Compared with the Cangtian Temple, where incense is full of believers, the Jiyun Mountain between the clouds and mist is very quiet, with a little less mundane atmosphere, and occasionally a few ethereal sounds of cranes chirping came.

Walking on the way up the mountain, Song Yuan breathed in the mountain air, felt a burst of refreshment, and his steps were brisk, and there was a feeling of fluttering as if he was about to rise into the clouds, somewhat similar to the experience he had experienced when he smelled the medicinal fragrance of the longevity elixir before.

"Cultivators absorb the aura of heaven and earth to condense mana, and it is estimated that the aura of heaven and earth in Jiyun Mountain is much more abundant than that of other places, so it will make me feel like this. ”

Song Yuan looked at the green pines and cypresses on the left and right on the road, and secretly guessed in his heart.

Rustle!

There was the sound of sweeping the stone steps.

Song Yuan looked up, and a series of figures in coarse linen green clothes were sweeping the stone steps with brooms.

When they saw Zhong Bao's respectful expression, they all gave way and saluted, and secretly looked at Zhong Bao's dark blue robe embroidered with cloud patterns, and their eyes were full of envy and yearning.

Zhong Bao bowed his head slightly and returned the salute one by one.

"They are all people who want to worship our Heavenly Sect and take the test of the Dao Heart. ”

After walking through the stone steps, Zhong Bao introduced in a low voice.

Song Yuan nodded.

He had heard Zhong Bao say before that generally all cultivation sects would first ask the disciples who came to worship to undergo the Dao Heart test.

The so-called Dao heart is a firm heart towards the Dao, which must endure boredom and loneliness.

Cultivation is a very boring thing, and a cultivator can retreat for a few years or even a hundred years, and if the Dao heart is not strong, how can he persevere.

The so-called Dao heart test often refers to the process of sprinkling and sweeping and chopping wood for three years.

Mortals who want to worship the cultivation sect will stay in the mountains for six years without doing anything, away from the prosperity of the red dust, and be accompanied by ancient trees and cranes.

For the first three years, I had to sprinkle and clean the huge mountain gate every day, endure boredom and loneliness, and do the same day after day until I survived three years.

Although the sprinkling and sweeping of the mountain gate is a little tired, it is nothing, and the difficulty of the test will be greatly increased after three years.

Not only did they have to endure boredom and loneliness in their hearts, but their bodies began to suffer from fatigue and torture, distributing an axe and cutting down trees day after day, year after year, and so on for another three years.

Three years of sprinkling and sweeping, three years of chopping wood, only those who have not gone down the mountain for six years with a firm Dao heart can be regarded as having the initial qualification to worship the mountain gate to learn art.

The reason why it is preliminary is because it has to undergo the test of qualifications later.

The cultivation sect will distribute the foundation building method, and if it is an alternative foundation building method, it will provide everyone with the cultivation resources they need.

After a year, the assessment will be carried out, and those who have not successfully built the foundation will be sent down the mountain, and those who have successfully built the foundation will be left on the mountain.

After that, there will be real people who have achieved cultivation to select and accept disciples, and they can see through the qualifications and root bones of the disciples at a glance, and the middle or best ones will be selected to take away, and teach the cultivation method that directly points to the path of becoming immortals, and then there will be all kinds of magic and magic powers of the sect waiting to be cultivated.

If you don't look down on the rest, you will follow the art teacher and learn to practice the methods and spells of the next level.

This is the general process of the worldly cultivation sect accepting disciples.

However, there are exceptions to everything, for example, when a cultivator travels down the mountain, he happens to meet someone with good roots and bones, and he is very happy and then accepts him as a disciple.

The Dao Heart Test is to screen disciples, and since they have been accepted as disciples, they naturally don't have to go through any Dao Heart Tests.

If the disciple's heart is not strong, it is good to take it by his side and teach it slowly.

For example, Zhong Bao, he was an orphan who was picked up from the bottom of the mountain by Ji Yunzi, and he was accepted by Ji Yunzi without three years of sprinkling and sweeping and three years of chopping wood.

In the process of saving the suffering, Ji Yunzi must have met more than one orphan, why only Zhong Bao was brought back to the mountain by him to be included in the door, the reason can be imagined.

Good qualifications always get more preferential treatment.

When a master teaches magical powers, he often has more patience with his disciples with good qualifications.

Although this is very realistic and unfair, it is also true.

"I don't know what my qualifications are......"

Song Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he thought of this question again.

When he went up to Jiyun Mountain, he thought that he might see Jiyunzi soon, and his heart was nervous and apprehensive.

This will determine whether he is likely to become an immortal, and it is difficult for him not to be nervous and apprehensive.

Ever since he learned that in this world, there are immortals who are immortal, who enter and exit the green underworld, and have vast magical powers, he has an infinite yearning in his heart, and he also wants to ask the question to become an immortal.

If you want to become an immortal, you need to cultivate first, and cultivation is the first priority, and without qualifications, everything is empty talk.

The two of them followed the stone steps to the mountainside.

In front of a courtyard that covers a wide area and has an ethereal atmosphere.

"This is a Heavenly Dao Courtyard.

On the Qiyun Mountain, there are not only our senior brothers and masters, but also other immortal masters and disciples in the sect. ”

"The immortal master who lives in the courtyard is mainly responsible for teaching the disciples who worship our Cangtian Sect methods and spells, as well as assisting my master in managing all matters related to the Cangtian Sect in the Cangtian Temple and the nearby six countries. ”

Zhong Bao introduced.

"My master is very lazy, he just hangs the name of a hall master, and almost never cares about things. ”

He smiled sheepishly and pointed to the other side.

"The cave where Master and we usually live is at the top of the peak.

There is another road to go up, but it is a bit of a detour.

You can go straight to the peak through the Taoist courtyard, and I will take Brother Song to take you around the Taoist courtyard by the way. ”

Zhong Bao chuckled.

In fact, when he used to go up and down the mountain, he didn't go here, but took another road.

The main Zhong Bao remembered that he had just been anxious to return to the mountain, and he urgently urged Song Yuan to go here, but he didn't let him stop and take a good look at the Cangtian Palace.

He had been looking at the Cangtian Hall for ten years, so he felt that there was nothing unusual and good-looking, but Song Yuan didn't have it.

He seemed a little too rude.

So he wanted to take Song Yuan around the Taoist courtyard to make up for it.

"Is this okay?"

Song Yuan hesitated.

It sounds like this is a place where the Immortal Master and disciples of the Cangtian Sect reside.

He is a person outside the church, is it a little inappropriate to enter inside.

"Why not?"

Zhong Bao didn't think there was anything about this, and pulled Song Yuan towards the courtyard.

The Taoist courtyard is full of green pines and cypresses, as well as strange flowers and plants that Song Yuan has never seen before, which is indeed a unique scenery.

"I heard that there is a peach tree planted in the backyard of the courtyard, and there is a spiritual peach in it, which only ripens in three years.

Each time, the mountain chief of the Taoist Academy asked his disciples to pick some of the first ripe spirit peaches and send them up the mountain for the master to taste.

The master didn't eat it, but gave it to a few of our disciples, and the spirit peach was indeed full of juice, sweet and delicious, and when I took a bite, the peach fragrance filled the house. ”

When he was about to walk out of the courtyard, Zhong Bao looked in the direction of the backyard and licked his lips.

"When you do the math, that spirit peach should have already ripened. ”

He reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

That spiritual peach was planted by the head of the Taoist Academy, and although he was a disciple of the hall master, he couldn't take it without telling him.