Free Web NovelChapter 1285: Chapter 1271: Initiation
The Star Shining Sect wasn’t exactly close to Jiangdi City—at least, not for ordinary people.
Not that far.
That was for those Cultivators who could ride the sword on the wind and travel a thousand miles in a day.
A thousand miles.
That was the distance between the Star Shining Sect and Jiangdi City.
Bai Changqiu could also control a sword.
She was a Sword Cultivator, but unlike the sword-riding style Baiyu imagined—soaring tens of thousands of miles—she could at most fly a hundred miles on her sword.
After that her True Qi would run low.
So their journey went in starts and stops: about every hundred miles, they had to stop for a few hours so Bai Changqiu could recover her True Qi.
"Baiyu, on the Immortal Cultivation path, you must never be impatient. Everything has to proceed step by step; don’t blindly chase quick success."
As Bai Changqiu recovered her True Qi, she spoke to Baiyu.
Over the last two days.
Whenever she had time, Bai Changqiu poured her cultivation experience into Baiyu, and as a fledgling on the Immortal Cultivation road, Baiyu listened very earnestly.
After all.
Other people’s stones can polish one’s jade.
He had never come into contact with the Immortal Cultivation Realm before, and still didn’t know how cultivation really differed from his previous tempering of Blood Qi.
A full four days.
Bai Changqiu and Baiyu finally arrived at the foot of the Star Shining Sect’s mountain.
There was a small town here. Because it lay at the foot of the Star Shining Sect’s mountain, the town’s residents often saw Cultivators, so they weren’t as shocked as ordinary folk. Some of the people in town were even family members of Cultivators.
After the two of them reached the town.
They first found a restaurant and had a proper meal. Bai Changqiu naturally wasn’t short of money. She ate very little, just sampling a bit of everything.
"These mundane foods don’t contain any Spiritual Qi. Eating them has no effect at all on cultivation.
Once you enter the Star Shining Sect, you won’t need to eat this kind of thing.
Spirit Rice and Spiritual Food are not lacking in the Star Shining Sect. Even Named Disciples can have Spirit Rice as their staple."
Bai Changqiu said lightly.
Baiyu only nodded, without offering much opinion.
After the two finished their meal.
Bai Changqiu led Baiyu toward the back mountain of the town. Along the road up the back mountain there were many small inns and teahouses.
The scenery on the back mountain was pleasant.
From afar, this stretch of connected peaks rose and fell in layers, looking very picturesque.
When they reached the top of the back mountain.
The road in front of them ended.
At the highest point there was an open space, shrouded in cloud and mist, extremely cold.
On such high mountains, the temperature was usually several degrees, even more than ten degrees, lower than at the foot.
Bai Changqiu pinched a Spell in her hand and cast it toward the mist ahead. In an instant, all the clouds between the mountains scattered, and one immortal pavilion after another, some built atop peaks, some towering on mountainsides, were revealed before Baiyu’s eyes.
Once this sea of clouds dispersed.
A road leading directly down the mountain actually appeared, and it clearly led into the Star Shining Sect.
The peaks ahead had all been hidden in the mist just now; there was no way to see any clues at all. Only after breaking through the special formations could the mystery here be revealed.
Truly worthy of being immortal pavilions.
"Come on, ahead is the Star Shining Sect’s mountain gate."
At this moment Bai Changqiu did not continue flying on her sword. Instead, she led Baiyu step by step toward the mountain gate of the Star Shining Sect.
As someone newly arrived at the Star Shining Sect.
When entering the sect for the first time, one had to walk, and reach the sect’s first hall, the Mountain Gate Hall.
The Star Shining Sect had a total of eighteen great peaks and seventy-two minor peaks.
Beyond the Mountain Gate Hall lay the first great peak of the Star Shining Sect, Cyan Seed Mountain.
Around Cyan Seed Mountain, nine small peaks were arranged in sequence. This one great peak plus the nine minor peaks formed the living area for all the sect’s outer sect disciples.
If Baiyu could enter the Star Shining Sect.
Then this would also be where he would stay.
Bai Changqiu led Baiyu all the way to the Mountain Gate Hall.
The Cultivators at the Mountain Gate Hall, upon seeing Bai Changqiu approach, all bowed respectfully and called out, "Senior Sister Bai."
As one of the hundred True Disciples of the Star Shining Sect.
Bai Changqiu’s status was even higher than that of some Elders. It was perfectly normal for outer sect and inner sect disciples to salute her when they saw her.
Faced with these salutes.
Bai Changqiu only nodded slightly, not even giving a proper glance to either side, and walked straight into the main hall of the Mountain Gate Hall.
At this time.
A man in Elder’s robes hurried over. "Changqiu, why are you still here? The message you sent back has already been reported to the Grand Elder. She takes this matter very seriously—after all, with the Demon Blade Sect involved, it’s no small affair.
The Grand Elder is waiting for you."
"Elder Ou, no need to rush. This is my younger brother. I brought him here to test his talent and aptitude, to see whether he can embark on Immortal Cultivation."
Bai Changqiu spoke very directly.
The old man, about fifty, known as Elder Ou, only now noticed Baiyu, who had been following behind Bai Changqiu the whole time.
A hint of surprise flashed across his face, then he nodded. "All right, I’ll test him now. Which testing method should we use?"
Bai Changqiu said, "Just the same as with the other disciples. If his bones and talent aren’t sufficient, then it only proves he has no fate with the Immortal Cultivation path.
The Mountain Gate Hall.
One of its original functions is to test disciples."
Very soon.
Baiyu and Elder Ou entered the testing room. After a series of tests, although Baiyu didn’t feel anything special, he could basically guess that these were all measuring a person’s ability to absorb and convert Spiritual Qi.
That was what they called talent.
On Canglan Star.
They basically tested the same things, only with different methods.
The Spiritual Qi in this Profound Origin Realm was already close to drying up, forcing those Great Cultivators to absorb other Cultivators’ Dao Species to replenish their own energy.
So.
These Immortal Cultivation Sects were so harsh in accepting disciples.
After all, in such a spiritually exhausted environment, if your talent was even slightly inferior, you would basically be unable to absorb Spiritual Qi.
Baiyu took a deep breath.
After the tests were completed, he returned to the main hall, where Bai Changqiu quietly waited for the result.
Before long.
Elder Ou came over to Bai Changqiu and Baiyu, holding something like a Crystal Ball.
"His talent is very outstanding—more than enough to join the Star Shining Sect! As expected of your younger brother. With proper cultivation, he might even reach your level someday."
Elder Ou was very pleased.
His monthly quota was to recruit one disciple of decent talent, and Baiyu’s aptitude far surpassed the standard of ’decent’, practically fulfilling his entire year’s workload.
"That’s good, then."
Bai Changqiu looked at Baiyu, wanting to speak but stopping.
Baiyu said, "Don’t worry. I’ll cultivate diligently. Since I’ve already resolved to pursue Immortal Cultivation, I certainly won’t give up halfway."
If it had been the former wastrel saying this.
Bai Changqiu absolutely wouldn’t have believed it.
But these past few days.
Baiyu really had changed a lot from before.
And Elder Ou hadn’t found any traces of possession, which meant Baiyu was perfectly normal.
