Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Following his gaze down the cliff, Chen Tian noticed that the scream had come from a new disciple right behind him. Exhausted, the disciple had lost his footing and fallen from the mountainside. Overwhelmed by fear, he cried out loudly.

Of course, was all that crying just from fear? Not necessarily! Only he himself could truly understand the mix of emotions.

Seeing this, Wu Cai and Wu Chun naturally wouldn't stand by and watch someone die. Just as the person was about to crash to the ground, Wu Chun, like a nimble cheetah, leaped swiftly across the cliff face and reached the disciple's side, helping him land safely on the ground.

"Disciple number one hundred and sixty-three, Han Li from Niu Family Village, test failed!" Wu Chun announced expressionlessly, his tone cold.

Hearing this, the young man named Han Li staggered as if struck by a heavy blow, almost falling to the ground. After all, this result was worse than simply falling to his death.

"The path to immortality is difficult, so difficult!"

After a helpless sigh, the young man named Han Li closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate. Then, he cupped his fist at Wu Chun and turned to leave. If he lingered any longer, the tears in his eyes would embarrassingly spill out.

Wu Chun had seen such scenes countless times, so he felt nothing. After a brief flicker of his eyes, he suddenly turned and looked up at the cliff.

"Hehe, we're just idling anyway, let's have some fun. Besides, there are only five spots available this time. We can't let all of them reach the top, can we? So, I was thinking, why not add some difficulty for them?" As he spoke, the wicked and sinister look in Wu Chun's eyes intensified.

Hearing this, Wu Cai seemed to understand something. A cold smile appeared on his face as he nodded and said, "I'll leave everything to Senior Brother's discretion!"

This response signified his agreement with Wu Chun's idea.

Seeing this, Wu Chun laughed even more unrestrainedly. Without hesitation, he flipped his left hand, and several blue talismans appeared in his palm.

If Chen Tian saw these talismans, he would definitely recognize them. These blue talismans were the Ice Binding Talismans he had made after his first encounter with talisman-making.

The Ice Binding Talisman was a very low-level talisman. It couldn't harm cultivators at all, but it was a different story when used on mortals.

Looking at the young men climbing quickly up the cliff, Wu Chun first chuckled coldly, then immediately shouted, "Go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Ice Binding Talismans in his hand suddenly emitted streaks of blue light, and then shot towards the cliff.

"Pa, pa... pa pa pa pa..."

As soon as these Ice Binding Talismans hit the cliff, wisps of icy mist floated out, instantly covering the entire cliff face with a thick layer of blue frost.

Although the sun was blazing and the weather was extremely hot, as soon as the young men's hands touched the blue frost, they shuddered as if electrocuted. At the same time, the icy, bone-chilling coldness penetrated the skin of their hands and entered their bodies.

This coldness was so intense that the young men felt as if they were in an icehouse. A thin layer of white frost immediately formed on their eyebrows and lips, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

"Ah!"... "Ah!"

Accompanied by several shrill screams, six or seven young men, unable to withstand the biting cold, lost their grip and fell.

Their letting go meant they had given up.

As for those who remained, although their hands were frozen red and their bodies were trembling, they still gritted their teeth and slowly climbed upwards in the endless cold for the sake of their dream of immortality.

Children born into ordinary families started far behind others from the beginning, and they suffered more unfair treatment. But at the same time, these hardships and humiliations gave them an extremely strong character.

If it were the disciples from those great clans who were attempting this trial, they would have collectively fallen before reaching even halfway up the mountain. However, these ordinary disciples were different. Even though they were suffering great pain, they were still persevering for the sake of the dream they cherished!

However, reality was ultimately cruel. After continuing to climb for about several dozen zhang, several more thin and weak young men fell in endless unwillingness due to exhaustion.

Although Chen Tian possessed the cultivation of the凝海境 (Ninghai Realm), he was climbing with the body of an ordinary person in order not to arouse suspicion, using only the strength of his hands on the frost-covered stone wall.

In other words, Chen Tian's condition at this time was the same as everyone else's!

Under the erosion of endless cold, both of Chen Tian's hands had long been frozen red, and he felt bursts of severe pain with every step he took!

Moreover, because he had been climbing on the hard rock for a long time, his skin was worn in many places. Traces of shocking blood flowed from the broken wounds, but as soon as they touched the cold frost on the stone wall, they were instantly frozen, forming grains of blood scabies congealed on Chen Tian's palms.

This was a pain that ordinary people could hardly imagine, but even so, Chen Tian didn't even frown. After all, this test was about willpower. And after hundreds of years of tempering, the pain and suffering Chen Tian had endured were simply too much! Chen Tian's willpower had long been incomparably strong, far beyond what ordinary people could compare, so what did this little pain matter?

After climbing for a while longer, Chen Tian finally reached the top of the mountain before the incense burned out.

Then, four ragged, thin young men followed closely behind Chen Tian, also climbed up. Their hands were also frozen red. As soon as they came up, they lay on the ground panting, as if they were exhausted.

But unlike them, Chen Tian was still standing quietly in place, with no expression on his face!