Xu Chenglin woke up slowly, and sat up straight with his hands on the stone table. Rubbing his hazy eyes and looking around, he realized that he must be in a pavilion.

"Could it be that this is the halfway pavilion halfway up the mountain?"

With this thought, Xu Chenglin hurriedly got up.

Standing on the edge of the pavilion, Xu Chenglin saw that the pavilion led to the towering mountain peaks and the mountain road stretched below. Thinking of what he saw at the foot of the mountain before, Xu Chenglin confirmed that this was the halfway pavilion. It's just that he can't remember when he arrived at the halfway pavilion. After thinking about it to no avail, Xu Chenglin decided to follow the mountain road to the top of the mountain first.

Just as Xu Chenglin wanted to step up, the voice of Xuan Ling came from the top of the mountain.

"Wait at the halfway pavilion, someone will come and pick you up. ”

Xu Chenglin stopped when he heard this, and obediently returned to the pavilion. Xuan Ling just passed on a word, and did not show up to see him. At this time, he already knew in his heart that Xuan Ling didn't want to meet him, and he and Xuan Ling should be separated here.

Xu Chenglin sighed and lay directly on the stone table. There was a little apprehension in his heart, and his expression was also a little lost. If a person goes away from home and is not familiar with the place, even an adult will be a little apprehensive, let alone a teenager. has experienced two partings, and no matter how tenacious Xu Chenglin's personality is, it is inevitable that he will be depressed.

Not long after, a man came down from the mountain. The person who came was none other than one of the two young people Xu Chenglin had seen earlier.

"Come with me. ”

The young man's tone was very stiff and quite formulaic.

"I don't know, what do you call your seniors?"

Xu Chenglin's eyes rolled, and he bowed to the young man and clenched his fists.

"Senior, I don't dare to be this! I, a little condensing monk, dare to assume the title of senior. My real name is Wang Xin, according to the regulations, you can just call me Uncle Wang. ”

"It's Uncle Wang, I don't know where we're going?"

Xu Chenglin bowed respectfully to Wang Xin, and his demeanor looked very respectful.

Wang Xin looked at Xu Chenglin's respectful attitude, his mood instantly improved a lot, and his tone was no longer stiff before.

"I'll take you to the Foreign Affairs Hall to register, get the jade plate of the outer disciple, and then someone will arrange your food, clothing, housing and transportation. In the next few days, you will officially embark on the path of cultivation. ”

Xu Chenglin nodded lightly and followed Wang Xin out of the halfway pavilion. Wang Xin, who was walking in front, turned to the left of the pavilion, and Xu Chenglin, who was following behind, was strange.

"There is obviously no road on the left side of the pavilion, why did Uncle Wang go to the left. ”

Just as he was about to ask, Xu Chenglin saw that Wang Xin's surroundings fluctuated. Wang Xin's body seemed to have touched a curtain of water, and then disappeared in front of his eyes. Xu Chenglin was excited, and hurriedly ran a few steps to see what was going on. I saw that the place where Wang Xin disappeared just now was still as empty as before. Thinking of the previous situation at the foot of the mountain, Xu Chenglin hesitated slightly. But seeing that Wang Xin had disappeared for a moment, he also walked forward in his heart. Because of the lesson of triggering the formation before, Xu Chenglin had the consciousness of being bounced away. The reality was not as he thought, but he heard Wang Xin's laughter.

"Boy, you have been bitten by a snake once, and you have been afraid of the well rope for ten years. I didn't keep quiet, I just wanted to see if you kid dared to follow. Yes, very bold. ”

After laughing a few times, Wang Xin began to explain to Xu Chenglin.

"The formation under the mountain is to defend against people and beasts, so it will have some power. And this formation on the mountain is just a small phantom array, and it only has the effect of confusing it. ”

Xu Chenglin's face was a little red, and then he nodded humbly and wrote it down.

Seeing Xu Chenglin's expression change, Wang Xin thought of something, so he smiled slightly and continued to speak.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, I was about the same as you when I first arrived. It's normal to have something you don't understand when you first enter the cultivation world, there's nothing to be ashamed of, and it's good to see more in the future. ”

Xu Chenglin nodded, which was a response to Wang Xin.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the real mountain gate of the academy"

"What is a real mountain gate?"

Xu Chenglin had a question in his heart, and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, the real mountain gate. Uncle Xuanling didn't tell you, this mountain road is called the Endless Road. The illusion on the mountain road is meant to test the perseverance of the practitioner. The new disciples of the sect have to go through a trial and go back to the endless road. To be honest, we were really surprised to be able to hold on to the endless road for so long the first time."

"Uncle Wang praised it falsely. ”

"Hey, you're humble. ”

The atmosphere of the conversation between the two was a little more brisk, and the road under their feet seemed to be walking fast.

At this time, Xu Chenglin had a clear understanding in his heart, and he had some guesses about the fact that Xuan Ling had not explained the trial to him before.

"Before, Xuan Ling let himself go up the mountain to go through the test, but he didn't make it clear to himself in advance. He must be afraid that he knows the truth and will not be able to deal with it with all his strength. ”

Walking out of the illusion of the endless road, Xu Chenglin came to a path interspersed with trees, and the path was deep and winding into the distance.

"Let's go, in front of me is the placement place for the outer disciples, I'll take you to register first. ”

After Wang Xin finished speaking, he walked along the path into the distance, and Xu Chenglin followed closely behind him.

Walking to the end of the path, a feeling of sudden enlightenment surged in Xu Chenglin's heart. At the end of the trail is an open cascading terrace. There are all kinds of plants in the fields that I can't name. Some plants have just grown purple shoots, some have already produced five-colored flowers, and some have grown branches like human hands. All kinds of plants are strange and constantly waving in the wind. All kinds of magical plants that can't be named make Xu Chenglin dizzy. He has a strong desire to know, and he almost wants to rush over to check them one by one. These magical things that he had never seen before made his heart flutter. But then he thought of Xuan Ling's advice, and he resisted the urge to run over.

Wang Xin looked at Xu Chenglin's reaction and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

"Uncle Xuanling told him earlier to be careful of his strong curiosity and not to let him get into trouble. Seeing that he is extremely self-disciplined, he doesn't look like a person who will easily get into trouble. It seems that Uncle Xuanling is too worried. ”

Thinking so, Wang Xin did not delay much.

"Let's go, let's go to the Foreign Affairs Hall first and register your identity. ”

Wang Xin pointed to the pavilion not far from the terraces, and then walked towards it.

Xu Chenglin vaguely remembered that he had seen this pavilion from the foot of the mountain. But looking at the pavilion in front of you up close, it's a different story. Above the attic courtyard, a plaque is hung high, with three big characters on the foreign affairs hall. There were two guards at the front door of the attic, both of whom were dressed in white, and the swords hanging from their waists added a lot of heroism. When the two saw Wang Xin's arrival, they all saluted him. Wang Xin smiled and nodded, and then took Xu Chenglin into the attic.

In the Foreign Affairs Hall, people gathered in twos and threes, discussing something with each other, a group of people gathered under a white jade tablet, fighting for something, and others lined up in an orderly manner, doing something in front of a wide counter. In this lively foreign affairs hall, there is only a single small table that is extremely deserted. Behind the deserted countertop, sat an old man with gray hair. There was only a simple tea set in front of the old man, and nothing else. Except for occasionally picking up tea and drinking a few sips, the old man was basically dozing off the rest of the time.

Bringing Xu Chenglin to the old man, Wang Xin respectfully addressed Senior Brother Sun. The old man's eyes twitched at the countertop, and then he opened his eyes to look at the two of them.

"It's you, what's the matter?"

The old man didn't seem to wake up, and his eyes were a little hazy.

"Senior Brother Sun, this is the person that Uncle Xuanling brought back from the mountain this time. According to the rules, you must start with the outer disciples first, and bother the senior brother to issue identity jade plates. ”

Wang Xin leaned over to the old man and whispered quietly.

When the old man heard Wang Xin's words, his eyes lit up. His eyes narrowed and he looked at Xu Chenglin, then nodded and took out a jade plaque.

"Son, give your name and I'll register it for you. ”

The old man's voice was soft, but it was extremely clear.

"My name is Xu Chenglin, Xu is allowed, Cheng is successful, and Lin is the forest of the forest. ”

Xu Chenglin reported his name, and then stood aside and waited respectfully.

The old man's hand holding the jade plate was slightly forced, and a stream of white light flowed on the jade plate, and then threw the jade card to Xu Chenglin. Xu Chenglin hurriedly caught the jade plate, and then a book that was not thick flew towards him, and Xu Chenglin also caught it in a hurry.

"Hehe, I'm very quick, it's good to be young. The jade plate is given to you, and from today onwards you will be a member of Jiuhua Academy. The book given to you is the academy's introductory mental method righteous qi song, and there are some common sense of cultivation on it, and it will be of great benefit to you to spend a few days reading the book. ”

Xu Chenglin looked at the two things in his hand, his heart was full of joy, from this moment on, he was a member of the academy.

"Thank you, two uncles!"

Xu Chenglin was not carried away by the joy, and bowed to the two of them to thank them. The two looked at each other and smiled, and nodded with satisfaction at Xu Chenglin.

"Senior Brother Sun, this is the end of my task, and I have to worry about Senior Brother next. ”

Wang Xin smiled slightly and saluted the old man with a fist.

"Go, go, you young people are busy, go quickly"

The old man waved his hand, as if to drive away flies, Wang Xin just smiled when he saw this scene, and then turned around and walked out of the Foreign Affairs Hall.

"Boy, see if there is a jade stele, there is a task stele in the Foreign Affairs Hall of the Academy, where you can choose to accept the task. The assignment is in front of the counter in the queue, and as for the rest of the things in the book, let's learn it slowly."

The old man pointed to a few things in the Foreign Affairs Hall and explained them to Xu Chenglin one by one.

"If you don't understand anything in the future, you can come to me, of course, don't come to me if you don't understand anything. The old man is very afraid of trouble, hehehe......"

The old man stroked his beard and looked at Xu Chenglin with a smile.

Xu Chenglin also smiled and nodded, keeping this sentence in his heart.

"The boy who guards the door outside, come in one. ”

The old man's voice was still not loud, but it clearly reached the ears of the two people outside the door.

Outside the door, the two looked at each other, and one of them ran into the house and bowed to the old man.

"Elder Sun doesn't know what to order?"

"Go, lead this little fellow to a place to stay. Old man, I'm tired, don't bother me with anything important. ”

The old man instructed the visitor, and then slowly closed his eyes.

The person who came answered and walked out, and Xu Chenglin followed. Before going out, Xu Chenglin seemed to remember something, turned around and bowed to the door. Many people were puzzled by Xu Chenglin's behavior, but Uncle Sun, who closed his eyes, laughed silently.

It took half a day and everything was well arranged. Xu Chenglin looked at the small courtyard in front of him, with a faint smile on his face. Xu Chenglin reached into his arms and took out the book, flipped it through it slightly, and put it in his arms again. took out the jade plate again, and put it back in his arms after a while.

After a busy day, it was already afternoon at this time, and Xu Chenglin walked into the small courtyard a little tired. There is two months' worth of food in the small courtyard, and when the food is gone, you have to go to the task or get food through other means. As for the spirit stones, the academy will issue two lower-grade spirit stones to each outer disciple every month. As for how to obtain additional spirit stones, these methods are not fixed.

Thinking about some of the matters that the people from the Foreign Affairs Hall were about to explain, Xu Chenglin felt that his head was slightly swollen. Instead of thinking indiscriminately now, it is better to take a good rest and adjust your state to the best. Tomorrow, he will learn how to practice through the books in his hand, and welcome his first day into the spiritual world.