Chapter 301: Is there anything special about this person?

Heart Refining Mountain.

More accurately, it was the continuous Heart Refining Mountain Range, though every peak was of equal height.

Heart Refining Mountain originally belonged to the Heart Refining Sect.

Later, the Heart Refining Sect was destroyed, and it eventually became an ownerless mountain.

Still later, Heart Refining Mountain was managed in rotation by Fuchen Continent’s Fuchen Holy Land and the Four Great Sects.

Legend has it that Heart Refining Mountain originated from an ancient Heavenly Demon who loved eating hearts. It was slain by a powerhouse of the Human Race, and its flesh and blood eventually transformed into the Heart Refining Mountain Range.

Though its body died, its lingering prestige remained.

It was said that the moment a Cultivator stepped onto Heart Refining Mountain, they would experience an extremely painful mental journey.

It would cycle through all the Heart Demons you’ve had since childhood, and the higher you went, the more amplified your Heart Demons would become!

And it wasn’t just your Heart Demons.

As you climbed higher, Heart Refining Mountain would directly let you experience the joys and sorrows of life with such realism it felt as if you were personally treading through the long river of time.

Rumor had it that many Cultivators went insane after a single trip up Heart Refining Mountain.

Even three thousand years ago, a Saint of Fuchen Holy Land came to Heart Refining Mountain to question his heart in despair after losing a Buddhist-Daoist Debate.

He wanted to look his Heart Demon in the eye and see what his Dao truly was.

However, when the Elders of Fuchen Holy Land found him, he had collapsed a thousand meters from the summit.

Ultimately, when this Saint woke up, he left Fuchen Holy Land and shaved his head to become a monk.

This incident shocked the entire cultivation world at the time, and even now, Lin Xun had heard of it.

Why was reaching the mountainside considered passing the trial?

Because since Heart Refining Mountain had existed, not a single person who went there for the trial had ever reached the summit!

Except for one person, of course.

That was Mo Wenwen!

Back then, when the thirteen-year-old Mo Wenwen came down from the summit, the Sect Leader of Fuchen Holy Land asked her, “What did you see at the top of the mountain?”

Rumor has it that Mo Wenwen just blinked and said indifferently, “Isn’t it just the ordinary scenery of a mountain? Why do you need to ask, Grandpa Holy Lord?”

That was the girl’s answer, but what kind of “ordinary mountain scenery” was in her eyes? Unless one reached the summit personally, one would likely never know… Back at the foot of Heart Refining Mountain.

Beside Lin Xun, half of the Cultivators had already rushed toward the peaks.

It was like a cafeteria opening for lunch after class.

Looking down from above at this moment, it looked like millions of ants crawling up the continuous five-thousand-meter-high peaks.

The vast Heart Refining Mountain Range was large enough to accommodate ten million Cultivators.

Lin Xun was in no rush and waited for a while.

Once the crowd thinned out, Lin Xun finally followed them in.

To be honest, in the past, Lin Xun wouldn’t have been afraid of Heart Demons or anything like that at all.

To Lin Xun, whether it was Heart Demons or anything else.

Anything that stood in his way would be pierced through with a single spear thrust!

Lin Xun felt that back then, he truly had an unstoppable spear!

But now… ever since he experienced Heart Demons in the Heiwu Secret Realm and Wang Chen had to pull him out, Lin Xun didn’t have as much confidence.

Lin Xun felt he didn’t have many Heart Demons—just Wang Chen, Wang Xing, Su Ying, Sister Mimi, Nong Qin, and the others… Lin Xun didn’t know how to face them, and even now, he hadn’t found a solution.

If he faced a Heart Demon, Lin Xun felt he might fall into it again.

But it didn’t matter.

No matter how exaggerated this Heart Refining Mountain was, it could forget about triggering his Heart Demon in the face of absolute cultivation Realm.

Rumors said that those in the Ascension Realm could reach within a hundred meters of the summit simply by relying on their Realm suppression.

Although his Realm and strength were a “tiny bit” worse than before, well, he was still a “tiny bit” stronger than the Ascension Realm.

Lin Xun believed that reaching the mountainside would definitely not be difficult; after all, he wasn’t trying to reach the summit.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Xun quietly circulated his spiritual energy to protect his heart’s meridians and Sea of Consciousness before heading up the mountain.

As soon as he started the climb, Lin Xun felt countless wisps of black Qi surging toward him.

This black Qi wanted to trigger or create his Heart Demon.

However, while the black Qi could enter Lin Xun’s body, not a single bit could corrode his heart.

Looking around, Lin Xun noticed that the moment the Cultivators beside him stepped onto Heart Refining Mountain, they all furrowed their brows.

They looked as if they were constipated… Lin Xun felt like he was acting a bit too relaxed.

Being too conspicuous wasn’t good.

So, Lin Xun quickly mimicked the guys around him, furrowing his brows, staggering his steps, and hunching his back as if he had a stomachache.

The people around him were stunned to see Lin Xun’s expression being so strained.

We only feel a bit of pressure at most; why does it look like you’re about to collapse any second?

However, although they didn’t know who Lin Xun was.

Seeing Lin Xun in such a painful state, they felt greatly encouraged!

They felt like they could do it again! It turned out they weren’t the weakest ones!

Thank you, stranger!

The surrounding Cultivators gave Lin Xun encouraging looks one after another, then stepped forward gallantly.

Yeah, this brother is in so much pain, yet he’s working so hard!

Since my talent is better than his, what right do I have to stop?

Meanwhile, above the clouds, over a thousand Elders from various Sects in Fuchen Continent were watching the massive Mirror Flower Water Moon in the sky.

The Mirror Flower Water Moon was split into over a thousand small screens, constantly switching between the movements of the Cultivators on Heart Refining Mountain.

If an Elder was interested in a certain Cultivator, they could freeze the frame and focus their attention on them.

At this moment, Mo Wenwen was staring at the group of people still at the foot of the mountain.

Or rather, Mo Wenwen was looking at the young man in the group who looked like he had a stomachache… Seeing Lin Xun walking forward with such difficulty, Mo Wenwen couldn’t help but furrow her willow-like brows, looking somewhat charmingly annoyed.

Mo Wenwen couldn’t understand why this Cultivator, whose Realm was at least the Ascension Realm, was pretending to be an ordinary person to participate in the trial.

And why he had to act so struggled, as if he were deathly afraid someone would see through his Realm.

Mo Wenwen didn’t believe this Cultivator named “Ri Dangwu” was there for a spot in the Rootless Secret Realm.

An Ascension Realm Cultivator was already on equal footing with the Holy Lord of a Holy Land; a rootless fruit was essentially meaningless to him.

“Is he playing in the Mortal World?”

Looking at Lin Xun, many, many doubts arose in the girl’s heart.

“Wenwen, is there anything special about this person?”

Just as the girl was pondering Ri Dangwu’s purpose, a man walked up to her side.