Xiuxian, I have a high martial arts world

Chapter 148: The new sect assessment, the shadow of the second brother

On the nineteenth day of winter, everything goes well.

The new round of sect assessment for Changchun Sect has officially begun.

The scale of this sect assessment is exceptionally large. Changchun Sect announced that it would recruit one hundred inner disciples and one thousand outer disciples.

Therefore, several days ago, the inns in the market town at the foot of the mountain were already filled with mortals.

Today is the first day of the assessment, and the assessment officially begins.

Lin Chen saw thousands of children aged fifteen or sixteen, with excitement on their faces, climbing towards Changchun Mountain.

What is different from the last sect assessment is that this time Lin Chen is no longer a young man climbing up.

He became an assessing elder who stood at the top of the mountain and watched the young man climb up.

In the Disciple Square, dozens of sect elders gathered together, pointing and commenting on the projected formation in front of them.

What is displayed in this formation is the climbing scene of the disciples below.

"Tsk tsk, the quality of the disciples this time is pretty good! There are also a lot of people taking the test, with more than 20,000 people taking the test on the first day." An elder conducting the test exclaimed.

"Of course. After all, the sect assessment three years ago was cancelled, so there are naturally more mortals participating this time."

"This assessment will last for seven days and will be unprecedentedly large. I'm afraid the number of mortals participating in the assessment will exceed 100,000."

Lin Chen sat quietly in the corner, looking at the scene in front of him, and heard the conversation of the elders.

At this time, in the screen.

Just like a few years ago, many teenagers aged fifteen or sixteen climbed up the mountain, talking and laughing.

Most young people do not know how to conserve their energy, and after climbing a thousand meters, they will gradually fall behind.

The higher you go, the fewer teenagers there are climbing.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Lin Chen felt a little emotional.

"In a year of frequent wars, every cultivator is in danger, not to mention the foundation-building cultivators...even the Jindan cultivators cannot completely protect their own lives."

"But these mortals still want to join the immortal cultivation sects and cultivate immortality... Why is that?"

"Indeed, compared to the monks, the situation of mortals is even worse..."

Lin Chen thought silently in his heart.

In the world of immortality, the weak eat the strong.

Monks regard mortals as worthless.

The powerful monks regard the weak monks as pigs and dogs.

The saying "Only those who have achieved the Golden Core stage can be considered as our kind" was probably said by a Golden Core cultivator, meaning that those who have not reached the Golden Core stage are not of the same kind as him.

Lin Chen understood this truth when he first traveled through the world of immortal cultivation and encountered cultivators who robbed caravans and massacred mortal villages.

And then to Yudai City... out of a million mortals, only less than a hundred thousand were left in just a few months.

Ninety percent died.

Most mortals do not have the ability to compete with the world of immortals.

If you want to have the power to protect yourself, there is only one way, and that is to become a monk.

"Alas, after all, the number of people who can cultivate immortality is still small..."

"Half of them have spiritual roots, and most of them have mixed spiritual roots...less than one-tenth of them can truly practice."

"But the number of cultivators who can achieve success in cultivation is only one percent, or even several hundred percent..."

Looking at the scene of these young people climbing up, Lin Chen felt a little compassion in his heart.

Regardless of whether they are righteous or evil, all cultivators share one belief:
"If Heaven doesn't give me what I want, I'll take it myself!"

For a person who practices Taoism, it is a process of competing with heaven and earth...

At this moment, an idea suddenly arose in Lin Chen's mind.

"I promoted the cultivation of immortals in the world of immortals to the Great Xia Kingdom and changed the world of high martial arts..."

"So, can we promote martial arts to the world of immortal cultivation?"

Apparently, yes.

In the world of high-level martial arts, the conditions for cultivating immortals are very harsh.

It requires spiritual energy, and it also requires the transplantation of various spiritual medicines and the mastery of various inheritances from the world of immortal cultivation...

However, it is very easy to learn martial arts in the world of immortal cultivation.

After all, physical cultivation has existed in the world of immortal cultivation since ancient times.

Moreover, martial arts do not require spiritual roots. The spiritual energy of the immortal world is of great help to the practice of martial arts. The martial arts talent of mortals in this world is also far beyond that of the high-level martial arts world.

The only thing missing is a breathing method.

If Lin Chen teaches the breathing method to mortals, perhaps within a few years, he will be able to produce a group of warriors who are comparable to the foundation-building and Qi-refining cultivators.

Even, they formed a martial arts force in the world of immortal cultivation...

Once this thought emerged in Lin Chen's mind, it was like a tide that could not be stopped.

But soon, Lin Chen calmed down.

"There is naturally a lot of potential in promoting martial arts in the world of immortal cultivation..."

“But, to the monks, this might be paganism?”

"At this moment, the consequences are too serious to be carried out lightly. We still have to go back and discuss it with the Martial Arts Palace and make a long-term plan..."

Lin Chen thought silently.

This is actually not difficult to imagine. From the perspective of monks, they practice hard and have a sense of superiority that makes them look down on mortals and are superior to all living beings.

If suddenly, those Muggle mortals who cannot practice cultivation possessed power comparable to theirs...

As the ultimate source, Lin Chen is very likely to offend most of the cultivators in this world and even be hunted down.

"Therefore, until we have enough power to protect ourselves, this idea has to be shelved for the time being."

Lin Chen looked back at the scene of the mortals climbing the mountain in front of him.

Several hours passed and it was almost afternoon.

More than 99% of the teenagers were eliminated.

At this time, among the more than 20,000 young climbers, only less than 200 were still persisting.

Most of these boys are fourteen or fifteen years old and have strong bodies.

Some of them come from families of cultivators of immortality. They have been taking medicinal baths and cultivating their energy since childhood, and their bodies are far superior to those of ordinary people.

Others come from small villages and are mountain hunters.

Although he does not have abundant resources, he has been hunting since he was a child and can occasionally eat wild delicacies, so his physical fitness is far superior to that of ordinary people on Blue Star.

Even so, for these young people, mountains thousands of feet high are still not pleasant.

By evening, more than a hundred young people had climbed up Changchun Mountain.

After reaching the top of the mountain, some of them hugged each other and cried, while others danced with joy.

For them, these 30,000 steps to immortality are the turning point that changes their destiny.

Soon, an assessment elder stepped forward and announced:

"Everyone, congratulations on passing the first level."

"Tomorrow, the 30,000-step Ascension Assessment will continue, and everyone's spiritual root qualifications will be tested..."

"Now please everyone go to the temporary disciple residence to rest."

Soon, these one hundred or so mortal boys were taken to the disciples' residence.

Lin Chen also completed today's task and returned to Danfeng to practice.

Over the next few days, the entry test went smoothly.

By the sixth day, nearly 100,000 mortals had participated in the 30,000 steps to immortality.

But only about a thousand people can pass.

The pass rate is about one percent.

About 20% of those who pass the first round of assessment will be eliminated.

In the end, only more than 800 disciples met the spiritual root requirements and were able to join the Changchun Sect. Among them, there were about 70 to 80 people with double spiritual roots or above who were qualified to join the inner sect.

After receiving the order from his master, Lin Chen did not extend an olive branch to any of the disciples.

Danfeng had no plans to recruit new disciples, so Lin Chen saved himself the trouble and just stayed in the corner like an invisible person.

……

Until the afternoon of the seventh day, the last day of the assessment.

At this time, this assessment has come to an end.

On the last day, there were more than 10,000 young men climbing the mountain.

But near evening, there were still less than a hundred people left who were holding on.

Lin Chen stayed in the corner, yawning out of boredom. When his eyes swept across the formation scene, he saw a somewhat familiar figure.

"This boy looks familiar, what's going on..."

Lin Chen muttered.

On the screen, the young man that Lin Chen was paying attention to was wearing a coarse cloth robe and his hair was neatly tied behind his head.

He has a sturdy build and is obviously a young man from the village, not from a family of immortal cultivators.

"Elder Liu, can you show me the assessment list?"

Lin Chen said this, and the internal affairs elder beside him quickly handed over a list.

After Lin Chen searched for a while, he quickly locked his eyes on a name.

"Zhou Tieshan... is it really him?"

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes, and his memory went back to that day more than five years ago.

That was the first time that Lin Chen left Changchun Gate. He went with his senior brother Cen Wushan to carry out a mission to encircle and suppress a group of robber cultivators.

On the way, his senior brother was afraid that he was tired, so he stopped at a village to rest.

Coincidentally, that small village was Zhoucun, the village where Lin Chen encountered the calamity cultivators when he first traveled to the immortal world.

That day, out of interest, Lin Chen randomly tested the spiritual roots of a young boy.

The result is a single spiritual root of earth element.

That is Zhou Tieshan in front of us...

"It's been more than five years. Zhou Tianshan is almost fourteen years old..."

Lin Chen muttered.

From an eight or nine-year-old kid to a fourteen-year-old boy, it goes without saying that his appearance has changed a lot.

Lin Chen was able to recognize him, and he really felt that the boy's temperament was somewhat familiar...

"This simple temperament, and that look..."

Lin Chen looked at the young man in the picture and took a deep breath.

"Like, so similar..."

"This Zhou Tieshan is so similar to Second Senior Brother..." Looking at the formation picture, Lin Chen suddenly fell silent.

He still remembered the conversation he had with his second senior brother when they were in Zhoucun.

"People who practice Taoism pay attention to the word fate..."

"Every bite and every drink has its own destiny..."

After a long silence, Lin Chen murmured:
"So, Second Brother, is this fate?"

Lin Chen's heart moved slightly. He followed his master's orders and had no intention of recruiting disciples for Danfeng.

But seeing the shadow of his second senior brother in Zhou Tieshan, Lin Chen had some other ideas...

"However, let's wait and see what this young man says. We still have to ask the master if he is willing..."

"More than five years have passed, I wonder if he still remembers me?"

Lin Chen thought silently in his heart.

Next, Lin Chen's attention was more focused on Zhou Tieshan.

Although Lin Chen left some pills when he left Zhoucun.

But compared with those young men from immortal cultivation families, Zhou Tieshan's physical fitness is still much worse.

However, Lin Chen saw a hint of determination in Zhou Tieshan's eyes.

Although he climbed with great difficulty, he tried his best to conserve his strength and made the final sprint towards the top of the mountain.

One step, two steps...

The steady steps and the sweat on his chin reminded Lin Chen of himself in the past.

……

Finally, until the sun completely set.

Zhou Tieshan climbed to the top of Changchun Mountain, and with him were about a hundred young men.

At this time, the assessment elder also stepped forward and announced:
"This year's Changchun Sect entrance examination ends here!"

"Everyone, please take a rest for a night. The spiritual root test will begin tomorrow."

The young men followed the assessment elder to the temporary disciple residence.

Zhou Tieshan stood in the crowd, looking left and right, as if looking for something.

Lin Chen did not go up to talk to Zhou Tieshan, but returned to Danfeng.

He decided to ask his master for advice.

……

Danfeng, alchemy room.

Lin Chen told Han Jihai about Zhou Tieshan.

Han Jihai was silent for a while after hearing this, and then asked:
"Chen'er, are you saying... this boy looks a lot like your second senior brother?"

"There's a mountain character in the name, too..."

Han Jihai murmured to himself, with some ripples in his eyes.

Those who practice Taoism believe most in the word "fate".

But since the death of his second senior brother, Han Jihai has lost the desire to accept more disciples.

After decades of hard work in raising them, Han Jihai treats each of his apprentices as his own family.

Cen Wushan’s death was a great blow to him.

After a long silence, Han Jihai sighed and said:

"If that child is interested in joining Danfeng, please bring him to me..."

"I have to see what kind of character that child has..."

After hearing this, Lin Chen nodded without saying anything more.

……

The next day, Disciple Square.

Hundreds of disciples gathered together and began the spiritual root test.

By noon, the spiritual root test was already halfway through.

There are quite a few disciples with dual spiritual roots among these hundreds of disciples, but unfortunately those with single spiritual roots have not appeared yet.

Until the assessment elder announced:

"The next tester is Zhou Tieshan."

The muscular Zhou Tieshan stepped out from the crowd. After looking around, he felt a little disappointed.

Finally he walked onto the spirit-testing platform and placed his hands on the spirit-testing stone.

As the dazzling light flashed, a brown beam of light shot up into the sky, reaching a height of ten feet.

The elder who was testing the spiritual roots was stunned for a moment, then he said quickly:
"Zhou Tianshan, top-grade single spiritual root!"

For a moment, the entire disciples' square was in an uproar.

"Tsk tsk, it's actually a top-grade single spiritual root! Looking at this glow, it's only one step away from being an earth spiritual root, right?"

"He has earth-type spiritual roots. He is definitely a good candidate for joining Zhenfeng!"

The elders around were talking about it, and the disciples were all envious.

Several elders of the Zhenfeng nearby were even more radiant with laughter:

"Haha, a top-grade earth-type single spiritual root, what a good seedling! Even better than Li Zhenqian's talent back then. We at Zhenfeng want this disciple!"

Soon, the elders from the four peaks of Danzhenqifu gathered together and began to prepare for enrollment.

Lin Chen thought about it and stood with these elders.

When Elder Wang of Zhenfeng saw Lin Chen, he smiled and said:
"Senior Brother Lin, is your Danfeng also planning to recruit disciples this year?"

In the past few days, Lin Chen did not come to recruit students, but on the last day, he came to recruit students, which made Elder Zhen Feng a little confused.

After hearing this, Lin Chen smiled and said:

"I saw a disciple today and I'm interested in him, but I don't know if he has a connection with my Danfeng... If he does, I will accept him as the last disciple on behalf of my master."

After hearing this, Elder Wang nodded.

But then he felt something was wrong and muttered:

"I'm interested... Could it be that Zhou Tieshan?"

Thinking of this, Elder Wang had a bad feeling in his heart.

At this time, more than twenty inner disciples were choosing the main peak to which they would join for cultivation.

Elder Wang decided to strike first, so he came to Zhou Tieshan and said:
"Zhou Tieshan, do you plan to join my Zhenfeng?"

"My Zhenfeng is the largest peak in Changchun Sect. You have earth spirit roots, which makes you very suitable for practicing the Dao of Zhen..."

However, Elder Wang had not yet finished speaking.

But Zhou Tieshan just passed him and walked in front of Lin Chen.

With a look of six parts excitement and four parts uncertainty in his eyes, he asked:

"You...you are the immortal from Changchun Sect who passed through Zhoucun that year?"

Lin Chen smiled after hearing this. He didn't expect that this boy still remembered him.

So he nodded and said:
"I didn't expect that in five years, you've grown so big."

Seeing Lin Chen admit it, Zhou Tieshan was pleasantly surprised and said quickly:

"Will you accept me as your disciple? I would like to be your disciple..."

After hearing this, Lin Chen shook his head and said:
"I am not the peak master, and I have no intention of accepting disciples..."

"However, I am a disciple of Danfeng. If you are willing to join my Danfeng, you can be my junior brother..."

When Zhou Tieshan heard the first half of the sentence, he felt a chill in his heart.

Over the past five years, he always remembered Lin Chen's kindness, and learned from his parents that Lin Chen was the immortal who saved their Zhou Village seven years ago.

Therefore, he was determined to become Lin Chen's disciple.

But after hearing Lin Chen say that he could not be a disciple but could be a junior brother, Zhou Tieshan was satisfied.

So he said quickly:

"Brother, I would like to join Danfeng."

After hearing this, Lin Chen nodded slightly and said:
"Well, you and Danfeng are destined to be together. I will take you to see my master and see if he is willing to accept you as his disciple..."

After hearing this, Zhou Tianshan was naturally very willing.

On the side, a group of elders, including Elder Zhen Feng, felt resentful after seeing this scene.

You are so good, Danfeng. You haven't accepted any disciples during this sect assessment.

As a result, he took away the most outstanding disciple as soon as he made a move...

The elders looked at each other and finally gave up.

The Danfeng of today is incomparable to that of the past.

Not to mention that Han Jihai, the head of Danfeng, is now a Jindan cultivator, and the status of Danfeng has risen sharply.

Just talking about Lin Chen...

These elders have all witnessed Lin Chen's growth.

In just seven years, he grew from an ordinary person to a cultivator who had achieved great perfection in the foundation-building stage.

In addition, considering the combat prowess that Lin Chen demonstrated in the sect competition a few years ago, how could these sect elders dare to snatch disciples from Lin Chen?

I'm afraid that even if they attack together, they won't be enough to defeat Lin Chen...

What's more, these elders also knew that Lin Chen was not far from the Jindan stage.

If he is interested in the position of sect leader, he will probably be the strongest competitor for the position of sect leader of Changchun Sect.

Thinking of this, several elders stepped forward and said:

"Congratulations, Elder Lin, for having a new junior brother!"

"Congratulations to Danfeng for accepting another excellent disciple!"

Since he cannot be accepted as a disciple, the elders from other peaks will naturally come over to curry his favor.

Lin Chen smiled and responded one by one:

"My fellow disciples, we need to go back and ask our master for his opinion..."

"I won't stay long."

After hearing Lin Chen's words, these elders felt jealous again.

They wished they could worship this top-notch single spiritual root genius.

But when I got to Danfeng, I actually had to ask before deciding whether to accept me...

Lin Chen smiled and took Zhou Tieshan to Danfeng and brought him to his master.

"Master, this young man is Zhou Tieshan, look..."

(End of this chapter)