"Fellow Daoist Shangguan, I heard that whether one can cross the Flame Bridge has little to do with one's cultivation. Is that true?" Shi Yue asked curiously.
By rights, the first trial ground of a major cultivation sect should require a high level of cultivation to pass. But the Flame Bridge of the Nine Flames Sect was different.
"I've heard that's the case. To be honest, I crossed the Flame Bridge once, but failed. It took me a hundred years to recover. Over the years, at least eighty or ninety disciples of the Nine Flames Sect have died on the bridge. Everyone wants to cross it, but no one has succeeded." Shangguan Yan sighed, a hint of envy in his voice.
Who wouldn't want to become someone the sect poured its resources into cultivating? Who wouldn't want to become the next Nine Flames True Monarch?
"Little Friend Shangguan, can outsiders try crossing the Flame Bridge?" Xiaoyaozi asked.
"Under normal circumstances, no. But when the Pill Assembly is held, our Nine Flames Sect might open the Flame Bridge to outsiders. The last time we held the Pill Assembly, we did open it to outsiders. Three Spirit Transformation Cultivators tried to cross it, and every one of them failed."
Xiaoyaozi nodded, then asked, "If the Flame Bridge is open, can Void Refining Cultivators try it too?"
"Not just Void Refining Cultivators—even Body Integration Realm seniors can try. Though there's no need for Body Integration Realm seniors to do so. Void Refining Cultivators from our Nine Flames Sect have also tried to cross the Flame Bridge, and every one of them failed. Cultivation does play a part in crossing the bridge, but it isn't the main factor."
"I see. The Flame Bridge is rather interesting."
Shangguan Yan smiled faintly and said to Shi