"It's very foggy here, so hold on to the rope and remember not to let go."
Brother Xun took out a rope as thick as his thumb from his waist, grabbed one end, and handed the rest to Zhao Lin, while seriously instructing everyone.
Zhao Lin took the rope and handed it to Tong Mu, passing it to everyone in turn.
Senior Brother Xun nodded, turned around and stepped forward, leading everyone forward.
White fog filled the air, and after only a few dozen steps, the fog was already so thick that I couldn't see my fingers.
Although Zhao Lin could not see anything, relying on the ultrasonic waves emitted, he could clearly detect the weeds and stones on the ground, the hillsides on both sides, and the trees on the mountains, so he did not feel panicked.
"It can actually deceive people's sight and hearing. The formation is really mysterious!"
But the others were not as calm as him. They were holding on to the rope tightly, breathing heavily, sweating on the top of their heads, and taking every step carefully.
Even so, people still stumbled and fell from time to time. Fortunately, they got up in time and no one was left behind.
Senior Brother Xun walked briskly and was completely unaffected by the white mist. After walking for a while, he suddenly turned around and said with some surprise: "Junior Brother Zhao is so brave. He can be so calm even when he cannot see the road."
Zhao Lin deliberately kicked a stone and staggered, "With senior brother leading the way, there is nothing to be afraid of."
The three mountains on the island look side by side from a distance, but they are actually shaped like a Zigzag, with the middle mountain located in the center of the island.
Fortunately, the island is not big, so the group walked for less than half an hour and arrived at the foot of the mountain.
"Attention, we are going up the mountain."
Senior Brother Xun reminded him and walked up the mountain.
Everyone couldn't see anything, they just felt that the foot was extremely steep, and they couldn't help but feel frightened, and they didn't even dare to take a breath.
And the farther up the mountain, the thicker the mist became. Not only was the vision in front of me completely white, but my ears couldn't even hear the voices of the people in front and behind me, making me almost blind and deaf.
The ultrasonic waves emitted by Zhao Lin could only detect a distance of three feet in radius. He couldn't help but feel surprised. He thought that with this magic circle placed here, even if Yuanjing warriors came, they would never be able to climb to the top of the mountain.
After an unknown amount of time, Senior Brother Xun suddenly stopped and pulled hard. Everyone felt their hands loosen and the rope was pulled away.
Everyone was about to exclaim, when suddenly their eyes lit up, and everything they looked at suddenly became clear.
Senior Brother Xun laughed loudly, "We've reached the top of the mountain!"
"Hey, the white fog is gone."
"Oh, my heart finally fell to the ground..."
Everyone looked around and found themselves standing on the top of the mountain, with flat open land at their feet.
When I looked at the place, I saw that the mountain was only a dozen feet high. The mountain was gentle and completely different from the cliffs I imagined.
"Junior Brother Xun, it's been a long time!"
There was a loud laugh from the front, and a Taoist priest with gray hair wearing a green-breasted Taoist robe walked up, followed by seven teenagers.
Senior Brother Xun strode up to meet him and said with a smile, "We haven't seen you for a year, but Senior Brother Sun's style has not diminished."
Taoist priest surnamed Sun laughed at himself: "My hair is all white, so how can I still be graceful? But Junior Brother Xun, your cultivation has improved again."
After chatting for a while, Senior Brother Xun asked: "Senior Brother, where is Junior Brother Qian?"
Senior Brother Sun shook his head and said, "It's not here yet, but it should be soon."
It turns out there are three groups of people...
Zhao Lin thought that Huazong's arrangement was probably out of consideration of not putting all eggs in one basket. He was really cautious.
Among the seven teenagers brought by Senior Brother Sun, there were four boys and three girls. Both sides looked at each other.
He Shaoqun was not afraid of strangers and took the initiative to ask: "Are you also new disciples?"
A tough-looking young man opposite took a step forward and replied, "Yes."
"My name is He Shaoqun, what's yours?"
"Hu Wei..."
The two of them gradually became familiar with each other as they asked and answered questions. The other teenagers also joined in the conversation, and soon they got together, chatting and laughing.
However, no one came to talk to Zhao Lin. They all thought he was a monk stationed there. Zhao Lin did not take the initiative to speak and only listened to their chat.
Zhu Cong suddenly remembered something and shouted: "Where is my father? Where is my mother? Senior brother, why didn't you see them?" There was a cry in his voice.
Senior Brother Xun stopped talking, turned around and said, "Don't worry, junior brother, the magic circle was activated yesterday, and someone has already led them to Xuanyuan Continent."
"Mortals have a special living area, which is not in the same place as you, so they take different flying boats."
After hearing this, Zhu Cong wiped his tears and remained silent.
After chatting for a while, Senior Brother Sun suddenly raised his hand and pointed in the distance, "Junior Brother Qian and the others are here!"
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough they saw a group of seven people walking towards the beach.
The leading Taoist priest saw the people on the top of the mountain from a distance and waved to this side, while the six teenagers behind him were holding on to the rope nervously, like blind people.
The teenagers all found it funny, but when they thought that they had been in the same situation just now, they stopped laughing.
It seemed like a short distance, but the group at the bottom of the mountain walked for half an hour. It was not until the sun was about to fall into the sea that they finally reached the top of the mountain.
The young Taoist priest breathed a sigh of relief, walked over and apologized: "Qian came late and kept the two senior brothers waiting for a long time."
Senior Brother Xun and Senior Brother Sun both laughed and said, "It doesn't matter, it's not the time yet."
People from the three parties gathered together, and Zhao Lin silently counted in his mind that there were twenty disciples in total.
If you find twenty disciples with spiritual roots in one year, that will be... two thousand people in one hundred years.
The reason for this calculation is that the lifespan of a monk in the Qi Refining Realm is at least one hundred and twenty years.
In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, one hundred years from now, all the young men present will still be alive.
Two thousand monks are selected from one world in one hundred years. Chenghua Sect governs nine small worlds, which is 18,000 people.
Although this calculation may not be accurate, there should not be an order of magnitude difference.
Zhao Lin couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he came up with this number.
These are only the monks who came out of the nine small worlds. If you include the monks of the Chenghua Sect, the descendants of mortals with lower-grade spiritual roots and above, and the monks who have reached the foundation-building realm, their life spans will be greatly increased.
After a hundred years, how many monks will there be?
The sky was getting dark, and the disciples were all a little hungry, so they took out the dry food and water they carried and ate it.
As Hai hour approached, the three Taoist priests looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
"There are no other mortals on the island and there are no ships nearby. It's time to begin."
As Senior Brother Sun took out a half-foot-long piece of yellow paper from his waist pocket, the disciples immediately stopped talking and looked over.
Zhao Lin had the best eyesight and saw runes drawn on the paper that looked like mountains, rivers, heaven, earth, sun and moon. Although he couldn't understand it, he had a profound and mysterious feeling.
Senior Brother Sun smiled and took the initiative to explain: "There are two magic formations on the island. One is an illusion formation to prevent mortals from entering this place. You have all seen it just now."
"The second one is the space array. It is not turned on at ordinary times. There is only an invisible node mark."
He raised the yellow paper in his hand and said, "This is the escape light guide talisman. It can pass through the nodes and fly to the other side of the magic circle."
"When the monks on the opposite side receive this talisman, they will activate the magic circle and send a flying boat to pick you up."
(End of chapter)
