Chapter 2: The Hidden Sect
"People often feel hopeless when there is no way back, but they don't know that there is a way out...... That's why the entrance test of our Imperial Spirit Sect will be set up like this, and the purpose is to test your courage, heart, and perseverance..."
On the top of a hill that had been cut into a platform, hundreds of teenagers stood in several rows, listening respectfully to the talk of an old man dressed in black in front of them.
"Linggen qualification is actually not the most important, mental perseverance is the key, I send exercises to be skillful, can make up for the lack of qualifications..."
The old man who was talking loudly suddenly stopped talking and turned to look behind him.
I heard the sound of footsteps, and a tall and burly middle-aged man with a bare head walked over.
It was the bald man who scared Gu Cheng out of the cliff.
The old man in black saw the bald man, the wrinkles on the old man's face wrinkled even deeper, and his face turned cold: "You kid didn't go back to the sect with other teachers and nephews, he left behind alone, and threw a mortal without a spiritual root into the illusion realm, you are violating the rules of the door!" β
"Uncle Shi knows everything?" Facing the old man's questioning, the bald man lowered his head.
The old man replied: "With the old man's cultivation, his divine sense can cover a hundred miles, and there are suddenly more people in the illusion array of the entrance test, so naturally he can't hide from my eyes." β
"What are you doing this for, the old man is not interested in this. The assessment here has been completed, and the old man is going to take these selected disciples back to the sect, so you can handle your own affairs! β
After reprimanding the bald head, the old man was about to leave, only to see him wave his big hand, and a mini boat flew out of his sleeve.
The ship rose sharply in the wind, and Shunjian turned into a high-rise ship and stopped in front of everyone.
The boat was all black, but there were golden runes circulating around it, and in the "click" sound, a long ladder extended from the ship to the ground.
The old man said loudly: "It's not too early, get on the boat and go back to the sect!" Under his instructions, hundreds of young people stepped onto the building boat.
Not long after, the boat slowly rose into the air, and the old man stood on the side of the ship, looking at the bald man who was still in place, and said to himself with a strange look on his face:
"The young man trapped in the phantom array looks too similar to the painting that the sect master hung on Qiang. Mo Yan brought such a person back, and I don't know for what purpose..."
Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, and his eyes suddenly froze... I saw that beside the bald man, there was a sudden fluctuation of spiritual power, and then a young man in gray appeared out of thin air.
The young man was tall and handsome, and his face was delighted, as if he was glad that he had suddenly appeared here.
The old man in black on the boat was surprised by this, and he was about to drive the boat away, but he couldn't help but stop his movements at this time.
In disbelief, he said, "How is that possible? β¦ It takes at least one day for an ordinary person to pass the Phantom Array test, why would he be so fast? β
The bald man also didn't seem to believe it, he looked at the young man and asked, "Gu Cheng, why did you come out so quickly?" β
Yes, this young man is Gu Cheng.
After he was trapped in the white jade staircase for a while, he found that there was a loophole in that space, so he took advantage of the flaw in the cutting array, but he didn't expect it to really come out.
Gu Cheng glanced around, his gaze finally stopped on the bald head, and asked with resentment: "Senior Mo, don't you explain what the hell is going on?" β
"Haha..."Hearing this, the bald man looked slightly apologetic, but he couldn't help laughing. He has a zombie face, and his face is full of meat, and his smile is a little dark and scary.
After laughing for a while, when an angry look appeared on Gu Cheng's face, he stopped and said slowly:
"Everything you've been through is an introductory test for the Imperial Spirit Sect.
Before I could say the rules of the test, you started to get scared and wanted to run away...... In fact, without me using the magic weapon to fly you out, you can't get out, if you escape by yourself, you will definitely not be able to get out of the mountain and feed the demon beasts.
That's why I said, 'You want to run, it's too late.'"
I wanted to stop you, but I didn't think about it, and I scared you so much that I jumped down, and I wanted to talk about the test rules, but it was too late. β
Hearing these words, Gu Cheng couldn't help but roll his eyes, and he was full of slander in his heart. This product didn't explain it earlier, but it seemed that he was timid, with a meaty face, not like a good person, who can not be afraid? β
"Since it's an introductory test, why has no one ever known that there is a sect in this Cloud Broken Mountain?" Gu Cheng asked the key question.
The bald head Mo Yan touched his bald head and explained: "My Imperial Spirit Sect is a hidden sect, so naturally I have to keep it mysterious. When this sect recruits disciples, those who do not pass the entrance test will be erased from their memories and sent back to the mundane town, so they are rarely known to outsiders. β
As soon as he said this, Gu Cheng understood.
Feelings, this Imperial Spirit Sect is the existence of a mysterious organization in this immortal cultivation world, and in order not to expose traces, it will delete memories from outsiders...... But... No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a sect of cultivating immortals who is on the right path.
Gu Cheng was about to ask again, what kind of sect is the Imperial Spirit Sect, which can cultivate immortals without a spiritual root, is it coaxing him, when he heard the black-clothed old man on the boat urging:
"Mo Yan, since he has come out, why don't you take him on the boat quickly, what are you delaying there!"
"Let's go, if there's anything, let's talk about it on the flying boat." Seeing the old man in black urging, Mo Yan didn't want to waste any more time, so he released his flying magic weapon.
It was a giant sword as wide as a door panel, and without waiting for Gu Cheng to react, he lifted him up, and then the giant sword flew to the building boat with the two of them.
The ship started at the right time and flew deep into the mountains.
The scenery of the mountains and rivers below is receding at a rapid speed, as if he is stepping into a new world, Gu Cheng is standing on the side of the boat with a solemn expression.
"You can really cultivate immortals without a spiritual root?"
Since the Imperial Spirit Sect is so mysterious and seems to be quite powerful, it is likely that Mo Yan is not deceiving him, but he is still a little worried, afraid that the hope that arises in his heart will be extinguished again.
"You're already on board, why are you still suspicious?" Mo Yan on the side habitually touched his bald head again, and said with a serious expression: "This is naturally true, but... You have to get the approval of the suzerain. β
"Approval?" Gu Cheng frowned, "So, you can't guarantee it?" β
"Hehe...", Mo Yan smiled helplessly, he didn't have a spiritual root but wanted to cultivate immortals, which was already against the sky, "I just provide you with this opportunity, whether it can be done depends on your own." That's all I can help you. β
"Thank you, senior." Gu Cheng sighed and thanked him, he didn't understand what the bald head said, he was just uneasy in his heart, and then he said with relief: "What the predecessor said is right, you have to seize the opportunity yourself, even if it doesn't work, I have no regrets!" β
Mo Yan suddenly changed the subject: "I want to know how you passed the test?" He was curious about what happened during Gu Cheng's test.
"It's very simple, it's because your illusion realm is too weak, except for the first level to jump off the cliff, the other two levels are weak..."Gu Cheng smiled indifferently and told what happened in the illusion array.
The first of the three levels of the entrance test of the Imperial Spirit Sect is to test people's courage in life and death. Most people retreat here, after all, no one knows that jumping off a cliff will not be able to fall, and there will be the power of the magic circle to catch people.
The second level tests people's hearts, and this level is the most interesting. When Gu Cheng said this, Mo Yan gave a supplementary explanation, only to know that the main drama at that time was still to come.
He was able to live so easily because modern people are used to seeing beautiful women, and his control is higher than that of the ancients, otherwise if he responds slightly, he will be taken advantage of by the phantom array, and finally indulge in it, resulting in the failure of the test.
This fantasy plot is very clichΓ©...... Although he is the emperor, he has the most money, the most power, three palaces and six courts, a group of wives and concubines, and an infatuated concubine, but he is not attractive to Gu Cheng. In this regard, he just wanted to say that the senior who arranged the phantom array was too uncreative.
The third level is much simpler, it is a test of people's perseverance, as long as you keep walking on the white jade steps, do not give up, do not retreat, and finally reach exhaustion and fall on the steps, you can clear the level. It means that the road of cultivating immortals is far away and difficult, there is no way back, only difficult to move forward.
As soon as Mo Yan heard that Gu Cheng had used the loophole in the magic circle to come out early, and the loophole was very simple, he was immediately stunned, and couldn't help but say loudly, "This is okay!" β
Actually, the vulnerability is very simple... Since the white jade steps can't be retreated, and retreating will collapse the retreat path, then he will retreat as an advance, and just retreat and move forward.
So when Gu Cheng stepped back and climbed up, the phantom array was stuck, the steps in front of him also collapsed, and the security mechanism of the formation was activated, and he was thrown out.
As for why no one had discovered this before, Gu Cheng felt that it might be that they were too honest and didn't know what Qingqi's brain circuit was.