Chapter 17: The Tower of Heaven
There are many pine trees planted on Sizhao Mountain, and even in early winter, the mountain is still verdant.
At the foot of the mountain, there is an archway built of white stone, tall and majestic, and the inscription on the forehead of the building: "Sizhao Mountain" three big characters.
There are several young men in white clothes and swords standing under the archway, who are checking the pass cards of the people who come to them, and they can't enter the mountain gate without the pass cards.
Tongtian Pavilion only makes 30 pass cards every year, and distributes them to various families and famous families, so that they can select their protΓ©gΓ©s to participate in the assessment and select the best.
Xiao Zhi watched Xiao Hai approach the white-clothed disciple and handed over a jade plaque with a whole body of turquoise, which was engraved with many dense small characters, but because it was not close, he couldn't see what was written on it.
The white-clothed disciple looked at the jade plate, glanced at a few more people, and said to the person holding the booklet behind him to make a record: "Jiangnan Gao family, Gao Ziqing." β
waited for the record to be recorded, and then said to Lu Qi and them with an arrogant face: "Relatives, please leave by yourself after watching the assessment." β
The implication is: I won't leave you to eat, just get out of here.
Xiao Hai took the jade plate with both hands, and said with a smile on his face: "I understand, I understand." β
When he stepped on the stone steps up the mountain, Xiao Hai rolled his eyes and said, "It's rare for you to break the mountain." β
Halfway up the mountain, there is a magnificent hall, with blue tiles and red walls, the spine of the divine beast, the eaves and corners are warped, straight into the sky, the breeze is gradually blowing, the treasure duo is harmonious, and the momentum of the immortal treasure land.
The open space in front of the hall is paved with white marble, the jade is set up on a half-person-high bluestone platform, ten steps in front of the stage is set up with a long table, five circle chairs, among which there is a middle-aged man of forty or fifty years old, dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, calm and indifferent, and his temperament is extraordinary, it is Li Peifeng, the current head of Tongtian Pavilion.
On the right side of Li Peifeng sat an old man with white beard and hair, with strong spirits and immortal wind bones, who was Li Yuanqing, the master of the Immortal Hall. Sitting on the left side of Li Peifeng was Li Junwei, the hall master of Zhaoxian Hall, who was also forty or fifty years old, with a pair of eagle eyes that were sharp and majestic, making people dare not look directly.
There are a man and a woman sitting in the circle chair on the very side, both are eighteen or nineteen years old, with sparse eyes and eyebrows, delicate and elegant, the man is Li Yuanqing's closed disciple Li Lingxiao, and the woman is Li Junwei's most proud apprentice Li Lingshuang.
There are several rows of benches on the left and right sides of the bluestone platform, the seats are already full of colorful people, only 30 people participate in the assessment, and the rest are relatives and friends, all dressed in gorgeous costumes, dressed up to attend, in order to show the importance of this assessment.
Xiao Hai and his party were taken to the seat in the fifth row on the right and sat down, which was not a conspicuous position, which showed that the Gao family was not a big family among these people. But a few of them really have outstanding temperaments, especially Lu Qi, thrown in this group of people, they simply stand out from the crowd, and they can't be eye-catching. Along the way, I don't know how many boys and girls secretly looked sideways, and even Li Lingshuang, who has always been cold, looked at him several times.
As soon as he sat down, someone stretched out his head and accosted him, "Under the Giant Sword Sect King, I don't know which sect a few students follow?"
Xiao Hai tilted his head, hugged his fists and said, "Look up for a long time." He reported himself to the door again.
Wang Yitong talked to Xiao Hai in his mouth, but his eyes glanced in the direction of Xiaozhi and hosta from time to time, and he learned that it was the beautiful woman in yellow who participated in the assessment, and he secretly decided in his heart that he must behave well later, and he could not lose the face of the giant sword gate in front of the beauty.
The so-called assessment is to test the qualifications, understanding, and fate of these people, that is, luck.
As soon as the time came, Li Peifeng stood up, and the audience suddenly fell silent.
Li Peifeng said a lot of words, nothing more than to thank everyone for traveling thousands of miles to send talents to Tongtian Pavilion, and encourage everyone to make more contributions to the righteous path of the world, and finally wish you all a smooth assessment......
After Li Peifeng finished speaking, he sat down, took a sip of the tea brought by his disciple, cleared his throat, and was very satisfied with his speech.
Then Li Junwei stood up and said the assessment rules. The rules are very simple, first let the disciples teach the assessor a few words of Tongtian Pavilion secret words, and then everyone can play on their own, and use these secret words to cultivate immortals or summon immortals.
If you have green smoke on your head and auspicious clouds under your feet, then congratulations, you have been admitted to the Immortal Cultivation Sect. This smoke, even if it is only a wisp of light, and this cloud, even if it is only the size of a palm, it shows that you have the potential to cultivate immortals, and it is worth cultivating.
If you can summon a lark or a red fish, then congratulations, the door to the Immortal Summoning Sect has opened for you. It is said that Li Lingshuang summoned an immortal for the first time that year, and he summoned a white and chubby little fairy, and the entire Tongtian Pavilion was shocked, and Li Junwei rarely showed a smile.
These thirty people are all carefully selected elites, whether it is memory or comprehension ability can not be underestimated, now standing on the left side of the stage in turn, Wang Yitong deliberately stood beside the hosta, and said softly: "Miss Gao, don't be nervous, I'll come first, you carefully see how I do it, just follow along." β
The hosta bowed slightly at him and said, "Thank you." β
The sweat on Wang Yitong's palms was another layer.
A Tongtian Pavilion disciple walked up to the stage, flicked his sleeves, glanced at the people on the stage, and taught them the pinching gesture in a straight manner, and then recited a secret phrase.
It's really chattering, except for the people in Tongtian Pavilion, the people on and off the stage are all in the clouds, no wonder they Tongtian Pavilion dare to make the secret words of this pavilion public so fearlessly, if you can understand, count me as losing.
When everyone was stunned, the white-clothed disciple flicked his sleeves again and walked off the stage.
I don't know how much the people on the stage remembered, anyway, everyone on the table frowned and looked confused.
Xiao Zhi also frowned, covered his mouth and whispered to Lu Qi: "This is their secret language? β
The two were very close, and Lu Qi also learned from Xiaozhi to lower his head and cover his mouth and asked, "How can you?"
This bowed his head, and the faces of the two were about to touch together.
Xiaozhi didn't think much about it, and came closer, she felt that it was always not good to say it openly.
"My master taught me. What kind of cultivation of immortals and summoning immortals, it's all a lie, I've been studying for several years, have you seen me become an immortal?"
The soap-scented hair swept on his face, which was strangely itchy, but Lu Qi didn't get up, and said in a low voice: "So, your master is from Tongtian Pavilion?"
A word woke up the person in the dream, Xiaozhi suddenly raised his head, and hit Lu Qi's nose, Lu Qi's nose was sour, and tears came out, and the hand covering his mouth covered his nose.
Xiao Hai looked at the side and shook his head.
Xiao Zhi apologized repeatedly, and then said excitedly: "Then I'll go and ask the people of Tongtian Pavilion if they know my master." β
"Don't worry, things haven't been figured out yet, I'll let Xiaohai investigate first. Lu Qi rubbed his nose and glanced at Xiao Hai, and Xiao Hai left the viewing seat with a cat.