The fear.

As soon as the pressure stopped, Hui'er and I were teleported out of the hall, not giving me time to see how many people managed to endure until the pressure.

As soon as the dizziness passed, I realized that we were in a different place again. All people of different ages also appeared around us.

Different from before there are some giant platforms floating above me, these platforms had runes everywhere, forming a type of matrix that I do not know.

This time there were no people in white or red, but people in black.

"Congratulations to everyone who arrived here, whether they passed previous tests or not. This is the third test of the Sect, where you will face the deepest fears in your heart." A woman in black stepped forward and started to explain.

"Remembering that if you failed to pass either of the two previous tests, if you miss this one you can give up joining the Sect this year." I heard some screams of despair from the crowd, but I paid no attention to them.

The most fearsome fears in your heart? ... What are my fears? ...

"To pass this test it is necessary for you to defeat at least one of your deepest fears. No one will be able to see your fears and below you on your platform will appear the round you are in." The woman in black continued to speak the rules of this test, which made me even more concerned.

"Those who want to start the test, get on one of the platforms. I wish everyone the best of luck." The woman in black concluded as she slowly disappeared, as if it were an illusion ...

I looked around, I didn't find Hui'er or anyone from Clan Li. Everyone was quiet and not moving, waiting for someone to step in first.

Despite being a little worried, I refuse to be a coward like them, so I took a step forward and with the help of a Rune that made me float, I reached above one of the platforms.

The platform is large and comfortable and in several places there is a place to sit, there are around 30 of these places. I took what seems most comfortable and best.

As soon as I sat down, some information entered my head, information like.

Put your hand on the platform and start to go into deep meditation.

It was a simple piece of information, which I followed without much doubt. I felt like the platform was starting to warm up and then I opened my eyes.

I was no longer sitting on the platform, but in a completely dark place and somehow Li Xue and the little seed of life are beside me.

"Li Xue?. Seed of Life?." I look around anxiously, ready to face whatever my fear is.

But there was nothing ... Nobody ...

I looked at Li Xue and the seed of life and they also disappeared, leaving me alone in this place.

Despite knowing that this is a test, my heart started to race ... Yes ... This is certainly one of my fears.

Loneliness.

In all my previous two lives, the thing I remember and regret the most is the fact that I die alone.

I didn't have friends, I didn't have people I cared about, .. Even the family in my previous two lives just forgot me.

Loneliness is something that I am afraid of and that I do not want to repeat in this life.

I started walking through my mind and strange visions appeared and disappeared. Visions about Hui'er hating me, visions about Mom and Dad not caring about me ... Visions about how I am left alone to face the whole world again.

The pain in my heart was huge, I felt like it was going to break at any moment.

That was until cold energy circulated through my body. I got to see the spirit of Li Xue and the seed of life slightly.

Yes ... Li Xue and the seed of life never left me, they are part of me ... Not only that, I believe in Hui'er, she is different from everyone I met, I trust her, I know that she will never leave me.

Not only are they Mom, Dad, Uncle Mao ... They are all people I love but also those I trust, is everything we have been through so far just a passing action?

I do not believe it ... I much prefer to believe that I will never be alone again, even if it is only a dream I believe that as long as I go after it it will become a true thing.

The darkness around me started to fade after I thought of everything. Li Xue and the seed of life are now completely visible.

I managed to feel that I went through the first fear.

As soon as the darkness disappeared completely, a cave full of crystals took its place.

I recognized that It was the last place I was before I died in my second life.

In the sky an enormous amount of thunder and lightning were gathering, forming something completely terrible.

These thunders reminded me of what caused my death in my second life. Although I am not afraid of these thunders, I do not feel able to face them ...

Thunder, lightning and whatever else was in those skies, started to take the shape of a dragon which made me shudder.

"None of this is real ..." Despite the fear of death, despite remembering what happened, despite the lightning and thunder being right above me, I didn't back down, this is not real and I'm quite sure that I won't to die.

Li Xue and the seed of life appeared beside me.

"I didn't face you with all my strength in my past life, even though I knew you would still kill me, I just stood there waiting for death. This time is different, I will face you head on... It can come with everything." I scream with all my might towards the sky. The rays, as if I understood what I said, came down with everything forming the head of a gigantic dragon.

"COME." I screamed even louder, when Li Xue unleashed all his power in the form of energy filled with the Ice element. The seed of life has not been left behind and has also released all of its energy.

Li Xue's ice energy covered the wooden energy of the seed of life. I did not stay behind and joined these two energies in my sword, it started to glow in ice blue and lush green, these two energies continued to enter this sword nonstop to the point that it started to come together at the tip.

The lightning dragon soon came upon me, a terrible force, as strong as I remembered, causing destruction in everything. But this time instead of accepting death, I held out my sword and faced the dragon head on.

When that happened everything disappeared, be it the dragon, Li Xue, seed of life, my sword and any energy I had, I felt that I lost all my cultivation ... I felt unable to cultivate ... In front of me were Hui ' er, Mom, Dad, Brother Lei, all showing themselves to be strong and now with destructive powers ... They reached the peak of cultivation, and I ... Being just a mortal ...

In front of me two choices came up.

Kill yourself and get the ability to cultivate in your next life.

Or.

Give these fruits to the people in front of you, killing them and gaining the ability to grow again.

I looked at those two choices sadly ... Losing the ability to cultivate is certainly one of my biggest fears.

But after going through two lives I realized that this is not what I really want.

The question here is not how I can gain the ability to cultivate again, but how I can live with that fear now.

In my second life I looked for every opportunity to grow properly, yet I died unhappy. Not because I died before I managed to fix my cultivation, but because I died exactly as in my first life, with no one by my side.

This time, even if I have cultivation, even if I have an obsession with being stronger, I much prefer to live without cultivation alongside Hui'er and my family than to kill myself or kill them.

As soon as I gave my conclusion everything disappeared again and now I was surrounded by water, water so cold it started to freeze my skin, a dizzying pain hit me, I couldn't breathe, in fact the water entered my lungs.

For a second despair hit me, before I was changed to calm, I let the pain, the cold and the water in my lungs hit me.

I'm sure I'm afraid to face it again, but being afraid is different from getting up and facing it, even though I'm afraid I know that one day I'll go through it again, I will gladly accept it and face it with all my strength when it happens.

Everything disappeared again and now I am facing a body ... Hui'er's body ... A dead and lifeless body, full of deadly wounds.

Not only she, but also Mom, Dad, Uncle Mao, Brother Lei ... I look at everything with pain ... Even though this is not real, I still feel responsible ... This is because I promised myself that before something happens to them, it will have to pass me ... I refuse to be the last to die.

I look around and realize that whoever the enemy was, is now dead. I get up and freeze me completely with the energy of Hui'er. That is my motivation, before something happens to them, it must happen to me first.

Everything disappears again, but this time I open my eyes.

I went back to the platform, looking around I realize that it is completely filled with people. And I am sweating very cold.

Below me 5 blue stones shine without stopping. I notice that several people around look at the stones with surprise and awe. A pain occurs in my arm and two more small symbols appear, showing that I have successfully completed 2 more challenges.