Chapter 8: The Flying Eagle of the Blood Castle
Yang Yaofeng bent his waist through the crowd, and saw that the old monk had turned around and left, thinking that the covenant of the Guangzhao Association was indeed true, Yang Yaofeng was glad that he had gotten rid of the fate of becoming bald, and in front of him was the king of popularity of the disciple recruitment meeting - the Heavenly Sword Alliance, and around, most of the onlookers who signed up were sword cultivators.
But from many people's brand-new swords, it can be seen that maybe they won't use swords at all, just to gamble on luck, since ancient times, the Terran monks have recognized that in terms of instantaneous explosive lethality, they have all been the strongest sword cultivators, and when the Terran monks fought with the rest of the races in the past, the sword cultivation made great achievements, of course, a large part of them is everyone's credit, but often in the end, it is these fast and ruthless sword cultivators who can harvest the lives of the other party.
Two thousand years ago, in the latest war between the human race and the demon race, the three Jindan elders of the Heavenly Sword Alliance, Wan Jun, killed an old demon in the transformation period and retreated, and the Heavenly Sword League was even more famous, completely crushing the development of sword cultivation in other sects, and now whether it is a young man and girl who worships sword cultivation elegantly and chic, or an elderly monk in his fifties or sixties, whether it is an alchemy or a beast, they all carry a sword with a gorgeous appearance, showing their bearing and fashion.
"Yo, Brother Wang hasn't seen you for twelve years, you seem to have improved your swordsmanship."
"Not long ago, I received a four-grade sword duel, and with my seven-grade magic weapon, I will definitely be able to join the Heavenly Sword Alliance this year. β
"Then congratulations to Brother Wang"
The two old men who spoke were seventy or eighty years old, who seemed to be not much younger than their deceased grandfather, but they did not build a foundation, so they were very different from ordinary people aging, which showed that sword cultivation was deeply poisonous to monks.
Look at the pomp and circumstance of the Heavenly Sword Alliance, a giant sword transformed into more than ten meters high on the high platform, deeply inserted into the high platform, although this sword is huge, it has a clumsy and extraordinary, back-to-basics atmosphere, it should be a magic weapon-level sword.
And the elders of the Heavenly Sword Gate are standing on top of the giant sword, with white hair and white beard, their eyes attached to everyone, a set of old but neat Taoist robes, grinning in the wind, and there are twelve young sword cultivators on both sides of the giant sword, wearing gorgeous purple clothes, sitting with the imperial sword, and the golden magic weapon under the buttocks sets off these young people's arrogant expressions to the fullest.
Yang Yaofeng walked to the high platform with the flow of people, and after walking for a while, the people were divided into left and right, on the left were children under the age of fifteen, and on the right were some young people and adults.
Yang Yaofeng is only thirteen years old this year, and the teenagers in the team on the left have gone through the first test, the first test is to check whether there is a spiritual root, and some teenagers who do not have a spiritual root at all are eliminated, and at this time the teenagers have been reduced to two or three out of ten.
The second test is to touch the bones to identify whether their muscles and bones are suitable for sword cultivation, and those who are not good bones are also eliminated, and there are many people who are eliminated this way.
Those children who were kicked out still had one chance, that is, like the person on the right, they would learn the sword cultivation method on their own when they became adults, and they could also enter the Heavenly Sword Gate after passing the adult test, and now there were only twenty or thirty people left in the team of several hundred people.
The most popular sect, the selection of apprentices really deserves its reputation, and the rest of the teenagers sat on the ground with the teenagers who had arrived on the high platform before, during which Yang Yaofeng heard some teenagers say in private, "The elders of the family told him that it is not the last step yet, and finally when the recruitment meeting is over, they will take the teenagers back to the foot of the mountain where the Heavenly Sword Alliance is located, and those who climb the dangerous cliff through the steep mountain road and climb the 10,000-meter peak of the Ten Thousand Sword Alliance within three days can be regarded as the official disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect." β
After hearing this, Yang Yaofeng felt that the reason why the Heavenly Sword Alliance's sword cultivation was powerful was that it had already been decided when selecting apprentices, not only did it need a spiritual root, but also an excellent root bone, and more importantly, it had to have an amazing will to become a sword cultivator, but with these three conditions, it was estimated that everything could be done, Yang Yaofeng thought.
And Yang Yaofeng couldn't stand the arrogance of these sword cultivators, and he wanted to be a famous warrior, but since he was a child, Yang Yaofeng didn't like those, and felt that he had some ability, so he regarded the people of the world as a monk of ants, and now it seems that the entire Heavenly Sword Alliance is in this style.
Yang Yaofeng successfully passed the two tests, and it seems that the selection of the juvenile group has come to an end, and on the adult side, all the late stage of Qi training has been eliminated, and the rest are the late stage and peak of Qi training.
Since the adult group is all apprentices. After passing the screening of the exercises, it is to show the swordsmanship, those various swordsmanship, dazzling, from the first grade of the swordsmanship to the fourth or fifth grade of the swordsmanship, because the surrounding is basically sword cultivation, the swordsmanship is excellent, all have warm applause.
And those adults with poor swordsmanship, once the demonstration is completed, just want to stand with the person who passed before, there will be an extra crack on the ground under their feet, this crack is the invisible sword qi exerted by the invigilator elder Linfeng Zhenren, the monks below Jin Dan can't see him at all, so many monks regard this sword technique as invisible sword qi, for adults who take the test, the distance of that crack is close at hand but far away in the world.
Two or three hours later, it was close to evening, and thirty or forty people won out of more than eight hundred, and even the old man who had just taken the exam countless times was among those who passed, and it seemed that he was lucky this time.
Yang Yaofeng saw that the old man's face was flushed with excitement, and he was pacing back and forth, and he secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that if the old man Mu passed the test, he must be excited, and then all the preparatory disciples were produced.
Just when everyone was about to go with the people of the Ten Thousand Swords Alliance to participate in the final trial, a white afterimage roared over, Yang Yaofeng fixed his eyes and saw that it was the man who rode the white eagle yesterday, and then many people exclaimed: "That's the Blood Castle Flying Eagle."
I saw that the man in white made a gesture and said: "Elder Linfeng, Yin Xiang, the son of Yin Donghang, the deacon of the outer gate, came to apprentice, because of the demon cultivation on the road, his actions were delayed, and he also looked at Elder Haihan."
"It turned out to be Yin Xian's nephew, the deacon has been good in recent years, so let's do it, the name of the virtuous nephew's blood castle is also a little famous in the land of Shizhou, this time the call for disciples, the quota is sixty, due to the regulations of this door, only sixty people are accepted each time, one more is not possible, one less is not good, which one in the adult group is not enough, please step down by yourself, I guarantee that after twelve years, I will naturally accept it directly as an outer disciple. β
Although Elder Linfeng said this, who in the adult group would be willing to give up this opportunity and wait for twelve years? No one said anything, you must know that the Heavenly Dao is impermanent, who knows what will happen after twelve years, especially the people in the adult group, twelve years is enough for them to miss the golden cultivation period.
Elder Linfeng looked at the crowd and saw that no one answered, and said, "I have good intentions, do you know the adult group, the last test after returning to the master's gate? That is to hunt a three-grade demon beast alone, six adults fall here every year, and there will be no chance to win the avenue again, since none of you have blown up their shortcomings, then I will designate one person to compete with Yin Xiang, and the one who loses will quit." β
Elder Linfeng looked at the crowd and pointed out that the oldest candidate was the old man that Yang Yaofeng had paid attention to before, and he obviously chose the old, weak, sick and disabled, and he was partial to Yin Xiang.
"Wang Bo Daoyou, you are nearly eighty years old, it is not easy to cultivate the peak of Qi cultivation, give you a chance to compete with Yin Xiang, if you win, you will be exempted from the last test, if you lose, you are also exempted from the risk of dueling with the three-grade demon beast, go back and seek your own chance." β
The old man surnamed Wang was named out of the list, looking panicked, but there was nothing else he could do.
The implication of Elder Linfeng's words was, "You old man is so old, it's really interesting, you go to add food to the demon beast, it's better to go home and retire." And the adults around who took the exam together, when they heard that the person they chose was not themselves, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and no one was upset for the old man.
But the old man surnamed Wang knew very well that this was his last chance, if he didn't join the sect or wait another twelve years, he would be nearly ninety years old at that time, and if he didn't build a foundation within a few years, he would probably run out of life!
The old man decided to give it a go, and said, "I'm willing to fight!"
As soon as the old man said that he was going to fight, some people around him coaxed and said, "That old guy is really not interesting, he wants to compete with the Flying Eagle of the Blood Castle in the late stage of Qi training, you must know that Yin Xiang is only sixteen years old this year, that is, he is building a foundation for cultivation, and his swordsmanship is also quite good. β
After listening to these people's comments, Yang Yaofeng felt both ridiculous and angry, even if they became cultivators, they were still the same as mortals, they just valued their own interests, and they didn't want to think about it, if it was them who competed with Yin Xiang instead of Wang Bo! But Yang Yaofeng quickly focused his attention on the two people who were about to compete.
Soon the two of them came to the center of the high platform, saluted with their swords and started to move.
The old man surnamed Wang is holding a sword in one hand, and the swordsmanship should be the earth attribute swordsmanship, which is calm and thick, so that it is also decent, and it can be seen that it is the result of hard work, and it just so happens that Yin Xiang uses the wood attribute swordsmanship, when the sword is out, the sword momentum is endless, sometimes like a spirit snake swimming, and from time to time it attacks the weak point of the old man, but fortunately, the old man has rich experience in fighting, and he still resisted.
Yin Xiang stabilized the sword road, his eyes were closed, the tip of the sword suddenly exploded green, surrounded by green mangs, like vines around stones, countless swords surrounded the old man, the old man could only support hard, when the old man's eyes were covered by the green mang, Yin Xiang's killing move was killed from the rear, seeing that Yin Xiang's sword tip was about to go straight to the old man's heart, the technique was quite vicious and sophisticated, just when this battle without suspense was about to come to an end.
The old man suddenly burst out, "Heh!" The single sword suddenly plunged into the rocks around the ground, forming a barrier behind him, blocking Yin Xiang's attack, and then every sword was like a thousand catties of boulders, shaking Yin Xiang's wrist numb, vaguely, each sword has the meaning of a flowing stone, and the momentum is unstoppable.
This is the audience grinning, originally everyone was not very optimistic about the old man surnamed Wang, but at this critical juncture, this old man who was not good-looking actually comprehended the sword intent, you must know that the swordsmanship is easy to learn and the sword intent is hard to find, and many sword cultivators in the late stage of the foundation building period have not comprehended the sword intent.
But Yin Xiang insisted on relying on it, the cultivation mana of his foundation was deeper than that of the old man, and he quickly used his body method to get out of the old man's attack range, and took out a pill without hurry, and swallowed it, and the old man also swallowed a pill of Huiyuan Pill when he saw this.
But in the subsequent attack, Yin Xiang is no longer the previous flexible and opportunistic sword path, but simply every sword is struggling with the old man, because the old man comprehended the meaning of the earth attribute swordsmanship, Yin Xiang should have avoided a hard encounter with him, but Yin Xiang did the opposite, at this time Yang Yaofeng found that the old man's hand was trembling by Yin Xiang, and then Yin Xiang was a powerful slash, slashed on the old man's sword, the old man's proud seven-grade magic weapon was broken in response, and Yin Xiang took advantage of the situation to cut the old man's headοΌ
"Magic weapon!" Many clear-eyed people can see through the thick green emanation emanating from Yin Xiang's sword that Yin Xiang is actually using a low-grade magic weapon.
Not only that, Yang Yaofeng, who had a strong divine sense, could also vaguely see that there was a faint red beast intent in Yin Xiang's eyes, his facial expression was stiff and bloodthirsty, and the muscles of his exposed hands and neck were swelling and his blood was swollen, which was probably due to the use of some forbidden pill.
Yang Yaofeng has also heard that some monks will use these forbidden drugs in order to kill enemies with deep hatred and hatred, and their strength will skyrocket in an instant, but after the effect of the medicine, the meridians will be destroyed, and they will be killed, but obviously Yin Xiang is not like that, and it is estimated that it may also be some kind of secret method of Yin Xiang, Yang Yaofeng does not know.
At the moment when the old man was about to die, Elder Linfeng's invisible sword qi separated Yin Xiang's killing blow.
"Wang Bo, can you admit defeat," the old man surnamed Wang could only nod.
Yin Xiang was stunned for a long time, and after a while, he arched his hand to Wang Bo and said, "Accept, it's no wonder that you missed before." There was a strange expression, as if he was enduring something in pain.
The old man Wang Bo looked at the sky in a distracted manner, thinking about his cultivation career again, all kinds of ups and downs and sadness, today from the opportunity to join the dream of the sword cultivation holy land, to the end of the failure, from now on can basically draw an end to his cultivation career, the gap during the period is like a dream of Nanke.
After the written test, Elder Linfeng slowly fell from the giant sword, and the towering giant sword hovered next to the people around him.
"This time, my Heavenly Sword Alliance's Runzhou apprenticeship has been completed, thanks to the support of my colleagues in Runzhou, I believe that there will be more gold and jade resources in twelve years, but after the sixty people present today arrive at the Heavenly Sword Alliance, they will have to go through the last test, hurry up with me to step on the giant sword to recuperate and prepare to fight again," so these newly acquired preparers stepped on the giant sword one after another.
No matter what happened afterwards, in the eyes of the tens of thousands of viewers under the giant sword at this time, all those who could stand on the giant sword were the elite of the elite, and the people on the sword looked down on the people in the audience, and at this time they all had the feeling of being at the top of the mountain at a glance.
And Yang Yaofeng saw the ecstatic crowd, and the old man Wang Bo who stayed alone on the high platform in a daze, but he refused to step over the giant sword.
Suddenly, he raised his head and asked loudly, "Elder Linfeng, dare to ask if you can achieve immortality by practicing swordsmanship!"
"That's natural, otherwise, why should everyone bother to study this way, how can my Heavenly Sword Alliance have the power of today?"
"Dare to ask how many people in the Heavenly Sword Alliance have won the Great Road in recent years"
"In the past 100 years, thousands of disciples have been built on the foundation, hundreds of Jindan have been formed in 300 years, dozens of elders have become Yuanying in 500 years, and a patriarch has ascended to the Tao more than 1,000 years ago. β
"Dare to ask how many disciples we have to recruit in a hundred years, and how many disciples are there?"
"Recruiting nearly one million outer disciples, there are now nearly 10,000 registered disciples in the land of Baizhou!"
"Thank you for the elder's teachings, it is difficult to come to the sword cultivation all the way to the sky, I am still young, I still live an ordinary life, and it is not too late to enter the immortal gate again. β
It seemed that the words were ordinary, but Elder Linfeng's face was red, and even smart people could hear that Yang Yaofeng meant that being a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Alliance was precarious, and he might lose his life at any time.
Elder Linfeng was stunned at first, although he was choked with anger, he still changed his tone and said, "It's okay that this kid is greedy for Hongchen, it may not be a good thing not to join this sect, Wang Bo still has a position now, I don't break my promise, one more person is not more, one less person is not less, you can follow me to the final trial." β
The old man was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed to Elder Linfeng, and hurriedly stepped on the giant sword.
And on the giant sword, whether it is an adult or a teenager who is about the same age as Yang Yaofeng, they all express their incomprehension of Yang Yaofeng's actions, and some of them sarcastically said, "The great opportunity is in front of you, but you are greedy for life and afraid of death, what is true, just go to Bodhi Temple to become a monk." In a burst of laughter, the giant sword carried the Heavenly Sword Sect and his party away from the venue of the Guangzhao Fair.
Only Yang Yaofeng knows that the greatest capital of cultivating truth is not the spiritual root, qualifications, and exercises, but life, what can he do if he has no life? According to the cultivation method of the Heavenly Sword Alliance, they are all cultivated as the master of jade fragmentation rather than tile, and the Yuan Shen who fights with others at every turn will be destroyed, and it is estimated that he will not even be able to do ghost cultivation after death.
Thinking about it again, among all the sects, the strictest one to accept disciples is the Heavenly Sword Alliance, and his qualifications are in the Heavenly Sword Alliance, and it is estimated that he can only be regarded as middle and lower-class, and as the elder of the Heavenly Sword League said, there are so many elite disciples in the millions, and there is really a suspicion of using disciples as cannon fodder.
Seeing that the giant sword carrying the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Alliance slowly disappeared into the sky, Yang Yaofeng muttered, "It's another group of cannon fodder who are in a hurry to send them to death." β
At this time, there was a huge lotus throne, over the top of Yang Yaofeng's head, only to see the senior brother of the continuation of the relationship, with a group of newly harvested little bald donkeys flew to the west together, the old monk of the continuation of the relationship stood on the lotus throne, and also woke up to Yang Yaofeng from a distance to make a Buddha salute.
"Hey, I really don't know that so many people are willing to become monks, isn't the purpose of cultivation just to hold a lot of spiritual stones in their hands, carry the best spiritual weapons on their waists, and take the best elixirs as candy to eat?
Looking at the gradually decreasing sunset, Yang Yaofeng suddenly found one thing, the disciple light recruitment meeting was about to end, he had not found a suitable sect for himself, this miss may take twelve years, Yang Yaofeng hurriedly looked at the square, and several high platforms around were empty, only two high platforms in the distance were still full of people.