Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile

"You get out of the way! I placed my eyes here first!"

"Humph! Do you think I am some pushover? Take my punch!"

"Haha, bring it on!"

Bang! Boom! Bang!

Suddenly a fight erupted between two disciples. Then soon ten others also started fighting for the first place.

Everyone wanted easier questions; furthermore, with the ability to steal acknowledgment bands from the defeated, their fighting intent only increased.

Of course, not all of them were fighting, especially the top ten. Well, with almost everyone related to Ye Chen, no one dared to provoke them.

They could go after Xue Feng; however, watching him being friends with Fatty, everyone had to drop this idea. This left the fifteen disciples with no choice but to fight among themselves.

"Cough! You bastard!" At this moment a male disciple is lost.

"Haha, wanted to take my place? You deserve it. Now give me your acknowledgment bands." The opposite male disciple laughed as he extended his hand towards the wrist of the defeated.

Swoosh!

His hand did not even touch when an acknowledgment band disappeared from the defeated wrist and appeared on his.

Seeing this, the male disciple was surprised, then he frowned because he only got one rather than every band he was thinking of.

"You can only get one band of acknowledgment from each person no matter how many times you defeat them."

It was at this moment the old man spoke with an evil smile.

Watching him like this, many disciples couldn't help but shiver and wondered if this was going to be some cruel trial where the elimination rate would be high.

'As expected, things aren't that simple,' Ye Chen muttered in his heart when he saw the old man like this.

Previously the old man had told him the next trial was related to talent. Although he did not say it entirely, still it was, however, that Ye Chen had yet to see any of the sculpture spirit questioning or checking his talent.

Which meant there was still something that the old man had yet to tell.

Nevertheless, Ye Chen did not care too much about this and continued to gain acknowledgment from the sculptures of lions, tigers, snakes, humans, and such.

There was no one who dared to cause trouble for him or anyone related to him, so it was easy for him to get acknowledgments. Even Li Mei and others did not have too much trouble, as they were either first or early. So, the questions they got asked were not difficult.

However, as soon as they gained fifty acknowledgments, things started to change because now they did not get questions but a task to achieve. Some of them were even mastering a martial art or cultivating in front of them so the spirits could assess their talents.

It was easy at first but the more acknowledgment they had, the more difficult tasks they received from spirits. Such as Li Mei was asked to lay down a formation while Lan Ming was asked to refine a pill. As for Su Ying and Wang Yiyi, they were both asked to cultivate and reach perfection in their current cultivation stage.

Fortunately, all of them had skills so it was easy. Even Su Ying and Wang Yiyi did not face any problems because they had consolidated their stage already and all they had to do was make sure there were no problems in their cultivation.

However, this was just one of the things they were asked to do. There were more, such as resisting the killing intent, meditating for an hour without letting their thoughts stray, the illusion test, testing stealth and strength, comprehending a technique within a few breaths, etc.

Some of the tasks clearly could not be completed, especially the comprehension and mediating ones. So, they also failed a few times and with no chance to fix mistakes, they could only continue forward while defeating someone to gain the missing acknowledgment band.

Just like this, a few hours passed by and except for nine disciples, everyone else gathered hundreds of acknowledgment bands.

"Good, your performance is really good." The old man nodded with a smile and then flicked his sleeve.

Swoosh!

In that instant the nine disciples who had failed were teleported away.

"Now that you have received the acknowledgments, it is time to refine them. All you have to do is sit down and focus on the bands on your wrist. Each of the bands contains a hidden surprise for you; however, whether or not you can get it will depend on how talented you are and also how smart you are," the old man announced, leaving everyone stunned.

"Just like last time, you have five hours! If anyone fails to refine all of the acknowledgments, you will be disqualified from the inheritance trial, no matter who it is! So be careful," the old man stated, glancing at Ye Chan and then everyone else.

Knowing that there was not much time, everyone sat down and followed the old man's instructions.

In that instant one of the acknowledgment bands on their wrist illuminated with a golden color, after which everyone's consciousness was pulled into a different place.

"Illusion? No, this is too real to be an illusion."

As soon as Ye Chen arrived in an unknown place, he observed his surroundings first. He was inside a dense forest and seemed to feel everything, even the sense of smell. However, there was something off, but it was too hard to figure out what it was.

ROOAARR!

At this moment a deafening roar rang out and a sense of fear struck inside his heart.

"This? How am I feeling fear? No, it's not me," Ye Chen shook his head and finally noticed what felt off.

It was the control! No matter what, he can't control his body or even calm his heart. It took him a long time to realize this because whatever was happening seems to be a memory of someone who took similar actions as him. Furthermore, this memory was displayed as if he was the one who made every action and there was nothing wrong.

If not for the fear, he wouldn't be able to figure out what was happening.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Suddenly a noise of rustling leaves was heard from a distance. Listening to this, the first thought in Ye Chen's mind was to hide and his body moved automatically to do this.

However, he was not the one who really thought of hiding it; it was the decision of the person to whom this memory belonged. Nonetheless, because of some unknown effect, Ye Chen felt he was the one who did this, despite knowing he was experiencing the memories of someone.

Hiss!

At this moment a large white snake as big as a water stream passed through from the front. After this, more fierce beasts followed, going in the same direction as the big snake with an excited look.

The owner of the memories saw this and understood there must be treasure that had appeared or a new beast king was born. Thinking of this, the owner couldn't help but hesitate a lot before finally deciding to follow the fierce beasts.

It did not take too long, and the owner arrived in the area where the fierce beasts gathered in herds. This was a really terrifying sight, as more than a thousand fierce beasts had appeared, and each one had the cultivation of the foundation establishment realm and above.

As for the reason they appeared? It was not a treasure because of the fight between two fierce beasts. One of them was a ferocious tiger as big as three stories tall, while the other one was a bear with the same height.

ROOAARR!

Suddenly the bear roared once again and lunged at the tiger with momentum. However, the tiger just glanced at the bear with disdain and attacked with a simple claw.

But no matter how simple the claw was, it held double the momentum of the bear, and although it looked like it was moving slowly, the attack was fast, swift, and filled with intent to kill.

Witnessing this, the owner of memories got goosebumps and at this moment the owner touched on enlightenment. It was not the long one but a short one where the owner understood the essence of tiger's claw.

After this, the owner continued to witness the further battle with expectation, understanding more about the claw of the tiger. Even Ye Chen gained a few things as he experienced this.

ROOOAAARR!

The tiger finally won and then declared its victory by stepping upon the corpse of the bear. There was not even a need to guess anything, as the tiger's action was meant to deter every fierce beast and let them understand what their fate would be if they challenged him.

Witnessing such a scene, a strange feeling welled up inside the owner's heart.

It was subtle at first, but as the owner stared at the victorious tiger standing atop the bear's corpse, something clicked inside—