Chapter 9 Jiuzhao Ling
The Lingzhen sect is located in a deep valley, surrounded by three mountains. The two walls confront each other to form a line of sky, through which Yanzhou travels into the valley.
It is as if you have entered another world, where hills and rivers are densely covered, and lakes are embedded in the surface like stars. The land is vast and self-contained.
A waterfall falls in the middle, and a magnificent river divides the valley into two. Cao Wenguan said: "This is the Guantian River, with the outer gate in the east and the inner gate in the west."
The deacons drove Yanzhou to a stop outside a blue-tiled hall and said: "Zhaoling Hall has arrived, follow me in!"
The disciples got off the boat and followed their respective deacons into the temple.
Wang Fang had already entered, so he did not participate in the follow-up matters and left first with Wang Chuyan.
It was extremely empty, with disciples in gray clothes walking back and forth. The walls are sealed on all sides, and there is a patio in the middle that concentrates the sunlight on a pure white screen wall.
Zhao Shun knew that this was the Zhaoling Shadow Wall used by Cao Wenguan to test his spiritual roots.
“The disciples from Feihu Small World have arrived. Please ask Elder Lin to come forward and check the spiritual roots of the new disciples.”
Hearing this, the disciple in gray bowed and invited a short, fat old man with gray hair and boyish face to come out.
Elder Lin waved his hand to return the greetings of the deacons. He pressed his right hand against the screen wall and saw a slight white light glowing on its surface. Then he left his hand and said: "Let's begin!"
< br>The deacons lined up the disciples in the order they came and went to the shadow wall one by one. Zhao Shun's team is third from the bottom.
The first one was Cheng Tan’s group, led by a boy who was quite thin. He stood in front of the screen wall. First, white light flashed on the wall, and finally it condensed into a swirling pattern, red, brown, green and yellow. color.
Elder Lin said: "The four spiritual roots and the four powers are equal."
A disciple in gray clothes came forward and handed the wooden sign with the word "four" engraved on it into the boy's hand. He didn't know what happened yet, so he was taken aside in confusion.
After that, a few more people passed by, all with four or five spiritual roots. Cheng Tan’s face became worse and worse, until the last girl also tested four spiritual roots, and his face turned from black to white. It's like having a serious illness.
"Deacon Cheng Tan, selection tasks, evaluation, etc."
Elder Lin shook his head and said: "Next one!"
The children came up one by one, and on the first After the two deacons also rated him, the seedling who was declared to have "three spiritual roots, heavy on wood and earth, and weak on water" finally appeared in the third team, a boy as skinny as a monkey.
Knowing that his talent was superior to others, he happily took the wooden sign with the word "three" engraved on it, bowed deeply to Elder Lin and the deacon who led him, and then waited beside him.
With these three spiritual roots, the deacon was rated as average, and he looked somewhat satisfied.
The next one was the one who responded to Cheng Tan. There were quite a few people behind him, thirteen in total. Unfortunately, only one of the Three Spiritual Roots came out, leaving him speechless.
Cao Wenguan only led six people. If it weren't for Yuan Mei who had even fewer people, with only four people, he would have been at the bottom.
Going to the small world to recruit is a task that none of the deacons want to take on. The spiritual energy there is thin and it is difficult to find a genius. Therefore, if a disciple with three spiritual roots is rated as average, he can get all the rewards.
But Cao Wenguan is an elder's disciple, so he should accept the task of recruiting in this world. He should produce five three spiritual roots and get double rewards.
If I hadn’t been ostracized by villains, how could I have ended up like this? Cao Wenguan gritted his teeth and said secretly.
Liu Ziyi usually strives to be the leader of the team, and now he naturally wants to be the leader. After the shadow wall flashed past, he stared at the four-color vortex on the wall as if he didn't believe it.
How could he have four spiritual roots? It shouldn't be like this!
"The four spiritual roots are more emphasis on water and wood. Retreat!" Elder Lin waved his hand. He had seen too many people like Liu Ziyi and gave himself too much expectations. When he really wanted to face the reality, he couldn't No courage.
Liu Ziyi seemed to be crushed, with a miserable look on his face. He was dragged and pulled by the disciples in gray clothes. They were afraid that he would not accept the wooden sign, so they stuffed it directly into his sleeve.
Xie Baoguang and Zhang Mingzhan suddenly became nervous. They took the "four" and "five" signs one after another. The three of them stood together, all with their heads lowered, showing no signs of expression.
Peng Zheng's heart was beating like thunder. He closed his eyes and kept chanting: "Bless the gods! Bless the gods! Bless the gods!"
It seemed that there was a real help from the gods. He opened his eyes and saw a reddish brown color on the screen wall. Huang Sanse heard Elder Lin say again: "Three spiritual roots, three powers are equal."
"Thank you, elder! Thank you, deacon!" Peng Zhen could be said to be ecstatic, and Cao Wenguan also nodded slightly. , although it is a three-power equal, but it is enough for him to rate it as medium.
From then on, Zhou Pianran only had five spiritual roots. She only felt depressed for a while, then accepted the wooden sign calmly and stood next to Peng Zheng.
Zhao Shun is not uneasy. She naturally hopes that she has outstanding talents and can have a smooth road. However, if she puts all her expectations on the outcome of this bet, I am afraid she will be more disappointed than expected. .
Nothing is absolute, even with the five spiritual roots, she still has to make a breakthrough.
After calming down, she stepped forward resolutely and stood in front of the screen wall. There was still a dazzling white light flashing, and several colors appeared, first a brilliant bright yellow, followed by bright red, and at the end appeared a slender Light green.
It is the three spiritual roots!
Looking at Elder Lin's face when the first few three spiritual roots appeared, Zhao Chun knew that this should be a satisfactory level in the world of cultivation.
That’s great!
She can't change her innate conditions. As long as she works hard, the path of cultivation will still work!
"Three Spiritual Roots." Elder Lin nodded and said, "Gold and fire are strong, while wood is weak."
"Thank you, elder, deacon." Zhao Shun received the wooden sign, Bowed to the two of them. When Zhou Pianran saw that she had detected the three spiritual roots, she felt envious and said, "You are so awesome! You will definitely succeed in practicing Taoism in the future."
"Spiritual roots only affect the upper limit of practice and will not replace personal practice. It is difficult to succeed without years of hard work and spiritual roots alone." Zhao Shun said lightly, she knew that at this time it would be It seems hypocritical, but it is really true, and there is nothing you can do if others don't listen.
Sure enough, Zhang Mingzhan said coldly: "Pretend!"
Zhou Pianran hurriedly pulled Zhao Chun's sleeves and said in her ear: "Don't listen to him, I know you She sincerely advised me, but I really have no interest in this."
She lowered her eyes and said in a very low voice: "I, I miss home very much, and I don't want to be a disciple here," the deacon said. I can let people go back after five years. My talent is so bad, I will be able to go home by then.
"During the month I was at the Taoist temple, my mother came to see me secretly. She said she often missed me so much that she couldn't sleep. I had never been away from home for so long..."
Her eyes gradually turned red. , Zhao Shun raised his hand to help her wipe away her tears, and heard her say: "I am really happy to be selected. My two brothers did not live up to expectations, and my parents were also looked down upon. I thought I was just a girl when I entered the Taoist temple, so I thought Help them earn some face, but they didn’t know they had to come to such a far place.”
Zhao Shun comforted: “Everyone has his own ambitions. If you don’t want to practice, no one will force you. It’s okay to change your mind later. Okay, there are many roads, it all depends on how you decide to go.”
After thinking about it, he added: “Don’t cry, your parents definitely want their daughter to be happy outside.” Only then did Zhou Pianran stop crying.
They are all young children. Zhao Shun has nothing to worry about herself, but she cannot think that others are alone like her. There may be many people like Zhou Pianran among the selected people. Zhao Shun only hopes that they can maintain their My true intention is to get what I want as soon as possible.
While he was talking, another group of people finished looking after the spirits. The leader of the deacon was Bao Yu, the tall monk with a dignified appearance. At this time, he let out a long sigh and looked at the children with four or five spiritual roots. After all, he couldn't smile. Come and accept the inferior result with disappointment.
Yuan Mei had a close relationship with him. She leaned beside him and comforted him softly. The four children behind her also came forward one after another. The first three were all five spirit roots, but only the last one had changed.
The shadow wall did not appear in the shape of a whirlpool, only dark green appeared all over the wall, with some light blue star dots around it. Elder Lin was immediately overjoyed: "Wood and water have dual spiritual roots! Wood dominates and water follows, and the water quality is extremely small!" Good! Very good!”
The Lingzhen Sect has 30,000 outer disciples and 100,000 preparatory disciples, and they recruit thousands of people from outside every year, of whom the majority are those with four spiritual roots and five spiritual roots. , the three spiritual roots are about 20%.
Geniuses with Tianlinggen are too scarce and are often snareted by large sects, leaving the Lingzhen sect behind. Therefore, dual-spirited talents should also be considered as key talents to be cultivated in the sect.
You know, there are nearly 30,000 people with more than 20% of the three spiritual roots in the sect, but the number of double spiritual roots has dropped sharply, and there are less than a thousand people!
Except for Elder Qiu, there are currently five monks at the Ning Yuan stage and above, including the leader, who all have dual spiritual roots. It can be said that having two spiritual roots in one's body means that one is at least capable of building a foundation, and there is hope of condensing the essence!
Elder Lin looked the boy over with satisfaction and said: "Yes, you are the third person with dual spiritual roots in this year's selection, but those two have balanced attributes, so they are not as talented as you. What's your name? How old are you? "
"Junior Zheng Chenqing, this year is twelve!" That boy is also a steady man, with a happy face and no lack of courtesy.
He has a handsome face and a tall figure. Elder Lin felt more and more that he was a good young man and said: "The sect has laws. Anyone with outstanding talents can enter the inner gate directly. You don't have to be with others. Follow me and go to the interview first. Meet the leader.
"In addition, Yuan Minru, the evaluation is superior, the rest should disperse immediately!"
There was no one after Zheng Chenqing, so Elder Lin turned into a smoke boat and took him away. No matter what they thought in their hearts, all the deacons congratulated Yuan Minru. Bao Yu was even more happy, and all the previous disappointments were gone.
The other disciples were even more envious, thinking that they were that Zheng Chenqing.
"Our mission has been completed. Beyond the Zhaoling Hall is the disciple residence. Just show the wooden sign to the people inside." Cao Wenguan pointed inward.
The group that went to the small world stayed in that spiritually barren place for half a year. They were very tired. After ordering the disciples to go in on their own, they also turned into smoke boats and left one after another.
The remaining disciples reported to their groups and walked inside.
Zhao Shun noticed that apart from himself and Peng Zheng, the two three spiritual roots were the most popular. There were more than ten people around him, their faces full of glory.
It was Peng Zheng who replaced Liu Ziyi as the leader of the trio. He had good facial features and had lost his former low-key appearance, and he was indeed a bit majestic.
Zhao Chun was naturally with Zhou Pianran. Only Xie Baoguang, who was at odds with those three people, dared not go there, and was not familiar with Zhao Chun. It was Zhou Pianran who called him over when Zhao Chun nodded. Together.
"Thank you." Xie Baoguang blushed slightly and muttered.
This was just a piece of cake for Zhao Shun. She shook her head and said no thanks, and the three of them walked inside.
The Disciple Residence is a room with a similar layout to Zhaoling Hall, but it is simpler. There is a row of long tables inside, and there are many gray-clothed disciples sitting there. There are already people lined up in front of them.
The eight teams totaled no more than a hundred people. After more than a dozen columns were separated, the number of people in each column became smaller. Zhao Shun waited in line for a while and then arrived at the table.
Handing over the wooden sign, the disciple in gray saw that "three" was engraved on it, and his attitude was much better than the others. He first handed her a pair of keys, then neatly packed up the things and handed them to her, saying: "Female disciple lives in Hemerocallis Garden. You can go straight east when you go out. You have three spiritual roots. You have twenty stones each month, and ten pairs of Mingxin Powder and Zengqi Powder. You can make an inventory by yourself." br>
Zhao Shun opened the cloth bag. Inside were twenty thumb-sized green pebbles, which should be Cui stones, and twenty yellow paper packets, each with Mingxin Powder and Zengqi Powder written on them. She nodded, did a brief inventory, and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
The gray-clothed disciple added a bit more kindness on his face and replied: "It doesn't matter, it's just a matter of responsibility."
Zhao Shun led the things back, Zhou Pianran and Xie Baoguang also finished, they were alone Four Spiritual Roots received ten extraction stones and five sets of two types of medicinal powders. The other Five Spiritual Roots were more shabby and received only five extraction stones and one pair of two types of medicinal powders.
Zhou Pianran was not interested in practicing and did not care much about these things. Zhao Chun spared some words of comfort.
The male disciple lived in the Green Bamboo Garden to the west. They said goodbye to Xie Baoguang and then went to the Daylily Garden together.
When I was describing the Lingying Wall, the concept of LED display screen always appeared in my mind, and suddenly I became cyberpunk doge
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