Chapter 4 The Ouija Altar and the Bone Mirror
Yunji Peak, in an antique quiet room, a Taoist girl wearing a cyan Taoist robe and a Tai Chi pattern painted on the back sat motionlessly on the futon, and on the wall directly opposite the Taoist aunt, the dragon flying and the phoenix danced with the four big characters of "Taoism and Nature".
"Master, disciple Yun Qing asks to see. At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded outside the door.
"Come in!" After a while, Dao Gu said slowly.
"Yun Qing greeted his ancestor. After Yun Qing pushed the door and walked in, he saw Dao Gu bowing respectfully.
"Yun'er, don't be polite, how can you have the leisure to come and see the ancestor today!" Dao Gu opened her eyes and looked at the incense burner on the case, and asked gently.
"Master, a few days ago, the younger generation went to the world to walk, and when I came back, I went to Zhangjia Village. Yun Qing raised her head, hesitating and not knowing how to speak.
"Let's go see Jingyun, how is that little guy doing?" Dao Gu stood up from the futon, turned around and looked at Yun Qing with a smile, only to see that there was a red mole in the center of his eyebrows, this person was the red jade that insisted on keeping Jingyun in the Shangqing Sect at the beginning.
"What the disciple is gifted is about Jingyun. Yun Qing replied respectfully.
"What's wrong with him?" Hongyu walked to the window and looked at the sea of clouds.
"The disciple followed the will of the master to take care of Jingyun in his spare time, but every time he was clamored to enter the sect to practice Taoism, just a few days ago, the disciple was really noisy, so he told him about the Sword Gate Society..."
"Sword Gate Society..."Hongyu Daogu repeated softly, and suddenly the essence in her eyes flashed, as if she remembered something, and sighed in a low voice: "Alas, since he insists on choosing to take this path, then the hardships and setbacks he has suffered on the road need to bear by himself. Yun'er, you're going to have a baby, right?"
"The master is as wise as the master, the disciple has just entered the training not long ago, and is preparing for the fetus. Yun Qing was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then came back to his senses, and a trace of joy flashed in his eyes.
"Three children in one, how many people have been hindered by difficulties, and it is not easy for you to have such cultivation at this age. This is a Qingyuan Dan, which can give you more opportunities when you are in the womb. With a wave of her right hand, a small jade box was suspended in front of Yun Qing.
"Thank you, Master!" Yun Qing suppressed the ecstasy in her heart, took the jade box and hurriedly saluted respectfully.
"Let's go down!" Hongyu Daogu walked over to the futon and sat down again.
The disciple retired. Yun Qing hurriedly made a series respectfully, and then slowly exited the quiet room.
Just when Yun Qing went to see Hongyu Daogu, Jing Yun and Zhang Yifang, who were being assessed in Lin Fengcheng, were walking into the assessment square with nervous faces.
The square was already crowded at this time, and the children participating in the assessment lined up like a long dragon, leaving only a passage about two feet wide in the middle of each team, and there was a golden armor guard every two zhang away to maintain order, and there were no less than 10,000 people in the field as far as the eye could see.
Jing Yun held a silver-white square sign with Tianzi 586 written on it, so he asked the Golden Armor Guard, and took Zhang Yifang to stand in the venue.
The assessment field has the same brand in the east, southeast, south, southwest, and west of the five directions, which are divided into heaven, earth, people, yin, and yang, and there is a high platform with a circle of ten zhang at the end of each district, and these five high platforms are surrounded by a half-moon shape.
Directly opposite these platforms is a platform that is larger than the five platforms combined, and its shape looks like a whole that has been broken apart.
The half-moon platform was three feet higher than the other five, and three people sat on it.
Sitting at the top was a sleepy old man in a white robe, long beard and white hair. To his left is a middle-aged man in a white robe, with eye-catching sword eyebrows and a sword on his back.
On the other side is a woman in white with green hair, bright eyebrows, and a thin veil on her face.
Jing Yun turned his head to look at the Tianzi platform, only to hear a loud voice sound at this time: "Tianzi 281." "
As soon as the words fell, I saw a gold-armored guard walk to the stage with a five or six-year-old boy, and then asked the boy to walk to the top of the instrument and stand still, but the distance was a little far away, and it was a little unclear.
About two breaths later, about five inches in the air above the boy's head, a light point like a candle flame appeared out of thin air, and once it appeared, it began to sway, like a fire that was burning with firewood, and the fire gradually began to flourish, but when it grew to the size of two inches, it suddenly went out, and the strong contrast made people feel a little uncomfortable.
The gold-armored man seemed to have long been accustomed to it, and after explaining to the young man, he led him to the other side of the Tianzi platform.
The boy nodded nervously, and walked over to a bronze mirror the size of a basin with a surface as smooth as ice, and stayed for about three breaths.
"The spiritual root is not obvious, the bones are ordinary, and the meridians are blocked. I heard a voice from the high platform above.
When the young man heard this, he walked listlessly off the Tianzi platform like a deflated ball.
"Tianzi No. 282"
Jingyun looked very novel, and wanted to call his number the next moment, so that he could go to the stage to see what kind of strange scene it was.
"I don't understand! Call Brother Sheng, my brother will explain to you. Suddenly, a voice sounded, and he turned his head to look at his side, only to see a little fat man wearing a brocade robe and a blue crown, squinting at him with a pair of small eyes.
"Are you talking to me?" Jingyun looked around, then pointed to his nose and asked suspiciously.
"Stupid or not? I looked at what you said, of course I told you, are you curious about what those two things on the stage are? The little fat crepe Budong crossed his hands in front of him, beat his left foot, and said domineeringly.
"Poof!
"I can't walk, ouch! It's funny that there are still people who can't walk. Zhang Yifang covered her abdomen with her hands, and smiled back and forth.
"What a laugh is, it's a joke, not a walk. The cloth of the cloth, the building of the beam. Crepe Budong's face suddenly turned red, and he shouted at the people around him.
"Isn't that still not moving? Seeing that you have this body at a young age, you will definitely not be able to walk when you grow up. Haha, no, I'm laughing to death. "
"Don't laugh, my father's name, what can I do? You, do you call it or not? When you enter the Sword Gate in the future, you will definitely be bullied if no one covers it, let me tell you, the battle in the Sword Gate is very ferocious, and if you don't do it, your life will be over." Crepe Budong blushed and pointed at Jing Yun and said nonsense.
"Are you afraid that you won't be able to walk when you grow up, and now you'll fool a little brother, in order to carry you in the future? Haha" Jingyun had been holding back, but as soon as the words came out, he couldn't help laughing anymore.
"Cut! I don't think you know, you still want to scare people, how can it be so easy to die when Jianmen accepts apprentices, do you think it's a stray dog on the street, and if you say it's dead, you'll die?" A little girl with a ponytail and a red dress in front of Crepe Budong laughed for a while, and pursed her lips disapplauded.
"You said that Young Master Ben didn't know? Let me tell you, the place where the young man went first just now is called the Manifestation Stage, which is used to see if there is a spiritual root in the human body. Do you see the bronze mirror at the back, it is called a bone mirror, which is used to see the veins of human bones. The little fat man's eyes widened, and his voice couldn't help but raise a few points.
"What is a spiritual root?" Jing Yun smiled, a little curious.
"Scream, Big Brother, Young Master Ben will tell you. The little fat man said angrily.
"It's really strange that you can't walk like this, there are so many people around, why do you want Brother Yun'er to recognize you as a brother?" Zhang Yifang frowned, slightly dissatisfied.
"If you can't walk, you must be able to see that you are from a small village! I don't understand anything, so I am so deceiving, so I am looking for you!" At this time, a young man in brocade turned his head and said mockingly.
"Wang Renli, don't talk nonsense, I saw that this brother was helpless when he entered the Sword Gate in the future, and wanted to find him a backer not to be bullied, I have good intentions, it seems that I am treated as a donkey's liver and lungs by you, hum!"
"Alas, in the fifteen-day Sword Gate Meeting, there are no less than 150,000 people assessed in Xicheng Square alone, but there are not even 100 people who have passed the lucky assessment, how can it be so easy to enter. Wang Renli sighed.
"Ah, the odds are so low, so do we still have hope?" Zhang Yifang glanced at Jing Yun worriedly after hearing this, and asked in disbelief.
No one around them answered, and they were silent one by one, not knowing what to think.
"We're still young, even if we can't enter the Sword Gate, there are other places to go, other martial arts to learn, so be happy. Can't walk, can you tell me what the hell is that spiritual root?" Jing Yun looked at the young man and girl who were in a heavy mood for a while, and quickly changed the topic.
"Let me tell you! The manifestation platform is to see if a person has a spiritual root, whether it is suitable for cultivating immortals, basically every immortal cultivation sect and family has this kind of thing. My father told me that the spiritual root is the foundation for a person to cultivate immortals, and the Buddhists call it "Huigen". That is to say, with a spiritual root, it is suitable for cultivating immortals, even if it is the lowest spiritual root, if there is not even the lowest level, then where should you go back. Wang Renli shook his head and said indifferently.
"Isn't it okay to have a spiritual root, why do you still have a bone mirror?" Zhang Yifang blinked his eyes wide, a little strange.
"This sword sect is different from other immortal cultivation sects, one of them has a kind of exercise, and you can practice without a spiritual root, but my father didn't tell me the specifics. But I heard that the requirements for physique are very high, so as long as it is a big city, Jianmen will openly accept disciples like a net every year, and the bone mirror is used to watch the physique root bone veins. Crepe Budong said loudly and conspicuously.
"Oh! I see!" Zhang Yifang nodded as if she didn't understand.
Jing Yun looked up at the high platform, and his little hand tightened unconsciously.