In the morning, saying goodbye to grandpa, grandma, and Da Xiong, Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan are about to start their own spiritual journey.

A few days ago, Jiang Ning specially borrowed a test crystal from Li Lingfei, and he asked Da Xiong to try it, but there was no response. After that, I took it to the town and let some of my peers try it, and the ending was the same, and the crystal did not react, which let Jiang Ning know whether an ordinary person could step into cultivation, how difficult and difficult it was.

According to Li Lingfei's statement, among the 1,000 ordinary people, it would be very good if there were people who could step into cultivation with one hand, but the higher the path of cultivation, the more difficult it became, and in the end, how many people were left who could really reach the pinnacle?

Jiang Ning was fine when he left the town, his mood was quite stable, although he was also very reluctant to give up his grandfather and grandmother, but he could wait for his cultivation to be successful, or let Uncle Li have time to send him back to visit. Li Shanjie is a girl after all, her eyes are still red at this time, and Lu Su is comforting her on the side.

Soon the thoughts of the two were diluted by the scenery presented in front of them, as the group rose, houses, trees, lakes, rivers, etc. slowly became smaller, and the scenery on the ground seemed magnificent, and the lakes and mountains were picturesque.

Feeling the clouds and mist around him, Jiang Ning couldn't help but reach out to touch it, but he didn't touch anything, the speed of the group was not considered to be galloping, and the mountains and rivers on the land slowly continued to retreat. Li Feiling and his wife's hair was flying, Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan didn't even feel the oncoming wind, Jiang Ning said his doubts.

"Uncle Li, auntie, I heard the fairy in the mouth of the storyteller in the town, shouldn't they all step on the flying sword, travel far away in a dashing manner, thousands of miles in an instant, we just take off in the air, look at the speed doesn't seem to be very fast, and why can't I feel the existence of the wind?"

Lu Su smiled and answered Jiang Ning's question, "It's flying too fast, you can't stand it, you and Jie'er are now wrapped in aura, so naturally you can't feel the presence of the wind." As for why you don't fly the sword to the sky, this question will be known when you step into the cultivation. ”

On the way to the Lingyin Sect, Jiang Ning also learned a lot about this world, and he also had a vague outline of the major forces in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

This is a vast and boundless world, and the whole world is roughly divided into five huge continental plates, which are "the eastern domain, the western sea, the southern wilderness, the extreme northern cold plain, and the middle heaven domain." ”

Jiang Ning's current location is in the east of the region, in Daoxuanzhou, one of the four major states, and the Ming Dynasty is a dynasty in the east of Daoxuanzhou. A single Dao Xuanzhou, an ordinary person can't finish it in a lifetime, such a vast landform really frightens Jiang Ning, he has never walked out of the plain city for so long, and he can't imagine that he is so small in this world.

I don't know how long the Ming Dynasty has existed, and the dynasty has never intervened in the struggle between the cultivation sects in the region without special circumstances. There are only four sects that have always stood in the territory of the dynasty, namely the "Lingyin Sect, the Shaking Mountain Sect, the Kongtong Sect, and the Xuanxi Sect", which are also known as the four major sects, and other large and small forces are intertwined.

In the end, the group landed in front of an ethereal fairy mountain, and at a glance the beautiful trees were verdant, the mountains were majestic and magnificent, and pavilions and buildings could be seen in the distance. The flowing springs and waterfalls, accompanied by cranes flying in the mountains, are really a place that people yearn for.

"Is this the Spirit Yin Sect?" Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan couldn't help but say at the same time, for them who had lived in a small mountain town since childhood, this place was like a fairy world.

Li Lingfei opened his mouth and said: "This is only where the mountain gate of the Lingyin Sect is located, it belongs to the outer gate area, and the Lingyin Sect has a history of more than seven thousand six hundred years since the first generation of patriarch Chifeng Daoren established the sect. There are more than 8,300 disciples in the sect, and there are 743 elders and law enforcement officers in charge of each peak. ”

When they walked near the mountain gate, a group of people appeared in the air out of thin air, wearing silver robes and carrying long swords, all with indifferent expressions and no expressions. Li Lingfei didn't say anything and directly threw a jade plaque into the air, and the first person received it in his hand, and immediately landed on the ground and saluted respectfully.

"I've seen Li Zhangjiao. ”

Li Lingfei nodded and said, "It's hard work." Then he took Jiang Ning and them into the mountain gate.

The monk who was in charge of guarding the mountain gate, after seeing a few people disappear from view, turned around and shouted, "Continue to patrol." ”

Surrounded by mountains, there is a flat field that covers a wide area, which can be five or six hundred meters wide, and the ground is paved with unknown stones, which looks bright and shining in the sunlight. In the center of the venue, there is a huge stone monument, which is engraved with dense mysterious symbols, and a majestic temple stands tall on the east side of the square, and if you want to get to the temple, you need to step on the eighty-one jade steps.

Lu Su returned to Qingluan Peak in advance, and when Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan followed Li Lingfei into the hall, the hall looked majestic, without too much decoration, it was very empty, and a huge starry sky carving could be seen when looking up. Seven silver-white delicate seats were placed above the main hall, and a little higher than these seven positions, there was also a golden seat, and at this time all but one silver-white seat in the hall was empty, and the rest were seated.

There is a fat man with a fat head and big ears and a huge body, like a mountain of meat. There is a plump and beautiful woman, and a pair of eyes are charming and charming. An ancient old man with fairy wind bones... All give people a different feeling. Sitting on the main seat was a tall man dressed in a black and gold robe, with eyes as sharp as electricity, giving people a sense of oppression, and this person was the contemporary sect master of the Lingyin Sect, Lu Yun.

The seven peaks of the Lingyin Sect and the current name of the head of the sect, "Qingluan Peak, head of the sect Li Lingfei." Red Blood Peak, Palm Graphite. Bright Xia Peak, teaching Zhu Mei. Ling Xiufeng, teaching Xiao Yurou. Xing Luan Peak, the head of Qin Daoming. Xuan Cifeng, head of Chen Yiheng. Bauhinia Peak, in charge of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. ”

"Ling Fei, you're back, now that you're in charge of a peak, there's still something you need to deal with. Why, why didn't Su Su come with you?"

Lu Yun's tone was very gentle, and he got up from the main seat and walked to the front of the hall to greet him.

Jiang Ning felt a little weird, Su Su should mean aunt, right? This person looked at Uncle Li's eyes quite complicated, and soon the person in front of him answered the question in Jiang Ning's heart.

"You are Shanshan, my name is Lu Yun is your mother's own brother, I haven't visited you for so many years, my uncle said that he was very ashamed, come, this is a gift for you. ”

A long sword with a red and cyan sword with a thin strip and beautiful decoration appeared out of thin strips in Lu Yun's hand, and the plump woman in the hall had fiery eyes and blurted out, "Qinghong Sword!"

Li Shanshan was at a loss, she didn't immediately reach out to pick it up, but looked at her father, and when she saw Li Lingfei nodded, she thanked Lu Yun and accepted the meeting gift with both hands.

"I have already tested the cultivation talent of these two children, Li Shanshan and my daughter are at the middle peak, and the child next to her is called Jiang Ning is half my son, he is a superior talent, and the two of them will be the true disciples of Qingluan Peak in the future. ”

Li Lingfei opened his mouth to everyone in the hall, concealing Jiang Ning's true qualifications, about the fact that he was an innocent immortal, the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and then there was an uproar, the seedlings of the middle peak and the top qualifications saw that Li Lingfei looked like it was just like that, and several masters in the hall secretly slandered in their hearts, and half a son, if a person with a high level of qualification was discovered by them, he would become a little ancestor. Now in the huge Lingyin Sect, there are less than 300 disciples with medium qualifications, and there are only about a dozen disciples with medium peak qualifications, and there is only one person with superior qualifications.

Lu Yun looked at Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan carefully, and then said, "I naturally believe what Ling Fei said, but in order not to lose my tongue, let's test it in front of all the masters." ”

With a wave of his hand, a test crystal floated in the main hall and motioned for Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan to come over.

Li Shanshan walked to the test crystal first, put her hand on it, and the result was the same as the last test in Jinyi Town, it was a medium peak, and it was only a line away from the upper grade.

When Jiang Ning walked over, everyone in the hall looked at him with solemn expressions, there were few seedlings with high-grade cultivation qualifications, and they were like treasures in the major cultivation sects.

When Jiang Ning put his hand up, it didn't appear as dazzling as last time, and it also caused the test crystal to shatter, this time it only reached the level of the upper middle class, but despite this, the eyes of the peak masters and sect leader Lu Yun in the hall were extremely burning when they looked at Jiang Ning.

This test result was naturally done by Li Lingfei, and when he was in the town, he imposed several seals on Jiang Ning, and the innocent immortal body must not be exposed to outsiders before awakening the innate immortal spirit root.

Lu Yun couldn't help laughing, "God bless my Spirit Yin Sect, there is an amazing figure like Ling Fei, and now there are two more cultivation geniuses." ”

After Qingluan Peak experienced Li Lingfei's return incident, he was washed once, and the disciples in the peak were no longer enough to be in charge of the former Qingluan Peak, and half of the people under his control were all drawn out by the sect and entered the other peaks.

In the Lingyin Sect, only the inner disciples and elders can live and practice on the seven main peaks, and the outer disciples who have just entered the main peak all live under the main peak, and the number is actually not much. The main reason is that there are only about forty or fifty people who pass the test every year, and there are a large number of inner disciples, and the age difference is very large, and they are all characters who have slowly accumulated over a hundred years.

The so-called true disciples are generally the children or closed disciples of the sect masters and sect masters of each peak, and they must also be gifted and destined to become people above the sea viewing realm, and some extremely "special" and outstanding people in the sect can also become true disciples.

Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan were thrown by Li Lingfei at the foot of Qingluan Peak, and let him walk to the top of the mountain, by the way, familiarize himself with and feel the surroundings, and he turned into a long rainbow to the top of the mountain, leaving Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan messy in the wind.

Jiang Ning looked up at the towering Qingluan Peak, and said to Li Shanshan with a wry smile: "I said that this is a little higher..."

Li Shanshan felt her legs tremble at this time, "It's a little taller! Dad, is this testing us?"

"Let's go..."

The mountain road winds up, and the two of them talked and laughed at first, enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way. When they reached about two-fifths of the way to the top of Qingluan Peak, they were already at a height of hundreds of zhang, and the surrounding scenery was extremely beautiful, but both of them had no intention and strength to watch.

"Small. Peaceful... I can't walk anymore... I'm thirsty and tired right now, and so is my dad... We are not given any water. Li Shanshan gasped for breath, her hair was stuck to her cheeks with sweat, and her beautiful little face was flushed.

Jiang Ning's state is better than hers, "In the insistence meeting, we obviously walked on the road and the slope was not too big, but it was more tiring than when I climbed Qingfeng Ridge before, and there was a building not far ahead, so let's go there to rest." ”

During their climbing, there were occasional people overhead who were stepping on flying swords or other artifacts. There are also leisurely walks or galloping like flying, with a slight touch of the toes on the ground, and they will leap dozens of feet away. Most of these people ignored the two of them, and only regarded them as inner disciples who had just been promoted, but their hearts were extremely shaken, and a few of them looked at them with surprised eyes, and then shook their heads with a smile and left.

When Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan came to the group of buildings, they saw a large door plaque engraved with six big characters "Inner Disciple Courtyard". Under the plaque, a young man who looked extremely lazy was lying in a chair and rocking leisurely, and next to it was a table with paper and ink and a coffee table.

"If the newcomer registers, fill in the information next to him, and then go inside. A lazy voice came from the mouth of the young man who was walking around, and he didn't even open his eyes.

"Senior brother, we want to ask for a few glasses of water to drink. Jiang Ning walked over and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"What, you want water?" the young man straightened up and looked at Jiang Ning in surprise.

"Aren't you disciples who have been promoted from the outer gate to the inner gate? This is not a place where outer disciples can come at will, leave quickly, and I will act as if I have not seen anything. ”

"We're just passing through here, and we're going up there. Jiang Ning pointed to the top of the mountain.

The young man looked at Jiang Ning with an idiot on his face, "Are you a disciple of the elder, or do you have a special token issued by the master? If not, give me the mountain immediately." ”

"Is this it?" Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan took out a piece of jade at the same time, which was given to them by Sect Master Lu Yun in the main hall at that time.

When the young man saw the jade plaque in their hands and the name engraved on it, he immediately stood up with a respectful look on his face, True Disciple Token! There is also a person surnamed Li? Isn't the head of Qingluan Peak surnamed Li now? This master is a ruthless man, he has not been punished for killing the elders of the sect, and he has squeezed the former master of the sect down.

The young man bowed and clasped his hands into fists and saluted together, "Lin Xiaoguan has seen Senior Sister Li and Senior Brother Jiang. ”

Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan had seen this meeting, and they also bowed down, Lin Xiaoguan bowed lower and lower when he saw this, and he almost didn't lie on the ground, you two little ancestors are making a fuss like that?

Jiang Ning came back to his senses and asked tentatively, "Senior Brother Lin, it's not a mistake, we are all younger than you." ”

"Senior Brother Jiang doesn't know that the inner and outer disciples are all addressed as senior brother and senior sister when they see the true disciples. The status of the true disciples of the sect is equivalent to that of the elders, and other disciples need to bow when they encounter them. Lin Xiaoguan replied in surprise.

"In this way, we have just started today, and I hope that Senior Brother Lin will give us a lot of advice. ”

Jiang Ning didn't care what Lin Xiaoguan called himself, he shouted one senior brother at a time. Seeing that Jiang Ning was so polite, Lin Xiaoguan became more and more enthusiastic to explain some regulations.

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After the two rested, they said goodbye to Lin Xiaoguan and continued to walk to the top of the mountain, and the last few hundred meters was the top of the mountain where Jiang Ning carried Li Shanshan on his back, Li Lingfei and Lu Su had been waiting here. After seeing the two, Lu Su hurriedly ran to Jiang Ning's side, took Li Shanshan into her hand and held her with a distressed expression, and looked at her husband with a somewhat resentful expression.

Li Lingfei looked helpless, and then said to Jiang Ning and Li Shanshan: "Later than I expected, I prepared a medicinal bath for each of you, and come to the attic to find me in an hour." ”