Zhang Xuanfeng said calmly: "Those who just clicked the name was considered to have failed the assessment. Other assessors standing here passed the test."

"What?!!"

Everyone's expressions changed, some were shocked, some were ecstatic, some were stunned, some were ashamed, some were crying with joy, some were crying loudly, and some even fainted on the ground.

"For, why?!!"

A thin young man of fifteen or sixteen years old stood up and his eyes widened: "Xian Chang, I, I am obviously the third one here, why, why am I eliminated?"

Zhang Xuanfeng said: "Because of this level, it is not who came here first, and it is not who can persist the exam the most."

"What?" The boy's figure shaking slightly, as if he was shaking.

Zhang Xuanfeng said: "At this age, you have traveled 3,600 miles alone to the formal assessment site. You have faced various dangers in nature and different degrees of obstacles set up by man-made intentionally. You have not retreated. You have used your wisdom, courage and perseverance to break through many obstacles and participate in the formal assessment on time. This has proved your excellence. Your courage, perseverance, and resilience are all the best choices.

"So, in the previous mountain climbing assessment, what really needs to be tested is no longer courage, perseverance, and resilience, but the desire to seek the Tao of "daring to sacrifice one's own life for the Tao". More importantly, it is to test whether your own "spirituality" is strong enough.

"You can get on the Colorful Bridge within a tea time and not retreat, and the previous three thousand six hundred miles of test has proved that your heart of Tao is firm.

"Everyone who can come here is qualified in this regard. As for spirituality..."

Zhang Xuanfeng took out a small jade-like test card with his right hand, exactly the same as the one worn on his chest for many years.

"This is a spiritual jade, with a miniature formation engraved inside to assist in cultivation, which will inject spiritual energy into the wearer's body at any time. When the practitioners who have never practiced have exhausted their bodies, their vital energy will be consumed and in a deep sleep state. When their vital energy is restored, they will actively pull and absorb the spiritual energy from the outside world.

"When you are sleeping, a special person will come to observe your absorption of spiritual energy, and judge your 'spirituality' based on the length of absorption and the amount of absorption."

When the boy heard this, his face turned pale: "So... I, our 'spiritual'..."

"It's a pity. 'spiritual' is born. You are not trying hard enough in the acquired world, and your qualifications in other aspects are not good enough, but... sometimes reality is so cruel."

When the boy heard this, he burst into tears.

Zhang Xuanfeng was not used to it either. After waiting for a while, he said, "Failed to the assessment, it is not a dead end. If you are willing, you can still join the 'Tianxuan Sect' and become my 'Foreign Affairs Disciple' of the 'Tianxuan Sect'."

"What?" Many eliminated teenagers looked at Zhang Xuanfeng in disbelief.

Zhang Xuanfeng said: "The 'Tianxuan Sect' is not only a cultivator, but also many people who cannot practice. They serve the sect and manage the sect's huge industries in the secular world.

"I said before that you are all very good. The reason why you were eliminated is that you lack ‘spirituality’ and other aspects are not bad.

"Putting you into the world is to pick one in a thousand and choose one in a thousand. The qualifications in all aspects are far superior to those of other people of the same age. You only need to go through a certain amount of time of study and training to stand alone in the secular world.

"If you intend to serve our "Tianxuan Sect", you can go to the "Tianxuan Academy" in the secular world to register and enter without exams. After you come out, you will be able to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. If you have the opportunity, you will be no problem to be a marquis and ministers.

"The 'foreign affairs disciples' of the 'Tianxuan Sect' are very powerful in the secular world. Some people founded states and were named Dukes, proclaimed kings, and even emperors, fulfilling their secular glory. Some people can even have the same position as several countries or even dozens of countries at the same time, which is rare in ancient and modern times.

"I, Tianxuan Sect, attach great importance to such disciples. I will even give them the immortal spirit pill, which will also last for hundreds of years."

After a few words, the boys became more active.

The thin young man knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I, Lu Haitao, would like to become a foreign affairs disciple of the 'Tianxuan Sect'. But, just... I was determined to pursue the path of immortality, but even though I was determined to be spiritually insufficient, I still could not completely give up the obsession. So I wanted to ask the Immortal Chief: If we have made great contributions to the sect... do we still have a chance to practice?"

Zhang Xuanfeng said: "The spiritual jade jewel card you are wearing is worth 5,000 taels of silver, which is 6 million cents in the secular world, and it is priceless but it is only enough for ordinary outer disciples of the "Tianxuan Sect" to practice for a few days.

"The spiritual energy it emits can be absorbed by external disciples for 40% to 60%, which will waste 60% to 40%, while those with insufficient spirituality will waste 98% to 99%.

"That is to say, compared with other people, the resources you need to consume in your cultivation are ten times or dozens of times more, and the time required is ten times or dozens of times more. If the resources are just insufficient, there are ways to make up for it, but the time difference of ten times or dozens of times is a natural barrier.

"Think about it, the achievements you have practiced for sixty or seventy years can only be compared with others' practice for two or three years... How can you seek immortality?"

The young man's face looked like earth, his eyes were filled with despair.

Zhang Xuanfeng asked someone to take away these eliminated boys and girls, and he led Lin Geng and others to the side of Taoshulin.

The peach forest is narrow in longitudinal direction, but only more than ten feet away is a cliff, but it is quite wide in horizontal direction. The forest extends to the left and right, surrounding the mountain.

After walking hundreds of feet out, you will see an open space, surrounded by large areas of exquisite wooden houses, dozens of neatly yards and hundreds of houses, shrouded in mist.

There are sparse peach trees around the house and there are streams. The stream water flows down from the mountains. Obviously, it is not the top of the mountain.

Zhang Xuanfeng said: "You choose a room to stay in the order of climbing up the mountain. You can use the food in the room at will. The rest of the matter will be arranged tomorrow."

There were a total of more than 150 teenagers around, and they each found their own rooms and moved in.

The room where Lin Geng lives is three zhang long and two zhang wide, with a vertical screen. Behind the screen is a bed. Even in front of the screen is a living room, there is a pot of tea, a dish of buns and two dishes of other pastries on the table in the small hall. They are all everywhere in ordinary towns, and it is not surprising.

After eating, he felt a little tired and sleepy, and then fell asleep in bed.

In a daze, I seemed to hear someone playing the piano, and then I fell asleep.

I don’t know how long it took, but half asleep and half awake, I heard someone calling his name.

After opening his eyes, he found that he was a boy in green, looking like an eleven or twelve years old. He called himself "Qingfeng Taoist Child" and asked Lin Geng to go out to gather.
Chapter completed!