"Junior Brother Meng, why are you also here to participate in the promotion competition?"
On this day, a large number of inner disciples, elite disciples and even direct disciples of the Xingyue Sword Sect gathered near the sword-making platform. When Yun Zaitian appeared among all the disciples, with an elite disciple of Tiangang Realm as the core, the surrounding A large group of monks with varying levels of cultivation had gathered, but the highest level of these people's cultivation was only the Earthly Evil Realm, which was close to the Tiangang Realm; and this Tiangang Realm monk was mocking the leader of another group of monks opposite.
"Senior Brother Qian, what do you mean?"
According to regulations, disciples of the Xingyue Sword Sect wear green robes or blue robes for outer disciples, yellow robes trimmed with silver for inner disciples, red robes trimmed with gold for elite disciples, and clothing for direct disciples is very casual. , the most obvious thing on this type of disciple is the star symbol that varies in number and emits light of various colors.
At this moment, the monk who was being ridiculed by Senior Brother Qian showed an extremely dissatisfied expression on his face. However, he was a disciple wearing a yellow robe with silver edges. It was obvious that his status was much lower than that of the other monk. The clothes of the monks around him were different from those of him. exactly the same.
"What do you mean, huh, Junior Brother Meng, you have almost become a legend among our Xingyue Sword Sect disciples. After practicing for more than a hundred years, you are still only at the level of Earthly Evil Realm. Those of us who started the journey with you are Basically, they are already elite disciples of Tiangang Mirror, and some have even become direct disciples."
Senior Brother Qian said this, deliberately lengthening his voice and emphasizing his tone: "Several other junior brothers who are similar to you in cultivation have left the sect and returned home early. You are the only one who is still in the sect. You are really thick-skinned! "
As Senior Brother Qian¡¯s words came out, all the monks around him burst into laughter, while Junior Brother Meng and the monks he was close to were flushed with anger. As the monks around Senior Brother Qian became more and more sarcastic, one of the monks on the other side finally roared:
"Qian, don't go too far. If you hadn't begged Senior Brother Meng to give you a Spirit Gathering Pill, how could you have achieved your current level of cultivation? Senior Brother Meng wouldn't have been unable to advance successfully!"
Senior Brother Qian watched a dark-faced young monk emerge from the crowd opposite and expose his background. His face suddenly changed, and his fair face became extremely ugly. This guy was so angry that he was furious, but the dark-faced young monk These are all facts, but this person is indeed a cunning person. Faced with an unfavorable situation, he quickly changed the subject:
"Meng, I will make a bet with you today. If you fail to pass any six of the twelve levels of the promotion competition, you will leave the Xingyue Sword Sect immediately. How about that!"
Junior Brother Meng Meng looked at his former friend with a sneer. He didn't know whether to make this bet for a moment. The monks beside him became silent for a moment. After all, with their strength, they wanted to pass half of the twelve levels of the promotion competition. , is not only extremely difficult but also full of dangers. Seeing this situation, Senior Brother Qian rolled his eyes and thought about it before he spoke again:
"If you don't have the guts, leave the sect immediately, or compete with me in front of the sword worship platform. If you can take three of my moves, I won't mention what happened today!"
Facing the aggressive Senior Brother Qian, Junior Brother Meng turned pale for a moment. He knew that his former friends over the years had already regarded him as a thorn in their side, and sooner or later, if he did not leave, his friends around him would be harmed. He pondered for a moment, looked at the fellow disciples beside him with a miserable expression, turned to look at the large group of people opposite and replied:
"Okay, you win, I will leave the Xingyue Sword Sect today!"
When the monks around Junior Brother Meng heard what he said, they all hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "Senior Brother, why do you need to be familiar with this guy? As long as we find a way to get better results this time, Senior Brother is still very likely to improve his cultivation!"
¡°Senior brother, don¡¯t leave, let¡¯s see what he can do!¡±
Yun Zaitian looked at the fierce quarreling of a large group of monks opposite, shook his head, and sighed. This scene gave him a deeper understanding of the current situation of the Xingyue Sword Sect.
¡°Brother Yun, what¡¯s wrong with you?¡±
Zheng Yan walked to Yun Zaitian's side at this time. He followed Yun Zaitian's gaze and understood quickly.
"Brother Yun, to say that this Junior Brother Qian is really going too far, had Junior Brother Meng not given him a Spirit Gathering Pill, this guy would never have achieved what he has today."
When Zheng Yan said this, he couldn't help but sigh. Yun Zaitian turned to look at him and asked in confusion: "Brother Zheng, what are you?" Zheng Yan, who was promoted to the supervisor of the sword-making platform not long ago, With a wry smile on his face, he explained:
"Back then, Junior Brother Meng Xiongfei was a disciple as famous as the current Senior Brother Nangong, and Qian Liang, who was opposite him, had a much lower cultivation level than him at the time. As a member of the same batchThe disciples who joined the sect, Meng Xiongfei and Senior Brother Nangong were very protective of their fellow sect. They were both highly regarded back then. Later, Meng Xiongfei received three spirit-gathering pills for his outstanding performance. Not long after, his family sent news that his father was old and suddenly fell ill, and asked him to go home to see him for the last time. "
When Zheng Yan said this, he suddenly lowered his voice and continued to his friend: "At that time, everyone rumored that Junior Brother Meng secretly gave a Spirit-Gathering Pill to his father, but in fact, the Spirit-Gathering Pill was probably stolen by Qian Liang. Because later the senior leaders of our sect examined the body of Meng Xiongfei¡¯s father and found that the old man had been poisoned to death by a strange poison.¡±
"Even if Meng Xiongfei's father was poisoned and died, we can't think that Qian Liang robbed him. Is there any other evidence?"
When Yun Zaitian heard this, he gradually became interested in the dispute between the two people in front of him. He wanted to know the ins and outs of the whole thing.
"When Qian Liang joined the sect, his qualification record showed that he only had a top-grade mysterious spirit root with water attribute. However, after Meng Xiongfei was punished for using the spirit-gathering pill secretly, within a few years, this guy's spiritual root became a top-grade one. Tianling root, and was detected to have hidden spiritual root: an extremely rare mutant spiritual root - Yin attribute ice spiritual root."
The mutant spiritual roots are divided into five types: ice, wind, thunder, light, and darkness, and each type is divided into two attributes: yin and yang. Taking ice spiritual roots as an example, monks with yang spiritual roots can major in healing spells, while yin spiritual roots can major in offensive spells; the other four types of mutated spiritual roots basically have the same characteristics.
Yun Zaitian read the record of this spiritual elixir in the jade slip given to him by his friend not long ago. The Spirit Gathering Pill is a top-quality fairy spirit pill that uses a variety of extremely rare elixirs and is refined by at least twelve top masters from the Celestial Realm for three years. Its function is to increase the spiritual root attributes and usefulness of the monks. There is a certain chance of causing the spiritual root level to advance, which can be called a heaven-defying elixir.
Originally, according to Qian Liang's spiritual root qualifications, no matter how outstanding his performance was, he was not eligible to receive the Spirit-Gathering Pill as a reward from the sect. When his spiritual root jumped two levels in a row, he explained to others that it was because he had taken the Spirit-Gathering Pill. After Dan, after several years of hard training, an advanced phenomenon occurred.
Back then, he and Meng Xiongfei obtained the Nangong Sword of the Spirit Gathering Pill. After taking this spirit pill, his spiritual roots changed from Tianling Roots to Immortal Spiritual Roots. After that, his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, and he soon entered the Tiangang Mirror, and in recent years, It has reached the state of Tiangang Mirror Dzogchen. Because the Spirit Gathering Pill is difficult to refine, and the potency of the medicine is somewhat overbearing, monks whose spiritual root qualifications are lower than the top-grade Xuanling Roots and whose cultivation is at the Great Perfection stage of the Mysterious Qi Realm cannot take this spiritual pill, and in the Xingyue Sword Among all the disciples who have taken the Spirit Gathering Pill in the past, at most their spiritual roots have advanced to one level, and no one has ever been able to advance to two levels.
It is not easy to refine the Spirit-Gathering Pill, and if your spiritual root level exceeds that of the Earth Spirit Root, there is no guarantee that your spiritual roots will advance even if you take the Spirit-Gathering Pill. Back then, Nangong Jian had a top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root, while Meng Xiongfei had a top-grade Earthly Spiritual Root. They both received the Spirit-Gathering Pill due to their outstanding performance. The advancement of the Nangong Sword Spiritual Root is already well-known in the entire Xingyue Sword Sect. Meng Xiongfei gave one of the three he had to his father and one to his friend Qian Liang, leaving only one for himself. And after he took the last Spirit Gathering Pill, his spiritual root failed to advance. The worst part was that after he was punished for leaking the secret Spirit Gathering Pill of the sect, he showed signs of damage to his spiritual root qualifications and his cultivation level. Stagnant for a long time.
Since no disciple who took the Spirit-Gathering Pill has ever advanced to two levels, after Meng Xiongfei's incident spread more and more widely, many people believed that Meng Xiongfei's father was poisoned to death because of the Spirit-Gathering Pill, and it was very likely that The person who did this was Qian Liang. Faced with everyone's doubts, Qian Liang explained that the senior brother who had tested the spiritual root for him had made a mistake, and that he actually had a low-grade spiritual root. When interested people were ready to continue the investigation, they unexpectedly discovered that the disciple who took the entrance test for Qian Liang had disappeared for no reason.
There are various signs that Qian Liang must have obtained two spirit-gathering pills and took them. After taking this heaven-defying pill, both pills actually had an astonishing effect. According to past experience, the Xingyue Sword Sect's higher reward of Spirit Gathering Pills is usually to give three pills to outstanding disciples. However, there has never been a case where a person took one Spirit Pill and his spiritual root advanced two levels. Only if you take multiple Spirit Gathering Pills will your spiritual root increase by two levels. However, the chance of this kind of spiritual root increasing by two levels is really rare.
In Huazhou, where humans live, apart from the Xingyue Sword Sect, only the Qingluan Palace of the Yunqin Empire can refine it. Even Yunxian Palace, which is also ranked among the top three human immortal sects in Huazhou, is unable to refine elixirs of this level. Therefore, Julingdan is a kind of elixir that is not sold to outsiders. Even if Qian Liang has enough spirit stones,It cannot be purchased, and the Xingyue Sword Sect manages each batch of spirit-gathering pills very strictly. Except for a very small number of such pills that are used to exchange scarce supplies with other sects, the rest must be handed over to the appropriate party. The disciple took it, so it was impossible for Qian Liang to get additional spirit-gathering pills.
The matter between Meng Xiongfei and Qian Liang has been inconclusive because there is no conclusive evidence. As more and more people in the sect learned about this matter, Han Yu, the master of the Guanghan Palace on the Hanwu Mountain of the Xingyue Sword Sect, personally After checking Qian Liang's qualifications, he announced that he would be accepted as a disciple. This made Qian Liang, who had been unable to become an elite disciple of the sect due to unfavorable rumors, become a direct disciple in one fell swoop. From then on, no one mentioned this matter again. ¡