Grasping Evil

In the deepest part of the fog, there were two forks, one leading to the outer mountain gate and the other leading to the inner mountain gate of the Ghost Sparrow Sect.

The apprentice ceremony of the Ghost Bird Sect was held at the Outer Mountain Gate, and all the apprentices accepted were from the Outer Sect. Outer sect disciples, after accumulating enough sect contributions, and having a cultivation base of above five layers, can enter the inner sect and become inner sect disciples. As for inner disciples, after breaking through the eighth level of cultivating veins and accumulating enough sect contributions, they can be promoted to sect deacons.

The deacon of the sect has accumulated enough merit and can be promoted to the elder of the sect after the cultivation base breaks through the spirit fusion period.

And above the sect elders, the higher status is, the Four Demon Venerable Ghost Birds!

Most of the sects are basically in this mode. The difference between the righteous way and the magical way is probably the way to obtain the contribution of the sect.

For example, in the sect of the right way, within a month, if the elders are not late to teach the law, and there is no trouble in the sect, they can get 1 point of sect contribution.

As for the Demon Dao Sect, within a month, if at least three brothers and sisters are defeated, they can get 1 point of contribution.

The righteous way is about modesty, while the devilish way is about competition.

The outer mountain gate has not yet been opened, but all those who come to worship the teacher will gather outside the outer mountain gate. The masters of the outer sect who came to watch the grand ceremony had already been brought into the inner mountain gate to rest, and were personally received by the disciples of the inner sect.

Ning Fan had little interest in being promoted to a sect position. He was only interested in the Ghost Sparrow Sect. Xuan Yin Qi counts as one, and Lanmei counts as half.

The outer mountain gate has not been opened for a long time, and the elders of the assessment have not appeared for a long time. It seems that the disciples of the examination school are patient. The road of Taoism is boring and lonely. If you don't have this patience, it is not enough to cultivate immortals.

The wait is long, Ning Fan is cross-legged and will not waste the waiting time. Even if there is no elixir, he secretly runs the magic power Zhoutian, prompting the immortal veins to ascend to the spirit, and cultivates by himself.

The only surprise was that the first round of the entrance examination was a test of patience. He thought that entering the sect was just a walk through the motions, and he would not waste much time. Now it seems that it cannot be over in a short time.

Originally made an appointment with Lanmei to treat him tonight, so let's postpone it for the time being. For Ning Fan, this was not a big thing that he had to do.

Similar to Ning Fan, many people who seek the Tao with a calm mind are all cross-legged on the ground, exercising mana to open up immortal veins around the sky. And most people, although they are also waiting, will inevitably have a trace of anxiety on their faces.

Outside the outer mountain gate, the first wait is three days. Except for Ning Fan, the other seekers were all cultivators who had developed the pulse. They had not yet eaten food for three days.

One after another, those who are not strong in the Tao, leave. Most of the people who left at first were the sons and brothers of the mortal official family, who could not bear the hardship. In their imagination, cultivating immortals should be a time of relaxation and joy, but they never thought that they would endure so much hardship, so they were naturally disappointed.

Wait, another three days have passed. For six full days, outside the Waishan Gate, all the seekers had not eaten water or rice, and those who were slightly weaker could no longer endure it, and some people left.

The third day passed again, and on the ninth day, only one-third of the original number remained outside the Outer Mountain Gate, only more than 200 people.

Except for Ning Fan, most people's faces were not very good-looking.

In the Outer Mountain Gate, several Outer Mountain Gate elders secretly observed the seekers with their spiritual senses, and nodded frequently.

"There are as many as 200 people who passed the first test this year. You must know that in previous years, 100 people passed the test, which is not bad. The destruction of the Tianli Sect will benefit my sect not small." The old man in yellow robe smiled.

"Well, it seems that this session of Wai Shanmen will attract a lot of outstanding disciples. Especially the young man sitting in the corner with a white coat and a black cloak. For nine days, he sat there, and he didn't move at all. He was so calm. Zi Dao’s heart must be as solid as a rock, and it is the most suitable for cultivating demons. After all, the magic method often enters the realm quickly, and it is easy to generate demons, and the most test is the Dao heart.”

An old man in black robe, stroked his beard, was full of praise for Ning Fan.

These elders, but the spiritual cultivation level, could not see that Ning Fan was in the spiritual cultivation level, otherwise, they would be even more shocked.

Among the elders of the Outer Mountain Gate, a young man in black robe looked at Ning Fan with an unnatural expression.

"Young Master Qimei, Ning Fan. You really came..."

This black-robed young man was one of the Four Demon Lords, the "Black Lord" Yan Bai, who was scared out of the Mo family by Ning Fan, Yan Chaiyun.

Now, when he returned to the sect, he turned in his contributions and was promoted to elder. However, Ning Fan's terror left an indelible mark on his heart.

"Haha, Elder Yan is also interested in this younger generation? You can't rob us old men." A smiling old man winked at Yan Chaiyun, and Yan Chaiyun was dumbfounded.

'Grab a person' refers to a disciple with excellent aptitude, after becoming a disciple of the outer sect, he is attached to each elder. Obviously, these few elders of the outer sect, who had cultivated spirituality, were all attracted to Ning Fan. I was afraid that once Ning Fan passed the next few tests and officially became an outer sect disciple, the old men would rob people.

Yan Chaiyun laughed dryly, but he never thought of letting Ning Fan join him. That young man is too terrifying. I am afraid that none of the elders of the Rongling period present at the moment can surpass Ning Fan.

"These old men are still dreaming of recruiting Ning Fan... I'm afraid that in the next few tests, these old men will be shocked..."

After nine days of screening, when it was dark, there were finally a few sect deacons on the eighth floor of the veins to open the outer mountain gate.

The seeker, who had been suffering from hunger and cold for nine days, was somewhat complaining in his heart. But when they saw the terrifying cultivation of several deacons, they were all silent, and they didn't dare to complain any more, and they all stood up respectfully. And Ning Fan, also got up, patted the dust on his body, felt the situation of the immortal veins rising in his body, shook his head and sighed.

On the ninth day, it was only for one immortal vein, and it was only one tenth of the level. Does this mean that with one's own cultivation, it is possible to ascend one immortal vein in three months?

This speed is not too slow, but it is like a turtle crawling to Ning Fan's 30-pulse meridian.

"After joining the sect, use the medicinal materials that the Zhengmo sect paid tribute to, and refine some medicinal herbs. The ascending spirit pill cannot be refined, and there are a few rare elixir. However, it is possible to refine a 'spirit burning pill'. .. the efficacy of this pill is far inferior to that of Shengling Pill, and taking the pill will also cause great pain... However, it seems that there is no choice."

When Ning Fan pondered, 200 seekers had already been introduced into the outer mountain gate by several deacons, but Ning Fan did not look at all and entered the mountain gate with the crowd.

The first test is over. Tomorrow, there will be a second test, and before that, those who are hungry and cold can get a one-night rest.

In the 10-person thatched hut, Ning Fan sat alone on the ground floor, continuing to run Zhou Tian, ​​raising spirits for the immortal veins. The other 9 people went out one after another and went to the kitchen to eat.

After everyone left, Ning Fan stood up suddenly, his hairband turned blue, but he used the stealth technique of the Jin Xuan Spiritual Suit.

After the ninth day of meditation, Ning Fan didn't feel tired at all, and he didn't need to rest, but he was willing to go out to investigate the whereabouts of Xuan Yin Qi while everyone was away.

Xuanyin Qi, as the name suggests, must be formed in a place of extreme yin. But Ning Fan's spiritual sense was released carefully, the entire outer mountain gate, there is no extremely yin place at all.

In addition to the fog that persists all year round, some souls are cold, but they are far from the level of 'extremely yin'.

There is no outer mountain gate. Could it be that the mysterious yin is hidden in the inner mountain gate?

Ning Fan used his invisibility magical powers, passed through the building, went straight to the inner mountain gate, and all the guards along the way were ignored by Ning Fan.

With the hidden magical powers of his Jinxuan spiritual suit, it was difficult for the cultivators in the early stage of Jindan to see through, and no one in the outer mountain gate could see Ning Fan. Maintaining a hidden posture, Ning Fan sneaked all the way to the end of the outer mountain gate, a huge yellow jade gate that was a hundred zhang high.

Within the giant gate, I think it is the inner mountain gate. Outside the giant gate, the yin and yang locks in Ning Fan's dantian seemed even more excited.

"Here, is there anything that makes Yin Yang lock care about..."

Ning Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stepped into the giant gate. But at this moment, a layer of gray formation light curtain suddenly lit up, and at the same time, a sharp voice resounded through the Ghost Sparrow Sect. As for Ning Fan's invisibility magical power, it was directly destroyed by the formation.

Ning Fan's expression changed, unexpectedly, such a strange formation was set up in the inner mountain gate. With Ning Fan's formation cultivation base, he didn't realize that there was an formation here.

It's not that the rank of this formation is too high, but the formation here is too natural and has become one with heaven and earth, how can one see that there is an formation here. The eye of the formation is even more integrated with the heaven and the earth, and it is difficult to find it. It is not easy to break the formation, unless it is attacked and destroyed.

I don't have a deep hatred with the Ghost Sparrow Sect, why did I ruin this formation...

"It seems that it is impossible to enter the inner gate for the time being. Xuan Yin Qi, whether it is the inner gate is unknown... Let's talk about it in the future."

Not far away, experts from the Ghost Sparrow Sect have come one after another to check who wants to forcibly break into the inner door. Ning Fan knew that he couldn't stay here for a long time, so he stepped on the ice rainbow, turned around and left.

...

In the middle of the night, outside the hut, there were bursts of insects. In the thatched hut, Ning Fan was meditating cross-legged, and a few teenagers beside him were in high spirits and talking a lot.

"Have you heard? In the evening, someone forcibly broke into the inner door, disturbing many experts in the outer door, and even an elder of the Rongling period who chased the troublemaker himself, but didn't catch him."

"I don't know what kind of daring person who dared to break into the inner door privately. I heard that the person escaped in the direction of our house... Hey, Ning Fan, have you seen the appearance of that senior Rongling?"

"I don't know." Ning Fan's tone was very light.

"Hmph, what's the look... The questioning boy is obviously very dissatisfied with Ning Fan's tone of refusing people thousands of miles away. He frowned and stopped paying attention to Ning Fan.

"Speaking of which, tomorrow's second round of assessment seems to be going to the 'Ghost Forest'... I heard that I am waiting for the seeker and will stay in the ghost forest for a month."

"What, the ghost forest? The cemetery where the Ghost Sparrow Sect discarded the corpses of the enemy? I heard that there are many ghosts and ghosts there. They are extremely powerful. Even if they are masters of the tenth floor of the veins, it is difficult to survive."

"Don't worry, for those of us who seek the Tao, the highest cultivation level is only the fourth layer of the veins, and the lowest cultivation level is only mortals. The Ghost Bird Sect should not let us go too deep into the ghost forest..."

"At that time, it seems that the sect will issue a sect contribution card, it seems that it will hunt ghosts, and it seems that it will collect elixir... I don't know what the specific assessment will be..."

Everyone's discussion fell in Ning Fan's ears, his eyelids slightly raised.

The ghost forest... Since it is a place where ghosts live, it must be extremely cold, and I don't know if Xuan Yin Qi will be there. After all, no matter where you are or not, you always have to search for it.