He was trying to excuse himself. As disciples of the Huashen Sect, Yan Ting and Liu An rushed out without hesitation when they suspected an enemy attack. Only he hid behind and dared not show his head.
Wei Tao is the person in charge of the Ascension Ceremony. If he is punished for this reason, no one will stand up for him even if he appeals to the sect's Law Enforcement Hall.
Fortunately, Wei Tao was not so unkind and said, "Junior Brother He, the Ascension Ceremony will proceed as usual. You go down and make the arrangements."
"Yes, senior brother." City Lord He Wei smiled bitterly and left.
Compared with the high-ranking inner disciples, Wei Tao, the outer disciple, is more legendary and better known.
Upon learning that he was here to preside over the Ascension Ceremony, the City Lord He Wei was actually very happy, and was even thinking about how to get closer to him.
Each of them is only at the fourth level of Qi training, and they are easily defeated when facing mortal masters at the fifth or sixth level of martial arts.
One of them, however, has reached the great perfection of Qi training, holding the Vast Sea Dragon Flag, and can fight against ordinary foundation-building cultivators.
The gap between the two is too big. If the latter just leaks a little bit between his fingers, it would be enough for He Wei to eat. Maybe he can even return to the sect and start his journey of cultivating immortals here.
But after this incident, He Wei knew that he had fallen into a low position in Wei Tao's heart. Let alone making friends with him, it was a blessing not to be punished.
"Alas, cultivating immortals is like fighting against heaven for life." Wei Tao sighed as he looked at He Wei's lonely back.
When he first entered the sect, he was full of energy and thought that he would definitely reach great heights in the path of cultivating immortals.
But after so many years, he is still stuck in the Qi training stage, and his morale has declined a lot.
"This time when I return to the sect, I will work on breaking through the foundation. If I can succeed, everything will be fine. If not..."
The road to becoming an immortal is a level of accomplishment at each step.
For ordinary people, the next stage is to practice Qigong. This stage depends on one’s talent. If you have it, you have it; if you don’t, you don’t. It cannot be forced.
Novel No.9
From Qi training to foundation building is another hurdle. If one does not break through to foundation building before the age of sixty, the Qi and blood will decline, and it will be extremely difficult to succeed afterwards.
If the breakthrough fails, the result could be loss of energy and blood, serious injuries at best, or death at worst.
Therefore, this is also called the life and death barrier of the 100 days of foundation building. Once you decide to break through, you will die if you fail within 100 days.
At Wei Tao's current age, this is probably the only chance he has to try.
In fact, for most of the cultivators who have reached the great perfection of Qi training, there is only one chance.
Wei Tao arranged Liu An and Yan Ting to guard the Ascension Ceremony. After this incident, everyone had no interest in drinking and chatting. They just wanted to end the Ascension Ceremony peacefully so that they could return to the sect to report on their work.
"Wait, that old man said he has a grandson named Xia Fan."
"I remember that he has five spiritual roots, so he can only be a menial worker at best."
As a cultivator, Wei Tao's memory is naturally far superior to that of ordinary people. He recalled what happened before, thought for a while, and then made a decision.
He glanced around and happened to find Xia Fan, who was at a loss in the crowd, so he immediately walked up to him.
"It's over. The old man was captured by the Immortal Master."
Xia Fan was in the crowd and didn't know what was happening. He only saw the immortal master who had spoken to him before waved his hand and released more than a dozen flags, surrounding the old man.
After the flag was collected, the old man was nowhere to be seen inside.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have let the old man come with me. What should I do now?"
"If anything happens to the old man, I'll just have to hit my head and die."
Xia Fan was anxious. At the age of sixteen, he didn't know how to deal with such an emergency.
"No, I have to go ask. Even if it's dangerous to go up and ask, I can't just walk away."
Just as Xia Fan was about to move, he saw the crowd in front of him automatically make way for him, and a familiar figure walked towards him.
"Master!" The people around, including the officers and soldiers, all lowered their heads and did not dare to look up.
"Junior Brother Xia, follow me."
Wei Tao waved his hand and the two men disappeared into the crowd, leaving the surrounding people amazed.
When the sharp-eared officers and soldiers heard the title "junior brother", they were startled and immediately ran to inform the chief clerk and the county magistrate.
As for Xia Fan, he felt his body become lighter and there was a strong wind blowing around him. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in an empty courtyard.
"Hey, this place looks a little familiar." Xia Fan opened his eyes and saw that this was the place where he used to practice martial arts in the martial arts academy.
Seeing his expression, Wei Tao also asked with a smile: "Junior Brother Xia, are you from the Martial Academy?"
"Master, I studied in the martial arts academy for a year."
"Hey, my name is Wei Tao, you can just call me Senior Brother Wei." Wei Tao said enthusiastically.
"This……"
Xia Fan saw that he didn't seem to be teasing him on purpose, and he also wanted to ask where his grandfather had gone, so it was difficult to refute him, so he said, "Senior Brother Wei."
"Okay, okay." Wei Tao nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face.
"I remember that Junior Brother Liu An and Junior Sister Liu Ruyan were both from the Martial Academy. Now, Junior Brother Xia, you are also from the Martial Academy. This Martial Academy is truly a gathering place of talented people." Wei Tao flattered.
Xia Fan was confused by this. Wasn't it said before that he had five spiritual roots, which was rotten to the core?
Why are you saying he is a talent now?
He didn't know who Liu An was, but he knew Liu Ruyan. Judging from the commotion she caused before, she was definitely a genius.
Can he be compared with others?
Could it be that Senior Brother Wei has something wrong with his brain?
"Senior Brother Wei, my old man..." Xia Fan asked hurriedly.
Liu An, Liu Ruyan, none of them are as good as his old man, he doesn't care about them.
Wei Tao said, "Junior Brother Xia, don't worry. The old man has already been taken back to the sect by the seniors."
"After three days, you can go back to the sect with me and meet him."
"Oh, I see." Xia Fan nodded.
He didn't know whether what the other person said was true, but he didn't look like he was lying.
Besides, he is just a mortal, and his martial arts skills are only at the leather training level. Even if the other party deceives him, he can't do anything.
Xia Fan once again felt the importance of strength.
"Junior Brother Xia, here are some rules and benefits for our sect's outer disciples. You can take a look at them so that you won't be confused when you return to the sect in the future."
Wei Tao took out a booklet from his storage bag and placed it in Xia Fan's hand.
At the same time, he waved his hand again, and a white jade token appeared in his hand. "Junior Brother Xia, this is my voice transmission jade token. You can contact me if you have any questions."
Xia Fan took the two things without knowing why.
"Oh, I almost forgot, Junior Brother Xia, you are still a mortal and have no spiritual power."
Wei Tao pointed at the jade token and said, "It's okay though. When you, Junior Brother Xia, join the sect and enter the first level of Qi training, you can use this jade token once you have spiritual power in your body."
Wei Tao called Xia "Junior Brother" all the time in a very affectionate way, which made Xia Fan feel embarrassed.
"Wait, Senior Brother Wei, didn't you say before that I could only be a menial disciple?" Xia Fan asked.
Could it be that the outer disciples of Huashen Sect are just menial disciples, and the menial disciples are just outer disciples?
"It's a different time now." Wei Tao shook his head and said, "Although Junior Brother Xia's aptitude is a little lacking, he has a kind nature and a strong will. He can also make a difference in the path of cultivating immortals."
"Does cultivating immortals not consider aptitude?" Xia Fan asked.
"Qualifications are important, but so is character. Even if one only has qualifications but no character, one won't get far on the path to immortality."
Wei Tao flattered him, "Junior Brother Xia has a strong character and should join our Huashen Sect as an outer disciple."
After saying this, Wei Tao himself couldn't hold it in anymore.
Cultivating immortals does depend on one’s character, but character is acquired and can be honed, whereas aptitude is innate and cannot be cultivated even if one wants to.
Xia Fan’s aptitude is extremely poor, but there is nothing he can do about it, because he has a grandfather with natural spiritual roots.
"Junior Brother Xia, I am also somewhat famous among the outer disciples. If anyone makes things difficult for you, you can tell me my name." Wei Tao said.
There are too many outer disciples in the Huashen Sect and the competition is too fierce. If new disciples don’t have a backer, they can easily be bullied.
"This……"
Although Xia Fan was young, he was not a fool. He knew the benefits of having a backer, so he said, "Excuse me, Senior Brother Wei."
"It's not a bother, I'll have someone clear out a room for you. You'll live here for the next three days, and someone will take care of your food and daily life."
Wei Tao said: "If you have other things to do, you can ask the servants to do it."
"..."A series of arrangements simply treated Xia Fan as an ancestor.
Before he could speak, Wei Tao said, "I still have to go and take care of the Ascension Ceremony. I'll come and chat with you when I have time."
"Brother Wei..."
Xia Fan looked at the other person's disappearing back and wanted to say that he still had a lot of questions, so why did the person just leave?
He looked at the empty yard around him and muttered, "Where should I live? There's no one here."
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen maids came in from outside the courtyard, and then bowed to him and said, "Master, please come this way."
The maid in the lead, who was older and looked to be in her twenties, whispered, "The dean has arranged everything for the Immortal Master. If the Immortal Master has any instructions, just arrange for these servants to do it."
"what?"
How come in the blink of an eye, he became a so-called immortal master?
However, looking at the scene of beautiful girls, Xia Fan felt for the first time that being an immortal master was really good.
But he remembered what the old man said before, "The old man said that women are all scourges and beasts, and they affect my cultivation speed."
Xia Fan gritted his teeth and said, "Change it to a man."
"Ah?" The leading maid almost thought she had heard it wrong.
"I said change to a man."
Xia Fan said it again, and the leading maid nodded and responded: "Yes, Immortal Master."
So a large group of beautiful girls were immediately replaced by a bunch of young servants.
Just looking at these teenagers with immature faces in front of him, Xia Fan felt an indescribable weirdness in his heart.
"Something seems to be wrong, but never mind. I'll only be here for three days anyway. I should be able to see the old man in three days."
Thinking that he would be able to see the old man in three days, Xia Fan couldn't help but smile.
The errand boy below couldn't help but squeeze his buttocks together when he saw his "smile".
This young immortal master has hobbies that are different from ordinary people!
…………
Three days later, the Ascension Ceremony ended perfectly.
Unlike in the past when only two or three people were found, in this Ascension Ceremony, there were twenty people who met the requirements of four spiritual roots or above.
There are more than thirty people with five spiritual roots who can do odd jobs, not to mention.
In addition to Liu Ruyan, a genius with dual spiritual roots of fire and wood, there are two other good candidates with three spiritual roots.
Looking at the list in his hand, Wei Tao smiled, but doubts appeared behind the smile.
"The number of people recruited this time is more than ten times that of previous years."
"There are so many people in a place as small as Liu Town. How many people should have passed the screening within the ten thousand mile radius of the sect?"
"Will the sect record all of these people?"
Wei Tao had doubts in his heart, but these things were not for him to decide, so he had to speak:
"The path to immortality is difficult. If you choose to embark on this path, you may achieve nothing and may not be able to see your family members at home."
"In a few decades, it may be a pile of dried bones in a grave again."
"I'll give you one last choice. If you choose to quit now, nothing will happen. But if you enter the sect's hinterland, it won't be so easy to quit."
As soon as Wei Tao finished speaking, dozens of young boys and girls standing below immediately started chattering about it.
"What should I do? According to what the Immortal Master said, I only have five spiritual roots, so I can only start as a menial worker if I go there."
"But I'm the only son in the family. If I'm gone, who will take care of my parents?"
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