Chapter 511 - Recruiting Disciples (2/2)

Yet, there were others who stayed, including a few who had met real immortals themselves.

“You can’t say that. Didn’t they say it’ll happen in the afternoon? We’re early!”

“That’s right. I’ve seen immortals with my own eyes. The immortal mountain is here for sure!”

“I think so too. Perhaps we’re not seeing it because the mountain is invisible to the mortal eye!”

The crowd figured that this was the case. Since they had already come all the way, most of them decided to stay on and watch what would happen. The sun rose higher and higher in the sky and the temperature on the island kept rising. The size of the crowd further reduced slightly. Soon, it was the afternoon! Apart from that rock, nobody saw any immortal mountain appear, much less immortals.

More and more people in the crowd were getting disappointed.

“It’s really a lie!” Someone couldn’t help but exclaim. “Who knows who even spread that rumor in the first place? We have to drag that person out and stone him!” Once he finished speaking, he kicked the rock beside him.

There was a huge crash. A blinding light shot out from the rock, straight into the sky. The man was so shocked that he stumbled and fell backward. The entire crowd fell silent.

Their eyes widened as they looked at the scene in front of them change before their eyes. The golden light emanating from the rock suddenly split into two beams of light that drifted apart. It was as if they were curtains being pulled back, revealing the stage behind it. The sky seemed to rattle. The shoreline changed and soon, a tall mountain appeared. It was so tall that its peak was peeking out from behind the clouds in the sky.

The clouds continued to swirl around the mountain as the glow of the mountain touched the island ground. Faintly, they could see a temple sitting atop the peak of the mountain. It looked grand and formidable.

“The immortal… immortal mountain! It’s really an immortal mountain!” Someone shouted.

The crowd looked on at the tall mountain, and the temple on the peak. All the doubt in their hearts had finally been driven away. Immortal mountains really do exist.

At that moment, in the main hall.

“Who put that spirit-testing stone at the bottom of this mountain?” Lonemoon asked around. His advertising efforts almost went right down the drain.

“It… it was me…” Fatty raised his hand weakly.

“What did you put that spirit-testing stone right in front of the door for?” It caused Lonemoon to be unable to undo the great array that protected the mountain. Did Fatty have any idea how many spirit stones were required to undo the array just once?

“Master, didn’t you say that only disciples with spirit roots would be allowed to ascend the mountain?” People without spirit roots would not be able to train. Fatty looked down meekly. That was what he used to do with the immortal gates as well.

“Er…” Lonemoon hesitated. “Forget it. Set up the ladder for them to ascend the mountain.” Lonemoon silently added this mess up to Fatty’s account as well.

“Yes, Master.” Fatty stood up and retrieved a dharmic stone from his robes, then threw it out.

“Wait!” Lonemoon stopped him. “Add in another spirit-testing array.” This was so that people without spirit roots would not be allowed to ascend the mountain. This way, they would not need the spirit-testing stone.

Fatty nodded and added yet another array onto the stone. He activated his spirit Qi and threw the stone out.

Below, near the sea, a white path appeared before the crowd’s eyes. It seemed to lead them directly to the peak of the immortal mountain.

“It leads up the immortal mountain!” Someone in the crowd exclaimed.

It was then that everybody was knocked out of their reverie. They pushed and shoved each trying to be the first to ascend the mountain. The crowd was split the moment their feet touched the path. Some were allowed to run further and further up the path, while others were constantly pushed back to the starting point, unable to go up no matter how hard they tried.