My mother is the white moonlight of the cultivation world.

"Knock knock knock!"

"Xiaoyue! Wake up! This is amazing news!"

The urgent knocking almost shattered the door. Hua Yue, with her hair all messy, groggily opened the door.

"What's wrong...?"

Zhou Ye, the son of Zhou the Hunter from the village, stood at the door, his face flushed with excitement, gesturing wildly: "Town! A hermit has come to town! He says he wants to take on a disciple! Hurry up and get ready, let's go see him!"

A celestial being taking on disciples?

Hua Yue's mind cleared up a bit.

A thought struck her: the journey to find her father had to be put on the agenda. Besides, the family's food supplies were running out, and after being frightened by that monster yesterday, she dared not go back to the back mountain.

"Okay! Wait for me a moment!"

Hua Yue slammed the door shut, rushed to the basin, and looked at her reflection in the water, her hair a mess and her face covered in dirt. The scene of her breakdown in front of the bronze mirror last night was still vivid in her mind.

No! Absolutely not!

She washed her face carefully and then spent a great deal of effort to straighten her naturally curly hair.

The town square was already packed with people, with a long queue stretching out like a dragon. At the front of the queue was a high platform with a sparkling crystal ball on it.

A disciple of the Wuji Sect was weakly shouting:

"Wang Ergou, no spiritual root, next!"

"Zhao Cuihua, with the three spiritual roots of metal, wood, and fire, stay."

Hua Yue was in line and almost fell asleep listening to the audio.

"Next, Hua Yue."

Finally, it was her turn. She nervously placed her hands on the cool crystal ball, just like the person in front of her.

hum!

A dazzling green light shot into the sky, and a rich life force instantly spread out.

The previously listless immortal master on the high platform suddenly sat up straight, staring at the crystal ball, his voice trembling: "This...this is...a top-grade wood spirit root! Keep it!"

A collective gasp of envy and amazement rippled through the surrounding crowd.

Before Hua Yue could react, she was asked to step aside.

Next up was Zhou Ye. "Gold and Fire dual spiritual roots, stay."

"Great, Xiaoyue! We can all go to the Immortal Sect now!" Zhou Ye excitedly ran to her side.

Hua Yue smiled slightly, but she was still a little confused. The cultivation world was so vast, where could she find her father?

Just then, an even louder scream erupted from the rear of the group!

"My God! It's a mutated spiritual root!"

"A top-grade ice spirit root! Yet another top-grade one!"

Hua Yue followed everyone's gaze and saw a delicate and frail girl remove her hand from the crystal ball and write her name on the register.

Ye Xinrou.

A loud "boom" rang in Hua Yue's mind, and long-buried fragments of memory were blasted out.

Ye Xinrou?

Why does this name sound so familiar...?

She suddenly realized that she seemed to have transmigrated into a melodramatic cultivation novel that she had once read!

Ye Xinrou is the female protagonist in that novel who suffers both physical and emotional torment!

Hua Yue quickly went through the plot in her mind, but there wasn't a single character named "Hua Yue" from beginning to end.

I should be just a nameless passerby.

"A-Ye, come here." Hua Yue pulled Zhou Ye aside, lowered her voice, and said with a frighteningly serious expression, "Listen to me, after you join the sect, stay away from that girl named Ye Xinrou! And whatever you do, don't mess with the men around her, understand?"

"Huh? Oh, oh..." Zhou Ye was completely confused, but he still nodded vigorously. "Xiaoyue, don't worry, I'll listen to you."

Hua Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She remembered it clearly; a large part of the novel was about the tragic love story between the female protagonist Ye Rouxin and her aloof master.

but……

Hua Yue then recalled a key setting in the book.

In the novel, there is a stunningly talented and beautiful immortal in the cultivation world, whose surname is also Hua.

She couldn't remember the exact name, only that the female lead, Ye Rouxin, attracted the attention of various big shots because her temperament and personality were somewhat similar to that of the white moonlight. Even her arrogant master was rumored to have had a crush on this white moonlight.

This led to the subsequent series of heart-wrenching love stories where "you treat me as a substitute, but I love you to the core."

They both have the surname Hua... Could they be related?

Hua Yue shook her head, deciding not to think about it anymore; it was too much of a headache.

All the children who passed the test were taken to an open area.

The leading immortal master casually tossed out a small boat model the size of a palm, chanting incantations. The small boat grew longer in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it became a giant flying boat that could accommodate a hundred people, hovering steadily in mid-air.

The children gasped in surprise and rushed forward.

"Xiaoyue, look! We're flying! The house looks so small!" Zhou Ye leaned over the side of the boat and waved excitedly at her.

"I...I'm a little afraid of heights." Hua Yue waved her hand, her face pale, found a corner, squatted down, and clung tightly to a pillar.

The airship was extremely fast, cutting through clouds and fog.

After an unknown amount of time, the ground suddenly trembled beneath my feet, and I came to a stop.

Before my eyes, clouds and mist swirl, creating an ethereal atmosphere, and a white jade staircase, its top invisible, leads straight into the depths of the clouds.

"This is the ladder to immortality. You will walk up to it yourselves, and the mountain gate will be at the end."

The leading immortal master said these words expressionlessly, then transformed into a streak of light and flew away, leaving hundreds of teenagers looking at each other in bewilderment.

Another test?

Hua Yue's heart skipped a beat, and the plot of the novel immediately came to mind. This Ascension Ladder tested not only physical strength and willpower, but also mental fortitude! The steps were filled with illusions; one wrong step, and all was lost!

She grabbed Zhou Ye, who was eager to try, and whispered in his ear in a serious tone, "Ye, listen carefully! When you're on the ladder, no matter what you see or hear, don't turn around or pay attention!" Zhou Ye nodded in agreement.

Not long after they stepped onto the Ascension Ladder, a thin mist separated everyone from their figures.

Hua Yue took each step with remarkable steadiness.

"Xiao Yue".

A gentle, familiar voice came from behind.

"Xiaoyue, are you tired? Come here and rest for a while." Huayue paused for a moment.

It was her mother's voice.

She instinctively wanted to turn around, but a thought instantly tightened in her mind!

Hallucination! It's all a hallucination!

She quickly covered her ears, but the sound was relentless, drilling straight into her brain. Hua Yue quickened her pace, almost burying her head as she rushed upwards.

"Hmm, this is interesting." Above the clouds, Hua Yue's figure was clearly reflected in a water mirror.

A handsome man dressed in fine clothes and holding a folding fan chuckled and tapped the fan lightly in his palm.

His name was Mo Ze, and he had a special family bloodline that allowed him to vaguely sense strong emotional fluctuations in others. He could "see" the illusions that the little girl was experiencing.

"She's Second Senior Sister's daughter..." Mo Ze waved his fan, the curve of his lips becoming increasingly meaningful.

"Truly worthy of being the young master of the Gu family, his character is truly remarkable!" Nearby, elders from other sects repeatedly praised another figure reflected in the water mirror.

"That girl named Ye Xinrou is pretty good too; she's actually the second one to almost reach the finish line!"

Someone called out to Mo Ze, "Peak Master Mo, you don't have a single disciple yet. Aren't you going to take a look at these two promising talents?"

Mo Ze didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, and lazily waved his fan: "No need."