In the deepest part of the mist, two forked roads appeared, one leading to the outer mountain gate and the other leading to the inner mountain gate of Ghost Bird Sect.
The Ghost Bird Sect's apprenticeship acceptance ceremony is held at the Outer Mountain Gate, and the apprentices accepted are all outer disciples. After the outer sect disciples have accumulated enough sect contributions and have a cultivation level above the fifth level of Pimai, they can enter the inner sect and become inner sect disciples. As for inner sect disciples, after breaking through the eighth level of Pimai and accumulating enough sect contributions, they can be promoted to sect deacons.
A sect deacon who accumulates enough merit and breaks through the spirit-melting stage can be promoted to a sect elder.
And the higher status above the elders of the sect is the Four Demon Lords of Ghost Sparrow!
Most sects basically follow this model. The difference between the righteous path and the demonic path is probably the way to obtain contributions from the sect.
For example, in a Zhengdao sect, if within a month, the elders are not late in delivering the Dharma and there is no trouble in the sect, they can get 1 point of sect contribution.
For the Demonic Sect, if you defeat at least three brothers within a month, you can get 1 contribution point.
The righteous path emphasizes humility, while the evil path emphasizes competition.
The outer mountain gate has not yet been opened, but all those who come to worship are gathering outside the outer mountain gate. The masters from the outer sect who came to observe the grand ceremony had already been taken to the inner mountain gate to rest, and were personally received by the disciples of the inner sect.
Ning Fan had little interest in being promoted to a sect position. He is only half interested in the Ghost Bird Sect. Xuan Yin Qi counts as one, and Lan Mei counts as half.
The outer mountain gate has not been opened for a long time, and the examination elder has not appeared for a long time. It seems that the disciples of the examination school are patient. The path of spiritual cultivation is boring and lonely. If you don't have this little patience, you won't be able to cultivate immortality.
The wait was long, and Ning Fan was sitting cross-legged on the ground, so he would not waste any time waiting. Even if there is no elixir, he secretly runs his magic power around the sky to promote the immortal veins to ascend to the spirit. By cultivating on his own, the speed of the spiritual advancement is almost nothing, but at least it is better than nothing.
The only unexpected thing was that the first round of entrance examination was about patience. He originally thought that joining the sect was just a formality and would not waste much time. Now it seems that it cannot be ended in a short time.
I originally made an appointment with Lan Mei to treat him tonight, so let’s postpone it for the time being. For Ning Fan, this matter was not something he had to do.
Similar to Ning Fan, many people who seek the truth with a calm mind sit cross-legged on the ground and use their magic power to open up immortal veins all over the sky. And most people, although they are also waiting, inevitably look a little anxious.
Outside the outer mountain gate, it takes three days to wait. Except for Ning Fan, the other seekers were all cultivators who had not yet begun to initiate food. They had not eaten for three days, and many of them were already hungry.
One after another, those who are not firm in their Taoism will leave. Most of the people who left in the first place were young men from official families in the mortal world and could not bear the pain. In their imagination, cultivating immortals should be a relaxing and joyful time, but they never thought that they would have to endure so much hardship, so they were naturally disappointed.
Wait, another three days passed. For six whole days, outside the gate of Waishan, there were a group of seekers who had nothing to eat. Those who were in poor health could no longer bear it any longer, and some of them left.
Three days passed again, and on the ninth day, only one-third of the original number of people remained outside the outer mountain gate, only more than 200 people.
Except for Ning Fan, most people's faces were not very good-looking.
In the Outer Mountain Gate, several elders of the Outer Mountain Gate secretly observed the seekers with their spiritual thoughts and nodded frequently.
"This year, there are as many as 200 people who passed the first test. You know, in previous years, it was good for 100 people to pass the test. The collapse of Tianli Sect will be of great benefit to our sect." The old man in yellow robe smiled.
"Well, it seems that this year's Outer Mountain Sect will have many outstanding disciples. Especially the young man in white clothes and black cloak sitting in the corner. For nine days, he sat there without moving at all. He has such a calm mind. The Taoist heart must be as solid as a rock, and is the most suitable for cultivating demons. After all, demonic cultivation techniques often progress quickly and are prone to inner demons. The most difficult thing to test is the Taoist heart."
An old man in black robes stroked his beard and praised Ning Fan profusely.
These elders, who were only at the level of spiritual integration, could not see Ning Fan's level of spiritual integration. Otherwise, they would have been even more shocked.
Among the elders of the Outer Mountain Sect, a young man in black robe looked at Ning Fan with an obviously unnatural expression.
"Young Master Qimei, Ning Fan. You are indeed here..."
This young man in black robe is none other than Yan Zhuiyun, a disciple of Yan Bei, the Black Lord, one of the Four Demon Lords. He was scared out of the Mo family by Ning Fan.
Now, as soon as he returned to the sect, he turned in his contribution and was promoted to elder. However, Ning Fan's terror left an indelible mark on his heart.
"Haha, Elder Yan is also interested in this junior? You can't compete with us old men for people." A smiling old man winked at Yan Zhuiyun, and Yan Zhuiyun immediately didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Robbing people" refers to disciples with excellent qualifications who become outer disciples and become attached to various elders. Obviously, these elders of the outer sect who have cultivated Lingling cultivation have fallen in love with Ning Fan. They are afraid that once Ning Fan passes the subsequent tests and officially becomes an outer sect disciple, the old men will compete for him.
Yan Zhuiyun laughed a few times. He had never thought of letting Ning Fan join his army. That young man was so terrifying. I am afraid that none of the elders present at the spirit-melting stage could be better than Ning Fan.
"These old men are still dreaming about recruiting Ning Fan... I'm afraid these old men will be shocked in the next few tests..."
After nine days of screening, when it was dark, several sect deacons from the eighth level of Pimai finally opened the outer mountain gate.
The seeker, who has been suffering from hunger and cold for nine days, has some complaints in his heart. But when they saw the terrifying cultivation levels of several deacons at the eighth level of Pimai, they all fell silent. They didn't dare to complain anymore and stood up respectfully. Ning Fan also stood up, patted the dust on his body, felt the rising of the immortal veins in his body, shook his head and sighed.
In nine days, only one immortal vein was raised to one-tenth of the spiritual level. Doesn't this mean that it only takes three months to cultivate one immortal vein on one's own?
This speed was extremely slow, but to Ning Fan, a monster who had 30 spiritual energy levels in one night, it was like a turtle crawling.
"After joining the sect, use the medicinal materials paid tribute by the Zhengmo Sect to refine some elixirs. The Ascension Pill cannot be refined, and there are a few rare elixirs missing. However, a 'Ling-Burning Pill' can be refined. ..The efficacy of this elixir is far inferior to that of Shengling elixir, and taking the elixir will cause great pain... However, it seems that there is no other choice."
While Ning Fan was pondering, 200 seekers had been led into the outer mountain gate by several deacons, but Ning Fan remained calm and followed the crowd into the mountain gate.
The first level of assessment is over. Tomorrow, there will be a second level of assessment, but before that, seekers who are hungry and cold can get a night's rest.
In a hut with 10 people per room, Ning Fan sat alone on the floor, continuing to circulate the heavens and raise spirits through his immortal veins. The other nine people went out one after another and went to the kitchen to eat.
After everyone left, Ning Fan stood up suddenly, turned his hairband with a green light, and used the invisibility technique of the Jinxuan Spirit Equipment.
After nine days of meditation, Ning Fan didn't feel tired at all and didn't need to rest. He was willing to go out and explore the whereabouts of Xuanyin Qi while everyone was away.
Xuan Yin Qi, as the name suggests, must take shape in extremely yin places. But Ning Fan carefully released his spiritual thoughts, and there was no extremely yin place in the entire outer mountain gate.
In addition to the fog that lingers all year round, some spirits are cold and cold, but they are far from the level of "extremely Yin".
There is no outer mountain gate. Could it be that Xuanyin Qi is hidden in the inner mountain gate?
Ning Fan used his invisibility power, walked through the building and pavilion, and headed straight for the inner mountain gate. All the guards and defenses along the way were ignored by Ning Fan.
With the hidden magical power of his Jinxuanling costume, it was difficult for the early Jindan monks to see through it. No one in the outer mountain gate could see Ning Fan. Maintaining his hidden posture, Ning Fan sneaked all the way to the end of the outer mountain gate, a giant yellow jade gate that was a hundred feet high.
Within the giant gate, I think it is the inner mountain gate. But outside the giant gate, the yin and yang locks in Ning Fan's dantian seemed to be even more excited.
"Is there anything here that Yin Yang Lock cares about..."
Ning Fan's eyes narrowed slightly and he stepped into the huge door. But at this moment, a gray formation light curtain suddenly lit up, and at the same time, a sharp sound like a bird's chirping resounded throughout the Ghost Bird Sect. As for Ning Fan's invisibility, it was directly broken by the formation.
Ning Fan's expression changed. He didn't expect that such a strange formation was set up in the inner mountain gate. With Ning Fan's formation cultivation, he didn't realize that there was a formation here in advance.
It's not that the level of this formation is too high, but that the formation here is too natural and has become one with the heaven and earth. How can we tell that there is a formation here. The formation eye is integrated with the sky and the earth, making it difficult to find. It is not easy to break this formation, unless you attack and destroy it.
There is no deep hatred between me and the Ghost Bird Sect, so why did I ruin this formation...
"It seems that it is impossible to enter the inner mountain gate for the time being. Whether Xuan Yin Qi is in the inner gate is still unknown... We will talk about it someday."
Not far away, masters from the Ghost Bird Sect had arrived one after another to see who wanted to force their way into the inner door. Ning Fan knew that he could not stay here for long, so he stepped on the ice rainbow and turned around to leave.
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In the middle of the night, outside the hut, there was a buzz of insects. In the hut, Ning Fan was sitting cross-legged in meditation, while several young men beside him were talking with great interest.
"Have you heard? In the evening, someone forced his way into the inner gate, which alerted many experts from the outer gate. Even an elder in the spirit-melting stage chased the troublemaker himself, but failed to catch him."
"I don't know what kind of brave person dared to break into the inner door privately. I heard that the person escaped in the direction of our house... Hey, Ning Fan, have you seen the appearance of Senior Rong Ling?"
"I don't know." Ning Fan said in a very calm tone.
"Huh, what's the air?" The young man who asked the question was obviously very dissatisfied with Ning Fan's tone of refusing to accept people thousands of miles away. He frowned and stopped talking to Ning Fan.
"Speaking of which, tomorrow's second test seems to involve entering the 'Demon and Ghost Forest'... I heard that we seekers will have to stay in the Demon and Ghost Forest for a month."
"What, the Demonic Forest? The cemetery where the Ghost Bird Sect discards the corpses of its enemies? I heard that there are many ghosts and ghosts there. They are extremely powerful. Even a tenth-level master of Pulse Pulsing can hardly survive if he goes deep into it."
"Don't worry. The highest cultivation level for us seekers is only the fourth level of Pulse Pulse. The lowest cultivation level is just a mortal. The Ghost Bird Sect should not let us go too deep into the Demonic Forest..."
"At that time, it seems that the sect will issue a sect contribution card. It seems that it will hunt ghosts and collect elixirs... I don't know what the specific assessment will be..."
The people's comments fell on Ning Fan's ears, and his eyelids twitched slightly.
The Demonic Ghost Forest... Since it is a place where ghosts gather, it must be extremely cold. I wonder if the mysterious Yin Qi will be there. That's all, no matter whether you are here or not, you always have to search for it.
