Before that disciple took the pill, he still looked like a normal person.
He even worried about the Great Ascension Array before, feeling that the future was uncertain and unknowable.
But when he took the pill and came out again, he suddenly became full of confidence in the great task of ascension.
This feeling… it was as if he had been completely brainwashed.
Feng Yu quickly explained the general situation.
Li Shuang subconsciously glanced at Lin An.
This Senior Brother did not stop them from discussing, but he also did not express any opinions.
When talking about the pill, his expression did not change in the slightest.
A thoughtful look flashed in Li Shuang's eyes.
So…
Is this why Lin An refused to remove the turbid qi no matter what?
Earlier, that Senior Brother Lin said that removing turbid qi required the blood and bones of demonic beasts.
And removing turbid qi probably relied on the pill Feng Yu mentioned.
What kind of proper pill could it be, a pill that required the flesh and blood of living beings to refine!
Moreover, this pill also seemed to have a brainwashing effect.
Over time, how many normal people would be left in this entire sect!
Li Shuang's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly.
She always felt that…
Fifty thousand years ago, behind the mass ascension of the Langya Sect, there might be a larger hand manipulating everything!
"Time is running out, do you have any more information?" Li Shuang asked quickly.
Several disciples from the Scripture Repository quickly took out some strange fragments.
"Sister Shuang, these fragments are scattered in different ancient texts. It seems that something is recorded on them. But we only found some marginal parts, and we can't see any information yet."
Li Shuang took them and glanced at them.
The current fragments indeed did not reveal any information.
They were nothing more than some fragmented words.
"You all continue searching," Li Shuang said quickly. "Those who have completed their tasks should try to help search in the Scripture Repository. That place might contain crucial information."
Everyone agreed.
"Time's up," Lin An's voice rang out.
Everyone stopped talking and quickly returned to their rooms.
Almost in the next instant.
Night descended rapidly.
"The night is dangerous, everyone, do not go out. Every half an hour, I will patrol. Anyone who goes out will die!" Lin An said something similar to last time.
This was what he had to say openly.
But in fact, Lin An had already said that he would patrol once every hour.
As soon as Lin An left, everyone quickly walked out of the disciple's dormitory.
Everyone looked at Li Shuang.
"Sister Shuang, can Lin An's words be trusted? Will he suddenly come to patrol after half an hour, and then all of us who are outside will die?" Feng Yu said.
Li Shuang calmly said, "I'm still inclined to believe him."
Having them all wiped out would be of no benefit to Lin An.
His stance was clearly that of the opposition.
However.
Now that she carried the trust of so many people on her shoulders, Li Shuang still decided to be cautious.
After half an hour, they would still return to the vicinity first to check the situation.
After Li Shuang made her decision, no one had any objections.
Li Shuang led the team to continue hunting demonic beasts.
After delivering the first batch of demonic beasts to the Demonic Beast Pavilion.
Li Shuang noticed that in the second round, the Demonic Beast Pavilion was no longer just an entrance; they could vaguely see some of what was inside.
Li Shuang quickly glanced, only to see a huge tall tower inside the Demonic Beast Pavilion, with heavy chains wrapped around its body and countless chains at the bottom leading underground.
Inside, the wails of demonic beasts could faintly be heard.
The demonic beasts they had captured all showed expressions of despair.
This scene made everyone silent for a moment.
Everything before their eyes made them feel as if they were aiding and abetting evil.
"These demonic beasts make noise day and night, thankfully you're here to stop them from escaping." The disciple guarding the Demonic Beast Pavilion said with a smile, looking at Li Shuang with a more favorable attitude than towards others. "Junior Sister Li, your abilities are truly astonishing, no wonder you can enter the Great Ascension Array. I believe that as long as you keep slaying demons, you will be able to enter the second floor one day."
As the disciple spoke, he casually sent the captured demonic beasts into the Demonic Beast Pavilion. Immediately, cries of agony echoed from behind.
"Just some beasts, they really thought they could escape," the disciple said with disdain.
No one spoke.
After quickly exchanging their points, everyone left the Demonic Beast Pavilion.
Cang Yin sighed, "If we were in the real fifty thousand years ago, I might try to save these demonic beasts."
However…
This was fifty thousand years later.
What was supposed to happen had already happened.
Only a remnant of true spirit was left of these demonic beasts.
No matter what they did, they couldn't change the true outcome.
Li Shuang looked back at the towering Demonic Beast Pavilion and calmly said, "Heaven punished the Langya Sect, so why are these demonic beasts also trapped here?"
When Li Shuang said that.
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.
Right.
The people of the Langya Sect were guilty.
But what about these demonic beasts?
Why not simply send them to reincarnation, but instead let them suffer this endless torment?
These demonic beasts had been with the Langya Sect people, reincarnating for a full fifty thousand years.
They repeatedly experienced the pain of being skinned and having their bones extracted.
Why?
Why did they also have to suffer such punishment?
A thoughtful look flashed in Li Shuang's eyes.
Perhaps these demonic beasts were not suppressed here because they were being punished.
There was likely another hidden reason behind this.
"Sister Shuang, what should we do? Should we stop hunting demonic beasts?" Cang Yin couldn't help but ask.
Li Shuang shook her head, "I have already entered the Great Ascension Array, but unlike those disciples of the Langya Sect, I did not take the pill to dispel turbid qi. This indicates that the conditions for us to enter the Great Ascension Array are different from others."
"In the past, Langya Sect disciples who wanted to join the Great Ascension Array needed two things: sufficient strength, and taking the pill to expel turbid qi."
"Whether or not to take the pill was also a choice they had to make."
"It was about whether they… thoroughly accepted the Langya Sect's self-serving act of slaying demons. At the same time, it was a test of their hearts."
"Since we skipped the process of taking the pill, then the invisible test targeting us… it is highly likely that it is the hunting of demonic beasts."
Li Shuang sighed.
It was not "highly likely."
This was probably the truth.
The disciple guarding the Demonic Beast Pavilion had already hinted at it very clearly.
She had to continue diligently hunting demonic beasts to enter the second floor of the Langya Palace.
Moreover.
The tower in the Demonic Beast Pavilion was incredibly terrifying.
How could so many demonic beasts escape every day?
Judging by the disciple's disdainful look, he clearly held those fleeing demonic beasts in contempt.
This left only one possibility.
These demonic beasts were deliberately released for them to hunt.
Hunting demonic beasts itself was an invisible test for joining the Great Ascension Array.
Li Shuang's words made everyone fall silent for a moment.
Li Shuang couldn't help but wonder.
Among so many Langya Sect disciples, it seemed that only Lin An was clear-headed from beginning to end.
They were just outsiders, and their hearts felt heavy at this moment.
What about Lin An?
He had soberly experienced so many cycles of reincarnation, and soberly accepted the final failed outcome each time.
What must he have been thinking in his heart?