Chapter 159 Joining the Sect

Qianling Mountain, Bailian Sect, and Dancao Mountain, the remaining three sects, Qianling Mountain had Qi Chang, a mortal enemy, which made Xiao Lin instinctively reject it, so Qianling Mountain was also excluded by him.

The remaining ones were Bailian Sect and Dancao Mountain.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Lin showed a firm expression on his face.

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Xueling Fairy City is west of the East Market, and there is a square of several acres in size, and on this square, it is surrounded by people at this moment.

In the center of the square, five huge flags were erected, and the names of the five major sects were embroidered in gold on these five flags, Qianling Mountain, Bailian Sect, Dancao Mountain, Qianfu Sect, and Tianyun Pavilion, which were domineering and attracted countless envious eyes.

Under these five flags, there was a red sandalwood square table, and two cultivators sat on each of the red sandalwood square tables, so there were a total of ten cultivators sitting in front of the five red sandalwood square tables.

The clothes worn by these ten people are of different colors. The two cultivators under the Qianling Mountain flag are wearing white robes, and the cuffs and collars of the white robes are light gold edging. The Bailian Sect is wearing a green robe, but the cuffs and collars are bright silver.

The Dancao Mountain is wearing a dark green robe, and the cuffs and collars are light green, while the Qianfu Sect is wearing a yellow Taoist robe, and the cuffs and collars are dark green. As for the Tianyun Pavilion, they are all white battle robes, and there is a palm-sized bright silver shoulder guard on the left shoulder.

These people are not ordinary outer disciples of the five major sects, but the core inner disciples of the five major sects.

In the five major sects, all the cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage are outer disciples. Only after building a foundation can they be promoted to inner disciples. Except for a few core high-level positions, all the middle and lower positions in the five major sects are basically held by inner disciples.

Outer disciples need to complete certain sect tasks regularly. These tasks are varied. In addition to the monthly quota tasks, they can also complete additional tasks issued by the sect. Depending on the different tasks, they can also get some cultivation resources of varying amounts.

Ten days after the end of the cave trial, the five major sects will send people from the sect to Xueling Fairy City to pick up those disciples holding the Dao Order and joining the sect to enter the mountain.

And today is a very important day for all the Qi Refining cultivators holding the Dao Order.

In the crowd, people come to the flags of the five major sects from time to time, choose one of the sects, and after handing in the Dao Order, they are registered. Except for Qianfu Sect and Tianyun Pavilion, as long as the Dao Order is handed in, it is basically considered an outer disciple of the five major sects.

Although Qianfu Sect and Tianyun Pavilion still need to go through some assessments, there are not many cultivators who have obtained the Dao Order and are eliminated in these assessments. After all, those who can pass the cave trial are compared to those disciples recommended by the cultivation family to enter the sect.

Whether it is character or strategy, they must be better, so basically as long as they are not too bad, they can pass the assessment of the two sects in nine out of ten cases.

The benefits of entering these two sects are also obvious. Since there are fewer people, they can naturally get more cultivation resources.

Therefore, every time the cave trial, the number of cultivators who joined the five major sects and obtained the Dao Order is basically balanced.

After returning to Xueling Immortal City, Xiao Lin began to practice hard. After entering the eighth level of Qi Refining, the improved version of the Soul-Enriching Pill completely lost its effectiveness. Xiao Lin could only practice by holding the spirit stone and meditating. However, the speed of cultivation improvement in this way made Xiao Lin speechless.

It can almost be described as a turtle crawling, but for Xiao Lin, he did not give up cultivation because of this, but practiced more diligently.

One day, he got up from the bed early in the morning, checked out of the guest room, and headed towards the east of the city.

After passing through the crowd in the square, Xiao Lin went straight to the flag of Dancao Mountain. After handing over the Dao Order, the foundation-building cultivator looked at Xiao Lin.

"Name."

"Xiao Lin"

"Place of Origin"

"Gouzi Village, Huai County, Nanzhou."

In a trance, Xiao Lin seemed to have returned to the feeling of being deceived by the government army to work as a miner when he fled from famine. This made him touch the back of his head and show a strange expression on his face.

"Okay, go to the side and wait. After everyone is gathered, we will return to the sect together."

At this time, Xiao Lin also saw that behind the flag, there were more than a dozen people sitting cross-legged. Needless to say, these people also received the Dao Order and chose to join the casual cultivators of Dancao Mountain.

Xiao Lin glanced around and retracted his gaze. He sat down in a remote corner.

There are more than 20 Qi Refining cultivators who have handed in the Dao Order at Dancao Mountain. According to the estimation of about 400 Dao Orders issued in this cave trial, each sect should accept at least 80 outer disciples.

In Xiao Lin's opinion, Dancao Mountain should have more people, about 100 people, so it can be seen that he came a little early.

Just as he was about to close his eyes and rest, a hoarse voice came from the side.

"I am sorry, fellow Taoist. I am Daoping downstairs. May I know your name?"

Xiao Lin turned his head and saw that the person who was talking to him was a sturdy man in his thirties. He had a white face and no beard. He was wearing a green robe, his long hair was tied casually behind his back, and he even wore a huge golden earring on his left ear.

"I am Xiao Lin." Xiao Lin bowed to the other party. After all, he was an outer disciple who had just joined the sect, so he thought it was better to be humble and low-key.

Moreover, the sturdy man in front of him looked a little weird, but his cultivation of Qi Refining Great Perfection was indeed very eye-catching. Naturally, he did not want to neglect him and make him unhappy.

"It turned out to be Brother Xiao. I'm sorry. I wonder if Brother Xiao is interested in joining our task team?" Fang Daoping looked at Xiao Lin and smiled.

Xiao Lin was slightly stunned when he heard this, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face. He didn't know what the task team Fang Daoping was talking about was? After joining the sect, is there any danger that needs to be dealt with by a team?

Xiao Lin was thinking about something, and Fang Daoping seemed to understand what he was thinking when he saw Xiao Lin's expression.

"Brother Xiao, don't get me wrong. The reason why Fang invited Brother Xiao to join our task force is mainly because we are all casual cultivators and have no foundation in the sect. In this case, we will inevitably be rejected by those outer disciples from family backgrounds."

After a pause, Fang Daoping continued: "To be honest, although I am of humble origin and have no prominent family background, I don't want to rely on others. Therefore, it is better for us casual cultivators to form a task team. On the one hand, we can take care of each other after entering the sect."

"On the other hand, we can also complete some tasks issued by the sect together and earn cultivation resources."

After listening to Fang Daoping's explanation, Xiao Lin finally understood that the man in front of him was forming his own small group to compete with those clan disciples from family backgrounds in the sect.

Xiao Lin was not interested in these. He just wanted to practice alone quietly. Moreover, for him, after entering the sect, it was most important to find a way to get a higher-level pill recipe.

He was not interested in these intrigues and cliques.

Seeing Xiao Lin's disapproving expression, Fang Daoping said: "Brother Xiao, you may not know that within the sect, although our combat power is slightly higher than that of the clan members, the number of clan members is far greater than ours. Therefore, if we are not united, we will be easily bullied."

"If Xiao doesn't provoke them, will they come to us?" Xiao Lin said indifferently.

"Brother Fang, since this person doesn't know how to raise a hand, don't waste your breath. Besides, he is a scumbag of the eighth level of Qi Refining. Although he got the Dao Order, it is probably because he is lucky. Even if he joins our team, he will only be a burden."

At this time, a 27-28-year-old cultivator with dark skin and small eyes said coldly.

Hearing this, Xiao Lin's face suddenly darkened. This person's cultivation level was the ninth level of Qi Refining, which was one level higher than Xiao Lin's, but he was not afraid at all. Xiao Lin entered the sect with the principle of keeping a low profile.

But if he was bullied, he would not indulge the other party.

Seeing Xiao Lin's bad face, Fang Daoping hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, please be patient. Brother Xiao doesn't know enough about the sect and doesn't know the strength of the clan forces within the sect."

Then, he turned to Xiao Lin and said, "This matter is not urgent. After Brother Xiao enters the sect and understands it, he will naturally understand Fang's painstaking efforts. It won't be too late to find Fang then."

Hearing this, Xiao Lin's face eased slightly. He nodded to Fang Daoping, then closed his eyes and began to enter the state of cultivation, but he never looked at the cultivator named Zhang again.

The cultivator surnamed Zhang snorted coldly when he saw Xiao Lin's disdainful expression towards him, and his eyes were filled with a hint of coldness.

During the practice, Xiao Lin would stop from time to time to look at the cultivators holding the Dao Order who chose to join the major sects. Among them, Xiao Lin saw Luo Shuang, who was holding the Dao Order and went straight to the flag of Qianling Mountain.

During this process, Luo Shuang's big eyes were still sweeping around, but after a while, a little disappointed expression appeared on her pretty face, and she slowly walked into the crowd behind Qianling Mountain.

Xiao Lin also saw his old acquaintance Nangong Chen, who chose to join the Bailian Sect. What made Xiao Lin's face even more serious was that Nan Gu also got the Purple Spirit Flower, and he also chose the Bailian Sect.

After most of the day, the flags of the five major sects were already full of people. The two inner disciples of Dancao Mountain looked at the sky and stood up.

The fat-faced monk in his forties swept his tiger eyes over everyone, as if he was counting the number of people. However, everyone, including Xiao Lin, felt a chill in their hearts the moment they were swept by the fat-faced monk's eyes.

The fat-faced monk was a genuine foundation-building monk. Although his spiritual pressure was not fully released, the leaked spiritual pressure alone made the Qi-refining monks feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Brother Cao, we have a total of 102 disciples here. I think that's enough. Let's go back to the mountain?"

The man next to the fat-faced monk was indeed a bald man. Like the fat-faced monk, he looked around at everyone and nodded: "It's getting late, let's go back to the mountain to report."

After saying that, the monk surnamed Cao led everyone to the center of the square, slapped the bag on his waist, and a small boat with a flashing dark green light flew out of it. The boat swelled against the wind and grew to a size of dozens of feet in the blink of an eye.

The spiritual boat floated in the air, emitting a thick dark green spiritual light.

There was a burst of exclamations around.

"Spirit weapon?" The people behind the monk surnamed Cao also made a commotion. Some people have recognized that this spiritual boat is actually a spiritual weapon, and judging from the grade, it is at least a mid-level spiritual weapon.

"Okay, you get on the boat and find a place to sit. It will take about a few hours to reach our Dancao Mountain."

Everyone heard the words, and their faces showed surprise. They jumped on the spiritual boat and found a place to sit on the deck of the spiritual boat.