Chapter 14: Testing the Heart

Taiqing Island, Hall of Invoking Immortals square.

At this moment, there were eight hundred worshippers standing on the square, and on the periphery, there stood a circle of Taiqing Immortal Sect disciples and worshippers who had been recruited ahead of time, together watching the secondary screening of these remaining eight hundred people.

The qualifications of these eight hundred people were not high, so their hearts were to be tested.

Xiao Nanfeng was standing amongst these eight hundred people.

In the crowd, Xiao Nanfeng touched a ring on his finger, this was a token, given to him by his father before he was six years old, his father was a teacher from Taiqing Immortal Sect, and he once mentioned that his father had a senior brother who was a lifelong friend of his who was in Taiqing Immortal Sect, and by virtue of this ring, he would be able to identify himself with this senior brother.

With this ring, he could also enter Taiqing Immortal Sect through the back door, touching this ring, Xiao Nanfeng fell into a moment of contemplation.

"It's been ten years, ten years since my father disappeared, and I've been imprisoned for ten years, and this master uncle has never even searched for me? Heh, perhaps it may not be trustworthy!" A look of skepticism flashed in Xiao Nanfeng 's eyes.

Carefully, Xiao Nanfeng put away the ring, he was not prepared to use this ring token until he had to.

He also had some confidence, because he had succeeded in soul refining and possessed soul power, perhaps this second screening would not be difficult to pass.

Just as Xiao Nanfeng was pondering, a loud shout came from the Hall of Invoking Immortals not far away.

"Everyone listen, the second screening will determine whether you are a formal disciple or an odd-job disciple, or eliminated." A Taiqing Immortal Sect disciple said aloud.

"There is only one way to assess the grades, you all stand in place and don't move, the longer you hold on, the better your grades."

"You guys, are you ready?!"

"Ready!" The eight hundred testers were all shaking their fists.

Just then, they saw that a gray-clothed and blind old man stepped out from Hall of Invoking Immortals, and it was none other than Elder Ku who had played the Requiem yesterday.

" Elder Ku, thank you!" The presiding disciple bowed respectfully.

Elder Ku had already set up tables and chairs in front of him, and a incense burner was placed on the table. He unhooked his guqin from his back and placed it on the tabletop, and a disciple next to him solemnly lit a stick of incense in the incense burner.

Xiao Nanfeng also showed a look of anticipation.

Xiao Nanfeng didn't know that there were two sides of eyes staring at him right now.

One side, naturally, is Zhao Yuanjiao, who is coldly staring at Xiao Nanfeng, wanting to determine the Dark Sect 's ability.

On the other side, it was naturally Ye Dafu and the rest of the group, who were also waiting for Xiao Nanfeng to make a fool of himself.

"Ding!"

Steeply, Elder Ku 's zither sound began.

The marvelous sound of this zither sound caused the heads of nearly everyone in the arena to buzz.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were drawn towards the incense in the furnace in front of Elder Ku, the incense emitted smoke, and the lingering smoke instantly skyrocketed countless times, followed by a tsunami sweeping towards the plaza like an overwhelming tsunami, and with a loud boom, the massive smoke covered the sky, and seemingly in an instant, drowned out everyone.

For a moment, no one could see each other, everyone in the square, as if they had suddenly disappeared, Xiao Nanfeng was also shocked to find that all directions had turned into a smoke area, a white blanket, leaving only himself alone.

"What's going on? What happened?" Many people couldn't help but exclaim in shock.

Nay, at this moment, no one could hear anyone else's voice, and all that was left was a burst of zither sounds coming in.

Xiao Nanfeng instantly understood that this was the start of the test. At once, he gazed around carefully.

Suddenly, the smoke faded a bit, the crowd saw the surrounding scene, the earth under the feet became somewhat transparent?

No, not the feet of the earth transparent, but their own stand on the ten thousand feet high? They are standing on top of the white clouds? Looking down through the clouds, below was Taiqing Island on the ocean.

"I, how did I get to high altitude? Is it a spell? An immortal spell? Sending me to high altitude?" Someone was stunned.

In the next instant, the clouds that were originally stepping on softly suddenly lost their supporting power, and everyone's feet instantly stepped into the air and fell down.

"Ah, help!"

"I'm falling, save me, save me, Immortal save me!"

"I don't want to die!"

...

Countless people cried out.

Even Xiao Nanfeng was shocked into a cold sweat, falling down from a height of ten thousand feet, wouldn't this fall be a dead end?

"Boom!"

Ye Dafu and the others outside the plaza were suddenly slapped on the back, and the crowd was so jolted that it was as if they were waking up from a dream.

"What are you shouting for? Don't disgrace yourself." Uncle San glared at Ye Dafu and the others.

Ye Dafu looked around blankly, where was the ten thousand feet in the air? Where was the white smoke? The surroundings are still the same as before, only that blind Elder Ku is still playing the piano?

"Uncle San, this, this, what just happened?" Ye Dafu exclaimed.

"It's just an illusion, it's in human nature to have a great fear of falling, and under great fear one will be disorganized to see who can see through to the truth as soon as possible." Uncle San explained.

At this moment, it was seen that the eight hundred testers in the square, most of them were in a state of shock, but, very soon, many people found out the truth, and slowly stopped shocking, only more than a hundred people immersed in the great terror of the fall have been shocked, and fell down to the ground with open teeth and claws.

Some Taiqing Immortal Sect disciples entered the square and cleared out those who were paralyzed on the ground.

"Uncle San, they are ..." Ye Dafu said in surprise.

"They were eliminated, eliminated at the first level, not to mention the official disciples, even the miscellaneous disciples will not be accepted, these people's qualifications are not good, and their hearts are not good, they will definitely be repatriated." Third uncle shook his head.

"I ..., if Third Uncle didn't wake me up just now, I could have realized on my own that it was an illusion." Ye Dafu emphasized.

Uncle San looked at this nephew without striking him too much.

The crowd also looked at Xiao Nanfeng in the distance as their hearts palpitated, but they saw that, Xiao Nanfeng stood in place with his eyes closed, not moving a muscle, and his face was not sad or happy.

"That poor guy? He actually made it through the first level?" Ye Dafu was surprised.

"Luck, right?" A group of followers had uncomfortable faces.

Just now, falling from a height of 10,000 feet, Xiao Nanfeng was also shocked into a cold sweat, but, still, he quickly calmed down, after all, in his previous life, he had ridden quite a few roller coasters and jumpers, and since he guessed that it was a phantasmagoria test, he also calmed down.

At this time, Xiao Nanfeng realized that he was back in the previous square, surrounded by the same countless white smoke.

"The test is still continuing?"

Just as Xiao Nanfeng was wondering, two figures suddenly appeared in the white smoke.

" Nanfeng, Nanfeng! Mother has finally waited for you!"

"Brat, why didn't you come until today, your mother and I have been waiting for you here for ten years!"

Two incomparably familiar voices came, making Xiao Nanfeng 's heart suddenly tremble, this, this voice, this is the voice that has been haunting him for ten years, this is ...

However, he saw that a pair of men and women walked in the white mist, the man was handsome and handsome, and the woman was gentle like water, and her appearance was very beautiful.

The moment he saw this duo, Xiao Nanfeng unconsciously had a sour nose.

"Father? Mother?" Xiao Nanfeng felt his entire body trembling.

It's been ten years, do you know how much I've missed you all?

Ten years of aggression erupted in an instant, and Xiao Nanfeng couldn't wait to immediately pounce on the duo.

" Nanfeng, mother misses you too, quickly come to mother."

The call of his father and mother made Xiao Nanfeng 's heart grow a different kind of warmth, but just as he was about to go forward, he suddenly had a jolt of surprise and looked at his father incredulously, but he saw that his father was actually wearing a gold watch on his wrist?

The gold watch?

When he was a child, he did think that with dad's handsome, if he wore a black trench coat, a gold watch and sunglasses, he would definitely have the model of a domineering president, but, that was just an imagination ah, there is no such thing as a gold watch in this world ah. How can there be a watch in father's hand?

"Everything, is my imagination? Is it fake? Is it my mind's demon?" Xiao Nanfeng 's complexion changed and he instantly came to his senses.

" Nanfeng, come here!" The mother shouted there.

"Brat, don't come over yet!" Father was there urging.

Xiao Nanfeng, however, shook his head and slowly calmed his agitation, revealing a wave of bitter smiles, "Father, Mother, if you guys were real, how good would that be!"

Xiao Nanfeng calmed down as he saw through the heart demon illusion in front of him, while the phantom of father and mother slowly dispersed into a puff of smoke.

"What a powerful Elder Ku, actually going straight to the depths of my heart? So close!" Xiao Nanfeng gazed up once again.

Xiao Nanfeng became more and more excited about worshipping Elder Ku.

At the same time, Ye Dafu outside the illusionary realm also saw a peculiar image.

Of all the testers in the square, some showed maniacal laughter, some cried out in pain, and at one time, more than two hundred people were emotionally out of control as they flung themselves forward. Following that, they were all cleared out of the square by the Taiqing Immortal Sect disciples.

"Another two hundred or so people have been eliminated? What did they see?" Ye Dafu was surprised.

"This is the second level of the test, the Heart Demon! It will condense the obsession of the tester, that is the softest part of everyone's inner emotions, it's hard to pass without a strong will and enough wisdom." Third Uncle said indifferently.

"Heart Demon? Obsession? The softest place of emotions? But why is that brat still motionless?" A group of Ye Dafu followers said with ugly faces.

Ye Dafu looked over, and sure enough, Xiao Nanfeng was motionless and undisturbed at all.

"Hmph, that brat is still young and doesn't understand what obsession is, right? It's also a lucky break." Ye Dafu said disdainfully.

"After passing the two levels of weightlessness and heart demons, all the disciples at the third level will at least be able to become miscellaneous disciples, and next, the longer they hold on, the higher the chances of them becoming full disciples." Third Uncle said.

"That is to say, those who are left behind now have already stepped into the Taiqing Immortal Sect, and any worse will be miscellaneous disciples?" Ye Dafu stared at Xiao Nanfeng in the distance, revealing a wave of unwillingness.

"Not bad! However, the third level won't be easy." Uncle San said in a deep voice.

"Oh? What's the third level?" Ye Dafu couldn't help but ask.

"It's something that you may encounter in the future on your cultivation path, just the likeness ...," Uncle San said with palpitations.

In the illusionary realm, Xiao Nanfeng looked at the white mist around her and was on the verge of a fight. Suddenly, a silver bell-like woman's laughter came.

"Cluck cluck cluck cluck, come on! Come and chase me!"

A world-class beauty appeared in the white mist, the woman was extremely beautiful, seemingly gathering the best of men's imagination of beauty, dressed in a hidden veil, teasing Xiao Nanfeng not far away.

Not only Xiao Nanfeng, all the people who participated in the test saw a peerless beauty or a peerless man, all of them were the most perfect models of the opposite sex in everyone's mind.

The beautiful women were dressed in revealing clothes and surrounded one tester after another, rubbing against and teasing the testers.

"Giggle, giggle, Lang, don't you love me anymore? Will you come and help me, I twisted my foot, it hurts!" The absolute beauty revealed a poignant look that was incomparably heartwarming.

Xiao Nanfeng however, his expression did not move, this third level, was it a beauty test? At this level, it wasn't as good as the two levels just now.

In front of the eyes of the world's most beautiful women continue to show style, seduce Xiao Nanfeng, but Xiao Nanfeng still remain awake, not in front of the woman is not beautiful, but Xiao Nanfeng was imprisoned for ten years of encounters, the will has long been as hard as iron, not to mention that there is a lifetime of experience in the past life on Earth, beauty video, retouching photos do not know how many to see, will not be shaken by the beauty of this cultivation of the road to Immortality? The road to immortality?

"Aiya, Mr. Lang, you have a cruel heart!" The peerless beauty turned her back to Xiao Nanfeng and sobbed daintily.

Xiao Nanfeng stared calmly at the Absolute Beauty, and just at this moment, the Absolute Beauty suddenly turned her head.

That Absolute Beauty's face suddenly turned into a bloody and festering face, her eyes even turned into bloody holes, and jagged fangs emerged from her mouth as she suddenly opened her bloody mouth to pounce on Xiao Nanfeng.

"Roar!"

The stunningly gorgeous woman turned into a horrifyingly evil ghost-like appearance, a huge contrast that instantly shocked countless people's faces into a frenzy.

"Ah!"

"Aigoo crouch!"

"Holy shit!"

On the plaza, one after another tester cried out in shock, being so frightened that they fell to the ground in a continuous retreat.

This sudden frightening image was even more frightening than the most terrifying nightmare anyone had ever had, and many people were instantly scared out of their wits. Following that, they were woken up by the Taiqing Immortal Sect disciples and brought away from the original place.

On the square, the people who were testing were left with less than two hundred people in the blink of an eye.

"What did they see? Why are they scared like this?" Ye Dafu exclaimed.

"What's going on? How come that kid's expression is still the same? He's not asleep, is he?" A follower looked at Xiao Nanfeng incredulously.

A stunningly gorgeous woman transforming into a horrifying evil ghost, what a frightening image, those nearly two hundred people who held back from moving, even if they knew it was an illusion, they were still scared to the point of turning pale and sweating coldly at this moment.

However, Xiao Nanfeng was unimpressed, what is this horror image? The horror movies I watched on Earth were much scarier than this. A beautiful woman turning into an evil ghost's face, this is a rotten bridge in a horror movie!

I know this is an illusion, how can I still be scared by an evil ghost?

At most, this horror movie is a 3D stereo surround effect.

Many of the testers were already suffocating from fear, feeling the ghost's bloody skin against their faces, who wouldn't be afraid?

Xiao Nanfeng wasn't afraid, he loved watching horror movies when he was on Earth.

"This is it?" Xiao Nanfeng looked at the evil ghost in front of him with slight regret.

It felt like, instead, this third level was the easiest.