The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

[A strong will to survive has been detected in the host. Would you like to begin the main quest?]

A.是

B. It is recommended to choose A.

C. Don't bother looking at the next two; they're just filler.

D. Seriously? You're still looking? Surely no one wouldn't choose A?

Through the misty clouds, Yun Yici looked bewildered at the golden characters floating in mid-air, which appeared as if carved or cast.

What the hell?! They gave her four options, all of which led her to choose option A to start the main quest!

She didn't even have time to think about where she was or what the main quest was.

A mechanical electronic voice sounded in his ear: "Host has voluntarily chosen to activate the main quest. World loading..."

???

I didn't do it, I didn't, don't talk nonsense.

[Main Quest: Joining the Red Dust Lineage of the Nan Hua Sect has been unlocked.]

Yun Yici's vision went black, and all the golden characters that appeared before her gradually blurred as if soaked with water, eventually turning into nothingness.

When she regained consciousness, a cold young male voice came to her ears: "Just leave her here. She's already unconscious and unable to move. Keeping her around will only hold us back."

Then a female voice said hesitantly, "Brother, although I also look down on Yun Yici, we are from the same family. If we leave her here, I'm afraid the elders will think we are too heartless."

Yun Yici's eyelids twitched slightly as she sensitively caught her own name, but unfortunately, this subtle movement did not attract the attention of the other two people present.

At this moment, the male voice that had spoken first snorted coldly and said, "This is the memory space left by the memory pearl. It can't hurt her. At most, it will just make her lose her right to go back to where she belongs."

"With one less Yun Yici, we have one less competitor. This opportunity to be a direct disciple only comes once in a lifetime."

"We have already done more than enough by bringing her here. I think the elders would understand even if they saw this."

"Is being ruthless a sin, but being soft-hearted is not?"

“Awu, the path to immortality is right in front of us. If you pity Yun Yici, then stay here with her. I need to kill the evil god before everyone else, so don’t get in my way.”

After the man finished speaking, the sound of footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

The woman's voice said urgently, "Brother, wait for me."

As the woman spoke, she quickly got up and followed the man, leaving the unconscious girl lying in this desolate and ghostly village.

The girl they abandoned was pale-faced with her eyes tightly closed, like a beautiful but fragile piece of glass.

She lay there quietly and obediently, her slightly oversized white shirt contrasting against the dark earth beneath her, making her look like a handful of pure white snow.

Unfortunately, this handful of pristine snow was about to be swallowed up by the ominous fog of this desolate village.

This heart-stirring scene naturally caught the attention of the elders of the Nanhua Sect high above.

In the Jade Terrace and Silver Palace, the Sect Master of the Southern Hua Sect and the other eight Peak Masters sat upright, watching the performance of these juniors taking the exam in the water mirror.

"This person can even abandon his own sister so easily; I'm afraid his character is questionable."

A beautiful female cultivator, dressed in a light blue robe, gave her comments first.

"Elder Lin is wrong. A true villain is much better than a hypocrite. The younger generation from the Yun family this year is really interesting."

The middle-aged male cultivator beside her stroked his beard and continued, "The elder brother who is strong but heartless is a true villain, while the younger sister who is willing but powerless is a fake good person."

"This one lying down is powerless and a good-for-nothing."

The female cultivator surnamed Lin wanted to refute the middle-aged male cultivator's comments, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

They all saw that Yun Yici entered the recording bead vertically, and as a result, she encountered danger along with the Yun siblings, and was so frightened that she fainted.

With such a cowardly attitude, what kind of immortality do you think you can cultivate?

A handsome male cultivator beside him asserted, "It seems that the Yun family disciples this time all have flaws in their character and are not qualified to enter my Yaohua Peak."

The other five of the eight peak masters remained silent, but their expressions clearly indicated their agreement with the handsome male cultivator.

If Yao Huafeng doesn't think much of it, do you think they would?

If I take him in as a disciple, the other peak masters will laugh me to death.

The woman at the head of the table, with her hair piled high in a cloud-like bun and bright, intelligent eyes, was none other than Gu Ruyi, the sect leader of the Nanhua Sect.

She looked at the girl lying there, already beginning to be invaded by the ghostly mist, and frowned slightly, saying, "Since the trial is no longer possible, let Fuyue bring that girl out. Why let her suffer this torment again?"

The recording beads preserve real events, and those that can be used as trials for direct disciples are at least the personal experiences of Foundation Establishment disciples.

This image-remembering bead is a strange occurrence related to the evil god of the ghost village. The villagers, in their illicit worship, actually mistook the disguised demons for deities.

In the end, when almost all the living people in the village had been devoured by the demon, someone finally realized the danger and cried out for help.

Fortunately, a Golden Core disciple from the Nanhua Sect happened to be traveling nearby at the time. Upon hearing about this, he went and killed the demon with a single sword strike, which resulted in the acquisition of this image-recording bead.

Although the damage in the memory bead would not endanger Yun Yici's body, the pain of being devoured by the demon was real.

Yes, everyone present knew Yun Yici's fate after losing her mobility and having no companions to protect her—she would be eaten alive by demons.

The handsome male cultivator laughed and said, "Senior Brother Wen has always been unreliable. I'll send a disciple to fetch her."

Just as he was about to wave, Gu Ruyi said, "No need to call anyone, she's awake."

Yun Yici finally managed to break free from the darkness, and when she got up and saw the scene in front of her, she shuddered.

The night was pitch black, without a single star, except for a solitary, eerie moon hanging high in the sky.

The dilapidated village houses nearby were deserted and shrouded in black fog, with a stench so foul it was nauseating.

Where the hell am I??

The moment the thought crossed Yun Yici's mind, her memories provided the answer.

She is a member of a collateral branch of the Yun family, which is one of the forces that are affiliated with the Nanhua Sect.

She is currently undergoing a personal training trial at the Nanhua Sect, hoping to gain the favor of a certain peak master of the Nanhua Sect, and the goal of the trial is to kill an evil god.

Just now... she was abandoned by her clansmen who participated in the trial with her because she had lost her usefulness.

Wait, the Nanhua Sect?

Isn't this the sect of the female and male protagonists in the novel she read yesterday?

Yun Yici steadied himself and noticed a line of small characters floating above the scene in the upper left corner of his vision.

Main Quest: Join the Hongchen branch of the Nanhua Sect.

Progress: -100%

It wasn't a hallucination; Yun Yici rubbed her eyes, and the words were still there.

Wait a minute, what the heck is -100%? The mission progress can be negative?!

Before Yun Yici could react, a slender and tall figure appeared in the thick, chaotic fog before her.

Seeing the person slowly approaching her, Yun Yici looked around and quickly bent down to hide behind a nearby earthen wall.

Not knowing whether the visitor was friend or foe, she could only hold her breath and remain hidden there to make further plans.

A clear, melodious male voice rang out: "If you wish to give up this trial, you may leave this place with me now."