From the power of space to the heavens 2

Chapter 379 377. The face is like a flat lake, and the heart is like still water!
"Hey! Did you hear that? Those elders of Qingyun plan to recruit disciples in our Heyang City this time!"

"Of course, of course, this is a once-in-a-century event! But one round in ten years has already completed more than half of the round, and it's our turn in Heyang City."

"You can't talk nonsense about this. It's a question that the immortal elders can only discuss whose turn it is."

"Ah, yes, yes! Hurry up and eat, go back to calm down after eating, and prepare for tomorrow's assessment. In short, I don't know what this assessment will be like. Otherwise, I can prepare in advance."

Heyang City.

In Shanhaiyuan.

Bright lights.

Although the long night is coming, there are many people eating.

Listening to the discussion of several teenagers at the next table, Lu Yuan picked up a piece of fish and tasted it slowly.

He doesn't like fish very much.

Because picking pricks is more troublesome.

But after he has a certain level of cultivation, he doesn't resist fish. If it doesn't work, he can use his strength to crush the fishbone!
In short, there is always a way to save trouble.

Therefore, he is at a disadvantage now.

Frowning, he took the fishbone off his tongue, even though Lu Yuan was well-mannered, he couldn't help but feel a little speechless.

However, it is a waste to come to Shanhaiyuan without eating fish.

In the future, Qingyun and the others went down the mountain to practice, but they ate this plate of fish here, so Lu Yuan felt that he had to come over to punch a card to show respect.

of course.

In addition to checking in, I also collected news by the way.

This is not!

Inadvertently, you can hear something useful!
For example, he knew about Qingyunmen's recruitment time period and general recruitment rules. It recruits once every ten years, and each time it will be recruited in a new city. It mainly recruits students of the right age with good understanding. One year old, the lower limit is five years old.

It can be said that his age is just right.

However, this is recruiting disciples!

Like some dao boys and the like, Qingyun sect basically just recruits when they need it, or if any disciple elder goes down the mountain and meets someone who is destined, he can bring it up by the way.

Therefore, there are not many disciples in Qingyunmen.

But the total number of Qing Yunmen is quite a lot!

It stands to reason that if one recruits disciples every ten years, no matter how prosperous a sect is, it will gradually decline because the supply of new blood is insufficient.

But considering the Qimai Martial Arts Competition held every sixty years
Considering that although the cultivators in this world cannot live forever, they can live long.
Lu Yuan felt that the recruitment once every ten years was quite normal. At most, it was just prolonging the time of the normal Jianghu sect, and it was not a big problem.

Just like his Longying Bookstore, it is better to lack than to abuse.

With the undead Yuan Mao pressing there, the strength of Longying Bookstore will only become stronger and stronger, unless there is something wrong with the undead Yuan Mao, otherwise, Longying Bookstore will never decline.

Therefore, it is very difficult for Qing Yunmen to decline!

However, when he came to Heyang City and lived in this Shanhaiyuan, Lu Yuan realized that there were only some teenagers wandering in the city during this period of time!
Most of them are teenagers over the age of ten.

What's more, they dragged their families along.

Although he, a five-year-old child, was conspicuous sitting alone at this table eating, the room was full of small children, so he was not conspicuous.

Maybe other teenagers thought he was weird.

But it just felt that he was not accompanied by elders.

Because in this world, there are many people who seek immortality and Taoism!
"Xiao Er! Check out!"

While speaking, Lu Yuan had already put the calculated pieces of silver on the table, patted his cumbersome robes, and finally got up to leave.

The Xiao Er who heard the words didn't say anything, but simply glanced at the empty plate on the table, calculated the specific price, picked up the broken silver, weighed it, and then tidied up the table neatly, Make room for diners who are still waiting.

The night is long.

But the whole Heyang City is brightly lit.

From time to time, a few young people would stop and praise each other. Apart from raising their stature, it could be regarded as giving each other a little confidence.

After all, no one knows exactly how the Qingyun sect's immortal head judges whether a person has aptitude. If he just fell under the lack of ability, it is more or less comforting, but if he is denied innate, the average teenager The mentality is definitely going to be broken.

In contrast, the assessment by Ghost King Sect was simple and rough.

First remove all the children's weapons and armor, and then give each of them a dagger. After several days and repeated screening, those who can survive are the official disciples of the Ghost King Sect.

A living Gu raising machine.

However, the rules formulated by Ghost King Zong are fairly fair.

Those of the same age group are all assigned together, and there is no such beautiful picture of a fifteen-year-old child pressing a five-year-old child on the ground.

The Blood Refining Hall is even simpler.

So far, Liu Yuan has not found anyone from the Blood Refining Hall.

The Blood Refining Hall has decayed to the point of being incomplete.

There is no assessment site assessment rules.

Therefore, for Liu Yuan, as long as he can find someone from the Blood Refining Hall, it means that he has passed the assessment of the Blood Refining Hall with a high probability.

People are gone, what rules do we need?
Anyway, Lu Yuan felt that there was no need for rules in the Blood Refining Hall.

As for Tianyin Temple
Well, the current Wumingyuan has not reached yet.

It is a thousand miles away from Tianyin Temple.

So, basically speaking, it is estimated that there will be no news in a short time.

And the situation of Dongfangyuan is not much different from that of Wumingyuan. Although they took a carriage, the distance from the Central Plains to Southern Xinjiang is really too far. It is not ten days and half a month away. It is estimated that even the border of Southern Xinjiang invisible.

After entering Southern Border, Dongfangyuan still needs a long period of time to operate before it can join Fenxiang Valley with a clean identity.

Otherwise, as long as the elders of Fenxiang Valley drop a question, Dongfang Yuan, who does not have a clean identity, will definitely be exposed.

For example: You are a native of the Central Plains, why don’t you leave Tianyin Temple and go to southern Xinjiang to join us in Fenxiang Valley?Even if it's because Tianyin Temple has precepts, Qingyunmen doesn't have them, right?Eating meat, drinking, marrying a wife and having children, there are no rules in Qingyunmen, why not go?
Just this question alone, not to mention Dongfang Yuan, even if Lu Yuan was on the spot, he might not be able to answer this question.

Because his aptitude is so good!
Today, I went around in Heyang City, and I did see a few children with relatively good bones, but looking at the children in Heyang City who are five to fifteen years old today, none of the children in Heyang City have a bone that can reach his twenties. One in one!

Therefore, Lu Yuan estimated his situation.

First of all, Qingyunmen had to recruit students.

But if it is said that his roots are only average, then in this city of Heyang, there may not even be a single average root, and only a few of them are inferior roots.

Lu Yuan also speculated before.

Qing Yunmen recruits, it must be rather short than excessive!
Therefore, if they were forced to do so, even if the Qingyun sect was broken, it would never be possible to bring a group of low-level children up the mountain to practice!

But this is the talent of the entire Central Plains!
If this batch collapses, there is no need to say what the next batch will look like, because innate theory and genetic theory exist here, and there are many examples.

Therefore, based on the above, Lu Yuan is very clear about the level of his roots.

Therefore, he also knows more clearly how far Dongfang Yuan's roots have reached.

As for geniuses like him and Dongfang Yuan, even if they have bad intentions, as long as they express their desire to become disciples, people from Qingyunmen and Fenxianggu would dare to accept them.

Things like xinxing can be corrected the day after tomorrow.

But even if the correction fails, Qingyunmen and Fenxianggu will not bear any losses, at most they can just abolish their cultivation and drive them out of the gate.

Therefore, Dongfang Yuan must have a clean identity and background, but he doesn't need to fabricate any kinship, he just needs to prove that he is a native of southern Xinjiang.

The world is so big, it is normal for individuals to disappear.

Hiding in the deep mountains and old forests for a month or two, occasionally saving a few people, and then coming out to learn art from a teacher, wouldn't it be innocent to follow?

Thinking of this, the moon and stars are already scarce outside the window.

After closing the window and walking to the bed, Lu Yuan simply lifted up the quilt and lay down, then covered the quilt, put on his clothes and went to sleep.

The night passed quickly.

A big sun hangs in the sky.

Today's Heyang City is extremely lively.

Wealthy businessmen from various households, as long as there are children of the right age at home, are also full of ostentation, hoping to increase the probability of being selected by their children through metaphysics.

When one person becomes enlightened, chickens and dogs soar.

In the context of this world, this sentence can be said to be a very realistic sentence, and it is not only realistic, but even somewhat demeaning.

How long can a cultivator live?
This question has an uncertain answer.

On the one hand, there is the possibility of being killed in battle.

On the one hand, there is also a limit lifespan on the realm.

But as long as he is not killed in battle, any immortal cultivator can easily live for two hundred years. For a specific example, you can refer to Qi Hao.

Qi Hao who went to the Big Bamboo Peak at that time was only in the Jade Qing Realm.

But even so, Qi Hao, who started conservatively in his seventies, is still no different from young people. It can be seen from this that the lifespan of immortal cultivators is at least two hundred years old.

And at the age of two hundred years, in the world, one can already see the great-grandson of the great-grandson, in other words, it can protect six generations!
No wonder these wealthy businessmen are so crazy.

As long as there is one person, the descendants of this family can follow suit!

of course.

It's just a prestige in the mortal world.

The rules of Qingyunmen are very strict.

What's more, after the real practice, the practitioner himself will not notice the passage of time at all, but if he has a little insight and closes a small test, the time will be counted on a monthly basis. .

To protect the descendants of the mortal world, especially the descendants who have nothing to do with him, really just think about it.

The reality is cruel after all.

However, these rich and wealthy businessmen in the mortal world don't need shelter, all they need is this name, to show their opponents that someone is covering their heads.

At the position of the city gate, the city lord of Heyang City was standing there respectfully, waiting for the arrival of the cultivators from Qingyunmen.

It can be said that it is enough to save face!
Many children of big families think so.

"Unfortunately, this is really just the norm!"

Standing by the window, stepping on the bench, listening to the chatter in this restaurant, Lu Yuan sighed softly from the bottom of his heart.

The world is always so cruel.

Even with a layer of skin, it is difficult to hide the underlying bones.

The weak eat the strong, the fittest survive.

This is the norm in every world.

Douluo is like this, and so is the fox demon.

Just from the monster with eight eyes in the Five Poisons Taibao, it is not difficult to see this characteristic, otherwise it would not be possible to arrest ordinary people to build buildings for him instead of spending some wages.

Because in essence, these monsters who have not been systematically trained do not understand what is called reason and rules. They only know to abide by the rules of this world, which is survival of the fittest.

People, too.

Just like the city lord who greeted him at the gate of the city today.

Lu Yuan sighed because of his past experience.

But no one else in the restaurant.

Therefore, seeing a five or six-year-old child standing on a stool and making such ridiculous remarks, the boys and girls standing beside Lu Yuan couldn't help laughing, their voices full of disdain.

But before they could speak out against this arrogant little brother, they heard many people shouting: "The immortal head of Qingyun sect is here!!!"

The sound was like the waves of the sea. When I first heard it, I seemed to be far away from myself, but when I really reacted, I found that everyone around me was shouting.

Soon, several streaks of light passed by the gate of the city.

Three of the streamers fell down and stood in front of the welcoming city lord, seeming to have communicated with the city lord, expressing some opinions.

Then, I saw a few people running out of the crowd and hugging them.

A few teenagers standing beside looked at the three elders with envy, and then looked at the envious eyes of girls of the same age, and couldn't help showing off:
"These immortal elders come from our Heyang City."

"Based on seniority, it should belong to our uncle's generation."

"Look, those patriarchs who went up are actually brothers and sisters of the same generation as those immortal elders, and they are the kind with a relatively good relationship."

"Time is not forgiving!"

"One side is full of wrinkles, but the other side looks like a young man."

Speaking of this, not only the face of the young man who made the introduction showed a bit of sighing, but most of the teenagers and girls in this restaurant also sighed unconsciously.

As for the rest of the streamers, apart from slowing down a little, they flew directly to the sky above Heyang City without even looking at the city lord below, and then stopped.

Among them, a middle-aged man with a stern face was facing forward without hesitation, staggered with the disciples behind him, and showed his identity as the host with his actions. Immediately, he flicked his sleeves and said stiffly:

"The Qing Yunmen recruitment ceremony has officially begun!"

"All examiners who conform to the rules of Qingyunmen, please line up in order, and then conduct the assessment one by one. Don't mess up!"

Before the words were finished, behind the serious-faced middle-aged man, several young-faced disciples had already landed on the ground. After a simple spell and chanting, a clean and tidy earth platform with a height of more than [-] meters fell from the ground. The ground rose up, and immediately, carrying their respective fairy swords, they began to maintain order.

And the middle-aged man who had finished speaking also fell from the sky, summoned a stone chair, and then took out a small and exquisite jade ladder from his sleeve, and then, amidst exclamations, lifted the jade ladder It became bigger and finally placed under the soil platform.

"There are two levels in this assessment."

The middle-aged man with a serious and rigid face said so, and immediately looked around, and lightly educated all the onlookers:

"The first level is to examine the root bones."

"The second level is to test the mind."

"If the root bone is qualified, you will enter the second level, which is the questioning stage, and those who can walk through this questioning stage and stand on the platform smoothly have passed the test and can join our Qingyun sect as a disciple .”

"Now, it's time to start!"

Hearing this, many children and teenagers ran to the front of the stage as fast as they could, forming a long line, spreading from the very center of Heyang City to the city gate.

One team for men and one team for women.

And the disciples who checked for these two teams were naturally male and female disciples. Perhaps, this arrangement was made to protect the woman's innocence.

But even so, the long dragon quickly lined up at the gate of the city, then turned a corner flexibly, and began to extend continuously against the city wall.

But the teenagers who really knew some inside news all had mournful faces, just like the teenagers who just introduced the situation, staring at the enlarged jade steps and high earthen platform in disbelief, muttering to themselves:
"How could it be a questioning level?!"

"Can anyone really pass by?!"

The girl next to him couldn't help tugging at the boy, and tentatively said with some curiosity:
"Is this step difficult?"

"Although it's really not easy to climb this high, it's not so difficult, right?"

"There are so many people in Heyang City, and people from all over the world have come, even if you pick one out of ten thousand, you can still make up twenty people, right?"

"Could it be that there are some institutions above?"

Hearing such a stupid question, the young man who seemed to know a part of the inside story couldn't help but wryly smiled, but before he could answer, he heard the kid on the stool ask indifferently:
"Is it a hallucination?"

"Those who step up the steps may see things that cannot be mentioned by themselves, may see things that they least want to see, or see things that they are most afraid of, and then they will be shaken and lost in the illusion. "

"And when the illusion is further improved, it is very likely that they feel that they are moving forward, but they are actually retreating. Only after retreating can they regain consciousness."

"In this way, coming and going, these people who can't see through the truth no matter how hard they try, even if they muster up their courage after a failure, they will not be able to walk through this step and really stand on the stage in the end."

Hearing this statement, the young man was also full of bewilderment.

But considering that this statement is almost consistent with the fragmentary information he inquired about, the young man didn't care about these specific statements, but said sincerely:
"Not sure yet."

"Maybe what you said is correct, maybe what you said is wrong, but many experienced people in the past, that is, people who have enough roots to fail in the end, once said that any assessment is actually very simple, except for this jade. The hardest step."

"Someone saw the dead when they stepped on it."

"It is said that some people also saw some ghosts."

"What's more, it is said that they saw brothers and sisters."

"In short, there are people who see everything, but those who fail are not aware of it, and even the parties themselves don't know how they failed. It is undoubtedly nonsense to seek some experience."

"Perhaps, when you step on it, little brother, you can verify your statement. If it is true, it will be considered a great achievement hahahaha!"

As he spoke, the boy with a bitter face couldn't help laughing. If Lu Yuan was the same age as him, he might have to give him a few words, but the difference between the two is eight or nine years old. The boy I had no intention of competing at all, so I just laughed and joked.

But Lu Yuan nodded seriously, and then said lightly:

"I hope you can remember my speculation."

"I also hope that you can be fearless and see clearly where your heart is."

"how about you?"

The boy also restrained his joking thoughts, looked at the bustling crowd below, and couldn't help but remind the child:

"The later you go, the later you will be assessed."

"Look, this team has already circumvented one-sixth of the city wall. If you don't go, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up!"

Hearing this, Lu Yuan just smiled calmly.

"Early and late, what's the difference?"

"They won't leave, at least they won't leave until all the people have been tested. Instead of standing and waiting, it's better to sit down and recuperate."

"Besides, it should be yours, and no one can take it away!"

Picking up a piece of shortbread from the table, Lu Yuan unhurriedly opened the cake, and then handed half of it to the bewildered young man. Finally, he pointedly pointed out:
"If I were you, I should hold my breath and concentrate now. In this short period of time, while there are still many examiners helping you delay the time, think carefully about why you are so begging for immortality!"

"Or, what do you want!"

"The first level is not a problem for you."

"As for the second level, what you need is to abandon all pressure and distracting thoughts, and then keep thinking about the answers you get from reflection and move forward, and you can succeed."

"But the premise is that you really want to understand!"

Standing on tiptoe, he patted the silly boy, Lu Yuan walked away slowly with his hands behind his back, leaving only the silly boy standing there, thoughtful.

The roots of the teenager are very good.

Second only to Lu Yuan's roots.

The difference is about nineteen-twentieths.

However, among the people Lu Yuan has met so far, this young man's roots are enough to rank in the top ten.

It has to be said that there are people beyond people and beyond.

After all, the people Lu Yuan saw before were a minority.

And when all the children came out, Lu Yuan realized that his previous judgment was really hasty. The one with the best bones among these children could even reach one-seventh of his!

But he is the Great Demon Emperor!
Experienced two blood exchanges of the Dragon Clan!

I have also experienced the integration of Cushman & Wakefield!
Even if he can't compare to the real geniuses in this world in terms of root bones, he will definitely not fall below the cutting-edge level!
But the child below has reached one-seventh of his root bone without any cultivation.
It can only be said that the world is full of wonders.

However, Qingyunmen's assessment did exceed the standard.

From the age of five to fifteen, it is the time when the mind is not yet settled.

At this time, the group of children are tested with illusions. Even if the children who can pass are not "geniuses", they are enough to be called "human beings"!

But Lu Yuan is very clear about the truth that the law should not be passed on lightly.

Therefore, he can only mention some people with good talents who have interacted with him. As for whether these people can listen to them, or after listening to them, can they understand their own intentions in this chaotic environment? , this has nothing to do with him!

(End of this chapter)