The sky is just right.
There were four people flying in the air, and they seemed to be coming from Ruixuan Town and heading towards the Five Spirit Sect.
This is a scene I see a lot lately. There is still a little more than a year before the next "Cheng Guan En Examination", and now is the time for those big and small families to send their children and grandchildren to the Five Spirits Sect.
The four people were an old man, a young man and two children.
The young man was wearing the attire of a Five Spirits monk, and he had the same foundation-building skills as the old man. The two children were a boy and a girl. They looked like a brother and sister. They were about fifteen or sixteen years old. They were both pretty. He looked around curiously while flying.
Almost once every ten years, the foundation-building disciples in the sect will be busy for a while, and it is also because of these big and small families who send their nephews to their descendants. According to the rules of Wuling, there are four towns on the border, Ruixuan Town, Fuxuan Town, Jixuan Town and Xiangxuan Town. They are the four major gateways of Wuling. Among them, Ruixuan Town is the largest and most important. There are the largest number of people, and most people from aristocratic families enter the Five Spirit Sect from Ruixuan Town.
However, the Wuling Sect controls the border areas very strictly. Generally speaking, whether they are people outside the sect or people within the Wuling Sect, they enter and leave the Wuling Sect through the four towns mentioned above. , it is not impossible in other places. As long as the cultivation level is above the pill formation, there is indeed a chance to break in, but even if you can get in, you will definitely be discovered, which will attract the search of the five spirit masters, and the end is predictable. And know it. Therefore, as long as they are normal or not malicious, they can only enter through those four towns. The Wuling Sect only looks at the cultivation level of those who come in, that is, regardless of the person's identity and background, as long as the person's cultivation level is above Foundation Establishment, they must go to a place like Chengming Tower in Ruixuan Town to find them. Contact the person and explain your intention before following the arrangements of the Five Spirits monks. After Chengming Tower inquired about his intention, he would either send someone back to the sect to report and wait for the news, or he could make a decision right then and there, and then Chengming Tower would send monks to lead him all the way in. Even if he had been here many times before or had been with Wu The same is true for the close relationship between Lingzong, and this is no exception.
As for those who want to enter the Five Spirits Sect who are practicing Qi cultivation, Chengminglou turns a blind eye. Firstly, the manpower is limited after all, and it is impossible to do things in such detail; secondly, no matter it is It is absolutely impossible for other small sects or aristocratic families to send only people with qi-refining skills to the Five Spirits Sect. Therefore, as long as people with qi-refining skills sneak in without permission, they must have various invisible purposes. , according to the rules of the Five Spirits Sect, the Five Spirits disciples... Of course, this refers to the Five Spirits Qi Refining disciples who come out to do errands... As long as you see such a person, you can take them down. If you resist, It didn't matter whether he was alive or dead. Of course, this was also the reason why Yan Shuang was attacked twice, because those who could come in were those with Qi refining skills.
Now that the "Cheng Guan En Examination" is approaching, various aristocratic families have sent people to send their younger generations. Take Ruixuan Town, where Qian Chao and the others just visited, for example. The children of the aristocratic families are led by the elders of the family. Come to Ruixuan Town, and then go to Chengming Tower to explain your intention. Generally speaking, the Five Spirits Foundation Establishment monks on duty at Chengming Tower will arrange for these people to live in the town first, and when there are a certain number of such people, Then a foundation-building monk led them into the Five Spirit Sect.
Of course, if a member of a certain aristocratic family does not want to spend any more time in Ruixuan Town, or if he or she is on good terms with a senior in the sect and wants to meet him alone, he can also pay more spiritual stones to Chengming Tower, so that Chengming Lou will send a foundation-building monk alone to take them in. Well, this is also an opportunity for those foundation-building monks who are on duty in Ruixuan Town to earn spiritual stones.
This is the case for the four people flying through the air right now. The old man among them is the elder sent by a certain family to lead the team, and the man and woman following him are the juniors who will participate in the "Cheng Guan En Examination" a year later. .
The foundation-building monk who led these three people all the way to Wuling Sect discovered that the old man seemed to be very familiar with the path.
Speaking of which, the four of them have all flown through the sky, so there is no way to know the path. In fact, otherwise, from the moment they come out of Wuling's sect to Ruixuan Town, they can never fly back and forth in a straight line. That way It will only break into some dangerous places guarded by powerful monsters. Even at high altitudes, there are dangers. In some places, even the Lianhe Dan monks have to take detours, so even if they fly all the way, they must follow a certain route.
But the strange thing is that this old man is familiar with the path. Where to turn, where to go around, where to fly high and where to fly low against the grass. This old man knows it clearly at a glance. , and also reminded the two children who were following him from time to time.
Out of curiosity, the Five Spirits Foundation Establishment monk asked:
"Old sir, have you been to our Five Spirits Sect before?"
"Yes, I have indeed been here before, well, it was many years ago, and you, the Five Spirits Sect, have come here not just once or twice, but many times, so I am familiar with the path here."
"Oh, so the old gentleman has a friend who is a monk of our Five Spirits?"
"Well, we can be considered... friends. I'm ashamed to say that I used to come to Wuling Sect to find a brother named Zhou. Oh, now he has achieved extraordinary things. He is Zhou Guangzhou from Shuiyun Valley in your sect. senior……"
The foundation-building monk became a little curious and asked again:
"The old gentleman actually recognizes Senior Zhou?"
"I understand, that happened in the past. At that time, your senior Zhou had not yet formed the elixir. Like you and I, we were both practicing foundation building. I met him in the cultivation world. Well... he was in some trouble at that time. , I calculated a little bit, and got acquainted with him from then on. Later, we had similar temperaments and we became friends. I was young at the time and often came to visit him. It’s really embarrassing to say that when I first got acquainted with Zhou Guang , Haha, my cultivation level is still higher than his. After so many years, he has already formed an elixir and became an elixir-forming elder in your Shuiyun Valley. But my... alas... my cultivation level is not the same. It’s hard to make any progress, it seems that if you want to practice, you still have to go to a big sect like Wuling Sect!”
The Five Spirits Foundation Establishment monk smiled after hearing this, knowing that what the old man said later was meant for the two children.
"Then..." the girl among the two children said hesitantly, "then why didn't grandpa come to the Five Spirit Sect to practice? If he had come, wouldn't he be able to form elixirs?"
"Haha, silly girl, I had already established the foundation at that time. The Wuling Sect has strict rules. Whether you want to recruit disciples or choose people from various aristocratic families, as long as they are able to build the foundation and refine their Qi, so I thought at that time, the Five Spirits Sect has strict rules. The Ling Sect won’t want me, but you two, now is the time, you must practice hard when you join the Five Spirit Sect.”
The boy thought more and asked:
"Is the senior Zhou that grandpa mentioned is the senior we want to become our disciple this time? Can we become our disciple after we enter the Five Spirits Sect?"
After hearing this, the Five Spirits Foundation Establishment monk smiled slightly, and the old man was a little embarrassed. How could it be so simple? There are thousands of Qi Refining disciples in the Five Spirits Sect who have no masters. Originally, that " The "Cheng Guan En Examination" was only set up for Wuling disciples who had no masters. Later, the children of these aristocratic families participated. The reason why these children of the aristocratic families came to the Five Spirits Sect a year in advance was because the participation of the children of the aristocratic families had caused many The disciples of Wuling are dissatisfied. How come you, a son of a noble family, can compete with me on the same stage and compete with me for the opportunity to become my disciple after you enter the sect?
The disciples of the aristocratic family can almost eliminate the dissatisfaction with the original disciples of Wuling after one year in Wuling.
"Uh... it's still early to become a disciple. Well, you two have to wait for a year to join the Five Spirits Sect. After that, you can participate in the 'Entrance Examination' and stand out in the ring. But this time, I will take you there first. I’d like to pay my respects to Senior Zhou Guang. I think it won’t be too difficult for you to become a disciple in the future with Senior Zhou taking care of you.”
After the girl heard that she would only be able to become a disciple after one year, she said with some worry:
"I heard that the life of a disciple of the Five Spirits is very hard. They only get a few spirit stones and a few pills every month. If you want to get more, you have to go out and do errands to earn spirit stones. It is really too hard. Yes, it’s like…”
The girl stopped here, as if she felt that what she said next was inappropriate.
But the boy didn't think so much and immediately said:
"It's like a casual cultivator!"
"Nonsense!" The old man immediately scolded the two children. At the same time, he secretly glanced at the face of the foundation-building monk who was leading the way. "Oh, you two are used to living a good life at home. How could you know about the Five Spirit Sect?" Such rules are the real way to cultivate nephews in future generations. If you only know how to meditate and practice at home, even if you have achieved cultivation, you will achieve nothing and be unable to do anything if you let them out. This is exactly the case for you two. In this year, You two must take care of each other, practice more, polish off your squeamishness, and make some good friends. This is the right thing, do you understand?"
"yes."
As he was talking, suddenly a shocking "ouch" came from a mountain forest near the four people!
This roar was so sudden and loud that it attracted the attention of four people at once, especially the two children. Their faces changed due to sudden fright at the roar, and they looked at the person who heard the roar in panic. direction.
There was a loud "crack" in the distance, and the tree and the large stone lying on the cow were thrown up randomly, and then in the chaos, a large mandrill that was more than two feet tall and covered with fine silver-gray hair emerged from the forest. It suddenly jumped up from the deepest part, and there were two figures following it. One of them, a tall and sturdy young man, clasped his hands into fists, chased after him, and punched the big mandrill in the middle of its head with his big fist from above. , there was a "bang". At that time, the big mandrill was looking back in the air, but was hit by this heavy punch and almost fell straight down.
Then, the other person was faster. After passing the sturdy young man, he almost went straight down. A gleaming white spirit sword in his hand suddenly became blazing white as his body fell rapidly, and the sword His body suddenly swelled by nearly ten feet, and before the big mandrill could hit the ground, he was killed by the sword light in mid-air!
"Hehe..." The stout boy's excited shout came from a distance.
Among the four, the old man and the Five Spirits Foundation-Building monk were not impressed when they saw this scene, but the two children looked at it with all four eyes in a daze.
"Grandpa...they...are they just doing errands?"
The girl asked with some fear. The big mandrill just looked very scary. Let alone dealing with it, it made people frightened just by looking at it. However, those two people actually killed it so easily. The Five Spirit Sect also It's really unfathomable. Are all the disciples in the sect so powerful?
In the "Cheng Guan En Trial" that year later, how could the two of them get on the stage, and how could they take action against others?
"Did you see it?" The old man felt that this was a good opportunity to educate the younger generation. "Those two Five Spirit disciples have the same cultivation level as you. They are both at the fifth level of Qi refining. Look at how they did it. If it were you If two people deal with each other, can you cope with it? Even if you can cope with it, can you be as relaxed as others? "
The Five Spirits cultivator beside them smiled and said nothing. The two junior brothers they saw just now were one who was a sword cultivator and the other was a physical cultivator. Among the many qi-refining disciples in the sect, the sword cultivator and the physical cultivator were both together. Who can be there? They must be the five people who have been in the limelight recently. How can those five people be compared to ordinary Five Spirit disciples?
But of course he was too lazy to tell the truth. Who made him feel a little unhappy after hearing what these two children said just now.
The four people flew far away, and you could still vaguely hear the frightened voice of the boy:
"Are we...will we have to fight against such terrible things in the future?"
…
Soon after, another group of people flew in the direction of the Five Spirits Sect, led by a Five Spirits Foundation Establishment monk.
The number of people in this team was much larger. There were nearly thirty people, including young and old. At first glance, they were those families who were unwilling to spend more spiritual stones. Under the arrangement of the monks from Chengming Tower, they waited until enough After checking the number, they were brought into the Five Spirit Sect together.
Among them was a young man, who was wearing a bright purple robe and exuding nobility. However, this young man looked very lethargic, like a walking corpse. He had an expression on his face, as if he were mourning for an heir, and he followed the crowd completely passively. On his left and right were an old man and a middle-aged man who looked very similar to him.
This team of people flew all the way under the leadership of the five spirit monks at the front. The entire team was quiet, and no one spoke or talked.
Just as they turned in the air along a mountain col, and were about to fly into a small valley and continue moving forward, they saw the foundation-building monk leading the team suddenly waved his hand for everyone to stop.
Immediately afterwards, there was a sudden "hissing" sound just outside the mountain ridge on their side. The sound was not very loud, but it was like a drill punching holes in the ears. It was painful to hear. Of course, only those in the team Those children from aristocratic families who have practiced Qi refining just feel uncomfortable.
Then I saw a figure of a woman in a lake blue dress rising into the sky quickly from behind the mountain ridge. A black shadow chased after her. The figure of the woman suddenly dropped and turned around in the air. Not only did she avoid When he saw the black shadow and turned around, there was a whistling cold white steam mixed with countless fine and sharp ice crystals spurting out from between his hands, and it swept away something unknown behind the mountain ridge.
Just as the woman took action, everyone heard a high-pitched and clear phoenix sound coming from the other side of the mountain ridge. Then they felt the surroundings became hot, and everyone saw a flying fire flying from behind the mountain ridge. , the extraordinary-looking phoenix came, its colorful wings spread in anger, and after circling around, it opened its mouth and spurted out a stream of red and scalding flames!
What followed seemed to be the scream of some monster behind the mountain ridge, but the sound sounded more like the sound of big claws scratching lifelessly on the iron plate, which made people have a headache.
"Senior Brother Xu!" The woman in a lake blue dress seemed to have noticed the group of people here long ago, and also recognized the Five Spirits Foundation Establishment monk at the front.
"Junior sister Tang, why did you come here? How dangerous it is!"
"We returned to the sect from Ruixuan Town and met this guy. Should we let him go?"
The woman in the blue dress flew closer, and she turned out to be an extremely pretty girl.
"Be careful, I will complain to your master when I get back!"
"Humph, my master hasn't come back yet!"
"It's almost time. It'll only take a few days. I'll be back soon."
"Really?"
Just as he was talking, another woman in a red dress flew up from behind the ridge. She was extremely beautiful. She seemed to recognize the foundation-building monk after seeing her. She bowed first and then said:
"Hello, Senior Brother Xu, A Ping, Brother Lu just dug out a big demon pill..."
"Wow! Is it true... Hey, Senior Brother Xu, I'm going to leave first. You should be busy first. Let's talk after we get back!"
Then the figure flew away in a hurry.
"This girl!" The foundation-building monk shook his head, then turned back to everyone and said, "Everyone, let's keep walking."
The team continued to fly forward, but many people looked sideways at the mountain ridge, guessing what they had just seen, wondering what good things those Five Spirit disciples had obtained, and some kept turning their eyes, filled with all their thoughts. It's the figure and appearance of those two girls just now...
…
Two days later, another group of people, led by a Five Spirits Foundation Establishment disciple, flew all the way from Ruixuan Town to the Five Spirits Sect.
There was only one person in this team who had a foundation-building cultivation, the Five Spirits disciple who led the way, and the rest were all disciples of aristocratic families with Qi-refining cultivation.
Not all aristocratic families will be brought to the Wuling Sect by their elders. Many weak ones will also bring their children and nephews. However, after being sent to Ruixuan Town and handed over to Chengming Building, the family members will go back after a few words of explanation. Yes, there are not a few like this.
There are more than 40 people in this group, probably gathered from more than 20 small aristocratic families. Compared with the previous two groups, this group is the most obedient. They just follow that person. The foundation-building monks were flying behind them, but because they were all practicing Qi refining, this group of people was considered the slowest. It would take two or three days on the road to reach the Five Spirit Sect.
Just when the group was nearly halfway through the journey, they saw a scene of excitement.
At that time, it was also the foundation-building monk who discovered what was wrong in front of him and gestured for everyone to stop. Then he heard the roar of monsters and the noise caused by various fights coming from a deep valley in front of him. , including the whistling of swords and the roar of a big man.
Hearing but not seeing, this aroused the great curiosity of this group of people, but the foundation-building monk restrained them and prevented everyone from getting close to take a look, fearing that they would be in danger.
At this moment, a large group of demon birds in the sky passed over the rift valley like a dark cloud. The movement below naturally attracted them. Then these demon birds discovered that there must be an advantage below. Then they all screamed that they wanted to dive down and take advantage.
A scene appeared that stunned the children of these aristocratic families.
From the rift valley, there was first a loud sword cry, and then a cold light spurted out from the rift valley, and with a sharp whistling sound, it directly faced the many demon birds that were rushing towards it!
That dazzling cold light turned out to be a spiritual sword!
Countless spiritual swords!
Many disciples of the aristocratic families saw it clearly, especially one of the young men in white. His originally indifferent face became moved when he saw this scene. There were actually countless spiritual swords, gathering together to pounce on him. The demon birds that came down went away. As soon as they came into contact with the demon birds, their screams started to rise loudly. Amidst the screams, the corpses of the demon birds that were killed fell like rain, but the intertwined sword lights remained. He kept on killing him in the cold light, until the sky was filled with bloodstains and his feathers were messy!
Could it be that there are many people hiding in the rift valley, each with a spiritual sword to kill those monster birds?
Or are those spiritual swords controlled by just one person?
If it’s the latter, that would be incredible!
Many children from aristocratic families who saw this made speculations.
There is a leader among the monster birds. The leader of this group is the largest bird. After its companions died under the opponent's methods, its wild nature was immediately aroused, and it screamed several times. The stool should also be thrown straight down.
At this time, a person flew out of the rift valley. Many disciples of the aristocratic family could not see clearly the appearance of the person, because the person's figure was completely obscured by several black shield-like things, which were like shields. The things were still spinning around the man. Just when the leader of the demon bird pounced down and grabbed the man with his sharp claws, a spark came out of the man's shield with a "crack" sound.
Those spiritual swords... were actually controlled by him alone... As the number of demon birds decreased, many of those spiritual swords began to rotate around those large shields!
When the children of the aristocratic family saw this, they were immediately shocked!
The wings of the leader of the demon birds fluttered and shot up into the sky again with great speed, preparing to gather momentum before plunging down.
It was at this moment that everyone saw the black shield-like thing around the man spread out, revealing a somewhat thin young man in the middle. At this time, the young man looked up at the big bird that was about to rush down. There was a nearly ten-foot-long spear-like spiritual weapon in front of him, aiming upwards at the demon bird leader. As the big bird flew closer, the hand skills in the young man's hands also changed, and there was a sharp sound. A whistling sound suddenly came, and the spear-like thing disappeared. Then the young man took a wrong step to the side, letting the big bird that had been pierced fall heavily at his feet.
Then the young man saw the team here, saluted the leading foundation-building monk, and then flew down to the rift valley with the big bird.
"Let's keep walking," said the foundation-building monk leading the team.
As they continued to move forward, everyone began to discuss, and someone said with great emotion:
"It's better to become a disciple. Once you become a disciple, you can learn such techniques."
After hearing this, the foundation-building monk laughed, turned back and said:
"Who told you that the junior brother just now had a master?"
"He...doesn't have a master?"
"Haha... That Junior Brother Qian just doesn't have a master..."
Now, after a brief period of silence, there was even more discussion!
