The exact opposite direction while he sometimes acted as if he was lost as he noticed a Gu worm presumably from his elder brothers pointing this way while they were talking probably because someone might have been peeping on them.
Right after arriving as to where the Gu worm was pointing he saw 20 other outer disciples just like him after he noticed that the red mark on his neck stopped glowing as a senior with a long flowing beard walked out of the void and once he did with but a glance he struck fear into me and nearly everyone else however.
'Though I am indeed afraid of this old man he is nowhere near the level of that strange guy that I ran into the difference between them is just to great it's like climbing Mount Hua thinking it the greatas summit just to find.
Mount Tai and soon after that getting a glimpse of one billionth of the vast universe.
Simply put the difference between the two in terms of power alone is just stupid and not even worth comparing it's like trying to compare an atom to the known and unknown universe insignificant'
While he was thinking that he didn't let his emotions show on his face as he bowed bringing together the index, middle, ring, and little fingers of both hands facing the palms downward Interlocking the thumbs of each hand placing one hand over the other letting his left hand cover the right.
Not daring to move a single inch in fact his head was bowed so perfectly that one would think he had been ass kissing for over a decade which he had been.
After seeing Gu Tian Feng so respectful and not daring to try to interrupt him before he could even speak as most cultivators did for no reason in his esteemed grace he let out a low snort and a nod at Gu Tian Feng before he started talking.
''Today you will truly become outer sect members of the sect after going through todays trial now the trial isn't hard nor complicated all you need to do is survive'' After the elder said that he waived one of his hands in the void causing it to burst open and take us inside.
While I was being sucked inside of the crack in space I realized something that I had yet to think about 'Why are we not being led in by the elder nor an elder brother and sisters?' After a while of thinking in slow motion one of the benefits of being a cultivator he saw something that frightened him.
'Hold the fuck up why is that mysterious child who is most likely a regressed protag frowning am I going to die?'
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10 boys and girls slept peacefully on a patch of flowers while the perfect weather made them altho asleep feel utterly at peace something not many if any can ever say they have felt in the land of - also known as the dumping grounds.
However a boy of around 15 woke up as their long glossy black hair glew in the sliet wind with a look of curiosity on their face as they looked around after a while their eyelashes fluttered as they closed their eyes to think
'It took so long to get here yet it feels as if it has only been a short amount of time - '
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I slowly woke up only to find the fair face of the scary child staring down at me with the face of someone who just found an interesting new thing to toy with till it breaks the boy parted their nearly cherry lips while saying.
''Welcome to hell or should I say ''Diyu'' there are so many different ways to say it that one tends to lose track on what one should call it anyway that doesn't really matter as you survived the doors of hell so congrats you didn't die''
As the boy finished talking I shakily got up as I asked ''What do you mean is this a part of the sects trials?'' with a calm tone to that they shook their head before nodding ''Kind of though it's a little different-''
Before the boy could finish talking Gu Tian Feng used his cube to project gravity 100 times that of the suns on him and after he did so everything started breaking apart.
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My eyes snapped wide open as I looked into the sky with a blank expression but I didn't waste much more time as I got up with a jump as I looked around to see my fellow taoist and when I did I made sure to use my cube to reflect the light from their eyes to make it so I wasn't seen peeping on them.
'Ahh I see so they're all dead...' After thinking that I stopped reflecting light soon afterwards I turned to the frightening child as I asked ''Were they're deaths really necessary or were you just bored as you had to either wait for everyone to wake up or to continue the trial or you killed them to do this trial with much more ease''
They opened their bright red eyes to look at me ''The reason why I killed them all was simply because there can only be two to continue this trial which usually makes it so a man and woman-''
''No the reason you didn't kill me was simply because you couldn't but that doesn't matter as there is something I would like to know how and why has the mark or brand from the sect no longer around my neck also stop trying to act like a child your horrible at it''
They stopped acting as they didn't look surprised whatsoever that I could see through them ''What did I do that gave it away?'' After they asked me that I didn't even ponder for a second before I replied ''From the first moment you opened your mouth after all no normal child is so detached from the world and sees everything as if nothing but a huge joke''
After Gu Tian Feng said that the child gave him a nod before saying ''Noted also the mark is no longer on you because it became a Gu worm the moment you fell asleep here also to answer your other question this is the dumping ground also known as the pit the place where heaven cannot shine making it the perfect place for demonic cultivation''
Soon after they said that I asked ''So i'm assuming this place still isn't where are true bodies are right this place is more like a shared dream world am I right?''
They only smiled to that before saying something that shocked me.