Chapter 58: Zǐ Méi Zhēn Rén Seeks Recommendation Votes

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  If Zhu Dian's words didn't meet Bai Qi's expectations, Bai Qi would release the demonic gourd and have Pi Luo Tong Zi help get rid of this suspicious Taoist.

  Because of Zhu Que's oath was too severe, Bai Qi's suspicion suddenly magnified countless times.

  He is no ordinary young man, having experienced the turmoil of the empire, his own origin is also mysterious, and the warning from his mother before her death, Bai Qi will never forget.

  In the world of cultivation, there is no such thing as a truly good person.

  Good and evil exist only in relation to the weak.

  For longevity, Qi cultivators can do anything, and those tragic events in the mortal world are really trivial for Qi cultivators.

  To say nothing of others, Bai Qi's own biological father was about to kill his own son.

  "You just need to swear that you won't harm me before entering the inner gate." Zhu Jue replied calmly.

  "Like this, don't you feel a bit taken advantage of?" asked Bai Qi.

  "Of course I'll be at a disadvantage, but what can I do? Unlike you, my sect was attacked and there are still Qi Refiners trying to kill me. If I don't enter the Cloud Dream Inner Gate, I'll never have my revenge."

  "Alright, I promise you." Bai Qi said casually.

  "Thank you, fellow Taoist."

  "Haha, no big deal, I want to join the Yunmeng Sect too, and someone needs to take care of me." Bai Qi smiled with a pleased expression, but Pi Luo Tongzi was gritting his teeth. What kind of good thing is this in the world, where you can just ask for it without having to pay? The old master is indeed young and easily deceived.

  After running for a night, Huangshi was no longer far away. Bai Qi and Zhu Que were no longer displaying their Taoist skills, but instead took steps towards the city of Huangshi.

  At noon, the two of them finally arrived at Huangshi. This Huangshi was originally a big city in the area, and even had a prefecture set up by Da Jin, but now they have all been driven out by Yunmeng Sect, and the ones managing the city are just Yunmeng Sect's outer disciples.

  The Taishoufu was made into a Taoist temple, and the various government offices had long since been abandoned. The common people were terrified for several months, but eventually got used to it. Although this Qi refining master was fierce and tyrannical, he did not collect taxes. Maintaining law and order was more than a hundred times better than the government offices.

  After several months, Huangshi was no longer a place where people didn't close their doors at night and the streets were clean. All thieves and deceivers were caught by the cultivators and refined into skulls, which were then placed in a huge bronze furnace in front of the Daoist temple and burned for dozens of days before they were completely exterminated.

  Yun Meng Zong did not annihilate all the soldiers of Huang Shi, but retained a portion of them to be responsible for daytime security patrols. When Bai Qi and Zhu Que entered the city, because they were wearing Taoist robes, they were not inspected, and the soldiers pointed out the location of the Taoist temple to the two men.

  In recent days, many scattered cultivators have entered Huangshi, all of whom are flocking to Yunmeng Sect. The majority of these scattered cultivators don't even have the qualifications to enter the outer sect, but over a hundred people have been selected and become outer sect disciples of Yunmeng.

  To become an outer disciple of Yun Meng Zong, one must at least have the cultivation level of Qi Transformation Initial Stage. In fact, for many small sects, this Qi Transformation stage is a huge threshold, and disciples who can pass through this realm are already extremely precious.

  Bai Qi felt a bit apprehensive, and he walked shoulder to shoulder with Zhu Que to the front of that palace gate. On the high platform above, there were armored soldiers guarding it. These armored soldiers were high-level magical artifacts, far stronger than the talisman soldiers by an unknown number of times.

  This Cloud Dream Sect is indeed wealthy and arrogant, with thirty-six elite disciples guarding just one gate.

  The path in front of the palace had already gathered nearly a hundred people, all of whom seemed to be flocking to the Yunmeng Sect. In fact, what Zhu Que said wasn't entirely accurate. If you were willing to stay outside the Yunmeng Sect, there wouldn't be much testing required. For loose cultivators in the Huaqi period, they would be directly selected and enter the sect without any difficulty.

  Bai Qi looked around, only to discover that his own strength was not even top-notch among these people who had come to join him. Among the over one hundred people, there were actually more than twenty people who were all late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

  More than a hundred people waiting at the door, organized together, enough to destroy a small gate and a small faction.

  Bai Qi thought to himself, the methods of Yun Mengzong are not much different from those of secular officials. With so many cultivators waiting at the door, even someone as proud and arrogant as him would have his haughtiness deflated.

  It wasn't until the sky was about to darken that the gathering of cultivators in front of the gate exceeded three hundred, yet no one complained. At this time, the grand gate of the Daoist palace finally swung open, and a middle-aged cultivator wearing a red Daoist robe walked out, followed by two young boys.

  "Line up and come in." The Taoist's voice was loud and clear. After finishing speaking, he turned sideways, standing at the door, looking at the cultivators outside.

  More than three hundred cultivators of Qi stood in an orderly manner, automatically lining up and walking into the Dao Palace.

  These people have all had experience before, a few months ago, there were also cultivators who fought with others to get in first, and as a result, they were killed by the old Taoist guarding the door. So now everyone is polite and courteous, just like merchants who make money by being friendly, without any disturbance.

  Bai Qi didn't rush, he simply dragged it out until the end, and entered with Zhu Que. The red-robed old Daoist took a look at the last two people to enter, instructed the child to close the gate, and left on his own.

  Inside the gate, there was a courtyard. The courtyard was much smaller than the square outside, and with over 300 people gathered together, it was somewhat crowded. At this time, a line of Taoist boys came out from the front hall, leading the qigong masters in front of them to the back room.

  These were led to the back of the Qi refining chamber, never to return. Every moment, twelve children would come out and direct new Qi refiners to enter from behind.

  No one knows what's behind the main hall, only these cultivators know. Since it has come to this point, being afraid is also useless.

  Bai Qi stood behind, committing the appearance of each cultivator being led away to memory.

  Zhu Di stood aside, but his heart was even more tense. He had never heard of such a method of selecting people. It seemed that in the future, he might not be able to mix with Bai Qi after all, wouldn't that be a mistake? However, it didn't matter, as they would eventually be from the same sect, and Bai Qi would naturally have little guard against him, and sooner or later he would have the opportunity to make his move.

  He indeed ran into Bai Qi by chance, but as soon as he saw Bai Qi, he recognized him. However, Bai Qi showed no intention of getting close to him, leaving him with no choice but to take a risk and follow closely behind, traveling together with Bai Qi.

  Originally thought to have to wait until dawn, at midnight, there were only eight people left in the yard.

  Eight Taoist boys came out, took the eight people, passed through a low gate on the side, and arrived at the backyard. In the backyard, there were exactly twelve wing-rooms on both sides. Bai Qi and Zhu Que were separated and taken into different rooms.

  Bai Qi entered the house and saw that there was only a desk and a chair inside.

  By the bookcase stood a young Taoist nun. The nun was lovely in appearance, looking only twenty-odd years old, wearing a blue Taoist robe, standing by the table. Seeing Bai Qi come in, she pointed to the chair and said, "Sit down."

  Bai Qi saw dust on the chair and casually brushed it off using a technique from his Wind Riding skill before sitting down.

  The female Taoist nodded secretly, this young man was steady in his actions and observed carefully. This dust is what everyone has when they come in, letting people sit down, but this young man was the second to use Taoist techniques to clean the chair before sitting down.

  The female Taoist took out a volume of Taoist scriptures and placed it on the table, saying: "Use the fastest speed to copy as many talismans as possible."

  Bai Qi was taken aback for a moment, but immediately took out the talisman paper, cinnabar and brush he carried with him.

  This set of things is all genuine goods from Bai Shui Zhen Ren, and some have been around for years. They are not high-end products, but they are very practical.

  The Taoist scroll unfolded, and Bai Qi began to copy the talismans on the paper. The scroll contained all the talismanic characters used in Taoist rituals. To copy them down would also consume his spiritual energy.

  A Qi Refiner who wants to write talismans or create wooden symbols needs to consume a lot of divine thoughts. Yunmeng Sect recruits outer sect disciples, not looking at your current strength, but rather at your potential.

  A powerful cultivator with a strong divine sense, born with an advantage in cultivating the Tao.

  Bai Qi didn't deliberately do it, and he wasn't clear about the purpose of the assessment. However, most of the symbols in that volume were things he had never heard of before. He scanned them with his divine sense and memorized them, which also helped him a lot. In order to remember more symbols, he wrote all the way down, almost without stopping except when dipping his brush in cinnabar.

  Each time he copied them, Bai Qi would deeply engrave these characters in his mind.

  This ancient tome recorded a total of 12,800,000 talismans. The female Taoist saw that Bai Qi's speed was increasing and felt somewhat disappointed, thinking that he was a reckless guy. It must be known that the consumption of divine thoughts becomes more severe as time goes on. A cautious person would slow down the speed of copying talismans, deliberately writing while recovering, so as to prolong the time.

  The cultivator of refining essence and energy wrote for a whole quarter of an hour.

  However, later on, the female Taoist was surprised. Bai Qi didn't show any intention of stopping his brush, and he continued writing for more than half a time unit, still ongoing.

  At this time, a man's voice came from outside the door.

  "Zi Hong, how come it's still not over?"

  The woman Taoist came out quietly, and in front of the door was an old Taoist wearing a purple robe, with thin and long eyebrows that inserted directly into his temples before hanging down, giving off a somewhat white-haired impression. Upon closer inspection, however, not a single white hair appeared.

  "Master, he hasn't finished writing yet." The female Taoist priestess called Zi Hong said in a low voice, afraid of disturbing Bai Qi who was inside the room. Such a genius should be directly admitted to the inner sect. However, disciples of the inner sect can study the important classics of Yun Meng Sect only after passing the test, no one can enter without going through the trial. This rule cannot be broken.

  "Haven't finished writing yet? It's quite interesting, you go back, I'll keep an eye on things here."

  "Yes, Master." Zi Hong knew that his master had taken a liking to him and intended to take in this young Qi cultivator as a disciple, but that would have to wait for several years.

  This young man's luck, his own master Zimei True Person, just happened to be inspired by chance, came to this outer gate to take a look at the newly recruited Qi Refiners. Unexpectedly, this last test was seen by Master. His own master is also one of the top strongmen in Yunmeng Sect's inner door. If this young man is taken in by Master, he can save who knows how many hundreds of years of cultivation time.