Chapter 750: Blatant Bribery
The reason why the Tianxi Sword Sect set the rules for the hundreds of resentful ghosts to enter the mountain was precisely because no one could meet this condition, so it was specially formulated.
As big as the world is, there is always no shortage of those who will not yield to God’s destiny.
Even if you have a useless spiritual root or a mortal spiritual root, you always feel that you are different from ordinary people, and you imagine that you can change your destiny against the will of nature, but you just lack an opportunity.
Every time you open the mountain gate, you will always encounter one or two strange people who are unwilling to give up. Therefore, Sword Master Yu has to hand over a hundred resentful ghosts as a condition, but he can pass the spiritual root to set a test.
But for ordinary people, not to mention a hundred resentful ghosts, even if they encounter a fierce ghost, they have no choice but to run for their lives.
This condition is almost in vain and no one can achieve it.
Fan Hong shook his head and chuckled while opening the spirit bag in his hand.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the talisman rope was loosened, in the square-inch pouch, in the bottomless dark space, countless pale green eyeballs that suddenly opened were squeezed together, staring straight into each other. Staring at Fan Hong!
There was a bang in Fan Hong's head, and he instantly had the illusion that his soul was about to be sucked away by those eyes. His face turned pale, and big beads of sweat were squeezed out of his pores.
However, this was not an illusion. The cold evil spirit broke through the spiritual platform he was holding between his brows. His soul was torn out and half of his body seemed to be squeezed in and occupied by those resentful ghosts.
“Ugh!!!”
He took a deep breath, his desire to survive instinctively made him tighten the line quickly, and the suction between his eyebrows and the mouth of the bag was interrupted. .
Fan Hong's eyes were frightened, his legs were weak, he knelt on the ground, sweating like rain, and breathing violently as if suffocated.
Seeing this scene, the fellow disciples on the side didn't know what was happening. They all looked horrified and rushed forward to transfer spiritual power to him to stabilize the spiritual platform.
"Fan...Senior Brother Fan, this is really..." A very young outer disciple looked at the thing in his hand with fear and fear, as if he saw a ghost under the blue sky, and his face turned pale with fright.
How dare Fan Hong despise the young man in front of him? He swallowed painfully, while shaking his hands, he taught the spirit bag to his classmates.
My voice was hoarse: "Quick...quick, quick, quick! Give this to Senior Brother Guo to count."
With their cultivation, opening this shrinking spirit bag is fatal. of!
The fellow disciple hurriedly left holding the spirit bag, and not long after, he returned with one person.
That man was wearing the clothes of an inner disciple of the Tianxi Sword Sect, and it was the Senior Brother Guo whom Fan Hong mentioned.
The dignified disciples of Tianxi’s inner sect actually went down the mountain to settle here, which shows how seriously they attach importance to it.
When the inner disciples are here, even Jiang Yunqin, who was personally introduced by the prince of Shu, can no longer sit in the carriage with an air of dignity and not move his buttocks.
She got out of the carriage and looked at Balian's back with a complicated expression, suddenly feeling that she was so ridiculous.
On the trip across the river, she coveted the young man's skin, thinking that she had kindly given him a life-saving gift, and he should be grateful for this life-saving grace.
Even if you can't obey her orders, you should still pursue and obey her like her usual suitors.
Although Jiang Yunqin is a wealthy lady who never leaves home, this does not mean that she has no scheming. As a woman of a wealthy family, she has her own way of winning people's hearts.
The latter responded with a particularly calm and indifferent attitude. Not only did he not have any intention of pursuing her, he also accepted her kindness and gifts as a matter of course. That gesture obviously placed himself on her equal footing. position.
This gave her a strong sense of disparity in her heart, and she secretly complained that this person did not know how to praise, and was afraid that he was an ungrateful person.
But at the moment, she couldn't understand how an ordinary child from a mortal family could remain intact in the river of resentment. Even the two internal guards with advanced Taoist skills around her were tortured. He became like that ghost.
I'm afraid that the water ghost crossing the river is one of his hundreds of resentful ghosts, right?
He never owed her any favors.
For her, the journey across the river was uneventful and she did not encounter any ghost troubles. If he hadn't taken in the water ghost, the six internal guards His Highness the Prince left for her would have died more than just two. It's so simple.
While Jiang Yunqin was thinking wildly, he watched the inner disciple who had just come down the mountain invite the young man into the mountain in a polite and courteous manner.
There are nine levels in the selection of Tianxi Sword Sect disciples. If you pass the first level, you will get a small wooden tablet of identity as a registered disciple of Tianxi.
Until you have completely passed through the nine levels, the wooden sign can be replaced with a silver sign, which is the disciple of Tianxi's inner sect.
Those who are personally selected as disciples by the seven Tianxi Fengjian elders or the Thirteen Sword Masters can become Tianxi’s personal disciples.
The first level is to identify spiritual roots. In the past few days, there may have been hundreds of thousands of participants, but only more than a thousand people have actually passed this spiritual root assessment.
This is the first level. If the Nine Levels pass, I don’t know how many people will be left.
Jiang Yunqin relied on his high-grade spiritual roots to successfully pass the first level.
After going up the mountain, this meant that she was no longer a daughter of the Shu Kingdom, but just an 'ordinary' climber like these more than a thousand people.
Jiang Yunqin looked at the wooden sign in his hand, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face, and the gloom in his heart also faded a bit.
No matter what, although the young man used extraordinary means to pass the first level of Tianxi and shine in front of everyone, this still cannot change the fact that he is the root of death.
The hundreds of resentful ghosts are indeed amazing, but how can ordinary people have the ability to gather them all? Maybe he is eager to seek immortality, and relying on the favor of his elders in the family, he has been prepared in the past ten years to collect resentment ghosts. ghost.
This first level is not only about destiny, but also about family background.
It's just that most people are not willing to waste the hard-earned resentment on a waste that cannot practice cultivation.
In the final analysis, the inner disciple, Senior Brother Guo and Corporal Li Xian, may only care about his background and family background.
As for the water ghost in the river...who knows if he tamed it away with some spiritual treasure talisman in his possession.
If he is really capable, why is there no trace of him in this third level of assessment?
Standing in the third level assessment place prepared by Tianxi Sword Sect, Jiang Yunqin was bathed in the cold wind, but still could not stop the pride and joy in his heart from bursting out.
Yes, she passed the first level and then the second level without any pressure.
The assessment content of the second level is said to be an exam, but in fact it is also a gift from an immortal.
The examiner in charge of the second level exam is a beautiful woman holding a golden embroidery needle. It is very easy to pass the second level. The embroidery needle in the woman's hand will poke a few stitches on everyone's body. .
If you can survive the fifteen needles, you can pass and continue up the mountain.
It sounds like the fifteen needles on the body are very scary, let alone the hands of this immortal disciple. Jiang Yunqin has long heard of the immortal's methods, which can move mountains and fill seas with one sword. Mountains and rivers can be moved with the palm of your hand.
But the golden embroidery needle passes through the body without causing any harm to the human body.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once told her that the core of a practitioner depends on the spiritual root and the spiritual power cultivation nodes.
And every needle the woman lands is opening up a spiritual node in the human body.
This second level can be described as a huge opportunity. Even if someone has not passed this level, they will benefit a lot.
Under the golden needles, if you can withstand ten needles, you can continue to go up the mountain.
What made Jiang Yunqin extremely proud was that she had withstood fifteen injections in the hands of that woman. According to the world's terms, she was already very qualified.
But the young man who shined in the first level only withstood seven injections. By the eighth injection, his skin was bleeding and no more injections were possible.
After all, he failed the hundred ghosts that his elders had worked so hard to catch, and he just passed the test and then died.
Jiang Yunqin became relaxed again, smiled back at Bailian, and entered the gate. What makes people feel even more happy is that this third level is prepared for participants who have received ten injections.
A person like her who had received fifteen injections only needed to say hello to the painter guarding the third level before continuing up the mountain.
Jiang Yunqin faced almost everyone's envious gazes and reached the fourth level with overwhelming momentum.
The participants who stayed in the second level also left one after another.
Shen Zhan flicked his finger, and the embroidery needle at his fingertips instantly became as soft as silk. It slipped into the sleeves and turned into a dark line of sleeve wind.
She picked up the books in front of the case and was about to leave when she found that the young man whose spiritual power node only had access to the seventh orifice was lowering his eyes and staring at her legs seriously.
Although Shen Zhan's embroidered shoes have been taken off from the loops of her arms and put on her feet, she is not wearing socks tonight. The white skin exposed on the embroidered shoes is looming in the swaying skirt in the mountain breeze, which is very charming.
Shen Zhan saw that this young man was not a lecherous and rude person, but he couldn't move his eyes when he saw the girl's feet.
"Crash..."
The thick stack of books in her hand hit Balian's head moderately.
Bailian raised his head to look at her.
Shen Zhan's mist-colored eyes were very light, a light aqua blue. She stood tall and graceful, but there was no anger in her eyebrows. She just said calmly: "If you don't leave yet, Tianxi won't do it." The rule of leaving people to eat.”
< br>"You..." Bailian looked into her eyes, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Is it a shark?"
Shen Zhan opened his eyes wide in surprise, then pursed his lips and smiled: " Ji Pei is right, you This vision is really good. Could it be that an expert opened your eyes to you when you were a child?"
Bailian shook his head and said bluntly: "I want to go up the mountain."
" That's not okay, your spirit Your qualifications are too poor. According to the rules, I can't let you go up the mountain, but..." Shen Zhan changed the topic and smiled sweetly: "If you secretly give me some benefits, maybe I can show mercy and let you go up the mountain."< br>
While speaking, she also made a gesture of rubbing her fingers that ordinary people could understand.
"Benefits?" Balian couldn't help laughing. Compared to the tough-minded outer disciple at the foot of the mountain, this girl really had no integrity at all.
Compared with Tianxi’s iron rules, accepting bribes is obviously more appealing to people’s hearts.
Bailian is a smart man. He did not directly ask her what she wanted. Instead, he directly took out the star amber box, opened it and displayed it: "Whatever the girl wants, you can take it yourself."
< br> Shen Zhan was just joking. When her eyes fell on the box, her eyes suddenly fluctuated. She took out two pale pink pearls from the box.
"These two shark pearls are good, can you give them to me?"
Bailian was startled. The two pearls were not big, and they fell into the star amber box with Qiankun inside. He did not notice that there was something in the box. There are even pink shark beads.
The shark pearl is a pearl condensed from the tears of the shark, and this star box was given to him by sister Lin Yuan.
So, these two shark beads were also prepared by Sister Lin Yuan.
Before Balian could speak, Shen Zhan had already put the two shark beads into his sleeves, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "You go up the mountain, I won't stop you."
This person is doing extremely domineering things with a gentle face, which really makes people speechless.
After Bai Lian left, Shen Zhan was not in a hurry to return to Shaoqing Peak. Facing the moonlight, she gently held the pale pink shark bead with two fingers. Under the moonlight, This shark bead is incredibly beautiful.
She suddenly waved her hand in a certain direction and said: "Ji Pei, I have two good things, and I will give you one."
In the night, Ji Pei stepped on the thick Thick Snow came over, took a pink pearl from Shen Zhan, held it in his palm, and looked at it carefully.
“I remember you also bought this pink shark bead. Why do you want it if you have it yourself?”
Shen Zhan looked at him softly with his clear eyes and smiled: "There are many colors of shark beads in the deep sea, but pink is the most dreamy and beautiful, because this is what the shark dropped when he missed his sweetheart. Mermaid tears are also the most Beautiful and touching, I am not a pure shark, my father is a human, I am at best a half shark, the pink shark beads that fell are not pure. "
Ji Pei didn't take it seriously, and held it in his hand. this bead He was even more uninterested. He was about to return it when he heard her say:
"There is a legend about the sharks circulating in the sea. If you can get two pure-blooded sharks' missing shark beads, , men and women each hold One, even if the fate is broken in this life, we can meet again in the next life without leaving any regrets. Ji Pei, do you think this legend is true?"
Ji Pei's palms froze slightly and he looked at it quietly. She said nothing for a moment.
Shen Zhan chuckled and said: "If this legend is true, I am not afraid that in the future you will suddenly break your sword and die."
Ji Pei: "..."
Shen Zhan reached out and lifted his collar, looking at the scars on his neck left by self-inflicted wounds, there seemed to be a touch of sadness in his smiling eyes: "Ji Pei, Next time, don’t seek death again.”
Ji Pei is not convinced. Jueti avoided her sight, clenched the shark beads in his hand, cleared his throat, and said, "Is this the reason why you let that young man go into the mountain?"
"Not really." Shen Zhan He took a piece of rice paper from the middle of the stack of books. There was an ink painting of a portrait on the paper.
Ji Pei was surprised: "Is this the young man just now?"
And looking at the painting, it seems that it was painted by the Fourth Senior Sister.
Shen Zhan smiled narrowly and said: "A few months ago, the fourth senior sister returned from the devil world. Her Taoist heart was often unstable. She often secretly took this portrait and compared it among the many disciples one by one, as if to find something. A junior fellow who looks similar to this young man comes out. Tell me, when did the fourth senior sister become so interested in a man?"
Ji Pei's expression was extremely exciting, and after a while he said four words: "Look at the plum blossoms to quench your thirst. .”
Shen Zhan had a playful expression on his face: "Now that Mei has been delivered to the door, tell me, as a junior fellow apprentice, why would you ruin the good things of the fourth senior sister?"
Ji Pei raised her forehead and said: "I think This is too unbelievable. In the eyes of Fourth Senior Sister, there is no distinction between good and bad men. Except for swords, all men and women in this world are just big carrots who look different to her."
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Are you telling me that his sword-crazy senior sister is actually coveting the beauty of a young man?
Shen Zhan said: "This is not good. In the early years, I listened to the sect master's wishes and seemed to want to betroth the fourth senior sister to the senior brother. I wanted to use the sword power of the senior brother to enter the cauldron spiritual cultivation. Help the fourth senior sister to rebuild the clarity of the sword's heart, so as not to waste that good sword bone.
But no one in the sect knows that the eldest brother and the second brother. Senior sister is a perfect match. The sect leader is not doing this properly. I don’t think it’s possible to ask the fourth senior sister and the second senior sister to serve the same husband.”
Ji Pei’s head started to hurt when he talked about this. Come on, senior brother and second senior sister have known each other for so many years, but they have never been able to achieve perfect cultivation, just because there is a Dehuo Sutra in the middle.
Fourth Senior Sister does not need to wade into this muddy water.
"So, when it's time for you to supervise the examination, you have to take good care of the young man and just turn a blind eye. I looked at the eldest lady of the Jiang family. When she looked at the fourth senior brother-in-law, her nose was so tight. It’s as high as the sky, we people who come out of our own house don’t want to be bullied by the little girl from outside.”
Before even saying a word, the fourth senior brother-in-law was called. .
Having done this through favoritism and cheating, Ji Pei felt that the Fengyi Sword in her sleeve was ashamed of her.
Although what she said was mysterious and baseless, if it were true, it would be really difficult to deal with.
Necromantic roots, trash with blocked nodes, embroidered pillows that are useless, but so what?
After all, he is the man that Fourth Senior Sister likes.
What else can I do as a junior fellow apprentice?
Just open a small stove in secret, work out the relationship, and pet him all the way up the mountain.
Many people say that they have a bad impression of Tianxi. That is mainly because Daddy, the great Buddha, is here. In fact, the junior brothers and sisters are still very cute and amiable.
(End of this chapter)