Chapter 180 Meow meow meow
Soon, Zhang Qing led Jian Yunlan and Li Fugui to Yuyin Hall.
——The second round of selection will be held in the Yuyin Hall in the center of Wanling Sect.
Although it is called Yuyin Hall, it feels more like a valley, with green plants everywhere, breeze blowing, birds singing, and the afternoon sun shining through the gaps between the leaves of the thousand-year-old trees, casting circular and fragmented spots of light on the ground.
Surrounding Yuyin Hall are barrier-like mountains with four main peaks. There is a bright jade platform floating in front of each mountain peak. The masters of the four pavilions sit high on the platform, looking down at the candidates who are nervously waiting for the trial in the hall below.
"In addition to the Lingfeng Peak belonging to the Lingjing Immortal Venerable, our Wanling Sect is also divided into four major pavilions."
Zhang Qing led the two forward while explaining:
"The first one is the Danling Pavilion, which is mainly responsible for refining pills, cultivating spiritual plants, and treating the wounded."
Zhang Qing pointed in a certain direction and at the same time, he made a hand gesture. A thousand paper cranes flew out from between his fingers and flew far away in the direction of the head of Danling Pavilion.
"Li Fugui, you are an earth-type person. The head of Danling Pavilion is very interested in you. I will introduce you to him through the paper crane."
Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Qing finished speaking, the man sitting on the podium turned his head towards Li Fugui and Jian Yunlan, gave them a kind smile with admiration on his face.
The head of Danling Pavilion is a fat middle-aged man. At first glance, he looks a bit like Li Fugui. He was wearing a loose apricot-yellow robe, with bottles and jars hanging around his waist, including an alchemy furnace and herbal jars. He looked like a pleasing-looking Maitreya Buddha, but with golden light flashing in his eyes.
Out of politeness, Li Fugui and Jian Yunlan both saluted him.
Zhang Qing nodded and continued to introduce:
"The second one is the Biyan Pavilion, which teaches Qinggong, body movements, and swordsmanship."
Li Fugui and Jian Yunlan looked in that direction again and saw a woman sitting quietly on the platform.
The woman was very beautiful, but she was serious and seemed very cold. She was wearing a green dress with fluttering sleeves. She carried a slender green sword on her back, and the blade was flashing with a cold light.
Just by looking at it from a distance, one could tell that it was a rare divine weapon.
"The third one is Mingkong Pavilion, which cultivates the state of mind and formation."
On the high platform in front of Mingkong Pavilion, there is a thin old man wearing a gray monk's robe and holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand. His temperament is very otherworldly and as tranquil as a deep pool. Unlike other Pavilion Masters, the Pavilion Master of Mingkong Pavilion did not open his eyes to look at the candidates, but slightly closed his eyes, as if he was resting.
"The last one is the Liefeng Pavilion, which specializes in domineering and fierce sword techniques."
On the high platform of Liefeng Pavilion, a woman was sitting with a big horse and a golden sword. Her black hair was tied casually into a bun, her muscles were solid, she looked rough and heroic, and she was wearing a black and red outfit, as if she had just come down from the battlefield. She also had a huge sword on her waist, and there was blood on the blade.
Feeling the gazes of Jian Yunlan and Li Fugui, she immediately looked over and smiled brightly at them.
Jian Yunlan and Li Fugui saluted again.
"These are the four major pavilions," Zhang Qing breathed a sigh of relief after introducing himself. His mission was accomplished. "If any pavilion master takes a liking to you and is willing to accept you as an inner sect disciple or even a personal disciple, then you will be considered to have entered the Wanling Sect."
"On the contrary, if the Pavilion Master does not want you at all, then you can only be sent to be the lowest-level menial disciples."
"That's it, I can only send you here--" Zhang Qing said and was about to leave.
Li Fugui stopped him and scratched his head: "Brother Zhang, what exactly is this second trial?"
Hearing this, Zhang Qing just smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know in a moment."
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Jian Yunlan, Li Fugui and other candidates who passed the first round waited in Yuyin Hall for more than half an hour.
During this time, more and more applicants came in one after another. Looking around, there were more than a hundred people, most of whom were young boys and girls, and occasionally a few middle-aged people could be seen.
Because of the excitement of passing the first level, and also because of the uneasiness about the unknown, many trial participants were talking nervously and excitedly in low voices:
"What's your spiritual root? I have three spiritual roots: earth, wood, and water. I want to go to Danling Pavilion!"
"I want to join the Biyan Pavilion and learn swordsmanship from the Pavilion Master! Have you heard that the Biyan Pavilion Master's swordsmanship is second only to the Immortal Venerable in the entire cultivation world."
"In my opinion, Liefeng Pavilion is better. Using a knife is a real hero..."
"Why are you discussing this now? You might as well think about how to pass the second test first. If you are not selected and are sent to do menial work, you will be doomed."
"What is the second trial? It's different every year. This year it seems to be--"
Suddenly, a voice came from a high platform not far away, interrupting everyone's conversation.
Everyone fell silent instantly.
The person who spoke was the head of Mingkong Pavilion, the old man in gray monk robes.
Unlike his thin appearance, the old man's voice resounded in everyone's ears like a huge bell, containing great power and causing ripples. Just listening to it can make people calm down involuntarily, and all distracting thoughts in their minds disappear.
All the trial participants looked up and listened in admiration.
"All trial participants, please line up in front of the spiritual plant 'Forget Worry'." said the leader of Mingkong Pavilion.
Spiritual plant 'Forget Worry'?
Just when everyone was wondering in their hearts, not far away, on the ground in the center of Yuyin Hall, a small sprout suddenly appeared, like a young seedling of a green plant.
"Spiritual Plants Forget Worry," the Pavilion Master of the Rift Edge Pavilion, who was sitting on the high platform in the west, laughed heartily, and the knife on her waist trembled. "Good, very direct, I like it!"
Just when the participants were confused, another female disciple in blue came out and explained the content of the second trial to everyone:
"Everyone, this second trial is very simple. It is similar to the first trial. You just need to line up in front of the spiritual plant Wangyou and wait for the four Pavilion Masters to select you."
But she did not say much about the specific details of this spiritual plant.
The trial participants were still confused, but they did not dare to ask too many questions. They could only line up in front of the seedling as they were told.
The first person to walk up to the seedling was a girl in red. She had a beautiful and charming appearance, a very fierce temperament, and a long spear with a red tassel on her back.
As soon as she stood in front of the seedling, the seedling suddenly grew wildly!
Under the gaze of the crowd, the seedling was seen reaching straight into the sky, its roots slender but straight, and the tip flashing fluorescent light like a sword.
Seeing this scene, the expressions of the several pavilion masters were different.
The Pavilion Master of Liefeng Pavilion, who had seemed very interested, suddenly lost interest and sat back in his chair; the Pavilion Masters of Mingkong Pavilion and Danling Pavilion did not comment; and the Pavilion Master of Biyan Pavilion, who had been silent from the beginning, suddenly sat up straight and looked at the girl.
"Are you willing to join the Biyan Pavilion?" she said calmly, "You have a strong character and can achieve great success."
This means she was chosen as the inner disciple.
The red-dressed girl was stunned for a moment, then she was overjoyed and quickly paid respect to the master of the Biyan Pavilion: "Yes, of course I am. Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"
People around her looked at her with envy.
"It seems that this spiritual plant Forget-Your-Sorrow is similar to the bronze mirror in the first trial. It is also used to test the qualifications of the practitioner and see which pavilion he or she is suitable to go to?" someone speculated.
After the girl in red was taken away by the steward of the Biyan Pavilion, the spiritual plant Wangyou returned to its seedling form, and the middle-aged man standing behind her walked forward.
Man in front of seedlings.
The middle-aged man was dressed in cloth, had a broad and honest appearance, and had thick lips. He looked like a simple person. However, as soon as he stood in front of the seedling, something unexpected happened -
The seedlings that seemed so vigorous not long ago suddenly withered quickly, and within just a few moments, they turned into blood-red ashes!
Everyone was stunned, and the middle-aged man was even more shocked, looking around panicking.
However, the four Pavilion Masters who discovered this scene all showed expressions of disgust and frowned.
The leader of the Liefeng Pavilion even drew out a long knife from his waist, pointed it at the man's throat, and said angrily: "You are a man with evil intentions, using crooked means to gain power, and you have killed dozens of innocent people!"
The whole audience was in an uproar.
Upon hearing this, the man's face immediately turned pale, and he turned around and tried to run away in panic, but he was immediately caught by the guards of Liefeng Pavilion and was taken out.
Until the door closed, he was still loudly arguing, "Those people deserved to die," "I just slaughtered their entire family, everyone loves money"...
Everyone was horrified when they heard it.
After all, no one expected that there would be such a vicious person among the trial-takers queuing up with them. It really shows that you can't judge a person by his appearance.
Jian Yunlan pondered secretly, "So it seems that this spiritual plant Wangyou can reflect a person's character and character? No matter how well it is hidden on the outside, it will all be clearly revealed in front of Wangyou."
The other trial participants had different expressions. Some were whispering, some were evasive, but they all quickly calmed down in the end.
The trial is still going on.
After a brief commotion, the line began to move again, and people stood in front of the seedlings one by one, waiting for the verdict.
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The team moved forward quickly, some were happy while others were sad.
Some people's spiritual plants grew wildly, as if eager to absorb power, and spread out branches and leaves that covered the sky and the sun. They were soon happily selected by the head of the Rift Peak Pavilion to enter the inner gate;
Some people's spiritual plants grow slowly and steadily, but their roots are intertwined and firmly rooted in the earth. They are chosen by the head of Mingkong Pavilion as his personal disciples on the spot.
Of course, there were also unlucky people like the middle-aged man. Their spiritual plants quickly withered and turned into ashes before their eyes. They were not chosen by any pavilion master and were directly expelled from the sect.
There were also a few lucky ones who were fought over by two pavilion masters - a girl with a mutated thunder spiritual root. The Pavilion Master of the Liefeng Pavilion and the Pavilion Master of the Danling Pavilion both specifically asked for her, and in the end she chose the Liefeng Pavilion.
In this way, it was soon Li Fugui and Jian Yunlan's turn in the team.
Li Fugui stepped forward first, and the spiritual plant instantly jumped a lot higher, with branches and leaves flying like flames. The trial participants didn't know what this meant, but several pavilion masters looked at him twice and seemed eager to try.
But maybe it was because the leader of Danling Pavilion had already given warnings in advance, the other three leaders did not take any action.
"This young friend, I have accepted him from Danling Pavilion."
The head of Danling Pavilion, dressed in an apricot-yellow robe, smiled and extended an olive branch, which Li Fugui happily accepted.
After Li Fugui, it was Jian Yunlan's turn.
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When Jian Yunlan stood in front of the seedlings, the entire Yuyin Hall fell into silence.
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