Man is in the midst of the mysteries of the spirit, and the flesh is infinitely deduced

What's more, Gu Shanshan kept saying that Anle was her fourth disciple, which once again proved that her foundation was shallow.

All smart cultivators know that strength and talent alone are useless. To cultivate immortality, one must have power and background.

'Even if Anle is extremely talented, his future path will not be smooth, so there is no need to be afraid.'

Some of the children of aristocratic families originally regarded Anle as a future competitor, but now they can't help but think about it.

'Perhaps, we can try to recruit them.'

Ye Jiayue sighed in her heart: "Friend An, why did you make such an unwise choice?"

******

Elder Huashen has a sharp eye and is very picky, but after all, all the disciples have passed the trial, so it is impossible for him to really turn them away.

After the last few disciples were picked up by the weaker Shenhua masters, the disciple-recruiting ceremony officially came to an end.

This process would have been even more complicated, but since it is still wartime, we have to keep everything simple.

Each elder called the golden elixir in the Taixu Palace, took the disciples away in batches, and then left first to disperse.

As the backbone of the war, it is already a great importance they attach to it if they can spare some time to select disciples. It is impossible for them to do everything by themselves.

Before leaving, everyone came outside the hall.

Xia Jingnian took the initiative to find An Le: "Fellow Daoist An, I heard that... Elder Yang Rongzi gave you a Qinghong Jade Palace. Is it true or not?"

"There is such a thing."

Anle's face remained expressionless, and he thought to himself, "What was supposed to come has finally come."

He was asked the same question during the deduction early this morning.

The people who passed the trial and joined Taixu Palace did not react much, but the children of the aristocratic families all showed surprise, as they understood the value of the cave even more.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist An."

Xia Jingnian smiled gently, as if he was sincerely congratulating him, but then he asked, "To be honest, I have longed for that cave for a long time. If Daoist An is willing to give it up, I am willing to exchange it with a magic weapon, technique, or spiritual stone of equal value. Don't worry, I will never let Daoist An suffer a loss."

He said this frankly, and Anle was amazed: "What a conspiracy."

Regardless of whether Anle exchanges it or not, the other children of noble families have already known that he is carrying a treasure, which will inevitably lead to uncontrollable troubles.

Xia Jingnian was undoubtedly telling him that if he handed it over now, he would get something of equivalent in exchange, but if someone targeted it, it would probably be a waste of time.

Anle smiled kindly without any hesitation.

"I won't change."

Hearing this, Xia Jingnian kept smiling, but the other children from noble families all changed their expressions.

"This guy is so bold that he dares to humiliate Brother Xia in public!"

A young girl from a cultivation family thought of Xia Jingnian's past behavior and felt sorry: "Alas, he is still too young. It's a pity to waste his good-looking appearance."

Even many Jindan disciples couldn't help but think: "A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. He probably doesn't know what the Xia family is like."

These people have basically foreseen the future of peace and happiness.

Either they are suddenly abandoned, or they hide in some corner for the rest of their lives.

There will never be a way out!

The other trial disciples also noticed this strange atmosphere and felt very complicated.

"I was abrupt."

Xia Jingnian smiled apologetically, as if he didn't take it to heart at all: "Then, Brother An, we'll see you another day."

After saying this, he left with several servants beside him.

Not long after, other monks left one after another, but most of them stayed away from Anle for fear of being implicated.

Only Ye Jiayue came to An Le and gently advised: "Friend An, it is not wise to offend one of the big families just after entering Taixu Palace."

Anle smiled slightly: "Thank you for your reminder, Fellow Daoist Ye. I know what to do now."

Seeing this, Ye Jiayue had no choice but to stop persuading him.

******

the other side.

Just as Xia Jingnian and his group walked a short distance away, an old slave with gray hair spoke angrily.

"This man is so rude and ungrateful. Young Master is willing to exchange with him, which is already a great honor. How dare he refuse?"

The aura of this old slave is unfathomable, he is actually a Nascent Soul!

A dignified Nascent Soul cultivator, in the outside world, would be a figure capable of founding a sect and shocking a region. However, at this moment, he was following a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator closely as a bodyguard.

The Xia family's arrogance can be seen from this.

The old servant said sinisterly: "Sir, do you need me to secretly take action and kill him..."

Xia Jingnian refused outright: "It's wartime now, don't say anything that's not conducive to unity."

"Besides, I am now a formal disciple of Taixu Palace. It is better not to use some means if possible. Fighting and killing are not good."

The old servant looked surprised, this was not something his own master would say.

But soon, he heard Xia Jingnian say, "Others say that Anle made the wrong choice, but in my opinion, he has excellent vision."

"His master is no ordinary person."

The old slave asked, "Which elder is it?"

"Gu Shanshan, Elder Gu."

"It turned out to be her?"

The old slave's expression suddenly changed, revealing some solemnity: "When I just broke through the foundation, I heard of her name. A powerful person who reincarnates and cultivates again is really extraordinary."

"I also heard about this elder's deeds from my father by chance, but I didn't expect that he would be chosen by Anle."

Xia Jingnian said calmly: "Now, there is no need to do anything. Someone will test it for us."

"Besides, he and I weren't necessarily enemies before."

The old slave frowned: "Young Master, are you trying to... recruit him? I'm afraid he's a tough guy."

Xia Jingnian smiled and didn't take it too seriously.

"Broken bones cannot be made strong again."

“No matter how unruly a wolf is, if you temper it a little and feed it some food, it will eventually become an obedient dog.”

******

Anle naturally didn't know the discussions behind Xia Jingnian's back, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care.

After all, from the moment Xia Jingnian uttered those words, it was doomed that they could not coexist peacefully.

Sometimes, if you don't cause trouble, trouble will find you.

But at this moment, Anle temporarily put this worry behind him because he was going to meet his three senior brothers and sisters.

Under the guidance of a Jindan disciple, Anle came to an ancient teleportation formation.

Monks of all kinds come and go here, making it very lively.

Among them, golden elixirs are everywhere, and Nascent Souls also pass by from time to time, but foundation building is quite rare.

Right now, although the war between Taixu Palace and Datai Divine Dynasty has broken out, it has not developed to a white-hot level, so everyone's expressions are relatively natural, not overly serious or nervous.

This is the core of Taixu Palace. If even this place is affected by the war, it will be a matter of life and death.

This teleportation array is one of the transportation hubs of Taixu Palace.

Different directions of the magic circle correspond to different areas of the city below Taixu Palace.

You also have to get a special jade plate and queue up for your number, which is somewhat similar to the stations on Earth.

When the disciples saw Anle and the people around him, they quickly recognized their identities.

While Jindan went to get the jade token, some people who liked socializing came forward to congratulate Anle and exchange names with each other.

However, after learning that his master was Gu Shanshan, most people looked strange, hesitant to speak, as if they wanted to persuade him.

A Jindan named Zhou Ling gave a sympathetic look and kindly reminded him.

"Elder Gu's first three disciples are not normal people. Brother An, you have to take care of yourself."

Anle recalled the situation in the simulation and found that it was indeed the case, so he nodded in agreement.

******

As the halo of the magic circle lit up.

The scene in front of Anle's eyes spun wildly, and then he came to a tall and majestic mountain.

It is not accurate to call it a big mountain. Here, there is an entire mountain range!

The surface of the mountain is mostly bare, with sparse vegetation and an ugly grayish-white color, like the top of a thirty-year-old programmer's head.

At first glance, you can only vaguely see some small and dilapidated buildings on the top of the mountain.

It is a world of difference from the prosperous scene in the Taixu Palace city before. It is no exaggeration to say that they are like heaven and earth.

At the same time, a frightening aura was faintly emanating from the depths of the mountains. A rough estimate showed that it was at least at the level of a Nascent Soul, which was far beyond what Anle could overcome at the moment.

Desolate, dangerous, bleak... these words can all describe the environment here.

After sending An Le to the foot of the mountain, the Jindan disciple said, "Fellow Daoist An, the road above is up to you to walk on your own."

"Your senior brother won't allow me to go up the mountain."

After saying that, he left quickly as if he was escaping, without even looking back.

An Le secretly sighed: "It seems that Senior Brother and his group are really notorious in Taixu Palace."

He walked up the mountain path.

Before I took two steps, I smelled a strange, fishy and sweet smell.

It's so sweet that it's sickening, and even has a hint of rot.

Anle turned his head and looked towards the source of the sweet and fishy smell.

On the gray and bare mountain, there was a huge mountain of flesh, and the abundant fat was almost bursting through the fragile skin and flowing out.

The general outline of the human body can barely be seen from the mountain of flesh. The thighs, arms, and neck are all piled with circles of fat.

The fishy and sweet smell came from a large vat in front of the meat mountain, with a diameter of more than ten meters.

At a quick glance, it looked like some special kind of sugar with a hint of red, and only half of it was eaten.

Anle saw such a strange scene, but he was not panicked at all, and said with a bow.

"I've met senior sister."

Hearing these words, the huge meat mountain belatedly realized that someone had arrived. She slowly turned around, revealing a face made up of layers of fat. Her eyes were almost squeezed into a slit, and her nose could not be seen at all. Her mouth was wide open, her cheeks were bulging, and there was some sticky sugar on the corners of her mouth.

If she were placed in the ruins of the Luohun Sect, it would not be surprising that her image would be regarded as an evil spirit.

Who would have thought that she was also a disciple of Taixu Palace?

She also has a nice name, Ye Ling'er, and is Anle's second senior sister.

Ye Ling'er chewed hard twice, swallowed the sugar in her mouth, and then spoke slowly.

"You are the new junior fellow apprentice, right? Master has already told us about it."

Her voice was totally inconsistent with her appearance, it was extremely gentle, like the sound of a clear spring in the mountains.

Ye Ling'er asked again: "Little Junior Brother, what's your name? Do you want some candy?"

"My name is Anle. If Senior Sister doesn't mind, I'll have some too."

Hearing this, Ye Ling'er's eyes suddenly lit up and she immediately became energetic. She took out a spoon the size of a human face from somewhere and handed it to Anle.

"My candy is good stuff, but the eldest brother and the third brother don't want to eat it. It's you, the little brother, who knows the value of it."

"Come on, eat more."

Anle didn't hesitate to take the spoon, scooped a small spoonful and put it into his mouth.

No need to chew, the extremely sweet taste instantly explodes in your mouth.