Looking from the outside, these rooms were basically identical. Except for one thing…
The outside of each room had numbers one, two, three, four, all the way up to sixty-nine, marked in blood-red.
Everyone hesitated to move for a moment.
Lin An told them to choose rooms freely.
But was it really... a free choice?
"Choosing might be problematic, but not choosing isn't an option either. I suspect that if this incense burns out and we haven't chosen a room yet, the only outcome will be death," someone said, looking alarmed.
Whether to enter Langya Palace was actually their own choice.
They had all heard that Langya Palace contained numerous treasures, and it was with high hopes that they came to explore.
But who could have imagined.
This place could kill people at any moment, and Lin An's strength was overwhelmingly powerful; they had no room to resist at all.
Breaking the rules!
Meant death!
They had never seen such a situation before.
In just a moment, some people were already starting to have second thoughts.
If they didn't actively earn points, would they be able to leave automatically by tomorrow?
Although there would be no gains, at least they could save their lives.
But whether to actively choose to leave was a matter for tomorrow. The crucial question now was, which room to choose?
Cang Yin's eyes flickered. She smiled and suddenly walked towards the room marked with the number one.
"I choose this room. Do you have any problems with that?" she looked at the others.
Feng Yu and Huo Lie's expressions changed, but they said nothing.
"Then it's settled, I..." Cang Yin was about to open the door to Room One.
Li Shuang's hand gently covered hers.
Li Shuang slowly shook her head at her, then said, "I choose this one."
Cang Yin frowned slightly. She said in a low voice, "Do you know what you're doing?"
Li Shuang calmly nodded and repeated, "I choose this one."
Cang Yin was a little anxious. She lowered her voice, "Lin An constantly emphasizes hierarchy. The choice of rooms must also be related to hierarchy. Room one is most likely reserved for the disciple he deems most promising."
Li Shuang sighed, "So, it can only be me."
Li Shuang was also helpless.
She really wasn't someone who liked to stand out.
However.
Room one was definitely hers.
If the order was disrupted, who knew if Lin An would suddenly attack.
She didn't need to challenge the rules at this moment.
Cang Yin stared at Li Shuang for a long time. "Are you sure?"
Li Shuang nodded calmly.
Cang Yin raised an eyebrow, released her hand, and said, "Fine."
Cang Yin walked to Room Two. "I choose Room Two. Nobody has a problem with that, right?"
This time, there was no problem.
Next.
Feng Yu chose Room Three, Huo Lie chose Room Four, and others also chose their rooms one after another.
Many of them already knew each other and were aware of each other's strengths. After the time it took for one stick of incense to burn, everyone chose their rooms according to their own thoughts.
As the last wisp of incense burned out, Lin An opened his eyes, a mysterious smile playing on his lips. "Have you all made your choices?"
Everyone felt a little nervous.
But the current order was already the result of their best attempts to arrange themselves.
If there were any issues...
Everyone looked towards Li Shuang's room.
This unknown person dared to jump out and claim Room One.
If anyone was to die, she would be the first.
Lin An said slowly, "I said, in Langya Sect, there is a hierarchy."
Everyone's heart skipped a beat. Here it comes!
Lin An already had a ranking in mind.
They had now ranked themselves.
What would be the outcome if they ranked incorrectly? Nobody knew.
"Some people are indeed very wrong," Lin An sneered, and sword light appeared at his fingertips.
Everyone's hearts pounded.
One person couldn't help but say, "If the mistakes of a few people cause others' rankings to be wrong, then that person should bear the consequences themselves!"
He vaguely looked in Li Shuang's direction.
The most egregiously mistaken should be this Foundation Establishment stage disciple, right?
Lin An ignored him and said indifferently, "Those whose rankings are wrong within ten places will receive a minor warning and punishment. Those whose rankings are wrong by more than ten places will be eliminated!"
His fingertip sent out a horizontal sweep of sword qi!
The disciples in 32nd and 51st place were directly struck by the sword qi, dying on the spot without even a whimper.
Under everyone's terrified gazes, two rooms were gone, leaving only sixty-seven!
After eliminating those two.
Suddenly, lightning struck from the sky, and nearly half of the people were hit by lightning!
Most people covered their mouths tightly, not daring to make a sound.
But two of them screamed out inadvertently.
Lin An glanced at these two, and then sent them out of the game.
Instantly.
The number of rooms became 65 again.
"Those who were struck by lightning did not find the correct room. Today ends here. I will check again tomorrow. If the rooms are still wrong, you will continue to be struck by lightning. After three lightning strikes, you will be eliminated," Lin An's voice fell.
Everyone's faces turned pale.
None of them had expected this.
Those thirty people who were eliminated at the very beginning were actually the luckiest. At least, they kept their lives!
The remaining seventy of them had already lost five in less than half an hour!
Cang Yin, however, couldn't help but look at Li Shuang.
The order of their first few people was correct, and no one accumulated harm.
Li Shuang's potential was actually ranked first in Lin An's mind!
A Foundation Establishment stage disciple, overpowering everyone else?
Most importantly!
Why had she never seen this person on the Genius Rankings!
Cang Yin had too many questions in her heart, but at this moment, she couldn't afford to think too much.
Lin An had already announced today's tasks.
"To earn points, three tasks are announced today."
"Task one: Clean the long steps. Reward: one point."
"Task two: Massage Elder Chen's back in the Scripture Pavilion. Reward: three points."
"Task three: Criticize Senior Sister Xia's dancing in Yanxia Pavilion as unbearable. Reward: ten points."
"After choosing, you can come to me to accept the task."
Lin An said, then closed his eyes again.
Everyone couldn't help but ponder.
These three tasks.
Based on the different points awarded, one could roughly gauge the difficulty.
The first task, cleaning the long steps, only awarded one point, just enough to stay in the sect for one day.
The second task... seemed easy to complete. But in such a strange place, who knew what problems might arise.
Only the third task!!!
Such high points!
This was definitely a suicide mission!
Even if one could complete the task, they would need their life to spend the points!
Everyone pondered, choosing tasks that suited them.
Some even decided not to take any tasks.
As long as they didn't have points, they would automatically leave Langya Palace tomorrow.
But those who chose this were a minority after all.
Dangerous as it was, the rewards were also high!
Most people still wanted to stay and give it a try.