24 Ten Thousand Steps!

Ouyang Ruoxue didn't notice that there was someone not far behind her, and he was staring at her.

After another while, Lin Bai followed Ouyang Ruoxue and climbed over 2,600 steps.

Ouyang Ruoxue had caught a glimpse of someone behind her but didn't pay much attention to it. The higher they climbed, the more challenging it became.

Ouyang Ruoxue didn't have the energy to care about that anymore.

Lin Bai realized that he was still very relaxed. He was far from reaching his limit.

However, Ouyang Ruoxue was becoming exhausted and struggling to climb up. Every step she took became slower than the previous one, and her entire person seemed to be in slow motion.

And because she was wearing very tight pants, her butt was tight, and the cleavage in the middle was very obvious. Because her movements were slow, the movement of her butt was very tempting.

At that moment, Ouyang Ruoxue was gasping for breath as she climbed the 2,800 steps. Her forehead was sweating, and her neck was covered in sweat.

Despite this, Lin Bai felt comfortable and had not yet reached his limit. He felt that he could still take three steps at a time, but he still wanted to follow behind Ouyang Ruoxue.

2,900 steps!

He was close to reaching the 3,000 steps set by the Sect Master. As long as he passed the 3,000 steps, he could consider joining the inner sect. In other words, there might be other assessments.

Some people's goal was to surpass 3,000 steps, which would be considered a victory.

Even Ouyang Ruoxue was the same.

Ouyang Ruoxue was thrilled to see that she was only a hundred steps away from her goal. However, the higher she climbed, the more resistance she encountered.

She noticed Lin Bai from the corner of her eye and felt that he looked somewhat familiar. She seemed to have seen him somewhere before but had no impression of him. However, she also observed that Lin Bai was not struggling to climb much, and was following her from a distance, which made her a little surprised.

But with victory in sight, she didn't have the energy to dwell on it and continued to climb upwards.

2,950 steps!

2,951 steps!

Ouyang Ruoxue was already gasping for breath and was somewhat disheveled. Her body was drenched in sweat, and her clothes were wet with perspiration. At this moment, she didn't have enough spiritual energy to dry her clothes.

2,970 steps!

Ouyang Ruoxue's face was slightly red. The pressure was too great, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. She was wearing white tights, and her sweat flowed down her butt, wetting her pants.

Lin Bai was surprised to find that Ouyang Ruoxue seemed to be wearing too tight clothes. She didn't wear any underwear under her pants.

Ouyang Ruoxue's slender legs crossed each other from time to time. Her white tights were drenched in sweat, and her butt was completely exposed.

At this moment, there were only the two of them in the vicinity.

Several figures could be seen hundreds of steps below, and several more could be seen hundreds of steps above, as everyone was moving very slowly at this point.

Lin Bai felt like he could climb three steps at a time, but he was still walking behind Ouyang Ruoxue at a leisurely pace.

3,000 steps!

Finally, after climbing three thousand steps, Ouyang Ruoxue sat down on the ground, panting heavily. As she looked back, she saw Lin Bai standing on the 20th step, watching her.

She then looked at her clothes, and her expression instantly turned cold. She took out a cloak from somewhere and draped it over herself.

Lin Bai was a little embarrassed. He quickened his pace and took three steps at a time. He quickly climbed the Path-chasing Stairway.

"This speed..." Ouyang Ruoxue was dumbfounded. She saw the speed at which Lin Bai was climbing. She thought that Lin Bai was the same as her, climbing with great difficulty. She didn't expect him to be pretending.

However, this speed also shocked her.

At the same time, she instantly understood why Lin Bai had been following behind her. It wasn't because he was struggling to climb, but because he had ulterior motives. The realization made her face turn pale and her body shiver with coldness.

Lin Bai quickly climbed up, and he discovered that he could climb four steps at a time. He continued to climb four steps at a time.

When he reached the 5000th step, he realized that he still had a lot of strength, and his spiritual energy supply was sufficient.

Only then did he realize that he had underestimated his body. He wouldn't have known if he hadn't tried.

6,000 steps, 7,000 steps.

When he reached the 7,000 steps, he saw a young man slowly climbing up the stairs.

The young man also noticed Lin Bai behind him. He turned around and looked at him. He was a little surprised. This person was Chen Xiaojie.

An outer sect disciple who could climb up to the 7,000 steps was extremely rare in the Human Immortal Sect.

Moreover, Lin Bai's speed was so fast that he was even a little faster than Chen Xiaojie.

Chen Xiaojie felt challenged and increased his climbing speed by circulating his spiritual energy.

At this moment, on the high platform of Zhudao Peak Square, the Sect Master's gaze was fixed on Chen Xiaojie. When she saw Chen Xiaojie climb to the 7000th step, she revealed a look of approval.

However, immediately after, she saw Lin Bai catching up to Chen Xiaojie at a very fast speed. She could not help but be stunned.

The other elders also saw this scene.

"Haha, looks like the luck of our Human Immortal Sect is about to rise."

At this moment, Lin Bai also saw Chen Xiaojie. There was no one else above Chen Xiaojie.

To be able to climb this high, cultivators not only needed a certain level of cultivation but also had to have a good physique and talent. Some cultivators with a higher Qi Refinement level than the two of them might not be able to climb this high.

"How about a bet of one thousand spirit stones to see who gets to the ten thousandth step first?" Chen Xiaojie suddenly proposed.

"Okay!" Lin Bai's eyes lit up. He didn't want to let the free spirit stones go to waste.

The two of them quickly resumed climbing.

Chen Xiaojie concentrated all his spiritual energy in his body and climbed quickly, while Lin Bai silently chanted "one thousand spirit stones" in his mind, and his climbing speed was still very fast.

8,000 steps!

9,000 steps!

9,500 steps!

Chen Xiaojie was depressed to find that Lin Bai had already left him far behind.

Chen Xiaojie was already starting to struggle, and his speed was slowing down.

Lin Bai also realized that his speed had slowed down. Now, he could only take two steps at a time.

9,900 steps!

He was only 100 steps away from the 10,000 steps to enter the inner sect.

Lin Bai could only proceed step by step from this point on.

Chen Xiaojie was left several hundred steps behind.

"What?!" Sect Master Yue Xiyun was surprised to see that Lin Bai was so far ahead. She paused briefly and then flew towards the Path-chasing Stairway with a golden aura surrounding her.

The few elders behind her also noticed it. They looked at each other and followed suit.

10,000 steps!

Just as Lin Bai was about to step up the 10,001 steps, he realized that the pressure did not seem to be something he could withstand now.

After all, he was only at the seventh level of the Qi Refinement Stage!