"Has it stopped? this ...... How is this possible?"

The Purple Mansion monk known as "Brother Xue Dao" couldn't help but pull his white beard, revealing a look of disbelief.

This path of heart refining is enough to have nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine levels, it is conceivable that the first seventeen levels are just a start, but why did Gu Yang, who was favored by them, stop here directly?

"Heavenly Lord Jiang, what level is the seventeenth order of this Heart Refining Path?" An elder from the Longyou Li Clan from the Eight Ancient Sects couldn't help but ask out loud.

Although it is said that this new disciple of the Great Chitian, no matter what the final Dao heart is and what achievements he can have in the future, it has nothing to do with the elders and strong cultivators of these top forces, but after all, he has put his words out before and praised this Gu Yang, if he is slapped in the face at this time, his face will still be a little unpleasant.

If the path of refining the mind looked long, but it was actually used to test these young disciples, only the first few steps were useful, then at least their judgment was not too wrong.

Although it is not difficult to see others break through the steps in front of them, the possibility of the above is very small, but some people can't help but ask.

"This seventeenth order of the Heart Refining Path, I'm afraid it's not even as good as the outer disciples of the Elder Sect. ”

Jiang Chen shook his head and sighed slightly.

Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine levels of heart refining path, the first thirty levels, for the first stage, three hundred, for the second stage, three thousand levels, for the third stage, six thousand levels, for the fourth stage, nine thousand levels, for the fifth stage, above the nine thousand levels, it is beyond the fifth level, the Dao heart is firm to the extreme, even after the eternal ruin, reincarnation is long suffering, and the avenue is nowhere to be found, I still walk towards the Tao.

This last ninety-ninth level, in fact, Jiang Chen himself did not have the ability to cast, but it was because he attracted some of the power in the Hall of Conscience to create this effect, and he didn't expect anyone to be able to climb it, so he wanted to be complete.

Seventeenth order, even if you find ten mortals anywhere, there must be more than one of them.

This Gu Yang, in the previous two assessments of qualifications and comprehension, belonged to the forefront of this batch of new disciples, and he could rank in the top five, and looking at his words and temperament before, it seemed that he would not be bad in the Dao heart, and he belonged to the internal candidates.

However, if it really stops at the seventeenth order of this heart refining path, then it is not worth mentioning.

This kind of Dao heart means that if there is a slight setback in the cultivation process, it will immediately become decadent, and it will be difficult to achieve anything, Gu Yang's qualifications can only be said to be acceptable, and it is not really talented, not the kind that is worth spending a lot of effort to transform and cultivate.

"That's really me waiting to look away. The elder of the Li clan in Longyou sighed, picked up the teacup and drank two sips of spiritual tea, shook his head and sighed.

"This matter of the heart has always been ethereal, and the human heart is the most unpredictable, and it is normal for us to occasionally see things wrong. The monk surnamed Xue also said the same, and then continued to look at the water curtain with his eyes absent.

These are at least the monks of the Purple Mansion, and the discussion between these new disciples is just for fun, unless there are really disciples with terrifying qualifications, they will pay attention to it, return to the sect, family, etc., and let the elders in charge of intelligence always pay attention to the relevant news.

"Wait? This is like...... What's changed again?"

This glance made the monk surnamed Xue shout again and again, causing the others to pay attention to the emaciated young man on the water curtain again.

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On the seventeenth step of the Heart Refining Road, Gu Yang lowered his head, his figure was half-kneeling, cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, and the whole person couldn't stop trembling slightly.

The illusion reflected on the seventeenth step manifested in the air, in the eyes of outsiders, it was just a blue sky and white clouds, but in Gu Yang's eyes, it was a vast grassland, on the grassland, a supreme terrifying, blurred figure stood up to the sky, countless herdsmen trembled and worshipped him, kowtowed, and the terrifying existence disdained these people, and between the casual breath, there were hundreds of herdsmen whose eyes lost their luster and fell headlong.

This is a scene deep in the hearts of this young man who changed his name to "Gu Yang" in the Central Plains, it is the horror he has faced since he was born, and it is also the enemy who supported him to use a mortal body to travel through infinite dangers, not far away, from the chaotic grassland all the way to the Central Plains, and to the Great Chitian Qingcheng Mountain.

But now, this terrifying existence was once again reflected by the Heart Refining Road, but Gu Yang's heart was only left with despair.

What a terrifying, terrifying existence, his cultivation, his painstaking pursuit of strength, in the end, can he really catch up with the slightest trace of this demon god?

Even the most powerful warrior in the tribe couldn't hold his breath!

In that case, what is the use of cultivation?

This is a flaw in the soul buried deep in Gu Yang's heart, which was not obvious in the past, and he didn't even notice it too much, but at this time, it was clearly reflected by the heart refining path.

"Forget it...... Forget it......"

A murmuring voice of self-muttering sounded from the deepest part of his heart, persuading him to give up completely.

Now life seems to be quite good?

Living in Qingcheng Mountain, a fairy spiritual land with beautiful mountains and clear waters, safe and sound, even if it is as an outer disciple, practicing some ordinary methods for prolonging life, just live for a hundred years, and be buried here, maybe you can still have a full house of descendants and continue the blood of the tribe......

Maybe all this is what Abba and Sister want to see, right?

Such thoughts rolled in Gu Yang's mind, and his figure became lower and lower, and his resistance became weaker and weaker.

"Hey...... It's a pity. ”

Lin Fan, who was in charge of the assessment of these new disciples, clearly saw Gu Yang's current situation, although it was said that the illusion reflected by the Heart Refining Road was manifested according to the individual's mind, and each had its own differences, which could only be seen by those who embarked on this path, but the external performance, he, the host, was still clear, knowing that Gu Yang, who had first embarked on the Heart Refining Road, was about to fail.

"Oh, and the changes?"

Just when he was ready to wait for Gu Yang to completely fail and move him down, suddenly on the steps, Gu Yang's body actually stood up slowly but firmly.

Could this be that in the tempering of the illusion, he finally overcame the obstacles of the soul and refined a firm Dao heart?"

In the Hall of Morality, the elders of the Li clan in Longyou looked at this scene and couldn't help but slap their palms and smile.

"It's rare to see such a rare thing happen here. ”

The rest of the people laughed too.

On the path of cultivation, some people face a life-and-death crisis and the impact of many rivals' "Dao" and "Reason", and they may have an epiphany, take another big step on the path that has long been stagnant, and achieve higher attainments. Some strong cultivators who are close to the limit of longevity often choose a battle of life and death in order to break through.

And the Dao Heart, there is a similar situation, there are a few people under all kinds of blows that can destroy the mind, but they rise to the challenge, temper the Dao Heart more and more clearly, and from then on, I will prove my Tao with my heart, and I will no longer waver in the face of all difficulties and dangers.

But these situations are too rare, and the battle of life and death, more likely, is a direct death, and tempering the Dao Heart, in most cases, is also a direct Dao Heart shattering and staggling forward.

Unexpectedly, here, I actually saw an example.

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"You are the god of the steppe, and you can control the life and death of countless people...... But you're not omnipotent!"

"You don't even dare to step into the Central Plains!"

"Those big names on the Tiangang list must not be weaker than you, or even better than you!"

"The Great Red Heaven is the Dao Vein of the Moral Heavenly Venerable, I worship in it, practice hard, sooner or later, one day, I will let you fall from the sky to the dust!"

"Abba, Sister, I will avenge you!"

In Gu Yang's heart, he let out a howl with all his might.

And in the midst of this sound, the terrifying figure that spread all over the sky disintegrated inch by inch, and his body also straightened up inch by inch.

When he stood up straight on the seventeenth step, Gu Yang's eyes opened, and the gentle sunlight shone into his eyes again.

"What a terrible illusion...... It was only seventeen steps, and if he had just given up, there would be no hope. He said silently in his heart, and when he glanced behind him, several disciples had already approached him.

These people embarked on the path of heart refining a little later than him, but at this time, they had already caught up with him, which obviously showed that he had consumed a lot of effort on this step.

"Keep moving!"

Gu Yang took a deep breath, grabbed the edge of the upper step with one hand, and climbed up.

Another illusion struck, but this time, it didn't take much time for Gu Yang to successfully wake up from the illusion of the eighteenth staircase.

"This illusion is not very difficult. ”

After overcoming the inner demon just now, Gu Yang faced the new illusion with almost no pressure.

He glanced up at the endless staircase above him and continued on.

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The two hundred or so new disciples were roughly divided into four groups to ascend the heart path, and when they began to climb the mountain, it was still noon, and by the time everyone had stopped, it was already time for the sun to set in the west.

The roots of this sun and moon are the Taiyin Star and the Sun Star that live high in the Nine Heavens, these two stars are the most ancient stars born after the opening of heaven and earth, and they have special significance, and even many powerful innate gods have been born from above.

It is even rumored that even the Heavenly Emperor, who rules the Three Realms, has a great connection with the Sun Star.

In the nine-fold heaven, the sun star and the Taiyin star are hanging high at the same time, and there is no time of darkness, while the central world Shenzhou and many other small worlds are affected by the alternation of the sun and the moon, and there is a difference between day and night.

When dusk came, the assessment results of more than two hundred disciples also arrived in Lin Fan's hands.

This group of young disciples are willing to take the initiative to travel thousands of miles to the Great Red Heaven to seek the Dao, at least there are still some Dao-seeking hearts, all of them have crossed the thirtieth level, a few have crossed the three hundred levels, and the one who has crossed the three thousand levels and can rank fourth in terms of Dao Heart is the Gu Yang who almost stopped at the seventeenth level at the beginning, but finally broke through the heart demon and recast the Dao heart.

This Gu Yang was also talked about by the cultivators in the Hall of Morality, thinking that he would definitely be able to achieve something in the future.

And the three assessments were all over, and the number of inner disciples was also determined after Jiang Chen's brief deliberation and handed over to Lin Fan to announce.

More than 200 disciples stood anxiously in front of the mountain gate, waiting for the final result.

"The number of inner disciples, after I reported to God, has been decided, and now, I will announce the specific name. ”

Lin Fan took out a gold-inlaid brocade book for the sake of formality, and began to announce the specific personnel of the inner disciples word by word.

"The first place, Gu Yang, the assessment results, the qualifications are three, the comprehension is three, and the Dao heart is four!"

"Second place, Zhou Xiao, assessment results, qualifications three!

"Third place, Li Wanqing ......"

"Fourth place, Zhao Ziyu ......"

......

"Eighteenth, Wang Fucheng, assessment results, qualifications, understanding, and Daoxin!"

"Above, enter the inner gate, the rest of the people, wait here for a while, and I will send you back to the outer gate of Qingcheng Mountain later, and you will not slack off, and there may not be no opportunity to enter the inner gate to practice in the future." ”

Eighteen places were reported, and those on the list, especially the last ones, did not reach the level of the top three and belonged to the disciples who barely entered the inner gate, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and their faces couldn't help but show excitement, while those who were not selected were mostly depressed.

Although it is not that there is no chance of entering the inner door at the outer door, the chance is obviously much smaller, and most people do not have this confidence at all.

The inner gate and the outer gate, after seeing all kinds of things on Tianzhu Mountain with their own eyes, they all knew very well in their hearts that the gap between the two was too big.

After all, they are still young people, and these mixed expressions are all displayed on their faces.

"Wait for eighteen people, pick up the token, this is your residence in the greenhouse hall, go over and sort it out!"

As soon as Lin Fan slapped his hand, all eighteen tokens flew out and fell into the hands of the newly promoted eighteen inner disciples.

"Hehe, Brother Zhou, let's lean together. Wang Fucheng glanced at Zhou Xiao's token and couldn't help laughing.

As the last inner disciple, Wang Fucheng was so happy that he almost slapped his thigh, and couldn't put it down and looked at the token in his hand.

"Alright, let's go to the Conservatory Hall. Zhou Xiao just glanced at the token lazily, and walked in the direction of the greenhouse hall

"Brother Zhou, wait for me!" Wang Fucheng in the back hurriedly followed.

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"Congratulations to God Jiang, there is a successor to the sect. ”

After watching this assessment of the selection of disciples, many monks from various sects and clans congratulated Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen also responded casually.

At this moment, Wu Ming, the Divine Monarch of the Burning Sun, chatted and chatted casually.

"Lord Jiang, the five descendants of your faction are all rare in the world, I wonder if you can open our eyes?"