A quaint seven-story tower sits quietly on a grassy hillside. At the corners of the eaves of the small tower are a string of old wind chimes that cannot be seen in color, and when the wind blows, the wind chimes tinkle, as if playing an elegy of the years.

In the middle of the small tower, a wooden plaque eroded by wind and rain is covered with peeling lacquer, large or small cracks, as if sighing the vicissitudes of time. Three ancient characters that can barely make out the strokes are carved on the plaque.

The Tower of Inquiry is exactly the name of this small tower.

In ancient times, some of the top-ranked sects accepted disciples as first-class events, and most of them had some facilities to check the qualifications and mood of the roots.

And Tizong, as the sect at the helm of East Luzhou, naturally has these measures. Like this Asking Heart Tower, it is a place to test a disciple's Dao heart. And the Qiankun Mirror, which tests the qualifications of disciples, unfortunately with the disappearance of the previous generation of patriarchs, it is also missing.

The sect accepts disciples, one looks at the qualifications, and the other looks at the Taoist heart. Needless to say, the qualifications are not to be said, but when the Dao Heart is said, it is very mysterious. To put it simply, the Dao heart is a person's inner world's determination to become stronger for themselves, and this determines how far you will go on the path of cultivation in the future.

A group of people, reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, came to this tower of inquiry.

"Senior brother, as long as you ascend to the second floor of this ancient tower, you can become an official disciple of my body sect, you remember, when you break into the tower, you must stick to your heart, not be confused by external objects, remember to remember. ”

Li Banshan said to Chen Xiaobai with a serious face.

"Master, please open the tower gate", Li Banshan saluted the sect master and his wife, and he couldn't help but smile.

The old man that Chen Xiaobai had seen as the sect master, under the support of the old woman with a smile on his face, was standing in front of the small tower with a blue nose and swollen face, and was grinning and humming, and he didn't know what the pain was.

When he heard Li Banshan's words, he glared at Li Banshan fiercely, and then pinched the magic trick in his hand, and shot out a purple beam of light, shining on the gate of the small tower.

"Crunch, crunch" In a burst of dust, the tower door slowly opened, but through the tower door, I saw that it was gray inside, and I couldn't see even a trace of the scene inside.

"Come in, young man, I see that you are related to my sect, go in, come out and give you a name for the teacher. The old man said to Chen Xiaobai. Hearing what the old man said, Li Banshan's face couldn't help twitching.

"Hey, there's a new member to the zoo. ”

Since Chen Xiaobai hadn't passed the entrance assessment, he bowed to the old man and his wife and Li Banshan, and slowly passed through the tower gate and walked into the tower. As Chen Xiaobai entered, the tower door slowly closed.

Looking at the closed tower gate, the old face of the sect master of the body sect was lonely.

"It's been 34 years, it's been 34 years! I'm ashamed of the ancestors of the Body Sect! After such a long time, only one disciple came to participate in the entrance examination, I'm sorry for the masters, I'm sorry for the ancestors!" After speaking, the old face of Kunshan was full of tears.

"Old thing, it's not all your fault, there are 12 volumes of the treasure scroll of our body sect, and only the upper 6 volumes are left, if you hadn't worked hard to promote the 7th volume, we wouldn't even be able to keep the second-rate sect now, so you don't blame yourself. Seeing that Kunshan was sad, the old woman comforted softly.

"Yes, master, you can't be blamed for this, the Heavenly Sword Sect, which is 2,000 miles away from our sect, has also accepted apprentices in our area over the years, and they rely on the name of a first-class sect, who will come to us to practice! ”

Li Banshan also said helplessly.

"Teach them a lesson, did you kid pawn their Heavenly Sword Sword as an ornament? Yes, your kid is not afraid of beating with rough skin and thick flesh, but he can't fight back when he is beaten, isn't it even more embarrassing?"

After Kunshan heard what Li Banshan said, he wanted to kick him again.

"Hey, I think back then, my body sect, Qiankun palm, Tiangang boxing, once out, who dares to compete in this huge East Luzhou, but since the disappearance of the master, I am not angry, when your master disappeared, I only learned half a set of Tiangang boxing, how do we fight with others, hey." Speaking of this, Kun Shan let out a long sigh.

"The seven layers of conscience, the tower gathers spiritual light, and when the sky is blown up, it reunites with glory. ”

This is a sentence left by the master and his old man 3000 years ago, but for so many years, I have broken through the Asking Heart Tower dozens of times for the teacher, if it weren't for this Asking Heart Tower for a hundred years, one person can only enter once, and I can stay in it for seven days at most, I want to stay in it for the rest of my life, and go up, but I can finally enter the 5th floor, and it is more difficult to break into the 6th floor than to ascend to the sky, I am not reconciled! I know that the seventh layer has a great creation, and I can reproduce the glory of my body sect, but I can't do it!"

Kun Shan said sadly.

"I, I also broke through more than 10 times before I broke into the 4th floor, the disciple is stupid, I can't worry about the master, the apprentice should die. ”

Li Banshan also said ashamedly.

Just when Kun Shan was about to say something, the wind chimes on the eaves of the third floor of the Asking Heart Tower suddenly sounded without wind.

"Hey, good, good, mid-mountain, you find a good seedling for my Body Sect, in such a short time, you can reach the third layer, even in the heyday of our Body Sect, it is also a first-class talent! ”

Seeing the wind chimes ringing, Kun Shan happily called Li Banshan's name, put away the sadness on his old face, replaced it with a smile, and said with his hand twisting his beard under his chin.

"Hey, the master hasn't called me by name for more than 100 years, why am I a little moved!" Li Banshan's face flushed with excitement, and he also looked at the Inquiry Tower without words.

"Ahh

Under the stunned eyes of the three of them, the wind chimes at the corner of the fourth layer of eaves also rang.

"Well, this kid is a genius! Good, good. Kunshan's face turned red with excitement. And Li Banshan's face also turned red.

"I broke into the tower more than 10 times, and the best one was to rush to the 4th floor in 4 days, but this kid only used a stick of incense, and it was the first time he broke into the tower, and he slapped me in the face nakedly!"

Although there was a trace of jealousy in Li Banshan's heart, it was more joy.

"Haha, what kind of demon did I bring back! My vision is much stronger than that of my master. ”

But half an hour later, the wind chimes at the eaves of the small tower on the fifth floor rang, and the three of them all turned red and did not speak.

After a long time, Li Banshan couldn't hold back and said: "Is there something wrong with this heart tower, why is the wind chime on the 5th floor also ringing, you must know that you have only reached the 5th floor, master!"

"Get out, you little cow, this heart tower is handed down by the ancestors, how can something go wrong, you are stupid, I admit it, you are not allowed to insult the ancestors of my sect, you dare to mumble again, see if I don't beat your ass blossoms." Old Kunshan's face turned red and shouted at Li Banshan.

"Tsk, master, those boys all rumored that I was your illegitimate son, you see that you are not careful, you say that it is bad, say that it is my old son, I am nothing, but the master is here, you have to pay attention to the consequences!"

After Li Banshan finished speaking, Chong Kunshan blinked.

Kunshan, when he saw that the old woman's face beside him was a little wrong, he was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "Master is like a father, your boy's hair has not faded yet, and he is by my side when he is breastfeeding, why can't I say Lao Tzu?"

Seeing the two bickering, the old woman also "fluttered" and was happy. Seeing the old woman's happy appearance, Kunshan's hanging old heart finally fell, and secretly thought in his heart that he must let Li Banshan know the taste of stewed meat.

I don't know when, the wind chimes at the eaves corner of the 6th layer of the ancient tower also rang, and Kunshan jumped up when he saw this.

"My good man! My master is known as the Tianjiao who happens once in 10,000 years, and he has only broken through to the sixth layer, what kind of demon have you found in the middle of the mountain?"

"This kid, this kid ......" Li Banshan was also excited, and his words became incoherent.

"Well, madam, you hurry back, prepare a feast, take out the old wine that I have treasured for more than 2,000 years, today I have a great celebration of the whole sect of the body sect, hahaha, good good, this kid is good, he is coming out soon, this seventh layer has only been entered by the patriarch of the Kai faction, this kid can't break through now, but give him time, it may not be, hahaha, God bless my body sect!"

Seeing Kunshan's smiling old face, the old woman also felt sad for a while.

"How many years have this been? I can't count, I've never seen an old ghost so happy,"

"Okay, I'll go," the old woman turned, wiped tears from her eyes, and left like a gust of wind.

"Banshan, you kid did a good job, did a good job, tonight, we don't get drunk and don't go home," Kunshan patted Li Banshan's shoulder and said excitedly.

But just when Li Banshan wanted to say something, the top of the small tower suddenly shone brightly, and a pillar of colorful light soared into the sky, shining in front of people's eyes, just like day.

"I'll go, first, the seventh, the seventh......"

"Banshan, you kick me, see if I hurt, see if I'm dreaming?" Kunshan shook Li Banshan's shoulders, stared at the sky with his eyes, and said to Li Banshan.

But Li Banshan ignored him for a long time, just staring at the sky with his eyes, as if a person was suddenly stupid.