What is Lin Xun doing here?

In the Great Affairs Hall, many people looked curious. 

Lin Xun headed straight to the rune material exchange area, took out his identity plate, and gave it to the old man stationed there. “I’m here to exchange for the horn of Kui Ox.”

The old man sprang to his feet, his eyes widening and his voice filled with disbelief, “You passed the Sky Stairs?”

“What Sky Stairs?” The students were bewildered. 

“The Sky Stairs Mountain. It is a mountain marked with traces of the Great Dao. It is rumored that only the most powerful geniuses in the world can scale it. Due to the difficulty of the Heaven Ladder Assessment, no one has been able to set foot on the mountain for hundreds of years,” someone explained, sparking a clamor of discussions. 

“No way! Is Lin Xun that amazing?”

“It‘s true. Didn’t you hear? He wants to exchange his points for the Kui Ox Horn. As far as I know, you can only exchange for that treasure after passing the Sky Stairs Assessment.” 

“He only reached the first spot on the Spirit Sea Gold Rankings yesterday,...