Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

A severe headache woke him up from his deep meditation.

He opened his eyes and let the world rush in.

The sun was high in the sky and the sky was clear... It was still the familiar sky, the sky inside the dome.

This is the Dingling Hall, which ranks second among the hundred halls of Lingshan. The heaven and earth in the hall are unified, and the land veins of Jiuzhou are used for its own use. It provides endless spiritual energy for the retreaters. It is the most famous cave paradise in the world.

And he is retreating here to seek a wonderful golden elixir that can reach the heaven of the immortal world.

As the last disciple of Song Yijing, the owner of Lingshan, he naturally enjoys the most favorable practice environment in the world, and has enough confidence to successfully condense the elixir in a maximum of three months, becoming the youngest golden elixir real person in the immortal calendar.

Lingshan is the leader of the Jiuzhou immortal way. The founder Chicheng is the first ancestor of all immortals who ascended to the immortal world and established the heaven. The current mountain master Song Yijing is truly the first person in the mortal world... With such a multi-faceted background, his path to immortal cultivation should be smooth sailing.

But now it seems that the matter of condensing the pill seems to have reversed. He should not have woken up so early, and he should not be confused after waking up, as if he had lost a lot of memories, and his limbs were even more soft and weak. The true essence that should be filled like a surging river and sea is also close to being exhausted, and the Dantian Jade Palace is still empty.

This is not only a failure in condensing the pill, but also a complete failure, as if he had returned to the early stage of foundation building overnight.

However, he did not feel discouraged, as if there was no setback worth being discouraged in the world.

If the pill fails to condense, then condense another one... It's just that the materials for the pill prepared during the retreat have been exhausted, and the decline in cultivation has also hurt the foundation to some extent. Although the spiritual energy in the hall is full, it is not suitable for healing.

Thinking of this, he struggled to get up and said casually: "Ascension Record."

The next moment, a gentle golden light bloomed beside him, and an apricot-yellow book floated in front of him. The cover was written with the words "Flying Ascension Record" in a simple font, and below was his personal signature.

"Oh, Wang Luo."

Seeing the familiar handwriting, he finally got rid of the chaos in his mind and remembered that his name was Wang Luo. He was born in Lingzhou, a beautiful paradise, but was affected by the war in the mortal world when he was young. Fortunately, his master Song Yijing passed by and saved his life, and took him back to the mountain to practice, which opened up his supreme fate.

And the Ascension Record in hand is the proof of the fate.

Every Lingshan person who enters the mountain will get a copy of the Ascension Record given by the mountain master. It is not only the identity certification of the Lingshan people, but also the supreme magic weapon to assist in practice. It has many functions and great magical powers, enough to accompany the practitioners all the way to ascension.

And what Wang Luo wants now is the most basic communication function.

"Sister, I failed to condense the pill, please comfort me."

When he encountered problems in his practice, his first reaction was not to ask for help from his master, because although the mountain master Song Yijing was the best in the world and was sincere to his closed disciples, he had practiced for more than 400 years and was only one step away from ascending to heaven, so he had no time to be distracted by worldly affairs.

In fact, the one who really guided Wang Luo in his practice was the senior sister Lu Zhiyao who taught on behalf of the master.

A truly extraordinary person.

As the first disciple of the mountain master Song Yijing, Lu Zhiyao's talent and talent are unquestionable. Before Wang Luo entered the mountain, she was recognized as the most talented person in the world. When she condensed the pill, she was proficient in all arts, and her achievements were not inferior to the immortal ancestor Chicheng.

But in his memory, there was actually very little content about the senior sister's teachings, and more were pictures of daily companionship.

Because Lu Zhiyao's daily life was too clear and strange.

When Wang Luo first entered the mountain gate, he was led by Song Yijing to meet the monks of Lingshan. Everyone was either enthusiastic or cold, but they were always proud of their status and kept etiquette.

Only Lu Zhiyao uttered a soft moan: "There is a shota!?"

Then she picked up Wang Luo and lifted him up high.

In one move, she threw Wang Luo hundreds of feet into the air, leaving an unforgettable first impression on the little boy who had just entered Lingshan.

After returning from the platform of reflection in disgrace, Lu Zhiyao was still arranged to teach on behalf of the master, but in addition to guiding the practice, she always liked to tell some strange stories.

There are many inexplicable words in the story, such as shota and gay. There are also many stories that are not in accordance with etiquette, such as shota and gay.

When Wang Luo didn't understand, Lu Zhiyao would explain kindly: "For example, you are a shota, and Song Yijing is a gay."

Although every time she explained like this, the mountain owner Song Yijing would be furious, but Lu Zhiyao could always escape from the anger of the world's number one man, and then tell Wang Luo more bizarre stories.

Those stories happened in another world, where there were unfamiliar terms that were confusing, such as the single fat house manager; there were social organizations that were very different from reality, such as the book resource exchange group; however, besides being bizarre, this world was self-contained and fascinating.

…

While subconsciously recalling the wonderful stories of his senior sister, Wang Luo waited for the other party's response.

A long silence.

Wang Luo didn't care, because Lu Zhiyao was a busy person who couldn't sit still. She was either making trouble or being chased by her master Song Yijing after making trouble. She didn't have the habit of replying to messages immediately.

If you can't find your senior sister, you have to settle for the next best thing.

"Master, I failed to condense the pill. I'm going to get another pill. Please approve it."

However, after a long time, there was still no response from the Ascension Record.

Wang Luo frowned and began to contact the third person.

"Uncle, I failed to condense the pill. I can't contact my master and senior sister for the time being. Can you please approve a copy of the materials needed for condensing the pill on behalf of my master?"

Then there was a long silence, and Wang Luo finally realized that something was wrong.

It was okay that his senior sister and master lost contact, but his uncle Song Yiming, as Song Yijing's twin brother and acting mountain master, was online 24 hours a day and responded to every request. It was just that his personality was more conservative and upright than his brother, so Wang Luo usually didn't look for him.

But there was no precedent of not being able to find someone.

Thinking of this, Wang Luo vaguely felt that there might be some explanations for his failure in condensing the pill... and these explanations could not be produced by closed-door work in the Dingling Hall.

So he closed his eyes and concentrated, integrating his still confused consciousness into this world.

Open the door

In the dark, he issued an order.

Then the clear sky suddenly opened up, and a ray of fairy light shone from the dome.

In a moment, Wang Luo was already standing outside the Dingling Hall, with his feet stepping on the broken jade bricks in front of the hall, which felt delicate and slightly cool.

I don't know if it's a side effect of the failure of the pill condensation, but the sky outside the hall, which is always clear, now looks gray, as if it has a cataract filter. Looking around, the green mountains surrounding the Dingling Hall are now covered by a vast sea of ​​clouds.

This scene reminds Wang Luo of the idea of ​​his senior sister two years ago to draw the spring water from the Lingshan Mountain to make the immortal happy water. As a result, she made a mistake when inflating the pill furnace, and the furnace exploded on the spot, making the whole mountain full of sweet mist... Although the mist was cleaned up by the acting mountain master Song Yiming at the first time, the birds and beasts in the mountain have suffered, and they have generally gained weight, and many monkeys can't climb trees.

But soon Wang Luo realized that the current situation is not the same.

This vast sea of ​​clouds did not disperse at all, and it seemed that there was something that made him feel uneasy hidden in the sea of ​​clouds. Looking around, the familiar mountains and temples behind the clouds were faintly ferocious...

This was very unusual. As the last disciple of the master of Lingshan Mountain, there was no reason for him to feel uneasy on the land of Lingshan. And the people of Lingshan did not want to put themselves in such a strange and ferocious situation.

So he immediately called up the Ascension Record and sent a group message.

"What happened? *3"

After a long time, there was still no response, which made Wang Luo take a breath.

Although Lingshan has always had a sparse population, with only a hundred people at its peak, and it was reduced to a mere 20 people in Song Yijing's generation, each of them had extraordinary talents, and their opportunities and luck were amazing. There were also secret magic weapons inherited from Lingshan that brought unexpected surprises to people...

How could they lose contact collectively? ?

Theoretically, even if the demons in Chidang Mountain in Mozhou came out in full force and surrounded the mountain with thousands of demons, Song Yiming only needed to take two disciples to control the mountain protection formation to easily wipe out the demons.

What kind of accident could cause such a group of Lingshan people to lose contact collectively?

With deep doubts, Wang Luo put down the Ascension Record and stepped deep into the clouds.

He was going to Qiling Hall to find the answer. It was the first of the hundred halls in Lingshan and the center of Lingshan. What happened in this first fairy mountain in Jiuzhou would be clear at a glance when he arrived at Qiling Hall.

From Dingling Hall to Qiling Hall, you need to go through a rugged and steep mountain road. According to Wang Luo's normal cultivation, he could easily fly through the clouds, but now that the condensation of the pill has failed, not to mention the decline in cultivation... the clouds in the mountain also made him unwilling to move.

Strictly speaking, this milky white mist is poisonous. When Wang Luo was in it, he felt the skin on his chest and back tightened slightly, and his eyeballs were a little dry... If it were an ordinary mortal creature, staying in the mist for a while, his flesh and blood might melt.

But even if his true essence was exhausted, his body was still the body that had been tempered for a hundred times, and he was extremely resistant to abnormal conditions. This slight discomfort did not affect his actions.

Soon, he crossed the mountain road and arrived in front of the Qiling Temple.

Except for the ubiquitous mist, everything was the same as in his memory, the neat and flat square in front of the temple, the eight invisible Taoist statues symbolizing the supreme Taoism, and the most important thing, the Lingshan Qiling Temple, which seemed ordinary but firmly occupied the highest position in the mortal world.

When he walked to the front of the temple, he saw that the door was closed, which made him frown again.

The Qiling Temple has an extraordinary status. Only the mountain master can open and close the door of the temple, so for convenience, Song Yijing never closes the door at all.

In theory, if you are not the master of Lingshan Mountain, it would be extremely difficult to open this door... even if you are a real immortal.

But at this moment, Wang Luo suddenly saw that the tightly closed door of the temple slowly opened in front of him.

At the same time, the Record of Ascension flashed beside him without being summoned, and opened by itself. Under the gentle golden light, several unfamiliar words slowly and surely appeared on the pages.

[Detected the inheritor Wang Luo, and started the inheritance program. ]

[Ling█ Mountain ███ Error... The inheritance program was unexpectedly interrupted, and the backup program was started. ]

[Completed the inheritance of the mountain master, confirmed the transfer of the mountain master's authority. ]

[Confirmed that Wang Luo is the 84th generation of the mountain master of Lingshan. ]

At the same time, the door of the Qiling Hall finally opened completely, making a dull sound, as if hitting a heavy drum in Wang Luo's sea of ​​consciousness.

Even though his cognition had been tempered by the various stories of Senior Sister Lu Zhiyao, Wang Luo still felt that his cognitive ability was not enough at this time.

I just went to Dingling Palace to retreat and condense the elixir. How come in the blink of an eye, the world has become completely unfamiliar? My senior sister, master and others have all lost contact, the mountain is full of poisonous fog, and then I have inexplicably become the master of Lingshan Mountain?

Wang Luo did not doubt whether the records in the Ascension Record were true or false, because the source of this Lingshan special magic weapon was entrusted to the immortal ancestor Chi Cheng. To deceive and alter the Ascension Record, one had to bribe Chi Cheng himself. For thousands of years in the immortal calendar, even the mountain masters of all generations could not make rumors in the Ascension Record.

Moreover, as a Lingshan person, especially the last disciple of the mountain master himself, Wang Luo was particularly sensitive to the position of the mountain master.

Song Yijing trained him as his successor... Although theoretically, Lu Zhiyao is the most outstanding among the next generation of Lingshan people, Song Yijing once made a clear statement: Even if the next generation of mountain masters passes the title to a dog, they will never pass it to Lu Zhiyao!

At that time, Lu Zhiyao's secret workshop was confiscated and a large number of Song Yijing's fan works were exposed to the world, so Song Yijing's words were credible even if they were angry.

In short, when the handwriting on the Ascension Record appeared, Wang Luo clearly realized that his identity was no longer an ordinary Lingshan person.

He really became the mountain master of Lingshan.

But this is too abnormal. Even if Song Yijing really trains him as his successor, the training cycle is also counted as a hundred years. Now less than one-fifth of the cycle has passed. There are also people of the previous generation such as Song Yiming, the acting mountain master, in the mountain. How come it is his turn to be the mountain master suddenly?

To be frank, based on the inheritance order when Wang Luo was in seclusion, unless there is only one dog left on Lingshan, it will never be his turn to inherit the throne.

Fortunately, the answers to all questions are in sight. The Qiling Hall has been opened, and he can go in to explore.

Wang Luo stepped into the hall, but found that the scene in the hall was very different from what he remembered.

First of all, the space was much smaller and cramped. Secondly, in the Qiling Hall, there should have been a dazzling array of immortal artifacts, a jade map for the mountain protection formation, and... In short, there is nothing now, as if Lu Zhiyao had confiscated the house, leaving only four walls.

At this time, Wang Luo suddenly thought of a question.

According to the Ascension Record, he was the 84th generation mountain master, but Song Yijing was the 82nd generation mountain master, so who was the one in between?

During the time he was in seclusion, Lingshan had actually made a power transfer?

Thinking of this, Wang Luo opened the Ascension Record again.

"List."

Now that the Qiling Hall has become an empty room, the only clue is the 83rd generation mountain master who was inserted out of thin air... Although he already had a guess about the candidate for the 83rd generation based on the familiar writing style, the murderer became clear at a glance after flipping through the list.

However, the next moment, as the pages of the Ascension Record turned to the list, a golden light suddenly bloomed, catching people off guard.

It was a golden name.

And gold, on the list, means "this person has ascended", which is the highest honor for every mortal practitioner.

Since Lingshan was founded more than 10,000 years ago, there have been 2023 formal practitioners included in the list, of which the proportion of gold is about 10%, that is, a total of more than 300 people have successfully ascended. This is already like a dream in the context of the general environment where the ascension rate is only a few ten thousandths. But in fact, many people in Lingshan are not unable to, but unwilling to do so, otherwise the ascension rate can be even higher...

Especially with the proliferation of immortals over the past ten thousand years, the ascension rate of the entire Jiuzhou continent has risen. When the immortal ancestor Chicheng was pioneering, there might be one or two ascenders in Jiuzhou Continent every few hundred years, making Chicheng himself alone in the immortal world...But by the time of Wang Luo, the ascension rate of Lingshan has been close to 30%, and whether a person can ascend can be judged from the Jindan stage or even earlier.

For example, the mountain master Song Yijing and Song Yiming are sure to ascend, it's just a matter of time; the third uncle Zhou Fubo is impossible to ascend, and he himself has long given up the idea; the fourth uncle Hu Wanyang has the power but no intention, and can also be regarded as unable to ascend.

Among the people of Lingshan in this generation, Lu Zhiyao can ascend with his eyes closed. Second Senior Brother Fu Li is less qualified, but he still has room to struggle. It's just a matter of price and trade-offs... Fourth Senior Sister and Fifth Senior Brother have already agreed to reincarnate in the mortal world and have no intention of ascending.

However, at this time, the last page of the list reflected in Wang Luo's eyes, the part recording Song Yijing and others, is golden and clear, with almost no other colors!

From the 82nd generation mountain master Song Yijing, Song Yiming, to the seventh senior brother Xing Chong in front of Wang Luo, everyone's name is dizzy with gold.

So that the last unknown white-letter Wang Luo, the dignified mountain master, seems out of place at this moment.

"So..."

Looking at the dazzling golden light on the ascension record, Wang Luo finally understood what happened in Lingshan.

From Master Song Yijing to Senior Sister Lu Zhiyao, these people ascended collectively for unknown motives!

And the only one left behind became the master of Lingshan alone!

The series resumes after a lapse of ten thousand years, with in-depth material from the fields of Genshin Impact, Collapse, and Guanren. I hope everyone will like this story.