Celestial Refining Divine Scripture

The entrance exam, held once every three years!

It was undoubtedly a grand event for Black Fire Immortal Mountain.

On such a day, for Yang Xiao to act so arrogantly here, bullying the new disciples and even forcing the female disciples—if this matter reached the ears of the higher-ups, Lin Yue would be finished.

"You little brat, you’ve got some backbone!"

Lin Yue was infuriated to the point of a mocking smile, his heart turbulent.

What kind of confidence did this guy have, to dare provoke Yang Xiao, and even openly challenge him, an Inner Sect Disciple?

"Mr. Lin, why get angry over a dead man?"

Yang Xiao sneered with disdain.

Lin Yue was startled, then laughed in spite of himself—offending Yang Xiao was no different than being dead.

"Junior brother, you’re right."

"Let’s go."

He didn’t spare Xu Yang a single glance, shouted loudly, and led the way towards the Immortal Mountain.

The crowd hurried to follow.

The gazes cast at Xu Yang held some admiration, but even more pity.

No matter how great your talent, behaving like this, to outsiders it was simply cutting off all hope of survival.

Now, even if you wanted to back down and yield, it’s useless.

He’d completely made enemies of both Yang Xiao and Lin Yue.

"Xu Yang, you’re dead."

As Bai Yu withdrew, he shot Xu Yang a vicious smile.

Xu Yang paid him no mind: "You’d better worry about yourself. Although Bai Jie yielded to Yang Xiao and will reap great benefits, what do you think she feels about you inside? She’ll never be grateful to you!"

"All it takes is one word from her to Yang Xiao, and your life is no longer yours."

"And I guarantee, you’ll run into misfortune before I do!"

With those words, Xu Yang left with the crowd.

Leaving Bai Yu standing frozen in place, as if struck by lightning.

Xu Yang’s words were like a thunderbolt, splitting his Primordial Spirit in two inside his skull.

Was Bai Jie grateful to him or did she hate him?

Without a doubt, it was the latter.

Though she bowed her head, it was purely out of desperation.

All he’d thought about then was currying favor with Yang Xiao, he’d utterly lost his head.

Would Yang Xiao help him?

"No!"

Bai Yu let out a wail of despair, staring hopelessly after the vanished figures of Yang Xiao and Bai Jie at the far end of the crowd.

He could still clearly judge his worth to Yang Xiao, compared to Bai Jie.

That was a domineering and arrogant young master.

Just like he had been back in Baimu Village.

How could he not see it coming?

It’s over!

At this moment, Bai Yu was utterly in despair!

Entering the sect gate, led by Lin Yue and a few other Inner Sect Disciples, the procedures for joining were handled first.

They were bound to their disciple tokens, received Inner Sect disciple robes, basic Immortal Techniques, resources for the first month, and the suffocating rules for sect discipline and punishment, and so on.

By the time it was all completed, half an hour had passed.

Finally, they arrived at a gigantic peak, which was the residence of the Inner Sect Disciples.

The unclaimed abodes on the mountain could be picked freely.

Each abode had a Spirit Gathering Array; the higher up, the denser the Immortal Spirit Qi, and the better the abode.

However, most of the spots higher up already had owners, so they could only pick from those below.

"Mr. Yang, you’ve just joined; don’t go overboard. The higher-ups are watching, any unexpected mishap would bring trouble." Lin Yue whispered softly to Yang Xiao by his side.

Yang Xiao nodded slightly: "Rest assured, Mr. Lin. Earlier, my elder brother specifically instructed me to avoid causing trouble. I may be a spoiled scion, but I know what’s appropriate."

He felt no shame at all for his reputation as a ’spoiled scion’.

If you’ve got the skills, you can be a spoiled scion too.

"However, we can’t let that brat off so easily." Yang Xiao cast a cruel smile at Xu Yang below.

Lin Yue understood, laughing quietly: "Don’t worry, Mr. Yang, I’ve already given orders. He can only take the worst abode!"

Yang Xiao was immediately satisfied, clapping Lin Yue on the shoulder: "I’ll trouble Mr. Lin to keep an eye on him. It’s not the right time to make a move yet; wait for a few days. Once I get that Tier-Two Immortal Treasure he carries, consider it a future gift for your trouble."

Hiss!

Lin Yue’s throat bobbed, and he stammered, "Mr. Yang, this, this isn’t quite right, is it?"

"What’s wrong with it?"

"Does Mr. Lin look down on Tier-Two Immortal Treasures?" Yang Xiao glared.

"Of course not, of course not."

Lin Yue did not hesitate, solemnly saying, "Many thanks, Mr. Yang. If you need anything in the future, just say the word."

"There’ll be plenty, hahaha."

Yang Xiao laughed, pulled Bai Jie into his arms, and swaggered away.

Bai Jie’s delicate body was stiff, but quickly she returned to normal, a beautiful, radiant smile appearing on her face.

"Mr. Yang, you’re so impressive."

"Hmph, where’s that idiot?"

"How could that fool compare to Mr. Yang?"

Bai Jie gave a flirtatious smile, already fitting fully into her role.

"Mr. Yang, back in the village, Bai Yu always bullied me. You’ll stand up for me, right?" Bai Jie looked plaintively at Yang Xiao.

"Don’t worry, he’s a dead man."

Yang Xiao licked his lips. Under Bai Jie’s gaze, his mouth felt dry and his tongue parched. He tossed down a sentence, then couldn’t wait to move faster.

"Come on, my brother has already arranged a better abode for me elsewhere."

Bai Jie’s pretty face stiffened, a trace of bitterness flickered in her eyes, but then she returned to normal.

Thinking of the Yang Family’s reputation, she took a deep breath, silently persuading herself to accept it all.

To get Yang Xiao’s protection and ample resources—this should be a good thing!

Meanwhile.

Xu Yang was choosing his abode.

Only the bottom four levels of the whole inner peak still had most of their abodes empty.

Xu Yang didn’t have high demands for his abode.

Seeing an empty abode, he walked over without hesitation.

Swoosh!

A figure appeared at the door of the abode.

"Taken already."

Lin Yue glanced at Xu Yang, flicked his sleeve, and hung a plaque outside the abode.

Xu Yang frowned, turned and left without hesitation.

Lin Yue was surprised, then shook his head, put away the plaque, and followed behind.

A dozen breaths later.

Xu Yang reached the third level.

But whenever he found an empty abode, Lin Yue intervened.

"Brat, if you apologize properly, maybe I’ll let you off this once." Lin Yue toyed with the plaque in his hand, staring at Xu Yang with a playful look—in his eyes, he was sure he could crush Xu Yang with this trick.

A rookie disciple, not keeping his head down, even daring to challenge a senior?

Practically seeking death!

"Thank you for your attention, Mr. Lin. As for apologizing—I didn’t do anything wrong, so why should I apologize?"

Xu Yang smiled faintly and headed straight for the very bottom level.

The abodes there had the worst environment, the weakest Immortal Spirit Qi, and were at the foot of the mountain—almost no one chose them.

Sighting this, Lin Yue frowned slightly, watching Xu Yang pick an abode, hang the plaque, and, after registering with the Array inside, finally left.

Once registered, it couldn’t be changed.

He was first place in the entrance exam’s first round, and in the second round, got a Tier Four Black Fire Seed; yet he ended up with a first floor abode—people would laugh if they heard.

But Xu Yang didn’t care about all that.

There was nothing he could do about their deliberate targeting.

Thankfully, to him, this was nothing but an itch, nothing serious.

"Yang Xiao, Lin Yue!"

"Once everything spreads after joining, life in the Inner Sect may not be as bad as death, but it won’t be much better."

Xu Yang shook his head slightly, a cold glint in his eyes.

Sitting and waiting to die was never his style!

After quickly organizing his abode, he took out the brand-new Inner Sect disciple robe and put it on. Inner and outer sect disciple robes were distinctly different—both black robes.

The Inner Sect black robe had an intricate black fire pattern embroidered, while the outer sect robe did not.

As for seed disciples, it was said they wore Black Gold Immortal Robes, incomparably prestigious.

Soon after, Xu Yang opened the map of the sect interior, gazed deeply at the spot marked "Dan Feng", memorized the route, then left the abode and walked out of the inner peak.