In the blink of an eye, it has reached the tenth day of the first month. On this day, heavy snow fell on Xixuan Mountain, and Mogan Peak and the peak of the Nine Palaces built around the twelve peaks were still green and proud, just like a southern scenery.

In the early morning of this day, the bell of the Qingyin Pavilion of the Taishang Daode Palace rang twelve times, and the year passed in a blink of an eye.

At this time, the sky was dawning, the morning fog had not dispersed, and in the Taishang Daode Palace, a group of young disciples went to various examination gardens under the guidance of the Taoist master on duty, and stood quietly and waited. After Ziyang and the other eight real people burn incense and set up an altar to bless heaven and earth, the annual annual examination of the Tao Te Sect will begin.

The Daode Sect's annual examination system is only for young disciples who have not yet cultivated the Taiqing Nine Realms. It is said that he is a young disciple, but the Three Pure Sutras have infinite magical powers, and the difficulty of cultivation in each realm is far beyond the previous realm, so although the successors of the Daode Sect are all people with good qualifications and destined to cultivate, there are many people who start cultivating at the age of five or six, and they still have to take the annual examination when they are in their fifties.

According to the different realms of the disciples, the examination is divided into nine courtyards of the Taishang Daode Palace, and the disciples of each vein are divided into different colors, waiting for the chief of the examination to be called.

The beginner Taiqing Supreme Holy Realm is actually very easy, and a foolish disciple can cultivate it in two or three years. Ji Ruochen was born tall and looked a little taller than the average eighteen-year-old boy, so he stood unusually conspicuous among a group of little Taoist children who were at most eleven or twelve years old.

But he has long been accustomed to this kind of thing, when he was a buddy in the Longmen Inn, what kind of grievances did he not suffer? The shopkeeper once said, the big husband can bend and stretch, although we are not big husbands, but we have to be able to bend and stretch.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Ji Ruochen was calm and calm, examining the wooden sword spell as if there was no one beside him. At this time, Yunfeng Dao Chang walked in from outside the courtyard gate, walked straight to Ji Ruochen, and asked with a smile: "Ruochen, you have just entered the realm of Taiqing Spirit Saint, and your opponents are deeper than you in the annual examination, do you feel nervous?"

Ji Ruochen shook his head and said, "No." It's all about myself, and if others cultivate faster and slower, what does it have to do with me?"

Daoist Yunfeng nodded and said approvingly: "It's rare that you don't have the heart to win or lose like this, which is exactly the essence of cultivation." As he spoke, he looked around again, and saw that there were children in the courtyard, so he lowered his voice, patted Ji Ruochen's shoulder, and said, "You concentrate on the annual exam, don't worry too much." Senior brother, I am talented and dull, I sought the Tao at the age of six, and finally passed the annual examination at the age of forty-nine, although you entered the Tao late, but the entry is much faster than that of ordinary disciples, as long as you continue to work hard in the future, your achievements are naturally limitless. ”

After Ruochen answered, the head of the Yunfeng Dao saw that the hour was coming, told him again, and left on his own.

This courtyard is called Chaoyin Garden, three before and after, the main building is four floors, located in a corner of the Taishang Daode Palace, wide and remote, just suitable as a place for young disciples to take the annual examination. Those disciples with high realms were already able to control their own spells that were not weak, and they were either in places with heavy formation prohibitions, or they were directly moved to the back mountain. At this time, the three chief examiners were sitting on the second floor of the main building, and finally checked the roster in their hands and counted the number of disciples.

The chief examiner was about to sing the beginning of the annual examination, when the door of the hall behind him opened, and Ziyang Zhenren walked in slowly. He hurriedly put down the Zhu pen roster in his hand, rushed forward to make a big salute, and said: "I didn't know that Ziyang Zhenren was coming, but I couldn't greet it, please ask the real person to surrender." ”

Ziyang Zhenren waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, you go to preside over the annual examination, I'll go upstairs and watch it myself." ”

The chief examiner was immediately taken aback. The annual examination is an opportunity for the real elders in the sect to inspect the younger disciples, and it is because the real people do not necessarily have to watch the annual examination of the profound disciples of the Tao, and often just choose the annual examination that they are interested in to observe the formation. Although the incense of the Daode Sect is flourishing, it often takes about ten years for one or two amazing and brilliant characters to appear. Ji Bingxian, Li Xuanzhen, Shang Qiushui and Mingyun all entered the Daode Sect together nine years ago, and four disciples who will have great achievements have appeared in a year, such a grand occasion is rare. In previous years, most of the real people were watching the annual exams of these four people. The disciples who have not yet developed the Taiqing Secret Foundation and the Three Realms have a low level of cultivation, and they can't see anything.

Like today's Ziyang Zhenren who is the head of the mountain sect, he suddenly came to watch the annual examination of the disciples of the Spirit Saint Realm, and although the chief examiner lived to be fifty-five years old, he had never seen it.

However, before the look of surprise faded from his face, another person walked outside the temple gate. The chief examiner had just gotten up from the ground, and he knelt down again with a plop and bowed, and said on the ground: "I don't know that Master Taiwei has arrived, and the disciple has lost his true view, please surrender to the ancestor!"

It turned out that the one who came in was Taiwei Zhenren, and the Daoist of the main examination was the Taiwei Zhenren lineage, and he was the second disciple of the Zhenren. Taiwei Zhenren waved his hand, only said, 'Get up', walked over to say hello to Ziyang Zhenren, and went upstairs together.

It wasn't until the two real figures disappeared at the end of the stairs that the True Meditation Daoist stood up, his heart uncertain. Just when he was still thinking about why this introductory disciple's annual examination would attract two real people to watch, there was a soft sound in the hall door behind him.

Zhenguan was startled, turned around like a whirlwind, and as soon as he saw the person who came, he immediately knelt on the ground again, and shouted: "I can't meet Jingxiao Zhenren from afar, please surrender to Zhenren!"

"It's okay!" Zhang Jingxiao waved his hand slightly, and went upstairs on his own. Zhenguan was shocked, and secretly thought: "Today, Mingyun and Zhang Yinyin are also going to take the annual exam, Jingxiao Zhenren didn't go to help the senior apprentice or his beloved daughter, why did he come here?"

Zhenguan became more and more suspicious in his heart, and slowly stood up, looking at the stairs in a daze.

At this time, the door of the temple sounded softly again.

Zhenguan trembled, didn't look up, turned around and knelt down, and said, "Welcome to the real person!"

This time it was Gu Shouzhen's turn to be taken aback! He was stunned for a moment before he said to Ziyun Zhenren behind him: "Brother Ziyun Dao, I'm ...... Did the Doji show signs of instability just now?"

Ziyun stroked his beard and said: "Shouzhen Zhenren is condensed all over, Baoguang is contained but not revealed, immortal qi is collected but not released, how stable is the Dao Foundation, I can't see ten years, Shouzhen Zhenren is going to enter the realm again." ”

At this time, there was another person behind the two real people: "This really looks like the Tao is not thick, it is rare that the spiritual sense is so keen, and he can actually detect the true human qi, well, it seems that he is Su Hui is not visible, and he is a late bloomer." ”

Zhenguan fell to the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, hearing this compliment, he was surprised and happy for a while, and even his voice trembled: "Thank you Yuxuan for the compliment!"

The three real people were in front of him, and Zhenguan didn't dare to raise his head at all, and suddenly heard another person: "It's rare that three real people are here, let's go upstairs!" Listening to the voice, it was the real person of Yuxu.

The sound of a bell came from a distance, and only then did he wake up Zhenguan and know that the annual examination elsewhere had begun. He stood up, for a while he only felt that his mind was confused, and he couldn't figure out what was going on, and when he looked back again, he saw that the other two junior disciples were still kneeling and not moving, and they didn't dare to stand up.

Zhenguan only felt that the true yuan of his whole body was surging like a tide, sometimes high and sometimes low, which made his heart turbulent and his mind shaken. You must know that Dezong's portal is huge and the rules are strict, he has been in the sect for nearly fifty years, and he has never been so close to seven real people at the same time. All the real people have the ability to be immortal, and at this time, they gathered upstairs, so close to him, after a few hours of examination, the true view may also be contaminated with a little aura, and the cultivation will take such a small step.

He thought about it for a while, and then raised his fingers and counted for a long time before wiping the cold sweat on his forehead and muttering: "The eight-vein real person has actually reached seven......!

Before Zhenguan's words fell, a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Can't I come?"

Zhenguan pounced, knelt on the ground again, and said in a loud voice: "Disciple doesn't mean this! Please forgive the sins of Taiyin Zhenren!"

In a panic, frightened, Zhenguan knelt in the wrong direction, and rushed a butt to Taiyin Zhenren. Taiyin Zhenren snorted heavily, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and went upstairs by himself.

The seven real people on the fourth floor had already sat down, and at this time, seeing that the Taiyin real person also came up, Ziyang Zhenren immediately smiled and said: "I said that the Taiyin real person will also come, keep the real person, this time you will lose." ”

Tai Yin snorted and said, "The seven real people have already arrived, how can I not come? If I don't come, how can I know if there are any mysteries and weirdness?"

All of you are too secretive and have a strange temper, and they are all smiling and silent at the moment. Taiyin didn't say much, found a seat by himself, closed his eyes and stared, and waited for the annual exam to begin.

At this time, on the second floor, Zhenguan had already called the two juniors and disciples of the supplementary examination, and the three of them sat down in front of the stage. Zhenguan waved away the little Taoist priest who was waiting upstairs, lowered his voice very low, and whispered: "The two junior brothers, the eight real people are all upstairs, you say, why did you come to such a big battle?"

The two road chiefs, one on the left and one on the right, were in a cold sweat, and at this time, one of them quietly pointed to the courtyard below. Zhenguan looked in the direction of his finger and saw Ji Ruochen standing under the corridor of the wing hall, like standing out from the crowd of children in a group of children.

"This man...... Is it called Ji Ruochen, right?" Zhenguan flipped through the roster in his hand and asked in a low voice: "I heard that he has a good talent, and he has cultivated the Taiqing Supreme Holy Realm in only four or five months, but this is not as good as Li Xuanzhen and a few others, and it is even more difficult to compare with Ji Bingxian and the Boyang master and nephew back then." How can he be so valued by real people?"

The junior brother sneered and said, "Senior Brother Zhenguan is really confused, the real people have great powers, where can we figure out their thoughts? Besides, I wait for the end of the way, and I can see whether Ji Ruochen has any talent? I heard that the eight real people have taught Ji Ruochen, which disciple has such an honor? Now the eight real people don't even look at Ji Bingxian's annual exam, and suddenly gather here, unless it is for Ji Ruochen, which one can they do it for?"

Zhenguan suddenly realized, and said ashamedly: "It's still the junior brother who has foresight, alas, now that the eight real people are watching from upstairs, I'm also afraid that I will make the wrong person and it's not easy to explain." In that case, then I have a plan. Ji Ruochen had just entered the Taiqing Spirit Sacred Realm, and the disciples on the road were worse. The next competition is in full view of everyone, and we can't do anything, but in the four items of scripture interpretation, illustrations, preaching, and miscellaneous arts, we have even made a higher review, so that he can take the first time in the Taiqing Spirit Holy Realm annual exam. ”

Seeing that the two juniors and disciples nodded, Zhenguan told him that this matter was very important, and it must not be leaked out afterwards. Then Zhenguan beckoned a fat Dao person, and after giving a command, the man walked to the terrace on the second floor, Weiyun Zhenyuan, and sang leisurely: "The annual exam...... Let's go!"

The voice of the fat Dao priest is like a bell, echoing in the Chaoyin Courtyard, but it is really like the ebb and flow of the tide.

On the fourth floor, Taiyin Zhenren suddenly opened his eyes, sneered, and said: "This true view fruit has Su Hui, Yuxuan Zhenren's eyes are not bad, and the kung fu of seeing people can really be said to be the first real person in the Daode Sect." ”

Rao is Yuxuan is true humanity is profound, and when he heard it, his jade face immediately turned slightly red, and the corners of the sleeves of his robe were windless. She didn't move as if she was nailed to a chair, but looked up at the sky, as if she had suddenly become a stone statue. After a while, Yuxuan Zhencai said slowly: "Taiyin Zhenren's words are not right, Zhenguan is the disciple of Taiwei Zhenren, so if you say that your eyes are like a torch, you have to push Taiwei Zhenren to be."

Taiwei Zhenren sat still, and after a long time, he slowly snorted. The sound is not loud, but it has the meaning of wind and thunder.