To the west of the great world of cultivating immortals, there are mountains stretching for more than one million miles from east to west. The ridges are over 10,000 feet high, with branches crisscrossing them. There are countless high mountains and ridges. Sheer cliffs can be seen everywhere. There are fierce swamps and evil ridges everywhere, and there are as many places of miasma and poisonous insects as stars.
Many branch veins twist and protrude for more than tens of thousands of miles, forming many large areas at angles with the main vein. Many areas on the south side are warm as spring and suitable for living. In the area on the north side, the north wind blows all year round, and the north wind blows between these areas.
The horn goes round and round, so there is constant evil wind all year round.
In the habitable southern region, there are many mortals living there, with scattered villages, towns and cities scattered here and there.
Zhou Tai turned into a stream of light and flew through the air. He saw many dilapidated graves and traces of destroyed villages underneath him. He somewhat understood why he saw skulls ten years ago, because he had seen many such situations during the flight.
Again, these bones have not completely degraded, indicating that these people died not long ago.
Are there mortals living here? Not long after Zhou Tai's doubts arose, he discovered the existence of the village within the scope of his spiritual consciousness. There were people living in it, and after observation, he was sure that they were mortals with a little bit of Qi training on them.
There are no fluctuations in the monks.
If he hadn't sensed that the spiritual energy content here was not low, Zhou Tai might have thought that he was in some mortal world, but thinking of the former Liuyun Realm, Zhou Tai did not rule out this possibility.
It has been some years in the world of cultivating immortals, and the distance traveled is not that close, but I have never met a mortal before, so I can't help but have some doubts in my heart at this moment.
Observing the people in this village carefully, he found no difference. When night fell and the familiar little moon appeared in the night sky, Zhou Tai confirmed that this was still a world of cultivators, because it was within the two mortal worlds he had been to.
, there is no moon at all.
It's embarrassing to say that Zhou Tai has never come out since he started hiding. Deep underground, his spiritual consciousness cannot observe the situation on the ground, so this is the first time Zhou Tai has seen the moon in ten years.
It would be difficult to find such a small moon of the same style, so Zhou Tai believed that this was still a world of cultivating immortals, but the fact that mortals could appear here made Zhou Tai very curious, so he decided to find a way to get it if he didn't understand.
Understanding the idea, Zhou Tai decided to observe carefully.
Although the accents and words spoken by the mortals here are somewhat different, Zhou Tai can still understand it. The communication between the main monks is relatively uniform, so the speech among ordinary mortals has not changed much. This also confirmed to Zhou Tai
Another reason why I am still in this world of cultivating immortals.
Because there is much more spiritual energy here than the low-spirited land where Zhou Tai was born, the crops grow particularly well, and the visual output is not low. Therefore, although this village looks barren and dilapidated, basically every family has a surplus of food, which is lower than that of Zhou Tai.
My hometown in Spiritual Land is so much stronger.
After observing here for some time, without any special findings, Zhou Tai left directly, expanded the scope of observation, and found that there are many such villages, and there are also some towns, but they are all mortals, and he did not find any
The existence of cultivators.
While secretly cautious, Zhou Tai expanded the search area, and then discovered a large city called Shengxian City with a population of more than 100,000.
Although it looked like it was full of mortals, Zhou Tai observed it for some time and after confirming that no problems were found, he turned on the ghost pulse annihilation state and went around inside, and ran out again before the invisibility state disappeared.
If this was a low-spirited place like the mortal world, Zhou Tai would directly open his spiritual consciousness and cover the entire city. Many things would be understood quickly. But in this world of cultivating immortals, he is more careful than ever. Who knows that this mortal
Are there any old monsters among them who have experienced the world of mortals or something like that?
After arriving at this place where mortals gather, the Lingbao-level Qi Condensing Talisman can be turned on at any time. In addition to turning on the Ghost Vein Destruction State to fly in the air, Zhou Tai basically temporarily enters the Lingbao space to hide. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with it.
Even if you are in a hurry, you don't care about the loss of time. For Zhou Tai, safety is more important than anything else.
It's not that you are timid, but that you don't know everything here. Before you understand the specific situation, you can't go wrong with being cautious.
Because nothing looks normal here. This world of cultivating immortals has enough aura. As long as you have the skills, you can enlighten the spirit. Even some mortals who practice randomly may start the path of cultivating immortals. Therefore, in this large area, there are many mortals, but only one cultivator.
You can't see it, it's unreasonable no matter how you look at it.
After spending two months visiting this large area of mortal areas, Zhou Tai discovered that there are ten large cities like Shengxian City, and they are all called Shengxian City. This name is really easy to imagine.
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For this kind of strange place, the safest way is to stay away. As long as you don't go to dangerous places, you can reduce the chance of encountering danger. But everyone is curious, and Zhou Tai, who has just been alone for ten years,
When I think of myself traveling alone again, I feel a little repelled. And there is no way to escape forever. This place is not necessarily very dangerous.
Be careful and ask questions, Zhou Tai finally thought.
Then he walked into an Ascension City, chose a hidden place to place the Lingbao Space as his shelter, and used the ghost pulse time every day to appear and collect information.
Because it was only a general observation before, without using his spiritual consciousness, nor getting close to these mortals in Shengxian City, now after a close observation, Zhou Tai found the answers to many questions.
The reason why this Shengxian City is called Shengxian City is because on a fixed day every year, people from the Immortal Cultivation Sect will go to these cities to select qualified children to enter the Cultivation Immortal Sect. From then on, these children will become taller and higher.
These are the consensus and expectations of all mortals in Shengxian City.
The selected children must cut off the ordinary world. Only some children with outstanding performance will have the opportunity to come back to see their parents ten years later. The remaining children will never return and will never have the opportunity to meet their families. The parents of the children
In addition to receiving a large sum of money, he will also receive the right to live in Shengxian City for free for twenty years.
Shengxian City is not something you can live in if you want to. Everyone who lives here has to pay a living fee every year. If you can't afford it? Then you have no choice but to leave Shengxian City.
And the mortals who can live here are unwilling to leave, firstly because the children of the cultivating sect choose to enter the city only in this city, and secondly because of the evil moon.
Although this area is very suitable for survival, there is a three-month long evil moon every year. It is said that the evil moon is very dangerous. Only in Shengxian City can you be absolutely safe. But outside Shengxian City, can you survive?
It all depends on your luck. If you are lucky, you may be fine for decades. If you are unlucky, the entire village will disappear.
When he heard the news, Zhou Tai was confused. When he was in Liuyun Sect, he knew clearly that the theory of spiritual roots was a lie. Everyone can cultivate immortality. Although there are differences, they are not big. There is no such thing.
There is no talk about cultivation qualifications. Zhou Tai is also an immortal cultivator now, and he is not aware of the existence of any qualifications.
But here they actually accept apprentices based on their qualifications? Is it true or false? Or are all the things in the past all lies? There is always one party lying. Although Zhou Tai had some guesses about this, he decided to wait until he accepted apprentices to observe carefully.
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After some time, the evil moon arrived.
Originally, the weather was normal yesterday, but starting from the next day, even at noon, the sky was still gray, like haze, making it difficult to see in the distance, and this lasted for three months.
During this period, the mortals in Shengxian City went out less often, and most of them only went out to buy some things at noon, and then returned in a hurry.
Zhou Tai found that in such an environment, the Ouija Plate was affected, as if he was in a large formation. This made him more careful and did not choose to rush in at will.
As soon as the three-month Yin Evil Month passed, the entire Shengxian City instantly came to life, and the people in the entire city were as happy as if they were celebrating a festival, because as soon as the Yin Evil Month passed, it was time for the Immortal Cultivation Sect to recruit disciples
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When the flying boat appeared in the sky, the mortals in Shengxian City became even more excited. Every household with children over ten years old would be led by adults to the Shengxian Grand Square in the center of Shengxian City and queue up to receive immortality cultivation.
Testing by the sect’s immortal masters.
There were ten testing teams lined up on the square. Whenever a child passed the qualification test, he would win the envious eyes of people around him. The child would be taken away by the Immortal Cultivating Sect on the spot, and the child's parents would receive the reward on the spot.
Except for those participating in the test, other mortals are not allowed to set foot on the Grand Square, but they can watch from outside the square.
As more and more children pass through, the people behind the team will inevitably become a little anxious, because every year the Xiuxian sect recruits a large number of disciples, usually between 500 and 600 people. Once the number is enough,
Will stop accepting disciples.
Although children who have not caught up with the test will have another chance in the second year and will be prioritized for the second test, they will have to wait an extra year, and in this year, some people may be
I can no longer afford the living expenses in Shengxian City.
When the sect began to recruit disciples, Zhou Tai carried a Lingbao-level Qi Condensing Talisman on his body, and turned on the ghost pulse to quietly observe from a distance.
The flying boat that came to Shengxian City was a large flying boat. The black boat body gave people a cold feeling. There were less than twenty monks present, three golden elixirs, six foundation builders, and ten Qi practitioners.
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The ones responsible for selecting qualified children are these ten Qi-training stage monks. These Qi-training stage monks look the same as the ten, but in Zhou Tai's eyes, those foundation-building stage monks look sinister, cold, and ghostly. Mortals
It may not be obvious, but as a monk, this aura is very obvious, especially to those in the golden elixir stage, which makes Zhou Taidu feel a little uncomfortable.
Seeing this kind of lineup, Zhou Tai felt a lot more relieved. If there was any special situation, such as being discovered, he would be confident to deal with these monks.
For these obviously different monks, Zhou Tai thought of a word: demonic cultivators. He probably came to an area where demonic cultivators were active.
There was very little information about demon cultivators before, so Zhou Tai could not judge the situation of recruiting disciples at this moment.
Those Qi-training monks who checked the children's qualifications simply put their hands on the children's heads for a while, and then the test was completed without using any testing equipment. It can be said that the progress of the test was very fast.
Zhou Tai didn't know if these Qi-training monks responsible for inspections existed like handymen, but if they were only in the Qi-training period, their status would not be much higher.
After a brief observation, he found that there were already two hundred children who had passed the exam. This number also greatly exceeded the number of official disciples of the sect that Zhou Tai knew before. The first-class sect only had a quota of 100 people, and it was still a hundred years old.
Within the quota, it is equivalent to one per year, and the quota for second- and third-class sects is even less.
But there are indeed hundreds of disciples accepted here at a time, and once a year. Considering that there are ten Shengxian cities, the number may be multiplied ten times.
Does the Demon Sect have no limit on the number of disciples?
If he hadn't heard from the mortals around him that the ten monks responsible for testing the qualifications were the children who had been selected. After the testing was completed, they would have a chance to be away from their families for half a day. Zhou Tai would never have believed that they were here to recruit disciples.
But the children who had left had indeed entered the period of Qi training, which made it difficult for Zhou Tai to refute the fact that the other party accepted disciples. Are the monks of the Demon Sect a natural selection? These selected children will also go through another elimination? The eliminated ones will lose
Destiny, the winner soars into the sky? In the end, Zhou Tai made such a conjecture.
The sect's recruitment of disciples only lasted one day, and it was completely over. The flying boat left with the children fully loaded.
Zhou Tai returned to the Lingbao space where he was hiding and fell into deep thought.
After this incident, he could almost confirm that there was no danger to him in the so-called Shengxian City. The so-called city lords and those who safeguarded the interests of the city were just ordinary mortals, but most of them were family members of children who were selected to cultivate immortality.
If he had been born here, he would probably have joined the so-called Immortal Sect to recruit disciples. Regardless of whether he was selected or not, at least his life would not have been too rough.
If I weren't already over a hundred years old and couldn't play the role of a child, I would have to give it a try. If it was fake, I would find a way to escape. If it was real, I could join a cultivating sect for systematic study, even if
It's a magic sect, and Zhou Tai really wants to enter.
Because as his cultivation level improved, Zhou Tai became more and more aware of his own shortcomings. Although he had learned a lot during these years of cultivation, it was all scattered knowledge and the foundation was very weak.
Why only accept children? Even if you accept some young people, I still have a chance! Zhou Tai finally thought this way.
At a certain moment, Zhou Tai suddenly thought, are all the ten cities of immortality exactly the same? Do they all only accept children? Although there is a high probability, but what if? How about going to see them all?