Starting from helping someone rob a wedding, he was forced to hide in the Sunset Sect

The carriage moved slowly forward on the bumpy dirt road, and the wheels occasionally hit the small stones on the roadside, making a creaking sound. There were ten children under the age of fifteen sitting in the carriage, and they were shaken by the bumpy carriage. The destination of the two carriages was the Black Tiger Sect.

The Black Tiger Sect is a relatively small martial arts sect located in a valley on the western border of the Northern Continent.

Although there are few disciples in the sect, it is well-known because the sect leader is a cultivator who has reached the foundation-breaking stage. There is no such person in any sect within a thousand miles.

Compared with its peers, it seems more famous.

Ye Lu and Fatty Se sat in a corner of the carriage, secretly looking at the other children in the carriage. There were roughly three types of people in the carriage.

One kind was dressed in ragged linen like them, another kind was dressed in clean and neat cloth, and the last kind was dressed in brocade.

There is a sharp contrast between one group of families with poor financial conditions, one group of families with decent financial conditions, and one group of families with wealthy financial conditions.

The Black Tiger Sect has a condition for recruiting disciples: they must not be over fifteen years old.

Ye Lu and Se Pangzi are orphans from a remote mountain village. They have been orphans since childhood and were raised by the village chief.

The village chief was sixty years old and knew that he would not live long, so he used his family's last savings to arrange a carriage to take them to the Black Tiger Sect and let the two of them try to see if they could become disciples of the Black Tiger Sect.

If they could become disciples, the two of them would be able to live well in the future. If they could not become disciples, they would come back to farm and hunt to support themselves.

Horse hooves paddled the muddy ground as the carriage jolted through villages and fields, picking up all kinds of children along the way.

There were poor children wearing tattered linen clothes, country children wearing clean cloth clothes, and a child wearing brocade clothes.

After a long journey of several days, the carriage finally arrived at Black Tiger Mountain on the fourth night, where the Black Tiger Sect was located.

All the children got off the carriages. Ye Lu counted them and found that there were more than a hundred children. There were six carriages, and there were about twenty children in each carriage.

The elders of the Black Tiger Sect asked all the children to stay in two hotels in the county town, and then come to Black Tiger Mountain to take the assessment after breakfast the next day.

Ye Lu and Fatty Se live in the same room.

Ye Lu asked while lying on the bed: "Fatty Seto, the entrance examination for the Black Tiger Sect will be held tomorrow. Do you have confidence?"

"Of course they have confidence. Otherwise, how would we survive in the future? The village chief also said that he won't live long, so he let us two come out and give it a try."

Ye Lu sighed and continued to ask: "You can't say you have confidence, you can only say you are forced to do so. If you can't become a disciple of the Black Tiger Sect, do you still want to go back to that village?"

"I will go back to that village and wait until the village chief dies, then I will leave there."

"Fatty, I've seen you as a heartless person since you were a child. How come you still know how to go back to accompany the village chief?"

"The past is the past. People always change. Didn't the village chief tell us so?"

"But the village chief said that people always change, usually for the worse, not for the better."

They chatted like this for a long time until they both fell asleep.

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In front of a lush bamboo forest, hundreds of children stood there quietly, and the bamboo leaves swayed gently in the wind.

An elder dressed in black stood in front of the children. He walked back and forth, then scanned each child with his eyes.

"This year's entrance test is very simple. After passing through the bamboo forest, you will reach the foot of Black Tiger Mountain. You need to climb to the top of the mountain before noon. The first five people who climb to Black Tiger Mountain can become formal disciples, and the rest can only become registered disciples."

Most people don’t understand what a registered disciple is, but they all know that they just have to climb that mountain.

Ye Lu looked towards Heihu Mountain. The mountain was actually still some distance away from them. Whoever could get through the bamboo forest first would take the initiative.

Both crossing the bamboo forest and climbing the mountain require physical strength, and physical strength and endurance are the key to this assessment.

"Are you ready?" asked the elder.

"Ready."

"Ready!"

Ye Lu looked around. He didn't want to lose to his peers.

He and Fatty Lai didn't want to waste the village chief's hard work. If they could become disciples of the Black Tiger Sect, they could get some money to take back and honor the village chief.

"Then the Black Tiger Sect's disciple assessment begins now!"

The crowd swarmed and rushed towards the bamboo forest. Ye Lu and Fatty Se were neither fast nor slow in the crowd.

As soon as they entered the bamboo forest, the crowd dispersed immediately.

They all understand that when running, it is best to have no obstacles. There are too many people here, so they need to run separately, otherwise they will easily bump into others.

But not everyone thinks so.

Ye Lu was bumped by the kid next to him and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

He looked up at the child and wanted to say something, but the child did not stop to apologize to him.

The child looked back at Ye Lu, a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Fatty Se ran to Ye Lu, stretched out his hand and pulled him up.

"Brother, are you okay? That son of a bitch actually dared to hit you. When I catch him, I will definitely not let him go."

"I'm fine, let's hurry up and get there."

Ye Lu shook his head and brushed off the dirt on his body. He didn't expect that someone would interfere with others in order to give himself more opportunities.

They ran again, stepping on the soft grass in the bamboo forest, and the air was filled with the smell of damp earth.

After running for a while, Ye Lu and Fatty Se found an open space and sat down, breathing heavily.

"Take a break." Ye Lu panted and said, "Otherwise it will be dangerous to climb the mountain later."

This stretch of bamboo forest was too long for children like them. They were still lucky, as some children younger than them had already sat down to rest.

They rested for a while, recovered some strength, and then continued running forward.

When they finally walked out of the bamboo forest, the view became open.

The two of them stood at the foot of the mountain. The mountain was not high, only about twenty meters.

Ye Lu looked at several children who were already climbing up. Dozens of ropes were hanging on the cliff, and the rock surface was covered with thick moss.

The second stage of the assessment is to climb this mountain.

Ye Lu and Fatty Se grabbed the rope and started climbing up.

The rope was rough and it hurt their hands and even left bloody marks.

Ye Lu gritted her teeth and said, "Fatty Seto, we are already halfway up, hold on a little longer!"

Fatty Seto panted and responded, "I can still hold on, keep going!"

They continued to climb up with all their might, but at this moment, a scream came from above and a child fell off the cliff and landed heavily on the ground.

Ye Lu couldn't bear to watch any longer. If he fell from such a height, he would most likely die.

"Fatty Se, don't let go, you will die if you fall down!" Ye Lu shouted.

Finally, the two of them finally reached the top of the mountain, but it was already past noon when they arrived and they missed the deadline for the assessment. They failed the Black Tiger Sect's disciple assessment.

The two stood on the top of the mountain, the wind whistling in their ears, their hearts filled with resentment and regret.

Finally, when they didn't know what to do, a white-haired old man walked up to Yo Lu and Fatty Se.

"Would you two like to become my apprentices?" He said with a smile, "If you are willing, follow me."