Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 125: The Fourth Trial

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

As soon as Ye Chen stepped on the stairs, he started to ascend rapidly.

However, there was no shock on everyone's faces but strange and confused looks. Many were still puzzled at why the vitality-draining arrows didn't work on him and they couldn't help but link this with a special physique that could give him an abundant amount of vitality.

Although not everyone had the knowledge about special physiques, as they only appeared every ten thousand years, there were some exaggerated rumors and stories about it. So, they all couldn't help but think Ye Chen must have a special physique, which was why he was able to escape alive.

Of course, some did think he might have some defensive treasure that could resist curses; however, thinking of how he reached the end of the mystic pond, initiated the inheritance trial and possessed various kinds of abilities, it was hard to not think this way.

Ye Chen, of course, knew what they were all thinking but he didn't care at all since there was no proof. Not to mention he didn't have any special physique to being with so no matter how they thought and made calculations, it was all useless.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

It didn't take too long and within a few minutes, Ye Chen caught up with Li Mei and others who were at the end of the third trial.

"Senior brother, are you fine?" Li Mei didn't care about anything and checked for his injuries first. Lan Ming also did the same.

However, both of them failed to find anything, as there was not even blood remaining on his clothes.

"Don't worry; my injuries are healed." Ye Chen patted their heads with a smile and took out the Qi-recovery pills.

"Here, take this; they can help you to recover without even doing anything," he handed a few pills to them.

After which he also gave it to Su Ying, Wang Yiyi, Lin Xian'er and everyone else who decided to fight with Li Mei and them.

Almost all of them were from the Buddhist Temple, the Su family, and BlueMoon Pavilion. There were some like Lin Xian'er from the Wu family and other powers; however, their numbers could be counted on hands.

So Ye Chen didn't have to worry about not having enough pills.

"This! This is impossible! I am recovering at an insane speed!"

"What? How could it be? Are you sure this is not your imagination?"

"No, I am really recovering, and it would only take a few minutes without even me doing anything!"

Soon the shock spread through all of the disciples as they consumed the Qi-recovery pills. There were not many alchemists here, so they were not able to see the purity of the pill; nevertheless, some soon found out after examining the pill closely.

However, they didn't have to be stunned and shocked as a force came to push them back, giving them no choice but to climb up further.

Compared to this disciple, Li Mei, Lan Ming, and Su Ying were much calmer. They had seen a different world after being with Ye Chen; furthermore, Li Mei and Lan Ming already knew he could refine pills to one hundred percent purity, so they were not shocked by this.

Although the recovery speed did surprise them, it was not as much.

"Brother Chen, this is not a normal recovery pill, right?" Lan Ming inquired, her eyes shining with light.

"Yes, it's not as normal as formal and herbs are a little different," Ye Chen replied with a nonchalant look.

There were many Qi-recovery pill formulas in the Myriad Book; some of them could even help them recover instantly; however, he didn't have the power to refine such a pill now.

"Really! Then we can train some alchemists to refine this, right? As long as the spirit herbs don't cost too much, we can sell such pills for a high profit," Lan Ming said as her head became filled with countless spirit stones in her home.

Watching her like this, Ye Chen rolled his eyes, but he didn't deny it since he could really do this; however, this was not the time to think of such things now.

"Focus on the trial first; we will talk about this later," he said as he ascended to the next step while dodging the incoming fire arrows.

"Senior brother, don't you want to recover your spiritual Qi?"

At this moment, Li Mei inquired worriedly. From the moment Ye Chen had started fighting, her eyes almost never left him, so she knew he had yet to take any Qi-recovery pill.

Hearing her words, Lan Ming and others also remembered this and looked at him with a question.

To which Ye Chen just shrugged off with a smile.

"If I needed it, I would've taken it long ago," he stated with a chuckle. After which he said a few more words and decided to ascend further.

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However, he did worry about his spiritual Qi reverse, which was only twenty percent after all of the fight. As for Qi-recovery pills, they did work but only recovered his spiritual Qi by five percent.

Considering the size of his massive dantian, this was normal, but the problem was his unknown grade pure Qi, which converted the new Qi into pure one, making it less than one percent.

So even if Ye Chen consumed hundreds of such pills, he might not end up recovering fully, not to mention he doesn't even have that many pills remaining on him now.

Of course, his 'Divine Resonance Art' did help him with recovery automatically; however, the speed was much slower because of the recent changes.

Nevertheless, he didn't worry too much and started ascending rapidly.

The first three trials of 'Heavens Staircase' were endurance, strength, and agility.

Ye Chen had already passed the first two and was now at the end of the third. But despite this, he had not even climbed five percent of Heaven's Staircase.

"Let's see what kinds of trials that old guy had prepared," he muttered and stepped one foot on the three hundred and first step.

Swoosh!

In that instant flames burst out from the sides of the stairs and rose into the sky.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Then the flames continued to rise from further steps, and it didn't stop until it reached the four hundredth step.

This occurrence attracted the attention of every disciple as they wanted to know what the next trials were.

"Looks like we have to walk through all of the hundred steps while resisting the heat."

"Yeah, but don't you think that's too simple?"

Many questioned, wondering whether or not this was actually the test or if there were some tricks behind it.

But despite this, some disciples were happy, such as Zhu Dong, who had run down after the fight between Li Mei and the heretical sect started.

"It's a fire one; this should be easy for me," he chuckled with confidence while thinking about how to make Wang Yiyi and others fail the test.

Ye Chen, of course, noticed him even if he was hidden in the crowd but for him, Zhu Dong was like a whetstone for Li Mei and them. So, he just kept him alive.

Hum!

It was at this moment the ice fire inside his dantian trembled with a hum, expressing the intention to come out.

Ye Chen was surprised at the sudden reaction from it; however, he didn't let it out and moved on to the three hundred and first step.

Swoosh!

In that instant the step became covered with fire; however, it was only as tall as one and a half centimeters.

Furthermore, there was no actual burning but Ye Chen could feel his skin getting stung with heat, although not much; for any mortal, this would be enough to scream in pain.

Not to mention, at every step, the fire and heat were bound to increase if he took the previous trials into account.

"Huh? There is no indication of passing?" Ye Chen muttered with surprise as he saw the fire below his feet still remaining there even after some time.

If not for the fact a force came to push him back, he would've thought he still needed to stay here for time. Although this didn't cause him any problems, he just wanted to check so Li Mei and others would know.

Swoosh!

After finding this, Ye Chen didn't hesitate and moved to the next step, where the fire once again covered the step he was standing on; however, the fire was three centimeters tall now and the heat intensity also increased.

But still, this didn't pose any problems, as even a Qi-gathering cultivator could pass through this without any trouble.

Since there was nothing new to find, Ye Chen let out the ice flame, and the moment he did, the ice flame flew forward with a swoosh. If one looked closely, it wasn't just flying but also absorbing fire elemental Qi from the surroundings.

Ye Chen also has fire Qi; however, it was refined from the spiritual Qi, unlike the natural one here, which was very similar to his ice flame birthed from the heavens and even contained a trace of vitality.