Chapter 340: Easier Way (2/2)

A similar vision clouded her subordinates' minds. The other three girls were also stuck as they couldn't see any path other than the way down. Moreover, the windstorm and the instability hypnosis threatened to throw them to the sky even though their current weight was almost half a ton.

The 6-man team of young masters from rich clans was far worse. Their progress was slowed down after they reached the 1,001st step as they were scared by the illusion, created by their greatest fear.

Their leader's name was Chen Lan, the young master from the Great Merchant Chen family. As he came here to establish a connection to the Jiangdong White Tiger Sect, he carried a lot of burden on his back.

Yet, he, too, got stuck at the 1,200th step. He faced the same dilemma that Zhu Qiao and others had been facing.

”How the fuck can we proceed!? There is no stair ahead!!”

”The stairs are leading me to the other way, but I clearly remember that it should go forward! This is an illusion to trick our mind,” The other youth yelled, believing that he had been tricked. As such, he reached out to feel the physical stair in front of him.

Unfortunately, his hand found nothing. At the same time, the windstorm and the unstable weight of his body tilted his body balance, and he stumbled forward.

”NOOOO!!”

He fell from the stair.

”YOUNG MASTER!!”

Several guardians of the youth's clan rushed over and caught him before he hit the ground. The youth was saved.

[The moment you fall or forfeit, you've failed. You cannot take this test again!]

The tiger disqualified him on the spot. It also declared.

[All test takers must start climbing the stairway before the sunset! After the sun goes down, the first 1,000 steps will be dispersed, and everyone on it will be disqualified! All stragglers on the ground will be disqualified as well!]

The message was directed to many youths, who took the wait-and-see stance and had been observing the others from the sideline.

Being warned by the tiger, remaining test-takers began climbing the stairs in frantic.

…

The leading person, Zhou Gongjin, was 100 steps ahead of Zhu Qiao. The smell of rabbit poop allowed him to come this far, but he had just discovered notorious traps in front of him.

Attaching under the 1,401st to the 2,000th step were several orbs, charged with fire element Qi. Zhou Gongjin knew what they were.

They were the infamous booby traps, which the sinister white tiger had prepared for exam takers that he didn't like.

'In the previous timeline, Zhu Qiao was the only one who crossed the 2,000th step mark, but she failed because the tiger didn't like her guts. Ling Tong took the same test next year, but he stepped on the trap and almost got himself killed. In the end, Ling Tianlong was the only one who won the favor of that tiger that year…'

Zhou Gongjin recounted the event timeline that he had experienced in the previous life before he returned to the past.

'As long as I can steal Ling Tianlong's luck and fortuitous encounters, I should be able to prevent the destruction of the Jiangdong White Tiger Sect and the death of Sun Bofu. With the tiger's bloodline, I should be able to convince Mao Xueyan and Ma Moxi's forces to join our alliance, and we can take care of Liu Xuande and Ling Tianlong together. I also need to kill Yuan Shaoqing and recruit both Zhang He and CJ. There's also that eccentric Ding Bu, but everything has changed. Xie Tian is already dead, but the Wei Clan is still active...'

Zhou Gongjin had several goals that involved dealing with other otherworlders. However, instead of gathering promising allies or killing future enemies, Zhou Gongjin decided to take it slow and complete his goal, one at a time.

He also paid attention to the variable, which he had no knowledge of.

Zhou Gongjin looked down and checked on Miaomiao's progress.

Upon seeing that Miaomiao was still taking a nap, Zhou Gongjin was disappointed.

'I have no knowledge of someone from the Cao Clan. He didn't even exist in the previous world. The initial intel said that he fled from the Red Sun City because of the mass arson, but Dong Zhongying should have razed that city in the next four years. Haiz, the timeline is so messed up that I can't rely on them anymore.'

Zhou Gongjin disregarded the existence of Miaomiao as he took a deep breath. From here point on, he would start running through the minefield.

He unsealed his cultivation base, revealing his yang essence. The Qi and Essence in his body surged, and his body felt a lot lighter.

'Here goes nothing!'

Zhou Gongjin charged ahead. And as he had expected, several booby traps had been triggered.

BOOM

BOOM

…

Two hours after the test had started, Miaomiao opened his eyes and stood up. Then, he gazed at the stairway.

Young cultivators occupied every stair step below the 1,000th step. Beyond that point, it became a battlefield.

Several hot-blood youths began fighting among each other, earning their foothold and plowing through the obstacles.

'Dafuq?'

Miaomiao found their action stupid since they should have saved their strength to climb the stairs. Moreover, it had been hours after the test had started, and they hadn't reached the halfway mark yet.

He looked higher, searching for the leading groups.

At the entrance of the sect, the youth that had eaten the rabbit dung had already reached the goal. As for the cloaked women, they got stuck somewhere near the 2,000th step. As for the men who had mocked Miaomiao earlier, they were halfway through.

'As expected of a protagonist, he got there first. Oh well, since Dion nagged me so much that I didn't have enough time, I have to start now.'

Miaomiao had dual-cultivated with Mao Dandan for only less than 100 hours. Even though he had no confidence that the scent of the earth would stick, he had another way to fool the tiger.

He took out several vials of transparent fluid and yellow fluid from his system inventory. They were the bodily fluid from Mao Dandan's lower mouth and her urine, which he had asked her to take from the real world.

Strangely, Miaomiao didn't want to eat the rabbit poop, but he was okay about drinking pussy juice or soaking himself with the girl's urine.

After smearing himself with the smell of sex and the tiger girl's juices, Miaomiao swagged toward the staircase.

”Make way, bitches! Daddy is coming through!”

Without waiting for the people to make a path, Miaomiao jumped on top of their heads and started climbing the stairway.