Chapter 2: Excalibur Gate

Qingzhou is located in the south of the mainland. The territory is the fourth in Kyushu, with many prolific veins, and the major sects are set up in Qingzhou.

Shenjian Sect, the only major sect that has set up a sect in Qingzhou. Specializing in swordsmanship, each disciple has a body cultivation flying sword. A large amount of sword refining materials is consumed every year, so the sect is set up in Qingzhou, which produces the most minerals.

Divine Sword Peak, where the Divine Sword Sect is located. The founder of the Divine Sword Gate pulled it up flat with a great divine power, about a thousand zhang high, and it seemed to be a divine sword that had been inserted into the clouds. Towering on the earth, overlooking Qingzhou, dominating the top of the peaks.

Today is the day when the mountain gate of the Divine Sword Gate is wide open, and it is a day when apprentices are openly accepted once in fifty years.

At the bottom of Shenjian Peak, thousands of people gathered and waited, including old and young, men and women, those who were gorgeously dressed and proud, and those who were ragged and hungry. There are also a few who stand on the flying sword and stand in the air. Because the Shenjian Sect openly requires apprentices to be under twenty years old, the old men all come with their children and grandchildren to cheer them up. The richly dressed were clearly from worldly wealthy families. The ragged ones were from poor families who had come on foot from thousands of miles away. Some of the flying swords are loose cultivators, and some are descendants of the Xiuzhen family. Looking at the anxious, nervous, and expectant expressions on their faces, they knew that they had come to try their luck in participating in the selection of disciples of the Divine Sword Sect. The disciples of the Divine Sword Sect are all selected by the elders of the outer gate in the world, and the spiritual roots are excellent and the family background is innocent and brought into the mountain gate. Only once every 50 years, anyone of the right age can participate.

A man stepped out of the crowd, his white robe fluttering in the wind, and the cuffs were embroidered with a blue sword-shaped emblem of the day. With his right hand, he threw out a spirit rune full of mana, watched the spirit rune burn slowly, and then waited without saying a word.

"See! That person is a fourth-generation disciple of the inner sect of the Divine Sword Sect. It is a quote that will be sent out, and soon the mountain gate will be wide open, and someone will take us up the mountain!"

"How do you know that he is a fourth-generation disciple of the inner sect of the Divine Sword Sect?"

"Do you see the flying sword embroidery on the cuffs? Only the disciples of the Divine Sword Sect can embroider it. The master of the Divine Sword Sect is golden, the elder is pale golden, the first generation of disciples is silver, the second generation of disciples is purple, the third generation of disciples is cyan, and the fourth generation is blue. The outer disciples are all black. ”

A groan, like a sword out of its sheath, came from the clouds and mist halfway up the mountain of Shenjian Peak. I saw the clouds and mist rolling wildly as if they were boiling. In a moment, a staircase like white jade stretched out from the clouds and mist, reaching directly in front of everyone.

"Heart Refining Ladder, everyone who can reach the top can enter my Divine Sword Gate. A voice containing Ling Ran's sword intent sounded from the bottom of everyone's hearts.

One is halfway up the mountain, and the other is at the bottom of the mountain. At a distance of several hundred zhang, it can also transmit the voice containing sword intent to the hearts of everyone. This is by no means a foundation building period monk, nor can it be a Jindan Grandmaster, only the Yuan Infant Ancestor can do such a miraculous power. Oh my God, an initiation ceremony was actually presided over by the Yuan Ying Ancestor himself, and it seems that the Divine Sword Sect still attaches great importance to the open selection of disciples once every fifty years. It is estimated that the Yuanying Ancestor will still have to observe everyone's performance in the heart refining ladder.

When Chen Shaofeng woke up from the shock, someone had already climbed the heart refining ladder. A group of people rushed forward and back, rushing forward with the first one, maybe if they were favored by a certain Jindan Grandmaster, or even the Yuanying Ancestor, they would be able to ascend to the sky in one step. Although Chen Shaofeng does not have this kind of thought, he does not want to be left behind. Then he flashed towards the heart refining ladder.

When Chen Shaofeng climbed the heart refining ladder, he found that the heart refining ladder was not as simple as he thought. As soon as I stepped on the heart refining ladder, I felt that my body was tight, and all the mana was limited to my body, and I couldn't function at all, so I could only rely on the strength of my body to climb up. And it seems that the body is twice as heavy. Although the mana could not be operated, Chen Shaofeng's physical strength had far surpassed that of the same level due to the cultivation of the 'Golden Fusion Technique', and he could even hire the strength of a middle-level cultivator of the United States Foundation. Therefore, Chen Shaofeng is still very leisurely, and even has the leisure to watch other people's performances. In the front was a man in green clothes and a man in a white shirt, followed by a young woman in white clothes, and behind were several men and women walking side by side. Chen Shaofeng is now in the middle of the team. Behind Chen Shaofeng were those children of poor families in ragged clothes, and behind them were rich disciples in gorgeous clothes.

With the passage of time, many people have either quit or rested in place, and even poor children sit on the stairs and cry with their heads in their arms. It turned out that there was a special spiritual pressure in the heart refining ladder. Those with pure spiritual roots are only subjected to normal spiritual pressure, regardless of whether they have spiritual power or not, as long as they have perseverance, they can reach the top. The dual-attribute spiritual root is subject to double the spiritual pressure, and so on, and the five-element miscellaneous spiritual root is subject to five times the spiritual pressure, and those who are not with great perseverance cannot reach the top. Therefore, some people can't bear the spiritual pressure and have to give up. As a result, the heart refining ladder was divided into several teams. In addition to the man in green clothes and the man in white shirt, there was a poor disciple with simple clothes and a strong physique. After that, there were twin brothers, followed by Chen Shaofeng and the woman in white who lived in the second-order team. In addition to this, there are several men and women who insist on following last. After that, it was not within Chen Shaofeng's eyesight.

In the end, the man in green clothes and the man in white shirt stepped out of the heart refining ladder almost at the same time. Then the simple and sturdy young man also stepped out of the heart refining ladder, and in turn, Chen Shaofeng, twin brothers, and women in white climbed to the top one after another. Chen Shaofeng is not incapable of winning the first place, but 'the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.' 'In order to be the first to know what benefits there are, it is better to be obscure. After that, one hundred and ten more men and women walked out of the heart refining ladder one after another. Unexpectedly, the last one turned out to be a fat man who was gorgeously dressed and sweaty, but he was laughing heartily.

"Okay, you come with me. An old man with a pale golden flying sword embroidered on his cuffs nodded a few words. They are a man in Tsing Yi, a man in a white shirt, a sturdy young man, Chen Shaofeng, twin brothers, a woman in white, and a girl with a sick face.

"They're going with you, so what are we going to do?" shouted the fat man, who had just passed through the heart refining ladder at the end.

"Ye Hualei, take them to Huaqing Courtyard. In the future, they will be disciples of the outer sect of the Divine Sword Sect. The old man turned his head and instructed the disciple who was sending the amulet at the foot of the Excalibur Peak.

"Yes, Elder" Ye Hualei returned respectfully, turned around and walked towards the people who were still resting, "Senior brothers, please come with me!"

"How can you be an outer disciple? Didn't you say that you can get started through the Heart Refining Ladder?" the fat man shouted loudly again.

"Outer disciples are also beginners. If you do well in three years, you still have a chance to get into the inner door. After answering, the old man turned around and walked to a large hall with the "Divine Sword Gate" hanging on it. Chen Shaofeng immediately followed, and at the same time, the people who were ordered also followed.

Chen Shaofeng and the others followed the old man into the main hall. The first thing that catches your eye is a huge painting hanging on the wall in front of you. There are only five backs in the painting dressed in five colors with different charms. The tolerance of the yellow clothes, the majesty of the green clothes, the sharpness of the white clothes, the domineering of the red clothes, and the ethereal clothes of the black clothes. Although it is a simple five backs, it vividly draws the charm on the body. Suddenly, Chen Shaofeng was startled, and found that he was only a dozen meters away from the painting scroll, but no matter how his divine consciousness extended, he couldn't get close, and it felt like this painting was not in this world at all. Ethereal, close at hand but far away. It can be seen that this painting is not a simple thing.

Directly below the painting, an old man in a yellow robe sits upright, with a yellow crown and long beard, a slightly yellow complexion, majestic and majestic, and a majestic momentum of his own. Looking at the golden flying sword on his sleeve, he knew that this old man was the master of the Divine Sword Sect. There were also more than a dozen old men sitting on both sides of Mu Wuxian, and these old men were also looking at Chen Shaofeng and the others with interest at this time.

"You and the other eight people, because of the excellent performance of the heart refining ladder, are specially accepted as the children of the inner door. Now for you to identify the spiritual root and cultivate. As soon as the low and majestic voice fell, eight old men walked out from both sides of Mu Wuxian, and walked towards Chen Shaofeng and the others.

Chen Shaofeng's hand tightened, and a spiritual power like a magma eruption flowed down his arm towards the dantian. The meridians through which the spiritual power passes are not as hot as they imagined, but instead make people feel warm in the early summer sun. Make people comfortable and reluctant. The spiritual power turned around in the dantian and withdrew from the body along the same path. In a moment, everyone had been identified. Wait for the dispatch of Mu Wuxian.

"Lin Zixuan, pure wood spirit root, twelve layers of qi refining high-level, attributed to Hui Jian Peak. (Man in Tsing Yi)

Bai Junpeng, pure gold spiritual root, twelve layers of qi refining high-level, returned to Heavenly Sword Peak. (Man in white shirt)

Wang Dachuan, pure earth spiritual root, mid-level of the twelfth layer of qi refining, belongs to the Divine Sword Peak. (able-bodied youth)

Chen Shaofeng, the golden fire spirit root, the twelfth layer of qi refining primary, belongs to the Heavenly Sword Peak.

Ji Yuqing, pure water spirit root, eleven-layer high-level qi refining, attributed to Yunjian Peak. (Woman in White)

Xiong Dazhi, mutated wind spirit root, eleven-layer high-level qi refining, returned to Emperor Sword Peak. (Twin Boss)

Xiong Dayou, mutated Thunder Spirit Root, eleven-layer high-level Qi refining, returned to Emperor Sword Peak. (Twins)

Lu Youlan, the water and wood spirit root, the seventh layer of qi refining, belongs to Yunjian Peak. (Sick-looking girl)

Do you have any objections?"

"Only follow the law of the Lord. ”

Sure enough, the top few are all pure spirit roots. Chen Shaofeng relied on his almost cheating body to easily reach the top and have the right to enter the inner disciples. It's just that I don't know what Lu Youlan relies on to have the qualifications to enter the inner door. It seems that Lu Youlan should not be underestimated.

"Enter the Sword Gate, please enter the emperor's body" Mu Wuxian turned around and knelt down to the five people in the painting. Everyone in the hall also knelt down with Mu Wuxian, kneeling three times and bowing nine times.

"The master of the 276th generation of the Divine Sword Gate is uninjured, please ask the Five Emperors to witness Lin Zixuan, Bai Junpeng, Wang Dachuan, Chen Shaofeng, Ji Yuqing, Xiong Dazhi, Xiong Dayou, and Lu Youlan eight people entering the Divine Sword Gate. And ask the emperor to enter his body, protect his soul, and bless his way. Suddenly, the image of the five emperors in the picture scroll shone brightly, slowly converging into a five-color divine light of blue, red, yellow, white, and black. The five-colored divine light instantly turned into eight balls of five-colored light, and flew towards the dantian of Chen Shaofeng and the other eight people.

After the five-color light ball entered the dantian, it was re-divided into five monocolor light balls. The green lord is east, the red lord is south, the white lord is west, the black lord is north, and the yellow lord is in the middle. In an instant, a large array of five elements was formed to lock the dantian.

"Don't be nervous, this Five Elements Great Array is indispensable for you to refine your sword skills in the future. It has no effect on you. I'll explain it to you later. Mu Wuxian's deep voice sounded in everyone's ears.

Listened to Mu Wuxian's words. Although Chen Shaofeng was expressionless on the surface, he was skeptical in his heart. Anyone who suddenly has an unknown thing in their body will not be completely relieved. As for what is in the minds of others. Chen Shaofeng is unknown.

"Now you are officially welcome to become a member of the Excalibur Sect. The Five Elements Great Array that entered your body just now was split from the Supreme Treasure of our sect's inheritance "Five Emperors and Mountains Map", and it has six specific functions. First, in the "Five Emperors and Mountains Map", your natal lamp will be left, as long as you don't die, the natal lamp will not be extinguished. The second is that to learn the sword technique of our sect, the sword force transformed by this array can be used. If there is no such array, even the immortals will not be able to use our sect's sword technique. The third is that when the sect is in crisis, the "Five Emperors Rivers and Mountains Map" will summon the five emperors to incarnate against the enemy through the Five Elements Great Array with the help of the power of all the disciples in the Divine Sword Sect. This is also the reason why the inheritance of our sect will not be extinguished for thousands of years. Fourth, when any of you is proven to be apostatic. The Sect Elders will recover all the Divine Sword Sect exercises through the "Five Emperors and Mountains Map" and hunt them down. Even if it is tens of millions of distances, the "Five Emperors and Mountains Map" can detonate the Five Elements Great Array in your body, killing you and others in an instant. Sixth, when any of you can run for the head of the house, you must be recognized by the "Five Emperors and Mountains Map" to be the head of the house. All the disciples of the Divine Sword Sect have the Five Elements Great Array in their bodies. Even the master of this door is not exempt. ”

Judging from the heart, as long as you don't betray your master, the Five Elements Great Array is indeed not unfavorable to people. The third point is that the crisis of his own sect cannot be explained if he does not contribute. Fourth, in fact, every major sect has a way to prevent traitors, or how to ensure the interests of the sect. Therefore, Chen Shaofeng was not so resistant to this formation, but if there was a chance to break away from the Five Elements Great Array, he would not hesitate to do it. After all, it's better to make your own decisions.