As the saying goes, there is no sun and moon in the mountains, and there is some truth in this.

Ji Ruochen meditates and cultivates every day, without distractions, and this time flows like water. On this day, he put on his clothes and pushed the door, and when he saw the snow flying outside the house, and the flowers and jade trees, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, the season was actually winter! He also saw that the disciples were moving boxes and transporting goods endlessly, and they were much busier than in previous years, and only then did he realize that the big exam was coming. In this way, unconsciously, Ji Ruochen has been in this Daode Sect for almost five years.

The Great Examination of the Moral Sect is held once every ten years, and it is a major event in the sect. Before and after the big exam, it is customary to worship heaven and earth and worship the ancestors, but this ceremony is far more elaborate than in ordinary years, not only the rules of etiquette are more complicated, but also widely invited all the cultivators to watch the grand event. Before every big exam, there is a busy scene up and down in the Daode Sect.

This big test is also slightly different from the annual exam. On the occasion of the big exam, the real people of Zhumai will often come to observe the examination in person, comment on the spot, and guide the disciples. And in the past big exams, there will also be real people on the altar to set up a ceremony to preach the essence of the road. This is a good thing that comes once in ten years, and it is not comparable to ordinary events. What's more, when a real person preaches the Fa, not only can the disciples of his sect attend and listen, but he often can't help but send people who come to observe the ceremony to observe. Therefore, every time there is a big exam, the people of various sects of the monastic sect rush to Xixuan Mountain like a swarm. At that time, the Xixuan Mountain was crowded with people, and it was very lively, changing the quiet situation of people silencing on weekdays.

In fact, the moral sect invites objective examination, and the origin has its origins. More than 300 years ago, the Daode Sect began to recruit disciples, and since then it has flourished day by day. Therefore, the big test and the day of the big ceremony such as the sacrifice to the ancestor of heaven and earth were carried out at the same time. And often invite some intimate sects to observe the exam. At that time, the original intention was to show the rising star of the Daode Sect and highlight the strength of the sect. Second, the stones of other mountains can attack jade, and the comments of people from other schools will often inspire real people.

Fifty years ago, after hundreds of years of accumulation, the Daode Sect had 3,000 disciples in the sect, and the true person in charge of the sect was even more profound, becoming more and more mysterious, and everywhere the world often changed color, and visions were frequent. The cultivators knew that Ziwei Zhenren had the hope of ascending, and since then, the prestige of the Daode Sect has been extremely prosperous, and they have gradually suppressed the Qingxu Palace and Yunzhongju.

After the retreat of Ziwei Zhenren, the various factions knew that the real person made the final preparations for the ascension of the feather, and the prestige of the Daode Sect did not decline but rose, and there was a faint meaning of the head of the righteous path in the world. At this point, Ziyang Zhenren decided to open the mountain gate widely, and the sects that came to congratulate the ceremony during the big exam were no longer limited to a few families, but the right way in the world. All those who wish to come to congratulate him will be greeted with courtesy, and allowed to watch the battle and listen to the scriptures, so as to show the magnificent demeanor and glorious grandeur of the leader of the Daode Sect.

Of course, not everything in the Daode Sect can be viewed by outsiders, for example, when there was still a month before the big exam, Ji Ruochen was told that he didn't have to take this year's big exam. Ji Ruochen didn't want that false name, no matter how good the reward for the first place in the big exam was, it was no better than the magic weapon that the real people gave him privately. In this way, he is happy to have some quiet days, and he can have a good life and recuperate.

Moreover, in the past year, he has hoarded a lot of materials and treasures for alchemy and medicine, and Zhenyuan has become more and more active recently, just taking advantage of the end of this busy year for everyone, he secretly took another small step forward in the Dao line.

At the beginning of winter, the worship stickers and congratulatory gifts of various sects flocked to Xixuan Mountain like a tide. Since Ziyang Zhenren opened the mountain gate, there have been more and more guests coming to congratulate each time, and the reputation and prestige of the Daode Sect have risen day by day. A few real people who were originally quite complaining about Ziyang's real people no longer said much.

These daily rituals, the Tao Te Sect has a special department to deal with, and generally does not need to bother the real people of the various veins, but on this day, the eight real people gathered together, and there was a letter of worship in the middle.

Ziyang Zhenren saw that all the real people had already sat down, so he took the sticker and opened his mouth to read: "Yu Jiuwen Daodaozong disciples' nine veins of the arts, famous all over the world, but there are also cloud moral nine arts, such as dismantling the sock line, none of them is long. Today, I brought three disciples to worship, and the breeze entered the forest, not for the pines and cypresses, but only to distinguish the tongue of the people in the world, and also to increase the knowledge of the disciples. Forgive the true people and they will be right, so as not to disappoint the remnant.

Sky and sea in the clouds, respectfully. ”

As soon as the real people heard the four words of the sky and the sea in the clouds, they knew that this worship was not trivial, and all of them looked solemn, or frowned, or pondered, and the temple was silent for a while.

Speaking of this Tianhai in the clouds, everyone knows that it is the old man who lives in the clouds and the sea who calls himself. The old man of Tianhai has been famous for more than 100 years, and he is a figure of the same generation as Ziyang Zhenren, but his status and prestige are still more than Ziyang Zhenren. The cloud dwelling he came from was not inferior to the Daode Sect in the slightest. For thousands of years, it has been famous all over the world. It's just that there are only a handful of people who are really destined to see the true face of the clouds dwelling.

Yunzhongju is located in a dangerous place, and the people rarely go down the mountain to walk, so the sect is always like in the clouds and fog, and it is very mysterious. Moreover, the selection of disciples in the clouds is extremely strict, and often no heirs can be received for several years, which is very different from the wide opening of the mountain gate of the Daode Sect. However, once you go down the mountain and walk around, you are a person who is amazing and brilliant, and your reputation has never fallen for thousands of years, even if the disciples of the sect are less than one-tenth of the Daode Sect.

Yunzhongju has not taken a step down the mountain for decades, and among the older generations, only the old man of Tianhai often walks under the mountain, so when it comes to the old man of Tianhai, his reputation is even greater than that of the Yunzhongju Zhangjiao.

Thirty-five years ago, Ziwei Zhenren summoned all the sects of cultivation in the world, saying that the retreat was imminent. The old man of Tianhai only got Xixuan Mountain, discussed the fighting method with Ziwei Zhenren, and went down the mountain in three days. This battle can be called a grand event in the Dao realm, although the result has not been announced, but the world knows that the old man of Tianhai will undoubtedly lose. However, Ziwei Zhenren had already shown the appearance of soaring at that time, and the power of the Dao Law was poor in heaven and earth, which was really beyond the power of human beings, and it was because the old man of Tianhai was still glorious despite his defeat, and his prestige did not fall but rose, and he had faintly overwhelmed other real people in the Daode Sect.

For more than 3,000 years, the moral sect has always stipulated that the real people of each lineage have interacted with each other, and the rest of the disciples have been based on this, and they have descended one after another. For example, in real people, Ziyang and Ziwei are the first generation, Taiyin, Shouzhen, etc. are actually a generation lower, and Yuxuan, Yuxu and Jingxiao are even lower regardless of age. The old man of Tianhai is even older than Ziyang Zhenren, and when it comes to the number of years of cultivation, he is nearly a hundred years longer than the youngest of the real people, Yuxuan Zhenren.

Although you real people don't say anything in your mouth, you understand very well in your heart, except for Ziwei real people, the Taoism of all the real people here may be difficult to reach the old man of Tianhai. Now that the old man has gone up the mountain three times today, I think he has made all the preparations. In fact, it coincides with the retreat of Ziwei real people, and the big exam is imminent. For a while, these ordinary real people who only cared about diligent Taoism were a little at a loss, and they didn't know what to do. At this time, I only hope that Ziyang Zhenren can have a way to deal with it. When it comes to being experienced in human affection and doing things well, the seven real people all know that they can't be compared with Ziyang real people.

Facing the earnest gaze of all the real people, Ziyang Zhenren picked up the worship sticker again, read it carefully, and said: "The old man of Tianhai was defeated by Ziwei Sect thirty-five years ago, and he took the young disciple of Yunzhongju to the mountain during the big exam twenty years ago, and then he was defeated by Shen Boyang of our sect. The so-called thing is only three, this time the old man of Tianhai has made a comeback, and he must be quite sure of the shame of the snow. However, I didn't expect that he would not discuss the Dao fighting method with us, after all, my sect Ziwei deserved the name of being the number one in the world. Even if he outwins us, it won't be of much use. ”

Ziyang Zhenren paused slightly, glanced at all the real people, and said, "In my opinion, this article must be from these three disciples. I think that in the past 20 years, Yunzhongju has produced a few more heavenly talents. You must know that the prestige of our sect today is far from comparable to that of the past. And this year's big exam is unprecedented, almost all the righteous sects have many people come to watch the ceremony, if the younger generation of disciples of Yunzhongju overwhelms the disciples of our sect, then the world will inevitably think that the three disciples of Yunzhongju will overwhelm the three thousand disciples of the Daodaozong. ”

All the real people frowned and remained silent. The old man of Tianhai only took three disciples up the mountain, although there were many disciples of the Daode Sect, they could not fight with the wheel array, no matter how many disciples there were, it was useless.

Ziyun Zhenren spoke: "Now the younger generation of disciples of our sect are also talented, in addition to Ji Bingxian, there are also Li Xuanzhen, Shang Qiushui and Mingyun. I think the old man of Tianhai is afraid that he will return again this time. ”

Ziyang Zhenren closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then said, "I don't think so." At such a grand ceremony, before the world is right, if the old man of Tianhai is not completely sure, he will never take such a big risk. My sect is like dust, and it is not a big secret, so I can't hide it from the clouds. Now the old man of Tianhai still dares to go up the mountain to call the battle, it will not be simple. In my opinion, in this battle between the two factions, our sect is more auspicious than lucky, and half of Thailand will lose. ”

All the real people know that what Ziyang Zhenren said is reasonable, but there is no good plan for a while. The various sects of cultivating immortals compete with young disciples, not to see the level of Taoism for a while, but to test the potential talent and level of understanding. With a little bit of demonstration, real people will see it. In this short period of time, where can you find a disciple who is more talented than Ji Bingxian?

Ziyang Zhenren pondered for a moment and said, "We should take a long-term view and don't have to worry about temporary gains and losses. Ruochen still asked him to cultivate, and he didn't have to take the big exam. No matter what the intentions of the old man of Tianhai are, my sect will treat him with generosity. Winning is naturally the best, that is, not winning, that day the old man of the sea is complacent, presumably the selection of apprentices will be more strict. Thinking about the talent of the Ice Immortal is a rare encounter in a hundred years, and the clouds have a high vision, of course, it is even more difficult to receive disciples. In time, there are very few of them, and if they want to compete with our sect, it will only increase the laughing stock. ”

After the agreement was made, the real people dispersed.

According to the practice of the Tao Te Sect, the big examination is scheduled to be held between the 15th and 20th of the first month. It has only entered the first month, and guests from various sects of righteousness have arrived one after another. Daodaozong has already prepared, Taishang Daode Palace covers an area of thousands of hectares, and the guest house should be more or less, even if it can accommodate thousands of people to watch the ceremony, it is just a trivial matter.

At this time, the snow in the West Xuanshan is flying, all the peaks are white, only the top of the Mogan Peak and the Nine Veins Peaks is bubbling with clear springs, verdant and shady, butterflies dancing among the flowers, and the beasts swim under the forest, which is completely a southern scenery. Walking on the Mogan Peak, walking in the Daode Palace, even the breeze blowing in the face has a scented ambiguity, the veins of sandalwood, and then look at the palace Xuanyan paving, white jade for the steps, purple pear as a column, depicting gold and painting beams, a good and prosperous world!

In fact, this superficial flashiness is not very rare, and several major sects of the righteous path that have been inherited for thousands of years can barely have such financial resources. The evil sects are even richer. However, if you want to maintain such a prosperous scene of spring flowers in the Taishang Daode Palace, I don't know how many magic weapons and good materials need to be invested in order to maintain the Xixuan Wuya Great Array moving against the sky?

The guests who had come to the Dao Dao Sect to watch the ceremony before had already seen the grandeur of the Xixuan Cliff Great Array, and they were still shocked to see it again at this time. And those who have just ascended to Mogan Peak can't help but be stunned.

The tenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the Daode Sect officially welcomes guests. In the early morning of this day, the drums and music in the Taishang Daode Palace were loud and noisy. The fairy wind lingered in the sound of leisurely music, and the originally dense lead clouds in the air were also forced by the supreme mana of all real people, and the clouds dissipated in an instant, revealing the blue sky.

Before long, a round of red sun erupted in the eastern mountains, dyeing half of the cloudy sky red. Then a long sound of Qingyue resounded between the peaks, and in the sound of Qingyue, a green luan rose to the sky and rose with the sun.

After Qingluan, there were hundreds of white cranes soaring, lingering on Mogan Peak, and the sound of cranes chirping, adding a few more points of immortal meaning to this golden and jade Taishang Daode Palace.

All the guests were happy and admired, and they all felt that the trip was worthwhile.

Since then, the Daode Sect has opened the mountain gate to welcome guests from all over the world.

"Vulgar! vulgar! vulgar!"

Looking at the splendid and crane-hovering Taishang Daode Palace on the top of Mogan Peak, an old man was indignant and scolded. He was short and thin, his face was red, his head was half-bald, and only a few strands of sparse white hair hung from the top of his head.

This old man's appearance is not very eye-catching, but his outfit is not trivial. The brocade robe on the body, at a glance, seems to be covered with a layer of light purple light mist, the front chest is embroidered with mountains and rivers, the back heart is painted with wind and clouds, the neckline and sleeves are made of black gold thread, embroidered with animal patterns and sealed. This brocade robe has a great origin, called the Sihai Shengping robe, but there is a name and surname in the cultivation world.

In addition to this robe, the old man also hung a jade pendant left by the previous generation of Ge Zhi Heavenly Master when he cultivated to disperse immortals, and he wore a wrench left by Tianfengzi when he was autopsied. As for the string of wooden beads hanging around his neck, although it looks dark and inconspicuous, it is actually not small, it is something that Peng Zu always played with before he got the Tao.

All in all, there is nothing on this old man's body that has a prominent background, but it can be said that he is full of splendor, pearls and jade, fairy wind, and treasure. The things in his body are enough to be worth the accumulation of ordinary small sects.

The old man was angry at this moment, although it was not intentional, but the power was not trivial. He was standing on the back of a giant bird with a golden beak of blood feathers and wings thirty feet wide, floating above the clouds like a giant boat. This bird is also a number of exotic birds in the heavens and the earth, named Yikuo. However, the old man's pause, when he was on the ground, let out a wail, and sank for a full fifty feet, only then did he stabilize his body.

On his back, there were two women, one man and three young people. At this time, a woman smiled lightly and said, "Why is Master angry?" The crisp sound is like a new warbler coming out of the valley, charming and moving, but it is extremely cold and freezing to the heart. Take a closer look at the woman, with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, condensed muscles and slender neck, and her eyes are swirling, charming and bewitching. She wore a wide-sleeved gauze dress, covered with an embroidered sleeveless crotch, a long black skirt, and a leno silk down her shoulders.

The old man snorted, pointed to the Daode Palace, and said: "Twenty years ago, the Daode Palace just relied on the Xixuan Wuya Array to protect the clear spring and green trees, and built a personal immortal mountain to deceive the ignorant world. But now they are not only forcibly against the sky, but they have also made the cranes fly around, in a vain attempt to create auspicious rui in order to deceive the world! Hmph! Such a poor and extravagant desire, I want to see how long they can last! Vulgar! Vulgar! Vulgar! Vulgar is unbearable!"

The woman chuckled lightly and said, "But their pomp and circumstance are also a little bigger, Qingluan is a divine bird, and it is unbelievable that it has also been tamed by the Daode Sect." ”

At the mention of Qingluan, the old man's face darkened a little, and he said coldly: "Shiji, what you said is wrong. Ziwei Zhenren's ascension is imminent, and it is not a strange thing to attract some rare birds and beasts to vote. It's just that all sentient beings, the ignorant people, think that the Tao Te Sect is the destiny of heaven. Hmph, although there are many disciples, but the good and the bad are uneven, not to mention the 3,000 disciples, that is, 30,000 disciples, how can they be as noble and lonely as I am in the clouds? The more prosperous they are, the farther away from the avenue!"

Shi Ji quietly stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "The Daode Sect has accumulated for three thousand years, and has recruited a wide range of disciples, I have already said, Master, if you want to compete with them for the magic weapon of alien beasts, how can you have good fruits to eat? ”

The old man's face darkened, he snorted angrily, and he didn't speak, a dark energy came out from his feet, and he let out a long roar, and his wings were retracted, and he threw himself towards Moganfeng like a meteor.

When he fell straight to the time when he was only a hundred zhang away from Mogan Peak, he spread his wings and slowly fell to the white jade platform stretched out of the cliff in front of the Taishang Daode Palace.

On the white jade platform, the eight veins of the Daode Sect have all gathered, and the hundreds of disciples behind them are neatly arranged, and then hundreds of guests of various factions are standing densely. At this time, the guests of all factions were surprised, pointing at Yi Kuo, whispering from time to time, and they all felt that this time they were really lucky, not only to meet the real people of the Dao Dao Sect, but also to see Qingluan, Yi Kui and other rare birds and sacred birds.

There were still a few zhang from the ground, and Ziyang Zhenren led the real people of the Daode Sect forward, and said loudly: "The old man of Tianhai is here, and my Daode Sect is really shining!"

The old man of Tianhai stood on top of the sky, which can be described as condescending, smiling and arching his hand at the moment, just about to be humble, the Qingluan hovering in the sky suddenly made a clear sound, and the sound revealed the meaning of killing!

Yi Kuo suddenly heard the sound of Qingluan's singing, only frightened his wings stiffened, and almost fell on the white jade platform, fortunately, it was also a different species, and the wings snapped sharply, and after the Qingluan roared, there was no follow-up, and it barely landed on the white jade platform.

It's just that in this way, the old man of Tianhai was very imposing when he came, and he had already gone to nine points.

The old man of Tianhai had a black face, stepped down from the top of the sword, stared at Ziyang Zhenren, and just said in a loud voice: "Okay, good ......"