Chapter 47: Burning Heart with Fire

  "It's just the last hurdle now, below is the fierce flame that engulfs the body, you must hold on."

  Watching Zhang Shan start climbing the last hundred steps, Fang Yiru silently recited in her heart.

  "Xiao Ru, I've rarely seen you care about someone like this. Tell Master Shu, what exactly happened between you two?" Nan Ruo Li said with a serious expression, unable to resist teasing her.

  "That's right, Master Uncle, don't think too much about it. I've said it before, he once saved me, and also, I just feel that he is the talent that Qingmu Peak needs." Fang Yiru pouted and said with a spoiled tone.

  Nan Ruo Li's face was filled with skepticism: "Really? No private relationship between men and women?"

  "Master Shu, you're talking nonsense. She's only met him twice, how could anything have happened between them? Besides, I've promised Master to revive our sect, and romantic feelings would only be a burden to me." Fang Yiru said lightly biting her lip.

  "Actually, your master's words are just a kind of expectation, you don't have to put so much pressure on yourself. Although our sect has been dormant for some years, the foundation is still there, and there will be a day when we rise again." Nan Ruoli said lovingly as she stroked her hair.

  Fang Yiru nodded silently, and Nan Ruoli let out a soft sigh in her heart, knowing that she was deeply obsessed and couldn't be comforted by just one or two words.

  His gaze returned to the Sky Mirror, looking at Zhang Shan who was walking forward inside, "The final test. If he can pass, it's possible that he'll become my assistant on Qingmu Peak."

  Zhang Shan, who was expected to be an assistant, is now undergoing a severe test of fire.

  After climbing four hundred and one steps, the entire stairway to heaven transformed into a blazing passageway.

  In the blink of an eye, all the clothes on his body were reduced to ashes, and then the flames began to rage on him, his skin crackling with a loud noise, the intense pain piercing through his heart.

  Zhang Shan's true yuan was frantically rotating, covering his skin surface, resisting the invasion of the fierce flames, and his body began to sprint forward.

  He calculated in his heart that the last hundred steps should all be a sea of fire, and the longer he stayed inside, the greater the danger. Therefore, the wisest approach was to pass through in the shortest time possible.

  Continuously crossing the first-class stairs, Zhangshan's heart was secretly crying out in distress. Every time he crossed a level of stairs, the temperature of the flames would immediately rise, and it was unknown what degree the temperature would reach in the end.

  But now he can't afford to think too much, and can only desperately rush forward. The Five Elements Body has been running to the extreme, constantly repairing his charred body.

  Those who had their skin charred and peeled off, layer by layer, grew back again under the powerful regenerative ability of the indestructible body, only to be charred and peeled off once more.

  After climbing up several flights of stairs, Zhang Shan let out a muffled groan, stumbled, and painfully clutched his head.

  At this time he felt that the fierce flame had changed, burning not only on his body but also seeming to invade his mind, burning inside.

  "What in the world is this ghost fire!" Zhang Shan cried out in pain, but still maintained his clear consciousness, not daring to stop his footsteps for a moment.

  "This is a divine flame that can directly incinerate the soul, also known as the Heart Scorched Flame. I didn't expect the fifth trial to be such an abnormal test. The host must hold on tight, if they fail, it will cause damage to their soul and it's hard to recover." A hint of anxiety slipped into the Monument Spirit's tone.

  "What does it take to hold on? Now I feel like my brain is being burned, will it be damaged?" Zhang Shan shouted loudly.

  "The flame of the burning heart is a very strange spirit flame. As long as the host can maintain a little clarity in their spiritual platform and their mind does not collapse, they will be able to hold on. Later, their soul consciousness will still grow. If they lose consciousness, then it's all over. It's unknown how long it will take to recover afterwards." The stele spirit said quickly.

  "Qing Tian Sect still claims to be a righteous sect, but the entrance test actually uses such a vicious method, I curse them ten thousand times! Ten thousand times!"

  The agony of having his soul burned to the point where he'd rather die than live made Zhang Shan lose all control, and he began cursing loudly without any restraint.

  "That sect wouldn't use methods that new disciples can't withstand to test them, or it would be a massacre, not a trial. The beginner-level Flame of Heartburn is something that the disciples can handle." There was a rare hint of anger in Biling's tone.

  "Not bad, I had forgotten that I was facing intermediate difficulty. Once I get out, I'll investigate clearly who is the scoundrel that wronged me. Zhang Shan vows to avenge this grievance." Zhang Shan roared with anger, his heart filled with hatred.

  On the top of the mountain, in the Temple of Ascension, Ma Chengxing felt a sudden palpitation for no reason.

  He calmed down and shifted his gaze away from Zhang Shan, his eyes clouding over with uncertainty. "Has he already reached the final level? Can't even intermediate difficulty stop him?"

  He thought of the inexplicable palpitations earlier, and his eyes flashed with cold light. "If he succeeds in passing the test and entering the door, he will definitely find that his test difficulty is different from others, and when the time comes, he will definitely investigate himself. It's better to think of a way to get rid of this kid."

  New disciples who can pass the intermediate difficulty test, although their current realm is still low, their future achievements will definitely not be low.

  Thinking of possibly facing revenge from such an enemy in the future, Ma Cheng Xing's heart surged with intense unease, and the killing intent in his eyes was almost impossible to conceal.

  Zhang Shan continued to run non-stop, now his appearance was like a ghost, the recovery ability of his indestructible body could no longer keep up with the speed of the flame's damage.

  His whole body had been burned down to just a skeleton, like a skull, but still eerily swinging its bony frame forward in a run.

  The most critical thing is the burning flame that penetrates into the soul, the pain of the soul being burned is getting bigger and bigger, Zhang Shan has to use up all his willpower to maintain a thread of clarity in his mind, not allowing himself to collapse.

  However, he had no strength to calculate how much time had passed and how many levels of stairs he had crossed, while in front of him was still a raging sea of fire, with no end in sight.

  "Bei Ling, how many levels of stairs have I climbed? How much farther? I'm about to collapse." Zhang Shan's weak thought was transmitted to Bei Ling.

  "It's almost there, just a little more, host, hold on for a bit longer." The stele spirit repeated this sentence.

  "You've said that many times already, how much further is it? Tell me the truth." Zhang Shan didn't even have the energy to be angry.

  "It's really here, host, add a bit more strength and rush over." Bi Ling shouted loudly.

  He took a deep breath, and a refreshing gust of air rushed into his nostrils. The flames before his eyes suddenly disappeared, and Zhang Shan felt his mind relax, as the excruciating pain that had been tormenting him also dissipated into nothingness.

  "I did it, I finally succeeded in passing this heavenly road." Zhang Shan's mind flashed with this thought, and then his eyes turned black, and he finally fainted from exhaustion.

  Nan Ruo Li smiled lightly and put away the Void Sky Mirror: "Let's go, Xiao Ru, we'll bring that kid back. The test is almost over anyway."

  Pulling Fang Yiru's hand, he soared into the sky and flew towards the Dengtian Hall.

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