After Fu Changling finished speaking, he felt a little panicky, but he still forced himself to sit with his eyes closed. Qin Yan was silent for a moment, then finally said, "Ridiculous."
Then he said nothing more, turned around and left.
After Qin Yan left, Fu Changling breathed a sigh of relief. He rushed out and ran to the place where the Moonlight Grass was planted in the back mountain. He picked dozens of Moonlight Grass and put them into the Zhenlong Ring. He used the Thousand Faces Water to quickly restore his face, changed into his previous clothes, and rushed back to the examination area.
The sky gradually brightened, and the examinees gradually arrived at the entrance. Only Fu Changling had not yet appeared. Yun Yu stood on a high place and asked worriedly, "Is something wrong with Chen Xiufan?"
Xie Yuqing said nothing. He closed his eyes and scanned the area with his spiritual sense. He saw Fu Changling hurrying along the road. He opened his eyes and said calmly, "It's okay."
Just before the incense was about to burn out, Fu Changling finally arrived. Yun Yu said loudly, "Time's up."
Fu Changling was holding onto the Lihuo Qiankun Grass. When he heard Yun Yu speak, he immediately shouted, "I'm coming! I'm coming!"
Everyone looked over and saw Fu Changling rushing over breathlessly. He gasped and landed on the table where the spiritual plants were counted. He placed the spiritual plants on the table and said with a gasp, "I'm here. Am I not late?"
"just."
Shangguan Mingyan beside him laughed. He looked Fu Changling up and down and asked, "Where did you go, Brother Shen? Why did you come here just now?"
"Lihuo Qiankun Grass?" Fu Changling didn't answer, but Yun Yu started shouting, "Have you gone to find the Ice Crystal Beast?"
Hearing this, everyone looked up. Some might not recognize the Lihuo Qiankun Grass, but the Ice Crystal Beast, a third-grade demon beast, was familiar to everyone. Everyone looked at Fu Changling with a hint of suspicion. Fu Changling smiled sheepishly, "I'm lucky. I'm sorry to have made such a fool of myself."
"Hypocritical."
Yun Yu raised his hand and placed it on Fu Changling's shoulder: "You'll get beaten easily if you do this."
"There's nothing I can do about it," Fu Changling sighed. "Being too outstanding makes it easy to be out of tune with others. I've also tried very hard to fit in."
These words choked Yun Yu. He had never seen such a shameless person.
Shangguan Mingyan came up and discussed with Fu Changling what had just happened in Lingshan. The disciples next to him separated everyone's spiritual plants and began counting and scoring them. After a while, the scores were announced.
Xie Yuqing looked at the scores. Thanks to a Lihuo Qiankun Grass, Fu Changling was far ahead. Xie Yuqing collected the scores and said, "Let's go."
Before everyone understood what was said, they saw huge white cranes wailing and descending from the sky, landing in front of the examinees. Shangguan Mingyan had lived in Hongmeng Palace for a while, so he knew what the white crane meant. He climbed onto the crane and touched its head. The crane cried happily, then flapped its wings and flew up, carrying Shangguan Mingyan towards the palace floating in the sky.
The other disciples followed suit and climbed up, one after another flying towards the Hongmeng Heavenly Palace. Fu Changling looked up at the sky, then turned to Yun Yu standing next to him and said, "Are we going to see the elders?"
"Just go up," Yunyu flew up on his sword, "Let's go."
As he spoke, Yun Yu also flew up to the Heavenly Palace. Fu Changling boarded the white crane, lay on it, touched its head and said, "Fly slower. I want to rest for a while."
The white crane was trembling and flying steadily and slowly. Fu Changling lay on the white crane and took another pill that Shen Qingzhu had specially used to conceal his golden elixir and physique. He hugged the white crane, closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing for a while.
The disciples arrived at the Heavenly Palace one after another. Some of the white cranes had bad tempers and circled rapidly in the air for several times. Some disciples knelt on the ground and vomited as soon as they touched the ground.
Shangguan Mingyan was a little better, but riding a crane still required some training to become comfortable, and standing on the side didn't feel very good either.
The group stood for a moment to slow down, and Yun Yu saw that they were almost there before he asked, "Where's Chen Xiufan?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they heard Shangguan Mingyan hurriedly say: "Brother Chen is still on the way, not far away, just ahead!"
Everyone looked in the direction Shangguan Mingyan pointed and saw a young man in peacock blue silk lying on a white crane not far away, his arm wrapped around the crane's neck, soundly asleep. The white crane slowly flapped its wings and flew towards them, its flight slower than an eighty-year-old man's staggering walk. It was less than a hundred feet away, but it couldn't reach it no matter how hard it tried.
"Isn't that crane too old?"
One candidate couldn't help but ask, "Why is it flying so slowly?"
"That's the wildest one we have here."
Yun Yu was also a little surprised: "What happened today?"
Everyone was wondering. Fu Changling finished his breathing and looked over to see that everyone was waiting for him at the White Crane in Hongmeng Heavenly Palace. He also felt a little embarrassed, so he stood up, gently patted White Crane's butt, and whispered, "Let's go."
Bai He felt extremely humiliated, but he did not dare to act rashly the moment he sensed the other person's soul. He could only fly over steadily and quickly, and quickly sent the person to the landing point. Then, without waiting for Fu Changling to thank him, he flew away.
Yun Yu looked at the flying white crane and couldn't help but say, "Let's ask the people from the Rare Birds Institute to check on Xiao Hong. She looks very strange today."
Yun Yang agreed with this. Xie Yuqing saw that everyone had arrived, put his hand on his sword, turned around and said, "Let's go."
She didn't say much, so Yun Yu quickly added, "Two people in a row, follow Senior Sister Xie, and don't make any noise."
This was the fourth assessment, and everyone was quite nervous. Fu Changling and Shangguan Mingyan stood in a row, behind Xie Yuqing, and walked in together.
The outermost circle of Hongmeng Heavenly Palace is a long wooden corridor with a backrest railing extending all the way forward. There are people sitting beside it, reading books and daydreaming, each with their own trivial matters.
There were relatively few people at Luohe Point, but as you turned the corner, more and more people came. Disciples wearing the palace uniforms of Hongmeng Heavenly Palace came and went, some arguing, some laughing and joking. It looked very lively and lively.
Walking from the outermost layer of the corridor, going inward, there are small courtyards, passing through small courtyards, pavilions, and gardens. It took at least half an hour before everyone finally stopped in front of a large hall. Xie Yuqing stopped, and Yunyu turned to say to everyone, "Fix your appearance and go in without making a mess."
After hearing this, everyone began to lower their heads and tidy up their clothes. At this time, everyone saw Fu Changling took out a bronze mirror from his spirit bag, held up the bronze mirror and began to tidy up his hair.
At that moment, everyone felt like they had lost.
Yun Yu looked at Fu Changling in shock: "Why do you even bring something like this?!"
Fu Changling smiled sheepishly: "There will always be a time when it is needed."
“When Brother Shen needs it,” Shangguan Mingyan looked at Fu Changling and couldn’t help but said, “About a lot.”
As everyone was talking, Xie Yuqing stepped forward, knelt on one knee, raised his sword in front of him, and said respectfully, "Disciple Xie Yuqing leads the twenty examinees to the hall."
Everyone fell silent after hearing this. After a moment, a cold voice came from inside: "Come in."
Xie Yuqing stood up and walked straight in. Everyone couldn't help but get nervous and followed Xie Yuqing forward without saying a word.
Fu Changling remained relatively calm, but Shangguan Mingyan's hands were already trembling slightly. Twenty people entered the hall, most of them daring not to look up. Fu Changling glanced around. The person sitting on the upper floor, wearing a blue shirt and jade crown, was none other than Jiang Yebai, the Palace Master of Hongmeng Tiangong. To his left sat three people.
A man in a blue robe and white shirt, with a Tai Chi cloth crown on his head, looked to be in his early thirties, with a smile on his face that was as warm as spring breeze, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"Dao Zong Elder, Spiritual Transformation Stage, Jade Qiong Zhenjun."
Fu Changling recognized the other person and then lowered his gaze.
Sitting down next to Dao Zong was a young man in a green shirt. He had a stern face and held a sword in a green scabbard in his hand. He was none other than the elder of the Sword Sect, Sanggan Jun.
After the Sword Sect, there came a middle-aged man in moonlit robes. He had a calm expression and looked like an ordinary scholar in the mortal world. This was the elder of the Confucian Sect, Liu Shuzhen.
There were four cushions on Jiang Yebai's right hand side, but there were only three people. The three people looked very young and were dressed very strangely.
A woman with strange makeup on her face and a little doll standing on her shoulder. She is a typical member of the Yue family and the elder of the Yue family is Yue Mingming.
A young man had his eyes covered with white silk and his white gown was embroidered with red spider lilies. This was naturally the elder of the Su family, Su Zhiyan.
There was another young man, wearing black clothes and a golden crown, with a smile on his thin lips. He tapped his palm lightly with a small jade fan in his hand and looked at the disciples below curiously. This young man was familiar to Fu Changling, his third uncle, Fu Yulan, the elder of the Fu family, who was more than 200 years old and had reached the level of incarnation.
There was an empty cushion next to Fu Yulan. Although it was not stated explicitly, Fu Changling knew that this empty cushion was reserved for the Lin family.
The Lin family, who are born with sword bones, are geniuses, and are the sword master Ye Lan's clan, even if they don't come, Hongmeng Heavenly Palace will reserve a seat of elders for them.
Fu Changling recognized everyone before Jiang Yebai spoke up: "Test your spiritual roots first."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and flipped it open. A ball of light floated up from his palm. Jiang Yebai sent the ball of light forward. The ball of light slowly descended from above and landed in the middle of the hall. Everyone watched nervously, and then they heard Jiang Yebai say, "Step forward in order and place your hands."
After finishing his words, Yun Yu called out to all the candidates, one by one, to step forward. They placed their hands on the ball of light, which shone with different colors and intensities. When it came to Fu Changling, he placed his hand on the ball, and a silver light shot up into the sky. Everyone in the seats couldn't help but straighten their backs, gazing at the ball. Satisfied, Fu Changling withdrew his hand, and then Fu Yulan, seated at the table, said, "A lightning-type spiritual root—I've only seen this in my nephew, Fu Changling."
Fu Changling: “…”
I really want him to shut up.
However, the Fu family members were either very talkative or very quiet. This Fu Yulan was clearly the former. After he finished describing Fu Changling's spiritual roots, he looked up at him and couldn't help but say, "Not only are his spiritual roots similar, but his dress sense is also very similar to that of my Fu family. My friend, what's your name? How old are you this year? Did you apply to be a sword cultivator or a Taoist cultivator..."
"Elder Fu," Jiang Yebai said in a calm voice, "Shut up."
Fu Yulan didn't feel embarrassed after hearing this. She turned around, fanning herself, and took a cup of tea from the tea tray held by the servant behind her.
The twenty people quickly finished testing their spiritual roots and were led out by Yun Yu. After the door of the hall was closed, Xie Yuqing handed in all the previous test scores, test papers, and documents of the twenty candidates for circulation.
Fu Yulan first asked for Fu Changling's paper. After seeing Fu Changling's paper, he couldn't help but say, "It's actually Tiandeng. Hongmeng Heavenly Palace has never had anyone get a perfect score on the written test. Although this person is young, he is well-read and travels widely."
As she spoke, Fu Yulan opened the paper and saw Fu Changling's painting: "Such painting skills are truly superb. It takes decades of hard work to achieve them..."
"Where's Ayan?"
The test paper was handed to Jiang Yebai, who lowered his voice and asked Xie Yuqing in front of him.
Xie Yuqing's expression remained unchanged as he said respectfully, "He went to the back mountain and hasn't returned yet."
Jiang Yebai paused, raised his head, frowned, and asked, "What is he doing in the back mountain?"
“Prevent candidates from crossing the line.”
Xie Yuqing explained in a serious manner, but Jiang Yebai didn't say anything. He held the examinee's paper in his hand for a long time, then nodded without saying anything more.
After reviewing everyone's scores, the seven elders and Jiang Yebai began to sort them by overall performance. Hongmeng Tiangong had a strict system for assigning disciples, with specific spiritual roots corresponding to specific masters. After each elder selected their chosen candidate, only the eliminated candidates and Fu Changling remained.
"All four levels of pass were achieved with heavenly scores," Fu Yulan sighed. "With such results, if I had chosen a Daoist cultivator, he would have been the perfect fit for my disciple. What a pity," Fu Yulan turned around and looked at Jiang Yebai. "Right now, the only people who can train sword cultivators are the Palace Master's disciples and those of Lord Sanggan. This Shen Xiufan has excellent aptitude. I wonder what the Palace Master thinks?"
Jiang Yebai didn't say anything. He looked at Sang Ganjun who was sitting upright. Sang Ganjun got Jiang Yebai's gaze and said directly: "The talent is too high, and there are too many disciples. I can't teach them."
Over the years, all the sword cultivators in Hongmeng Heavenly Palace have been accepted by Sanggan Jun, so he does have more disciples.
Jiang Yebai hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then accept him as my disciple."
Hearing this, the others were about to congratulate when they heard Jiang Yebai say, "It's not a personal teaching to enter the room."
Although he was not a direct disciple, everyone knew that Jiang Yebai only had one direct disciple, Qin Yan. Chen Xiu was the second disciple Jiang Yebai accepted in recent years, regardless of whether he was a direct disciple or not. His resources far exceeded those of ordinary disciples of other elders.
Fu Yulan sighed. Jiang Yebai finished writing the list and handed it to Xie Yuqing, saying calmly, "Go and notify them."
Xie Yuqing took the list and retreated respectfully.
Fu Changling hadn't spoken since he came out of the main hall. He had been leaning on the railing beside him, closing his eyes and regulating his breathing.
Shangguan Mingyan was chatting enthusiastically with the other disciples, chatting about what had just happened. Fu Changling listened intermittently. After a while, Xie Yuqing came out. As soon as she came out, everyone quieted down. Fu Changling slowly opened his eyes and looked at Xie Yuqing standing on the steps.
Xie Yuqing spoke concisely and directly, "The list is out. Those whose names are called will follow them, and those whose names are not called will follow Senior Brother Yunyang down the mountain. Shangguan Mingyan, a disciple of Lord Sanggan of the Sword Sect."
Hearing this, Shangguan Mingyan happily stepped forward and saluted Xie Yuqing. Xie Yuqing nodded, and Yunyu beside him waved to Shangguan Mingyan: "Mingyan, follow me."
"Yang Yi, a disciple of True Lord Yuqiong."
"Zhang Zhiqi, a disciple of Elder Liu."
…
Xie Yuqing read out the names one by one until finally, he read out Fu Changling's name: "Master Jiang's disciple, Chen Xiufan."
Hearing this, Fu Changling was stunned for a moment. After a moment, he suddenly realized: "I am a disciple of Palace Master Jiang?"
Everyone looked at him with envy. After a brief pause, Yun Yu rushed to Fu Changling, grabbed his hand, and said excitedly, "That's great! After all these years, someone is finally here to take my place!"
"Wh…what do you mean?"
Fu Changling suddenly felt a little scared. Yun Yu was about to say something when Xie Yuqing said, "Follow your senior brothers and return to your respective peaks first. The rest of the disciples will receive a letter of recommendation to Hongmeng Heavenly Palace later. Although you are not destined to be in Hongmeng Heavenly Palace, there are still places for you among the hundreds of immortal sects. I hope you will not give up on the immortal path. See you in the future."
As he spoke, Xie Yuqing placed his hands in front of him and saluted the crowd in front of him. The remaining disciples, their eyes reddened, returned the salute, and followed Yunyang down.
Everyone followed their senior brothers and sisters back to their respective peaks. Yun Yu then led Fu Changling and Shangguan Mingyan and said, "Since Senior Brother is not here, Xiu Fan, you can follow me. Senior Sister Yuqing," Yun Yu called out to Xie Yuqing who was about to leave. Xie Yuqing paused and listened to Yun Yu, "Are you going back to Mingsang Peak? Please help me take Mingyan back."
Xie Yuqing turned his gaze and landed on Shangguan Mingyan. Shangguan Mingyan was caught by those cold phoenix eyes and immediately said, "I can go by myself. I have no problem."
"Let's go."
Xie Yuqing spoke calmly, then turned around. Shangguan Mingyan froze in his place for a moment. Yun Yu saw that he was in a daze, so he pushed him and urged him, "What are you staring at? Let's go."
Shangguan Mingyan finally realized what was happening and hurriedly chased after Xie Yuqing. Yunyu turned to look at Fu Changling and said to him, "Let's go. I'll take you to Changyue Peak."
"Thank you, Senior Brother."
Fu Changling smiled and spoke. Yun Yu glanced at him and then said, "You can fly a sword, right?"
"A little."
Fu Changling nodded, Yunyu summoned his sword and flew up. Fu Changling did not fall behind and caught up with Yunyu.
The two of them flew through the air on their swords. Yun Yu glanced at him and said, "You must have practiced a lot at home before."
When asked about these past events, Fu Changling, adhering to the principle of saying less and making fewer mistakes, nodded and said, "Yes."
Yun Yu nodded, looked at the peak in the distance and said, "Hongmeng Tiangong is divided into the main palace and eight small peaks. The seven elders and Palace Master Jiang live on the small peaks. The main peak where Palace Master Jiang lives is Changyue Peak. Only disciples of the inner level and above can live in each peak. Ordinary disciples live in the main palace. Classes, exams and practice are usually held in the main palace. Do you understand?"
Fu Changling nodded: "I understand."
"The number of disciples in each peak won't be too many, but it won't be too few either. There are usually around twenty or so. One disciple will be chosen from among them to specifically manage the miscellaneous affairs of each peak. Originally, this was done by the direct disciples, but unfortunately, both Senior Brother and Senior Sister Xie only care about their swords, so this kind of thing," Yun Yu revealed a sad expression, "can only fall on me. I'm in charge of two peaks by myself. For so many years, I've suffered a lot at such a young age. I'm glad you're here. From now on, don't come to me for any matters concerning your Changyue Peak, understand?!"
"Understood..."
Fu Changling was frightened by the sorrow in Yun Yu's words. After he finished speaking, he quickly said, "Don't worry, I will definitely keep Changyue Peak in good order."
As they talked, they landed on Changyue Peak.
Changyue Peak had obviously not been taken care of for a long time, and it looked overgrown with vegetation. Yunyu led Fu Changling through the forest to the edge of the mountain. There stood a palace on the edge of the mountain. Yunyu stopped at the palace entrance and said to Fu Changling, "This is Lanyue Palace, where the eldest brother lives alone. In the sky," Yunyu pointed upwards. Fu Changling looked up and saw a house floating in the sky. Yunyu pointed to the small house with a courtyard and said, "That is Wenyue Palace, where Palace Master Jiang lives."
"Palace Master Jiang doesn't live on Changyue Peak?"
Fu Changling was a little surprised. Yun Yu shook his head and said, "No, the eldest brother lives alone in Changyue Peak, and now you are one more person."
"Then," Fu Changling looked around, his heart beating a little faster. He pointed at the Lanyue Palace in front of him and said, "I will live here with my eldest brother now?"
"Stop dreaming."
Yun Yu showed a look of disdain: "That was built by Palace Master Jiang for Senior Brother. You can build the place you want to live on your own."
"I build it myself?"
Fu Changling was stunned for a moment, and Yun Yu nodded and said, "Yes, this Changyue Peak is all yours, you can build it however you like. Tomorrow morning, go to the apprenticeship hall, get up early, and I will give you the news. After the apprenticeship ceremony, I will move the account book to you. In the future, don't come to me for anything about Changyue Peak."
"Wait," Fu Changling heard this and grabbed Yun Yu. "Then where should I sleep tonight, before my house is built?"
"You'll have to ask the eldest brother about this."
"What about the eldest brother?"
"How would I know? Senior Brother won't report his whereabouts to me."
Yun Yu brushed away Fu Changling's hand that was grabbing his sleeve, bowed with a smile and said, "Goodbye."
After saying this, Yunyu turned into a ray of light and disappeared into the sky.
Fu Changling stood in front of the Lanyue Palace. He looked at the sky and the surroundings. He decided to decide where to stay tonight.
After thinking about it, he bravely walked into the Lanyue Palace. The Lanyue Palace was just as he remembered, with a black marble floor and a moon-shaped archway. All the furnishings and objects inside were pretty much as he had imagined.
He walked around Qin Yan's residence and found an empty side hall. He dug out a jade couch, a quilt, and various daily necessities from his spirit bag...
Soon he filled the entire room. The moon was already at its zenith, and Qin Yan had not returned yet. He thought about it and decided not to wait for Qin Yan any longer, so he lay down on the bed and covered himself with the quilt.
After covering himself with the quilt, he clenched his hands on the quilt, feeling nervous, expectant, and a little scared.
Just as he was thinking, he heard staggering footsteps outside.
Qin Yan is back!
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