After exiting the Cuiying Hall, we walked around two corridors before finding an open space.
This place is surrounded by hills on three sides. There is a waterfall that discharges like a torrent, raising thousands of white waves. You can hear the sound of water. White jade railings separate high platforms on all sides. Below you can see a long river flowing endlessly, flowing thousands of miles away.
Zhao Shun followed Ji Hongru to the high platform and looked up to see that the pavilions on the surrounding hills were already crowded with people. If what he thought was correct, these were people who came to watch the assessment and want to know whether she could pass the test.
However, the thoughts of others could not sway her, so Zhao Shun slowly looked away, and saw Ji Hongru in front of him raised his big hand, and a large hanging drum slowly rose from the center of the high platform. It was more than ten feet long and wide, with a carved figure on the drum's surface depicting a person crossing the sea. Dragon whale, the waves on both sides of the whale's body are as high as mountains, and the momentum is overwhelming!
"You came from the branch sect, so I'm afraid you don't know this thing yet," Ji Hongru said calmly, without any hint of contempt, "This thing is called the Langchuang Dragon Whale Drum, because in the past our human race and Long Yuan were not able to have a truce to coexist. In the era of , a Dongxu monk in the sect went straight into the sea 30,000 feet, and captured a dragon whale king alive into the sect to use as a mount for crossing the sea.
"After that, the Dongxu Great Master broke through the realm and became an immortal, and even flew into the sky. The Dragon Whale King died at the end of his life. His whale bones were turned into a sea bridge, and the whale skin under his belly was made into twelve pieces of different sizes. The Wave-piercing Dragon and Whale Drums are placed throughout the sect, and the one you see is the smallest among them."
After explaining this, Ji Hongru asked her to step forward and point to the long river flowing under the high platform: "The content of the disciple's assessment is to beat the drum three times with all your strength and use the sound of the drum to stir up the waves to see how high the waves are."
He stopped his hand and came back, stroking his beard and saying: "Since you have mastered the "Spirit Drawing Technique", you should know that the three thresholds of this method are the Dantian, the physical body and the soul. Therefore, these three drum beats correspond to There is no need to worry about the strength of the drum player's Dantian, physical body and soul. This drum can identify the state of the drum player and change the thickness of the drum surface to make it easy or difficult to beat the drum.
"A monk with ordinary qualifications and strength. The sound of beating the drum is small, but it is not easy to stir up a wave a hundred feet high. If it reaches a height of three hundred feet, he can be called the best among ordinary people, and he can be called an ordinary genius. And I, Zhaoyan Even if not all of his disciples are extremely powerful, this elder can definitely say that there will be no one less than three hundred feet tall.
"Among them, those who cultivate the physical body should not be less than 600 feet, those who cultivate the soul and the sword should not be less than 600 feet, and only those who beat the drum for three times are more than 600 feet, are qualified to practice the "Taicang Soul Seizing Technique"!
This requires monks to be stronger than the same level of physical cultivation in terms of physical body, and not inferior to the same level of soul cultivation and sword cultivation in terms of spirituality. In addition, many monks often neglect the tempering of Dantian. From this point of view, It may not seem like a difficult requirement, but only one person in a million can pass it!
There are many talented people in Zhaoyan, and there is certainly no shortage of powerful people. Some may have physical skills, beat drums, and make waves seven or eight hundred feet away, but they are inferior in the area of soul. And they are among the best who specialize in one discipline. If you abandon your own way for a secret method and work hard elsewhere, the benefits may not be equal to the effort.
Various reasons have combined to create the prestige of "Tai Cang Soul Seizing Technique" with a very high threshold, which makes many disciples stay away from it.
Zhao Shun took a deep breath, turned sideways and nodded slightly to Ji Hongru, then took two steps back.
Ji Hongru turned his eyes and knew that she was fully prepared and was about to beat the drum, so he stood up and jumped into the air, looking down at how Zhao Shun was doing it.
The noisy crowds all around were silent at this moment. The female cultivator on the high platform closed her eyes and stood still like a green pine tree, her breath gradually condensing.
Qi traveled through Dantian, passed through the meridians and acupuncture points, and under the guidance of Yuanshen, Zhao Xuan calmed down and felt that there was nothing outside her body. It seemed that she was the only one left in the world. Suddenly, a stream of real energy straightened up and penetrated her whole body. She shouted softly and moved forward. Step over and punch the drum head with all your strength!
In the eyes of everyone, such an action only took a moment, as if Zhao Chun was doing it at will, and there was no sense of hindrance in his movements.
The next moment, the drums roared, like the sound of a dragon and whale, the thunder thundered, the water of the long river rose straight up, and the white waves filled the sky!
The sky-high water waves and the waterfalls complement each other, making it impossible for people to tell which place is louder. They can only feel that the hills on three sides are shaking, and the drums are beating for a long time!
"Nine hundred feet!"
Ji Hongru clapped his hands and laughed, excitedly recounting the high waves of the first drum beating. His sleeves were blown open by the strong wind stirred up by the water waves, but he didn't notice it at all. Instead, his eyes were filled with brilliance and his expression was happy.
According to the principles of the world, nine is the number of extremes, and the height of nine hundred feet means that monks at the same level have reached the pinnacle, reaching an extreme!
Zhao Chun can be so powerful in Dantian, so naturally his physical body will not be any worse!
Seeing her, she took a breath and punched out again. The waves rested and then rose again. The waterfall was no longer able to compete with it. Under the huge waves, the battles were like children playing, not worth mentioning.
There was another uproar everywhere. Ji Hongru suddenly raised his voice, shouted the word "good" several times, and then shouted: "Nine hundred feet, nine hundred feet again!"
At this point, he was almost certain that Zhao Shun would pass the assessment today. After all, this person had also cultivated the magical power of the mirror soul, and the power of the soul could definitely reach the extreme!
Today, he, Ji Hongru, can witness the birth of a genius who can make waves of nine hundred feet every three times he beats the drum. It must be a worthwhile trip!
The disciples who were watching in the pavilion on the hill were as excited as Ji Hongru. They crowded forward and rushed forward, just to witness whether Zhao Xun would continue to reach the peak of nine hundred feet with this last drum beating.
The water waves finally stopped, but people's hearts were ups and downs. Zhao Shun stood tall, his eyes suddenly opened, and with a loud roar, he hit the drum head with a heavy fist, causing it to be slightly dented, and the drum suddenly shook. With the sound, a huge force burst out from the long river, lifting the water waves into the sky!
Everyone couldn't help but look up, and saw the snow-white river water splashing out, falling like a sudden rain, which made them feel a slight chill on their faces. They stretched out their hands to touch them, only to find that their hands were full of water stains.
Ji Hongru's chest rose and fell, and he jumped towards the top of the wave. The cold water still couldn't relieve the heat in his heart. Everyone heard him laugh a few times, raised his arms and shouted: "Okay! Great! What a genius of the generation. The waves rise thousands of feet high, and we will have to hear them several times!"
Only then did he realize that in the final test of the Yuan Shen level, Zhao Chun actually broke through the extreme height of 900 feet and reached the water wave of 1,000 feet. Not only did he reach the peak, he was simply unparalleled in ancient and modern times, it was shocking!
No wonder Ji Hongru was so moved, he and himself felt as if they were waking up from a dream.
Does it turn out that such geniuses also exist?
"Zhao Chun, this elder's assessment can be regarded as your passing successfully, and the "Taicang Soul Seizing Technique" will be obtained for you!" Ji Hongru slowly calmed down his mood, landed on the high platform, and looked at Zhao Chun again. It was already even more stunning than the day of the apprenticeship ceremony.
