"Li Shuang." Cang Yin greeted her warmly.
Li Shuang looked at her in surprise: "Why are you still here?"
Cang Yin naturally took her arm: "I just wanted to wait for you."
Li Shuang: "...???"
Cang Yin, who had been arrogant and overbearing before, had, for some reason, turned into a gentle girl.
Li Shuang had never encountered this type of woman before and was a bit unsure how to react.
"The time flow here seems to be much faster than normal. Looking at the sky, it's already starting to turn yellow. I guess it won't be long before the sun completely sets. Do you think we should still go and check out that stair-sweeping task?" Cang Yin asked naturally.
Li Shuang twitched her lips: "I want to go and see. As for you, you don't really have to..."
Before Li Shuang could finish, Cang Yin naturally said, "Okay, then let's go and see."
In her words, she had already unilaterally formed a small team of the two of them.
Li Shuang felt a bit speechless and amused.
Of course.
If she wanted to get rid of Cang Yin, she actually had a thousand and one ways.
But.
After their previous interactions, she felt that Cang Yin wasn't bad at heart.
Take Sister Xia's task, for example. If it were someone narrow-minded, they might think she had stolen their task.
As for Cang Yin?
After Yu Ran appeared, Cang Yin should have already known how to solve the problem.
But she didn't fight for it; instead, she waited for Li Shuang to complete the task. Otherwise, if she had spoken up earlier, she might have been the one to complete the task.
From this perspective, she was a person with strong principles.
Such a person, as a temporary ally, wasn't a bad idea.
"You can let go of my arm first." Li Shuang, unaccustomed to such intimacy, said.
"Oh." Cang Yin obediently let go, but kept looking at Li Shuang with pitiful, longing eyes.
Li Shuang felt a tingling sensation on her scalp from being stared at, and could only ask, "Do you really... need to hold onto something?"
Cang Yin's eyes suddenly lit up: "Can I?"
Li Shuang: "...Only my sleeve. If not, then forget it."
As soon as Li Shuang finished speaking, Cang Yin joyfully grabbed her sleeve.
Li Shuang glanced at her helplessly.
Fine, so be it.
Li Shuang strode forward, with Cang Yin pulling at her sleeve from behind, occasionally flashing a mysterious smile.
This scene looked bizarre no matter how you viewed it.
They encountered a few other cultivators on the way, all looking terrified.
What's going on?
What about the haughty Miss Cang Yin who refused to bow to anyone?
You know.
Cang Yin even directly confronted You Lan.
What did Li Shuang do to so easily subdue her?
Below the sect of Langya宗, there were a hundred long steps.
Now, disciples who hadn't completed the other two tasks were holding brooms, diligently sweeping the stairs.
"Faster! Have you all eaten enough?"
"Our Langya Sect's first appearance in the immortal realm must be flawless."
"Your cultivation is low, you can't do big things! You must do this small task well."
Beside them, three supervisory disciples kept urging them.
Li Shuang observed carefully.
The task of sweeping the long stairs wasn't too difficult.
Only one thing.
It was very time-consuming!
Every disciple had to start sweeping from the bottommost step upwards.
Some steps had moss that was very difficult to remove.
Some steps also had small spider demon beasts crawling on them.
The three supervisory disciples seemed to be afraid that everyone would get bored, so they would maliciously throw some fallen leaves down.
The fallen leaves they threw were not ordinary leaves; each leaf weighed a thousand catties, making it difficult to move.
Li Shuang quickly glanced at the sky. The time flow here was extremely fast. It felt like only two hours had passed, but the sun was already about to set.
She definitely wouldn't have time to complete this task.
But.
She didn't come here just for the task.
Li Shuang actively walked up to the three supervisory disciples.
As the Rebirth Art quietly circulated, Li Shuang softly asked, "We new disciples are useless and can only do these menial tasks. Senior Brothers, your cultivation is so profound, and you are so refined and distinguished. Why aren't you helping to complete the Ascension Array?"
The expressions of those disciples changed.
They always felt that what this new disciple said... was both pleasant and somewhat harsh.
It made them want to get angry, but they couldn't quite express it.
One disciple snorted coldly and said, "Is the Ascension Array something just anyone can go to? The Sect Leader said that ordinary disciples carry a kind of turbidity, and approaching the Ascension Array would contaminate the divine artifact."
"Only elite disciples have the chance to remove this turbidity and then proceed to the Ascension Array."
As these disciples spoke, they cast envious glances at Li Shuang and Cang Yin.
Although both were new disciples, they were elite disciples.
Their chances of going to the Ascension Array might even be greater.
"Oh? Only elite disciples can go? Are there any conditions for ordinary disciples to advance to elite disciples?" Li Shuang asked further.
The disciples who were sweeping the stairs also perked up their ears to listen.
They looked at Li Shuang with a hint of gratitude.
The answer to this question had no benefit to Li Shuang, yet she still asked it.
She was asking it for them.
Li Shuang's expression was calm.
She was indeed deliberately showing kindness to these people.
The secret of this Langya Sect had only just revealed the tip of the iceberg.
Li Shuang always felt.
If she wanted to complete the entire storyline, going solo probably wouldn't be enough.
She needed help.
A lot of help.
But.
In terms of prestige.
In terms of recognition.
She was not as good as Cang Yin and the others.
If she wanted absolute authority, she needed to find another way!
For example.
She had to let these disciples know that she had the ability to lead them to more information.
The few supervisory disciples who normally wouldn't even bother answering questions, this time, under Li Shuang's inquiry, though somewhat reluctant, still slowly began to speak.
"Ordinary disciples who wish to become elite disciples have only two paths. The first path: accumulate over one hundred points. The second path: defeat an elite disciple, in which case the identities of both sides are exchanged."
Li Shuang wanted to ask something else, but these supervisors immediately turned away. They stopped talking to Li Shuang, instead, they frantically continued to urge the others.
Li Shuang also stopped pushing.
Today's gains were already quite good.
She looked at the sky, directly gave up on the task of sweeping the stairs, and then turned to walk towards the disciples' quarters.
The sun... was about to set.
The disciples still sweeping the stairs also quickened their pace.
They didn't have much time left!
Those who really couldn't make it gave up the task and, along with Li Shuang, ran towards the disciples' quarters.
Not earning points would only result in elimination.
But if they didn't return to the disciples' quarters on time...
Hehe.
The consequence would probably be just one word: death!