Passing the Test

However, this was ultimately within the Azure Cloud Sect, so they probably wouldn't dare to go too far. Thinking this, Luo Zheng walked towards Mo Can.

Mo Can lay on the ground, his face pale, gasping for air. He said to Luo Zheng, "Brother Luo Zheng, you keep running. I don't think I can get up. It's a shame. Usually, those in the Bone Refining Realm only need to run ten li. If I could just hold on for another li or two, I would have passed the Sea Trials..."

"I'm very sorry, I dragged you into this," Luo Zheng said with a face full of apology. It was indeed because someone was looking for trouble with him that Mo Can was affected.

Mo Can waved his hand and said with a sorrowful face, "Forget it, this is my fate. From the moment I was born, my destiny has been difficult. I've gotten used to it over the years..."

Hearing Mo Can's words, it seemed he had a lot of difficult experiences in his past.

"Stand up!" Luo Zheng said sternly.

Mo Can shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "I can't stand up."

"How do you know you can't stand up without trying? The purpose of cultivating martial arts is to push the limits of our bodies. Who can reach the peak through comfortable training?" Luo Zheng raised his voice and said.

Luo Zheng's words resonated deeply.

Cultivating martial arts was definitely not for wealth and glory, nor for power and influence, but for the ultimate strength within martial arts. This path was full of thorns and destined to be extremely difficult! Therefore, the most important thing was to surpass oneself and force oneself to break through limitations.

Hearing Luo Zheng's words, Mo Can pondered for a while. The face that always carried a smile also became exceptionally solemn.

Then he nodded, "You're right. If I give up this easily, it will be difficult to enter the Azure Cloud Sect next time, and the time after that! I must seize this opportunity. Only by entering the Azure Cloud Sect can I, Mo Can, have hope of turning things around and making a name for myself!" With that, Mo Can gritted his teeth and stood up from the ground. Although his steps were unsteady, he eventually stabilized himself and slowly moved forward along the road.

There was only one li left ahead, and the road was flat, but for Mo Can, it was as difficult as climbing a mountain of knives.

Luo Zheng slowed his pace and followed behind Mo Can, constantly encouraging him.

At this time, Mo Can's body had suffered internal injuries, and his physical strength was completely exhausted, almost at the point of collapse. He was completely relying on willpower to support himself.

Several times Mo Can was about to fall, he bit his teeth until they bled, but in the end, he persevered.

"Keep going! I saw the stone marker ahead!" Luo Zheng said. Not far ahead, there was a stone stele with two large characters engraved on it.

Ten Li.

The distance of ten li was the goal for those in the Bone Refining Realm. As long as they crossed this distance, their jade pendant would change color.

Luo Zheng saw several cultivators in the Bone Refining Realm who chose to leave after crossing this goal. They had already passed the test.

Hearing Luo Zheng's words, Mo Can's expression was uplifted. His body, which was already like an oil lamp running out of fuel, somehow surged with a burst of strength, and he actually started to jog.

When Mo Can walked past the Ten Li Stele, the jade pendant on his chest finally turned red. He had passed the Sea Trials!

He could no longer hold on and fell to the ground with a thud, unable to even move a finger. But he still said to Luo Zheng, "Brother Luo Zheng, thank you..."

Luo Zheng nodded at him. At this moment, a Flying Carriage flew over from the sky, and two examiners from the Azure Cloud Sect jumped down from it.

They glanced at Mo Can's jade pendant, announced that Mo Can had passed the assessment, and immediately carried Mo Can onto the Flying Carriage. At the same time, after glancing at Luo Zheng, they quickly left. These two examiners were also a bit surprised.

Strictly speaking, everyone participating in the Sea Trials was a competitor to each other, because there would be further assessment trials.

Who would be willing to help their competitors? This kid was quite an oddity.

Luo Zheng naturally didn't know what those examiners were thinking. He was just relieved to see that Mo Can had passed the assessment.

Then he also took a step and crossed the stone stele.

As soon as he crossed it, his body sank, and he suddenly felt the pressure double.

"Two thousand jin of pressure..."

It turned out that every ten li along this road, the pressure would double. Luo Zheng adapted after a few steps and moved his limbs. The two thousand jin of pressure still had a certain impact on Luo Zheng, at least slowing down his movements by more than double.

However, his physique was different from ordinary people, so running ten li under this pressure was not a big problem.

Because he had accompanied Mo Can and walked slowly earlier, he had wasted a lot of time. The cultivators in the Bone Refining Realm had passed the Sea Trials at the ten li mark, and the cultivators in the Viscera Refining Realm had already run far away. Luo Zheng was the only one left on the road.

Maintaining a steady speed, Luo Zheng jogged forward like a lonely traveler.

After three li, Luo Zheng was slightly out of breath.

After five li, Luo Zheng's breathing was slightly heavier.

After eight li, Luo Zheng's breathing was already a bit chaotic, but the goal was in sight. It seemed that he would easily pass the Sea Trials.

However, when Luo Zheng reached the nine li mark, he saw four people standing ahead.

One of them was the burly man who had bumped into Luo Zheng and Mo Can with his shoulder. The other three were new faces, but judging by the aura they emitted, they were undoubtedly all in the Marrow Refining Realm.

With the previous encounter, Luo Zheng naturally understood that these people would not let him pass so easily.

When he was still a zhang away from the four people, a young man dressed as a scholar among the four walked out and made a gesture to stop him: "Your Sea Trials end here. Do not continue forward."

Luo Zheng was a little surprised that they didn't directly attack him, so he pretended to be surprised and asked, "Why does it end here? Who sent you?"

The scholar smiled and said, "I don't need to tell you that question. You just need to know that this is your end."

All four of them were in the Marrow Refining Realm. It was too easy to intercept a cultivator in the Viscera Refining Realm.

Luo Zheng's face showed a depressed expression, and he muttered, "But I haven't passed the Sea Trials yet. What should I do?"

"That's your problem," the scholar said. Then, all four of them had a hint of mockery on their faces. This kid actually still wanted to think about the Sea Trials. Dream on.

Just at this moment, Luo Zheng suddenly looked at the sky behind the four people and let out a strange cry: "Ah, the examiners are here in a Flying Carriage!"

The examiners of the Azure Cloud Sect still had a certain deterrent effect on them. All four of them subconsciously turned their heads.

In that instant, Luo Zheng suddenly took a step and rushed forward.

His entire body's strength suddenly erupted, like an arrow released from a bowstring, instantly surpassing the four individuals and charging forward.

The four people turned their heads to look, and the sky above was empty. Where were the Flying Carriage and the examiners?

Realizing they had been tricked, the four individuals were immediately enraged and embarrassed.

"That kid is cunning!"

"Hmph, you think you can outrun us?"

"Catch him and cripple his legs first, then see where he runs!"

Ignoring the voices from behind, Luo Zheng had a faint smile on his face, pushing his entire body's strength to the limit and taking frantic strides.

One li was only five hundred meters. At Luo Zheng's full running speed, five hundred meters would only take a few breaths.

However, while Luo Zheng's running speed was extremely fast, the speed of the four people chasing him was also not slow. The scholar, not knowing what cultivation technique he practiced, had a green light flickering around him, and his feet contained the power of wind and thunder. His speed was three parts faster than Luo Zheng's, and he quickly approached Luo Zheng's back.

"A mere Viscera Refining Realm cultivator dares to play tricks with us? In the face of absolute strength, your little cleverness is nothing! Azure Nether Luo Smoke Palm! Die for me!" The person pounced behind Luo Zheng, the green light in his hand flickering, and struck out with a palm directly, hitting Luo Zheng squarely on the back.

A full-force strike from the Marrow Refining Realm had extraordinary power.

This palm strike not only carried immense force but also sent wisps of green smoke into Luo Zheng's body. That green smoke was a potent poison. Even an elephant would instantly die from inhaling a breath of this Azure Nether Luo Smoke, let alone this Azure Nether Luo Smoke being directly struck into this kid's body.

"Heh, he won't be able to run two steps before he falls headfirst to the ground!" The scholar was very pleased with his successful strike.

Unfortunately, the scene he imagined did not appear.

"H-how is that possible..."

The scholar's eyes were almost bulging out.

He had gone all out with that palm strike. With his Marrow Refining Realm strength, it was enough to shatter Luo Zheng's internal organs into minced meat, not to mention the potent poison like Azure Nether Luo Smoke contained within that palm.

But that Luo Zheng was acting as if nothing had happened, still running like the wind, charging forward. He even used the force of his palm strike to increase his speed by two parts.

What kind of monster was this kid?

The four people stared at each other, their expressions filled with nothing but shock.

At this moment, Luo Zheng felt extremely comfortable.

Ever since Luo Zheng's physical body was tempered by Xie Lang's True Fire, his body's strength had surged.

Now, letting those Bone Refining Realm and Viscera Refining Realm cultivators hit him would probably not produce the slightest warm current.

Only cultivators from the Marrow Refining Realm hitting him would have an effect.

That palm strike just now caused a warm current to surge, cleansing his internal organs and making his breathing incredibly smooth, as if he had taken an immortal pill.

As for the poisonous gas contained in that palm strike, it did not cause him any harm. His body was like a Profound Artifact, naturally immune to all poisons. Who had ever heard of a Profound Artifact being afraid of any poison?

This was a rare opportunity. Thinking that these four Marrow Refining Realm cultivators behind him could hit him and help him cleanse his five internal organs and six external organs, he even wanted to stop and let them beat him up thoroughly before continuing.

However, Luo Zheng had already seen the stone stele ahead. This stone stele should be the goal for the Viscera Refining Realm. As long as he crossed this stone stele, he would have passed the Sea Trials.

"It's better to turn the jade pendant red first and pass the Sea Trials, to avoid any complications," Luo Zheng dismissed the idea of stopping to get beaten and headed straight for the stone stele.

Although the four people behind Luo Zheng were chasing fiercely, Luo Zheng was only a few zhang away from the stone stele, almost reaching it in an instant. They could only watch helplessly as Luo Zheng crossed the stone stele