Chapter 25: Difference

The drizzling rain fell on everyone. Those with cultivation were fine, but some mortals without Spiritual Power to protect their bodies got soaked. When a cold wind blew, they couldn’t help but hug themselves tightly.

Shen Qingyi sat in an inconspicuous corner. The rain soaked her whole body, but she did not feel particularly cold.

She let out a breath and wiped the rainwater from her face.

She was probably used to it.

Without Spiritual Power cultivation, she could not block the rain on her body.

The rain kept falling, on and off, until midnight.

Many people nearby were already sneezing from the cold.

Some who had Spiritual Power cultivation were eventually soaked as well.

They could not maintain a Spiritual Energy Barrier with their Spiritual Power all the time; that would drain their Spiritual Power too much.

Almost everyone present was now soaked by the rain, except for those disciples of the Lingdao Sect.

Sneezes rang out one after another.

Some people who couldn’t stand it any longer gradually started to complain.

“Brother, I’m cold.”

On a spot of ground not far from Shen Qingyi, a brother and sister hugged each other tightly.

“Brother, when will the Lingdao Sect’s test begin?”

“Sister, hold on! Think, if we just get through this, the test might start soon. If both of us pass the test, Grandpa waiting at home would be overjoyed!”

The little boy gritted his teeth, enduring, and held his sister tightly in his arms.

A female cultivator, a bit older, not far away saw their faces, blue and purple from the cold, and couldn’t help feeling pity.

“Hold on a little longer. I think the Lingdao Sect’s test started the moment we stepped into this place.”

Thinking of this, it wasn’t just her. So now, except for some truly irritable, impatient people who couldn’t think straight, most waited quietly where they were.

Having calmed down, they began to notice that although there were many people present, most were mortals without cultivation or cultivators whose cultivation hadn’t passed the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

The Qi Refining Fourth Layer was a dividing line after a cultivator entered the Qi Refining Stage.

Only after the Fourth Layer did one truly begin Cultivation, and entering the Foundation Establishment Stage was considered truly stepping into the path of Cultivation.

Before the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, apart from being a bit stronger and having slightly better speed and strength than ordinary mortals, they weren’t much different from mortals. Sometimes they couldn’t even defeat some mortal martial artists.

And the test-takers this time certainly were not those whose cultivation stopped at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

So it was very likely the Lingdao Sect had separated them, dividing the test-takers into several stages.

However, after comforting the siblings, the female cultivator couldn’t help but glance toward Shen Qingyi, who wasn’t far from them.

Actually, it wasn’t just her who noticed Shen Qingyi; many others had noticed Shen Qingyi too.

Even Shen Qingyi herself became aware of her own abnormality.

Even if she wanted to pretend to be a little cold, her rosy complexion didn’t really look the part.

Shen Qingyi’s abnormality was also seen by the Lingdao Sect disciples. Now, the group of Elder Peak Masters in the meeting hall also saw this scene through the Water Mirror.

“That little girl is quite interesting.”

That rain was not just ordinary rain. After a long time, even those who had cultivated would feel cold from the soaking rain. But when the cold inside the body reached a certain limit, that chill would no longer continue to enter the person’s body.