Chapter 177: Introductory Trial
Although there were many pilgrims present, most of them were over 16 years old, and they did not meet the requirements.
After being brushed off a few in succession, these people were no longer bored with themselves, but stood aside and watched the excitement quite regretfully.
Without the disturbance of these enthusiastic pilgrims, Shen Fang and Yuan Zhen's work was really much easier, one of them was responsible for checking their age, and the other was responsible for registering and asking about their origins.
Although both of them are doing the work of collecting apprentices for the first time, one used to be a well-educated Confucian, and the other used to be at the bottom of the rivers and lakes, and they did it well for a while.
Although there was also a long line in front of the two of them, compared to the pilgrims who were watching the excitement, this number was really not enough.
These pilgrims are all people who have been to the Yuxu Palace, and naturally know that the mountain is bitter, if they let themselves go up the mountain to cultivate, they can still bear it, but if they let them send their own children and nephews up the mountain, not everyone has this willing heart.
The entire registration work lasted for nearly an hour, and Yuan Zhen's eyes were sharp, and he naturally picked out a few people who did not meet the requirements from among these few young children and teenagers.
After everything was arranged, Shen Fang and Yuan Zhen led a group of qualified candidates to the Qingyuan little Taoist priest, and then said respectfully, "Uncle Qingyuan, the first batch of registered people this time, a total of forty-seven people, including eight under the age of ten, and the rest are all thirteen to sixteen-year-old teenagers, so, please also ask Uncle Shi to give the trial rules." ”
"But!" The little Taoist priest of Qingyuan has also been accustomed to hearing someone call him uncle in the past few days, so he nodded lightly, and then turned to these teenagers and said, "Respect the decree of the master brother, this apprentice trial is divided into three parts, one of which tests the physical strength and perseverance of the beginner disciples.
Alternate disciples need to start from the mountain gate of the Jade Void Palace, and then climb upwards, and those who reach the Changming Lantern Pavilion of the Jade Void Palace within an hour and a half will be considered to have passed the test!"
As soon as Qingyuan's words came out, the pilgrims who were watching the excitement on the side were exclaimed.
Ascending to the top of the Jade Void Palace in an hour and a half, if this thing is done by an adult, if the body is slightly weaker, it may not be completed.
At this time, the youngest person participating in the trial is only seven years old, and the oldest is only sixteen.
I'm afraid that this first trial alone will be able to brush off more than half of the candidate disciples!
Suddenly, those pilgrims who were reluctant to send their children to participate in the election couldn't help but rejoice in their hearts, and the faces of those pilgrims who sent their children and nephews were also full of worry, and they didn't know whether they were worried that their children would be able to persevere, or that they would suffer.
Qing Yuan glanced at everyone, then his gaze fell on the eight children who were less than ten years old, and then a smile appeared on his face, and then he added, "These eight candidate disciples, due to their young age, Yi You only need to ascend to the Jade Void Palace within three hours, and they can be considered to have passed the test!"
As soon as Qingyuan's words came out, there was obviously a burst of breath in the crowd, and Xu was the elder of the young children's family, and he breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw this.
After saying this, Qing Yuan made a mockery to everyone present, and then explained to Shen Fang and Yuan Zhen, then mentioned the light body kung fu, and went to the mountain with a little step.
Qingyuan Little Taoist has been learning Taoism with Taichu since he was a child, so he doesn't look at his age, but his understanding of the Great Dao is far more than that of the former Qingxuan Little Taoist.
And on weekdays, only in front of his own senior brother, Qingyuan will show some youthful heart, in addition, the plain calendar is a quiet and inactive style of pure Taoist.
If it weren't for Ye Qingxuan crossing over and occupying Qing Xuan's body, I'm afraid that this jade void view would one day shine in Qing Yuan's hands.
When the pilgrims present saw that Qingyuan Dao Chang was like this, they only felt that compared to Qingxuan Dao Chang, this Qingyuan Dao Chang, although he was also ordinary and chic, was a little less approachable.
But when the pilgrims saw that Daoist Qingyuan didn't say a word, they left, and for a while they could only obey the orders.
A young man about thirteen or fourteen years old, mixed with the group of children who were ready to undergo the trial, he was not the most conspicuous, but Shen Fang and Yuan Zhen still paid attention to him.
This young man has only one surname registered in the stone character, but there is no name, Shen Fang saw this, for fear that this son was a spy sent by the rest of the ill-intentioned sects, so he secretly made a hexagram.
The hexagram shows that although this young man is confused, he is not a person with any background, and according to the hexagram, this young man is quite related to the Taoist Palace.
You must know that although the Easy Calculation Dao claims to be able to calculate all things in heaven and earth, with Shen Fang's cultivation at this time, every time he calculates things related to himself, he can only succeed once or twice out of ten.
And in the past, Shen Fang calculated himself every time, and it would be fulfilled one by one, just like he had a hexagram that day, and the hexagram showed that if he went to Huiji Mountain, he would have the opportunity to meet a master, and then fulfilled his wish for easy calculation.
Sure enough, Shen Fang met Ye Qingxuan in Huiji Mountain.
Although this hexagram is for the Yuxu Palace, the second time is that Shen Fang has already entered the door and has been given the Dao name Xuanyi, because the matter of the Yuxu Palace is naturally closely related to him, and this young man surnamed Shi can get his hexagram, which is naturally a little different.
So, after Shen Fang and Yuan Zhen quietly discussed, they each secretly paid attention to him, and wanted to see what was so special about this young man.
The young man surnamed Shi looked plain-looking, dressed in coarse cloth, and if there was anything that really sparkled about him, it was his eyes.
The young man's eyes were amazingly bright, and under this bright light, Yuan Zhen and Shen Fang found at the same time that there seemed to be something else hidden in it, but this thing was hidden very well by the young man, and the two of them couldn't see through it when they first saw him.
The young man surnamed Shi stood in the crowd, his eyes were stunned to look at the famous peak wrapped in the dense fog at this time, and his eyes fell, the young man seemed to see a very majestic Taoist palace through the dense fog and clouds, standing on top of the peak of ten thousand people.
For a while, I couldn't help but feel a little distracted, and then the young man surnamed Shi remembered that he was once fortunate to follow his parents, go up to the famous peak, and meet the past of Tianzun.
"In this way, let's start!" Shen Fang and Yuan Zhen saw that the candidate disciples who were ready to participate in the trial had been prepared, so they quietly glanced at each other, and then Yuan Zhen spoke.
"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" Yuan Zhen shook the dust in his hand decently, and then cleared his throat, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.
"Sanqing Tianzun is merciful!" The pilgrims below saw that the Xiangyang bully in that day was now like a Taoist master, and they couldn't help but admire Ye Qingxuan and Sanqing Tianzun for a while.
As for Buddhism or something, that's just a waste of fame, you don't see that in the past, Yuan Zhen was a powerful blessing in Xiangyang City, and it was the pure temple that Feilai Temple passed on, and it wasn't that he suffered from this scourge?