"Sigh!" The Elder sighed helplessly, "If you don't listen to the advice of your elders, you'll suffer the consequences right before your eyes! Young people nowadays are so impatient, completely lacking self-awareness, only knowing how to act tough! Now look, you've lost your life, are you satisfied?"
Every assessment would feature a similar situation. After nagging for a bit, he waved his hand, "Carry her away!"
"Yes." A disciple took out a straw mat, swiftly wrapped Miao Miao up, and carried her off to the Mass Grave in the Back Mountain in a flash.
...Midnight.
"(?′?`?),~"
Miao Miao yawned, pushed aside the straw mat, stretched her arms and legs, and slowly sat up.
"Mmm~~ This nap was so comf— Huh!?"
The moment she opened her eyes, her brain instantly froze, leaving her stunned in place.
After a moment of processing: "Wait, where is this place?"
Looking around, the surroundings were eerie, and the weeds were taller than a person. Not far away, crows were cawing on that Crooked-neck tree.
Miao Miao frowned deeply: "Could it be that I've transmigrated again?"
Otherwise, why would she wake up from a nap only to find herself in a place that looked like a Mass Grave?
Just as she was questioning her existence, she inadvertently noticed someone lying not far away.
Miao Miao walked over and kicked them: "Hey, Buddy! Wake up quickly, stop sleeping! It's not safe here."
However, the other person seemed determined to sleep there; she called out several times, but there was no response.
She lifted the straw mat to check and discovered that this person had already passed away peacefully.
"So, I really am in a Mass Grave? Could it be that those people thought I was dead because I fell asleep and just dumped me here in the Mass Grave?" Realizing everything, Miao Miao felt a mix of amusement and frustration.
It was just sleeping a little too soundly, how could they be so arbitrary as to throw me directly into the Mass Grave! I'm speechless!
However, one thing was worth mentioning: after soaking in that pool for a day, her body felt lighter than ever before, and her Physical Body Strength seemed to have increased.
Miao Miao muttered to herself: "It seems I need to find ways to soak in that pool more often in the future."
Forget it, no time to think about that now. I need to get out of here quickly before I pick up bad luck.
The Mass Grave was too vast. After wandering around for a long time, Miao Miao actually got lost. Helplessly, she could only shout at the top of her lungs: "Is anyone there!? Quickly take me out! This creepy place, I'm a little scared... Someone! ~~Helpme!"
"—Help! Is anyone there!! If any Buddy hears this, please make a sound, hey, thank you!"
"...Ouch, who is it? Who left their Skull Cap here? Have some decency, you scared me..."
"Holy crap! A ghost!" A disciple patrolling nearby trembled all over upon hearing her voice, turned around, and ran.
He hadn't run far before he bumped into a white-robed Old Bastard with an Immortal-like and Dao-like bearing.
Several people immediately knelt down: "Greetings, Sect Master!"
The person who arrived was none other than the Luoyun Sect Sect Master—Mo Changfeng.
"What is the matter that causes such panic?"
Faced with the inquiry, several people replied fearfully: "Sect Master, there seems to be... something unclean in the Mass Grave!"
"Yes, that sound, it was so miserable!"
"Something unclean?" Mo Changfeng frowned. "Alright, I understand. You may leave."
After dismissing the disciples, he leaped up, transforming into a Stream of Light, and headed straight for the Mass Grave.
Sure enough, he saw a Ghost Shadow with long, flowing hair wandering under the moonlight. At a glance, it didn't look like anything good, so he immediately roared: "Halt~~ What kind of evil spirit dares to cause trouble in my Luoyun Sect?"
Miao Miao was choked with anger: "What evil spirit? Old Man, open your eyes and look clearly, I'm perfectly alive, okay!"
"Hmm?" Mo Changfeng moved closer to look and saw that it really seemed to be a living person, and quite a lively one at that.
He subconsciously asked, "Why are you in the Mass Grave?"
"You have the nerve to ask me?"
Getting angry just thinking about it, Miao Miao put her hands on her hips and replied indignantly, "I was taking my assessment just fine, and you all dragged me here without asking any questions! What's the meaning of this? If sleeping isn't allowed in the pool, you should have said so earlier!"
Being dragged to the Mass Grave at the slightest disagreement really made her furious.
"You mean, you were sleeping in the Heart-Questioning Pool?" Mo Changfeng looked at her with shock.
"So what?"
"No, you... wait a moment!!" Mo Changfeng seemed to sense something, his expression suddenly changing. "You don't have the Aura of the living on you! Uh... no, nor the aura of the deceased? Speak! What kind of Monstrous Talent are you!?"
"I..." Fearing he would treat her like an alien creature to be dissected and studied, Miao Miao's eyes darted around. "I actually cultivated an ancestral Secret Technique that outsiders cannot perceive."
"Is that so?" The Old Man narrowed his eyes, seemingly unconvinced.
Having lived so many years, he had never heard of such a Secret Technique.
He felt that the person before him exuded a strange, indescribable aura.
Miao Miao seemed to read his thoughts and chuckled: "The world is vast; it's normal that you haven't encountered some things. People grow step by step by constantly encountering new things, wouldn't you agree with that logic?"
The Old Man pondered her words carefully, nodding slightly: "Although I suspect you might be tricking me, ...it does seem to be the case. What is your name?"
"Miao Miaomiao."
"Miao Miaomiao?" The Old Man murmured the name twice, inwardly complaining, "What a strange name, who gave it to you? Anyone who didn't know would think you were imitating a cat's meow..."
"Shh~" Miao Miaomiao quickly made a shushing gesture toward him, her expression extremely serious. "Speak carefully! The one who named me is someone you absolutely cannot afford to offend, really! I advise you not to mock it, or you won't have a good outcome."
Mo Changfeng clicked his tongue: "That mysterious?"
"Uh-huh~" Miao Miaomiao didn't elaborate on that topic with him, waving her hand. "Alright, hurry up and take me away from here! It's so dark and gloomy, don't you find it creepy?"
"Follow me." Mo Changfeng led the way, and Miao Miaomiao hummed a tune, following behind him swaying like a goose.
"By the way, did I pass the assessment?"
Mo Changfeng thought for a moment and nodded: "Once the Spirit Root test is complete tomorrow, you can officially join the Sect."
"Then just test me now, wouldn't that finish it? It's just a small thing, why wait until tomorrow?"
Mo Changfeng's face fell: "Necessary procedures must be followed! How can they be changed because of you? Alright, you go down now, remember to gather outside the Grand Hall early tomorrow."
What an obstinate Old Man! Miao Miaomiao secretly shook her head, hands behind her back, and disappeared from his sight.
Watching her retreating figure disappear, Mo Changfeng narrowed his eyes and stroked his beard: "Quite an interesting little fellow."
He then went into the Grand Hall and sent a Sound Transmission to the Elder in charge of the assessment: "Elder Qin, come to the Grand Hall immediately."
Not long after, Elder Qin rushed into the Grand Hall: "Sect Master, why have you summoned me so late? Is there something important?"
"Mm," Mo Changfeng nodded slightly. "Among this batch of disciples undergoing the entry assessment, is there one named Miao Miaomiao?"
"Yes." Elder Qin had a strong impression of Miao Miaomiao and said regretfully, "I initially thought she was a promising talent, but unfortunately, she overestimated herself and courted death in the Heart-Questioning Pool."
"Is that so?" Mo Changfeng smiled mysteriously. "Then what if I told you she came back to life?"
"Came... came back to life?" Elder Qin was stunned, then shook his head again. "How is that possible? I personally checked her; her aura was completely gone, her heartbeat stopped, she couldn't have been deader!"
"Ah, you! Your thinking is too rigid." Mo Changfeng picked up his teacup and took a sip. "I can tell you with full responsibility that she is indeed alive; I just personally led her out of the Mass Grave moments ago."
"This..." Elder Qin was immediately speechless. Resurrection, for some powerful figures, was indeed not a major issue.
But she was only at the minor Qi Refining stage, how could she achieve that?
"This girl is quite strange; perhaps she is a talent worth cultivating. Add her name back to the roster!"
"Understood." Elder Qin nodded, took out the list of assessment disciples he carried with him, and added Miao Miaomiao's name back on.