Demon Cultivator: Heaven and earth are the cauldron, and all living beings are the medicine

Cangyuan Kingdom, Canglan Sect.

A cloud ladder, hundreds of feet high and seemingly ethereal, stood within the mountain range, like a bridge connecting the foot of the mountain to its summit.

At that moment, a gaunt teenager arrived at the entrance of the cloud ladder. Looking up, he saw hundreds of young people constantly climbing the towering ladder that disappeared into the clouds.

At the top of the cloud ladder were mostly gorgeously dressed, radiant young men. Their faces never showed any signs of pain, as if they were merely walking up ordinary stairs.

At the bottom of the cloud ladder, without exception, were young people with pained expressions, drenched in sweat, struggling to climb upwards, as if an invisible hand in the heavens and earth was blocking them.

Ning Lu took a step, his right foot landing on the cloud ladder, his entire figure slowly entering it.

Instantly, gusts of yin wind whistled past the boy's ears, and waves of pressure came from the heavens and earth, like a huge stone pressing on his shoulders.

But the boy was expressionless, his face relaxed, and he climbed up the cloud ladder step by step with ease, as if this pressure was negligible to him.

"If I hadn't officially embarked on cultivation, I'm afraid this pressure would have crushed me to pieces," the boy thought.

His current situation was all thanks to the help of the Primordial Grand Cauldron, which allowed him to start cultivating in advance, making his current physique strong enough to withstand this pressure.

Gradually, the boy's pace became faster and faster, surpassing one young man after another at the bottom of the cloud ladder, but he remained expressionless, walking forward aimlessly.

The surrounding young people, seeing Ning Lu dressed in coarse linen clothes, felt a sense of injustice in their hearts, and their gazes towards Ning Lu were mixed with anger and jealousy.

"Why can he walk so easily when the pressure of this cloud ladder is so immense?"

"Why? Why does a commoner like him have such good talent?"

"This is unfair!"

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Various voices from all around entered the boy's ears, unable to stir up any waves in his heart. He seemed to turn a blind eye, ignoring the crowd's curses, and just walked forward.

The young people present had all received invitations from the Canglan Sect and had come here specifically to become disciples.

Some of them had outstanding talents and could complete the hundred-foot-high cloud ladder in no time, while others had mediocre talents and could not move forward even a single step despite their best efforts.

But in any case, they all had some background, whether large or small, but only Ning Lu was like duckweed floating in the heavens and earth, without support or background.

Before he knew it, the sun was setting, and the sky was as bright as fire, with bursts of red glow.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Ning Lu's face, revealing a sense of paleness and morbidity.

At that moment, he finally finished the hundred-foot-high cloud ladder, and the heavy pressure on his body disappeared in an instant, and the boy felt relaxed.

He slowly turned around, looking down from above, and saw dozens of young people still climbing desperately, as if fighting a huge battle with fate.

But even so, it was actually in vain. Evening had arrived, and the cloud ladder would be removed soon. By then, these young people would return to the foot of the mountain.

If heaven had emotions, heaven would also age; the Great Dao is ruthless, but its impartiality is supreme.

Ning Lu stopped looking at the young people below, turned around and walked forward.

In front of him stood a huge stone tablet with three huge characters written on it: Canglan Sect.

The boy glanced at it, and the entire sect was incredibly spacious and magnificent, with various buildings and complete facilities.

In fact, the Canglan Sect in front of him was not the real Canglan Sect headquarters, but only a branch of the Canglan Sect, but even so, the Canglan Sect in front of him was already the largest force in the area.

The Canglan Sect headquarters is located on the border of the Cangyuan Kingdom, in a city called Moyang City. The Cangyuan Kingdom's royal family is also located in Moyang City, so Moyang City is the most economically prosperous and powerful city in the entire Cangyuan Kingdom.

Moyang City is located on the border of the Canglan Kingdom, and beyond is a sea area called the Demon Abyss Sea. There are many sects in the sea area, and countless powerful demonic cultivators stained with thousands of lives are stationed in the sea area.

This directly led to that sea area becoming a human purgatory. Powerful demonic cultivators established sects in it, and their strength became more and more solid, becoming local snakes and strong dragons in the sea area.

But if monks with low cultivation levels enter the sea area, the price is often death. Demonic cultivators do not care about rules and order. They will rob and kill as long as they want. The entire Demon Abyss Sea is like a primitive society.

This is why the royal family and the Canglan Sect are stationed on the border of the Cangyuan Kingdom. This can not only ensure the safety of the Cangyuan Kingdom's people, but also prevent the Demon Abyss Sea from extending its claws into the mainland in time.

At that moment, a young man in front of Ning Lu walked to the gate of the sect. There was a young man waiting patiently at the gate. Seeing the young man, he handed him a yellow robe and a decent-looking cultivation method.

Seeing this, Ning Lu also stepped forward and came directly to the young man without saying a word.

The young man glanced at the boy in front of him, looked at his pale and morbid face, and a coarse linen robe that did not fit him at all, and his face suddenly darkened.

He took out a gray robe and a cultivation method called "Gravity Art" and handed it to the gaunt boy in front of him.

Ning Lu frowned, his anger rising, and he blurted out a question.

"I passed the cloud ladder at the same time as him, why is his cultivation method so good, and mine is so ordinary?" Ning Lu pointed to the back of the young man who was walking away.

"Hmph, his father is an important minister in the Cangyuan Kingdom's court, may I ask who your father is?" The young man sneered and looked at the boy with disdain.

Ning Lu was stunned and speechless.

"This junior brother, senior brother kindly reminds you that your talent is good, but think about it, how many geniuses can really grow up? In the path of cultivation, in addition to talent, background may be more important."

"I might as well tell you that I have seen several geniuses like you. They have no background, but each one is arrogant and fearless. As a result, almost all of them died while performing sect missions."

"Think about it carefully yourself." The young man handed the gray robe and the cultivation method to the boy and left without looking back.

Ning Lu was silent for a long time, closed his eyes, and finally slowly accepted this unfair reality.

"Yes, I have always been alone, and I have never had a backer." The boy let out a long breath, "But so what? Even without a background or a backer, I will use my own means to carve out a path that belongs to me in this world."

The world is never short of geniuses. Various geniuses emerge every year, but very few can truly grow up among thousands of people.

The cost of cultivating a genius is too high, and if there is no strong background to support it, the risk of dying halfway is too great.

Even if the Canglan Sect is rich enough to rival a country, it does not have so many spirit stones to squander.

With this thought, Ning Lu accepted the reality, took the gray robe and the cultivation method called "Gravity Art", and went to the area where the gray-robed disciples were stationed under the guidance of the sign.

The gray robe represents the handyman disciples. Everything is difficult at the beginning. The boy's current forbearance is only to accumulate strength and pave the way for his future path.