Chapter 4 The Acceptance of Disciples
On the eighth day of October in the thirtieth year of the Tianwu Empire, the five-year ceremony of accepting disciples of the Dao Sect will officially start on the ninth day of the first month of October tomorrow, and the nine is the progression, and the generally important celebrations of the Xiuzhen Sect will choose to be on the ninth day, and the importance that the Dao Sect attaches to this ceremony can be seen. The young leaders of Cambrian Town, who were waiting for work, occupied the best position on the periphery of the Niushou Mountains early.
In the two towns of Yubei and Anping, which are close to Cambrian Town, many young people also rushed to Cambrian Town, and found a place to rest a day or several days in advance, inquired about the news of the ceremony of accepting disciples of the Dao Sect, and actively prepared.
In the broken courtyard, under the crooked neck jujube tree, Ling Feng sat cross-legged on his knees, his hands were held up in a round shape, his eyes were closed, beads of sweat the size of beans flowed on his cheeks, and his face was flushed.
Ling Feng knew that he had broken through again before the battle, and he didn't know what level he had reached for the time being, but when he thought of tomorrow's ceremony, he was excited, and breaking through again made him more confident.
Half a month ago, Ling Bei took Ling Feng to customize a sword of 100 steels in the Yuji blacksmith shop in Zhennan, about 3 feet 6 inches long, 360 Zhou Tian, the sword is 1 inch and 13 minutes wide, half of Tiangang, and the one-handed sword weighs about 50 catties, which is all helped by the blacksmith master after asking Ling Feng, fifty catties is just a hand, and the material is the top of mortal weapons, and it costs nearly eighty taels of silver.
Today is the day to take the sword, the second uncle Ling Bei shouted Ling Feng, the two of them set up the carriage, and rushed to the south of the town, before going out, dragging the corner of my brother's clothes in the early morning, looking like I will go wherever my brother goes. Ling Feng tried his best, but he couldn't withstand the little girl's tearful eyes, so he had to take her, a group of three, and arrived in Zhennan.
There is a big difference between the south of the town and the east of the town, there are all martial artists here, and there are even some cultivators, there is no lively selling, only the sound of striking iron. Pedestrians come and go, low-key and cautious, and will not easily conflict, no one knows, whether the other party is a hidden martial arts master, in case he meets a cultivator.
The five major forces did not allow cultivators to fight in the town, that is, on the surface, and in private, they were repeatedly banned.
Came to the Yuji blacksmith shop and successfully got the sword, Ling Feng tried to wield a few sword moves, and was very satisfied, it was not a first-class refining family in Cambrian Town, although the sword was not in the stream, but it was also known. Ling Bei and his buddies handed over the money and silver, and the three of them were ready to return, tomorrow was the ceremony, and they still needed to prepare.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, only to see that in the crowd, get out of the way, a stunning palace beauty, convex and backward, skin as white as snow, curved willow eyebrows, Ling Feng lost his mind for a while, this is Zhou Weitong, not her, this is taller than Zhou Weitong, more white and tender, fifteen-year-old body lives in an old bachelor in his thirties, and he is obsessed for a while.
A gust of fragrant wind blew, and the faint fragrance of flowers mixed with the unique body fragrance of women made the men on the whole street crazy, covering Ling Feng's eyes in the early morning, and reading "Brother is not allowed to look, brother, Chen'er will be more beautiful than her in the future." Ling Feng came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly, there must be a demon when the teacher is abnormal, it is so beautiful, looking at the woman, but she is in her twenties, she is really naturally charming. Letting go of the faint reluctance in his heart, Ling Feng followed his second uncle Ling Bei and Ling Chen and left the south of the town.
The next day, Ling Feng quietly went out alone, mixed with the thousands of young people who went to the Niushou Mountain Range. On the dirt road in front of the courtyard, Ling Feng's back was no longer visible, Ling Bei, Shao Shi and Xiao Ling slowly walked out of the courtyard, looking in the direction where Ling Feng left. Ling Chen has been silently reciting in his heart, "Brother will definitely succeed, brother come on".
Ling Feng thought about taking Ling Chen to participate in the trial together, the little girl couldn't cultivate without herself, but unfortunately her body was still too weak. Shao Brothers and Ling Bei also have selfish intentions, worried that they will drag Ling Feng down, the little girl herself seems to understand this, and refuses to participate in the trial with Ling Feng, the children of poor families will be in charge early.
The scattered crowd gradually converged on the mountain road, becoming larger and larger, constantly flowing, and finally stopped outside the Niushou Mountain Range. The young talents of Cambrian, Yubei and Anping are excited, and the fate of many people's lives will be completely changed. Ling Feng also arrived in a short time, and at a glance, the white clouds, the fairy mist was shrouded, and the peaks that went straight into the clouds could be seen everywhere, and on top of those peaks, there were many golden buildings, shining.
On each mountain peak, there is a white practice flying, stretching for thousands of zhang, the cranes shuttle through the old forest, and the fairy sound is bursting.
What's more, between the peaks, there are immortals who walk on flying swords and go back and forth in golden buildings, which makes people think that they have come to a fairyland.
Ling Feng was deeply shocked, this was the legendary Immortal Gate, he was completely excited at this moment, this would be the place where his legend began.
Approaching the morning, the disciples of the Dao Sect blocked the entrance of the mountain road, and the teenagers who did not arrive in time this time will be turned away, without any exceptions, the immortal road pays attention to chance, and cannot be late.
Under the outermost peak of the Niushou Mountain Range, there is a huge plain, there are three palaces on it, the middle is the most magnificent, there are three layers, the square is a thousand zhang, the carved beams and painted buildings, simple and heavy, the book should be in the palace, the dragon flies and the python dances, a dizziness, people dare not look at it for a long time. There is a huge square in front of the three palaces, which is enough to accommodate 100,000 people, and there are many young people who come to participate in the trial today, and there are roughly tens of thousands, but they only occupy a corner of the square.
In the sky, three immortals stepped on the sword, two men and one woman, the person in the middle was the leader, the white-headed child-faced, the three stopped in the air, the white-headed man stepped forward, just look at his lips moved slightly, and the teenagers heard a voice in their ears, "The apprenticeship ceremony has officially begun", when the teenagers came back to their senses, the three immortals had already flown into the palace in the middle.
In front of the Ying Yuan Palace, a middle-aged black-robed old man signaled the teenagers in the square to calm down, and the first level of the trial officially began:
The first level is that the bone age must not be less than 12 years old and not more than 17 years old, and at the same time have a sense of qi, the so-called sense of qi is the ability to feel the existence of qi, which is one of the essential elements of a cultivator.
Under the arrangement of the deacon and disciples of the Daoist Sect, everyone is divided into ten groups, and at the same time enter the Yingyuan Palace, there is a strange stone "Jinghua Jade Tablet" in the hall, as long as the young man puts his hand on the strange stone, the bone age will emit red light if he is less than twelve years old, and the red light will be emitted if he is more than seventeen years old, and the green light will be in between.
About an hour later, the vast majority of the trialists passed the test, and those who couldn't pass the test were also taken away from the square, and I am afraid that they will never be able to pass the immortal path again in this life.
Ling Feng's position was relatively forward, and he passed the test early, and the deacon put a circle behind Ling Feng's name. Under the leadership of a Tsing Yi disciple, Ling Feng entered the side hall on the east side, and at this time there were already dozens of trialists, sitting on one side of the hall, their legs crossed, and their hands making strange gestures. The assessment of this level is very simple, there is a most basic mental mantra on the wall of the hall, within half a day, according to the practice, feel the sense of qi, and then pass the inspection of several elders around you, you can pass the test.
Ling Feng also followed the example of the rest of the trialists and began to practice.
"Oops" In less than a quarter of an hour, the trialists around Ling Feng felt a gust of wind coming, and they rushed to the side, and many of them fell to the side.
At this time, Ling Feng was completely integrated into his cultivation, and the exercises in this hall were superficial, but he gave him a feeling of sudden enlightenment, completely ignoring where he was. The deacons and disciples in the hall hurriedly formed a circle to prevent others from interfering and causing the cultivators to go mad. Everyone looked at this young man, and was speechless for a while, it was really a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and in front of the public, he not only entered the deep concentration, but also dared to break through, he was really not afraid of death. They really misunderstood, Ling Feng felt bitter in his heart, he really didn't know that it was so dangerous, otherwise, how could he dare to joke with his own life.
On the third floor of the Yingyuan Palace, at this time, the sect leader of the Dao Sect, Bai Yunsheng, and the invited guests were all sitting together, and a huge round mirror was placed in the middle, and the mirror kept switching, the situation in the three halls, if Ling Feng was here, he would definitely be surprised, this is not a live broadcast, and you can also switch the camera by yourself, it is too powerful.
What is surprising is that in the mirror at this moment, the picture displayed is Ling Feng's breakthrough movement, Bai Yunsheng's eyes lit up, and he instantly cast a spell to cut the picture away.
The picture cuts to a handsome young man, and within three floors, a person suddenly got up, with a proud face, and pointed to the young man in the mirror and said:
"This is Wu'er Shangguan Zhao, who is just twelve years old this year, and has already cultivated at the first level of Qi refining, and is one of the leaders of our Shangguan family."
It turned out that the person who got up was Shangguan Li, the head of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Hao was his concubine, and he had directly entered the outer door, of course, he didn't need to participate in the entrance trial, the person in the mirror was Shangguan Zhao, the son of Shangguan Hao, Shangguan Li still liked more of his son-in-law, and his usual resources were more inclined to his son-in-law, otherwise Shangguan Zhao would not have cultivated at the age of twelve.
The people on the third floor, hearing that the young man had a cultivation of the first layer of qi refining, also looked sideways slightly, but they did not pay special attention, the big family has resources, and the initial cultivation can be piled up.