Yanzhou, Yongning City.

Thirty miles outside the city, there is a Xingyun Mountain, which is a branch of the Yanhang Mountain Range, and the famous Xingyun Sect Mountain Gate is located here.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, the sun is on the third pole.

Hundreds of people gathered in front of the mountain gate, and the procession meandered down like a long snake to the foot of the mountain.

Yanzhou is still martial arts, regardless of men, women and children will have a few hands and feet, and those who are still able will also let their children enter the martial arts hall to practice martial arts.

The Xingyun Sect recruits disciples on the fifth day of the first month of each month.

Despite the strict entry requirements, there is an endless stream of young people who come to sign up on this day, and many of them come from other state capitals.

Most of the people in the group were between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, which was the best time to practice martial arts, and the younger ones were accompanied by their elders.

There are also adult men and women who come to sign up, most of them are strong physique, full of qi and blood, and they have cultivation at a glance.

Most of these people came from small sects, and their cultivation encountered a bottleneck, and they wanted to come to a larger sect to study martial arts.

There are three tables in the square in front of the mountain gate, and behind each table sits an old man and a young man.

The younger ones are dressed as ordinary disciples, and the older ones are dressed in crimson robes, and they are the deacons of the Xingyun Sect, who are responsible for checking the talents and cultivation of the young people who sign up for the ceremony, and conducting preliminary screening.

Those who are qualified will be led to the mountain gate to wait for the next round of selection, and those who fail will be persuaded to retire on the spot.

"The threshold of Xingyun Sect is really high, some people's qualifications are placed in Qinghe County, and any sect can enter, but here they can't even pass the first round."

Zhao Lin stood in the middle of the crowd, looking at the young man who was persuaded to retire with a disappointed face, and even cried bitterly, and couldn't help but think in his heart.

He came to Yongning City three days ago and spent a lot of money to buy a house and settle down with his family.

Zhao's father and Zhao's mother didn't want to leave Yingzhou at first, after all, their homeland was difficult to leave, but under the persuasion of Zhao Lin and Zhao Shan, they finally agreed, and they waded through mountains and rivers to this place.

Zhu Huaishan originally accompanied Zhao Lin to sign up, but was invited by the reception disciples of Xingyun Sect to rest in the dormitory in front of the mountain gate.

Most of the young people who signed up were Qi Realm or even Blood Realm martial artists, and they were also old, and it was undignified to stand under the big sun.

Before leaving, Zhu Huaishan told Zhao Lin: "Don't be nervous, just play normally." Even if you can't enter the Dancing Elephant Temple, the outer courtyard is good. ”

"Don't be nervous!"

"Master, I see."

Zhao Lin saw the sweat on Master's forehead, and said in his heart, who is nervous?

However, he understood Master's mood very well, it felt like a parent sending a child into the examination room, and the person concerned was not necessarily the case, but the person accompanying the exam was nervous to death.

"Senior brother, the person in front of you is a cultivator with a heavy Qi Realm, right? Looking younger than us, how did you practice it? ”

"What are you worried about when other people's cultivation is high or low? Besides, a big sect like Xingyun Sect, the most favorite thing to recruit is a young man with a blank slate, the key is to look at the root bones! ”

"As for cultivation, if the number of roads is not in line, it will be a drag. Maybe, the head of the family has a baby face, but it's actually twenty-five or sixteen! ”

There were whispers behind him, and Zhao Lin didn't need to look back to know that they were talking about themselves, and he didn't take it to heart.

The number of roads does not match?

What I practice by myself is the authentic Xingyun Sect's exercises!

However, most of the people here signed up to enter the outer courtyard of the Xingyun Sect, and their goal was the Dancing Elephant Courtyard.

Half an hour later, it was finally Zhao Lin's turn.

"Come here, stand here and don't resist." The old man beckoned to Zhao Lin and pointed to his front.

Zhao Lin knew that the other party wanted to check his roots and cultivation, so he calmly stepped forward and faced the old man.

The old man stretched out two fingers, his fingertips were slightly red, and tapped on Zhao Lin's shoulder.

Zhao Lin suddenly felt several hair-thin strands of energy rush into his body, shuttling and swimming between his chest and abdomen, and then stayed at the ribs for a while, and then returned to his shoulders.

The old man's brows jumped, he looked at Zhao Lin in shock, and asked, "How old are you?" ”

"Seventeen." Zhao Lin replied honestly.

He once asked Master, how does Xingyun Sect determine the age of applicants?

After all, with the same aura and one heavy cultivation, one is eighteen years old and the other is twenty-eight years old, and the talents of the two are not at the same level at all.

How do you identify someone who misrepresents their age?

You can't go through the old story for everyone, how much effort does it take?

Looking at the teeth and faces, I'm afraid it's not accurate.

Zhu Huaishan laughed at the time, "Do you think age can be faked?" ”

"Xingyun Sect has a practice called Zhaoyu Gong, and the jade here refers to the human skeleton."

"This technique can only be used by Yuan Realm martial artists, and it was originally used to check the hidden injuries and hidden diseases in the body, but later it was accidentally discovered that it can identify age."

"There are many fine lines on the surface of human bones, called growth marks. Every year old, the growth streaks develop a fine vein, similar to the growth rings of a tree. ”

"The age is true or false, you can find out according to Yugong. Therefore, no one dares to lie about their age, otherwise once they find out that it does not match the report when they get started, then the person and his clan will never be hired! ”

Zhao Lin was greatly surprised after hearing this, this kind of exercise was no longer a simple martial art, but closer to the legendary spell.

"Are you really seventeen?"

The old man still didn't seem to be at ease, and nodded on Zhao Lin's shoulder again, letting him experience exactly the same thing as just now.

"Write it down." The old man said to the disciple who was recording on the side.

The disciple took out a rectangular wooden plaque, lifted the pen and asked Zhao Lin: "Name, age, and teacher's background." ”

Zhao Lin said without thinking: "Zhao Lin, seventeen years old, is from Liuhemen in Qinghe County, Yingzhou. ”

Speaking of the void, his voice was soft, "My master's name is Zhu Huaishan. ”

The old man was stunned and asked, "Zhu Huaishan is your master?" He used to be from the Cloud Sect, right? ”

"Exactly." Zhao Lin said calmly.

The old man was silent for a while, and the expression on his face seemed to be emotional, as if he was envious, "He taught a good apprentice." ”

After the disciple finished recording, he turned his head to look at the old man.

The old man said in a deep voice: "Cultivation is a heavy qi realm, and the roots and bones are in the middle. ”

Upper middle?

Zhao Lin was slightly surprised, his qualifications were divided into nine grades, and the upper middle ranked second.

His body has been transformed by the Spirit Beast Diagram, and it is already far superior to ordinary people, and he can only rank second in Xingyun Sect, is there anyone more powerful than himself?

In fact, he didn't know that although Xingyun Sect had criteria for judging all qualifications, the root bone determination was already mixed with subjective factors, and the upper middle was already a good result.

Unless the old man was as clear about Zhao Lin's cultivation progress as Zhu Huaishan, he would dare to draw conclusions.

After recording Zhao Lin's information, the young disciple raised his head and said, "Your conditions are very good, you can directly enter the outer courtyard without examination, if you agree, I will give you a stamp." ”

As he spoke, he picked up a red letter.

"Wait."

A big hand pressed the letter seal, "I signed up to enter the Dancing Elephant Academy." ”

(End of chapter)