Chapter 4: Yunquan Temple

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In a continuous group of mountains, one of them towers into the clouds, straight into the clouds and mist on the high mountain, the sea of clouds is thick, the glow is shining, in it, it is like being in a fairyland, the magnificence is indescribable. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the foot of the mountain, a pair of dragon and phoenix pillars stand majestically, a plaque on it, there are three words of majesty and solemnity on the plaque - Yunquan Temple, standing handsomely, a winding path paved with blue bricks extends upwards and reaches the top of the mountain, the grass and trees on both sides of the path are overgrown, lush and green.

Yunquan Temple is located in the center of several surrounding counties and towns such as Longyang Town and Qingfeng Town, and thousands of disciples are sent here every year from the surrounding towns, but less than thirty percent can really stay here, because the elimination rate here is amazingly high, and only from the age of the selection is enough to eliminate half of the people every year.

There were many temple academies of this nature like Yunquan Temple in the Yan Dynasty, and they were distributed all over the dynasty, and every year they provided the highest academy of the dynasty, the Yunquan Sect, with talented and talented escort disciples.

Yunquan Sect is almost the holy place in the hearts of all the young talents of the Yan Dynasty, because only the talented and talented people can stay there, and almost all the powerful young bloodlines of the Yan Dynasty are concentrated there, and the people who come out of there will be the backbone of the Yan Dynasty in the future.

If it is said that the Yunquan Sect is to provide strong and fresh blood for the Yan Dynasty, then the Yunquan Temple is the beginning of providing blood.

The red sun rises, the warm sun blows away the thick sea of clouds in the mountains, and after a burst of sunlight, the water droplets liquefied by the mist are like pearls covering the mountains and forests, and the sunlight refracts, scattering the colorful waves of light, shining.

Eyes moved up, only to see halfway up the mountainside, a temple stands majestically, the temple is backed by the mountain, the cinnabar-colored wall stretches deep in the woods, the red two-open courtyard door is tightly closed, and the glazed bricks and tiles on the house are irradiated by the sun, sparkling, like ten thousand pearls spreading.

In the huge courtyard, on the huge square, hundreds of teenagers wearing moon-white robes are training in full swing, these teenagers are sixteen or seventeen years old, there is a trace of immaturity on their faces, they punch, the training between the palms of the limbs vibrate, even the moonlight robes are also together with the shaking of the hunting sound, hundreds of people plan their movements as one, such as the slow mountains and forests, hundreds of people shout at the same time, the cry is shocking, like thunder roaring.

The faces of these childish teenagers have a solemn look on their faces that have been maintained by training, but they are children after all, and they can't hide anything in their hearts, and there is excitement and anticipation in their smart eyes, because they know that today is ...... The outer courtyard will be better.

Knock knock.

A simple and melodious heavy bell buzzed in this huge courtyard, the bell was ancient, echoing in all directions, ringing in everyone's ears for a long time.

Just as the ancient bell was melodiously echoing, the hesitant water droplets on the square fell into the oil pot for an instant - boiling, and the young people's eyes were hot, and their faces were full of excitement, because they knew that this annual comparison of the outer courtyard was about to begin, and then all the teenagers, regardless of whether there were tutors around or not, directly ran towards the back mountain with cheers like arrows from the string, like horses on the loose.

The square that was originally very lively a moment ago became silent in a few breaths, and the huge square seemed to be empty except for a few middle-aged men who looked like mentors, and those mentors all looked at each other, and then smiled helplessly and bitterly, and then flicked their sleeves and robes, and also walked in the direction of the back mountain.

The outer courtyard will be compared, once a year, although the degree of excitement is not as good as the inner courtyard promotion competition at the end of the year, but it is also second only to it, every year there will be a new disciple in the competition, the first to emerge, if someone can win a place in the top ten in the competition, then this person may directly become a disciple of the inner court, of course, there is no need to say so certainly.

If a person really becomes a disciple of the Inner Court, then there is no doubt that this person's cultivation will soar, but how far he can go on the path of cultivation will vary from person to person.

The disciple of the inner court, as the name suggests, is a cultivation disciple who is slightly higher than the disciple of the outer courtyard of Yunquan Temple, after becoming a disciple of the inner court, whether it is in the teaching of the tutor or the provision of cultivation resources, there will be a leap forward, the teaching and guidance of cultivation has changed from the original one person to many people to many people, and the cultivation resources will also be selected from the best, even the worst inner court disciple cultivation will far exceed the first person in the outer court, after all, the resources of the inner court are much higher than those of the outer court, This is also the reason why the disciples of the outer court urgently want to become disciples of the inner court and why the foreign aid will be more lively than the reason why.

The back mountain, which was originally quiet and deep for disciples to recuperate and cultivate with peace of mind, is extremely lively today, and the joyful cries of young people echo from time to time in the secluded valley.

On a slightly flat hillside, ten stone platforms one zhang high and several feet wide stand quietly, each stone platform is blue-black, there are cracks of different sizes on the stone platform, and there are broken stones because of the cracks around the stone platform, which has obviously undergone countless shocks in the past years, and only the stone platform can be so strong.

There is a person standing on the stone platform, from left to right, the momentum is gradually weakening, and it is obvious that the more the stone platform on the right, the weaker the person's strength.

The one on the far left was dressed in a gorgeous white robe, looking like a beautiful boy of eighteen or nineteen years old, obviously he had been in the outer courtyard for a while, and his body surface faintly had the power of heaven and earth yuan, which was close to the realm of Huayuan, and he was already superior in strength and talent at such an age, and it seemed that he was worthy of his name as the first person in the outer courtyard.

The breath of the person on the far right is quite weak, and he only has the strength of the five-fold forging body, so to be specific, it should only be the mid-stage level.

Ten steps away from the stone platform, there is a wrist-thick hemp rope hanging horizontally and half a waist high to act as a guardrail line, outside the guardrail line, there are already disciples standing and watching the people on the stone platform, looking at the stone platform with a look of awe and envy in their eyes, and behind the people standing in the line, there are still people coming one after another.

There is a row of makeshift wooden tables on the right side of the stone table, the stone table is covered with red vines, and the red cloth is placed on the fruit refreshments, and behind the stone table sit eight old men, obviously these things are for them to enjoy, although these eight are old, but they are full of red faces, strong spirits, and their bodies are not too bad.

The wooden table covered with red vines in front of them should now be called the judges' seat.

"Quiet" A thunderous cheer swept across the square, and in an instant the crowd quieted down, and all the teenagers followed the prestige with awe-struck faces, only to see an old man in a blue-gray robe at the far left end of the judge's bench on the right side of the stone platform was staring slightly, and the tiger's eyes opened and closed, and the essence flowed, and the old man saw that the teenagers were quiet, and a smile appeared on his slightly wrinkled face, and then he spoke again

"This year's outer courtyard will come as scheduled, and the difference from previous years is that this year's top ten will not only get a dragon's blood fruit, but also a tiger bone grass ......."

Before the old man finished speaking, there was a pause in his voice, but he heard the whole square that had been quiet again making noise, and the voices of discussion sounded one after another, and when the young men looked at the ten stone platforms in front of them again, there was a fiery color in their eyes that could not be concealed.

"It's tiger bone grass!"

"This dragon blood fruit and tiger bone grass are all good things for forging strong bones, it seems that the top ten battle this time should be fierce enough"

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As we all know, in the path of cultivation, the foundation is the root, and in this Lingxiao Continent, the body forging realm is the foundation.

The forging body is divided into three layers and nine layers, the first layer is the first three, the main function is to strengthen the body, enhance the physical strength, and make the muscles of the body look very strong, this layer can be easily reached in the Lingxiao Continent as long as there is a little understanding and perseverance

The second layer is the fourth, fifth, and sixth layer, this layer has not changed much compared to the previous layer, some are only on the basis of the former to make the physique more horizontal, the skin is thicker, so that the skin is as hard as a rock, even more than the rock, this layer is difficult to cross a heavy, and it takes a lot of time, and this time it will be more than the prize - dragon's blood fruit can use external force to urge the medicinal power from the body, so as to speed up the second layer of body forging.

This third layer is the last three, and each of these layers is like ascending to the sky, because this layer will be forged from the body, strengthening the bone marrow, washing the meridians and cutting the veins, so as to lay the foundation for the later Huayuan realm, and this tiger bone grass, as the name suggests, has the effect of washing bones and cutting marrow.

Then you can imagine how these two things of tiger bone grass and dragon blood fruit should be sought after in the forging realm.

"Now, then, will be more than the beginning." After a pause, the old man in the gray robe spoke again, and while he spoke, he threw his right hand and inserted a stick of incense into an incense case in the middle of the judges' seat, because according to the rules, as long as the ten challenged people insist on one stick of incense, they can be regarded as successful.

Saying that they were going to start the meeting, the eyes of the teenagers became hot again, and they scanned the ten stone platforms, wanting to choose the easiest opponents to deal with.

In the selection room of everyone, I just saw a young man take the lead in picking up the waist-high cable, drilled over, and walked towards the stone platform, the people behind the young man were also slightly stunned, because they were facing away from them, so they couldn't see what they looked like, but they saw that the young man was wearing a black robe, and his strength should only be five forgings, and finally in the shocked eyes of the young people, he did not choose the last stone platform, but walked to the sixth stone platform from left to right, and then stepped on.

Some people's originally shocked eyes suddenly turned into ridicule, because in their humble eyes, the five-fold and six-fold collision of the forging body was undoubtedly an egg against a stone, and they were beyond their strength.

There is no shortage of people in the audience with vicious eyes, just like the eight old men on the judges' table think, since he has chosen, there is a reason for his own choice.

When an egg hits a stone, no one will do something that they don't have a chance of success.

The other teenagers also ignored the black-shirted young man, and returned to the stone platform again, searching for the target they could challenge, after all, there were still four people standing on the platform, and only the stone platform with a five-fold forging body was still unchallenged.

After some pushing, four people successfully squeezed through the crowd, drilled through the cable, and happily ran to the back four stone platforms without accident, and the people outside the rope were all disappointed and envious looking at the backs of the four people who also had the strength of the six-fold forging body and rushed to the stone platform in ecstasy, the only thing they could do now was to pray that one of the four failed to challenge, and then they could take the stage again.

On the sixth stone platform, a young man with a thin face and triangular eyes was standing, and a smug smile was always on his face, but at one point, his smile froze because he saw a young man in a black robe walking towards him and stepping on his stone platform.

"Who should I be, it turned out to be you, Lingxiao" The sinister young man with triangular eyes saw the person clearly, and his tone played with taste: "It turned out that looking for you, you have always been hiding or avoiding, but now it's good, I sent it to the door, I really don't know whether to say that you have commendable courage, or do you not measure it?" ”

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