“What are you trying to do?” The Hu brothers were trembling like sieves.

Vice Sect Leader Jin revealed a standard cold smile: “Do you know who we are?”

“No, we don’t.”

“Not even knowing who we are, you deserve to die!”

The Hu brothers hurriedly said: “No, no, no, we know who you are.”

“Since you know our identity, we can’t let you live!”

The brothers were almost in tears, wondering whether they should know their identities or not.

Vice Sect Leader Jin stopped toying with the Hu brothers and easily crushed them to death.

The brothers were just a minor episode on the journey.

After the flying boat traveled for a while, several strong auras enveloped the boat, ranging from the half-step God Transformation stage to the early God Transformation stage.

“The Hu brothers should have contacted us at a fixed point, but they didn’t this time. During that time, only you passed by. Did you kill my men?” The eldest of the Hu brothers wanted to avenge his siblings.

Lu Yang pondered: “Is this the so-called ‘after beating the young, the old ones come’?”

Lu Yang had heard of such legends before. A young hero fights against a bully, then the bully’s father appears. After defeating the father, the bully’s grandfather appears. After defeating the grandfather, the bully’s great-grandfather appears. The cycle continues endlessly.

This spirit of perseverance deeply moved Lu Yang.

Needless to say, the eldest of the Hu brothers was also easily crushed to death by Vice Sect Leader Jin.

The flying boat traveled for a while longer, and an even stronger aura enveloped the boat.

“Did you guys kill…”

Vice Sect Leader Jin: “…Are you guys ever going to stop?”

As a powerful cultivator at the Unity stage, he couldn’t tolerate being provoked again and again. He decided to strike at the root of the problem and wiped out the bandit’s lair in one fell swoop.

…

When the flying boat returned to the headquarters, Vice Sect Leader Jin held a banner with a look of utter despair.

The banner was officially issued, and no one doubted that Vice Sect Leader Jin was from the demonic sect – after all, which demonic sect would eliminate harm for the people?

When the disciples learned of this, they whispered among themselves, admiring Vice Sect Leader Jin.

“Vice Sect Leader is indeed impressive, receiving a banner from the righteous path, having connections in both the black and white worlds!”

“Indeed, I heard that Vice Sect Leader Jin was a prominent figure in the righteous path before joining the demonic sect!”

Lu Yang was quite surprised after hearing this. He quickly asked, “He has such a background? What did the Vice Sect Leader do in the righteous path before?”

“He was a night watchman.”

“…”

“Vice Sect Leader Jin could control time when he was in the righteous path, right?” Lu Yang took a long time to come up with this sentence.

The disciple who was talking with Lu Yang looked at him in surprise: “That’s an undiscovered point!”

This disciple ran to Vice Sect Leader Jin and told him about Lu Yang’s idea, which made Vice Sect Leader Jin very happy. He found Lu Yang and praised his open-minded thinking.

“Good idea. From now on, I’ll tell others that I was a prominent figure in the righteous path and could control the time of a city’s people!”

In the demonic path, the most important thing is to tell the truth while making oneself sound as powerful as possible.

Although Lu Yang had caused trouble in the initiation test he designed, those were all things of the past. Now, Vice Sect Leader Jin found Lu Yang more and more pleasing to the eye.

Due to the delay on the road, most of the talents in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages had already arrived, and Lu Yang and his companions were among the last few.

Lu Yang skipped over the Qi Refining talents, as they were not a threat. He focused on the talents in the Foundation Establishment stage.

From the introductions of passers-by, he learned about several of the most famous Foundation Establishment talents.

“See that monk in the robe with a golden bowl? His name is Monk Jiu Rou. I heard that he originally had the opportunity to enter the Hanging Temple, one of the five major immortal gates, but he resolutely gave up this opportunity and made a boundless vow to find the path to becoming a Buddha on his own!”

“And the one with the knife next to him, could it be the rumored Knife Demon Gu Zha? It is said that his demonic knife is very strange. The moment the blacksmith finished forging it, the knife floated in the air and killed the blacksmith. The subsequent owners of the demonic knife were all backfired by it, even those in the God Transformation stage. Only Gu Zha has been using it till now!”

“The most powerful one is Yan Fei. Everyone says he is a genius personally cultivated by the Sect Leader. He is good at drawing talismans and has even trapped several Golden Elixir cultivators with his talismans, playing with them and finally killing them. His methods are extremely cruel!”

Needless to say, these three were all in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Lu Yang sent a message to the other two: “Let’s not approach each other for now and pretend we don’t know each other. We don’t know the content of the test yet, so we’ll decide whether to team up based on the situation.”

Only the Sect Leader and a few high-ranking members knew that Lu Yang and his companions were deeply rooted in their demonic nature. These Foundation Establishment talents had never heard of Lu Yang and his companions.

The Sect Leader appeared in the air, standing with his hands behind his back and a cold expression on his face, announcing the rules of the competition.

Everyone found a mark on their hands with a “one” written in the middle, not knowing when it had appeared.

“This test allows you to kill at will. If you kill someone, you will get the number on their mark.”

“The one with the most numbers on their mark is the final winner, and the final winner will receive the blessing of the Immortal.”

Everyone showed a fanatical expression. Except for Lu Yang and his two fake believers, everyone else truly believed in the Immortal. Receiving the blessing of the Immortal was the highest reward in the Immortal Sect.

“There will be one winner from the Foundation Establishment group and one from the Qi Refining group. The test will last for two days.”

Lu Yang thought to himself that this was indeed a demonic sect. The test was about killing people. They weren’t afraid of killing all the people and leaving no successors.

The Sect Leader waved his sleeve, and everyone disappeared from the spot without any chance to resist, appearing in a dense forest.

“This place is a forest from the Great Yu period, containing various heavenly materials and earthly treasures. You can either fight each other or look for opportunities to break through.”

“Remember, the Immortal is watching you.” The Sect Leader reminded everyone, but only Lu Yang understood the true meaning.

“The competition starts now.”After the announcement of the competition, the Sect Leader respectfully asked the Immortal Being, why choose the host in this manner? Wouldn’t it be more convenient to select based on aptitude?

The Immortal Being smiled kindly, “Child, what do you think it takes to become the strongest? Is it a single spiritual root? Is it an immortal body? These are not important.”

“Even if it’s a waste body, as long as I’m willing, it can cultivate to the Tribulation Crossing stage, becoming an immortal.”

“What’s most important is the compatibility with me.”

“In the test of life and death, one’s potential is best revealed. What I need is for them to show themselves as much as possible. Through my observation, I will choose the one who is most compatible with me.”

The Sect Leader asked again, “What are the characteristics of the most compatible?”

“Those who are pleasing to my eyes.”

“Do you find me pleasing to your eyes?”

“You are the one I find the most displeasing.”

“But I am your most devout believer!” The Sect Leader cried out in injustice.

(End of Chapter)