"Wow-wow-wow-wow-wow!"
Hu Ke'er stood on Chen Tianyi's flying sword. The sharp wind blew her long hair, and the extremely fast speed made her cry out involuntarily.
Hu Ke'er couldn't tell at all how the flying sword managed to fly in the air. According to her original knowledge, a flight at such a speed should require a huge amount of energy to move. This completely exceeded her understanding and couldn't be explained by her existing knowledge.
"Hold on to me tightly. It'll be more comfortable if you lean your head against my back."
"Okay."
Hearing Chen Tianyi's words, Hu Ke'er reached out and wrapped her arms around Chen Tianyi's waist.
His waist is so slender.
A faint medicinal fragrance wafted from Chen Tianyi's body and seeped into Hu Ke'er's nostrils.
It smells so good.
Chen Tianyi wasn't particularly burly, but he could still block the oncoming wind. Hu Ke'er could feel a faint body temperature on her cheek pressed against Chen Tianyi's back.
Her heart raced.
"Miss? Miss?"
"Ah?"
Hearing Chen Tianyi's soft call, Hu Ke'er came back to her senses and responded softly.
"Miss, we're here. This is my sect."
"Okay."
"Um... I mean you can let go of me now."
"Ah, sorry. I was just a bit distracted."
As Hu Ke'er said, she quickly let go of her arms around Chen Tianyi and gently jumped off the flying sword, which was only about a dozen centimeters above the ground.
"Wow, this is your sect, little brother! It's so imposing!"
Looking up, Hu Ke'er saw a huge memorial archway carved from blue stone with the words "Longhu Mountain" written on it. Behind the archway were countless blue - stone steps winding up into the clouds, looking very mysterious.
"It's so imposing!"
"Yeah."
Chen Tianyi nodded.
"Miss, why don't you wait for me here? I'll go and complete my mission and then come back for you. I'll take you home then."
"Ah? You're going to leave me here?!"
Hearing Chen Tianyi's words, Hu Ke'er exclaimed in disbelief.
"No, it's just that I need you to wait for me here for a while!"
Chen Tianyi quickly explained.
"No, no. What if I meet another monster here?"
Thinking of the snake demon before, Hu Ke'er shook her head in fear.
"No way. Don't worry. This is already the territory of our Longhu Mountain. No demon would be so bold as to come and provoke us at the gate of our sect!"
"Okay then."
Hearing Chen Tianyi's words, Hu Ke'er nodded slightly and then put on a wronged expression.
"Humph, just leaving me like this!"
"Sorry, but please wait for me here."
As Chen Tianyi said, he turned around and walked towards Longhu Mountain.
"Boom!"
"Wow!"
Before Chen Tianyi even reached the archway, a huge thunderclap sounded. Hu Ke'er was so frightened by the thunder that she let out a scream and immediately hugged Chen Tianyi from behind.
"Miss?"
"Little brother, take me up the mountain. I'm scared..."
Maybe it was because of PTSD. Hu Ke'er hadn't reacted so strongly to thunder before. Maybe the explosion before had left a psychological shadow on her.
"This... It's not that I don't want to take you up the mountain. But my sect has a rule that, except for our sect members, only specially - invited guests or those who want to join the sect for the entrance test can go up the mountain."
Chen Tianyi looked embarrassed.
"Well, can't you just say I'm here for the test?"
Hu Ke'er was just worried about having nowhere to go. Hearing that there was an entrance test for Longhu Mountain, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.
If she passed the test, this little brother named Chen Tianyi would be her senior brother. It seemed quite nice!
"Miss, have you really thought it through? If you pass the test, you'll really have to stay on the mountain for hard cultivation. The path of immortality isn't as glamorous as you think. It's very hard..."
In her previous life, Hu Ke'er had dedicated her whole life to science. She thought she had grasped the truth of the world, but unexpectedly, there was a world that completely subverted all her knowledge. As a scientist, how could she resist this innate thirst for knowledge!
"Little brother, what are you doing? Hurry up!"
Hu Ke'er completely ignored Chen Tianyi's advice. She walked through the memorial archway on her own and then turned back to wave at Chen Tianyi.
"Alright."
Seeing Hu Ke'er smiling at him, Chen Tianyi couldn't help but smile helplessly and then quickly caught up.
"Well, why don't you use your flying sword to take me up the mountain here?"
Hu Ke'er asked when she saw the seemingly endless blue - stone steps.
"It's a sect rule."
Chen Tianyi replied.
"Since you really want to pursue immortality, climb up on your own! If you can't bear it, just crush this talisman. Then I'll take you down the mountain."
As he said, Chen Tianyi stuffed a yellow talisman into Hu Ke'er's hand, and then his body flickered.
"You can't be serious?"
Hu Ke'er reached out to grab Chen Tianyi but unexpectedly grabbed nothing. The after - image of Chen Tianyi disappeared from Hu Ke'er's sight at a visible speed.
"Goodness, how many steps are there here!"
Hu Ke'er looked up at the blue - stone steps stretching into the white clouds, gritted her teeth slightly, and then started climbing.
"They don't even install a cable car on such a high mountain. It's so troublesome!"
...
Hu Ke'er gritted her teeth and climbed step by step. However, after two hours, she still couldn't see the end of the blue - stone steps.
"Huff, huff, huff. Chen Tianyi, when I find you on the mountain, I'll definitely teach you a good lesson!"
Chen Tianyi's favorability in Hu Ke'er's heart dropped significantly because of this stair - climbing.
But even so, Hu Ke'er stubbornly continued to climb up the mountain. Finally, after another hour, she reached the platform at the end of the blue - stone steps.
"Ah—"
Hu Ke'er let out a long breath, and then her limbs involuntarily collapsed on the ground. The soreness made her feel that her body was extremely heavy.
"Chen Tianyi, you bastard!"
Hu Ke'er shouted with all her strength, and then her eyelids slowly drooped heavily. The world instantly turned completely dark. At this moment, she could only feel her body constantly sweating, her heart pounding hard, and the heaviness of her body.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Hu Ke'er felt her body lighten. She couldn't help but let out a soft sound and tried hard to open her eyes. She saw a familiar face.
"Chen Tianyi? Put me down quickly. You left me alone at the foot of the mountain. How dare you come to see me now?"
Seeing Chen Tianyi's face, Hu Ke'er almost jumped out of his arms in anger.
"No way. You've just climbed so many stairs. If you lie on the ground right after you stop, you might die!"
Chen Tianyi refused. Hu Ke'er struggled a few times but finally couldn't break free from Chen Tianyi's arms.
"You..."
"Miss, you've passed the first test. Just have a good rest first. You'll undergo the spiritual vein awakening tomorrow."
Chen Tianyi completely ignored Hu Ke'er's resistance and said on his own.
"Spiritual vein awakening? It won't be this much of a pain in the neck again, will it?"
Hu Ke'er asked in return.
"You just need to eat a spirit stone. It's very simple."
"Eat snacks? What kind of snacks? Chocolate or biscuits?"