A few people fell.
Ahead of them was the Golden Gate Mountain.
Before the mountain gate, quite a few strong cultivators had already converged.
At a rough estimate, there were hundreds of them, with more than thirty Immortal Esteemers alone, and the rest were at the Immortal Lord realm, with cultivation levels of around eight or nine grades.
They gathered in one piece, some sitting on their knees, some whispering, and others gazing at a line of sky for a long time, seemingly waiting for something.
“So many great experts!”Xue Mang couldn’t help but exclaim:
“That’s the previous generation Patriarch of the White Cloud Sect, that’s the previous generation Patriarch of the Pure Land Sect, that’s the Flying Swallow Daoist who has been famous for thousands of years, and there’s also the Barbarian Elephant Immortal Zun …… Why are they all here, could it be that they’re all people from the Xixuan Academy?”
“No, they’re all here to break into the Gate Pass!”
Elder Leaning Mountain explained, “It’s the enrolment season now, most of these older generation figures have cut off their attachments and have come to break through the gate just to enter the Xixuan Academy, to seek the Dao with one heart and not hear the world’s affairs with both ears.”
“You guys go over there! Three days later, the Heaven’s Gate will open, and you may go and break through the barrier, and whether or not you will be able to enter the Xixuan Academy will depend on your own destiny.”
“Farewell at this point, our destiny has come to an end.”
The old man leaning on the mountain sighed, his figure was a little stooped, his back was turned to the crowd and he was ready to leave.
“Grandpa!”
Blood Ji called out, her heart unwilling to let go.
“You’ll always be my grandpa, I’ll often go to Leaning Mountain City to see you.”
The old man of Leaning Mountain turned his head, touched the Blood Ji’s head, and smiled kindly, “Well, remember to come and play often.”
As the words fell, the old man left in the air.
He was like a wisp of warm wind that disappeared into the morning light, warming the heart.
Blood Ji, Xue Mang watched the old man leave, their hearts were greatly touched, it was their good fortune to have met the old man who relied on the mountain.
“You guys come with me, I’ll take you to meet Xia Yu Fei and the others!”Qin Li said.
Blood Ji was pleasantly surprised, “What, husband you’ve gathered everyone?”
“Just the two of you are missing!”Qin Li laughed, “By the way, you’ve got one more good sister called Zhao Tianyu, who is from the Immortal Domain, so you guys should get along well.”
Upon hearing this, Xue Mang couldn’t help but give a thumbs up, “Worthy of being a Patriarch, I’m impressed!”
Blood Ji helplessly waved her hand, “With so many sisters, I’m used to it.”
“Alright, let’s go to a remote place.”
Qin Li left Golden Gate Mountain.
Blood Ji, Xue Mang immediately followed.
Finding a remote cave, Qin Li carefully checked to make sure that no one else was following him, and then he put Blood Ji and Xue Mang into the Qian Kun Pearl.
He can’t be blamed for being so careful, after all, the Qian Kun Pearl is his biggest card, and he doesn’t show it easily. And he has a vague feeling that the Qian Kun Pearl has a big secret, only he has not yet tapped out.
Speaking of the Qian Kun Pearl, he remembered the previous owner of the Qian Kun Pearl, Ye Fei.
“If he didn’t die, he should have reached a very high realm.”
Qin Li left the cave.
After circling around, he returned to Golden Gate Mountain.
At this time, a number of Immortal Exalted Immortal Lords flew in one after another, sitting before the mountain gate.
“At this rate, after three days, there will be at least as many as a hundred Immortal Exalts here. Pretty much all of the older generation will be coming over, no wonder Immortal Exalts are extremely rare in the world, it turns out that all of them have entered the Transcendent Power.”
Qin Li prepared to find a seat and sat down.
The powerful Immortal Lords outside were not even able to shoot for a number here, all of them sitting at the back.
A group of Immortal Dignitaries sat at the front, the first few were all Immortal Dignitaries of the Ninth Grade, as soon as Qin Li, an Immortal Dignitary of the Seventh Grade, came in, some people took the initiative to give up their seats, this was strength.
Next to him, an Immortal Zun Sixth Grade wearing a gorgeous robe opened his mouth and said, “My name is Chen Jinyi, are you from the Western Regions? I wonder what your name is?”
“Qin Li, from the Southern Region.”Qin Li replied.
Chen Jinyi laughed, “I’m from the Eastern Domain, it seems we share the same illness.”
“Of the four transcendent forces, only the Xixuan Academy has opened its doors wide, otherwise we wouldn’t have travelled a long way to the Western Domain. In the end, it’s all about breaking the Immortal King Curse.”
Immortal King Curse!
This name was frightening on first hearing.
Qin Li, however, was hearing about it for the first time and couldn’t help but ask, “Fellow Daoist Chen, I’ve been in closed-door cultivation all this time, I don’t know what the Immortal King Curse is, can you tell me a little bit about it?”
Chen Jin Yi was very surprised that there were actually Immortal Elders who didn’t know about the Immortal King Curse, he slowly explained, “The so-called Immortal King Curse is that when an Immortal Elder Ninth Grade is promoted to an Immortal King, he will suddenly go off the rails and die violently, and almost none of them will be spared.”
Qin Li’s gaze flickered uncertainly, “There’s such a thing, what exactly is the origin of the curse!”
Chen Jin Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, “The Immortal King Curse has a mysterious origin, some say that the Immortal King Realm has been cursed by the Heavenly Dao, others say that the world’s Kung Fu is a self-killing path …… In short, the curse has led to the world no longer having an Immortal King Realm!”
Qin Li seemed to have thought of something and pursued, “But there are a terrifying number of Immortal Kings amongst the transcendent forces, could it be that they ignored the curse!”
Chen Jin Yi nodded, “This is what makes the Transcendent Forces, transcendent. They all hold the magic doors to safely advance to the Immortal King realm!”
“That’s why all the Immortal Dignitaries in the world, after giving up their attachments, would come here. Otherwise, why would I, a person from the Eastern Region, who is idle, run to the Western Region.”
Qin Li’s heart was clear.
Three days later!
Thousands of cultivators converged in front of Golden Gate Mountain.
The number of Immortal Dignitaries broke into the hundreds, and the rest were all reputable Immortal Lord-level powerhouses.
They had a common trait of being old, no more than middle-aged, and Qin Li, a young man, was rather out of place.
Rumble!
Thunder fell from the clear sky.
In the midst of a line of heaven, streaks of thunder erupted.
The crowd’s hearts fluttered as they understood that the time had come, and they all rose to their feet.
Tear-!
A sound as if cloth was being cut rang out.
The line of sky between the two Golden Gate Mountains tore open a spatial rift, as if a mountain gate had opened up, taking in the dynasia of the Qiankun and swallowing the spirit of the four seasons.
Qin Li fixed his eyes, through the spatial crack, he peeped into another subtle world, green mountains rolling, old trees and ancient vines, strange peaks and rocks, bells and whistles, haze, cloudy ……
At this time!
In the middle of the void crack, one person stepped out.
He was handsome and upright, his face was like a knife, his expression was cold, wearing a pure white Daoist garment, his feet stepped on the void, standing with his hands in the air, his body emitted a surging aura, just like a surging sea, enveloping the Golden Gate Mountain.
“What a terrifying aura, definitely Immortal King Realm.”
“Looks like the legends are true, Xixuan Academy can ignore the Immortal King Curse.”
“He’s so young, his cultivation is surprisingly far superior to ours, a supreme genius.”
The crowd of Immortal Elders were talking, they were sensitive to the aura of an Immortal King. As for those Immortal Lords, they had long been crushed by this aura.
“Silence!”
The man in white spat out a single word.
It was like spring thunder falling to the ground, shocking the ten miles.
The cultivators’ complexions corrected, no longer exchanging words, and the atmosphere of the entire place instantly quieted down, a pin drop could be heard.
“My name is Han asked, your guide.”
Han asked as his coat fluttered and he said indifferently, “Cultivators below the Immortal Lord’s seventh grade, please leave of your own accord, you can’t meet the recruitment standards.”
The words fell.
Hundreds of Immortal Lords who didn’t meet the standard paled.
They didn’t make a fool of themselves either, and they all harnessed their recluse lights and left Golden Gate Mountain.
This group of people looked back from time to time with regret in their eyes, secretly vowing in their hearts to cultivate diligently and endeavour to meet the standard.
The remaining people all sucked in a breath of cold air, Xixuan Academy’s specifications were too high! Immortal Lords 1 to 6, outside, they were the lords of a clan, here they couldn’t even touch the threshold.
“The rest of you have the chance to enter and break through.”
Han asked and spoke faintly, his voice was not loud, but it clearly fell on the ears of the crowd, “I’m warning you all, when you enter the Xixuan Academy, you will dive into cultivation and ignore mundane chores, so if there’s anything you can’t part with, leave as soon as possible!”
Not a single person present moved their feet.
Everyone had decided to come to the Xixuan Academy only after deep consideration, and it wasn’t something that could be dissuaded with a word or two.
“Good!”
“The examination begins!”
Han asked and bellowed, “Please refine the heart path!”
Boom!
There was a roar.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine white jade steps shot out.
The steps were carved with mysterious patterns all over the body, extending from the void cracks all the way to the ground, neatly aligned and unusually wide, just like a path to the heavens, leading to the Xixuan Academy.
Han asked, explaining, “This Path of Refining the Heart is an exotic treasure, refined by Husbandman Xu, carved with countless illusionary formations, once you step on it, you’ll fall into a state of confusion.”
“Only those with a strong will will be able to walk through the entire Heart Refining Road and become disciples of the Xixuan Academy, as for those who don’t meet the standard, they will fall off the Heart Refining Road, at that time, please leave consciously.”
