“Are these people all the geniuses of Zixiao Sect?” If this is true, then Zixiao Sect is very remarkable. How many geniuses are there in Lingtian Continent? Only a few appear every ten years?
Yuan Ran smiled and said, "Of course it's impossible. There are only a few geniuses in Lingtian Continent. If it's different age groups, it's possible. It's impossible for a sect to have so many geniuses in the younger generation."
"Then other people are going too?" Gao Han asked in surprise.
"Apart from the geniuses, they are also the best among the younger generation. We must always give them a chance. As long as they can get a doorplate, they will be able to enter the Wanxiandao. No one will give up this opportunity. Although the probability of the Wanxiandao appearing is higher than other secret realms, it is actually extremely dangerous. Many geniuses die in it every time. I remember the worst time was when more than 80% of the geniuses died, causing heavy losses to all major sects." Yuan Ran said helplessly.
"So they're still going?"
"There is no other way. The temptation of the Wanxian Dao is too great. As long as you can get a little chance in the Wanxian Dao, you may grow into a giant after you come out. Let's not talk about this for now. I will introduce other people to you so that you can get to know each other better."
Yuan Ran retracted his thoughts and looked at his senior brother who was standing at the front of the hall with his back as straight as a pine tree.
"That senior brother's name is Jiao Yan. He is the disciple of the Second Elder, Elder Xiao. The Ten Elders of our sect almost never accept disciples anymore. If they see a genius they like, they usually let their disciples accept him as a disciple. Although Senior Brother Jiao has Elder Xiao as his master, the Second Elder thinks highly of Senior Brother Jiao. He usually keeps him by his side and teaches him carefully. He is very powerful and has now reached the Great Perfection of Out-of-Body State. He is also the one with the highest cultivation among us."
After Yuan Ran finished speaking, his gaze shifted to another person, a female disciple who was dressed in white and as cold and pure as a crescent moon.
"She is Lei Xinyue, the only female disciple of the sect. She is in the late stage of out-of-body cultivation and is very powerful. She is the first disciple of Dingyun Peak."
"Dingyun Peak is also the only place among the Lower Nine Peaks that has a female cultivator as the peak master, and most of the disciples recruited are female disciples."
"I remember that I have never met the master of Dingyun Peak before." Gao Han said.
Yuan Ran smiled and said, "Because Peak Master Gong had been in seclusion before, the one in charge of all matters at Dingyun Peak was Peak Master Gong's junior sister Gu Huihong. Lei Xinyue, as Peak Master Gong's first disciple, should have been in charge of it, but considering that the Ten Thousand Immortals Path was about to be opened, Deputy Peak Master Gu let her concentrate on cultivation."
"What about that one? It seems that he also has the ability to reach the state of great perfection in the out-of-body experience." Gao Han's gaze fell on the man in the corner who was standing awkwardly.
"His name is Pei Zhenghai, his master is the Third Elder, and he is also the only one who was accepted as a direct disciple by the Tenth Elder as an exception." Yuan Ran looked helpless when talking about him.
"Didn't you say that the ten elders no longer accept disciples?" Gao Han asked.
"Yes, but Senior Brother Pei is a little different. He bribed the Third Elder to make him agree, because the Third Elder is a senior alcoholic. When he was young, he did a lot of weird things for drinking. Senior Brother Pei is also an alcoholic. The two alcoholics seem to hit it off."
"When two drunkards get together, it's obvious that nothing good will happen. But Senior Brother Pei is still a scoundrel. Sometimes he doesn't even listen to his master. But there are still people he's afraid of in Zixiao Sect."
Gao Han smiled knowingly: "Master Zixiao?"
Yuan Ran suppressed a smile and nodded, "Correct. The reason why you didn't see him on the main peak is because he was put in solitary confinement by his great-grandmaster uncle. He has been in solitary confinement since last year. If it weren't for the arrival of the Ten Thousand Immortals, he might have to stay in solitary confinement for another eight or nine years."
"So long? Did he do something that angered God and man?" Gao Han asked with some surprise.
"Last year, I was addicted to alcohol, so I secretly ran to the lair of Master Baijiu and stole hundreds of kilograms of Drunken Immortal Wine. Drunken Immortal Wine is very difficult to brew. Due to the ingredients, it is even out of stock outside. This incident angered Master Baijiu, and he came to report me. The Third Elder learned that his disciple had stolen someone else's Drunken Immortal Wine and didn't give him any. As a result, the two of them got together and planned to sell the stolen goods. Master knew the character of the Third Elder, so he asked his great-grandmaster uncle to step in." Yuan Ran said with a smile.
"This matter caused quite a stir last year, and the Third Elder was also put in solitary confinement by the Grand Master's uncle. He won't be able to come out in the short term."
I didn't expect that the Zixiao Sect, which looks like a very serious sect, would actually produce such a person.
Gao Han suddenly found it interesting, "What about that one?"
That person was also standing in the corner, and the key point was that everyone seemed to dislike him, as if he was being excluded.
The reason why he noticed him was not because the other party was excluded, but because his cultivation was also not low.
"Him." Yuan Ran suddenly sighed deeply and said in a weak voice, "His name is Yu Zilang. Everyone calls him the Prodigal Son because he doesn't like wine, but he likes beautiful women."
Gao Han smiled, "The sect's geniuses are really interesting. Some of them love wine, and some even love beautiful women."
"Who would have thought that Senior Brother Yu, who was so elegant back then, was actually a pervert who loved beautiful women? By the time we found out, it was too late. Master Hou had already accepted him as his disciple."
"Are you talking about that serious junior apprentice brother Hou?" Zhongli Tingzhou seemed to become interested when he heard this.
Yuan Ran coughed lightly, "Yes, because of one thing, Master Hou almost severed the master-disciple relationship with Senior Brother Yu."
"He raped a decent woman?" Zhongli Tingzhou asked with a smile.
Yuan Ran suddenly coughed hard, "No, no, even though Senior Brother Yu likes beautiful women, he's not that kind of person. They all volunteered."
"Voluntary?" Gao Han raised his eyebrows.
It is impossible for a man who loves beauty to be in love with only one person. How can he be with so many women at the same time? Would those women be willing?
"Although Senior Brother Yu is a womanizer, he also has his principles. He will only date one person at a time. He will not flirt with a second person before he is done with the other person. He will only do so when the other person is willing. Senior Brother Yu does not like to force anyone, otherwise, Master Hou would have severed the relationship between him and his disciple long ago. However..." Yuan Ran's coughing frequency continued to increase when he talked about Yu Zilang, "He was also put in solitary confinement this year."
"Did he violate his principles?" Gao Han asked curiously.
"That's not the case. Before he was put in solitary confinement, the female cultivator had long known about his history of being a playboy, but she still voluntarily stayed with him. It's just that her identity was a little different. Her father was a powerful cultivator in the Fusion Stage, Master Xuanyang. He had always disapproved of his daughter being with Senior Brother Yu. Later, he found out that they had already had intercourse. His daughter knew that Senior Brother Yu was a playboy and would break up with her sooner or later, but she still wholeheartedly protected him. Master Xuanyang was so angry that he stripped Senior Brother Yu naked and hung him at the city gate..."
“Although Zixiao Sect cannot afford to lose face, in order to teach Senior Brother Yu a lesson and calm down Xuanyang Monk, we still let Senior Brother Yu hang himself for a few hours.”
These things happened before Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou joined. The two parties involved were locked up, and gradually no one talked about them anymore.
“Although their work style has problems, their strength is indeed very strong.” Yuan Ran was afraid that they would misunderstand the ethos of the Zixiao Sect, so he explained again.
"I can understand that. Otherwise, such a person would have been demoted to the outer sect long ago." Gao Han smiled.
"No wonder they still look at me with such relief." Zhongli Tingzhou suddenly muttered.
Yuan Ran was confused.
Gao Han smiled but said nothing. This acting genius was surprisingly self-aware.
However, compared with the troubles caused by Pei Zhenghai and Yu Zilang, he was just throwing a tantrum. To the elders who have experienced many ups and downs, it is indeed a small matter. This small flaw in his character can be completely tolerated.
"Are these the only two weirdos in Zixiao Sect? Are there no others?" Zhongli Tingzhou asked.
Yuanran seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
Gao Han glanced at him with a half-smile, "Of course there are more than that. Didn't you see that there is a third one?"
"Is that so?" Zhongli Tingzhou pretended to look around and refused to admit that Gao Han was hinting that he was also a weirdo.
In addition to the four geniuses introduced by Yuan Ran, there is also Feng Xinxing, whose strength is also at the level of Great Perfection of Out-of-Body. Including him, Zixiao Sect has a total of six people at the level of Great Perfection of Out-of-Body who participate in the Way of Ten Thousand Immortals.
Three are geniuses, and the other three are ordinary talented disciples. They are all older than the three geniuses, and it took them more time than the geniuses to cultivate to the state of out-of-body perfection.
The rest of the disciples were also in the Out-of-Body Stage. Among all of them, only Gao Han was in the Nascent Soul Stage.
Yuan Ran, who was originally in the Nascent Soul stage like him, also took the opportunity to break through because of the sun tree fruit and the top-level spiritual acupoint. However, with the cultivation level of the early stage of out-of-body experience, it was very difficult for him to survive in the Wanxiandao.
Although the threshold to enter the Way of the Ten Thousand Immortals is the Nascent Soul Stage and the Out-of-Body Stage, in reality, the major sects and forces will not send Nascent Soul Stage cultivators to participate in the Way of the Ten Thousand Immortals, because the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators are cannon fodder level in the Way of the Ten Thousand Immortals, and the first to be eliminated are always those in the Nascent Soul Stage.
"Are you really going to participate in the Wanxian Dao this time? Sect Master Bai and the others have nothing else to say?" Gao Han suddenly asked.
Yuan Ran was stunned for a moment and heard his subtext, "Although I agreed to inherit the position of sect leader from Master, I can't stay in the sect forever. There are some things that I still have to try to gain some experience, so that other disciples won't ask me about them in the future when I haven't participated. So this time I specifically asked Master to let me go to the top-level spiritual cave to practice, otherwise I will be surpassed by you." He laughed after he finished speaking.
"You've worked really hard. It's not easy to be a role model." Gao Han shook his head. This was also the reason why he didn't like to be in charge of other people's affairs. He believed that he could not be a role model for others.
As they were talking, Sect Leader Bai arrived. Seeing that everyone was present, he got down to business.
"There are a total of eighteen disciples participating in the Wanxiandao this time, which is more than in previous years. This also means that the casualty rate may be higher than in previous years, but I hope that you can still stand here when you come back. You are all the hope for the future of Zixiao Sect. Opportunity is important, but life is more important..." Sect Master Bai had a serious expression on his face, and his eyes seemed to contain majesty.
"Okay, I won't say any more nonsense. Just remember these words. Next, let me talk about the Wanxian Dao. Most people should have heard of it, but a small number of people may not know it yet. I will tell you again."
"When he said it was a small group of people, why did he look at us specifically? What did he mean?" Zhongli Tingzhou said this without transmitting his thoughts.
"The Sect Master is right. We are just a small group of people." Gao Han said helplessly, and then sent a message to him: "Everyone is here. Give your Junior Brother Bai some face."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhongli Tingzhou raised the corner of his mouth.
Yuan Ran almost thought that something big was going to happen. His master was really something. He just said what he wanted to say. He knew that Great-Master Zhongli was a very individualistic person, but he still insisted on looking at him. Fortunately, Gao Han was an understanding person. What was even more fortunate was that Great-Master Zhongli listened to Gao Han very much.
As Sect Leader Bai was talking, he felt the urge to sneeze, but he suppressed it forcefully. He absolutely could not embarrass himself in front of all the disciples.
"The Ten Thousand Immortals Path is on Tianjian Island, which is very far from Zixiao Sect, so we need to arrive nearly a month in advance. This time, two elders and two peak masters will accompany you, so don't worry. The journey will be long, and the elders will explain the Ten Thousand Immortals Path to you. If you don't understand something, just ask them or the peak masters. Now, everyone go to the square and prepare to board the flying boat to Tianjian Island."