Author: A Box of Tieguanyin

"Brother, are you here to join the Tianhe Sect too?"

Xu Mu "squirmed" as the crowd moved forward. Because there were so many people who came to sign up to join the Tianhe Sect, and many of them brought servants and family members, the area near the examination room was almost crowded.

A young man wearing clothes the color of dead leaves was forced to sit next to Xu Mu by the team. He was bored and asked.

"Why else would you come here at this time other than to sign up?" Xu Mu shrugged.

At this time, his clone, catalyzed by this spell, has reached the age of entry.

"That's right! Haha!" The young man scratched his head and realized in a daze that he had asked a very stupid question, with a bit of embarrassment in his expression.

"My name is Qi Yue. Qi is as high as the sky, Yue of the mountains. What is your name?"

"Xu Da!"

Xu Mu said.

"Xu Da? Do you have a younger brother named Xu Er?" Qi Yue asked instinctively.

"No!"

"oh!"

"Where is your hometown from? I'm from Yuanlong City in Linxian Prefecture!"

"I came from Liyang Sect, Liyang City."

"Liyang Sect? Could it be the Liyang Sect near the Yunding Mountains?"

"good!"

"That's a long way away! Why don't you just worship under the Liyang Sect?" Qi Yue asked curiously.

"Liyang Sect is too young! I'm afraid it will delay my time to advance to Nascent Soul!" Xu Mu said casually.

"..."

The corners of Qi Yue's eyes twitched.

Advanced Nascent Soul?

You can ascend to the fairy world with such bullshit!

But he soon came to his senses and realized that Xu Mu was talking nonsense.

So he also started joking.

"I thought my brother was worried that it would be too slow to advance to become a god, unlike me who would be satisfied as long as I could advance to the realm of refining the void."

"..."

Xu Mu was speechless.

What he just said was half true and half false, but he didn't expect that the other party would also brag about it.

"Don't worry! When I advance to the level of Mahayana Heavenly Immortal, I will definitely help you advance to the level of Void Refining!"

"I'm afraid that while I advance to Daluo Daozu, you're still in the Qi training stage!"

The two of them were bragging to each other, and the people around them smiled, and the relationship between the two gradually became familiar.

Xu Mu did not mind that the other party was just a little kid and they had a great time chatting.

As the crowd moved, they soon arrived. After the two registered, they broke away from the crowd and arrived at a nearby square.

All the people who have signed up are gathered here, all of whom are between the ages of nine and twelve.

"Does this count as joining the Tianhe Sect?"

A girl in pink clothes seemed to be talking to herself or asking.

Qi Yue replied very familiarly: "How is it possible! There are four to five thousand people here. Even if the Tianhe Sect is the Yuanying Sect, it cannot afford to support so many people to practice!"

"As far as I know, we still have to go through three tests before we can officially join the Tianhe Sect!" A young man in Tsing Yi said.

"Do you know those three levels?" Someone else asked.

Just like this, just by talking to each other, seven or eight boys and girls gathered together to form a small temporary group, and the surroundings were almost in the same situation.

Because Xu Mu was close to Qi Yue, he was naturally classified into the group, although he did not speak from beginning to end.

Although these girls and boys had listened to their family members before coming here, their knowledge was still very limited.

The reason is also very simple, their status is not high.

There are two types of disciples recruited by the Tianhe Sect. One is recommendation. Those affiliated big families and powerful forces can directly send outstanding seedlings from the family.

The other is the Disciple Recruitment Ceremony held once every ten years. This is also the only opportunity for ordinary cultivators to join the Tianhe Sect, which is almost like a fish leaping through the dragon's gate.

In other words, the four to five thousand boys and girls in front of them are all ordinary casual cultivators, and their parents may not know much about them, let alone them.

Xu Mu asked Chi Feiyan to inquire before he came. He should be the clearest among everyone about the assessment and its contents.

The Tianhe Sect's assessment is divided into three levels. One level tests talent, and the other tests character. As long as you pass the first two levels, you can join the Tianhe Sect. The third level is a comprehensive test, and the disciples who join will be divided into three, six, and nine levels.

Time did not pass too long, and after everyone had registered, the assessment officially began.

A boat large enough to carry the previous passengers was parked on the shore, and several disciples of the Tianhe Sect in white were guarding the entrance.

"Come aboard!"

A disciple shouted loudly, and his voice spread for ten miles.

"This boat is so small, can there be so many of us on it?"

Some people wondered.

Even if teenagers are not as good as adults, this ship obviously cannot be overloaded four or five times.

"You're stupid! Why don't you just go back and forth a few times later!" Someone said, thinking they were smart.

"Isn't this too much trouble?"

Someone looked up at the Tianhe Sect Mountain Gate in the sky and said.

There are two ways to get to Tianhe Sect, one is to fly up directly, the other is to take a boat and follow the river.

People like them have no cultivation base, so it is obviously impossible to fly. However, with the foundation of Tianhe Sect, it is not difficult to find a few flying boats.

So they really don't understand, is it necessary to use a boat to pull it back and forth?

Those who knew the specific situation couldn't help laughing.

"Not enough? Haha! I guess there might be some extra space!"

"What's the meaning?"

Everyone was puzzled.

At this moment, the boy and girl closest to the river, who were waiting for the boat, already had a problem.

"What's going on? Why can't I get up?"

When someone was walking up the stairs to the ship, he seemed to be pushed by an invisible force and flew out directly. However, the people traveling with him got on the ship smoothly.

The young man who was pushed out was not convinced and wanted to continue boarding the ship. However, the Tianhe Sect guarding the entrance raised his sleeves and fanned him out.

"If you can't board the ship, it's because you don't have enough talent. Don't get in the way here!"

At this time, everyone knew that boarding the ship was the first test.

Depending on the size of the ship, more than half of the people may have to be removed in the first pass.

"This, is this too cruel? Isn't it meant to scare people?"

Some people don't quite believe it.

Generally, those who dare to come to be apprentices think they have some talent. Otherwise, they would not go all the way to Tianhe Sect and just worship some small sects and small forces. As a result, these "little geniuses" will have to go to Tianhe Sect at the first level.

Most of them were eliminated.

No one answered, but everyone couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Only Xu Mu knows that for the Tianhe Sect, having talent in the foundation building stage is the minimum standard. If you can't become a foundation building talent, there is no need to cultivate it. If they want, they can recruit a bunch of cannon fodder in the Qi training stage at any time.

For most practitioners, 90% of their talents are in the early and middle stages of Qi training. For example, Xu Mu, who was in his sixties, was still struggling in the early stages of Qi training. Although it is cruel, it is the norm in the cultivation world.

As for the geniuses that these people think they are, they are actually only at the same level of talent as Leng Yuening and Si Tan'er. They have a chance to become foundation builders, but the chance is not great, and the prerequisite for all this is to invest a lot of resources.

For the forces in the Foundation Establishment stage and even the Golden Core stage, this is considered a talent, but for the Tianhe Sect, it is completely meaningless.

Spending the same resources, whether to train a hundred foundation builders or one golden elixir, Tianhe Sect will decisively choose to cultivate one golden elixir.

To put it simply, Tianhe Sect follows an elite strategy. They recruit disciples all for the Golden Core stage, so the elimination ratio is not high at all.

As more and more people were eliminated, everyone became aware of the cruelty involved, so that those who boarded the ship cried with joy, while those who did not board the ship hugged each other and cried, begging for another chance.

But the disciples of Tianhe Sect showed no mercy.

Soon, it was the turn of the small group of Xu Mu and Qi Yue.

"Brother, I'm a little nervous, can you let me hold your clothes?"
To be continued...