Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 128: The Next Trial

As everyone read the words on the stone tablet, their expressions became heavy; even Ye Chen frowned as he read the next words, which stated the next trials won't be testing their cultivation, talent, and strength.

This meant most of his advantages would be lost here and yet he had only climbed up to ten percent of heaven's staircase.

"Look, there are more than fifty names written on it and each had the number of steps they had climbed."

"Yeah, but why is the number of steps they ascended too low and why is it that no one reached the top?"

The disciples conversed with baffled looks as they saw most of the names barely even reaching four thousand steps.

There were thirteen who had managed to reach above six thousand; however, nine of them suddenly came to a stop, leaving only four who reached eight thousand steps.

But soon the two of them came to a halt while the remaining two managed to ascend more than five hundred steps.

Reading such results, where no one managed to reach the top, how could the disciples feel good, especially since the next trials were something where strength, talent, and cultivation didn't matter at all?

Although many were happy that they could compete with Ye Chen now, they still didn't feel too much joy; nevertheless, everyone soon adjusted their emotions and began to ascend.

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Just as everyone was busy with their thoughts, a golden brush and piece of paper appeared in front of Ye Chen, which instructed him to write his name on it; if he didn't, then he would not be allowed to ascend further.

"Quite a strict rule," Ye Chen chuckled faintly and without wasting any time, he wrote his name on the paper.

Whoosh!

After he was done with it, the piece of paper turned into a golden light and flew inside the massive stone tablet.

Rumble!

The next moment the massive stone trembled slightly and a name in golden text appeared at the bottom.

This shouldn't attract too much attention, but it did, and every disciple who read the words felt their mouth twitching. Even Li Mei and others sighed helplessly, wondering if this was the right thing to do or not.

Only two people were happy; one of them was Ye Chen, while the other one was Fatty Li Zhenyuan.

"Hahaha! 'The Demonic Ye Chen' just states Brother Ye Chen's style!" He laughed proudly while wondering how he should write his own name on it.

There were also others who thought the same as him but the majority of them were just embarrassed to do such a thing no matter how much they liked to do it.

Nevertheless, in the future, if someone looked at the stone tablet, they would wonder why there were so many lunatics.

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After writing his own name, Ye Che didn't hesitate and climbed on the one thousand and first step.

Swoosh!

In that instant the step he stood upon lit up, followed by the next steps and this didn't stop until it reached the two thousandth step.

Clearly whatever the next trial was would be a thousand steps long from now on.

Just as this happened, Ye Chen's vision distorted, and he appeared on the road of the bustling city. However, this city was not from the cultivation world but from the blue planet.

"A spiritual test" Ye Chen instantly understood what was happening as a thought of forgetting everything and going back appeared in his mind.

He himself was dumbfounded at this because there was nothing he liked or loved on the blue planet. However, he did hope to live like a normal person in his previous life a long time ago so if the test targeted his old memories, then it was no wonder why he was having such thoughts.

Swoosh!

After a moment of time his vision once again distorted, and he was returned back to the step he was on.

"Looks like one only needs to resist their thoughts to pass this test," he said to himself and climbed the next step.

The same thing happened, and he was once again back to the blue planet with the thoughts of living there happily.

Even after climbing hundreds of steps, the test he would face didn't change too much; however, it was getting difficult as the few people he knew appeared in the test trying to make him stay there and the further he ascended the steps, the more difficulty increased.

"This should be the Trial of Attachment," Ye Chen spoke to himself after understanding the reason behind this test.

To cultivate immortality, one must detach themselves from the mortal world and mortal desires. If one can't do this, then they will only suffer unimaginable pain in the end, as the blessings of immortality would turn into a curse.

For Ye Chen, who had already cast away Blue Planet, this was not much of a problem; however, Li Mei and others might not have it easy.

Nevertheless, this might not be a bad thing, as they would know their shortcomings and work on them. If they fail, he can guide them to a correct path.

Swoosh!

After understanding what the trial was, Ye Chen's speed of ascending suddenly increased, making the disciples behind a little stunned.

Nonetheless, no one felt shocked by his performance, as they had already gotten used to him destroying common sense.

Just as Ye Chen was ascending rapidly, Li Mei and others finally cleared the path of ice. Li Mei knew her yin physique might cause commotion, so she didn't use it and just passed through by relying on her physical body.

Now the next trial was the path of gravity, which also didn't stop her or anyone else who followed her. Even the little girl Wang Yiyi, who struggled a bit, managed to keep up with everyone.

However, this was not the same for anyone else who was still in the path of the fire trial or below. There were many who got eliminated through the fights, while a lot of them just couldn't face the next trials.

Just like this, the number of total disciples on the staircase dropped below eight hundred and it kept lowering as they faced the path of darkness, the path of wind and the path of poison.

Swoosh!

It was at this moment a bunch of golden lights flew inside the massive stone tablet and more than ten names appeared at the bottom.

The names belonged to none other than Li Mei and others who passed all of the ten trials without too much difficulty.

"Sister Li Mei, you should have written your name like Demonic Ye Chen's junior sister." Wang Yiyi couldn't help but complain as Li Mei only wrote her name obediently.

"Humph! My name is at least better than some arrogant Strongest Female Emperor Wang Yiyi." Li Mei snorted unhappily as she pinched the little girl's cheeks for writing her name like this.

"Ouch! Sister Li Mei, why are you only scolding me? Look, the bad guy is even more wicked than me! Also, Sister Lan Ming and Fatty also did the same thing! Scold them too!" Wang Yiyi rubbed her cheeks with a tearful look while pointing at others in protest.

Lan Ming had written her name as the Fire Empress Lan Ming, while the fatty Li Zhenyuan wrote it as the Demonic Ye Chen's Sworn Brother, the Goldy Li Zhenyuan.

Only Li Mei and Su Ying didn't do such a thing, as they found this embarrassing.

"Those two are adults so they know what they are doing. But you? You are just a little girl lost in arrogance!" Li Mei didn't care about the words of the little girl and scolded her again before starting the next trial.

Others too followed behind her, facing the trial of attachment.

However, not everyone's attention was on them, as many were reading the names on the stone tablet.

"I didn't expect the beauty Liu Jiarong to do this."

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"Yeah, I too thought she would write her own name, but it looks like she followed in the footsteps of Ye Chen."

Many male disciples couldn't help but feel jealous.

Although Liu Jiarong wrote her name as Heavenly Empress Liu Jiarong, many couldn't help but feel she did this to get a good impression of Ye Chen, and they were right about that.

But what they don't know is that Liu Jiarong didn't do this for love but to become friends with him.

Not only her but even Crown Prince Ji Feng and others have the same ideas as her, as they understood getting on the good side of Ye Chen was beneficial.

Of course some have other intentions, such as Lin Xian'er, who wrote her name as Admirer of Demonic Brother Ye Chen, the Little Evil Girl Lin Xian'er!

Then, to add more, she suggested every female from the Wu family do the same and they all wrote their names like this except a few, like Liu Jiarong.

If this was not enough, then almost every female disciple who arrived later did the same, making many male disciples eyes red with jealousy.