The wind stops and the rain stops, leaving behind a lingering sound.

"What time is it?"

Lu Qingmo asked softly, his voice was lazy and soft, no longer as cold as before.

"It's probably the ugly hour."

Hearing this answer, Lu Qingmo rolled his eyes at Zhou Qing, his charm fully revealed.

"It's all because of you that I was delayed for so long. I had something important to tell you."

The two returned to the peach forest shortly after dark, which was just after the hour of Xu, or a little after seven in the evening.

The Chou hour is from 1:00 to 3:00 in the morning, which is indeed a long time.

It’s good to practice martial arts, it keeps you healthy.

Not to mention that Zhou Qing also practiced the Golden Cicada Skill, which made him even more ferocious.

Fortunately, the cultivator's physical body will also be nourished by the soul. Although it is not as good as that of a warrior of the same level, it is definitely not an ordinary body.

Zhou Qing whispered in Lu Qingmo's ear, "Who was that just now..."

"Stop talking."

Lu Qingmo blushed and patted Zhou Qing, "Get up, I have something to tell you."

"That's it."

Zhou Qing didn't want to move, but he moved his hands anyway.

"This is inconvenient, don't!"

Under Lu Qingmo's strict request, Zhou Qing still did as he was told.

Haha, woman, you are as holy as Buddha after the event, right?

Looking at Zhou Qing's back as he was packing up, Lu Qingmo smiled slightly and then turned his head.

It's not impossible to talk about things like this, but she is not used to being like a little bird, and she always feels awkward when communicating by leaning on someone.

She is the elder after all, it is impossible for her to be submissive and act like a little bird.

Well...except for the period just now.

After a while, both of them were dressed and Lu Qingmo even tidied up the room.

Zhou Qing just watched her busying herself quietly, feeling extremely peaceful and at ease. All his worries were gone, and nothing could bother him at this moment.

The way of the sages is right now! After finishing the cleaning, Zhou Qing asked:

"Aunt Mo, what do you want to tell me?"

Lu Qingmo gathered his hair and seemed to have returned to his usual appearance, but his temperament was completely different.

"Your master will definitely take Ruoyue away from here and go to Yujing. You can't follow them with your identity."

"So I want to talk to you about your future destination."

After all, Bai Ruoyue has half Ling family blood, and she has Ling Yue as her mother. With her talent, it is not difficult for her to be accepted by the Ling family.

Although Ling Yue was punished that year, she did not die. She also had elders and a certain amount of power within the Ling family, but not as great as Ling Zhu's lineage.

Ling Yue’s punishment back then was just confinement, not being able to leave a certain area, and that was also the result of the elders’ manipulation.

Relatively speaking, this punishment is relatively light.

As for why, Ling Yue was clearly the victim, so why was she punished? Why did the Ling family treat a genius from their own family like this...

This is the struggle, this is the situation, no one is stronger than the other, both internally and externally.

Internal fighting and external fighting are not in conflict at all and can be carried out at the same time. After all, this is human nature.

If Ling Yue's lineage was stronger than Ling Zhu's, if the Ling family was stronger than the Dong family, if Bai Tian came from a top Taoist sect, such a thing would never have happened.

Ling Yue could still practice normally in these years, but her resources were definitely greatly reduced, and she had less freedom.

No matter what, she is still a member of the Ling family. The Ling family did not expel her, and naturally, the same goes for Bai Ruoyue. Her return with such talent can barely be said to be a matter of course.

But there is no reason for Zhou Qing to follow to the Ling family, unless he wants to join the Ling family.

The Ling family would definitely welcome the joining of a wild and extraordinary genius, but Zhou Qing would never agree to it.

Joining an aristocratic family and joining a martial arts school or sect are completely different concepts.

The foundation of a noble family is blood after all. If you don't have the same blood flowing in your body, you are ultimately an outsider.

Zhou Qing had many options for his future destination, but following Bai Tian and Bai Ruoyue was never one of his choices.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Qing asked:

"Aunt Mo, do you have any suggestions?"

"Of course I hope you will go to Xuandu Temple with me." Lu Qingmo said:

"You have a clean background and have been accepting my teachings since the beginning of your cultivation. From the perspective of your identity, there is no problem with this."

Zhou Qing’s past life trajectory is very clear, without any mystery.

For Xuandu Temple, people like him are of good origin and can be trained with confidence without worrying about whether they are traitors from some family.

Although no force would send a peerless genius out to be a traitor...

"With your talent, if you are willing to go to Xuandu Temple, you can immediately take the test for the true teachings. Once you pass, you will receive the true teachings of Xuandu."

Zhou Qing asked: "There are still tests to become a true disciple?"

"First, determine whether a disciple meets the conditions for promotion to the True Transmission. Then, there will be an assessment. If you pass the assessment, you will naturally become a True Transmission disciple. Regarding the True Transmission assessment, it is a rule that cannot be changed, with only one exception."

After a pause, Lu Qingmo said, "That means one has made tremendous contributions that are recognized by the entire Xuandu Temple. Only in this way can one be exempted from the assessment and promoted to the True Transmission. However, in the history of Xuandu Temple, there have been only a few such cases."

Compared with the true teaching assessment and the tremendous meritorious service, it is obvious which one is more difficult.

After all, the former is only aimed at disciples, but the latter requires the approval of the entire Xuandu Temple, and no one can complain.

You saved Xuandu Temple, right?

“What if I don’t pass?”

Zhou Qing was a little curious. If a disciple who met the requirements of the true Dao seed failed the assessment, could he be directly eliminated? "If he fails the assessment, he will temporarily enjoy the true treatment of the resources of root eradication, peerless Taoist techniques, secret martial arts, and peerless magic skills. He will concentrate on practicing for a period of time, and then wait for the next assessment."

Lu Qingmo explained: "During the temporary period of enjoying the true teachings, except for the four things I mentioned, the other treatments are the same as the real true teachings."

"Even if you want to learn heaven-level Taoism or heaven-level martial arts, you can apply."

Please...collect 6_9_book_bar (Six//Nine//Book//bar)

"As for the True Transmission Assessment, you can take it three times in total. If you fail three times, your True Transmission treatment will be cancelled. You don't have to worry about someone deliberately making things difficult for you in the True Transmission Assessment. Every disciple's True Transmission Assessment will be reviewed by the Master of the Temple, and he will also pay attention to it."

"So the True Transmission Assessment can be said to be one of the fairest things in Xuandu Temple, and there is almost no shady dealings involved."

Why do we say almost? Because there is a special case.

That means the master of Xuandu Temple wants to deal with you...

Then congratulations, you are so blessed.

Xuan Duguan attaches great importance to talents. Those who can meet the requirements for promotion to the true teachings must be extremely outstanding, and he is willing to give them opportunities.

But if you are enjoying the true teaching treatment but still cannot pass the true teaching assessment, then I’m sorry.

The assessment is as fair as possible. If you fail three times, then there is something wrong with you and you are indeed not qualified to be promoted to the true teaching level.

Zhou Qing was a little shocked when he heard this, "You can learn Tianwu without officially becoming a true disciple?"

It has been such a long time since he has seen the shadow of Tianwu School and he has always longed for it.

In terms of martial arts, he has always lacked a natural martial art that would allow him to fully unleash his strength or even increase it beyond his level.

"That's right. Disciples who can start the true teaching assessment are not bad in talent. Xuandu Temple will not be stingy with rewards. Even if they fail the assessment three times, the treatment they will receive in the future will not be comparable to that of normal inner disciples."

Zhou Qing was very envious. "This treatment is worthy of being the top sect, the Great Qi State Religion."

If you want to make a living in this world, you really have to rely on power and background.

"What if some disciples, who have just entered the sect and have not yet started practicing, are designated as true disciples because of their special talents?"

Zhou Qing asked again: "Does this kind of person also need to be assessed?"

People are different. Some are born ordinary, but some are born in Rome.

If a Nirvana bone like Sui's appeared on a human, even if that person had never practiced it, he would be fought over and given the highest treatment.

“Those disciples who were valued when they first entered the sect because of their innate supernatural powers, although nominally true disciples, are actually in the same situation as those who failed the true disciple assessment. They are only temporarily enjoying the true disciple treatment, and this treatment is not comprehensive, and they will still have to take the assessment in the future.”

Lu Qingmo said very seriously, "True Transmission Assessment, this is the rule of Xuandu Temple, there can be no exceptions."

"I see."

Zhou Qing nodded. It seemed that this assessment was indeed an iron rule.

"With your talent and strength, there is a great possibility that you will pass the true teaching test, and then you will receive the full training of Xuandu Temple."

"Peerless divine skills, new peerless Taoist skills, both are possible."

Zhou Qing fell into deep thought. To be honest, he did have the idea of ​​finding an organization.

It is really difficult to work hard alone.

If it weren't for Lu Qingmo, then his Taoism and martial arts would be of very mediocre quality now, at most just Yin Shen Taoism and True Blood martial arts.

Let alone the peerless ones, even the heavenly level ones are impossible to obtain, the Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire Seal. I am really lucky to have met Lu Qingmo.

The lack of a sufficiently powerful martial art has always been his shortcoming, and it has never been compensated.

If he could learn a Heavenly Martial Arts now, then with his own combat power of bone refining, his strength after using the Heavenly Martial Arts would be enough to cross over to the Marrow Cleansing Realm! And this shortcoming is actually very easy to make up for, as long as he joins Xuandu Temple.

Even if he failed the test, he still had Tianwu to learn, which was more than enough for him.

And to be honest, Zhou Qing really envied the feeling of having a sect as a backer.

Like the things he had encountered before, such as being looked down upon, being ambushed, and being ridiculed.

If he had the identity of the true disciple of Xuandu Temple at that time, almost all of this could have been avoided.

People like Cui Yaozhi, Jiang Yanyao, etc., do seem to be interacting with Zhou Qing on an equal footing, but what is equal is only the talents of both parties. The status of both parties has been unequal from the beginning to the end.

Jiang Yanyao and others have good personalities and are not overbearing, so they can treat Zhou Qing equally.

But if it was any other top Taoist sect, or one with a more vicious temperament, everything would be different.

Your talent is indeed very good, no worse than mine, but you are still nothing in my eyes.

Talent is always just talent. Before it is realized, it is just talk. Instead, it will make you the first bird to stick out and be shot down.

I have the support of a top Taoist school. What resources do I have? What resources do you have? Can you compare with me? What support do you have? Even if I can't beat you, so what? I will directly ask the elders to come and kill you. Who can stand up for you?

I will bully you, what can you do? Without power or background, you are just a small fry.

(End of this chapter)