Volume 4, Cultivation Chapter 087, The Fourth of the Big Exam Season - Qi Dan Fist Sword
The next day is the time for the examination of the alchemy subject.
According to the outline requirements of the "Three Yuan and Nine-Order Cultivation Dao Method" in the "Qingyang Cultivation Secret Classic", it was originally a compulsory subject for disciples of the fourth order and above. After the current head of the sect Xuan Jizi took over the position of head of the sect, in order to develop these two skills, of course, it is also to cultivate special talents among the younger generations, although it is slightly relaxed and allowed to be taught on the basis of merit among the third-order disciples, but it is only a specialty project for special students, and it is not a compulsory test index for the third-order advancement to the fourth order, but once the disciples have practiced the "alchemy of making instruments", the practitioners must take the examination of each major examination season in order to test their cultivation results and cultivation level. As a result, the number of students taking this subject is relatively small.
The descendants of the two veins and five peaks, all the twenty-one people who are currently on the mountain have participated in this year's big examination season. Li Bingtong learned the art of making weapons three months ago, so he must also sign up. In this way, except for Xiao Sixteen Lin Qingxie who did not teach because his grade was too low and did not need to take the test, the remaining twenty people all participated, of which ten people selected alchemy, and ten people selected instruments, each accounting for half. In addition, there were also 28 registered disciples who signed up to participate, and almost half of the alchemy and utensils were made. The two together are less than fifty people, and they are arranged into six columns and eight rows on the left and right, forming a rectangular square team of eight horizontal and six vertical, which is spread out in the square in front of the palace in the shape of a chessboard. The three columns of alchemy are on the left, and the three columns of the instrument are on the right, and each person is assigned a space of three zhang square. Although the alchemy of making weapons is also carried out simultaneously by all the disciples, it is much better-looking, and for the vast majority of the registered disciples on the mountain, it has become an eye-opening exhibition competition.
On this side of alchemy, there is a light bamboo table in front of each person, and in the bamboo basket above, there are all kinds of herbs, dense wax, danyu, xuanshi charcoal, flint stones, etc., prepared in advance by each person; Herbs such as dense wax danyu are loaded from the upper Danmen, and Xuanshi charcoal flints are added from the lower fire gates. Everyone sits in front of the furnace, the index finger and the middle finger are fingered into a sword, turning gas into fire, flashing and burning from the finger end, the more it burns, the brighter it is, a fire light shoots out, passes through the fire door and hits the furnace directly, igniting the flint stone in the fire door, and then holds the fan to blow the wind, and then refines the elixir.
On this side of the craft, there is a tall Ding furnace standing next to each person, and the material is simpler, but I see that there are many Danxia rocks, a flint stone, a few Xuanshi carbon, and a pair of black fine tongs. The Ding furnace of this vessel is different from the alchemy furnace, the name is also very long, it is said that the Yin and Yang furnace of the Three Realms Bagua is a three-legged eight-sided one-body and two separations; the outer wall of the eight edges is carved by a whole piece of natural strange stone called cloud jellyfish crystal, the appearance looks crystal clear, from the inside to the outside through the light and shadow but not permeable to the flame heat, from the outside to the inside, it can be breathable and breathable through the real fire; the inner chamber of the furnace is divided into two compartments, the upper and lower layers are separated by a gold crystal and jade grate, and the lower layer is paved with a green pottery Xuanjing plate. Open the eight-sided lid on the top of the furnace, put the Danxia stone Xuanshi charcoal and the flint together, and everyone will be like an alchemist, sitting in front of the furnace, turning their fingers into sword fingers, turning gas into fire, first igniting the flint in the fire door, and then igniting the Xuanshi charcoal, and then starting to smelt the stone and melt gold. The content of this weapon-making assessment is to smelt a one-foot-long short sword or dagger.
The whole square was lively and exciting in a while. On one side, the purple smoke curls, the elixir is fragrant, and on the other hand, the red star is shining, and the flames are scorching. Hundreds of registered disciples stood outside the circle, watching from afar, while the five masters on the stage looked at the audience like a net. The disciples of the lower rank watched the excitement from the outside, and the disciples of the higher rank looked inside the doorway, and for a while, everyone in the square was watching and was engrossed, and they could only hear the sound of flames, gas explosions, and flashes coming out from time to time, and there was no other noise. By the time the alchemy maker was completed, it was already starry and twilight.
On the third day, the appraisal and assessment of boxing and swordsmanship were conducted.
The Qingyang School is a second-order transmission of boxing and a third-order teaching of swords, so fists and swords are the most common means of fighting among the disciples of Qingyang Mountain, and they are also the most practical and offensive basic skills. Every Qingyang disciple regards fists and swords as the most basic martial arts techniques necessary for his body, and he usually studies hard and practices unremittingly. After the third-order disciples learned from their masters or brothers, they all devoted themselves to the cultivation of fists and swords, and everyone was a first-class boxer and first-class swordsman in today's world. Under the guidance of the masters, the fourth-order disciples began to combine their own strengths and characteristics to ponder carefully, they are committed to pioneering and innovating, and strive to achieve both form and spirit, and the spirit is penetrated, and the fist and sword skills are brought into full play, and they can be called unique martial arts masters. To sum up, no matter how exquisite and wonderful the individual's boxing and sword skills are, they almost can't show outstanding highlights and advantages in the splendid boxing mountain sword forest of Qingyang Mountain, unless they have painstakingly studied the magic skills, but if there is such a magic skill that has been studied, the disciples will generally not take it out and expose it publicly in the advanced examination. Therefore, the assessment and competition of boxing and swordsmanship in this field, only the twenty-one true disciples of the two veins and five peaks lasted for a whole day, but the author really doesn't want to waste pen and ink to describe and render here, as for the magic skills of those unique boxing and swordsmanship, you will see them one by one in the follow-up plot. Let's take a look at the results of the assessment here!
After the three exams, the results of the comprehensive evaluation are as follows:
The four peaks of the West Vein Great Sect, the fifth senior brother Liang Qingshan finally officially entered the ranks of the fifth-order "Jade Dragon", the fourteenth senior brother Chu Qingtai stepped into the fourth-order "Yueyuan", and the seventeenth Li Qingtong was determined to be the fourth-order for the first time, which also created a miracle in the three hundred years since the Qingyang faction was opened. In addition, everyone else has not moved - the fourth senior brother Shang Qingtian continues to grope alone in the top realm of the fifth-order "Jade Dragon", the sixth senior brother Ma Qinghe, the seventh senior sister Jiang Qingyao, the eighth senior brother Wan Qingye, and the tenth senior brother Zhou Qingfeng are still struggling in the fourth-order "Yueyuan", the second-order "Jiantian" of the sixteenth Lin Qingxie, and the remaining few people still need to work hard in the third-order "Hanzhang". The seven disciples of the East Vein Small Sect, Yu Jin Wei Po Langyue, except for the third disciple Qing Yu who had just entered the fifth order like Liang Qingshan, and the little ninth sister Lan Qingyue who stepped into the fourth order "Yue Yuan", the other five were all fourth-order and third-order skills. Of course, although many people are at the same level, the entry is still different, and each person's shining point is also different.
The swordsmanship and boxing assessment of the registered disciples and the disciples with training were then carried out according to the routine, and the Ximai Sect entrusted the first Mei Fairy Master of Mei Xiangfeng to take charge of the examination, and the fourth Shang Qingtian, the fifth Liang Qingshan, the seventh Jiang Qingyao and the third disciple of the East Vein, Qingyu, were jointly responsible for it, and it was carried out in the "Four Great Avenues" outside the Ceres Palace. Due to the large number of disciples, the assessment lasted for three full days, and two disciples of the Dao Zhen Exercises advanced by leaps and bounds, leaping into the ranks of the fourth order. The other hundreds of beings, most of whom advanced step by step, were elated, and those who did not advance retreated and returned to the world, some were stunned, and some were content. During the discussions, it can be seen that the vast majority of people still feel that they have learned and achieved success, and have not wasted their time, and this wish is sufficient! As for the many people who have gone down the mountain, their fate is not in the realm of true immortals, so let's go and serve the court and the country! Being in the red dust, making meritorious contributions, and creating another life, and becoming a general and entering the phase are also the great goals of life.
According to the convention, the assessment of the registered disciples and the disciples of Dai Pei on the Eastern Pulse side is carried out alone, but it must be presided over by the first Lei Zhenzi Dao Leader himself, and the main sect side must also send one or two people to the same assessment, so that it can be crowned with the rank of the Qingyang Sect and issued to the outside world. In view of the fact that Shang Qingtian's exercises have been rated as a fifth-order "Jade Dragon" in the big examination for three consecutive seasons, and the realm has risen one after another, there is a possibility of breaking into the sixth-order "Xuanhuang", and the masters who are chasing the "Xuan" generation, Mei Fairy recommended Qingtian to go instead of himself, which also won the approval and recognition of the five first-class people here.
In the next seven or eight days, the young registered disciples all carnivaled, the people who stayed behind cheered for being able to advance, and the people who went down the mountain were finally relieved because of the stone landing, and there were many people, because they were awarded the third-order Taoist Taoist crown and awarded a jade bi of the Qingyang School, they felt that they had finally survived on the Qingyang Mountain for more than ten years, and they could go down the mountain to realize their life retribution, and they were naturally open-minded. Go and stay two joys, parting is not tears, occasionally sad people, meet in the court. Everyone let go of their usual restraints, and they have the style of a dissolute and uninhibited celebrity. Different from the real celebrities, they took the lead in opening the ban from the mouth, first eating the sea stuffed up, tearing the fragrant roasted milk that is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, smelling phosphorus, chewing the oily dragon nephew smoked three things, lightly fried sniper like a plate of meat is not enough, steamed small thin fish is not much, all the meat in the sauce is stuffy, the braised armadillo meat is also ordered, and the famous dishes and treasures of the "Four Evils and Three Murders Banquet" have been eaten several times. It's not good to just eat, you have to drink, Bai Mo three-flavor real fruit wine, the degree is too low, no, no, some people don't know where to get Dahua's famous wine "Nai He drunk", one cup or two cups of stomach no feeling, three cups and four cups of dry out no energy, five cups and six cups of drink not feel more, seven cups and eight cups are finished, lying on the table and shouting "I'm not drunk"......
The cheerful laughter lasted for nearly ten days, and the carnival atmosphere fermented like spring breeze and rain, and even the dozen or so true disciples were infected by them, not to mention several young disciples such as Qingtai Qinglou Qingxue Qingtong and other young disciples, even Qingtian Qingshan Qinghe Qingyao and other eldest brothers and sisters also became uninhibited, and naturally followed up this rare carnival, breathing the mighty wind, moistening the dripping rain, and blending into the air of this "hi", swaying happily together, their own pulsating youth!
Just like the autumn clouds and autumn rain will always drift next to the autumn white sun, the unruly back of the view is also covered with a faint melancholy, when the night comes, the bright moon shines in the clear light, a few cups of "Nai He drunk" after the stomach one after another, there are many lovers who are sad for love, and the most affectionate moonlight on Qingyang Mountain shines on a pair of masters and apprentices at this moment.