Chapter 1174 Entering the Dark City
The materials of more than 200,000 spirit stones, according to Qingyang's current success rate in alchemy, the alchemy he made is enough for him to use for 40 to 50 years. He can add some more when he has the chance. He will not lack alchemy before the eighth or ninth level of the golden elixir. Qingyang can also do business in the netherworld without worry.
Of course, Qingyang did not dare to concentrate such a large number of purchases in one place. First, it would be too conspicuous for a golden elixir cultivator to conduct such a large-scale transaction. Second, it would be impossible to gather so many things in one place. Qingyang bought while walking. It took him a long time and he visited many markets to gather them.
The order of the Netherworld is much worse than that of the Fairyland, and there are often some emergencies. The Fairyland is dominated by human cultivators, who pay more attention to rules, and high-level cultivators will also take the initiative to maintain order. Therefore, although there are many dirty things in the Fairyland, it still looks relatively safe on the surface. The Netherworld is dominated by ghost cultivators and various ghost cultivators. They pay more attention to strength and are not afraid of rules. The situation of the strong preying on the weak is much more serious than that of the Fairyland cultivators, so there are more messy things along the way, and it is more dangerous to travel.
Fortunately, Qingyang and the Iron-armed Monkey were fast enough to control the wind-controlling gourd. If there was any danger ahead, they could avoid it by a little detour. Moreover, the strength of the two should not be ignored. The general situation could not threaten them at all. Although there were occasional twists and turns along the way, they were easily solved by him and the Iron-armed Monkey. Not only did they not suffer any losses, but they earned a lot of spirit stones.
In this way, Qingyang's speed of traveling was not much faster. It took him a full year to reach the range of the Ghost Valley. The Ghost Valley is indeed a famous super sect, much more prosperous than other places. There are several fairy cities of various sizes around it, and there are countless monks living here or relying on the Ghost Valley for their lives.
With the increase in the number of monks, Qingyang couldn't let the Iron Arm Monkey show up outside, so he took him back into the Drunken Immortal Gourd and released him when something happened, which was also his trump card.
When he arrived at the Ghost Valley, how to contact the great monks of the Ghost Valley and make them willing to help Yu Mengmiao was imminent, but Qingyang thought of many ways along the way, but they didn't seem to adapt, and finally he overturned them.
Ghost Valley is such a large sect, with strict guards, not everyone can enter casually. Most of the people in the Ghost Valley are ghost monks, and there are only a small number of immortal monks, demon monks, and ghost monks. Qingyang, an immortal monk, is already conspicuous, and it is difficult to get in.
Evil ways are almost useless, but legitimate ways are also useless. If Qingyang is a Nascent Soul cultivator, maybe the other party will value him more and send a Nascent Soul cultivator to receive him. Now he is only a Golden Core cultivator. If he visits the Ghost Valley, it is good enough to have a Golden Core cultivator to receive him.
As for preparing a generous gift to visit someone and ask for help, it is even more impossible. If the gift is light, others will not take it seriously at all. If the gift is heavy, it is a joke with your own life. At that time, not to mention that the matter cannot be done, your own life may not be saved.
Ghost cultivators pay more attention to strength, and the situation of the weak being eaten by the strong is much more serious than that of immortal cultivators. Isn't it a death wish for Qingyang, an outsider cultivator, to send a generous gift to the door? Moreover, the great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul must be a person like the Dinghaishenzhen of the Ghost Valley. Usually, he should live in seclusion. It is difficult for ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators to see him, let alone a Golden Core cultivator like himself.
I thought that the One-horned Ghost King had given me a solution, and I could do it as long as I was willing to risk it. But when the time came, I realized that it was so difficult that it was despairing. It was useless to just have confidence. Seeing that he had already arrived at the Ghost Valley, Qingyang was still at a loss. In desperation, he could only temporarily put this problem aside and see the situation before making a decision.
For a period of time afterwards, Qingyang wandered around several nearby immortal cities alone, asking about the news of the Ghost Valley. He was lucky. After a few days, he found out some useful news. It was said that the closest city to the Ghost Valley, Ruyou City, was holding a spirit selection meeting in recent days. Appropriate disciples from a million miles around came to participate, which was very lively.
The Spirit Selection Meeting in the Ghost Valley was similar to the Immortal Knocking Meeting that Qingyang went to Yuling City to attend when he just embarked on the road of cultivating immortals. The purpose of both was to select excellent disciples for the sect, but the difference was the way of selecting disciples. It is said that the Spirit Selection Conference is held once a year, and the location is set at Ruyou City at the entrance of the Ghost Valley. When the time comes, disciples from all over will gather, instead of sending people to each fairy city to select like the seven major immortal gates in the Jiuzhou Continent.
What Qingyang regrets is that this Spirit Selection Conference is only a way to select low-level disciples. Most of the participants are children with spiritual roots who have not yet embarked on the road of cultivation, as well as a small number of young people in the Kaimai Realm and the Qi Training Realm. Jindan cultivators like Qingyang are not recruited. However, he still wants to try his luck. This is a rare opportunity to contact the cultivators of the Ghost Valley. What if there is a harvest? At the same time, he also wants to see how the super sects in the Ancient Wind Continent recruit disciples.
Qingyang hurried to Ruyou City. The Spirit Selection Conference had already begun. He first looked around the periphery, and then after some time, he roughly figured out the way Ghost Valley selects disciples. It is slightly different from the way Jiuzhou Continent selected disciples at the beginning. Except for a few who can be specially recruited into the Ghost Valley by relying on relationships, other entry disciples must go through layers of assessment.
The first level is of course to test the spiritual roots, but the standard set by the Nether Valley is very low. As long as the total potential reaches more than 50 points, you are qualified to participate in the second level of the Spirit Selection Conference, whether you have a single spiritual root, double spiritual roots or multiple spiritual roots. This is very different from the Jiuzhou Continent. When the Yuling City Immortal Knocking Conference recruited disciples, only those with double spiritual roots or more, and one of the spiritual roots reached more than 60 points, could be admitted to the small immortal sects. The requirements of the seven major immortal sects are even higher, so every time the Immortal Knocking Conference, very few people are directly recruited because of their qualifications.
Qingyang didn't understand it very well at first, but after asking some knowledgeable people around him, he realized that the Ghost Valley had its own reasons for selecting people. Jiuzhou Continent is short of resources, and disciples with good spiritual root qualifications need fewer resources to cultivate, so the seven major immortal sects will choose like that.
The Ancient Wind Continent is rich in resources, especially super sects like the Ghost Valley are not short of resources, so they don't pay much attention to the qualifications of disciples. What does it matter if the qualifications are poor? As long as resources are sufficient, cultivation can still catch up slowly. If the disciple's comprehension, opportunity, and character are good enough, his future achievements may not be worse than those of disciples with natural spiritual roots.