Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 129: Hiss, Why Do I Feel Cold?

Just as male disciples below were jealous, Ye Chen continued with the trial of attachment.

Each time he faced different scenarios with many different people from the blue planet begging him to stop and not go. There were even some people who claimed to be his parents and begged on their knees so he could just get home and receive their love.

But Ye Chen had clearly let go of the blue planet; if not for the fact the trial provoked his old memories, he wouldn't even bother thinking of anyone there. He was, after all, going to die and had been long prepared for this.

However, this didn't mean others would have it easy. Especially the one who came from the mortal world, as some even failed at the first hundred steps of trial.

As for Li Mei and them, they were at the front doing fine except for the little girl Wang Yiyi, who had family in the mortal world.

No matter what, there was a difference between living and dead, so she was having difficulty while climbing; nevertheless, she persisted.

Liu Jiarong, Lin Xian'er and other disciples from the Wu family were no better, as most of them also came from mortal families.

If anyone was having it easy, then it was Ye Chen, Lan Ming, Su Ying, Ji Feng, and a few others from different powers who had no relations in the mortal world. Of course, Zhu Dong was included in this; nevertheless, the number of children from cultivation families were less so the majority of the disciples started to get eliminated from the trial.

Just like this, the number of disciples fell below six hundred.

"Sigh, even after using my cultivation to climb, I still failed the next trial."

"Don't be sad; at least you left your mighty name on the stone tablet."

The disciples on the ground assured the failed one while many tried to climb up with their cultivation. Now everyone knew that they could recover at the tenth trial, while the further one didn't rely on the strength, so they were free to climb however they wanted.

Hence why the number of disciples on the stairs didn't decrease too much.

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"Looks like the little girl is not having it easy.," Ye Chen frowned slightly as he saw Wang Yiyi struggling with the attachment trial.

She was just a sixteen-year-old girl so he didn't care about her failure; however, she was his soon-to-be maid's disciple so how could he watch her fail?

But before he could take action, the little girl's face flashed with resolve, and she successfully managed to pass the hurdle. However, once again her face became cloudy as the next scenario was much more difficult.

Not only her but even Li Mei was having trouble as her dead parents begged on their knees and requested her not to leave them.

Li Mei understood this was nothing but an illusion; however, her heart trembled whenever she saw the faces of her parents. Although they didn't love her, it's not like they abused her, so she had managed to live a little good life with them and had received one or two gifts.

Hence it was hard for her to make a decision.

Of course, this was not for them but for herself. She didn't want to leave a heart demon, which would interfere with her cultivation, but she didn't understand how to deal with this, as she had never been in such a situation before.

It was at this moment a voice rang in her head.

"The trial of attachment only wants you to give up mortal desires and the mortal world, not your emotions," Ye Chen transmitted his words directly into Li Mei's head when he saw her frown getting harder and harder.

He knew very well what she could be dealing with, so it was easy to guide her.

Hearing his words, Li Mei's confusion instantly cleared as she understood the biggest mortal desire was to live together with the close ones.

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However, cultivators couldn't do that, as they had to retreat for a month, a year, or even a decade. But this didn't mean they don't have emotions or do not love their family and partners; it's just that they will have less time to meet up with them, even if they were cultivators, not to mention mortals.

After understanding this, the illusion of her parents disappeared, and she returned to the step where she was standing. Her expression was firmer and her gaze locked on the figure ahead smiling at her.

However, she didn't let the joy take over, as there were still more than five hundred steps in front of her to complete the trial of attachment.

There were more mortal desires after all, such as to die a peaceful death, which really goes against cultivators fighting for immortality.

After instructing Li Mei, Ye Chen looked at Lan Ming and others. If they needed his help, he didn't hesitate and guided them with a few words.

Even Liu Jiarong, Lin Xian'er and others who helped with the fight against the heretical and fallen sect were included.

However, surprisingly, he didn't need to guide others too much except Lin Xian'er, who was the youngest in the group.

If anyone knew what he was thinking, they would definitely curse him, as they were also having a hard time, but he was just letting them figure it out the hard way.

But Ye Chen cared none about their expression, even Li Mei's and Wang Yiyi's.

He had, after all, gone through all of the steps and knew what kind of thoughts they would face so as long as it wasn't something that could make them fail, he would leave them to face it.

"Let's start the next trial." After feeling a force trying to push him down, Ye Chen understood he couldn't waste any more time and decided to start the next trial.

Swoosh!

Once again, a thousand steps lit up and the view in front of him changed as he appeared in a dark room where a man was tied up with ropes.

"The trial of regret!" Ye Chen instantly understood what the twelfth trial was because the man in front was tied up by him.

As for why? It's because the man was a weapon scientist and held a lot of secret information about the enemy.

By common sense he shouldn't feel regret for killing an enemy; however, the problem was he had been fighting for a week in another place and had forgotten about the man. By the time he recalled there was a weapon scientist locked inside the enemy dungeon, the man was dead because of starvation.

This was the first time he regretted his actions because the weapons the man was researching were sci-fi ones and he would like to make one for himself. But all of his dreams had gone down to hell with the death of the man.

"Sigh, I even regret it now. Why didn't I feed him then?" Ye Chen shook his head with pity, and then instantly after this, a feeling of self-blame came over him. Clearly, the trial was making things hard for him.

However, he had already forgiven his actions, so the self-blame disappeared in an instant and once again the view in front of him changed, taking him back to where he was.

After this, Ye Chen didn't hesitate and climbed further. The whole path was filled with regrets, as he had bombed the layers of weapon scientists, which resulted in no sci-fi weapons or mechas.

Of course there were some serious regrets too, such as how he failed to lose his virginity because of a mad female doctor who tried to steal his organs.

"Hiss, why do I feel cold?" Ye Chen shivered suddenly and looked back to find Li Mei and others giving him a cold look.

Was his expression that obvious? But his back was towards them so how could they see his regret over not losing his virginity?

"Aye, the sixth sense of women is really terrifying," he mumbled with a faint sigh and moved forward through the trial.

However, now his expression was not as enjoyable as it was before but slowly and surely getting harder.

Li Mei and others sensed the change in him and suddenly became worried.

But if they knew he was regretting the beauties he missed courting, they would surely curse him to death.

Of course, Ye Chen had clearly left his previous life behind, so he didn't care about the past regrets and mistakes; however, this didn't stop him from enjoying the tour of his previous life, where he had regretted not buying his favorite porn magazines.

But was this all of the regret he has? Clearly, there were some serious ones, such as when he had taken the life of someone for the first time and he did this at the age of ten, when he was tasked to sentence a few prisoners to death.