Chapter 67: All for the Sake of the Demonic Sect

As the helm leader with the highest cultivation in the entire helm and someone who had undergone systematic training at headquarters, learning the true essence of the demonic path, what scene had he not witnessed?

Yet, this was a scene he had never encountered before.

He could understand if the stewards were considerate of his hardships and made preparations in advance; he might even feel relieved.

But what’s the deal with you three? Where did you spring out from?

The helm leader figured out the issue, his gaze chilling enough to kill. These three were impersonating examiners, weeding out competitors in advance.

“What a clever tactic!” the helm leader said through gritted teeth.

The three continued to impersonate examiners, with Lu Yang propping his legs up on the table: “You think you can pass the assessment without bribing us? Next?”

The next person respectfully presented spirit stones as a tribute to the three examiners. Meng Jingzhou found it insufficient and asked, “Do you have any experience in joining the demonic sect?”

“No.”

“Oh, sorry, we don’t take people without experience. Go back.”

“...” It felt to him as though the examiners might as well have written “We’re not recruiting” on their faces.

The helm leader appeared behind the three like a ghost, his breath frosty with the unmistakable aura of a Golden Core stage cultivator, slapping them against the wall: “You three have some nerve, impersonating examiners here!”

If he had arrived any later, everyone would have run off!

Lu Yang peeled himself off the wall and quickly said, “Your Honor, it’s a misunderstanding, we truly have the demonic sect’s best interests at heart!”

The helm leader was so angered he laughed, asking, “Oh really? Then tell me, how exactly are you considering the demonic sect’s best interests?”

“Consider this, Your Honor. As cultivators of the demonic path, we should be suspicious and questioning, not easily trusting others. Yet, look at these people. The moment we sat here, they believed we were the examiners without a single doubt.”

“Being so easily fooled, wouldn’t they be easily deceived by others? If the righteous path had some clever individuals, they could deceive them one by one.”

“Moreover, only righteous path cultivators would believe whatever they’re told. I even suspect there are righteous path spies among these people. Your Honor, you must thoroughly investigate their identities to prevent righteous path cultivators from infiltrating!”

As he said this, Lu Yang looked suspiciously at the people taking the test, as if convinced there were spies among them.

Lu Yang’s earnestness seemed entirely for the sake of the helm leader.

The helm leader’s expression softened slightly.

“What do you mean?” The three of them were puzzled.

The helm leader, smiling under his mask, stepped on a floating stone and led everyone to the largest one.

This was a platform, with complicated and exquisite patterns etched on the ground and four ancient stone pillars standing in the four cardinal directions. Eleven stewards in black robes each took their positions at the edge of the platform.

“Spread out and sit down, relax your minds.”

After everyone did as instructed, the helm leader moved to the center of the platform, where a green stone suspended in mid-air was engraved with dense mysterious symbols.

The helm leader channeled spiritual energy into the stone, activating the array beneath his feet, which began to rotate, expand, and multiply, quickly covering the entire platform.

The platform, like an ancient beast awakening, used the mysterious power from the ancient times to transport everyone to an unknown space.

In the white space, figures stood shadowy and confused, not understanding what had happened.

Seeing the white space, Lu Yang always wondered if a Tofu Celestial Master might suddenly emerge from the crowd.

Lu Yang realized Meng Jingzhou and Barbarian Bone were not beside him, surrounded instead by strangers.

“Brother, where are you from?” Lu Yang asked quite familiarly, but the man wasn’t very receptive to his warmth.

Feeling it rude not to respond, the man said, “From Huangyue City.”

Lu Yang asked several people and found they came from different demonic sect strongholds, all transported here through a giant formation.

Lu Yang roughly understood the helm leader’s intention. This selection wasn’t conducted by each stronghold independently but was organized by the headquarters, with all demonic path rogue cultivators participating simultaneously.

“This feels like astral projection, but different,” Lu Yang muttered to himself, feeling that what was transported was not their physical bodies but something like their consciousness.

“How interesting. I wonder if the eldest senior sister could...” Lu Yang stopped his thoughts. If they were in a state of consciousness, perhaps the Dao Seeking had ways to detect what he was thinking.

Better to be cautious.

Suddenly, the entire space dimmed, and a figure emitting a white glow appeared in the air.

The figure spoke indifferently, “I am the vice leader of the Everlasting Sect. I have set up three challenges for you all. Those who pass all three may join our sect.”

(End of the chapter)