In the remaining month, Ye Xing practiced hard and made significant progress. He felt that his internal strength should have reached the second level of acquired skills.
The feeling of going from stagnant to suddenly making great progress should be a sign of advancement. This feeling is really wonderful.
When the internal force is running, there is a moment of enlightenment, the flow of internal force accelerates and thickens, and the spiritual sense can find that the meridians have become like hair, and they are becoming more and more obvious in the body.
After constant calculation and practice, the Mianrou Palm and Tiger-shaped Fist are basically integrated together, and they can perform a set of martial arts without origin.
I can't say how powerful it is, but it looks good, looks decent, has some power, and can balance hardness and softness between the palms and fists.
Ye Xing discovered that the Tiger Shape Fist was not supported by internal force and was purely external force, but now it can also be supported by the internal force of the water system, but the moves will change because the muscles that exert force are different.
It's just that the tiger-shaped fist punched like that is a bit weird, that is, it lacks the original extremely fierce momentum, and is more calm, showing a scheming tiger.
The same goes for the soft palm, which has undergone subtle changes, because it has become soft but strong, and the shape and quality of the fingering and palm techniques, as well as the boxing have also changed.
The reason for this is that Ye Xing is afraid that the origin of Mianrouzhang is unknown, and if people find out about it, it will cause a lot of unexpected troubles in the future.
Continuous practice, continuous derivation and fusion have now become Ye Xing's own boxing technique. It is impossible to see the original form of the original tiger-shaped fist and soft palm.
This kind of self-creation is basically because Ye Xing's brain is getting better and better, and as long as Ye Xing sits and meditates late at night, he will constantly correct every detail and practice continuously during the day.
For more than a month, Ye Xing's flying knife was emitted with water aura, faster and a little floaty.
It used to be fast, and experts could avoid it as long as they paid attention, but now it seems to be a bit unpredictable, and the speed is faster.
There are still ten days left for the selection meeting. Ye Xing found out that only three sects, Qingyun Sect, Spiritual Medicine Sect, and Baji Sect, came to recruit disciples in Donghai City this time. The reason is because of the differences between the sects. Contradictory.
I heard that the current city lord of Donghai City comes from the Qingyun Sect, so he is only a well-connected elixir sect, and the Baji Sect is also recruiting disciples in Donghai City.
In fact, the same goes for other sects. Each selection meeting will only be held within their own jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of a friendly sect.
Talents are diverse. What you don’t want may be what others need. This is how it is reasonable to recruit and discover talents across regions.
Selection meetings are held every three years at different times in different places, and sects are also different. Only sects with good friends will go to the other party's territory to recruit disciples.
The only thing that is the same is that the selection is extremely strict, and those with spiritual roots must have a chance to become an outer disciple.
Of course, if people without spiritual roots perform extremely well, some sects will also recruit them as peripheral personnel, just like Uncle Lin.
Thinking about it, Ye Xing didn't know what his qualifications were, and he didn't have any good ideas. He could only be flexible when the time came.
It was the end of the year, and the sect disciple selection meeting that Ye Xing had been waiting for for a long time was finally held in an open space in the west of Donghai City.
I thought there would be many people participating, but in fact it was the opposite. Arriving at the venue, Ye Xing was surprised to see that there were very few people on the venue;
Including the people who were probably watching the fun, only a few hundred people came to the scene. Although people continued to come, it was estimated that not many people would participate.
This completely subverted Ye Xing's understanding. He didn't expect that there were not so many people who wanted to join the sect.
There may be two reasons. People here prefer doing business and don’t really care about martial arts that much;
Secondly, people in remote areas don’t even know there is a sect disciple selection meeting. In fact, people in Yunhai Village don’t even know what a sect is.
The three sects each built a high platform, and three or five people sat there, waiting for people to come to participate in the selection test to test their qualifications.
There is a notice board on the edge of each high platform, explaining the requirements of those who participate in the selection, such as age, gender, spiritual roots, martial arts and other requirements. Many people gathered in front of each notice board.
Ye Xing squeezed in to watch, but soon the crowd dispersed, looking for the sect he liked to sign up for the test.
Starting from the elixir door on the left, the requirements are written above: those under 18 years old, with fire attribute spiritual roots, wood attribute spiritual roots, and fire and wood dual attribute spiritual roots can participate in the selection, but others are not allowed.
When I walked to the signboard of Bajimen, it simply said: Under 18 years old, those with earthy spiritual roots and those with metallic spiritual roots.
The notice board at Qingyun Sect is quite interesting. It says that Donghai City is recruiting 300 city guards, regardless of spiritual root;
Those with spiritual roots can join the outer sect of the Qingyun Sect. Those without spiritual roots and excellent martial arts can also be admitted, while the recruitment is full.
Ye Xing has no idea what spiritual roots are, let alone what spiritual roots he has.
I had to watch what others did, and after watching it for a while, I finally understood. Just go to the Xiangzhong Sect and go directly to take the qualification test. Those who meet the requirements will be recruited as outer disciples.
Most of the people stood in front of the Qingyun Sect's high platform, watching the long queue, and one by one they stepped forward to test their spiritual roots.
Because most of them are martial arts practitioners, they can join the City Guards even if they are not qualified. This is also a good thing, at least it will bring a good salary and a high status.
Ye Xing watched from a distance. A young Qingyun Sect disciple took out an unknown short, crystal-clear stick with an arm length and asked everyone who stepped forward to hold it with their right hand.
"No spiritual roots!"...
"No spiritual roots!"...
"No spiritual roots!"
Then they all bowed their heads and left without saying a word, disappointed, and some stayed to wait for selection by the city guards.
Ye Xing saw hundreds of people lined up in front of him, and he probably wouldn't be able to get his turn for a long time, so he decided to give the elixir door a try.
In the elixir sect, because no one participated in the selection, the people on the high platform were also listless.
Seeing Ye Xing coming for selection, a young disciple hurried over and said happily, "Little brother, how old are you now?"
Ye Xing said, "Almost 16."
"Okay, little brother, let's test the spiritual roots first!"
The disciple said, took out a test stick and put it in Ye Xing's hand.
The young man said, "Hold it in your hand, close your eyes, and concentrate on the palm of your hand. There is no need for luck!"
Ye Xing held the test stick, closed his eyes, and felt a slight current flow from his hand into his body, causing a numbness.
This obviously strong electric current quickly circulated around the body and then returned to the test rod.
The test stick lit up obviously first, and then flashed red.
Ye Xing, who had kept his eyes closed, couldn't see it, but when he heard a sound, he quickly opened his eyes.
The crystal clear, colorless test stick flashes red three times without settling, then turns to green, flashes once and then blue, flashes five times, and finally the test stick lights up again and then disappears.
"Fire, wood, water, three spiritual roots! And they are unbalanced three spiritual roots!"
The disciple sighed with great regret, "Little brother, you don't meet the requirements!"
When Ye Xing saw that there was no one else, he asked the disciple of the Spiritual Medicine Sect, "Senior, may I ask, what is a spiritual root? What is its use?"
The disciple looked at the others and scanned the area first. Seeing that no one objected, he nodded and said:
"Spiritual roots are your qualifications for cultivation. Without qualifications, you cannot truly practice advanced techniques. Moreover, efforts are useless and will only waste resources and time."
He said a little regretfully, "You have spiritual roots, but they are very weak. Even if you work very hard and consume a lot of resources, you will never achieve anything."
After a pause, he continued: "There are too few people with spiritual roots in the world, and the spiritual medicine sect only needs wood spiritual roots, which are helpful for planting, and fire spiritual roots, which are necessary for refining medicine. The minimum is third level or above. The mixed spiritual roots of fire and wood.”
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"Today's work was all in vain! There's not a single decent one!"
He muttered the last word, looking at Ye Xing with a pity expression.
At this time, an old man sitting in front of the table suddenly said, "Little brother, if you are willing, you can become a handyman disciple of our sect!".
Ye Xing lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head.
"Thank you, senior! I still want to try other sects."
He bowed to several people again and walked off the platform.
Ye Xing directly skipped the Baji Gate because he knew that he had no earth or gold spiritual roots at all.
Maybe he wouldn’t have any spiritual roots, so he lined up at the end of the long queue in front of the Qingyun Sect’s high platform.
Ye Xing's idea is that no matter what kind of spiritual root he or she has, he can first rely on his good skills to become a city guard. He is also a peripheral disciple of Qingyun Sect.
This is something Ye Xing can be sure of, he can at least shortlist the city guards.
