Chapter 61: The Selection Begins
The morning sun on the horizon has just emerged, and the whole sky has not yet fully lit up, and the ancient Thai city is already very lively at this time, and the streets are already crowded with young men and women from all over the surrounding area who come to participate in this triennial event.
After a sufficient rest, the three of Muyang also packed up themselves at this time, and walked together with the crowded crowd in good spirits.
"Well, although this gentleman is strange everywhere, these foods are really delicious!"
Munching on the breakfast that Jun took out at random in his hand, Mu Yang couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and when he turned his head and saw Zhao Yuanbai and Mo Xiaoqi behind him quickly destroying those foods without saying a word, he hurriedly joined in the scramble.
Because after reading that information, Mu Yang had already made a decision in his heart, so the three of them identified the direction, and as the crowd slowly moved at the Baicao Gate in the north of Gutai City, it didn't take long for them to come to the location specially set up by the Baicao Gate for the purpose of recruiting disciples this time.
At this time, the person in charge of recruiting new disciples in Baicaomen had not yet arrived, but he had already been surrounded from everywhere, and as far as the eye could see, he could only see a full black pressure of human heads constantly moving, and it was roughly estimated that there were at least three thousand people.
"Hey, I really didn't expect there to be so many people!" Looking at the scene in front of him, Mu Yang inadvertently sighed.
"What's so strange about that. It seems that the three of you are attending this event for the first time. ”
Then a voice suddenly came. I saw a big man with a beard on his face and a big man who looked at Muyang and the three of them and continued.
"In fact, every time the various sects in Gutai City start to recruit disciples from outside, so many people will come, and there may be even more. After all, if you want to achieve something, it is difficult to succeed on your own without the cultivation of the sect behind you.
It's just that each sect has always had very strict requirements for recruiting disciples, and every time a disciple is selected, it can be said that there is not one in a hundred, don't look at the three or four thousand people now, and then there will be more than a dozen of these people who can be selected!"
The words of the bearded man made the three of Muyang feel shocked when they heard it, although they had been prepared for the fact that the selection of disciples by each sect would be very strict, but they did not expect the elimination rate to be so high.
They couldn't help but sigh that the path of cultivation was indeed extremely difficult, and even if people in the world rushed to it, it was always a very small number of people who might have achieved something. Fortunately, the three of them are still somewhat sure of their own strength, so they don't have much to worry about.
"Dare to ask this ...... Brother, are you here to participate in this selection as well?"
Mu Yang looked at the other party's appearance, and it was a little difficult to guess the age of this big man, so he bowed to the other party with his usual name and asked.
"Haha, I've participated twice, but unfortunately I didn't have enough talent and didn't get a green eye, and now I don't have this opportunity anymore, and today I'm just coming to join in the fun because I'm unwilling. ”
Although the bearded man was laughing freely, he could still see the unwillingness and regret in his eyebrows, and when Mu Yang just wanted to ask why the other party didn't have a chance, there was a little commotion in the crowd in front of him.
Hearing the voice, I saw three middle-aged men dressed in light-colored robes with an emerald green horse clover pattern printed on their chests appear in front of everyone.
"It's all quiet!"
A rich voice containing vitality sounded in everyone's ears, and the middle-aged man at the head raised his hands and pressed downward, and the noisy crowd instantly quieted down, and everyone looked at the middle-aged man in front of them quietly with expectations.
"I am Zhu Minghui, the deacon of the outer gate of Baicao Gate, and I am also the person in charge of recruiting new disciples of this sect this time, and the conditions for recruiting disciples today are the same as in the past, and only young people who are not more than twenty years old and are in the mortal stage or above can participate, I hope you will abide by it.
Those who do not meet this condition will be given ten breaths of time to leave quickly, don't have a fluke and want to get by, if you are detected through the bone stone and the stepping stone, you will be punished! I believe that some people in the field also know what the fate of being punished is, don't try to defy the law!"
That Zhu Minghui's tone was extremely stern, and after he finished speaking, he closed his eyes and stood with his hands in his hands, and the two middle-aged men standing behind him also made the same movement.
Mu Yang looked around and found that the bearded man had quietly walked away, and a small part of the crowd was slowly leaving here, and then Mu Yang understood why the big man just said that he would never have a chance to participate in the selection again.
After ten breaths, Zhu Minghui opened his eyes on time, glanced at the field a little, nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "Very good! Now everyone line up in turn, don't panic and make noise, because this sect is an alchemy sect, and the requirements for soul power are naturally higher, and after you pass the test of the bone stone and the step stone in turn, you can proceed to the next round of testing." Now, the selection begins!"
Zhu Minghui waved his hand, and two middle-aged people behind him stepped forward, each holding a strangely shaped stone in his hand and placing it in front of everyone.
Mu Yang is not unfamiliar with that stepping stone, after all, he has seen and seen it, but the stepping stone in front of him is much larger than that of his grandfather Mu Tianhong, and the top of the stepping stone is not engraved with "Qi Induction", but the word "Guiyuan", obviously this is a stepping stone that can test the cultivation of the Guiyuan mirror.
As for the piece that is about one meter high, it is cylindrical, the whole body is miserable white, and it is engraved with "pick", "pick one", "pick two", "pick three", and "pick three...... and other words and horizontal lines marked bone measuring stones, Mu Yang is the first time to see them, but he has heard of the efficacy of bone measuring stones.
After all, if the cultivation on the Guwu Continent is successful, it can delay the aging of the person's surface, that is, it is difficult to guess the age of the other party in terms of physiognomy.
However, the bones of the human body have been growing and changing over time, so the bone age of the human body cannot deceive others, so after some research by many refiners, there was the birth of the bone measuring stone.
With the appearance of the bone measuring stone and the stepping stone, the young man at the front of the line now pressed his hand on the top of the bone measuring stone, and then the bone measuring stone emitted a faint white light, and began to rise rapidly from the bottom, and stopped steadily at the horizontal line engraved with the words "Shilu".
"Well, seventeen, pass! You can go to the stepping stone now. The middle-aged man after measuring the bone stone said expressionlessly.
Hearing this, the young man nodded obediently and walked to the stepping stone on the other side, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and put his hand on it.
Mu Yang, who was in the back, stared curiously and found that this Guiyuan stepping stone was different from the qi induction stepping stone he had seen.
On this Guiyuan stepping stone, there are three scratches marked with the words upper, middle and lower on the Metamorphosis Mirror, which obviously marks the difference in height in the Metamorphosis Mirror.
"Seventeen years old, medium in the mortal stage. Okay, you stand in the open space on the left for a while and wait for the next round of quizzes. Next, come forward. ”
The middle-aged man who saw the stepping stone nodded slightly, and the young man clenched his fist and waved it vigorously, and the nervous look on his face finally relaxed a little.
But he still suppressed some excitement and silently walked to the clearing on the left. Immediately, the teenager at the back of the line immediately walked up and began to take the test.
"Nineteen years old, inferior in the mortal stage. Your qualifications for cultivating ancient martial arts are not enough, and you are not suitable for cultivating in this sect, so leave on your own. Next. ”
The middle-aged man standing behind the stepping stone said with a cold expression, and directly extinguished the flame of hope of the second test boy, the young man's eyes became dim, and his head hung down helplessly, his hands clenched into fists, and his shoulders trembled slightly and left silently.
"Fifteen years old, inferior in the mortal stage. Well, go to the left and wait. Next. ”
"Twenty years old, the stage of metamorphosis is superior. Yes, go to the left ......"
Mu Yang carefully observed for a while and found that as long as the age was not more than fifteen years old and reached the lower level of the mortal stage, or the age of fifteen years old and reached the middle and upper level of the mortal stage, he could pass this first round of tests.
Relatively speaking, this is relatively simple, but the key to the difficulty of thinking about the bearded man is the second round.
Although this first round of tests was relatively fast, and everyone was completed in a few breaths, there were too many people to bear, and they could only come one by one, so it was roughly estimated that it would take nearly four hours to test all the people here.
Looking at the vendors selling all kinds of snacks around the perimeter, Mu Yang was amazed by the business acumen of these people, and at the same time felt glad for those who were at the back of the line, after all, the group of young men and women who were the first to complete the test could only obediently stay in the open space on the left and did not dare to move, even if they were hungry.
But Mu Yang didn't think about it, except for a few of them who were already confident, most of the other people in the audience were extremely nervous, where would they have the heart to care if they were hungry or not.
"Hmm, the bone age is twenty-one years old! Presumptuous, there are still people who want to get away with it!"
Mu Yang, who was outside the spirit, was suddenly awakened by an angry shout, and saw a tall young man pointing at his nose and scolding from the middle-aged man behind the blushing bone stone.
"I've only been a few days away, why can't I be more tolerant, ah......"
Before the tall young man finished speaking, Zhu Minghui, who was sitting on the chair with his eyes slightly closed, suddenly waved his hand, and a vitality struck out, hitting the tall young man's body.
In an instant, the blood on the young man's body burst out, and he was knocked out with a scream, but fortunately Zhu Minghui was still merciful, and the young man didn't dare to argue anymore after he landed, and struggled to get up with pain on his face, and left with staggering steps.
"Hmph, I don't know what to say! ”
Zhu Minghui waved his expressionless hand, signaled the selection to continue, and then sat back in the chair and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.
The occurrence of this episode made the crowd who had made some trivial noises because of the long waiting time instantly quieted down, and Muyang also found that a few people went to the nearby vendors to buy food under the pretext of leaving quietly.
"Muyang, it seems that this Zhu Minghui's cultivation is very strong! But it seems to be a little too unkind. ”
"That's right, it's not going to work for a few days, Brother Yang, do you say that all the people in this Baicaomen are like this?"
Zhao Yuanbai and Mo Xiaoqi stepped forward at the same time and whispered, a little unfair for the young man in their words.
"I can't say that, after all, each sect has its own rules, and this Zhu Minghui has already explained the requirements before the selection, and they can't be blamed for being unkind.
As for this Zhu Minghui's cultivation, he should be in the Bifu Mirror, and he may even have broken through to the advanced level of the Bifu Mirror, just a deacon of the outer gate has such a cultivation, and the Baicaomen is indeed good. Okay, stop talking about it, just be patient, the first round will not be a problem for us at all. ”
"Okay!"
After listening to Muyang's words, the two continued to line up quietly and waited for their turn.