Immortal of Eternal Life and Endless Ages

Chapter 21 Selected List

The Yuzhu Lake is vast and misty, and the lake surface is broad and boundless.

It is like a piece of lavender silk, undulating slowly and sparklingly under the caress of the breeze.

Lake shore.

From time to time, a voice came:

"Play another game!"

"Again!"

"wrong!"

Fang Sheng held the chess piece in his hand, looking at the black and white chessboard in front of him, his face more solemn than ever before.

Niu Dan was in high spirits, stroking his long white beard, with a smile on his face:

"Give up, you have about forty years of chess experience, while I, old man, have nearly a hundred years of chess experience. You can't compare to me."

"Come to think of it, I had a good friend with the same name as you, and it was he who led me to the path of immortality... But your chess skills are far inferior to that of my old friend."

"Back then, he was able to kill me without leaving a single piece of armor behind while reading a book..."

Tsk!
This old man talks too much nonsense!

Fang Sheng frowned, constantly calculating his future moves, while having to endure Niu Dan's ridicule...

When we played chess back then, we didn't make a sound.

Now I keep talking trash. Where did I learn this bad habit?

Then they lost battle after battle.

Until the fifth game.

Fang Shengcai finally seized the opportunity.

Taking advantage of Niu Dan's mistake in making a move, he wiped out his big dragon in one fell swoop. After that, he continued to attack and the drums of war were sounded continuously.

Finally, after dozens of moves...

"I won!"

Fang Sheng made the decisive move.

Niu Dan squinted his dim old eyes and kept looking for a possible way to survive on the chessboard.

After a long time, he put down the chess piece in his hand:
"Alas, old man, I have played five games of chess in a row today. I am exhausted. I shouldn't have stayed with you!"

Niu Dan sighed.

His dark and aged face could not hide his dejection, and he kept mumbling like an old child.

Hua Hua...

There was the sound of water lapping against the shore nearby.

The old man and the child turned their heads and suddenly realized that it was already night.

A bright moon hangs high in the sky, and thousands of silver threads hang down to the ground.

The moon halo is reflected in the center of Yuzhu Lake, like a rare gem, creating a unique artistic conception.

This moment seems like that time.

The night wind blew quietly, blowing up my hair and countless sorrows.

"It's late, you should go back."

Niu Dan sighed and looked up at the silver moon in the sky, as if recalling the past.

Fang Sheng suppressed his sigh and silently lowered his head to pack up the chess pieces.

Finally, the black and white colors are each placed in their own jars and no longer mixed.

"Old man, I'm going back first. You should get some rest early."

"Got it, get out of here now."

Niu Dan waved his hand, almost driving Fang Sheng away.

Wait until Fang Sheng’s back disappears.

He took out a jade chess piece from the chess pot and rubbed it in his wrinkled hands:
"Another one who refuses to admit defeat."

"Jinzhi, please help me ask for a favor..."

……

The next day.

Fang Sheng had just finished his morning practice when someone knocked on the door.

The person who came was Taoist Shuimu.

He looked at Fang Sheng who opened the door:

"The Patriarch has selected you for the list of alchemists. I came to inform you to report to the library this afternoon."

When Shuimu spoke, he appeared serious on the surface, but he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart.

The selections are over.

Fang Sheng was chosen again.

Who is that Senior Dingshi?
It was only possible that this person helped Fang Sheng.

Like most people in the family, Taoist Shuimu knew very little about this mysterious guest.

"Thank you for the notice, senior."

Fang Sheng was only slightly stunned, then he guessed that it was Niu Dan who took action.

"It's really difficult to be a low-level monk."

"The introduction to a skill is so complicated..."

Send away Taoist Shuimu.

Fang Sheng couldn't help sighing in the courtyard, and suddenly thought of Niu Dan again.

This old friend is considered lucky in the world of immortal cultivation.

After half a lifetime of hard work, I have achieved nothing.

You can still spend your old age in peace.

Of the five immortals back then, the other three are probably already...

In the afternoon.

Fang Sheng came to the library of the Zheng family.

This is a vast area of ​​ancient palace buildings, and each building stores different books.

Before, these mortal immortal seedlings could only access the most basic categories.

After confirming the identity.

Fang Sheng was soon led to a library, which was specially designed for selected alchemy apprentices to study.

Taoist Shuimu is already waiting here. He is the person in charge of the alchemist training program.

"Here are all books related to the introduction to the Dao of Alchemy."

“Books here may not be taken out, and may not be taught privately.”

"When you finish reading the alchemy books here, you will have laid the foundation for becoming an entry-level alchemist."

Taoist Shuimu led him into a small room and gave him a few more instructions before leaving.

Only a pile of books was left.

"These books are really thick."

Fang Sheng picked up a book at random, and it was at least two inches thick.

There are as many as three hundred books like this in the room.

Immortal cultivators have jade slips specifically used to store information.

However, some less important information will still be stored using paper, which has the lowest cost.

"For a family of immortal cultivators, this kind of introductory inheritance is naturally unimportant, but for an independent cultivator, it is extremely precious."

With so many books, I wonder how much time it would take for the independent cultivators out there to collect them.

"I don't know if I can quickly understand the contents of the book..."

Fang Sheng opened the first book on alchemy and read it carefully.

Soon, he discovered that the difficulty of the contents in the book was roughly at the same level as the Spiritual Fire Sutra.

It is not difficult to understand at all.

“There’s just too much content!”

"There are three hundred books here. It would take more than a year just to read them, and I would have to delay my practice along the way."

"It would be nice if I could practice and read at the same time."

By dusk, Fang Sheng finally finished reading the first book on alchemy.

I couldn't help but sigh.

No wonder there are not many alchemists in the Zheng family. They have to be trained from a young age. It is indeed difficult to learn a skill of cultivating immortals.

at this time.

Taoist Shuimu's voice rang in my ears, asking everyone in the library to leave and come back tomorrow.

Except for Fang Sheng, the other selected ones were also reading in the building.

At this time, everyone came out.

Fang Sheng took a quick glance and counted about thirty people, most of whom were below twenty.

Their cultivation level seems to be at the second or third level of Qi Refining.

Quite a few.

He blended into the crowd and was not noticeable at all.

Almost no one noticed that a person with connections had sneaked in.

Except for a girl with eyes as clear as autumn water.

It was Ao Yueru.

at this time.

She looked at Fang Sheng's back in front of her with confusion.

I was very sure that Fang Sheng was a newcomer and was not on the list before.

As a mortal immortal seedling.

She had met Fang Sheng several times and had a good impression of this handsome and calm companion.

Moreover, she also knew that Fang Sheng had extraordinary comprehension.

Even Senior Shuimu looked up to him, but his spiritual roots were too weak...

If he was on the list, I should have noticed it a long time ago...

Suddenly, Fang Sheng in front seemed to notice something.

He turned his head.

He spotted Ao Yueru in the crowd at a glance.

Fang Sheng smiled slightly and nodded to her.

Ao Yueru was stunned for a moment, nodded slightly, and quickly retracted her gaze...

(End of this chapter)