Chapter 231 Thousand Steps

"Master Liu Xian of Ziyin Sect creates another magical power, benefiting mortals", "The city lord once again calls on the city dwellers to farm", "Lu Ya Zhenren's secret of longevity is to nourish the heart"...

Huan Yin pressed the button on the short stick regularly, and the content on the light screen hit by the short stick kept changing. Huan Yin thought that the "news" of Yuzhou was really interesting. Although many of the articles were probably fabricated or obviously lacked basis, it was still a good way to kill time. Especially while drinking good wine and eating good food, watching the news was really enjoyable.

In this way, Huan Yin ate for half an hour this time, and he didn't even notice it. He was still sitting there with interest, which was completely different from his previous hard work and cherishing time.

"Yuzhou Guidance?" Huan Yin pressed the button again, and then saw such a news section. The content on this section is not new, but it is just right for newcomers like Huan Yin to read, because the content described here is basically related to the customs and practices of Yuzhou, the customs in the city, and the various rules of Ziyin Sect.

Huan Yin read this section very carefully, because he planned to join Ziyin Sect, so he had to live here and needed to understand the rules and customs here. Especially because of the special nature of Yuzhou, it is so different from the other eight states, so this understanding is even more necessary.

"It turns out that Yuzhou is a city where killing is completely prohibited." Huan Yin nodded as he read. The strictness of Yuzhou's management is stricter than he imagined. Of course, this does not mean that the rules of Yuzhou City are very harsh, but that for many issues in principle, Yuzhou can do things completely according to the rules.

For example, murder is the most serious crime in Yuzhou City. In the absence of special hidden circumstances, the punishment for the crime of murder is to pay with one's life! Moreover, the lives mentioned here are not different between immortals and mortals, which means that not only will killing between mortals be sentenced to death, but even if immortals kill mortals, even if they are powerful cultivators, they must pay with their lives.

Killing people to pay with their lives is a matter of course, but it is difficult to be strictly enforced in many places on the land of Jiuzhou, because there are too many organizations in this world that transcend the punishment of crimes. Especially when immortals kill mortals, this is often impossible to investigate, because no matter how powerful the mortal government is, it can't do anything to cultivators. So in this case, killing people to pay with their lives has become a formality and cannot be enforced.

As for cultivators, they have always been emphasizing the law of the jungle since ancient times. This is called "eternal truth" by countless cultivators. How can there be a saying of killing people to pay with their lives? If it is really necessary to pay with one's life, Huan Yin is probably enough to die thousands of times.

However, Yuzhou City has set the rule of killing people to pay with their lives so strongly, and it has been implemented for thousands of years. Because it was not the city lord of Yuzhou City who set this rule, but the founder of Ziyin Sect-Lu Ya. Lu Ya Zhenren believed that everyone was equal under heaven, and that no one could bully others just because they were stronger than others. Although Lu Ya Zhenren knew that his rule could not be universally implemented in the land of Jiuzhou, in the city of Yuzhou, the rule he set was an unquestionable iron law, because he himself was the guarantee of this rule. Even if you were a master of cultivation, you had to bow your head in front of Lu Ya Zhenren's rule. Because no matter how strong you are, you can't be stronger than the "human immortal" Lu Ya.

Huan Yin read this part for a long time, and finally his eyes fell on the bottom of the light curtain, where there were a few simple sentences introducing how to worship in Ziyin Sect, which was exactly what Huan Yin wanted to see.

Unfortunately, because the content that the news can carry is limited, the introduction to the rules of worshipping in Ziyin Sect is really too little, so Huan Yin could only have a rough understanding after reading it.

According to the content of this small part, if you want to worship in Ziyin Sect, there is no difference between immortals and mortals, and there is no fixed time limit. As long as you have the ability, you can enter Ziyin Sect to worship and practice Taoism at any time.

As for the ability recognized by Ziyin Sect, it is the ability to walk the section called Thousand Steps under the gate of Ziyin Sect. This requirement sounds simple at first glance, but the Ziyin Sect is popular among all people in Jiuzhou, and Ziyin Sect is only so big. How many people have been able to successfully join it from ancient times to the present?

This Thousand Steps must be very difficult.

"Waiter." Huan Yin called out when he saw the waiter coming over.

The waiter in Taoist robes walked up to Huan Yin and bowed to him respectfully: "Master, do you have any instructions?"

Huan Yin asked: "Do you know the Thousand-Step Staircase?"

The waiter laughed: "Master, you are here to become a disciple of Ziyin Sect, right?"

Huan Yin nodded, and then the waiter said: "This Thousand-Step Staircase is a thousand-step staircase set up in front of the mountain gate of Ziyin Sect. If you want to enter Ziyin Sect, you must walk through these thousand steps unless you have received an invitation or recognition from the master of the sect."

"So, anyone who can walk through the Thousand-Step Staircase has entered Ziyin Sect with his own ability. Such a person does not need to be recognized by others in Ziyin Sect because he has proven himself. The recognition of the Thousand-Step Staircase is the recognition of the entire Ziyin Sect."

"Therefore, this Thousand-Step Staircase is also called the 'Road to Immortality' by us Yuzhou people. It is said that practicing Taoism is difficult and requires high qualifications and strong perseverance, but walking through this road to immortality is more difficult than practicing Taoism."

"According to the Immortal Master of the Ziyin Sect, the Thousand-Step Ladder was built by the powerful Immortal Master of the Ziyin Sect. There is an extremely strong pressure on this Thousand-step Ladder, which will change with your cultivation and methods. And change.”

"For example, if a mortal were to climb the Thousand-Step Ladder, the pressure brought by the Thousand-Step Ladder might be as heavy as a bull. Although this weight is nothing to the immortal masters, it is nothing to a mortal. Extremely huge. If the person who climbed the thousand-step ladder found another stick to support him on the way, the thousand-step ladder would also be able to recognize it, and the pressure on the person who climbed the ladder would not be as heavy as that of the bull. "

"This rule is the same for you immortal masters. If an immortal master with a slightly lower cultivation level tries to climb the Thousand-Step Staircase, the pressure he will bear may be similar to that of a small mountain. But if an immortal master with a higher cultivation level tries to climb the Thousand Steps Staircase, then he The weight you have to bear may be like a huge mountain, or even several mountains pressing down at the same time. And if you use any magic or magic weapon, the weight is unimaginable. "

At this point, the waiter seemed to suddenly remember something, and said with an embarrassed look: "To tell you the truth, I was a little greedy a few years ago and wanted to join the Ziyin Sect, so I tried that. Thousand-step ladder. I am so ashamed that I fell to the ground as soon as I took the first step. If the immortal master Ziyinzong guarding the mountain gate had not moved me away in time, I would not have been on that step again. If I lie down for a little longer, I may die standing in front of you today."

Huan Yin was stunned and asked: "Is the first step so powerful?"

The waiter replied: "Hey, I'm not afraid of your jokes, Master Xian. When I was young, I thought that I was a somewhat perseverant person. But when I stepped on the thousand-step ladder, I realized that my perseverance was not as good as Ziyin's. In the eyes of the Immortal Master of the sect, nothing counts.”

"To tell you the truth, there are many immortal masters in the Ziyin Sect who often go down to the foot of the mountain and take the initiative to walk up the thousand-step ladder. They say that the thousand-step ladder tests the monk's qualifications and character. If the qualifications are good enough, When climbing the Thousand Steps Ladder, they will buck the trend under heavy pressure, and their cultivation level will be improved to a very small extent, which is much better than their usual cultivation effect. You can also get sufficient exercise, so for us, the Thousand Steps Ladder is an assessment, and for them, the Thousand Steps Ladder is a way to train themselves.”

Huan Yin nodded in agreement. He knew this way to train himself in adversity, and he had done it himself. It was even more extreme than stepping on the Thousand Step Ladder.

Back then, when he made a breakthrough in the new martial arts training, he allowed Ye Wuyou to push himself into a desperate situation, thus rising up in one fell swoop and increasing his combat power. Without that decisive move, he probably wouldn't have been able to defeat Xiao Yu and win the third place in the rookie competition.

When the waiter said this, he saw that Huan Yin was already deep in thought, so he didn't bother him anymore and left quietly.

"It seems that Ziyin Sect's assessment of monks is nothing more than aptitude and character, which is no different from Yangzhou's Immortal Fate Meeting. However, Ziyin Sect's Thousand Step Ladder is really miraculous in its effectiveness. Such a test This method is much better than the Immortal Fate Society," Huan Yin thought in his mind.

"After all, simply looking at the level of character cannot give a complete insight into the degree of perseverance of a monk, because the level of character is innate. Although it is difficult to change, it does not mean that it cannot be changed. There are also many people, although their nature is weaker, But because of acquired hard work and some things he has experienced, he can become extremely strong, even surpassing those who had a higher xinxing level than him before. "

"As for the qualifications, let alone it. Even if you add the legendary infinite qualifications, there are only five high-level qualifications. However, even among the same qualifications, there will be subtle differences. For example, two people with the same unlimited qualifications The cultivation speeds of monks are often not exactly the same, and some even have quite obvious differences. It is precisely because of this subtle difference. "Huan has been practicing Taoism for many years, and he has a deep understanding of character and aptitude, so Jing Xiaoer. As soon as he told him this, he completely understood the Ziyin Sect's purpose of using the Thousand Step Ladder as an assessment.

"It seems that I have to try this Thousand Step Ladder." Huan Yin decided to pay attention and drank all the wine in the glass.