowly floated down to the stone steps in front of the youth. He spoke to the other youths who were still struggling to hold on as they walked up the mountain.

"I'm sorry, Brother Yi, I have implicated you …" Tears danced in Mu Linger's eyes, and tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Sigh, I still failed. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have failed …" Little Fatty's body went limp as he sat on the stone steps.

The sounds of reluctance and helplessness came from the youths that had persevered on the way. Along the way, many of them had retreated halfway because they could not persevere, but more than half of them still persisted on. However, they had yet to reach the summit.

Did he really fail?

Sweat poured down like rain, Fang Yi only felt his vision becoming blurry, both of his legs were unable to move as though they were filled with lead. At the bottom of his heart, he was roaring in dissatisfaction.

"Actually, this time's assessment isn't really for you to climb the mountain." Instead, he chose to advance into the top 100. "Therefore, the ones who passed the examination this time were …"

The middle-aged man paused for a moment, then pointed at the bottom of the mountain with one hand, "Those above the mountain that I have pointed out have all passed this examination. As for the others, I will have my disciples escort you down for a night. You can go back tomorrow."

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that somewhere on the mountain peak, a light suddenly shone out from the stone steps, separating the crowd of people standing on the stone steps into two parts.

"Am I dreaming?" Little Fatty looked down at the light shining on the stone steps below him. He pinched his chubby little face, and muttered as if he was in a dream.

"We passed the examination …" Mu Linger's watery eyes widened as she stared fixedly at the ray of light. She had a look of disbelief on her face.

Astonishment and joy sounded out one after another beside Fang Yi's ears. All of the youths who were already on the verge of exhaustion let out ear-splitting cheers at this moment.

"It's too late …." Fang Yi raised his hand to wipe the perspiration off his face and muttered.

Amidst the cheers, there were quite a few youths who, with the help of the inner sect disciples of Cloud Maple Sect, walked down the mountain step by step, returning to their previous residences.

Fang Yi did not know why, but he suddenly felt sad in his heart when he saw the figures of the youths walking down the mountain being dragged by the elders in the afterglow of the evening sun.

So it turned out that for some things, insistence was not all that mattered.

This is a world where the strong preys on the weak. Without strength, one can only be eliminated in the end … Fang Yi clenched his fists, raised his head, and revealed a determined look in his eyes, as he looked towards the peak of the mountain: "One day, I will make sure that the heavens will not be able to cover my eyes, and that no one in this world will be able to change my fate …"

The middle aged man was watching the disciples in the sect escort the youths who had failed their examinations down the mountain, feeling helpless in his heart, suddenly his entire body shivered, as though he had sensed something, and his eyes looked around, then his gaze landed on Fang Yi.

A moment later, the middle-aged man retracted his gaze and frowned slightly. With a puzzled look on his face, he asked, "What's wrong with me? Why do I feel a sense of palpitation …"

Shaking his head, the middle-aged man turned his gaze to the hundred youths still on the mountain and said, "Everyone, you have already passed today's examination. According to our sect's rules, each of you will receive a Body Refinement Pellet to help you refine the impurities within your bodies, allowing you to travel the path of cultivation."

After saying this, the middle-aged man waved his sleeve. Hundreds of gray lights shot out from his sleeve towards the crowd.

Fang Yi reached out and grabbed it, easily grabbing a grey light and retracting his hand. A faint, delicate fragrance wafted over, and when Fang Yi looked down, he saw a red pellet lying in the center of his palm. "This is a Body Refinement Pellet …"

Body Tempering Pill, as its name implied, was a medicinal pill that could temper the body and remove the impurities within the body. Although it was a grade one medicinal pill, it was still an extremely important pill for a youth that had just stepped into true cultivation.

Fang Yi's gaze swept across them and saw that Mu Linger and Little Fatty had already started to circulate their energy to adjust and fully refine the Body Refinement Pellet. They all swallowed the pills in their hands and sat down cross-legged to circulate Xuan Immortal Tactic to fully refine the Body Refinement Pellet to remove the impurities in their bodies.

"Senior Apprentice Brother Ren, you should go back first. Leave this place to the Junior Apprentices so that your cultivation will not be delayed." Seeing that the youths on the stone steps had all started refining pills, a young man quickly walked up to the middle-aged man and said.

"No need, let me do it. Once tomorrow passes, the examination will be over. It won't take much longer than a few days." The middle-aged man waved his hand and said slowly.

"Thank you, senior brother." The young man knew the temperament of the middle-aged man. He loved to do everything himself and did not want others to toil for him. He did not force anyone. He bid his farewells to his companions and left with them.

The setting sun slowly descended, drawing a pitch-black curtain across the sky. The starlight that filled the sky, accompanied by the moonlight, sprinkled onto the stone steps, faintly reflecting the figures of the youths.

"Phew ~" Fang Yi let out a breath of air as he slowly opened his eyes.

It turned out that due to the effects of the Body Refinement Pellet, while tempering the body, it also forced the impurities within the body out of the body, causing the body to emit a stench.

"Ah, what's that smell? It smells so bad …." Just as Fang Yi stood up, he heard a scream from his side. He couldn't help but look over and see Mu Linger pinching her nose as she muttered with a face full of dissatisfaction.

Seeing Mu Linger knit her brows slightly as she pinched her nose with one hand and kept looking around, Fang Yi became a little dazed. He felt that Mu Linger's eyebrows were furrowed to the point that she seemed to be releasing some spiritual energy.

Not long after, the rest of the youths had finished regulating their breathing. Soon after, there was another wave of noise on the stone steps.

"Be quiet." His words were not loud, but they carried a strange fluctuation and were clearly transmitted into the ears of the crowd. The originally noisy crowd immediately quietened down as they turned their gazes towards the middle-aged man.

"What a powerful Tranquil Heart Spell." Fang Yi felt his mind becoming blank, but he knew in his heart that it was the middle aged man that used the Tranquil Heart Sutra, allowing the originally restless crowd to calm down.

Seeing that everyone had quieted down, the middle-aged man continued, "Everyone, now that the impurities have been removed from your bodies and the spiritual energy in your bodies has been restored, I believe you all should be able to ascend the mountain peak, right?"

"Yes." Everyone answered in unison.

"If that's the case, then go up the mountain and find a room to rest. Tomorrow, I will let all of you participate in the final exam. Those who pass will be the disciples of my Cloud Maple Sect." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he took out his flying sword and flew toward the top of the mountain.

"Let's go, Little Fatty. There is still food waiting for you at the top of the mountain. If we don't hurry, Ling'er and I will eat your portion …" Fang Yi turned his head and said to the Little Fatty before flying up the mountain with Mu Linger.

Even though consuming the Body Refinement Pellet did not increase the Spiritual Energy within his body, it made his body even more refined. The speed at which he was running had increased.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Seeing that, Little Fatty immediately used his divine technique, muttering "Don't snatch my food", while chasing after the two of them.