The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

When everyone heard this, no matter what they were doing, they all became quiet and focused their attention on Deacon Miao.

If anyone here has the best information, it’s him, because his family not only runs seven inns in the city, but also owns three teahouses. People come and go. The information was naturally well-informed. Although he had an average status in the family, he had access to some confidential information that ordinary monks could not master.

"Everyone, Lingxiao Sect." He only said a few words before he was interrupted. The person who interrupted him was Wang Changyou who was sitting in the main seat. He glanced outside the box and said cautiously:

"Lao Miao, if there is news or rumors that are not suitable for spreading, then don't say it, lest disaster comes from your mouth!"

After he finished speaking, he extended his finger and pointed to the sky. This meaning is self-evident. In this Tianyuanfang City, there is only one sky, and that is Lingxiao Sect. You must be cautious when talking about Lingxiao Sect.

"If you don't want to hear it, you can go out. I'm not a fool. How could I spread those rumors? My Miao family has been in Tianyuanfang City for thousands of years. I know much better than you about what should be said and what should not be said. !”

Quarrels have become a habit between the two of them, so others don't find it strange. However, Xu Zhiyu was not in the mood to care about it at this time. Instead, he kept guessing about the secret that Deacon Miao was going to say.

"Could it be that Wu Erben was unwilling to let the three of him get so many benefits and leaked the news that he would find the golden elixir inheritance?"

Thinking of this, he quietly used his spiritual consciousness to transmit a message in a specific direction:

"Senior Ye, are you there?"

This is the secret communication method between him and this Jindan. Xu Zhiyu has never seen his true face. The two only communicate through spiritual consciousness. This is what he specifically requested. On the surface, he wants to cut off contact with Taiyang Tower. connect.

"Well! What's the matter?" I wonder if it's because the higher the cultivation level, the less talkative. None of the Jindan monks he met talked much, and the same was true for Senior Ye.

"I dare to ask, senior, are there any strange monks keeping an eye on me near Yuan Guang Pavilion in the past few days?"

"No, I haven't noticed this situation since I was responsible for protecting you. Everything is business as usual!"

"Thank you, senior!"

After hearing what Ye Jindan said, he finally felt at ease, thinking that it would be fine as long as it had nothing to do with him, but he didn't expect that he would be happy too early.

"That's right. I heard that recently, the selection competition for Lingxiao Sect's true disciples, which is held every fifty years, is about to begin, probably next year."

After Deacon Miao finished speaking, he saw no reaction from everyone and thought that everyone knew the news. But then he thought about it and thought it was impossible, so he continued:

"Do you know the true disciples?"

Everyone laughed when they heard this question. Although most of them were born as casual cultivators, they still knew the disciple system in the sect. Some of them had actually participated in the sect's discipleship system when they were of the right age. The selection was just a matter of being eliminated for various reasons.

Take the sects on the land of Qin as an example. Their disciples are basically divided into three categories. That is, there are four categories: handyman disciples, outer disciples, inner disciples, and true disciples.

The handyman disciples are basically those who are not up to the standard when the sect recruits disciples from various places, but they have spiritual roots. The sect will often accept these disciples, because the sect also has many chores to do. Mortals can't accomplish these things. Those monks with good spiritual roots mainly focus on cultivation. These chores are naturally left to these handyman disciples to complete.

These handyman disciples have a very low status. Not only do they have to take on a lot of chores, but they are also often manipulated by outer disciples and inner disciples. If they disobey in the slightest, they will be killed, and the sect will not stand up for them. It can be said that the situation is very miserable. If there is an opportunity, it is not impossible for the handyman disciple to go further, but this situation is rare.

Outer disciples are actually the disciples of the sect in the true sense. Most disciples have this status when they first enter the sect. Their qualifications meet the standards for accepting disciples, but they are not particularly outstanding, so the sect will first They train intensively, select the best among them, and then focus on training. The status of outer disciples is not high either. In addition to cultivation, they also have to take on some chores, but they are not too many. They still focus on cultivation.

The status of the inner disciples is much more noble. They are the key training targets of the sect, belong to the future of the sect, and will grow into the backbone of the sect in the future. Inner sect disciples do not need to take on chores. They only need to practice wholeheartedly. The possibility of obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill to establish the foundation is much greater than that of disciples who have not entered the inner sect. It can be said that as long as you become an inner sect disciple, it means that One foot has already entered the foundation building gate.

There are generally two ways to become an inner disciple.

The first is that when the sect accepts disciples and tests their spiritual roots, if they show extraordinary qualifications, such as earth spiritual roots, alien spiritual roots, etc., then they will directly skip the ranks of outer disciples. Become an inner disciple directly.

The second type is more complicated. Generally speaking, the sect will set up many tasks, or set up an arena, and then hold them regularly, select the top few from the outer disciples, and then grant the inner disciples the status. However, This kind of difficulty is not small at all, and it is almost one of the best in a hundred.

As for the last true disciple, that is even more remarkable. He has a distinguished status and is basically a candidate for the next generation of heads and powerful elders of various ministries. He can be regarded as the true pride of heaven. If he is chosen, he will not have to worry about training resources. , because the sect will allocate a large amount of resources to train them, and there are all kinds of miraculous medicines.

As long as you are not too unlucky, you can condense the golden elixir casually and become a golden elixir monk.

The rules for the selection of this kind of true disciple are more complicated. First of all, it is related to qualifications. If the Tianling Root is detected, then needless to say, the identity of the true disciple will be locked directly, and there will be no surprises. After all, there is no bottleneck in forming pills. , one can cultivate the golden elixir to perfection step by step. Such monks are worthy of the status of true disciples no matter what. Secondly, the selection of true disciples is selected from among the many inner disciples under the sect. This selection continues throughout their cultivation career and will last for a long period of time. The sect will first select a group of candidates, and then They will be inspected based on their cultivation, qualifications, conduct, etc. In the end, only with the consent of the majority of the sect's senior officials will the disciple be granted the status of a true disciple.

However, because true disciples are so important to a sect, the specific selection rules are kept secret from the outside world, so what outsiders know are hearsay and cannot be fully believed.

So everyone thought that Deacon Miao had heard the gossip from there, so they didn't pay much attention to it and just smiled and said nothing.

However, because of his good skills in making talismans and his high status, Xu Zhiyu was arranged to sit first on the left. When he saw that Deacon Miao sitting next to him was a little angry, his face turned red, so he immediately picked up the wine bottle and gave it to He refilled a glass of wine and asked the man on the steps:

"We have heard a lot of rumors about true disciples, but we don't know whether they are true or not. I think that Fellow Taoist Miao is from a Jindan family, so he must know much more about this than we do. Please explain it to us!"

When he asked this question, Deacon Miao was no longer so embarrassed. He drank the wine Xu Zhiyu poured for him in one gulp and said calmly:

"For the selection of true disciples, what you all know are conventional rules, and they are basically good. But what I want to tell you today is an unconventional selection method, which is very simple and crude."

As Wang Changyou explained, everyone gradually understood what this so-called selection competition was about.

It turns out that this kind of selection competition has not been around for a long time. From the first time to the present, it has only been held sixty times, and the duration is only three thousand years. This is really not a long time for the Lingxiao Sect, which has been passed down for tens of thousands of years.

It is said that the main reason for the emergence of this kind of selection competition is that there are problems with the original selection system. As the sect was established, serious mountain-topism and cliques emerged within the Lingxiao Sect. What was even more frightening was that there were signs of the sect becoming familial.

As the inheritance passed from generation to generation, the sect's true inheritance quota and inspection rights all fell into the hands of these people. It was extremely difficult for ordinary disciples to get a true inheritance quota, and it even became completely impossible later.

When this situation lasts for a long time, many disciples who join the sect will become alienated from the sect without the path to ascend. There are even cases where they secretly communicate with foreign enemies and cooperate with each other to attack the sect.

Since then, those in power have also understood that if this continues, Lingxiao Sect will fall apart in the future, but when they are really asked to spit out those benefits and share them with everyone, they become reluctant to part with them. After all, if the knife does not hit them, they will not know. painful.

This situation lasted for another three to four thousand years. Finally, three thousand years ago, a very serious civil strife occurred in the Lingxiao Sect. The sect was almost split into two. The cause was the uneven distribution of interests between the family sect and the disciple sect. Yes, this civil strife seriously shook the foundation of Lingxiao Sect's rule. After a fight between the two sides, it ended with the disciples' tragic victory. After all, they had the upper hand in numbers and the ants killed the elephant.

The newly appointed head of the Lingxiao Sect, feeling that the various systems of the sect were decadent and out of date, made a certain degree of reform on the original basis. As for why it did not completely reform, it was because although most of the family sects were The suppression was gone, but it still existed. Together, they were still a force that could not be underestimated, and they were always ready to counterattack. In addition, Lingxiao Sect was facing a lot of foreign troubles at that time, so the new leader could only do his best. Reforms may be made.

The selection competition for true disciples is a very important one. This selection method breaks the previous practice of having the senior leaders of the sect inspect and decide the true disciples. Instead, it stipulates that as long as the disciples have perfected their foundation and made certain contributions to the sect, they can participate in this selection competition. It greatly expands the selection scope of true disciples and ensures fairness to the greatest extent.

"Brother Miao, what you just said is that if Lingxiao Sect disciples want to qualify for this trial, they must make a contribution to the sect. So what does this contribution specifically mean?" Xu Zhiyu asked. For some reason, Wu Erben's figure suddenly appeared. in his mind.

"This is different from the contribution points obtained from completing general sect tasks. It must be handed over to the sect, various high-grade weapon refining materials, or finished magic weapons, and other various fourth-level treasures. Of course, only one of these is required. . However, for foundation-building disciples, obtaining fourth-level spiritual objects is as difficult as climbing to the sky. Therefore, the disciples who can get this quota basically have to have the support of someone behind them in addition to their own excellent abilities. Otherwise, the special contribution will not be achieved. Arrive." Deacon Miao replied.

"Then the golden elixir technique and the inheritance of various immortal cultivation skills at the fourth level are also included?" He then asked.

"Of course, these are more valuable than magic weapons and the like, and they will definitely get a lot of special contribution points. What? I think Brother Xu is very concerned about this matter?"

Deacon Miao said that he originally thought that Xu Zhiyu was asking questions to avoid being left in the cold and was afraid of embarrassing himself, but looking at his expression, he seemed to be really interested in this matter.

"No, no, I'm just curious!" He waved his hands repeatedly.

"Oh, through the selection competition, you can get key training and be able to break through to the Zifu and even the Golden Core. Such good things can only be used as entertainment after dinner, but we can't really participate in it. We can only miss it. It's really uncomfortable!" One monk said with emotion that he expressed everyone's feelings. No matter what, the disciples of Lingxiao Sect still have a chance to participate, but they can only express their feelings in vain.

"Haha, that's not necessarily the case!" Deacon Miao said this meaningfully.

It was this sentence that caused the lonely and desolate people to burst into enthusiasm again, asking him for the inside story again and again. One of the monks who had drunk too much actually stood directly on the chair.

"This trial is not about fighting alone, but you can invite helpers to help. Lingxiao Sect stipulates that every disciple who participates in the True Disciple Trial can invite nine helpers with the same foundation-building cultivation level to complete the task together."

Everyone was disappointed when they heard this, because there were thousands of foundation-building monks under Lingxiao Sect, so why would it be their turn to be helpers? They still had this bit of self-knowledge, so these words did not comfort them, but made them even more disappointed.

But Xu Zhiyu's current feeling is exactly the opposite of everyone else. He has basically determined that Wu Erben took away the two magic weapons in order to redeem the sect's special contribution points and participate in the selection competition. The reason why he shared the treasures equally with the three brothers and sisters, and finally let They left safely just so that he could help them in the selection process. It seems that this person is very deep and very calculating.

Thinking of this, he suddenly couldn't eat anymore. He finally waited until the show was over and left in a hurry with Xu Zhisong. (End of chapter)