Chapter 22: Metamorphosis

On another day, in Fang Yiyun Cave Mansion, the three of them sat cross-legged on top of the futon.

"Looking at his complexion, Bai Fan Shaoxia is recovering well. Fang Yiyun looked at Bai Fan's expression and said.

"This is still a blessing for the girl from Tuofang, otherwise she may have died in Huangquan. Bai Fan responded politely.

"Actually, I called you all here today to tell you something. ”

"I want to hear about it. ”

"I don't know if Bai Fan Shaoxia knows that the White Cloud Sect will conduct a disciple selection every five years?"

"I've heard Niu Shan mention it before, and I know a little bit about it. ”

"That's good, now the selection will start in a few days, I don't know if Bai Fan Shaoxia is interested?" Fang Yiyun asked.

"It's a great honor, I've always wanted to come and practice the path of cultivation, but I didn't expect to come in this way. ”

"That's very good, then in the next few days, you and Bai Lin should prepare well. ”

"Miss Fang, there are still a few things I don't understand, and I hope to answer them. ”

"Bai Fan Shaoxia, please speak. ”

"First of all, I heard that when Miss Fang saw Xiaomei for the first time, she seemed to have a special fancy for her, so she must have taken a fancy to her talent, right?"

"Is Bai Fan Shaoxia talking about Bai Lin's little junior sister's spiritual root? Indeed, I inadvertently tested her spiritual root at that time. Fang Yiyun paused.

"But for you Bai Fan Shaoxia, I can't see it. However, it must be remarkable to be able to recover overnight after waking up. ”

"Is that so?" Bai Fan pondered for a moment, and then said the second question: "The second thing is that regarding the selection requirements of the White Cloud Sect, although I have heard that Brother Niu Shan said it before, I only know a rough idea. ”

"This is actually not a secret, the Baiyun Sect is mainly divided into three academies, heaven, earth and people, and the selection criteria for each academy are actually different, the underground courtyard values the adaptation to qi, the human courtyard values the adaptation to the sword, and the selection of the heavenly courtyard..." Speaking of the Heavenly Academy, Fang Yiyun was a little speechless, so he could only shake his head and say: "The Heavenly Academy is too special, and in the previous selections, I also accepted mortals who could not become cultivators. ”

"The last question is, about Qian Xuan, the national teacher of Zhao State, I wonder if Miss Fang can know her?" Bai Fan asked with some uncertainty as he recalled all the things he had encountered in Kyoto before.

"I've heard of it, but I don't know where it came from. Fang Yiyun pondered for a moment and said.

"In fact, after a mortal becomes a cultivator, he will hardly participate in those mortal trivial matters. ”

Bai Fan looked a little disappointed, and Bai Lin next to him cheered him up and said, "Brother, after we cultivate, we will definitely be able to defeat that Qian Xuan!"

Bai Fan smiled bitterly and said in his heart: "You can cultivate that divine passage method, but that doesn't mean that I can too..."

"Then is there anything you don't understand?" Fang Yiyun asked again, seeing that Bai Fan and Bai Lin did not respond, he said: "Since this is the case, then take a good rest in the past few days, and wait until the day of the selection, I will send you to the main peak for assessment." ”

After the matter was explained, the three of them went back to their rooms to rest.

.......

A few days later, the main peak of the Baiyun Sect, on Qiyun Mountain, in front of the Baiyun Palace.

Most of the people gathered here were fifteen or sixteen years old, and there were about twenty or thirty people, both men and women, and most of them were very curious about what they saw.

Bai Lin and Bai Fan are also in this group of children, and Bai Fan's age is relatively large among these people. Fang Yiyun had already brought the two of them here before, and during this period, Fang Yiyun also specially told Bai Lin not to use spells.

In this year's time, Bai Lin's cultivation has been promoted from the foundation building to the early stage of the Enlightenment Realm, when entering the Enlightenment Realm, the world in Bai Lin's eyes has also changed, and he can see some things that he couldn't see before, the most common is some mountain spirits and ghosts, which were invisible before, but now he can see them.

At this time, a Taoist priest wearing a white moon Taoist robe in front of the crowd stepped forward and said, "I have explained to you the reason for coming here before. Next, I will introduce the selection content. ”

"The selection assessment is very simple, if you see the wooden bridge on the side of the cliff, the first assessment only requires you to walk across the wooden bridge to pass. The Taoist priest in the white moon robe pointed to the cliff on the right side of the White Cloud Palace.

There is a suspended suspension bridge on the edge of the cliff, and the other end is connected to another mountain, and the suspension bridge sways sometimes in the mountain wind, and it is very steep.

The man led everyone to the suspension bridge and said, "The time limit is tomorrow, if you don't cross the suspension bridge by then, or are blown off the cliff, or give up voluntarily, you will fail the assessment." But don't worry, even if you are blown off the cliff, we will rescue you as soon as possible. ”

Several of the boys couldn't help but look at the cliff, but they could only see the white clouds, and their legs were weak with fright, and some of them couldn't support their bodies, so they sat on the ground.

The white-clothed Taoist priest glanced at the boys sitting on the ground, showed a hint of disappointment in his eyes, shook his head, and said again: "During the period, if you want to give up the assessment and return to the world, we will also send you back as you wish, and that's all." ”

After saying that, the Taoist priest rose into the air and left against the wind.

The group of children who watched were bright-eyed, and the fear of wanting to go home was replaced by yearning.

"It would be nice if one day I could fly around in the sky too. ”

"yes, then I'm an immortal. ”

Everyone's legs were no longer trembling at this time, and their little faces were full of excitement and yearning looking at the direction in which the white-clothed Taoist flew away.

Not long after, someone began to walk towards the suspension bridge, and Bai Fan and Bai Lin were also about to leave, when they were stopped by an elegant voice.

Bai Fan turned around and found that he was stopped by a young man of the same age as himself in a gray cloth shirt.

"My name is Hao Ming, a civilian, can I make friends with the two of you?" Hao Ming said to the Bai Fan brothers and sisters.

Bai Fan carefully looked at the young man in front of him who came to talk, with a delicate face, a wooden hairpin on his head, a folding fan in his hand, and an unadorned gray robe that made him a little more elegant.

"Bai Fan, she is my sister, Bai Lin. Bai Fan replied.

"Brother Bai, I wonder if you have heard of this Qiyun Mountain's immortal theory before?"

"I've heard of it. ”

"Before I came here, I had only heard that until the day before yesterday, when I was still practicing calligraphy by the lake, a Taoist came to my desk, said that he had a relationship with me, and asked me if I would like to learn the Divine Channel Method. ”

"Until now, I've believed it. ”

Bai Fan just chuckled.

Because Haoming was more enthusiastic and active, although the three of them had just met, they quickly chatted, so they walked and chatted together, and walked to the suspension bridge together.

This suspension bridge is not long, it is about ten miles, and it will not take a day for a normal person to walk it, but the problem is that it is difficult to walk on this bridge, not because it is steep, nor because of the surrounding mountain wind, but because of the body.

The moment they stepped on the bridge, everyone inexplicably felt a sense of heaviness coming from themselves, which was fine at first, but the further they went, the more obvious this heaviness became.

Half a day had passed, it was noon, and the sun was blazing.

The scorching sun, the mountain wind, the shaking of the wooden bridge, the gravity on the body, everything is torturing the children on the bridge all the time.

At the beginning, several of them were pressed by gravity and could only crawl on the bridge, and some of the people behind had begun to overtake the people in front.

Before halfway through the journey, some people gradually began to give up, some were blown off the suspension bridge on the way, and some were directly stunned by gravity and forced to leave.

And all this didn't seem to have any effect on Bai Lin, just like usual, but Bai Fan began to slowly fall behind and couldn't keep up with Bai Lin's pace.

Haoming next to him was also the same as Bai Lin, Bai Fan saw this, and felt something, so he had to let them go first.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Bai Lin asked Bai Fan, who had stopped, with some concern.

"I'm fine, you and Brother Haoming go first, and I'll follow later." With that, he began to sit and regain his strength.

Bai Lin looked at Bai Fan's somewhat pale face, a little unbearable.

Hao Ming next to him said: "Little sister Bai Lin don't worry too much, there are monks from the White Cloud Sect guarding around here, it will be fine, and this is a test, you have to believe your brother." ”

Listening to Hao Ming's words, Bai Lin was silent for a moment, and then began to move on, Hao Ming also glanced at Bai Fan, who was pranayama behind him, and also followed.

Another half day has passed, and it is almost night.

There were five people left on the bridge at this time. And Bai Lin and Haoming had already passed the suspension bridge to reach the opposite mountain.

But Bai Fan was still on the bridge, counting that he was the first of the five, and he had already completed three-quarters of the way, while the others were only staying in one-half at most.

Even so, Bai Fan, like everyone else, was already pressed on the bridge, and at this time he couldn't even lift a finger, let alone meditate.

In the second half of the day, Bai Fan walked while using all his strength to run the true qi in his body to resist this increasing pressure, which was still somewhat effective at first, but the more he went to the back, the greater the pressure, and the effect was minimal, until now, it was no longer something he could bear.

Due to excessive consumption, Bai Fan had reached the limit of both spirit and body at this time, and the strong sleepiness continued to erode his nerves.

"Can't sleep, definitely can't sleep!"

The exhausted Bai Fan directly bit the tip of his tongue, and his mouth was sweet, followed by the pain from the tip of his tongue, which also reduced his sleepiness a little.

"You can't go on like this, you need to find a way to stay sober!"

In this lying position, Bai Fan entered the breath, his mind moved slightly, and he called on the few true qi in his body, constantly running in the meridians in his body, keeping himself awake.

Gradually, under this high pressure, the true qi in Bai Fan's body also began to slowly change, and began to transform into innate.