Chapter 4: Spiritual Examination
Around the high platform stand four thick white stone pillars, which are carved with intricate and wonderful patterns. There is a spiritual power entwined like an iron chain on the stone pillar that is invisible to ordinary people, and four spiritual power chains converge in the sky, connecting a huge bronze bell. Ordinary people can't see these chains of spiritual power, and they will think that this big bell is hanging in mid-air, which is very magical. The daughter brought by the father and son of the Shi family was placed under the big bell. When the bell senses something of gold, it makes a sound and summons the crowd.
Behind the high platform is a tall building that is not inferior to the castle lord's mansion in terms of luxury and size. It was where the disciples of the cultivation sect stationed here lived. For ordinary people, the one who lives there is the closest immortal to them.
But Shen Ci knew that usually these disciples who were arranged to be stationed outside and handle affairs were the most unpopular deacon disciples in the sect. Because cultivating in a sect means having resources and time to cultivate. Those inner disciples and personal disciples were all busy cultivating, and there was no need to be entangled in these mundane affairs.
It is too easy for a cultivator to earn some gold and silver treasures in the eyes of ordinary people. Only the deacons and elders of the outer sects who have no hope of cultivating in various sects will be stationed here. The rest of the disciples are changed every three years, and when the time comes, they can't wait to return to the sect immediately.
And the rotation of these disciples is also according to the sect. The Song Kingdom is only a small country, but there are five sects in the territory, namely the Qinghe Sword Sect, the Guiyi Sect, the Blood Clothes Gate, the Gaoming Temple, and the Black Demon Palace. The Soul Examination Conference is related to the source of new disciples of these sects, and it is naturally also valued. The five sects hold a competition between the new disciples of the previous session once every three years, which is called the "Lingwu Society". The results of the Lingwu Guild's competition will determine the order in which the disciples will be selected for the next Lingwu Conference.
Among these five sects, the Guiyi Sect is the strongest. The last Lingwu Sect won the first place again, and this year, the Guiyi Sect can choose disciples first. At this time, in addition to the father and son of the stone members, there were five mahogany chairs on the high platform, and there were already three people sitting on them, and there were two empty seats.
Sitting on the far left is a little monk in yellow from Gaoming Temple, who has been chanting with his eyes closed. Sitting in the middle was a young Taoist priest, dignified, sitting upright without squinting. Those who can sit in the middle at this time think that they are one. On the rightmost chair sat a bearded man, with three golden earrings on his left ear and an arm covered in black patterns. There is no doubt that it must be under the door of the Dark Devil Palace.
After waiting for a while, there was a sudden burst of coquettish women's laughter, and a red cloud flew out of the building behind it, looking fluttering, in fact, in the blink of an eye, it fell on the chair between the big man and the Taoist priest. It turned out to be a charming woman dressed in red, with a curling cloud and a hot and slender figure. She smiled and said, "The little sister is late, so a few Taoist friends have been waiting for a long time. β
The young Taoist priest glanced at her and said lightly, "It's okay. β
The bearded man smiled diligently: "Lady Xuehua is a busy person, so we should wait more." β
Lady Xuehua pursed her lips and smiled: "Tu Li Daoist is polite. Then he winked at the only empty spot: "However, it seems that the little sister is not the last." β
Tu Li sneered: "Fu Yunsheng, that drunkard, I'm afraid I don't know which little lady's boudoir he fell into!"
The young Taoist priest frowned, and with a flick of his fingers, he shot out a burst of energy and struck the bronze bell in mid-air. The bell immediately made a "bell-" sound, and the buzzing continued for a long time. Compared to the sound that the Shi family's father and son exchanged for their daughter, it was much louder. Quite a few people couldn't help but cover their ears.
When the crowd was talking about the sudden ringing of the bell, Shen Ci felt that someone had suddenly stepped on the top of his head, otherwise why would he touch some dirt on the top of his headγγγγγγ She looked back and found nothing. On the contrary, the only empty chair on the stage was already occupied. It was the drunkard who tripped over her!
The man sat on the chair with one leg raised, yawned, caught a glimpse of Shen Ci glaring at him, and pulled the corners of his mouth rather happily. looks like a hanger.
Shen Ci looked at the shoe print on his sleeve that he stepped on when he tripped over him, and suddenly had a little ominous premonition in his heartγγγγγγ
On stage, the rhetoric has already begun. Tu Li said in a strange manner: "The drunkard can still hear the bell?"
Fu Yunsheng took a sip of the wine in the gourd and said with a smile: "Naturally, you can hear it below." However, why did Brother Tu Li say this? Could it be that Brother Tu Li couldn't hear such a loud noise?"
"Drunkard, you're going to talk about it!" Tu Li snorted coldly.
"Admit it, it's better than you. Fu Yunsheng said.
"You!" Tu Li was so angry that he wanted to punch him.
Mrs. Xuehua hurriedly said to the mud: "Fu Daoyou doesn't seem to have woken up yet, Tu Daoyou, don't worry about him." "The tone is biased towards Tu Li.
Fu Yunsheng glanced at her, didn't bother to argue with her, and said to the young Taoist priest: "Since Zhao Daoyou has summoned someone, why don't you plan to do something, but plan to listen to our quarrel?"
Zhao Tianyi said: "Naturally, I came to do something. Fellow Daoists, please do it. β
At this time, the little monk in yellow, who had been concentrating on chanting the scriptures by himself and had almost no sense of existence, finally stopped.
The five of them stood up together, each took out a special token, pinched the magic trick, and shot four spiritual powers from the token to the surrounding stone pillars. The iron chain of spiritual power, which was invisible to ordinary people, took shape, and I saw that it crackled like electric light. Until the electric light quickly extended to the bronze bell, the bell shook again, emitting a long buzz. A fist-sized round stone slowly hung down from the bell. The stone is constantly changing in various colors, and this is the sensing stone.
Zhao Tianyi and the five of them accepted the token and shouted, "Don't hurry up and put your hands up." β
Young Master Shi, who was completely forgotten, rushed forward and rubbed his hands, and then nervously put his right hand on the induction stone.
Shi Yuanwai was even more nervous than his son.
After a few breaths, there was a change in the sensing stone, first it became transparent, and then one-fifth of the place where the stone touched Shi Jing's palm lit up with green, yellow, and red light.
There was an immediate exclamation from the crowd of onlookers, and Shi Yuanwai happily pulled off a few of his beards. This is what it looks like to detect a spiritual root!
Zhao Tianyi's face was pale, and he said quietly: "The strength of the three spiritual roots of wood, earth, and fire is a little weaker, but it is barely qualified to enter my Guiyi Sect." β
Shi Jing's father and son were naturally overjoyed when they heard this.