Cultivating Immortality Begins with Acting as a Girl Chapter 141

“This is the Art of Equal Sentience? It’s truly miraculous.”

In Song Ling’s view, the greatest strength of immortal cultivators’ techniques lay not just in their brutal attacks, but also in their myriad wondrous changes, which were truly breathtaking.

“The task is done, I’m going back.” After finishing the spell, Elder Qin did not land back on the ground. Instead, he greeted Dong Zhixuan and then directly transformed into a streak of light, flying towards the peak of the mountain.

Song Ling noticed that Elder Qin did not use a magical artifact like Dong Zhixuan, but instead relied solely on his own power to achieve aerial flight.

“Respectfully seeing Elder Qin off.”

Dong Zhixuan bowed deeply.

Only after Elder Qin had completely disappeared from sight did he straighten his back, face the crowd, and point to the cave entrance on the mountain wall beside him, announcing loudly:

“The first stage of the temperament assessment is called ‘Quiet Room’. Inside this cave, there are hundreds of quiet rooms of very limited size. The condition for passing is very simple: you only need to stay inside alone, press the button on the wall to close the exit, until we notify you that the assessment is over.”

“If you can’t endure it and voluntarily open the door to come out, it will be considered as automatically giving up.”

After Dong Zhixuan finished speaking, the young people exchanged glances.

Just stay inside and do nothing, waiting to pass? This was too simple.

Dong Zhixuan seemed to have read their minds, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly:

“If you are ready, then enter in order.”

Under the guidance of the Violet Radiance Sect disciples, everyone lined up in a long queue, one by one, with curious and slightly nervous expressions, entering the cave in two columns.

Only after Song Ling himself entered the cave did he understand the true difficulty of this assessment.

Because the “Quiet Room” that Dong Zhixuan spoke of was less than 1.4 meters high and extremely limited in area. Given the average height of these young people, most of them couldn’t stand straight or sit down, only able to curl up in a very awkward and strenuous posture.

And once the exit was closed, the “Quiet Room” would plunge into complete darkness, without the slightest light, and any external sounds would also be unable to enter.

Even his own heartbeat became exceptionally clear, each pulsation like an explosion in his ears, accompanied by his breathing, forming the only melody in this cramped space.

At the same time, due to the awkward posture, unless one was exceptionally gifted, sleeping was also an impossible feat.

Under such circumstances, people’s perception of time would become incredibly long.

It could truly be described as living a year in a day.

And no one knew when such a wait would end.

If one’s mind was not firm, countless chaotic thoughts would rush into their mind: Why hasn’t it ended yet after so long? There are so many quiet rooms here, will they forget about me? If I miss the test period, will this place be sealed off? If I don’t get out in time, will I be trapped here forever?

For teenagers, overcoming these thoughts was undoubtedly a difficult task.

Fortunately, Song Ling’s heart had long been as firm as a rock.

What’s more…

“Panel.”

Song Ling summoned the panel in his mind. Although there wasn’t much to operate, facing something with readable text was always more comfortable than simply enduring in the dark.

He didn’t know how much time had passed, until Song Ling had read the text on the panel hundreds of times over and over again, the door to the quiet room was finally opened from the outside.

“Congratulations, you have passed the first stage.”

The person looked at Song Ling’s tender face and said with a slight surprise and a smile, “You are truly remarkable. You persevered at such a young age, many of those older brothers and sisters failed.”

“Thank you, Immortal Master Brother, I might just be lucky.”

Song Ling didn’t say much and walked out with the other successful candidates.

Coming outside, he realized that more people had failed this stage than he had imagined.

Of the over five hundred people who had initially arrived, only less than three hundred remained, meaning nearly half of them had been eliminated in this stage.

Song Ling’s appearance also drew some surprised glances from others around him.

“I didn’t expect it, this kid looks only eleven or twelve, but he can actually pass the first stage…”

“Could it be that because he’s so small, he was more comfortable inside than us?”

“Impossible, unless it’s a few-year-old toddler, it’s impossible not to feel uncomfortable in that kind of place. This child must be extraordinary, don’t underestimate him.”

Song Ling ignored these discussions and saw the aloof Princess Zhaoming at the front of the crowd. Her five subordinates were all still there.

After waiting for a short while, all the successful candidates came out of the cave.

Dong Zhixuan said to everyone:

“Congratulations, you have passed the first stage of the temperament test. Those who have accumulated sixty points can choose to end the assessment here and directly enter the sect.”

When Dong Zhixuan said this, his gaze fell on Princess Zhaoming, Shen Shaohua, as she was the only one with red aptitude here, and only needed to pass one stage to accumulate enough points.

But…

Princess Zhaoming remained silent, seemingly having no intention of ending the assessment.

This surprised Song Ling a little.

Although Dong Zhixuan said that the points from the entrance assessment would affect their evaluation within the sect later, and even be used as a basis for elders to select their direct disciples, wasn’t Princess Zhaoming herself already favored by an elder within the Violet Radiance Sect, planning to take her as a disciple? Why bother striving for a high score?

Either the relationship between that elder and Princess Zhaoming was not as close as rumored, or it was due to Princess Zhaoming’s own personality. Born into nobility with exceptional talent, she sought the best in everything and disliked giving up halfway.

Song Ling’s eyes flickered. In any case, this might also be an opportunity for him.

“Since no one chooses to withdraw, then we will enter the second stage, the ‘Heart Towards the Dao’ test.”

After Dong Zhixuan finished speaking, he raised his hand and pressed downwards.

Subsequently, a light flowing with profound runes rose from around the platform, enveloping everyone within.

“This is… a formation?”

Although the details were completely different, the overall feeling it gave Song Ling was similar to the “Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation” he had seen in the Blood Wind Tower headquarters.

Before Song Ling could look carefully, in the next instant, everyone around him suddenly disappeared, leaving only him standing in place.

Immediately after, an immortal with a graceful demeanor, kind eyes, and a body radiating boundless light, stepped on auspicious clouds from the horizon and flew to the sky in front of Song Ling.

He looked at Song Ling and said with a gentle expression:

“I am the Violet Radiance Immortal. I observe that you, young friend, carry a tribulation in your destiny. If you embark on the path of cultivation, you will inevitably encounter disasters and ultimately perish. How about I grant you a good fortune, allowing you to live a life of wealth? Whether you wish to be as rich as a nation, or become an emperor, or achieve immortality, I can directly fulfill your desires, how about it?”

Song Ling’s mouth twitched.

This stage… was it too fake?

If it were the native youths of this world, perhaps they might genuinely be fooled, but as an Earthling who had read countless novels, combined with the name of this stage, “Heart Towards the Dao,” he could tell at a glance that this was purely an illusion.

If he were truly tempted by what the old man said, he would probably be immediately eliminated and lose the qualification to continue participating in the entrance assessment.

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