Chapter 53 I Wish to Become an Immortal (22)
In front of Qingxu Hall, the crescent moon hung like a hook, and the stone steps were cold.
Only Liu Sheng's figure ascended step by step, each step treading on moonlight.
Although she wore coarse cloth clothing, a faint spiritual light shimmered around her, her sleeves fluttered without wind, and her demeanor was aloof and mysterious, like a Fairy descended upon the mortal world.
Liu Sheng was no longer the Liu Sheng of the past.
Now, if her seven profound token were checked, it would display:
【Name: Yao Sujin】
【Age: Twenty Years Old】
【Identity: Seven Profound Academy Inner Dormitory Student】
【Enrollment Time: Tianhe Twenty-Third Year】
【Courtyard: Xichun Dormitory Ugly Twelve】
【Bone Root: Low Grade】
【Comprehension Ability: Top Grade】
【Cultivation: Refining Qi Stage - First Layer】
She could no longer remember how long it had been since She Chan left.
She simply Cultivated daily in Chongdao Shrine, and when she encountered a Bottleneck, she would go to the Hidden Scripture Library to consult books. Day after day, she finally accumulated enough to Breakthrough and become a Qi Refinement Stage - First Layer Cultivator.
Afterward, she made ample preparations and finally waited for this day.
On this day, the old woman in Chongdao Shrine no longer just hoarsely whispered for her to participate in the Ascension Examination as she had done in previous days; instead, she chased after her with a distorted face, repeatedly saying, "You've already reached the Qi Refinement Stage, why aren't you going to the Ascension Examination? You've already reached the Qi Refinement Stage, why aren't you going to the Ascension Examination?"
The old man in the Hidden Scripture Library was the same; as he repeated his mutterings, blood gushed from his bloody holes, soaking his clothes crimson, a strong sense of threat emanating from him.
Even when she wanted to go to Qiongxiang Hall to say a final farewell to the Pig-Head Chef, he chased her with a cleaver, asking, "You've already reached the Qi Refinement Stage, why aren't you going to the Ascension Examination?"
And the Hall Master, standing on the steps in a white robe, looking like an Immortal, also gave her a meaningful smile and said, "You've finally come."
Liu Sheng cupped her hands in a salute and said, "With doubts in my heart, I naturally had to come."
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Why do people continuously die in this weird objects disaster?
Why are some people always as reckless as newcomers?
Why is the elimination rate of the Ascension Examination so high, yet it can still be held every day?
During these days in the weird objects disaster, Liu Sheng pondered these questions constantly, and her doubts grew with each passing day.
Based on the number of Courtyards in this Seven Profound Academy, one floor has approximately twenty rooms, each room houses four Disciples, and one Courtyard has three floors. Adding up the male and female Courtyards, there should be no more than five hundred students in the same period.
Hunger, slaughter, struggle, and elimination are enacted here daily. This number of people should not be enough.
However, in reality, there are still an endless number of people buried within.
Liu Sheng had previously studied weird objects and knew that the characteristics of weird objects are actually greatly related to their original form.
The special effect of the 【Mobile Phone】 weird objects can make people repeat labor, which is related to Yi Yu's state before her death.
The Weird Domain of the 【Pear Blossom Weird】 is related to that poor scholar.
Perhaps this is the meaning of high dimension analysis: by tracing back to the past, one can grasp its root.
The current Seven Profound Academy is equivalent to a large weird objects. Liu Sheng wants to understand its characteristics, perhaps starting from its founder, the Seven Profound Master.
After spending so many days in the Hidden Scripture Library, Liu Sheng finally had some conjectures.
The current Seven Profound Academy is precisely similar to the Qiankun Hall on Seven Profound Mountain in legends, a space with the ability to fold time and space.
Therefore, She Chan, who came from over a hundred years ago, could coexist with Liu Sheng in the same hall.
Therefore, Disciples from various eras are constantly entering this place, becoming new weird objects nourishment.
Therefore, that Senior's notes were also written by a Senior from who knows how many years ago and placed in the Hidden Scripture Library.
And in places like Courtyards and Disciple rooms, because they cannot accommodate so many people simultaneously, they are layered, a layering in the concept of time and space.
Thus, room "Fifty-Seven" could house both She Chan and that round-faced woman simultaneously.
But there are other questions.
Where did these Cultivators who Breakthrough the Qi Refinement Stage go?
And why were they so eager to urge them to participate in the Ascension Examination?
According to what she saw in the Hall of Heroes, She Chan did not, as everyone firmly believed, leave the weird objects disaster by participating in the Ascension Examination after reaching the Qi Refinement Stage; instead, she died somewhere unknown.
Carrying a mind full of doubts and conjectures, Liu Sheng could only verify them herself.
And so, today.
Amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, Liu Sheng, an Upper Dormitory Student, was the first to step into Qingxu Hall after the Hall Master verified her seven profound token.
As soon as Liu Sheng stepped in, the surroundings instantly changed color.
Everything before her eyes abruptly transformed. Dazzling white light erupted all around, as if she were walking in the clouds. Everywhere was pure white, so bright it was almost impossible to open her eyes.
This blinding, warm light formed a stark contrast to the cold darkness she had grown accustomed to, making her feel somewhat disoriented for a moment.
Liu Sheng blinked a few times, trying to adjust to the sudden brightness.
As her vision gradually cleared, she found herself standing on a gigantic, smooth, and delicate circular disk, emitting a soft glow, blending with the surrounding environment, as if it were an isolated island floating in an boundless sea of light.
The surface of the disk was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting Liu Sheng's image. She stood in the center, appearing tiny. Around the edge was a raised slope, and she didn't know how long it would take to reach it.
This scene, though calm and sacred, also gave Liu Sheng an indescribable sense of eeriness.
This time, there wasn't even a stone tablet, truly nothing at all.
So what should she do?
Walk to the edge?
Just as Liu Sheng was contemplating her next move, suddenly, two enormous pillars descended from the sky.
Their texture was crystal clear, intricately carved with delicate patterns and inscriptions, as if sculpted from the purest jade between heaven and earth, imbued with an extraordinary Immortal aura.
Before Liu Sheng could react, these two pillar-like objects gently clamped her.
Liu Sheng let out a soft gasp. Her body was utterly helpless between the two pillars, only feeling a somewhat oppressive pain in her abdomen.
Like a tiny bean sprout, gently suspended in the air, as if it could fall at any moment but was held very firmly.
The pillars carried Liu Sheng upward, through layers of white mist. The speed was so fast, and the wind so fierce, that she could barely keep her eyes open, swaying in the air.
The pillars were simply too thick; Liu Sheng's slender arms couldn't even reach halfway around them. She quickly summoned Little Tentacle to tightly wrap around the pillars, to prevent herself from truly falling.
The higher they went, the sparser the clouds became, and the surroundings grew darker.
Everything happened too quickly. After piercing through the last layer of clouds, the environment suddenly became immeasurably vast. Liu Sheng found herself in an expansive, boundless Universe. Distant stars twinkled, flickering on and off, scattered in the profound darkness, like countless eyes, silently observing everything.
A colossal, seemingly all-consuming abyss-like maw appeared in her field of vision.
Two thick, pale red lips, upper and lower. Beneath the lips were two rows of black and yellow, crooked teeth. The cavernous mouth in the middle was like a bottomless black hole, emitting a heart-palpitating aura, as if possessing the power to devour everything.
Clamped by the pillars, Liu Sheng slowly approached the open maw. Above the maw were two pitch-black holes.
Only then did Liu Sheng realize that the large circular disk she had just been on was a dining plate, and the pillars were jade chopsticks.
And she was merely a dish on the plate.
A dish specially prepared for the giant before her.
The gigantic maw was within reach; the enormous chopsticks were about to place her into that mouth, which seemed to lead to endless darkness.
I'll finish this arc tomorrow~ Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me, thank you for your comments and recommendation tickets! I will work hard to write even better!