Chapter 196 Today is another good day of work~

"...Mingdao Academy, a large-scale platform? General education?"

The candlelight in the small cave is always burning. Wukong Zhenren looked at the materials in his hand for a while, put them back on the table and said, "Forget it, if Ning Mingmei wants to do it, let him do it."

Just as there are twelve main peaks in the inner gate, there are also thirty-six small caves and seventy-two blessed places in the cave paradise. The combined area of ​​the entire cave paradise is no smaller than the overall area of ​​the outer and inner gates of Qingji Sect. Now, several supreme elders of the Elders' Council regard Wukong Zhenren as their leader, and their main gathering places are in Wukong Zhenren's empty and bright small cave.

"Master, don't be afraid. Is this Ning Mingmei's new plan?" The young man with fox-like eyes said, "Ning Mingmei has come up with endless tricks over the years."

"It's an experimental platform, and it's also a general education, where you can learn everything, but there's no designated master, only one dean... Who would go to this place?" Master Wukong said disdainfully, "Just let him do it - Ning Mingming must be holding back his anger this time because he's restricted from enrolling students."

The jade-faced young man just smiled slightly and said nothing more. He is none other than the current master of Qiansheng Peak, Wu Min.

"This year, we are selecting inner disciples. Have you seen any good candidates?" the Grand Elder asked. "If the person is not in Qingji Sect yet, we can bring him back from outside."

"A good talent was discovered in Mangcheng a few days ago. I have sent someone to pick him up and bring him to Qingji Sect. However, ten days have passed and there is still no news." Wu Min said.

"Mangcheng is very close to the ghost world, is that possible?" Elder Wukong frowned.

At this moment, in a small house in the fog of Mangcheng.

The dim liquid in the dish kept boiling. Finally, the liquid fell silent, and a golden bead flew out and was tightly grasped by a slender, pale hand.

“It’s done.”

The young man said in a light voice. He gathered his things, put his hood on, and looked out the window again.

It's lively outside the window.

…

"We have been walking in this damn place for five days, but we just can't get out?" a disciple said in despair. "Going east doesn't work, going west doesn't work, and the compass doesn't work either."

Two disciples in the team burst into tears: "What on earth is this place?"

The county town was like a dead city, sleeping quietly in the thick dark gray fog. The houses on both sides of the road were dark and the disciples did not dare to go in to check. Occasionally they could hear the sound of horse hooves in the fog, and when they turned back to seek help, they saw only empty streets.

The young man from the Wang family dressed in white walked among the disciples, more frightened than anyone else. One of them swallowed and said, "How about we go back to where we started..."

And this place looks like a ghost town.

Finally, they heard the sound of horse hooves again. But this time, in addition to the sound of horse hooves, there was also the sound of bells, ding-ding-ding, just like the bells hung on a saddle. When they turned around and saw the person coming, they were all dazed for a moment.

Because it was a white horse with golden reins, and on it sat a young man in a black robe.

The young man jumped off his horse, holding an oil lamp in his hand. With the light of the oil lamp, they saw the boy's face - he was surprisingly handsome and elegant. One of them recognized his face and said in surprise: "It's you!"

They had seen this young man in another city a few days ago.

It was inside a tea stall. The tea drinkers were chattering about a recent mass death in a village - a month ago, they drowned a woman who had escaped from her marriage into a pond, and a month later, everyone in the village died of a sudden illness. As they listened, a noise was heard outside the tea stall. It turned out that someone had startled another person's horse. The horse driver was angry and pulled out his whip to hit the girl selling flowers on the roadside.

But a young man walked between them and with just one sword, he cut off the long whip that was pointing at the little girl's cheek. Amid the cheers of the crowd, the young man smiled and said something to the domineering men, who then left in disgrace. Then, the boy walked past the crowd and entered the tea stall.

He was wearing a black cloak, dusty boots, and a sword at his waist. He was obviously a traveler. The boy slammed his sword on the table and ordered another cup of the cheapest tea. These scenes were seen by everyone, making them feel favorable towards him.

At this moment, everyone was actually a little excited when they saw the young man they had seen a few days ago. Not to mention that after a brief conversation, the young man asked, "Can't you get out of this smoke?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Somehow, the boy's eyes seemed to have some kind of magic. Those were a pair of eyes with upturned corners and extremely black pupils, but when people looked at him, they would inexplicably feel that the owner of these eyes possessed a certain persuasive power.

He seems very reliable.

One of the disciples said, "Yes, after we passed the ancient temple..."

Someone next to her looked at her in panic and told her to shut up.

But their words had already attracted the boy's attention. The young man looked at them, hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, I can't help you with this matter."

"Why ..."

"If you don't tell me what you did, how can I help you?" The young man said this, and there was no blame in his words, only pure curiosity. "Or, when you passed by the ancient temple, did you take anything with you?"

Several people looked at each other, and finally, the leading disciple said awkwardly: "Yes."

"That's it. You stole the things of the god in this dead city, how could he let you leave?" The young man said, "If I were you, I would return the things as soon as possible."

Finally, everyone reluctantly followed the young man back to the temple. Seeing everyone hesitating and panicking, the young man stretched out his hand to them and said, "I'll return your things for you."

“But all of this is…”

But everyone still didn't dare to enter the temple. Finally, the leading disciple said, "Then I'll trouble you, young man."

The jade ring fell into the young man's hands, still flashing with a faint fluorescent light. The boy stepped into the dark temple, and the fluorescent light enabled him to see the surrounding scene more clearly.

There are hundreds of Buddha statues along the corridor leading into the temple!

Originally, these Buddha statues with lowered eyes would look at the visitors. In the darkness, their eyes were dark and eerie - this was exactly what the Qingji Sect disciples had seen before. As they went deeper into the temple, the smiles on the Buddha statues' faces grew wider.

But now, those Buddha statues can no longer smile.

Because their heads were destroyed by a single sword.

It was totally destroyed.

Deep inside the temple is a lotus platform that originally belonged to the tallest Buddha statue. But now, this evil Buddha has turned to dust. The Buddha statue was smashed into pieces and scattered on the ground.

The young man walked along the hundred-foot-long corridor, climbed up onto the lotus platform as if no one was around, and sat down on it.

He is not afraid of demons or gods. The lotus platform that should have belonged to the evil Buddha is now just a prop to help him seize the treasure.

The fluorescent light illuminated his elegant face. At this moment, the young man held the jade ring in his hand and recited the spell on the wall.

Click.

The gray fog dissipated at this moment. Originally, they were born from the curse of the Buddha statues whose jade rings were taken away. The young man also put the jade ring into his Qiankun bag.

Together with the "relics" that were taken out and refined from the evil Buddha's body.

Seeing the gray fog dissipate and the young man leave the temple, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Along the way, the leading disciple said, "I wonder where you are from, young man, and where you are going?"

The young man said, "My last name is Lian, and I am going to Mangcheng."

Mangcheng, isn't this the place they just left? The leading disciple asked, "What are you doing in Mangcheng, young man?"

"Take a test." The young man said, "I heard that Qingji Sect is recruiting students in Mangcheng recently."

It’s better to come early than late! Several disciples' eyes lit up. The elders of the Senate are now recruiting students. If this young man can be accepted, it will be another achievement for them.

So naturally, they extended an invitation to the boy. The boy was also slightly surprised, but he quickly accepted their kindness.

"What's your name?" his disciples asked him as they headed to the next city-state.

"Lian Chengyue." The young man said with a smile.

The moon is bright in the sky at this moment, and everything has not yet begun.

…

The disciples sent out by the Elders Council returned from Mangcheng. They brought back the young master of the Wang family and also a young hero.

"He's already in the foundation-building stage right after entering the sect? He's training outside and building his foundation on his own?" Sikongtang's disciples were very interested in this. "Then his aptitude is pretty good. Did you take a aptitude test?"

"Not yet. He is currently a specially recruited quasi-outer disciple, and his aptitude has not yet been tested."

"What kind of quasi-outer sect disciple is this when their aptitude hasn't even been assessed? The disciples from the Council of Elders are giving him a handicap. I can tell right away that they are not good people." One disciple said sourly, "Adai, what do you think?"

"Don't..." Someone pulled his sleeve.

The result was as expected.

"What are you all talking about here? Have you drawn up a plan? Have you visited the construction site? You haven't done anything? Are you just eating here?"

The girl's barrage of scolding made everyone shrink their necks. Looking at the dark circles under the girl's eyes, the disciple next to her whispered to the disciple who was speaking, "I've already told you not to disturb Junior Sister Adai during the postgraduate entrance examination period..."

Another disciple said, "That's right. These are the lessons learned from the three battles."

Then the purple-clothed girl scolded them even more fiercely.

Adai walked past the group of people with her chin raised and returned to her independent office. As the design pillar of Sikongtang, Adai's status in Sikongtang is now second only to the first person. Ten years of infrastructure reforms have made Sikong Hall extremely wealthy. It has become a true civil engineering hall of the Qingji Sect and a popular place for everyone. As an old man, the head of Sikong Hall never expected that he would have a second spring in the twilight years of his career. So he used his newly earned money to buy elixirs and vowed to reach the next level and devote his entire life to the civil engineering business of Qingji Sect.

And Adai is his most proud disciple and the candidate he has chosen to succeed Sikong Hall. Unfortunately, Ada remained completely resistant to this.

Although the old man tried to tempt her with many prospects and money, Ada never forgot her original intention - she was the eldest daughter of the deceased, what good things had she not seen? What expensive thing didn't she own? There was only one thing she wanted at this moment.

That is the student status of Piaomiao Peak!

Piaomiao Peak, Piaomiao Peak, what an ethereal name, like a mountain, like a feather, like her desperate yet untouchable belief... The six-month postgraduate entrance examination period every few years has become the norm in Adai's life, and also a minefield known to everyone in Sikong Hall. The first war failed, the second war also failed, Adai has been a waiter in Sikongtang for ten years, and now, it is the third war.

At the beginning, Adai still remembered the purpose of her entering Qingji Sect: to take revenge on Ning Mingmei. And at this moment, she only remembered her only and most noble purpose.

Passed the exam and was admitted to the Qingji Sect!

A sister who knew her well told her a rumor: "Adai, do you know that Piao Miao Peak is going to reduce its enrollment again this year?"

Ada: “Ah????”

Shrink——recruit——? !

Sister: "I heard it from my cousin. It's inside information. Only people who have been to the Student Representative Conference know it. They said it was for the balance of the various peaks. The number of places for Piao Miao Peak has shrunk by 50% this year. Everyone in the postgraduate entrance examination group is going crazy..."

50%! ! !

What 50%? When Ada was doing civil engineering, she reduced the materials and made shoddy projects, but she didn’t dare to cut 50% directly!

Adai's eyes went dark, and only her soul urged her lips to speak: "How could this happen? Is there any other information?"

The sister's reply was quick: "It's not clear in the private message of Fei Si Bu. Come to the 'Three Cups of Sparkling Water' in the town outside Nan Zongmen. Everyone is here."

At this moment, Lian Chengyue was entering Qingji Sect with the disciples of the Elders' Council.

They flew forward on swords. Along the way, the small town below his feet was separated by clouds and only flashed before Lian Chengyue's eyes. The young man was focused on the snowy field in the twilight, his eyes flickering slightly.

Qingji Sect, he finally arrived at this place.

Shi Ruzhuo in the ring laughed, "Boy, in the past ten years, you have been training in the ghost world, the demon world, the devil world, and the human world for so long, and set up so many traps. Now, it is finally your turn to be invited back to Qingji Sect. Is this person the direct disciple of the Grand Elder? It sounds like a good title. But it is not as good as other peak masters. Didn't you have a chance to be brought back by Peak Master Fu before? Why didn't you take this opportunity?"

The young man said, "I don't want Immortal Ning to misunderstand me and think that I will switch to someone else's sect."

Shi Ruzhuo:?

The young man said, "Ning Xianzun once said that when he recruits PhD students, what he values ​​most is the doctor's personal interests and research enthusiasm. You have to be dedicated and don't just apply in a group."

Shi Ruzhuo: ...

This is hard to accept. Shi Ruzhuo could only look at the mountains and rivers in the distance. He narrowed his eyes and said, "I haven't seen you for a hundred years. This world's largest sect is still the same as before..."

The mist in the mountains is so thick that people feel like falling into a mirage, but the Xuanxiao Dantai standing above thousands of mountains and rivers is majestic and ethereal, and exudes a fairy-like aura.

Cloudy steps, moonlit ground, beautiful grass and gorgeous flowers.

Lian Chengyue thought that this place was exactly the same as the immortal gate he had imagined.

This is the place he has been looking forward to entering since he was five years old.

It is also the place where he will make a name for himself and wash away all shame.

Because the altitude of the sword flight was too high, Lian Chengyue could not see the current appearance of the small towns at the foot of the mountain, nor did he see the signal antennas, billboards, and flying traffic lights. He only saw the hundred-foot-high gate of Qingji Sect and a thousand white jade steps.

The disciples of the Council of Elders asked him to stop here.

“Although you are specially recruited into the sect, you still have to walk up these white jade steps.” said the disciple of the Elders’ Council.

What is the use of this white jade step?

"The White Jade Steps are used to test one's cultivation and spiritual roots. The more advanced one's cultivation and the purer one's spiritual roots are, the easier it will be for one to climb the White Jade Steps." The disciple of the Council of Elders said, "The speed and state of a new disciple climbing the White Jade Steps can reflect his personal qualities."

Lian Chengyue then put down his sword and said, "Thank you, Taoist Priest."

He squinted his eyes and looked up. The long white jade steps were the way for him to climb up. Moreover, he always seemed to feel that someone was watching him.

It doesn’t matter. I guess the Qingji Sect just has a lot of magical skills.

Where Lian Chengyue couldn't see, the surveillance camera next to the white jade door was running slowly.

"You should work harder and don't have too much psychological pressure. Everyone in Qingji Sect is paying close attention to this." The disciple of the Elders' Council kindly reminded him again.

Are you paying attention to every newcomer who comes to Baiyu Gate?

Lian Chengyue thought: As expected of a large sect, the waters are very deep and the underwater relationships are complicated. Once a person enters, he cannot escape the eyes of all the spies...

He glanced at the few people in the distance who thought they were hiding well. Those disciples all seemed to be in the Jindan stage, and they were all looking at him sideways.

That kind of concerned and focused look made his heart tremble.

He hasn't even entered here to show his strength, but he's already attracted so much attention...?

"Fuck, there's a new person coming." said the person on the other end of the surveillance camera.

“So handsome!!”

"Will the elders bring it?"

"Let's make a bet and start a game to see how long he can climb!"

"Wait, those guys from Yuting Peak are still there collecting experimental data? I think the new guy saw them."

"Who told them to choose the topic as 'A segmented improvement measure for the accuracy of the White Jade Rank Qualification Test Method'? Not many people enter Qingji Sect from here every year, and even fewer complete the climb. We have to guard here every day."

The Jindan disciples looked at Lian Chengyue with great eagerness, as if they were looking at experimental data. Lian Chengyue was also very calm in her heart, as she was fully prepared to face the storm of intrigues and schemes of the Qingji Sect.

He took a deep breath and went up the first step.

"He looks like he's having an easy time! He walks so fast."

"This person is so talented..."

"It's over, I'm going to lose everything!"

"Wait a minute, those guys who are collecting experimental data are going to ask questions again. Damn it, can they please not collect user experience at this time? We are still gambling!"

"You can't pull them apart. That's their graduation thesis. If you dare to delay them, they will go crazy and show you..."

"This little brother."

Lian Chengyue suddenly heard the Jindan cultivator say this, and he became even more alert. After all, outside the Qingji Sect, he had seen many arrogant, cold and overbearing Jindan cultivators.

These Jindan cultivators actually addressed a nameless person like him as a brother. Could it be that their plan to steal the treasure had been discovered by them?

It is worthy of being the Qingji Sect.

"Little brother, how do you feel now?" The Jindan monk smiled very friendly. The experimenter was very friendly to all his free subjects. You should know that it costs 120 to hire a subject. "1 is mild, 5 is severe. Based on 1-5, how tired are your calf muscles now?"

Lian Chengyue:?

Jindan monk: "Do you think this fatigue is caused by the mechanical movement of the muscles, or by the spiritual pressure from the surroundings? 1 is all muscle movement, 5 is spiritual pressure, on a scale of 1-5, how many points would you give?"

?

Is this some new type of temptation? Is this a test of his ability?

Lian Chengyue originally wanted to hide his strength a little. After all, as a newcomer, it would be very rude to show off one's spiritual roots as soon as one arrives. But the excessive attention this Jindan cultivator paid to him sounded the alarm in his heart.

Lian Chengyue gave an answer very cautiously. Soon, his answer will be marked as invalid experimental data because of its contradiction. The Jindan monk continued, "From a psychological perspective, does this long staircase give you a sense of oppression at the moment? How does this psychological fatigue affect your body?"

?

There are 1,000 steps on the long staircase, and Lian Chengyue walks on it as if it were flat ground. He originally wanted to evade the answer. But the faster he walked, the brighter the Jindan cultivator's eyes became.

So fast... so easy... never before.

This is a borderline case!

With such an edge case, their model results will be greatly improved! Maybe, this set of real and special experimental data can be used to publish a paper. You know, it’s not like there were no one working in this direction before.

Lian Chengyue felt more and more anxious. He could feel that these Jindan monks valued him very much, although the looks in their eyes were very different from the "jealousy" he had imagined. There are a total of five Jindan monks in this group. One stared at his feet and ankles, one stared at his calves, one stared at his thighs, one stared at his waist, and one ran over to ask him questions from time to time... Finally, when Lian Chengyue reached the top of the white jade steps, his mood not only did not become proud and relaxed, but became heavier.

Is this the Qingji Sect?

The water in Qingji Sect is really deep! Everyone makes him confused!

At the top of the white jade steps, there was an old man with an immortal look, dozing off next to a huge crystal ball. Lian Chengyue looked at him and thought that this old man must be hiding something.

Actually, not. He's just an ordinary old security guard.

At this moment, although the new-school disciples were still studying madly, the old-school disciples like the Elders Council (who firmly despised the academic spirit and firmly supported the old-school traditions of the immortal cultivation world) were deeply shocked by Lian Chengyue's speed.

“So fast?”

A hint of jealousy flashed across the eyes of several people. One of them said politely to the old man, "Your Excellency Wen."

The old man opened his eyelids a little and said, "Hmm?"

"There's a newcomer here. Could you please measure his spiritual roots for him?" said the disciple.

Lian Chengyue placed his hand on the crystal ball under their instructions. In fact, Lian Chengyue is a rare natural spiritual root, and what is even rarer than a natural spiritual root is that he is a five spiritual root warrior, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and each value is the full value of five. This allows him to absorb all kinds of spiritual energy and realize the circulation between gold, wood, water, fire and earth, which is very awesome.

Shi Ruzhuo asked, "Boy, what kind of spiritual roots are you going to show?"

Lian Chengyue said: "The waters of Qingji Sect are very deep, so let's show you a fire spirit root first."

Shi Ruzhuo: ...

As soon as Lian Chengyue put his hand on it, a fiery red color appeared in the crystal ball. This fiery red was still tinged with gold, like the golden-rimmed wings of a phoenix spreading in the flames. The old man's eyes widened after just one look: "Heavenly Spiritual Roots... Single Fire Spiritual Roots!"

Natural spiritual roots!

Still a single fire system!

The surroundings exploded again as if in traditional immortal cultivation literature, and the disciples of the Elder Council were shocked by the talent of this young man. Even the Jindan monks who were writing papers were delighted.

"Fire Sky Spiritual Root! Write it down, write it down quickly!" someone shouted.

Lian Chengyue:?

Finally, it felt a little familiar, but what was this doing and why did he need to write it down? Has the internal strife in Qingji Sect reached the point where even the information of the newly-joined disciples has to be recorded in detail... Just as he was thinking this, he saw an outer disciple who was assisting nearby drop the booklet and run over.

She was holding a strange object in her hand.

This thing looks like a bamboo slip.

The outer sect disciple said, "Fire-type spiritual roots! It's actually true. I've been working and studying here for so long, and this is the first time I've seen such spiritual roots."

Lian Chengyue's hand was still on the crystal ball, and he said "hmm" softly.

What does this girl mean? Did she think that she would be an inner sect disciple in the future and wanted to please herself? Or do you want to make an impression?

What else is work-study?

Outer disciple: "I just have a small request."

?

“Can I take a selfie with your crystal ball and post it on WeChat Moments? The caption is: Today is another good day at work~”