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Chapter 853 Immortal
When Li Ming left the restaurant, he found that everyone in the streets and alleys seemed to be discussing matters related to immortals, and the details were much more detailed than what Li Ming had heard in the restaurant.

Li Ming simply pretended to have just come down the mountain and asked around in different places. After combining many versions, he roughly reconstructed the whole process in his mind.

This so-called immortal arrived in Yuanting City seven days ago. He came in public on a cloud in full view of the public. After landing, he cast a magic spell that turned everything into gold. After the news spread, he was immediately treated as a guest of honor by the wealthy businessmen and officials in the city.

At the same time, word quickly spread that the immortal was seeking disciples. Any child between ten and twelve was welcome to apply. Naturally, during those seven days, this matter became the hottest topic of conversation, with countless people flocking to seek the immortal. The saying, "If one person achieves enlightenment, everyone else will benefit!" spread like wildfire.

And now, there are only two days left before the day for the qualification test that the immortal mentioned!

"Something is wrong. It's absolutely wrong."

According to Guangwei's memory fragments, the magical arts of the immortals in this world are almost omnipotent. The monks who are bent on seeking immortality will only hate the too many cause and effect entanglements in their own lives. Even if the immortal seedlings are presented to them, they still have to calculate whether it will bring them trouble. How can they recruit disciples so openly and ostentatiously?
Not to mention the boy who lights the fire, sincerity is also important.
This is totally what a liar does, but this immortal is able to fool everyone in the city, so it is impossible to say that he has no ability. He can fly on clouds and mist, and turn stones into gold. At the very least, he is a master of illusion, which is much better than Guangwei.

Li Ming pondered for a while and felt that his Taoist robe was too eye-catching. He immediately found a clothing store and spent some extra money to buy a few ordinary clothes. He wanted to find an inn, but unexpectedly, due to the immortal recruiting disciples, all the inns in Yuanting City were full. He had no choice but to find a broker to rent a yard. If he continued to spend money like this, Guangwei's life savings would not last long.

Fortunately, there is no problem at least in the short term, otherwise Li Ming would have to inherit Guangwei's Taoist tradition and go out to cheat and deceive people, and he would never starve anyway.

In this way, Li Ming settled down temporarily in Yuanting City. He was full of doubts about the so-called "immortal" and wanted to find out what was going on. Unfortunately, the immortal only appeared once seven days ago. After showing his magical Taoist skills, he was invited to the home of Su Bancheng, the richest man in the city, and never showed up again.

All the news was spread through the Su family, so although there were many rumors in the streets, their authenticity was very questionable.

What surprised Li Ming even more was that not only did this immortal not introduce himself, but even his Taoist name could not be found out. This was really suspicious and made Li Ming pay close attention.

Li Ming did not go out for the past two days. He meditated and practiced Qi in the yard. Although he did not make much progress, practicing Qi is not a one-day job. Only through hard work like dripping water wears away a stone can one achieve success one day.

There was a lot of noise outside early in the morning, but Li Ming didn't get annoyed. He just took a breath of the purple air from the morning sun and changed into clean clothes. He wanted to see what was going on.

As the immortal's selection of disciples was such a grand event, Li Ming did not need to ask for directions. He just followed the crowd and soon arrived at a rather wide square, which had been transformed into a temporary selection venue. Two teams of constables were standing in front of the gate of the mansion. It was obvious that this place had been taken over by the government.

As for the onlookers, there were huge crowds of people. Apart from those who came with their children, most of them were there for fun. If it weren't for those two teams of constables, the situation here might really get out of control.

Soon, as expected, a middle-aged man with a long beard walked over. The man was wearing a dark Taoist robe, his face was a little scary pale, and he looked cold and gloomy.

Li Ming was stunned. In his spiritual perception, this person did have some cultivation, and it was not low. But why did he act like this?
Li Ming hid in the crowd, and the Taoist didn't seem to notice anything. He just spoke.

"Report your time and date of birth first. I will not accept anyone who does not meet the age requirements." His voice was not pleasant, as hoarse as a crow, but when he opened his mouth, he instantly suppressed the noise in the room. Everyone was shocked and thought to themselves.

"He is indeed an immortal, with great magical powers!"

With the "immortal" in charge, the whole process went extremely smoothly and no one dared to cause trouble. Anyway, everything was very likely until the result came out. No one wanted to lose manners and offend the immortal, and even whispers were rare.

This Taoist must have discussed his standards with the government long ago, and with the help of his lawyer, he quickly eliminated a large group of people.

A few of them still wanted to cheat, but the Taoist just snorted coldly, stretched out his claws, and an invisible air directly threw those troublemakers out, leaving them with broken heads and bleeding. As a result, the remaining people dared not to be presumptuous, and even if they were brushed off, they just retreated silently.

Then they measured their bone age and other things. There were fewer and fewer people left, and when there were only about fifty or sixty left, the Taoist took out a bronze mirror.

With a point of his finger, the bronze mirror immediately emitted a mysterious light. Under the light, the children of various colors emerged from the light and shadow. The Taoist looked at them carefully and then pointed out a few of them.

"It's just you."

After saying this, he waved his sleeves, and a strong wind brought the eight people he had chosen to his front. Then he waved his hand again, and large gold ingots rolled out from his sleeves one after another.

He coughed and said, "The journey is long, at least seven or eight years, at most more than ten years. You can take two ingots of gold and give them to your parents. It will be considered as your filial piety."

Seeing the Taoist's actions, Li Ming became even more confused. He clearly had plenty of money, so why was he talking about the "sincerity" boy?

"I'm afraid that person is just talking nonsense, or maybe someone is setting up a scheme to make money in the name of an immortal. I just don't know how it will end."

Li Ming watched for a while. The eight children included boys and girls, rich and poor, and came from different families. Some cried with joy while holding the gold, while others said goodbye to their children reluctantly and gave them gold and jade as gifts. There was nothing more than this in the world.

The Taoist priest didn't seem to be a patient man either. He declined invitations to banquets from other wealthy businessmen, and simply prepared a carriage and quickly left with his eight children.

Seeing that he did not ascend to the sky, many people immediately became interested. Some rode horses, some walked, and followed behind him, kowtowing continuously, hoping that this so-called immortal would turn back.

Even Li Ming was moved and followed to watch the fun.

(End of this chapter)