If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 452 Looks like an old monster

While eating buns, Li Lin listened attentively to the monks' gossip.

When Li Lin heard the monks mention that some evil figures in super sects such as Dai Qianqiu had gone astray due to their eagerness for quick success and had lost their realm, he raised his eyebrows, but was not too surprised. Instead, he waited quietly.

The development of the world today has deviated greatly from the content of his predictive dream, but as long as the people who created those incidents are still around, what is supposed to happen will happen sooner or later.

It is precisely because some people never wake up until they die that there is so-called destiny in this world.

This is the case with the Immortal Palace, and it is also the case with some other people...

Soon Li Lin noticed some people with suspicious movements. They were smiling, giving people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze, and they also had the righteousness of heaven and earth around them. At first glance, they were righteous monks. However, Li Lin had studied the books of sages under a great scholar, and had a very good understanding of the righteousness of heaven and earth. Therefore, Li Lin could see at a glance that these "righteous monks" were all beasts in human form.

Li Lin came to a stall and casually looked at the magic weapons inside, but his eyes were always observing several people among them.

Soon, one of them took action. The man casually picked up a spiritual plant, and after the other cultivator rubbed his hands and thanked him, he casually threw a storage bag to him and left in a leisurely manner.

Li Lin narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the storage bag.

As a space storage magic weapon, the storage bag is non-aggressive, but it has a built-in magic array to block peeping. Only cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage can remotely peek into the contents of the storage bag without opening it.

Although he was already a Nascent Soul cultivator, there were many people watching in the Taoist competition, and there were too many masters. It was an unspoken rule of the Taoist competition that it was forbidden to peek into other people's storage bags. If he rashly explored, it would definitely attract some people's attention.

After thinking for a while, Li Lin stepped forward and picked up the magic weapon on the stall. The name of the sect was engraved on the magic weapon.

The second-rate sect, Mumao Sect.

The cultivator from Mumao Sect thought that Li Lin was interested in the magic weapon, so he immediately put away the storage bag, smiled and rubbed his hands as he introduced the magic weapon in Li Lin's hand to Li Lin.

"Fellow Daoist, you have good eyesight. This is a willow flute made from a branch of a willow tree that had transformed into a spirit in the Fusion Stage, which was once encountered by Taoist Liu of the Mumao Sect. I used a magic formula in exchange for a branch. It has the power of a lower-grade Earth Rank. As long as you blow this flute with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, you can summon a trace of the willow tree's thoughts and kill the enemy invisibly."

The monk from Mumao Sect introduced the magic weapon while observing Li Lin.

The appearance of monks is very deceptive. Some of them look like young girls in their twenties, but they may actually be very old girls. And those very old girls will really pretend to be very young and use their youthful appearance to deceive people.

It is actually not difficult to distinguish them. In addition to checking the root bones, you can also distinguish them through some details.

Whether they are arrogant or humble, truly young monks with high cultivation have a lot in common. They are often full of energy, very focused, very concerned about the things at hand, and can easily get involved in them.

Those monks who look young and have high cultivation levels but are actually very old mostly look energetic, but are actually very lazy. Not only are their attention spans scattered, they also do things carelessly and sometimes suddenly lose their focus.

Li Lin in front of him looked very young, and his cultivation was still at the Nascent Soul stage. He was either a genius or an old weirdo.

The monks of Mumao Sect keenly noticed that Li Lin seemed to be playing with the willow flute, but his attention was not on the flute.

Obviously an old monster.

The attitude of the Mumao Sect monks unconsciously became perfunctory.

If it was a young Nascent Soul stage cultivator, he would naturally be careful in dealing with him, lest the other party be a prodigy from a first-rate sect.

If it was an old Yuanying monster pretending to be young...

Mumao Sect, though a second-rate sect, had no shortage of Nascent Soul cultivators. Li Lin curled his lips imperceptibly, then bowed respectfully, saying, "I've long heard that your sect's Taoist Master Liu, who used the willow tree to cultivate his Dao, possesses extraordinary skills. To be honest, fellow Daoist, I've come here specifically to join Mumao Sect."

The Taoist Competition is the most grand competition in Taoism, gathering the top and most powerful sects in every stage of Taoism. If there is a chance to join a more powerful sect, at least for the person involved, it would be a step to heaven.

Third-rate and inferior sects work hard to train disciples and try their best to participate in the Taoist competition just to allow their most talented disciples to enter the competition and have the opportunity to join a more powerful sect that they could not even see in the past.

But even if those disciples are lucky enough to join a more powerful sect, they will not be valued. At most, they can only be ordinary outer disciples. Those from the Taoist sect may not even be able to be outer disciples. They can only be odd jobs and be assigned to do some dirty and tiring work.

Upon hearing this, the Mumao Sect cultivator was stunned at first, but then suddenly realized what was going on. He immediately changed his expression and raised his hand in a humble gesture, "Thank you for your kindness, Daoist Fellow. But Daoist Fellow, you also know that although our Mumao Sect is a second-rate sect, our ancestor, Daoist Liu, has long since broken through the Fusion Stage. We can be called a quasi-first-rate sect."

"To be honest with you, fellow Daoist, our Mumao Sect intends to use this Daoist Competition to become a first-rate sect."

"So, fellow Daoist, with your cultivation and age..."

Upon hearing the words "first-rate sect", Li Lin's eyes lit up and he immediately became excited. "Please be flexible. I can do anything!"

The Mumao Sect cultivator crossed his arms, snorted complacently, and then shook his head. "Fellow Daoist, I really can't make the decision on this matter, but... seeing that you are so sincere, how about this? Come here tonight. If you can pass the test, I can help you plead with the elders."

After saying that, the monk from Mumao Sect threw a jade token to Li Lin.

Li Lin put the jade token into his arms, thanked him repeatedly and bought the willow flute generously. However, the monk of Mumao Sect keenly noticed that Li Lin's eyes drooped slightly and his lips pursed for a moment when he took out the storage bag, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

After walking into the dark, Li Lin took out the jade token, which displayed a coordinate.

Li Lin picked up the jade token, ran his thumb over its surface, and then took out the willow flute to examine it carefully.

Although the Willow Flute is an Earth-grade magic weapon, Li Lin could tell at a glance that this magic weapon relied entirely on the good materials to have the power of the Earth-grade, and the level of refining could only be described as garbage.

On the contrary, the jade plate seems to have only the function of positioning, but it is made extremely exquisitely.

If the person who made the jade token were to refine the willow flute, the flute would at least have the power of a mid-grade earth grade.

Li Lin thought again of the storage bag that the monk from Mumao Sect had received.

evening.

Li Lin arrived at the location according to the guidance of the jade card. It was a dark corner, and the yin energy flowing around made Li Lin feel uncomfortable and surprised.

After all, this Taoist competition is held in the Eight Desolations, so the venue of the Taoist competition is extremely particular.

The tower's base features a massive Bagua pattern, symbolizing balance and harmony within the universe. Crafted from black and white stone, the Bagua base features interwoven yin and yang fish, and the eight directional symbols of Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui are engraved, each emitting a faint glow.

Corresponding magic weapons were also placed in the corresponding positions to suppress the Eight Desolations.

Li Lin counted with his fingers, his brows gradually furrowed, and he observed his surroundings with his peripheral vision.

The eight trigrams were missing, but he did not see any obvious abnormalities.

Just as Li Lin was thinking, noisy footsteps were heard.

(End of this chapter)