The melodious ancient bell rang ninety-nine eighty-one, resounding throughout the mountain and outside of the entire Xiuzhen Gate, and it was immediately refreshing and calm.

The sound of the bell came from a huge golden ancient bell that was more than ten zhang high on a place called Wendao Rock in the Xiuzhen Gate. On the huge Wendao rock that was like a small mountain, there was an incomparably huge jade mountain gate, and in the middle of the mountain gate, a huge golden bell was suspended in the void.

Two crystal clear white jade ancient stone pillars, like two huge jade swords, inserted on both sides of the boulder behind the jade mountain gate, the top of the stone pillar, high into the cloud peak, I don't know where its terminal is. The two white jade ancient stone pillars that are as thick as a house are engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, which are lifelike, and the majestic spiritual pressure emanates from the stone pillar patterns, making those who are shallow in cultivation lose even the courage to look up.

These two incomparably large, thousand-heavy ancient stone pillars are like a gate that is always open, outside the door is the mortal world, and the void inside the door seems to hide the ethereal and eternal place that countless mortal monks have been chasing for thousands of years.

"Smell the Dao Rock, the Morning and Dusk Bell, the Dao True Gate. ”

This is the "True and False Illusion" portal, one of the three famous illusions in the Great Zhou Cultivation Immortal Realm. Jumping on the Wendao Rock, walking through the morning and dusk bells, and stepping into the Dao True Gate, it means that you are about to become a true disciple of the True Sect of Xiuzhenmen.

A steep and narrow stone path extends down from the Wendao Rock thousands of zhang high, leading to a huge valley square thousands of zhang down. This steep stone path is like a vertical stone path, flanked by straight and steep cliffs, bare, except for gray stones, gray stones, desolate and ancient. This is the second level of the Xiuzhen Ceremony, a "road to ask the sky" that must be taken!

Ask the sky!

"Embark on the path of the heart, inquire into the way of heaven, and seek the truth, why did you come?"

At the foot of the mountain, in the vast valley, thousands of monks gathered at this moment. This group of monks, all of them stood quietly in the valley at this moment, looking up at the majestic mountain range that suddenly emerged from the void in front of them, giving birth to a feeling of both reality and illusion.

The shock in Wu Yan's heart at this time is not at all something that can be described in any words.

One moment ago, there was only a vast, clear and empty abyss in front of him, but when the next quarter of an hour rang, above the abyss of the empty valley, such a majestic mountain suddenly appeared!

What kind of means is this?

Is there really such an unpredictable power in the cultivation of the True Sect? Then when will he, a little cultivator in the Qi refining period who is as small as an ant, be able to climb to the peak of ten thousand cultivators' admiration?

In front of the straight and steep path of the giant mountain, there were rows of more than 100 Xiuzhen Sect disciples wearing cyan Taoist robes with expressionless faces. In front of this group of disciples, there stood a long-bearded old man wearing a crane, a high Taoist bun, holding a white jade dust, and a fairy wind Dao bone, facing the nearly 10,000 scattered disciples who came to participate in the cultivation ceremony, and said: "Poor Dao True Void Son, all Taoist friends come to the Poor Gate today to participate in the Cultivation Ceremony, it is really a great fortune for the Poor Dao to welcome the arrival of all Taoist friends on behalf of the Poor Dao. ”

This person is actually the contemporary head of the Xiuzhen Sect, Zhenxuzi, and a master monk in the early stage of the Jindan period. His voice was clear, like a flying spring and falling jade, not high or low into the ears of everyone present, making people feel like a spring breeze, like drinking immortal wine, and serving the demeanor of a master.

"The head of the real void is polite, and our juniors are afraid!"

As agreed, everyone bowed to the True Void in unison.

Zhenxuzi smiled indifferently, waved the white jade dust in his hand, and pointed to the three disciples of the foundation building period who were standing in the open space of the valley square: "The rules of the cultivation ceremony, I think you must know it in your hearts, please ask the little friends of the Heavenly Spirit Root, the Alien Spirit Root and the two attributes of the True Spirit Root, go over there, and be directly escorted to the True and False Illusion Realm by the disciples of the Foundation Building Period of the Sect to participate in the assessment of the third and fourth levels of the Cultivation Ceremony." ”

After Zhenxuzi finished speaking, everyone showed a commotion, and then one by one, the young monks with smug faces walked out of the crowd and walked towards the three foundation building stage disciples.

The monks who participated in the assessment of the Xiuzhen Ceremony this time were not only monks like Wu Yan who only came here this year, but also casual cultivators who had been living in Jiguan Town and Jizui Gorge, as well as young disciples who were directly sent to the Xiuzhen Sect by their families in previous years. No matter which one it is, you have to accept the assessment of the three or four levels of the cultivation canon before you can become a true disciple of the cultivation sect.

Wu Yan stood in the crowd, looking at the group of young monks who could not accept the second level of the "Heart Path Questioning" assessment, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

This group of people can be described as the pride of the sky, their own spiritual root qualifications are superb, and the road to cultivation is smooth, as long as they are diligent and build a foundation, there is no bottleneck at all. Even in a lifetime, it is possible that you will not be able to build a successful foundation and insulate it from the avenue.

A moment later, no one in the crowd came out, Wu Yan silently counted in his heart, and found that there were as many as fifty-four people in this group. Zhang Feng is also among them. Seeing Zhang Feng squeezing his eyes at him, Wu Yan smiled back with encouragement.

The three foundation building period monks each sacrificed a high-level banana leaf boat magic weapon, threw it into the air, and then carried eighteen disciples in an orderly manner, broke through the sky, and flew away towards the towering mountain top.

The Daoist Mountain in front of him, who didn't know the truth and reality, exuded a huge spiritual pressure, and it was obviously arranged by the Xiuzhen Sect with a powerful forbidden magic array, if he didn't know the method of opening the prohibition, it would be impossible to fly in this imperial weapon.

The rest of them were the group, but they couldn't use any mana, and walked step by step along the straight and steep stone path to the top of the mountain.

After this group of highly qualified monks was picked up, the remaining group of monks quietly looked at the head of the True Void Son, waiting for his next arrangement.

Zhenxuzi smiled slightly, pointed to the steep stone path that was high and could not see the top, and said to everyone: "The little friends who participated in the second level of the assessment below, regardless of their qualifications, as long as the basic exercises have reached the tenth level, please come here and line up and start the journey to the sky." You must think clearly about whether you really want to join this door. Poor Dao hereby reminds you that this road of asking the heavens on the mountain is by no means an ordinary mountain and stone path, and there is a true and false forbidden law laid down by the patriarch of this sect himself. This prohibition is very powerful, even if it is poor, there is nothing to be done, and when it encounters danger, it is also to blame for losing one's life. For those who have not reached the tenth level of the exercises, it is best not to be lucky, this road to heaven is definitely not something that monks below the tenth level can complete. ”

After saying this, Mahako stepped aside sideways.

When everyone heard his words, many people changed color, and some guys who were originally lucky turned green with fright. I haven't heard of it before, and this second level of assessment is still life-threatening.

Wu Yan also chuckled in his heart, and felt his heart beat violently a few times. However, thinking of the goal he was pursuing, and then looking at the mountain and stone path, Wu Yan said secretly in his heart: What are you afraid of, I sincerely want to join the Xiuzhen Sect, and I don't have any bad intentions for this sect, and my body has been trained for a long time, and I am no longer the weak young man I used to be.

Thinking of this, Wu Yan followed the crowd and walked to the front of the Daoist Mountain, lined up in an orderly manner, and waited for the road to heaven.

The man at the head of the line had already stepped forward. The man walked up step by step without hurrying, and nothing happened. Many of the people in the back breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he walked to the stone path, Wu Yan silently turned his head to take a look, and found that there were more than 4,000 people who were qualified to climb this road. The remaining more than 5,000 people, but all of them were monks who had cultivated to the tenth level or less.

Wu Yan was a little puzzled, since everyone understood the rules of the Cultivation Ceremony, why did these people rush here? Could it be that they wanted to observe it?

True Void didn't make a monk like him wonder for long. Zhenxuzi shook the dust and said to the remaining monks: "Since you little friends have come to this gate thousands of miles away, the poor road will naturally not let you come in vain. Next, please follow the disciples of the deacon's courtyard and go to the deacon's academy to participate in the outer disciple assessment. As long as you devote yourself to cultivating the Tao and thinking about your own sect, you will naturally have the opportunity to become the core disciples of this sect in the future. ”

In the crowd, there was a lot of discussion, and soon after, another group of disciples of the Xiuzhen Sect in the valley walked towards the west of the valley.

"It turns out that the Xiuzhen Sect also recruits disciples from the outer sect, so it's no wonder that this group of monks rushed here knowing that they didn't meet the conditions for participating in the Xiuzhen Ceremony. Wu Yan said secretly in his heart.

After arranging these things, the True Void Son instructed the more than 100 disciples of the Xiuzhen Sect who were standing at the foot of the Dao Mountain: "Disciples of the Xiuzhen Sect, protect the mountain!"

This group of disciples suddenly agreed, and then they uniformly sacrificed their flying swords, and after stepping on them, they flew up one after another. From the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, every twenty zhang distance, a disciple with a flying sword on his feet floated beside the path.

The disciples of the Ascending Heaven Road, like a colorful dragon, slowly climbed towards the mountain from the bottom of the mountain, looking extremely magnificent from a distance.

At this point, the opening ceremony of the Xiuzhen Ceremony came to an end. Immortal cultivators, like those mortals in the world, have a sense of reverence for ghosts and gods, and every time a grand event is held, it is necessary to first carry out a grand ceremony to worship gods and worship ghosts. Immortal cultivators pay attention to the pursuit of the Dao, believe in the true self, and all of them aim to cultivate the truth and seek the Tao, so they naturally will not engage in these illusory things.

Zhenxuzi took one last look at the scattered cultivators who had ascended the Heavenly Road, smiled indifferently, and the light under his feet lit up, and then he rose to the sky, and fled towards the central Baoxiao Peak, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Wu Yan had already climbed the straight and steep stone path at this time, looked at the direction where Zhenxuzi disappeared with envy, and said secretly: Sooner or later, one day, I can be like him!