Today is a big day for Tianmu Peak. Elder Su is recruiting formal disciples. This is his fifth disciple.
Early in the morning, Li Shiming was called to the Juxian Pavilion on Tianmu Peak and stood outside the door to welcome guests.
Standing with him was Xu Chuan.
As for the other two senior brothers and one senior sister, they had all sent back messages saying they would definitely come back today, so only the two juniors were standing outside the pavilion to welcome the guests.
"Uncle Wu, you are here. The master is making spiritual tea and waiting for you!" Several figures landed in front of the Juxian Pavilion. Xu Chuan stepped forward quickly and pulled Li Shiming at the same time. The two of them greeted each other at the same time, and Xu Chuan said with a smile.
"Xu Chuan, you are the only one who is good at talking. Your master got the spiritual tea from me!" Elder Wu patted Xu Chuan with a smile, then looked Li Shiming up and down with scrutiny and curiosity in his eyes.
No wonder he is like this. Elder Su is extremely strict in selecting his disciples. Among so many Jindan cultivators, Elder Su has relatively few disciples.
Many old friends wanted to send their descendants here, but were rejected by Elder Su.
"Dear brothers, this is my fellow apprentice Li Shiming. Please take good care of him!" Xu Chuan was already introducing Li Shiming to the disciples who came with Elder Wu.
Of course Li Shiming knew that this was a matter of connections. Those who were invited were probably very good friends of Elder Su, and they were naturally from the same alliance within the sect.
Five Jindan elders came one after another, which made today's apprenticeship ceremony of extremely high level.
Every time a Jindan elder came, Xu Chuan introduced him to Li Shiming in detail, allowing Li Shiming to get to know the Jindan elders and the Jindan disciples one by one.
"Uncle Ma!" Just when the time was almost up and Li Shiming thought that there would be no more guests coming, Xu Chuan came out with a very respectful attitude, bowed and called out.
What Li Shiming saw was a cultivator who looked extremely young, but his terrifying golden elixir aura made him realize that he was also a golden elixir elder.
"Xu Chuan, why are you so badly injured!" Master Ma glanced at Xu Chuan and said as he threw out a bottle of pills.
"Thank you, Master Ma!" Xu Chuan's voice was exceptionally bright. He then explained with a smile, "I had a great battle with a four-clawed dragon monster in the Shiwan Mountains!"
"You must have used a lot of Xiao Su's life-saving spiritual items. After you come back, stay here honestly and take good care of yourself!" Uncle Ma waved his hand and said with a smile.
He turned his gaze to Li Shiming. He naturally knew why his good friend Elder Su wanted to recruit Li Shiming. The most important reason was that he had brought the third-grade spiritual medicine Muyang clover for Elder Su alone.
"There's something wrong with your fire spiritual power. Come to me when you have time to learn how to make alchemy!" Master Ma sensed something and said to Li Shiming with a smile.
"Why don't you thank Uncle Ma quickly!" When Xu Chuan heard Uncle Ma say this, he was afraid that Uncle Ma would regret it, so he pushed Li Shiming hard and said.
"Thank you, Master Ma!" Li Shiming bowed and expressed his gratitude.
But he was not at peace in his heart. The so-called fire spiritual power was not right. It should be the spark in his body.
It was obvious that Master Ma saw something, but he didn't say it clearly.
Li Shiming decided to go to Master Ma when he was free. It would be best if he could learn how to make elixirs, but even if not, he could at least learn from Master Ma what the flame in his body was.
This spiritual flame, staying in the spiritual lake all the time, made him wonder whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
He figured it wouldn't be a bad thing since the flame was under his control, but he had to at least understand the flame before he could feel at ease.
Master Ma patted Xu Chuan lightly, then turned and entered the Juxian Pavilion.
Just as Xu Chuan was about to take Li Shiming in with him, three flying boats came over.
"It's Senior Sister and the others who are back!" Xu Chuan waved his hands excitedly.
Three flying boats stopped in front of the Juxian Pavilion. Three figures jumped out of the flying boats and put them away at the same time.
Leading the group was a very beautiful woman. The reason why she was called a very beautiful woman was because she was an enlarged version of herself. She was two meters and two centimeters tall, and her body proportions were also in line with her two meters and two centimeters height.
This made ordinary male cultivators feel inferior when standing in front of her.
In addition, the aura of this beautiful woman is almost extremely similar to that of the Red Sun Bear. Li Shiming judged that this is only one step away from the Golden Elixir.
Such cultivators are the strongest in the world of immortal cultivation in terms of foundation-building, and Half-Step Golden Elixir is their exclusive name.
"I am your senior sister Ye Jingxian, and you must be Master's new junior brother Li, right?" Ye Jingxian pushed Xu Chuan away and came in front of Li Shiming, hugging Li Shiming tightly while speaking.
This deep hug made Li Shiming feel ashamed, because Ye Jingxian was so tall. Even though Li Shiming had grown to 1.9 meters tall now, he was still like a child in front of Ye Jingxian.
Coupled with Li Shiming's face that still retained the aura of youth, the other three brothers could not bear to look at the scene.
"Junior Brother Li, thank you. If it weren't for you, the master would be in trouble this time!" Ye Jingxian didn't smile. She patted Li Shiming's back hard and said sincerely.
The four disciples were all trying hard to find possible clues in order to find the third-grade spiritual medicine Muyang clover.
But to become a third-grade spiritual medicine, unless the sect has the conditions to transplant it, the rest must be snatched from powerful monks or spiritual beasts.
For the Muyang clover, Ye Jingxian and the other two senior brothers used up a lot of favors and spent a lot of energy, but still failed to find it.
As a result, he received a message from his master, saying that the new disciple had brought back the Muyang clover and his injury had healed.
"In the future in Shushan Sect, no matter who bullies you, you must tell me and I will vent your anger for you. After I become a Jindan, I will be able to take action against even the Jindan elders!" said the eldest sister Ye Jingxian proudly.
"Senior Sister, can you please let me go first?" Li Shiming responded while struggling hard.
"I forgot!" Ye Jingxian smiled and loosened her hand, letting go of Li Shiming.
"Xiao Chuanzi, are all the guests here?" She turned to look at Xu Chuan and asked.
"Everyone is here!" Xu Chuan replied with his head hanging weakly when he heard Ye Jingxian's call.
He felt that his image was completely gone, but he didn't have the courage to resist the Senior Sister. He just did whatever the Senior Sister called him.
"Let's go in!" Ye Jingxian waved her hand.
"Senior sister, we two haven't even met Junior Brother yet!" said a bearded burly man at the side dissatisfiedly.
"By the way, he is your second senior brother Wan Zheng. He is not very strong and was knocked down with one punch. This is your third senior brother Lu Shi. He can't even withstand half a punch. I see that you are a body cultivator. Practice with me when you have time!" Ye Jingxian's introduction was extremely simple and vivid.
When Ye Jingxian hugged Li Shiming, she discovered that Li Shiming had a very high level of physical training. Just comparing the physique of cultivators, third senior brother Lu Shi was not as good as Li Shiming.
Li Shiming saved his master and had a talent for physical training, all of which suited Ye Jingxian's taste, so she took a liking to him.
Since the people coming this time are old friends who get together regularly, the atmosphere in the hall is very warm.
When Li Shiming and others came in, they saw several Jindan masters chatting and laughing, as well as Jindan disciples standing beside them and communicating in low voices.
"Everyone, you have all met Li Shiming. Today I am going to formally accept Li Shiming as my disciple. Please bear witness, fellow Taoists!" Elder Su pointed at Li Shiming with a smile and said to the Jindan cultivators with a fist salute.
"Old Su, I don't accept it. On what basis did you accept Li Shiming as your disciple? Apart from the elixirs he brought back to you, what else was worthy of you accepting him as your disciple?" Elder Wang was the first to speak.
Precisely because they are all old friends, Elder Wang spoke without any reservations and said whatever he thought.
Of course, Senior Sister Ye Jingxian also told Li Shiming the reason through voice transmission. It turned out that one of Elder Wang’s descendants wanted to become Elder Su’s disciple, but was rejected by Elder Su because of his lack of qualifications and fate.
When Elder Wang saw that Li Shiming, a cultivator with three spiritual roots, was actually accepted as a disciple by Elder Su, he was of course dissatisfied.
As a friend, you should speak up if you are dissatisfied. This is what friends should do.
"Old Wang, you just want to see Li Shiming's quality. Li Shiming will show his strength here to all the uncles and aunts. Use your best skills to demonstrate!" Elder Su pointed at Elder Wang with a smile, and then instructed Li Shiming.
Even if Elder Wang didn't say it, Elder Su was ready to let Li Shiming show his strength. He also wanted Li Shiming to get recognition from these friends, which was extremely important for Li Shiming's future survival in the sect.
"Yes, Master, all the uncles and uncles!" Li Shiming was pushed by Ye Jingxian to the middle of the hall, and he bowed in response.
Thinking of showing the strongest one, it is the Nine Palace Sword Formation. Those here are not ordinary cultivators and their knowledge is quite high.
His mind moved slightly, and nine flying swords flew out, rolling and shuttling like nine dragons, with traces of sword intent rising in the nine flying swords.
With this move alone, the spiritual weapons in the hands of most cultivators in the early and middle stages of foundation building could not withstand this round of attacks.
"Wow, such sword intent. Old Zhao, is this kid a sword cultivator?" Elder Wu asked Elder Zhao.
Elder Zhao is the only sword practitioner here, so naturally we should ask Elder Zhao about this matter.
“Not really, but this sword intent is definitely rare among the cultivators of the same period. It’s a pity that he followed Old Su!” Elder Zhao shook his head and said.
"Old Zhao, what do you mean by follow me? My disciple is not a sword cultivator at all!" Elder Su was somewhat dissatisfied, he glared.
Although Elder Su said so, he secretly thought that he was mistaken. He did not know that Li Shiming had mastered the sword intent, and when he was investigating, Li Shiming did not reveal the slightest bit of it.
Li Shiming's performance did not end yet. Nine flying swords were inserted into the ground, forming a formation. Then countless thunder and lightning appeared in the formation.
At the same time, the 'Thunder Strike Technique' appeared in his hands. After practicing for a period of time, the time it takes to cast the 'Thunder Strike Technique' has been shortened to a breath. This is not the limit of the 'Thunder Strike Technique', but it is the limit of his current realm.
'Lightning Strike' is an early stage spell of thunder cultivators, and thunder cultivators' spells are notoriously fast. This is one of the few spells among magic cultivators that can be cast at an extremely fast speed.
However, this breath of "Thunder Strike Technique" is also extremely terrifying in actual combat, especially when you are in a formation, you are almost the target of the "Thunder Strike Technique".
The lightning in the formation is shielded, and the enemies in the formation will not know they are being attacked until they are hit by the "lightning technique".
The Jindan cultivators present were all experienced cultivators, so how could they not see the pros and cons of this?
"Li Shiming, are you proficient in formations?" Elder Qian asked curiously at this time.
Elder Qian himself had done some research on formations, but due to his talent, his research on formations was stuck at the intermediate formation master level. He was unable to condense a sea of starlight and could never become a high-level formation master.
But he still had good eyesight and set up the formation in an instant. At the same time, the complexity of the formation was enough to stump him even though he was proficient in formations.
Elder Qian put himself in the other person's shoes and thought, if he were in the Foundation Establishment Stage and was trapped in a formation formed by nine flying swords, would he be able to escape with his Foundation Establishment Stage strength?
The answer is that one must have the strength of the late foundation building stage, and rely on the powerful attack power of the late foundation building stage to forcibly break through the formation.
If one is weaker, with the strength of the middle stage of foundation building, although he can protect himself in the formation, he is in a passive position to be attacked.
"Disciple is a high-level formation master!" Li Shiming replied without hiding anything.
Elder Su twitched his lips. This was another strength that had not been detected. He was already considering causing trouble for those who were trying to gather information.
You really can't blame the monk who was gathering intelligence. The main purpose of accepting a disciple is to assess the person's character, background, etc. Shouldn't the master assess the person's strength in person?
It was already very difficult to obtain information about Li Shiming from the chaotic Tianhai Island in two months.
"Old Su, you shouldn't do this. He is a thunder cultivator who has mastered the sword intent and a high-level formation master. I doubt whether you will ruin this kid's teaching. Why not let him follow me and learn sword cultivation!" This time, Elder Zhao took the initiative to speak.
Li Shiming's ability to transform sword intent into nine flying swords and use the nine flying swords to form a formation made Elder Zhao feel that he had taken the wrong path.
In Elder Zhao's opinion, a correct sword practitioner should only use one flying sword, not multiple flying swords, let alone nine flying swords.
Although using flying swords to form a formation may seem novel, it is considered fancy in the eyes of true sword practitioners.
Can this formation withstand the full-strength attack of a sword cultivator? A sword can break all methods, and the formation can be broken in an instant under the full-strength attack of a sword cultivator.
"Old Zhao, I've already told you, he's not a sword practitioner. I've talked to him about it, and he wants to practice magic!" Elder Su explained helplessly.
"What a pity!" Elder Zhao shook his head and sighed helplessly.
Among the sect's new cultivators, there were many who were sword-cultivating. However, no one had ever possessed the sword intent like Li Shiming in the early stages of foundation building, at least not in his hands.
Understanding the sword intent is a talent. If you cannot understand it, you cannot understand it, no matter how much help you are given.
After Li Shiming's performance, except for Elder Zhao, the other Jindan elders all praised him and congratulated Elder Su on having a good disciple.
At the same time, the prepared gifts were quietly raised a little. For the younger generations with outstanding talents, the treatment would naturally be different.
As for the three spiritual roots, as long as Elder Su is willing to give up the resources, coupled with Li Shiming's talent, Li Shiming's future will be very bright.