Longevity begins with an old woman

Chapter 165 Test
"Brother, are you also here to join the Tianhe Sect?"

Xu Mu "squirmed" forward with the crowd, because there were too many people who signed up to join the Tianhe Sect, and many of them brought servants and family members with them, making the area near the examination room almost crowded.

A young man in withered leaf-colored clothes was forcibly pushed to Xu Mu's side by the team, and he asked out of boredom.

"Why don't you come to sign up at this time!" Xu Mu shrugged.

At this time, his avatar has reached the age of entry through the catalysis of this spell.

"That's right! Haha!" The boy scratched his head and realized in a daze. He asked a stupid question, and his expression became a little more embarrassed.

"My name is Qi Yue, Qi who is equal to the sky, Yue of the mountains, what's your name?"

"Da Xu!"

Xu Mu said.

"Xu Da? Do you have a younger brother named Xu Er?" Qi Yue asked instinctively.

"no!"

"Oh!"

"Where is your hometown? I'm from Yuanlong City, Linxian Prefecture!"

"I came from Liyang City of Liyang Sect."

"Liyang Sect? Could it be the Liyang Sect near the Yunding Mountains?"

"Not bad!"

"That's very far away! Why don't you directly worship under the Liyang Sect?" Qi Yue asked curiously.

"Liyang Sect is too young! I'm afraid it will delay my time to advance to Nascent Soul!" Xu Mu said casually.

"..."

The corners of Qi Yue's eyes twitched.

Advanced Nascent Soul?

You can soar to the fairy world with your braggadocio!
But soon he realized that Xu Mu was talking nonsense.

So he also made a joke.

"I thought brother was worried that it would be too slow to advance to transform into a god, unlike me, as long as I can advance to refine the emptiness, I will be satisfied."

"..."

Xu Mu was speechless.

What he said just now was half true and half false, but he didn't expect the other party to blow it up.

"Don't worry! When I advance to the Mahayana Heavenly Immortal, I will definitely help you advance to the void!"

"I'm afraid I'll advance to Da Luo Daozu, you are still in the Qi training period!"

The two bragged to each other like this, and the people around smiled, and the relationship between the two gradually became familiar.

Xu Mu didn't mind that the other party was just a kid, and they chatted happily.

As the crowd flowed, they arrived soon. After the two registered, they broke away from the crowd and went to the nearby square.

All the people who have signed up here are gathered here, all of them are between the ages of nine and 12.

"Does this count as joining the Tianhe Sect?"

A girl in pink seems to be talking to herself, but also seems to be asking.

Qi Yue replied very familiarly: "How is it possible! There are 5000 people here, even if the Tianhe Sect is the Yuanying Sect, it cannot afford so many people to practice!"

"As far as I know, we still have to go through three trials before we can formally join the Tianhe Sect!" A young man in Tsing Yi said.

"Do you know the three levels?" Someone asked again.

Just like this, you talked to each other, seven or eight teenagers and girls gathered into a temporary small group, and the surrounding situation was almost the same.

Because Xu Mu was close to Qi Yue, he was naturally classified into it, even though he didn't speak from the beginning to the end.

Although these girls and teenagers had listened to their family members before they came, they still knew very little.

The reason is also very simple, their status is not high.

There are two types of disciples recruited by Tianhezong. One is recommendation. The affiliated big families and powerful forces can directly send the excellent seedlings of the family.

The other is the once-in-ten-year apprenticeship ceremony, which is also the only opportunity for ordinary practitioners to join the Tianhe Sect, which is almost equivalent to leaping into the dragon's gate.

That is to say, the four to five thousand young girls in front of me are all from ordinary casual cultivator backgrounds, and their parents may not know much information, let alone them.

Xu Mu asked Chi Feiyan to inquire about it before he came, and he should be the most clear about the assessment and the content of the assessment.

Tianhe Sect's assessment is divided into three levels, one is a test of talent, the other is a test of character, as long as you pass the first two levels, you can join Tianhe Sect, and the third level is a comprehensive test, which will classify the joining disciples into three, six, and nine grades.

Not too long passed, and after everyone signed up, the assessment officially began.

A big boat big enough to board the predecessors stopped at the shore, and several Tianhe Sect disciples in white clothes stood guard at the entrance.

"Board!"

Some disciples shouted loudly, and the sound spread for ten miles.

"This boat is so small, can there be so many of us in it?"

Someone wondered.

Even if a teenager is not as good as an adult, this ship obviously cannot be overloaded by four or five times.

"You're stupid! Wouldn't it be nice to go back and forth a few times later!" Someone said thinking he was smart.

"Is this too troublesome?"

Someone looked up at the Tianhe Zong Mountain Gate in the air and said.

There are two ways to go to Tianhezong, one is to fly up directly, and the other is to take a boat and follow the river.

People like them have no cultivation base, so it is obviously impossible to fly, but with the background of Tianhe Sect, it is not difficult to find a few flying boats.

So they really don't understand, is it necessary to use a boat to pull it back and forth?
Those who knew the specific situation couldn't help laughing.

"Not enough? Haha! I think there may be extra space!"

"What do you mean?"

Everyone is puzzled.

At this time, the nearest river, the boys and girls who were waiting for the boat, had problems.

"What's going on? Why can't I go up?"

When someone stepped on the stairs to the boat, he seemed to be pushed by an invisible force and flew out, while the people with him boarded the boat smoothly.

The boy who was pushed out was unconvinced and wanted to continue boarding the ship, but Tianhezong, who was guarded at the entrance, raised his sleeve fan and flew out.

"If you can't get on the boat, it's because you're not talented enough, don't get in the way here!"

At this time, everyone knew that getting on the boat was the first test.

And depending on the size of the ship, more than half of the people may have to be removed in the first pass.

"This, isn't this too cruel? Isn't it to scare people?"

Some people are less convinced.

Generally, those who dare to come to apprentice, think they have a little talent, otherwise they would not come all the way to Tianhezong, and just worship some small sects and small influences. More than half were eliminated.

No one answered, but everyone couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Only Xu Mu knows that for the Tianhe Sect, having a foundation-building talent is the minimum standard, and there is no need to cultivate them if they cannot become a foundation-building stage. They can recruit a bunch of cannon fodder in the Qi-training stage if they want.

For most practitioners, 60% of their talents are in the early and middle stages of Qi training. For example, Xu Mu was still in the early stages of Qi training when he was in his [-]s. Although cruel, it is the norm in the cultivation world.

As for these people's self-righteous geniuses, they are actually talents at the level of Leng Yuening and Si Tan'er. They have a chance to become a foundation, but the chances are not great, and the premise of all this requires investing a lot of resources.

For the forces in the Foundation Establishment Stage, even the Golden Core Stage forces, this is considered a talent, but for Tianhezong, it is completely meaningless.

With the same resources, Tianhe Sect will decisively choose to train a Golden Core, whether it is to cultivate a hundred Foundation Establishment or a Golden Core.

To put it simply, Tianhe Sect followed an elite strategy, and they recruited disciples for the Jindan stage, so the elimination rate was not high at all.

As more and more people were eliminated, everyone realized the cruelty, so that those who boarded the ship wept with joy, while those who did not boarded cried, begging for another chance.

But the disciples of Tianhezong didn't show any mercy.

Soon, it was the turn of the small group Xu Mu and Qi Yue.

"Brother, I'm a little nervous, can you let me pull your clothes?"

With sweaty palms, Qi Yue tugged at Xu Mu's clothes and asked.

"You are about to become a Taoist ancestor, and you still care about this little test." Xu Mu laughed.

"Wori! Brother, don't make such jokes sometimes, it would be too embarrassing if you are eliminated!"

Qi Yue said with a mournful face.

"Don't worry I trust you."

Xu Mu patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Brother, can you also see that I am the legendary dragon and phoenix?" Qi Yue asked in surprise.

It was because when he was in the family, he was inspected by a wandering casual cultivator, who said that he was a dragon and a phoenix with extraordinary talents, so he came here all the way.

"That's not it."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I believe in you, even if you are eliminated, you can bear it."

"..."

Are you consoling?Not a consolation?
Qi Yue, who had been comforted by Xu Mu in reverse, relaxed a little, and the two walked up the steps together, and an invisible force immediately enveloped them.

Qi Yue didn't feel it, but Xu Mu felt it clearly.

Neither of them was pushed into the air, and boarded the ship smoothly.

"I succeeded!"

Qi Yue, who was a little exhausted all over, blushed with excitement, clenched his fist and swung it heavily.

"You see, brother! I really have the destiny to become the ancestor of Yuanying!" Qi Yue couldn't help but proudly said.

He didn't realize at all that there were already hundreds of people on board, and if he could become Yuanying Patriarch after passing the first level, then Yuanying Patriarch would be too easy.

"Then I will congratulate you in advance!"

"You are welcome! When I become the ancestor of Yuanying, I will definitely make you the suzerain of Tianhe Sect! Haha!"

Just after passing the first hurdle, Qi Yue regained his optimistic nature.

The two of them passed the test smoothly, and the remaining members of the same small group, except for the girl in pink, were all eliminated.

"It's so pitiful, I think they are pretty good." Qi Yue said with a little regret.

The few people chatting below were quite happy just now, and they even started to consider joining the sect to practice together.

If you become a person in two worlds in a blink of an eye, you hardly need to think about the future, just know that it will be difficult to see you again.

After everyone was screened, there were originally four to five thousand teenagers and girls, but only six to seven hundred people were left on board.

And the secret Tianhezong's statement is already the most numerous in recent decades.

Amid the envy of many boys and girls, the boat slowly sailed away from the river bank and headed upstream towards Tianhezong.

Tianhezong is hundreds of meters in the air, and the slope of the river is close to [-] degrees. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for water to flow upwards, let alone with such a large boat. the power of law.

The boys and girls who experienced such a situation for the first time couldn't help but walked to the edge of the boat and looked outside.

The river water seems to be bound by an invisible channel, flowing upstream. In the crystal clear river water, there are many strange aquatic creatures. Except for the countercurrent that violates the laws of physics, it is no different from normal river water in other respects.

"Brother Xu, why don't you go and have a look? I saw that many of them are spirit fish. I can only catch them and roast them. They must be delicious!"

Qi Yue clicked his mouth a few times greedily.

"If you want to eat fish, let's talk about it when you join Tianhe. Be careful, it's coming soon."

After finishing speaking, Xu Mu sat down cross-legged.

To be honest, he himself has no idea about this level, because his spirit is different from others, it is a parasitic soul, and he doesn't know whether Tianhezong's formation can be checked out.

"What's coming soon?"

Qi Yue looked puzzled.

At this time, the boat has already sailed halfway, and as long as it passes through the area covered in dense fog in front, it can reach the mountain gate of Tianhezong.

Before Qi Yue could figure out the meaning of Xu Mu's words, the boat had already sailed into the dense fog area.

"Ahhh!"

The boys and girls who were still in high spirits suddenly uttered screams and fell to the ground holding their heads and rolling over and over.

"This is... ah!"

Qi Yue was stunned for a moment, and then felt countless little bugs crawling around in his head, the feeling was so uncomfortable that he almost went crazy.

Many boys and girls couldn't bear it and passed out on the spot.

Qi Yue glanced down at Xu Mu, sat down cross-legged, and endured desperately.

He knew in his heart that if he passed out, he would probably be eliminated.

This area of ​​dense fog is not long, but in the perception of everyone, it seems that a century has passed.

When the extremely uncomfortable feeling disappeared, everyone was soaked as if they were fished out of the water.

"Here we go! Get off the boat!"

The Tianhe Sect disciple in charge of steering the boat shouted loudly.

The boys and girls who were not unconscious got up staggeringly as if they had collapsed, and walked down the boat.

Xu Mu also opened his eyes, his pupils flickering slightly.

"It turned out that it was just a mental attack, but it gave me a false alarm!"

Xu Mu whispered in his heart.

"If this is the case, I might be able to fight for the top three!"

According to the information he obtained, the higher the ranking, the more resources he will get.

The more resources he got, the faster his avatar would progress, and he would be able to get Tianyi Shenshui earlier.

From the very beginning, he didn't intend to let this avatar hide its strength and bide its time. Instead, he planned to show his sharpness and soar into the sky. After all, his main body would not spend hundreds of years for the same cultivation resources.

If it was the main body, he would definitely not do such a showy thing, but since it is a clone, it doesn't matter.

The big deal is to die, as long as he is willing, even the Yuanying Patriarch can't even try to trace his real body through this avatar.

Just when Xu Mu was about to get up and disembark, Qi Yue reached out and grabbed him.

"Brother, help me! My leg is cramping!"

"..."

Xu Mu was speechless.

He stretched out his hand to help him up, and limped off the boat. When he was about to go down, the Tianhe Sect disciple in charge took a few more glances at the two of them.

In fact, Qi Yue is considered cheating, but fortunately, it is not too much, as long as he is not unconscious, it is considered a pass.

After everyone went down, there were less than 200 people left.

"From today onwards, you are disciples of the Tianhe Sect. The next step is the last test, where your talents will be tested in all aspects. The outstanding ones can directly become the true disciples of the Tianhe Sect!"

The elder of the Tianhe Sect who was in charge of the reception led everyone to a white jade step, pointed to the step extending into the depths of the mist and said, "The higher the step you climb, the better your grades will be. Let's start!"

"Elder, how high is this step? What if you reach the end?" Qi Yue asked curiously.

The elder glanced at him and said, "How tall is it? You can climb up first and then talk about it! As for the grades, naturally they will be calculated on a first-come-first-served basis."

"Sequentially?"

The disciples who reacted immediately rushed to climb the steps, wanting to take the lead.

"Brother, let's go!"

Qi Yue dragged Xu Mu to run up the steps, and his legs were no longer cramped at this time.

Xu Mu's eyes flickered, but he didn't stop him, letting Qi Yue drag him up the steps.

The moment he stepped on the steps, Qi Yue's figure disappeared, but the scene in front of Xu Mu suddenly changed into a sea of ​​corpses and blood full of eerie aura.

"It's the Heart Training Formation!"

(End of this chapter)