Mind Test

"Shut up!"

Wei Yunqing's face instantly turned incomparably twisted, utterly stripped of its former immortal grace.

Sheng Yuhong, standing beside her, also frowned and said,

"Qing'er, there is no need to heed her. I'll activate the formation right now!"

With that, he began forming hand seals and activated the formation laid beneath Wei Yunxi's feet. Wei Yunqing stopped pretending as well, raising her hand to form seals and activate the formation beneath her own feet.

Watching this scene, both unfamiliar and familiar, Wei Yunxi curled her lips into a cold smile. With a curl of her lips, she spoke the word "Appear." As her voice fell, a red three-petaled Flower Ornament emerged on her forehead.

The appearance of the Flower Diadem Immortal Artifact instantly shattered the surrounding scenery. In the next moment, Wei Yunxi felt a powerful repulsive force. She immediately recited the word "Hide" in her mind, but then a tremendous force struck her, as though someone had kicked her hard from behind.

With an "Ouch," Wei Yunxi landed face-first on the ground, floundering for quite a while before she managed to climb back up.

After getting up, Wei Yunxi saw a pair of white boots before her. She craned her neck upward and saw a familiar face—it was the senior who had welcomed her and the little fatty outside the mountain gate the day before.

Song Ke looked at the first junior disciple to be kicked out of the Heart-Peeking Mirror and said with a smile,

"Congratulations. You are the first to pass the second round of assessment. Go rest over there first!"

"Yes, Senior!"

Wei Yunxi cupped her hands in salute, then rubbed her backside as she went to one side to meditate.

Song Ke watched the little one's retreating figure thoughtfully. Although he did not know what she had experienced inside, she was the fastest new disciple he had ever seen pass through the Heart-Peeking Mirror. Her temperament was clearly exceptional; he just did not know what her aptitude was like.

As its name implied, the Heart-Peeking Mirror peered into the deepest thoughts of those who entered it, then constructed illusions based on them to test their temperament and see whether they could withstand temptation.

Because Wei Yunxi was a transmigrator, her divine soul was stronger than those of the other new disciples, so she was not easily bewildered by the Heart-Peeking Mirror at once. However, the difficulty of her test had also increased.

Wei Yunxi was rather vigilant and saw through the illusion herself. Thus, working together with the Flower Diadem Immortal Artifact, she broke the illusion and was kicked out by the Heart-Peeking Mirror—and she had landed quite heavily.

Wei Yunxi felt that the Heart-Peeking Mirror was a little angry, but she did not think she had cheated. The Flower Diadem Immortal Artifact was already a part of her body and had acknowledged her as its master. An Immortal Artifact protecting its master was only natural.

Without the slightest burden on her conscience, Wei Yunxi sat cross-legged in a corner, took out the jerky the little fatty had given her, and began chewing, preparing for the Third Round.

The Haoran Sect higher-ups observing in secret felt that this little girl not only had a good temperament, but also an excellent mindset. She was a promising talent.

"This girl looks quite good. I just wonder what her aptitude is like?"

"This little girl is a disciple of the Wei Family in Kunyu City. She was also the first to arrive in the first round of assessment, and she even broke through to the first layer of Qi Refining before the mountain gate. Her performance was quite impressive."

"Her performance truly is good, but her aptitude is average. She has Three Spiritual Roots. If the Wei Family had not been given three additional spots this time, this child might not have been able to come to the sect."

"Three Spiritual Roots? Her aptitude truly is somewhat poor."

Once the higher-ups present learned that the talented little girl had Three Spiritual Roots, they gave up the thought of taking her as a disciple.

Wei Yunxi did not wait long before disciples began emerging from the Heart-Peeking Mirror one after another. Children who had not yet begun cultivating passed relatively smoothly, but after coming out, some whimpered and cried, some beamed with joy, and some wore faces full of terror. In short, their expressions were all different.

After waiting a while longer, Wei Yunxi finally saw Wei Zonghao emerge from the Heart-Peeking Mirror. She immediately called out,

"Brother Zonghao, over here!"

Hearing her call, Wei Zonghao looked up and saw Yunxi waving at him. He immediately jogged over.

"Sister Yunxi, you passed so early?"

"Mm, I've been waiting for you for a while. Why were you so slow?"

Wei Zonghao sighed like a little adult.

"Don't even mention it. My mother kept dragging me along and giving me one instruction after another. In the end, I got so impatient that I left home early, and somehow I passed."

After saying that, he sat cross-legged beside Yunxi and asked,

"What about you? How did you pass?"

Wei Yunxi's almond eyes shifted, and she lowered her voice.

"Wei Yunqing wanted to steal something of mine. I caught her red-handed, so I fought her and snatched back what she stole. Then I passed."

She certainly could not tell the truth, but the facts were more or less what she had said—she had merely polished them up with the art of language.

"Yunxi, you're amazing!"

The little fatty immediately chimed in.

"Not bad. Anyway, she can't bully people just because her aptitude is good! I wonder when Eldest Sister and the others will pass the assessment!"

"They should be out soon. The two of us at the first layer of Qi Refining have both passed. There's no reason they, at the Qi Refining third layer, can't pass!"

Wei Zonghao said as he chewed on jerky.

Wei Yunxi did not refute him, but in her opinion, this test had nothing to do with one's cultivation level.

Some people simply could not bear being talked about. The moment the two finished speaking, Wei Zongyu emerged from the Heart-Peeking Mirror. He looked around, then headed toward where the two were seated cross-legged. After arriving, he merely nodded to them before closing his eyes to meditate.

Yunxi and Zonghao did not disturb him, continuing their quiet conversation.

A short while later, Wei Yunying, Wei Yunting, Wei Zonghan, and Wei Zongjin passed the assessment in turn. Though their faces showed some fatigue, they were all in fairly good condition.

With just one glance, Wei Yunting confirmed that Wei Yunqing, who had been the first to enter the Heart-Peeking Mirror, had not come out. She gave a soft snort but said nothing, then began meditating with her eyes closed as well. She had already touched the threshold of the fourth layer of Qi Refining and wanted to use the sect's abundant Spiritual Qi to break through. Yunxi, who had only undergone Qi Introduction for three months, was already at the first layer of Qi Refining. She could not fall too far behind.

The Wei family members tacitly avoided mentioning Wei Yunqing. Wei Yunxi wanted to laugh, but did not dare make it too obvious. Anyway, as long as the female lead was doing poorly, she was happy.

In this sect-entry assessment, without her, the shield who had once stood in front to draw the fire, Wei Yunqing had suffered one disaster after another and been ostracized all the way. When Wei Yunxi had read the novel before, it was she who had carried all those black pots, and she who had been excluded and reprimanded.

Now that Wei Yunqing had to shoulder it herself, she could not even pass the temperament test. It was clear just how deeply these setbacks had affected her.

After waiting another hour, fewer and fewer people emerged from the Heart-Peeking Mirror. Just as Song Ke was calculating the time and preparing to put the Heart-Peeking Mirror away, Wei Yunqing finally tumbled out of it in a wretched state.

At that moment, Wei Yunqing's clothes were crumpled, her hair bun had come undone, and there were bloody marks on her face. Her breathing was unsteady, and when she looked at everyone, her eyes were filled with hatred. This frightened some of the younger children.

Wei Yunqing finally fixed her gaze on Wei Yunxi, seeming to want to kill her with her eyes.

Feigning confusion, Wei Yunxi asked softly,

"What happened to Wei Yunqing? Did she suffer Qi Deviation?"

Wei Zonghao shook his head.

"I don't know, but her gaze is terrifying. We didn't provoke her, did we?"

Wei Yunting and Wei Yunhan also frowned. Yunqing's condition was clearly not right.

Song Ke, who had put away the Heart-Peeking Mirror, also noticed that the last little disciple to pass carried a vicious aura. With a light wave of his hand, Wei Yunqing fainted.

Only then did Wei Yunting step forward first and cup her hands in salute.

"Senior, what happened to my younger sister?"