No one dared to move.
After all, no one was willing to be the first to stick their neck out. The fate of that first person just now, everyone had seen it clearly.
But just dragging on like this did not seem to be a solution either.
At this moment, Luo Chen was the first to walk towards that pile of firewood. He actually wanted to experience whether this entry test was as interesting as he imagined.
So Luo Chen walked straight towards that pile of firewood. Behind him, someone was sneering, someone was observing, and someone was waiting.
All were waiting to see what would happen.
Until Luo Chen picked up that bundle of firewood, then carried the firewood towards the stone steps. Under everyone’s gaze, one foot landed on the step, then the second step.
Safe.
At this, a group of people rushed up all at once.
Then they each picked up a bundle of firewood, and walked towards the steps.
Only this firewood was not light in weight. Even some of the men felt it heavy to carry in their hands.
Especially among the dozen or so people, those three girls were clearly struggling very much.
Clearly, this task of ascending the heavenly ladder had become more difficult again.
Originally the heavenly ladder was already high. If they had to carry forty or fifty jin of firewood up the mountain, the difficulty was obvious, and would be even greater.
But at this time, there were still people helping. There were a few men, one hand carrying their own firewood, one hand helping those few girls.
But after walking for some time, everyone was tired and panting heavily.
Only Luo Chen was neither fast nor slow, always maintaining first position. Clearly for him, this bit of weight could almost be ignored.
“Hey, that handsome guy in front, wait up.” At this time a fatty was wiping sweat from his forehead while carrying firewood. He had just helped the beauty beside him.
Luo Chen turned back to look at this fatty. That fatty directly spoke with an expressionless face.
“You are so relaxed, help this beauty out.”
“No one has it easy. No one wants to die in this ghostly place.” The fatty pointed at that beauty.
The beauty was called Li Fang. Even wearing ancient clothes, it could not hide her proud figure, and her face was especially three-dimensional.
In real life, she was a cover model for a fashion magazine.
Li Fang cast a pleading gaze towards Luo Chen.
Looking at Li Fang who was already sweating profusely, seeming to need extra effort with every step, Luo Chen thought about it, then took the bundle of firewood from Li Fang’s hands, and continued walking forward.
Now Li Fang immediately became much more relaxed. She followed behind Luo Chen while walking together with the fatty.
“Handsome guy, where are you from?”
Li Fang opened her mouth to ask.
“From Tongzhou.” Luo Chen answered briefly, not showing enthusiasm because of Li Fang’s beauty.
Li Fang looked at Luo Chen’s cold attitude and did not press further, but helped the fatty carry firewood together and walked upwards.
But a trace of displeasure flashed in that fatty’s eyes. He was very dissatisfied with Luo Chen’s attitude.
Actually, the dozen or so people behind all had opinions about Luo Chen. The reason was very simple, because Luo Chen walked too easily.
He looked completely effortless, compared to their own extremely strenuous feeling. The difference was truly too great.
This directly caused Luo Chen to be viewed with hostility by everyone.
After walking a while longer, another girl really could not persist any longer, then cast her gaze towards Luo Chen.
“Handsome guy, I see you can still carry another bundle. You help me carry this.” This girl looked gentle and refined, with the air of a proper young lady from a distinguished family.
But her way of speaking had a bossy, commanding feeling, making people very uncomfortable.
In reality, she should be a daughter from a large family. She was called Zhang Ranran.
“Why should I help you?” Luo Chen suddenly turned back and opened his mouth to ask.
Asking for help and still having this kind of tone.
The moment these words left his mouth, Zhang Ranran’s face instantly became somewhat wrong.
Because if speaking of beauty, she was actually even more outstanding than Li Fang.
Luo Chen saying this immediately gave her a feeling of being unable to get off the stage. Plus although she looked like a proper young lady from a distinguished family, she was actually spoiled.
When had she ever been directly rejected like this.
“You clearly look very relaxed. Carrying one more bundle of firewood would not matter, would it?” Zhang Ranran opened her mouth to say, her eyes revealing displeasure.
“So, you and I are neither relatives nor friends. I should help you because of this?” Luo Chen actually found these people’s thinking somewhat amusing.
They actually forcefully made others help them.
“But you clearly helped her just now.” Zhang Ranran pointed at Li Fang and opened her mouth to say.
“Whether I help her or not, that is my business, is it not? What does it have to do with you?” Luo Chen asked in return.
“Hey, you this person, would you die from helping her?” Someone who heard directly opened their mouth to say.
“Exactly, she is just a girl. It is not easy for her.”
“You still have strength. What is wrong with helping her?” Someone else opened their mouth to say.
Luo Chen turned his body around, not paying attention to these people. This kind of moral blackmail happened too often.
He could not be bothered to argue with these people.
What was unexpected was that Li Fang actually also opened her mouth to say.
“Handsome guy, what is wrong with helping her?” Li Fang pressed Luo Chen.
Luo Chen glanced at Li Fang, then threw Li Fang’s bundle of firewood onto the ground, and walked straight towards the front.
What is wrong with helping.
In this kind of place, being able to help one person already counts as quite good.
Moreover, others helping you is a kindness, not helping you is reason. No one says who definitely should help whom.
If you do not help, these people will put a big hat on you later.
This point is somewhat too laughable.
Li Fang watched Luo Chen throw the firewood onto the steps. Not only did she not feel she had done wrong, but she also had an unhappy expression on her face.
“This person is truly cold, not a bit of love in his heart.” Li Fang picked up her own bundle of firewood.
Actually by now, they had already reached above the halfway point of the mountain.
Luo Chen had actually already helped her carry half the journey.
But she not only did not thank Luo Chen, but instead blamed him.
This was somewhat laughable.
And the group of people behind, looking at Luo Chen strolling leisurely in front, became increasingly displeased with him.
After all, outstanding people sometimes attract extraordinary jealousy.
And on the mountain, at this moment Shen Junfeng was wearing a dao robe, like an immortal master. Beside him stood an old man, with white beard and white hair, looking especially immortal and dignified.
This old man was precisely an elder of the Ancient Path Sect, responsible for today’s entry test.
“Martial Uncle, the matter I spoke of will trouble you.” Shen Junfeng looked at Luo Chen slowly walking up from below the mountain, a cold light and cold smile revealing in his eyes.
He very much looked forward to Luo Chen’s expression of shock when he saw him here later, capable of deciding life and death. “This small matter is no problem.” The old man said casually.