Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 130: Wang Yiyi’s Past

"Quite a long time since I saw this face again," Ye Chen chuckled faintly, feeling no pity for the dead who were in the illusion.

Although he did kill them, they were just criminals, so even his ten-year-old self didn't feel much. He was, after all, made into a weapon to kill people; if he couldn't do this, then he wouldn't be the current him now.

However, the next scenarios he faced were a lot different. The further he ascended, the harder the trial of regret became.

The war was a cruel place after all, where a lot of people perished for the safety of their family. But was that the only cruel thing?

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No! The war even dehumanized people, where some would become terrorists and would attack civilians with controlled bombs before sending them on the battlefield. No matter how tired one was, there were no ifs!

It's you and your group who die or the person in front of you.

Ye Chen had encountered many such inhuman situations, and since he was tasked with saving the bunch of soldiers, he had to make the hardest decision.

Did he regret doing this? Yeah, he did but so what? Should he live his whole life in pain?

Clearly not! The battlefield was like this and there were bound to be inhuman bastards who would also try to make others as inhuman as them.

Nonetheless, this didn't affect Ye Chen too much, as he was trained to deal with such difficult situations.

Hence, no matter how hard the trial of regret went on, he successfully cleared it. The whole reason for this trial was to face their guilt, shame, and loss. Also to forgive themselves, as only by doing this can they be free of any heart demons.

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After finally reaching the three thousandth step, Ye Chen glanced back only to see four hundred disciples left.

Many had failed at the trial of attachment and although they wanted to overcome the hurdle, they weren't able to do it no matter how hard they tried.

Most of the disciples were in their late teens and early twenties; unless there was someone like Ye Chen who had been trained from childhood, it would be hard for them to think about where they went wrong.

"The trial of regret shouldn't be a problem for Li Mei and others," Ye Chen said to himself after thinking for a while.

Everything he faced depended on the past, and although Li Mei and others should have something similar, it wouldn't be as ridiculous as him, and he was right about that, as Li Mei, Lan Ming, and others faced the regret of not chasing the beautiful butterflies and such.

Of course, things would be hard later on but since it was just a start, everyone had normal regrets.

Seeing that no one needed his help, Ye Chen didn't hesitate and climbed on the three thousand and first step.

Swoosh!

Once again, Thousand Steps lit up and an illusion appeared in front of him.

However, this illusion was a lot different from before, as a few ten beauties standing in seductive dresses appeared and started to flirt with him. They were even giving him a few million low-grade spiritual stones just for following them into their home.

"What a good deal!" Ye Chen sighed faintly at this; nevertheless, he didn't reply and ignored them.

Seeing him unresponsive, the beauties became mad and started threatening that if he doesn't come with them, then his thing will never work.

Ye Chen now really wanted to teach them a lesson; however, knowing this was the test, he held it in.

It didn't take too long and within a few moments the illusion disappeared, after which he ascended the next step without any hesitation.

Once again, he was faced with such a scenario, but with more beauties, more revealing outfits, and more spiritual stones.

"This should be a trial of desire," he spoke to himself as he understood what he really dreamed of.

Nonetheless, this wasn't a big problem for him, as he found Li Mei and others much better. But strangely enough, he had spent more than half an hour just to climb five hundred steps.

This made everyone speculate that the trial he was facing must be very hard, as it only took him a little more than half an hour to clear up previous trials.

Not knowing what others were thinking Ye Chen enjoyed the trial of desire.

If the old man who created this trial knew what Ye Chen was doing, then he would certainly die out of anger.

The trial of desire was created so one could control their greed, lust, pride, laziness, envy, anger, and gluttony. Only by doing this can they achieve a perfect state of mind for cultivation.

But what did Ye Chen do? He was clearly enjoying it as much as he could. As for the control, he already had that even before getting reborn.

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As Ye Chen was enjoying the trial of desire, Li Mei and others finally started to encounter heavy regrets from their lives.

Although their experience couldn't match Ye Chen's, it was still a lot for them, especially if they had made a big mistake or made a decision that changed their world forever.

The one who suffered here the most was little girl Wang Yiyi, as her life was filled with ups and downs even more than Li Mei's.

If one looked closely, they would even see tears glistening in her eyes; nevertheless, her expression remained strong as she ascended to the next step.

"Oh, look who is here!"

"It's Wang Yiyi, the mad girl!"

"Shh! Don't say it loudly; who knows if you might be killed?"

"Hehe, I am not her first mother, second mother, sibling, or her father. So, how can she kill me?"

Wang Yiyi appeared in the crowd, where people started mocking her.

There was one thing she had regretted most in her life and that was giving the wrong medicine to her mother.

This happened when she was nine years old, and her mother suddenly started to cough blood. Although she was from a mortal family, they were quite rich and had a lot of herbs that could cure different diseases.

But could a nine-year-old girl know what the herb was? Of course not! So she ran to get help but along the way she encountered a beautiful woman who advised her to use a certain herb; if not, her mother would die.

Of course, Wang Yiyi wasn't an idiot to believe her words but the next moment her father appeared and said to trust her.

Being a little girl, she couldn't understand what was happening and all she could do was to trust her father's words before feeding the medicine said by the woman who appeared out of nowhere.

The result? Her mother ended up in a coma.

After which the news that she fed the medicine to her mother and tried to kill her spread in the city.

She did try to tell what happened, but her father was midway through a week's journey to another city. As for the beautiful woman she described? No one saw her, not even the city guards who were cultivators!

Later they concluded she must have tried to treat her mother by herself, which resulted in this. If this was all, then it would've been fine, but a few days later, her half-sibling and second mother were poisoned.

Although not life-threatening, the blame fell on Wang Yiyi, as she had cooked a soup for herself in the kitchen that day. No matter how the little girl tried to explain, it was useless, as no one believed her.

She could only curl up and cry with regret, wondering why no one believed her. However, it didn't take too long, and she found out the reason.

It was none other than her father who had hooked up with a female cultivator and told her this personally because the female cultivator enjoyed her suffering.

On this day her heart was shattered, and she wanted to tell everyone what was happening but before she could, her father pretended to be poisoned and blamed it on her. As a result, everyone treated her as an idiot and locked her up in a room with one meal for a day.

This continued for a few days when her grandfather from her mother's side showed up with a few cultivators and took her away along with her mother.

Only he believed in her, but he was powerless to do anything because he was just a mortal. If not for the fact he owed a favor to a cultivator, he might not even be able to save her and get her mother out of the coma.

The little girl understood this and knew only by having strength could she have her revenge. But still she blamed herself for everything that happened, especially since her mother had been weak from the day of waking up.

Just as she was busy with her memories, a figure appeared in front of her, smiling brightly.

"Bad guy?" She spoke with a shocked look, not understanding how he could appear here.

Ye Chen was, of course, not here but in her mind. He knew this girl must have a hard past so he was keeping an eye on her and the moment he saw her struggling hard, he sent a part of his soul into her sea of consciousness so now he could appear here inside the illusion.