The next day, Wan Xuan Peak, Wan Xuan Palace.

At the entrance of the main hall, three disciples of the Winged Cicada Sect were standing respectfully.

They are three teenagers who can attract sword species, namely Wang Yan, a young man with a sword back, Lin Ping, a core disciple, and Liu Yuexi, a disciple of Yuehua Fairy.

Among these three, the core disciple Lin Ping's cultivation is the highest, and he has reached the middle stage of foundation building.

Liu Yuexi is second, and the Qi refining period is complete.

And Wang Yan's cultivation is the lowest, only the strength of the eighth layer of the Qi refining period.

"Senior Brother Lin, I don't know why the boss called us here?" Liu Yuexi looked at Lin Ping in front of him and asked softly.

In his eyes, there was a hint of admiration.

Liu Yuexi's qualifications are average, if he wasn't favored by Fairy Yuehua, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to enter the inner door.

Lin Ping's face showed a gentle smile, his eyes were like electricity, flashing with wisdom.

His qualifications are very good, and the eight-rank spiritual root is extremely talented in the entire Winged Cicada Sect.

In just thirty years, he has cultivated to the strength of the middle stage of foundation building, and his cultivation speed has surpassed that of nine out of nine people in the sect.

After glancing at it, Wang Yan, who was silent on the side, said lightly: "I heard that Elder Taishang wants to accept disciples, maybe you want to choose one of us." ”

After Liu Yuexi heard this, his eyes lit up, and then he said dejectedly: "With Senior Brother Lin here, how can it be our turn, Senior Brother Wang, do you say yes?"

Anyone can hear Liu Yuexi's admiration for Lin Ping, and as for Wang Yan, he is naturally disdainful.

Wang Yan glanced at the two, nodded, and did not speak.

Lin Ping glanced at him, and a hint of mockery appeared in the corner of his eyes.

Wang Yan's talent is not high, and his spiritual root is only five grades, even lower than Liu Yuexi.

When Wang Yan saw the eyes of the two, a trace of sharpness flashed in his eyes, and he still didn't speak.

Seeing that the two were silent all the time, they looked at each other, and they both showed boring looks, and chatted to themselves.

Half an hour later, the door to the main hall creaked open.

A voice rang out, "Come in!"

The bodies of the three of them shook visibly, and then stepped into the main hall once.

The scene inside was completely different from what I imagined, there was no Supreme Elder, and there was no master.

The eye catches the eye on a starry world, a staircase made entirely of starlight, winding its way up to the distant depths of the starry sky.

"...... this?" all three of them looked horrified.

At the same time, a voice rang out.

"The way of the sword, you need to give up everything, there is only one sword. If you have a sword in your heart, you have a sword in your hand. There are thousands of ways, a sword out, and the edge is unstoppable. ”

The sound spread out mightily, causing the stars floating in the void to tremble slightly, glittering with endless brilliance. The originally plain voice has added a bit of depth and distance.

"This way is the way of the sword, and it is also the way of the heart. ”

"If the heart is strong, the sword is strong. ”

"If the heart is not strong, so is the sword. ”

“......”

"If you embark on this path of heart refining, you can turn to the path of sword cultivation and step on the peak of the supreme power, now make your choice......" The voice stopped abruptly here.

Lin Ping looked at the steps in front of him, like a step to the sky, and hesitated in his heart.

Although sword cultivation rarely appears in the world, most people know that sword cultivation needs to give up everything except for the sword, including secret magic powers, spiritual artifact magic weapons, and only one sword ear in the future.

After a little hesitation, Lin Ping finally chose to step on the Star Ladder.

Liu Yuexi looked at Lin Ping's back, gritted his teeth, and followed.

Wang Yan slowly drew the long sword behind his back and stepped on the steps as well.

As soon as I stepped on it, I felt the surging sword qi around me, these sword qi were not chaotic, but all the sword tips were pointing downward, hanging above my head, I couldn't see it, but I could feel it clearly.

At this time, above the starry sky, there were two people suspended, it was Wei Qing and Skylark Mountain.

"Senior Brother Wei, your Star Sword Formation is really incomparable, even if it is me, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out. Skylark Mountain looked at the floating stars around him and sighed.

Wei Qing just smiled and didn't explain anything, but asked, "Senior brother, who of these three people does you think will finally reach the end?"

Skylark Mountain looked at Lin Ping first, then at Wang Yan, and replied, "Wang Yan's cultivation is worse, it should be Lin Ping." ”

"The Xingchen Sword Array is laid down by me at any time, but the sword qi around it is transformed by the sword species, not so much that we are choosing people, but that the sword species itself. ”

Wei Qing's gaze stayed on Wang Yan for a moment, and he said again: "Therefore, cultivation is not the decisive factor. ”

"Oh!" Lark Mountain asked unexpectedly, "Could it be that the junior brother is more optimistic about Wang Yan." ”

Wei Qing shook his head and said, "The Heart Refining Road is only the first level, and it has passed the test, there are more tests to come, after all, who can get the sword seed depends on their respective chances." ”

The three of them walked up the stairs of the stars, and the endless starlight sprinkled down, as if people were stretching out in the endless night sky.

The first stage, the phantom array.

All kinds of past things surfaced in the minds of the three of them, Lin Ping's eyes were red, and he shouted angrily, his hands were clenched, and a trace of blood oozed and dripped to the ground along the gap in his palm.

Liu Yuexi's whole body trembled, her face was full of fear, and her mouth let out a pleading.

Only Wang Yan was the most calm, but in the corners of his eyes, there were tears falling.

"This first stage is just for each of them to go through a period of samsara, not so much to refine their minds, but to train their hearts and make them tenacious. Wei Qing looked at the three of them and muttered in a low voice.

The second stage, temptation.

The endless spirit stones spread under his feet, and at a glance, he was dazzled by the light emitted by the spirit stones.

Liu Yuexi had already rushed forward and buried his body in the spirit stone, with a fascinated expression on his face.

Lin Ping was holding a high-grade spiritual treasure in his hand, looking up to the sky and laughing.

Wang Yan was the only one who was holding a long sword in his palm, and he was gently wiping it with his hand.

The scene changed again, all the surrounding spirit stones disappeared, the magic weapon disappeared, and even the long sword in Wang Yan's hand disappeared.

The three of them reappeared in the main hall, and the surroundings were also pitch black, and on the high platform in the center, a round ball exuding sword qi was suspended.

"That's ......" Lin Ping's eyes lit up, among the three people present, only he had the most knowledge, and he could recognize it at a glance, it was a sword species, and he flew up directly.

Just as he approached the land of Sanzhang, a powerful aura fluctuated and spread, resisting his progress.

Only a thud was heard, and his body slammed directly into a wall of qi, and he was bounced out.

Liu Yuexi and Wang Yan also reacted, looking at the ball in mid-air, their eyes burst into fine light, and they flew up at the same time.

A day later, the darkness in the hall lifted, and the three of them fell to the ground exhausted.

Wei Qing appeared in the main hall, and with a wave of his right hand, the surrounding space was sealed, and the three of them were divided into three separate spaces.

In the three spaces, three Wei Qing emerged at the same time and said the same thing to the three of them.

"Are you willing to abandon your cultivation and start as an outer disciple, and try the difficulties you have experienced before?"

(End of chapter)