Dogs can't go in?

Le Jing asked without knowing whether he was happy or angry: "Why can't dogs come in?"

The man holding the sword said simply: "Rules."

Le Jing blinked, his eyes were cold, and his smile was as sharp as a knife: "Whose rule is this?"

The man holding the sword stared at him, "This is the rule of our Linqing sect."

"So the rules say that only humans can ascend to the Immortal Gate?"

The man holding the sword raised his chin and said arrogantly, "Of course."

"So even if this dog passes the test, it can't join the Taoist sect because it's a dog?"

The sword-bearing man asked as a matter of course: "What else? Let a beast practice Taoism?"

Le Jing nodded slightly: "I understand." The boy lowered his eyes and said "tsk", with the corners of his mouth slightly turned down, with a subtle sense of boredom, "You Linqing Sect is no more than this."

The man holding the sword doubted his ears for a moment: "What did you say?"

The boy crossed his arms and sighed expressionlessly, "I'm disappointed." He looked up at the man holding the sword, his eyes full of condescending sarcasm, "If it was a mortal, it would be fine. I didn't expect that a dignified immortal sect would have such narrow-minded and prejudiced rules."

The man holding the sword snorted coldly, "You are so young, but you are so arrogant." He glanced at Le Jing and said, "Go and see all the sects and schools. Which sect accepts animals as its disciples? Humans are the spirits of all creatures and are blessed by the laws of heaven. Animals are not yet intelligent, so what kind of Tao can they cultivate?"

The sword-holding man's thoughts were also the thoughts of many Taoist disciples who were watching the Cloud Mirror.

Although the sword-bearing man could not hear them, they all spoke up, "That's true."

"They are just uncivilized beasts. Are they worthy of practicing Taoism?"

"Since it is not a monster, but just an ordinary dog, just spare its life and drive it away."

"Hahaha, it's because this mortal dog has no intelligence and therefore no fear that it can successfully walk down the ladder. If we ask this kind of beast to join the Taoist sect, wouldn't that be a joke?"

Others said: "This kid has decent talent, but his character is not good. He is too arrogant!"

"He looks down on the Linqing Sect even before he becomes my disciple. After he becomes my disciple, won't he look down on our entire cultivation world?"

"If any sect accepts a disciple like this, it will be unlucky for the rest of its life!"

The disciples around were talking a lot, but Mei Yingliang remained silent.

Not only was he silent, but the big guys sitting in the front row also maintained a strange silence.

He stared at the cloud mirror and saw the boy suddenly smile.

The boy's laughter was cheerful and broad, but his eyes were as quiet as a cold spring, which made Mei Yingliang's scalp tingle.

The man holding the sword scolded, "What are you laughing at?"

The boy stopped laughing and asked politely, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Are there many people in the Taoist sect who think like you?"

The man holding the sword was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't understand why, he still answered proudly: "People with common sense would think so."

The boy nodded slightly and said with a sigh, "Common sense... How boring." He chuckled and asked, "Do you know why I laughed just now?"

"Why?"

There was a flash of sarcasm in the boy's eyes: "Because your idea is too arrogant."

The sword-wielding man rolled his eyes. "You are the one who is so arrogant, aren't you? You just passed the ladder, but you are already boasting! The test is not over yet, and it is still unclear whether you can practice Taoism! Do you really think you are someone important?!"

The boy raised his eyebrows, his eyes were long and vast, as if the water and the sky were connected, the clear blue sky was kissing the vast sea, and the smile on his lips was the tranquility and clarity after seeing thousands of sails. "You think that humans are the spirits of all things that are blessed by the laws of heaven. Isn't this idea itself arrogant?"

He tilted his head and asked seriously, "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and treat all things as straw dogs. Heaven is ruthless, but it is impartial. There is no difference between humans, animals, flowers, plants, and trees in Heaven. You call humans the spirit of all things. Have you asked Heaven for its opinion?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the area around Mei Yingliang fell silent. The expressions of those disciples who had just been cursing looked as disgusted as if they had swallowed a fly.

"What kind of bullshit is that?"

"We humans are originally the descendants of the Heavenly Dao. We are blessed with good fortune. No one can deny this!"

"If it weren't for the favor of Heaven, why is our human race so prosperous while the demon race is so weak?"

Master Hui Wufa listened carefully to the murmurs of the disciples behind him and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

It has only been a few years, and these little guys have already forgotten the former glory of the demon race.

He closed his eyes and seemed to see the raging fire that broke out that year again. The fire lasted for years and burned the Daxiangguo Temple into ashes among the piles of old papers.

Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, the new generation of kids are too arrogant and presumptuous.

Outside the Immortal Gate.

The sword-bearing man's eyes widened, with an expression that looked insulted. "What nonsense! Plants and trees are heartless, animals are not smart, monsters are savage and cruel, but only the human race is blessed by heaven and earth, with a rich and beautiful environment, and talented people emerge in endlessly. Can't this be called the blessing of heaven?"

If this were Earth, the sword-bearing man would just say these words, after all, the flowers, plants and animals would not jump out to express their opposition. At most, Earth would get impatient and some natural and man-made disasters would come to kill all the parasites of humans, and then start a new round of species evolution. The Earth has never needed human protection, and humans protect the Earth only for themselves.

But this is the world of cultivation, and the sword-bearing man's words seem extremely ridiculous. Humans have their own way, mice have their own way, all things can cultivate, and all things compete for freedom in the frosty sky. This is the world of cultivation that Le Jing longs for.

If everyone in the cultivation world is as narrow-minded and ignorant as the man with the sword, Le Jing will be very disappointed.

He will be so disappointed that he will destroy everything and then re-establish new rules and order.

"Listen, are you talking like a human?" The big wolf dog, who had been lying obediently at Le Jing's feet and forgotten by everyone for a long time, rolled his eyes, opened and closed his mouth, and a clear young voice came out of it, "If you have the guts, say what you just said in front of your leader? If he doesn't scold you, I will take your surname."

Le Jing: ...? !

The man holding the sword: "??!! Are you a monster?!"

Su Jian who just walked over: ???!

The big wolfdog narrowed its eyes and looked arrogant, just like a husky with a mocking face: "Hahahahahaha, didn't expect that, you stupid country bumpkin? Not only am I a monster, I'm also cultivating immortality! Surprising or not? Unexpected or not?"

The sword-holder clenched the sword in his hand, the blade shone brightly, and he looked alert: "I don't sense any demonic energy from you. What is your purpose in sneaking into our sect? Tell me the truth!"

"That's enough, Zhong Yu, stop it." The man playing the zither sighed and nodded apologetically to Le Jing and the big wolf dog, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. My junior brother entered the school late and has never seen the world."

The sword-holder's expression froze, and he looked at the zither-player in disbelief, "Senior Brother?"

The man playing the zither asked with a cold face, "It is because the Demon King's whereabouts are unknown in recent years, the demon race has kept a low profile, and has been at peace for a long time, that you people have become so arrogant and have no sense of proportion. In the early years, no one dared to say that our race was favored by the Heaven. Seriously speaking, we cultivators should be the ones that are rejected by the Heaven."

The sword-bearing man was dumbfounded. He stammered, "Hate, hate? Why do you say that, Senior Brother?"

Le Jing curled his lips. Isn't that disgust? Otherwise, why would God strike you with lightning? Practicing Taoism is against the will of heaven. The longer a practitioner lives, the more resources he consumes. Isn't that disgusting to heaven?

The man playing the zither glanced at the man holding the sword, too lazy to answer his question. He nodded to the music scene and said sincerely, "Seriously speaking, our Linqing sect does not have a written rule that demon cultivators are not allowed to join. It's just that after the human-demon war a hundred years ago, there are very few demon cultivators in the major sects, and over time, not accepting demon cultivators has become an unspoken rule. So if this dog brother wants to join the immortal sect, he must get the consent of the sect leader, and we can't count on it."

Le Jing nodded and said with a half-smile, "So dogs can come in, right?"

The man playing the zither hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "You can go in, but whether you can stay depends on the opinions of the leaders of each sect."

Le Jing lowered his eyes and looked at the big wolf dog. The big wolf dog looked around guiltily but didn't dare to look him in the eye.

Le Jing raised his eyebrows, crossed his arms, and said with a half-smile, "You can talk, huh?"

The big wolf dog glanced at him guiltily, then buried its head in the ground, and hummed softly: "No, it's nothing... It's just that, I suddenly recovered some of my memories, and then I suddenly could speak..."

"So what's your name?"

"Ah?" The big wolf dog blinked in confusion and blurted out: "I, I don't know..." He suddenly had an idea and looked at Le Jing flatteringly, wagging his tail desperately, "Or, you can give me a name!"

Le Jing stared at him for a while with an unfathomable expression, which made the big wolfdog tremble with fear and sweat profusely, and the expression on his face became more and more flattering and humble - no one knew how he could squeeze out such rich and vivid expressions with this dog face.

"Your fur is grey and black, what do you think of Kunhuo?"

The big wolfdog asked cautiously: "...What's the story behind this?"

Le Jing answered casually: "The Book of Changes says that Kun means black, and the Chinese Characters says that excessive fire means gray. So the combination is Huo Kun, but I think Kun Huo is easier to pronounce than Huo Kun."

Kunhuo nodded happily, "Then I'll call myself Kunhuo. This name sounds really nice."

Su Jian twitched his lips and said, "Wake up, this name sounds very perfunctory, okay?"

…

"So... do you want to stay?" The head of the Linqing sect, Master Bai Yuan, stroked his long mustache and sought the opinions of the leaders of other sects.

Madam Xiu Wan, the owner of Shui Xiu Fang, said worriedly, "That child has such a good relationship with the dog demon. If we don't want the dog demon, he will definitely not agree."

The leader of Zixiao Sword Sect, Xuanling Sword Master, is quite single: "If you ask me, it doesn't matter even if it is taken in. Although there are fewer demon cultivators in recent years, there are still some. If it really has evil intentions, then we can just get rid of it when the time comes."

Everyone started talking as if they were alone, as if Le Jing's entry into the Taoist sect was inevitable.

Hui Wushang stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Amitabha, fellow Taoists, can you listen to what I have to say?"

Bai Yuan Zhenren was startled. "So it's Master Hui Wufa of the Pure Land Sect. Master, please tell me what you want to say."

Hui Wu said with a straight face: "I see that the young donor's words and deeds reflect many of my teachings. Maybe he has a connection with my Buddha and will become a Buddhist."

Taoist Master Bai Yuan chuckled, "Master, you really know how to tell jokes." He turned around and winked at the leaders of other sects.

Taoist Bai Yuan: Brothers, get ready, these bald guys are here to rob us, fuck them!