Chapter 4: Grey Spirit Root
Diancang Mountain, the mountain stretches for 5,000 miles, spans the small half of the North Zhongshan Country, the peak in the mountain stretches continuously, the trees are lush in all seasons, the aura is abundant, it is the place where the Diancang School is located in one of the two major immortal Taoist schools in Zhongshan Country.
At this time, in the entrance to the south of Diancang Mountain, in a pavilion at the height, two silver-crowned and green-robed Taoists are drinking, a pot of sake in front of them, each holding a glass, while looking at a large number of people under the mountain, while drinking from time to time, laughing.
"You don't stay in your dining room, why did Yaxing come to me for a drink?" A middle-aged man on the left with a blue face and thick eyebrows raised a glass to the middle-aged fat man opposite.
The fat man on the opposite side was short and fat, and he looked ordinary, no one could associate him with a person who cultivated immortals, but he looked like a businessman in the market. The short and fat man smiled and said, "I don't have a manpower there, so I'll take a look here today." ”
"Hey, I don't know which kid is blessed this time. The blue-faced man laughed.
The pudgy man smiled, but was silent.
The two men sitting here, the person with a blue face and a vision is named Liu Song, who was born with the body of a dragon, and was brought to Diancang Mountain by the Taoist of the Diancang Sect at the age of three, with extraordinary qualifications, and now he is a monk who has built the 7th floor of the foundation.
And this fat man named Tian Kui is silent, he was the foreman of the dining room at the outer gate of the Diancang faction more than ten years ago, and it is said that he has average qualifications, and no one pays attention to his strength.
The two of them chatted like this, but they were both intentional or unintentional, looking at the large number of people gathered below.
Today is the first day of the annual Outer Gate Acceptance Day of the Diancang Sect, which is divided into two sects, the inner disciples, the recruitment conditions are strict, the non-talented people are not talented, and those who are born with excellent spiritual roots of cultivation cannot join. Every year, a large number of Diancang sect members are sent out to find children with spiritual roots to bring back to the inner gate.
As for the outer disciples, the recruitment conditions are relatively simple, as long as they meet certain conditions, they can join the outer door. However, these people, in fact, when they were young, most of them had been deleted and selected once by the Daoists of the Dian Cang Daoist in the You Fang, and most of the qualifications for cultivating immortals were not very good. But it is not excluded that some people who are persevering, with low qualifications, have achieved Jindan, and even cultivated to the positive fruit of the Yuanying.
At this time, Su Han was one of the more than 8,000 people gathered in this mountain pass, since the massacre of the He family in Qinghe Town, he did not stay for a day, and came to the north to send Cang. Because he was worried that He Shan, who joined the Mingkong Sect, would have terrible tracking methods, he thought about it and felt that only by joining a sect that could compete with the Mingkong Sect could he have a chance to avoid He Shan's possible pursuit.
Therefore, he started from Black Cloud City, went all the way north, and after half a year, he rushed to the outside of Diancang Mountain, just in time to catch up with the Diancang Sect to collect people.
At this time, he was in the middle of the team, and there were constantly warriors in front of him who were rejected, passing by his side in a dejected manner, seeing that ten people in front of him were rarely included, a young and handsome man in front of Su Han was a little anxious, and pulled a strong man who came back and asked, "Brother Tai ......"
"Don't bother Lao Tzu!" the strong man was rejected, distraught, waved his hand impatiently, and went away, leaving the young man stunned.
He turned around and said to Su Han, "This person is really ......."
"I'm afraid that others will be willing to say it, and it's not easy for you to ask anything. "Su Han didn't have a good airway.
"Also, I don't ask, I have a great chance of joining the Diancang faction. The young man scratched his head and smiled.
This young man's name is Zhan Fei, he met Su Han half a month ago, at that time this man was being chased and killed by the enemy, with Su Han's temperament, he would not care, but those people wanted to solve Su Han easily. You must know that at that time, Su Han had just completed the third doppelganger merger, and his strength had improved by leaps and bounds, reaching the realm of a ninth-layer martial artist in one fell swoop. ...,
"I heard that this depends on the spiritual root, if you don't have a spiritual root, even a tenth-layer martial artist is too lazy to ask for it, if you have so many spiritual roots, the chance of joining the outer gate is much greater. Zhan Fei said.
"It's up to each other. Su Han said. Joining the Diancang faction is just one of his choices, if he can't join, then he will continue to go north and leave Zhongshan Kingdom, he doesn't believe that if he walks tens of thousands of miles, He Shan can still find him. And he has the Great Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique in his body, as long as he can find a way to cultivate immortals, he can still cultivate immortals.
The time is getting late, and two bright lights are hung up in the mountain pass, like two small suns, illuminating the thousands of square meters in front of the mountain as if it were day.
Zhan Fei looked at the two bright lights and said in a speechless manner: "It's really an immortal method, even the lanterns are so bright." ”
There were not many people in the team in front of him, and finally it was Zhan Fei's turn, Zhan Fei clenched his fists a little nervously, and Su Han patted him on the shoulder, "Go ahead, let's see you in the Cang faction." ”
Zhan Fei turned his head, looked at Su Han, nodded and said, "We will definitely be able to join the Diancang Sect." ”
Su Han smiled and nodded, although he and Zhan Fei had only known each other for half a month, Zhan Fei's hearty and simple character made Su Han feel very cordial, otherwise with Su Han's defensive heart, he would definitely not let Zhan Fei follow him all the time.
Zhan Fei stepped forward, and an old man wearing a silver crown and a green robe stepped forward, and next to the old man, there was a circular formation carved with cinnabar and mercury, and the center of the formation was inlaid with a black spherical spirit stone.
"Stand inside. The old man with the iron crown said.
"Yes. Zhan Fei didn't dare to slack off, and immediately stepped in.
The old man stood next to the formation, muttering words in his mouth, and after a moment, the circle began to emit a brilliant orange light.
The old man showed a look of surprise, Su Han's originally slightly frowning brows gradually expanded at this time, he had seen many people enter this round formation in the past day, and most of the people who could make the spirit stone shine successfully joined the Diancang faction.
The old man glanced at Zhan Fei, rarely smiled, and said, "Pass." ”
On the side, a man in a black suit stepped forward and took Zhan Fei along the mountain road to enter the Cangpai, Zhan Fei turned around while walking towards the mountain, waved his hand at Su Han, and said, "I'll go in first." ”
Su Han also waved his hand at Zhan Fei.
Seeing Zhan Fei leave, the old man's expression stiffened again, and Su Han silently speculated in his heart that Zhan Fei's qualifications were only very good.
"Come in. ”
Although he didn't have to join the Diancang faction, Su Han was still a little nervous when it came to him, he took a few steps, and when he arrived in front of the circle formation, he took another deep breath before taking a step and entering the circle formation.
There was no change in the circle.
Su Han's heart suddenly sank, and the old man was about to wave his hand impatiently to let Su Han go out, but a gray light slowly rose from the round array, this light was very faint, if it weren't for Su Han always paying attention to the round array, I was afraid that he wouldn't find it at all.
On the pavilion, the two Taoists were still drinking, but at this time, Liu Song smiled and said: "It turned out to be gray light, red, orange, yellow, white and gray, this young man's qualifications are also very poor." ”
The circular array is used to detect the spiritual root, generally the spiritual root is superior or above, emitting red light, the more red light, the better the qualification, and the specific spiritual root level must be determined by a more accurate formation.
The orange light represents the passing of the spiritual root, which can be cultivated, and the people of the Diancang sect go out to find heirs, and those who are looking for the spiritual root above the orange light are brought back to the sect. The disciples accepted by the outer gate are often people who have been deleted once in their childhood, so there is basically no orange spirit root, but it is not excluded that there are occasional anomalies, just like Zhan Fei just now.
And below the orange light, yellow and white are failing, such spiritual roots, generally mixed, even if they cultivate, the achievements are extremely limited, but there are also those who rely on the accumulation of hard work and medicine to cultivate the avenue, but after all, they are a minority. ...,
As for the gray light, it means that the spiritual root is extremely weak, and there is almost no difference between it and no spiritual root, and it is very difficult for these people to achieve anything in cultivating martial arts, let alone cultivating the Dao.
Liu Song was talking on the side, but Tian Kui, who had been staring at Su Han, had a thoughtful light in his eyes, he suddenly stood up and stretched, "It's been a day of sitting, I'm really tired......"
Liu Song smiled, "Don't pick people?"
Tian Kui shook his head, walked out of the pavilion, walked down the stone steps, and walked towards the round array, Liu Song immediately showed a strange look.
"Unqualified, please go back. Before the gray light lit up, the old man had already turned his back and beckoned to a martial artist behind Su Han.
Su Han immediately said: "Wait!"
The old man turned around and looked at Su Han, "What else is the matter?"
Su Han pointed to the round array, "This round array is glowing." ”
The old man looked carefully, and sure enough, he saw that the circle array lit up with a slight gray light, he shook his head and said, "Do you know what this gray light represents, it represents the worst spiritual root, you can go back, the path of cultivation is not suitable for you." ”
The old man was quite displeased, although he had already accepted several gray spirit roots before, but the attitude of this young man made him dislike it very much.
Su Han's heart suddenly swelled with anger, and he couldn't help but say loudly: "Why is it not suitable? If you say that I have poor qualifications, I have reached the ninth level martial artist in just a few years, and the poor qualifications can be completely made up for by hard work, and I have to cultivate the Dao, why did I cut off my path of cultivation?"
In front of the entire mountain pass, there were still three or four thousand people at this time, and there was originally some commotion, but when Su Han was halfway through his words, he had completely calmed down.
Everyone's eyes were on Su Han.
Looking at the countless stares cast around him, Su Han suddenly regretted his momentary pleasure in his heart.