Chapter 75: The Road to Integrity

Shi Xuan didn't hide anything, and said with a smile: "Shi's bones are above average, but his talent and understanding are both above average."

In fact, for young monks like Shi Xuan, the questions asked are a little less. If they are older, they will also ask at what age they started practicing, so as not to miss those who started practicing as adults but have made rapid progress.

Zhou Dielan opened her mouth and screamed in surprise, then quickly covered her mouth, and after a moment she said, "I didn't expect that Brother Shi, you are good at two things, but Sister Yu is only good at everything, both in talent and understanding. "

"Haha, generally speaking, Miss Yu is better than Shi. I wonder how you are, Miss Die Lan?" After all, they were familiar monks, so Shi Xuan also asked her with concern.

Zhou Dielan's face turned red: "I'm good in all three categories, but I can't compare to you."

"That's right, Butterfly's results rank among the top among monks in the Qi-nourishing stage. But I didn't expect that the Penglai sect's method of recruiting disciples would be so simple. I thought I would have to fight in the ring a few times." Yu Ruoshui was half-convinced. He said happily, half encouragingly.

However, Shi Xuan heard Ming Qingyue mention: "The higher level, the monks below it cannot be defeated no matter how powerful it is. The Penglai sect is only looking for monks who can inherit the Taoism and can cultivate to the golden elixir stage, not those who can defeat them." Monk, why bother to use the form of martial arts competition in the ring? It is better to test your perseverance and character. Besides, after entering the sect, you will still be coached on actual combat ability. There is also a fighting competition every five years, which allows disciples to practice their fighting skills and martial arts skills. , so as not to suffer losses when traveling around the world in the future.”

"I didn't expect you, fellow Daoist Shi, to know so much. You are really well-informed. However, I have a negative example of the fact that realm is more important than actual combat. A senior monk I admire very much, "Sword Old Man", has unparalleled sword energy. It is said that after watching the tide for a hundred years at the seaside, he understood the boundless sword energy and the thunderous sound of sword energy. At the state of the divine soul stage, he surpassed the level and killed a golden elixir master. Although it was a low-grade golden elixir, it was a rare feat in ten thousand years. ." Speaking of Old Man Jian, Yu Ruoshui spoke freely.

"Haha, you also said that it is a feat that is rare in ten thousand years. We can imagine how difficult it is to cross the level challenge. Of course, except for those who have good magic weapons, spiritual weapons, and even magic weapons. I just didn't expect you, Miss Yu, to do it. I am very interested in learning swordsmanship." Shi Xuan had never heard of this before. After all, he was just a rookie in the world of cultivation.

Yu Ruoshui blushed for a rare moment: "If I can become a true disciple of the Penglai Sect, I will definitely choose the true disciple of the Sword Refining Box and become a figure like Yongxiang of the Wuhui Sword."

While talking, the test had been completed. Xie Fangwei listened to the reports from the nine inner disciples and then reported the results to Mo Yuan. After Mo Yuan made his decision, Xie Fangwei said to the thousands of monks: "Anyone who is below average in terms of talent, ability, and understanding, please go back to the Bamboo Tower."

Below the middle level, there are three levels: middle, lower, lower, and lower. As soon as these words came out, countless monks lamented, but they did not dare to make trouble. Mo Yuan could take down all the monks here with one hand, so they could only hang their heads in despair. He walked towards the bottom of the mountain.

By the time these monks had finished leaving, there were only about 700 or 800 people left in the square. Standing in such a large square, it looked extremely sparse. As a result, Shi Xuan looked around and easily saw Ming Qingyue, who had set off a few days in advance. , she happened to be standing with several female monks.

Seeing Shi Xuan's look, Ming Qingyue smiled and nodded in response, and Shi Xuan also smiled in greeting.

Seeing that the other monks had left, Xie Fangwei stood up and said: "Monks, please go up to this cloud. Below is the question of your mind." After saying that, he pointed with his hand, and a big white cloud floated on the ground, almost half of it. Square size. "

Seven or eight hundred monks stood on the cloud. This cloud seemed more than enough. You can imagine how big it was. Xie Fangwei pointed again, and the white clouds slowly floated up and flew towards the foot of the mountain.

When you reach the foot of the mountain, you will see a straight road, from the foot of the mountain to the peak. There are rocks in the middle, rocks in the rocks, and there is no road in the sky.

"There are no spells or magic weapons on this road to ask the mind. Everyone, please." The white clouds slowly dissipated on the ground, and Xie Fangwei stood at the intersection and said to the many monks.

Apart from the difficulty of building such a road, the road looks like an ordinary road, nothing out of the ordinary. The monks looked at each other for a few times, and finally someone stepped up.

It wasn't until Shi Xuan walked on this road that he realized what was different about it. It was surrounded by white mist and he could only see a little bit far away. This was something that couldn't be seen outside.

Originally, Shi Xuan walked into the road of asking questions with Zhou Dielan and Yu Ruoshui, but now he couldn't see the others and could only walk forward slowly by himself.

After walking forward for a while, I gradually felt restrained. Every step I took required more energy. Moreover, the surroundings were so quiet that I couldn't even hear my own footsteps. It was as if I was locked in an absolutely silent room. place.

Shi Xuan wanted to make a sound, but when he spoke, he couldn't even hear him. In this strange silence, Shi Xuan became more and more restrained as he walked, and various emotions in his heart also fermented in this silence.

Gradually, Shi Xuan found that he couldn't even see the mist, and was surrounded by a deserted night. He couldn't see, hear, or speak. He couldn't even feel the skin on his body when he pinched it. It felt as if he was not in this world at all.

In this hair-raising feeling, Shi Xuan only felt that anxiety, tension, anger, frustration, sadness, pain and other emotions were getting stronger and stronger. He wanted to yell, but unfortunately he also understood that even if he yelled, he would not listen. I couldn't even feel my mouth moving. I followed my instinct and walked forward with heavy steps.

Fortunately, Shi Xuan remembered that this was a test, so he kept his mind clear and used the supreme method of concentrating thoughts in the "Baolu" to control his emotions. This method is not a magic, but a means of visualization, which is no different from people taking a deep breath to calm their emotions, so it is not unusable.

Keeping his emotions stable, Shi Xuan struggled forward as the restraints became heavier and heavier. In the end, he was almost lying on the ground under the pressure of this restraint, but Shi Xuan still did not stop moving forward.

Finally, his eyes lit up, and Shi Xuan found himself standing on the road of self-examination that he had just seen. There was no darkness, no fog, and it was only a short distance away from the mountain.

Shi Xuan looked around and saw Ming Qingyue stopped not far in front of him. He looked calm. He thought he had walked out of the illusion. Yu Ruoshui, Zhou Dielan and others were still walking slowly behind him, but their eyes were empty and all kinds of uneasy emotions appeared on their faces. They looked like they were about to go crazy.

Because they were worried that the rules would not allow it, when they were considering whether to help them, Yu Ruoshui and Zhou Dielan had already walked to where Shi Xuan had just stood. Their expressions suddenly became lively, and they looked around. It seemed that they could wake up by walking to this line in the illusion.

"Brother Shi, I almost went crazy just now." Zhou Dielan touched her chest and said with fear. Yu Ruoshui also nodded frequently.

"I think you can walk out of this illusion, so you must have a good character. Look at how many monks collapsed in the back and then disappeared." Shi Xuan pointed to the monks on the road behind him and said.

Because they were going to recover their physical strength and continue to walk up, the monks who came out of the illusion stopped in place. However, many monks were exhausted in the illusion, and they could no longer move forward once they stopped. Most of them were in the Qi-nourishing stage, including Zhou Dielan.

At this time, Xie Fangwei's voice came: "There is still a quarter of an hour. Those who can't reach the top of the mountain, please go back."

Those monks who can no longer move collapsed on the ground in despair. Shi Xuan suddenly found that Meng Yuqian, a playboy, pretended to be kind and took the initiative to help those monks who collapsed on the ground. He immediately understood that Penglai Sect still likes monks who can be friendly to their fellow disciples. After all, no one wants to accept ungrateful disciples. It's just that the family members know this but are unwilling to spread it. I'm afraid they have taken a lot of advantages.

Looking at Ming Qingyue, she was also helping a limp female monk. Seeing Shi Xuan coming and going, she blinked three times gently, and the meaning was self-evident.

Shi Xuan saw that Yu Ruoshui had helped Zhou Dielan up, and knew that she was sincere, so he didn't remind her anymore. He found a male monk and helped him to the mountain.

In the illusion, the physical strength of the cultivators in the Qi-nourishing stage was basically exhausted, while the cultivators in the Out-of-Body stage could still barely support themselves. Only those who have been tempered by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Qi Induction Stage will not see any abnormality, but Shi Xuan estimated that the difficulty and requirements of the three should be different.

Shi Xuan was struggling to support himself and supported a cultivator, and walked even slower. Fortunately, he was not far from the top of the mountain. Finally, when there was still a little time left, he stepped on the top of the mountain, and then he could only stand reluctantly, and could not take a step out.

A quarter of an hour later, Xie Fangwei used a magic to move the Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator who was limp not far from the top of the mountain to the top of the mountain, while the Out-of-Body Stage cultivator was moved to an unknown place, just like those cultivators who were unable to extricate themselves from the illusion before.

"The Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator can walk out of the illusion, and the character and perseverance count, and those who can walk up by themselves count." Xie Fangwei only explained the different standards of the Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators, and did not mention the Out-of-Body Stage and the Qi Induction Stage.

There are less than 200 cultivators left on the mountain now, excluding the cultivators in the Qi Induction Stage who are taking the test for the Outer Sect Deacons, and children under the age of twelve, who are all taking different tests.

While these cultivators were resting, in another hidden place on the top of the mountain, Meng Yuchang was asking an inner sect disciple who was previously in charge of the test: "Brother Qin, how is my brother?"

Brother Qin said with a face that was barely good: "Brother Meng, your brother is only ranked 23rd in the Out-of-Body Stage, and I'm afraid he is hopeless this time. You used elixirs to improve his bones too much, and as a result, considering his age and cultivation, his talent and comprehension can only be average. This is easy to find out and cannot be faked. Alas."

Meng Yuchang said calmly: "What do you mean by hopeless? There will be questions about your family background later, so just find an excuse to demote a few people."

"But, Brother Meng, most of the cultivators ahead of him are probably well-established in the Three Islands Sea Area. If you demote them casually, Uncle Mo will be watching!" Brother Qin didn't dare to take this risk.

"There are still some cultivators who are not from the Sandao Sea, right?" Meng Yuchang began to smile.

"But there must be cultivators from other seas who have great origins and clean backgrounds and are not afraid of investigation. If all of them are demoted, it will be too obvious!" Junior Brother Qin still defended with a bitter face.

Meng Yuchang's smile was as warm as the spring breeze: "There are always a few of them, Junior Brother Qin, if this thing succeeds, I will ask Grandpa to accept you as a disciple."

Junior Brother Qin hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Okay. I'll try my best."