Zhang Xuanfeng said calmly: "The person whose name was called just now has failed the assessment. The other assessors standing here have passed." "What?!!" Everyone's expressions changed, some were shocked, some were ecstatic, some were dumbfounded, and some were ashen. , some people cried with joy, some cried loudly, and some even fainted to the ground. "Why, why?!" A skinny fifteen-year-old boy stood up, his eyes widened: "Exian, I, I am obviously the third one to come here, why, why am I being raped? Eliminate?" Zhang Xuanfeng said: "Because in this test, the test is not about who came here first, but who can persist the best." "What?" The boy's figure was swaying slightly, as if he was on the verge of collapse. Zhang Xuanfeng said: "At such an age, you have traveled 3,600 miles alone to the official assessment site. Along the way, you have faced various dangers in nature and obstacles of varying degrees deliberately set up by humans, but you have not flinched. Use your wisdom. With courage and perseverance, you have overcome many obstacles and participated in the formal assessment on time. This has proven your excellence. Your courage, perseverance, and resilience are all the best choices. ¡°So, the previous mountain climbing assessment is really a test. It is no longer about courage, perseverance, and resilience, but the desire to seek the Tao by "dare to sacrifice one's life for the sake of the Tao." What's more important is to test whether your own "spirituality" is strong enough. "The fact that you were able to get on the Rainbow Bridge within a cup of tea and not go back, coupled with the previous test of 3,600 miles, has proven that your Taoist heart is firm. "Anyone who can come here , all qualified in this regard. As for spirituality" Zhang Xuanfeng took out a small jade-like examination card in his right hand, which was exactly the same as the one worn on the chests of many teenagers. "This is made of spiritual jade, with miniature formations to assist cultivation engraved inside, which will appear at any time. Inject spiritual energy into the wearer's body. For practitioners who have never practiced before, when their bodies are extremely tired, their body's vitality is exhausted, and they are in a deep sleep state. When their own vitality recovers, they will actively draw and absorb the spiritual energy from the outside world. "While you are sleeping, a special person will come to observe your absorption of spiritual energy. Based on the length of absorption and the amount of absorption, your 'spirituality' will be judged." After hearing this, the young man's face turned pale: "So I, our 'spirituality'" "It's a pity. 'Spirituality' is innate. It's not that you didn't work hard enough, and it's not that your qualifications in other aspects are not good enough, but sometimes the reality is so cruel. "When the young man heard this, he burst into tears. Zhang Xuanfeng was not offended. He waited for a while and said: "Failure in the assessment is not a dead end. If you are willing, you can still join the 'Tian Xuan Sect' and become the 'foreign affairs disciples' of my 'Tian Xuan Sect'." "What?" Many people The eliminated boy looked at Zhang Xuanfeng in disbelief. Zhang Xuanfeng said: "'Tianxuan Sect' does not only have monks, there are also many people who are unable to practice, serving the sect and managing the sect's tens of thousands of huge industries in the secular world. "I said before, you all It is quite outstanding. The reason why it was eliminated is just because of its insufficient spirituality. It is not bad in other aspects. "Putting you into the secular world is like selecting one out of a thousand talents with beautiful talents. Your qualifications in all aspects are far superior to tens of thousands of other people of the same age. You only need to go through a certain period of study and training to be able to work in the secular world." "If you are interested in serving our 'Tianxuan Sect', you can go to the 'Tianxuan Academy' in the secular world to register and enroll without taking the exam. After you come out, no matter how bad you are, you will be able to have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life. If given the opportunity, it would be no problem to be granted the title of Marquis or Prime Minister. "There are not a few 'Foreign Affairs Disciples' of the 'Tianxuan Sect' who have great power in the secular world. Some of them have established a country, become a prince, a king, or even an emperor, and have lived up to their worldly glory. Some people can even do this. It is rare in ancient times and modern times to have the aspects of several countries or even more than a dozen countries. "We, Tianxuan Sect, also attach great importance to such disciples. We will even give immortal elixirs, and they can also live for hundreds of years. " These words made all the young people's minds become active. The thin young boy knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I, Lu Haitao, am willing to become a foreign affairs disciple of the Tianxuan Sect. It's just, just I wholeheartedly pursue the immortal way. Even if I am judged to be spiritually deficient, I still can't completely let go of that obsession, so I want to ask the immortal leader: If we have made a great contribution to the sect we Is there still a chance to practice? " Zhang Xuanfeng said: "The spiritual jade test card you are wearing is worth five thousand taels of silver in the secular world, which is six million coins, and?It has a price but no market, but it is only enough for ordinary outer disciples of the ¡®Tianxuan Sect¡¯ to practice for a few days. "Generally, outer disciples can absorb 40% to 60% of the spiritual energy it emits, but will waste 60% to 40%, while those with insufficient spiritual energy will waste 98% to 99%. "That is to say. , compared with others, the resources you need to practice are ten times and dozens of times more, and the time required is also ten times and dozens of times more. If there is just a lack of resources, there are ways to make up for it, but the time difference of ten times or dozens of times is a huge chasm. "Just think about it, the results you have achieved after practicing for sixty or seventy years can only be compared with others who have practiced for two or three years How can I ask for immortality?" The young man's face was earthy, and his eyes were full of despair. Zhang Xuanfeng asked people to take away these eliminated boys and girls, and he led Lin Geng and others towards the side of the peach forest. The peach forest is narrow vertically, with a cliff of no more than ten feet, but quite wide horizontally. The forest extends to the left and right, surrounding the mountain. After walking a few hundred feet, you saw an open space, surrounded by a large number of exquisite wooden houses, dozens of neat yards, and hundreds of houses, shrouded in mist. There are sparse peach trees around the house, and there is a stream. The stream flows down from the mountain. Obviously this is not the top of the mountain. Zhang Xuanfeng said: "You will each choose a room to live in in the order you climbed up the mountain. You can take whatever food you want in the room. We will make arrangements for the rest tomorrow." There were a total of more than 150 young people around. , each found a room and moved in. The room Lin Geng lived in was three feet long and two feet wide. It had a vertical screen. Behind the screen was the bed. In front of the screen was the living room. There was a pot of tea, a plate of steamed buns and two plates of other pastries on the table in the small hall. They were all ordinary towns. It's not surprising that it can be seen everywhere. After eating, he only felt tired and sleepy, so he fell asleep on the bed. Drowsily, I seemed to hear someone playing the piano, and then fell into a deep sleep. I don¡¯t know how long it took, but while I was half asleep and half awake, I heard someone calling his name. After opening his eyes, he found a boy in Tsing Yi, about eleven or twelve years old, who called himself "Qingfeng Taoist Boy" and asked Lin Geng to go out to gather. Lin Geng climbed down from the bed, his legs were weak, as if he was in a dream.