Chapter 23: Joining the Sect
Although it was Jiang Li who asked her to do this, Li Yu was able to enter Kunlun thanks to Senior Sister Xu. Li Yu would naturally never forget this kindness.
Xu Qingxin chatted with them about some sect matters. After half an hour, Li Yu noticed that the speed of the spirit boat slowed down and was slowly descending.
Xu Qingxin smiled at them and said, "Junior Brother Li, Junior Sister Zhou, we are here."
Li Yu walked out of the attic of the spirit boat and came to the deck. He saw the undulating mountains and towering peaks below. Standing on the high place and looking down, he couldn't help but feel dizzy.
Zhou Zixuan also had a similar feeling. She grabbed Li Yu's arm and managed to stand firmly.
Although the Kunlun Mountains are majestic, Li Yu did not see the Kunlun Sect. The mountains below are endless, and there are nothing but snow-capped peaks. There are no magnificent buildings, and it doesn't look like there is any immortal cultivation sect.
Li Yu was confused, and soon the spirit boat landed on a mountain peak.
This peak is shrouded in clouds and mist and looks like an ordinary mountain. However, a huge platform has been cut out from the mountainside, and several palace-like buildings are located on the platform.
People were coming in and out of the palace from time to time, and there were also many people waiting in the square outside the palace.
Although these palaces looked magnificent and much more majestic than Baiyun Temple, they could not be compared with the second largest Taoist sect in Li Yu's mind.
The spirit boat stopped in the square in front of a certain palace and in front of several other palaces. Many people exclaimed in amazement.
"It's Senior Sister Xu's spirit boat!"
"Senior Sister Xu is back."
"Is that Senior Sister Xu? I heard that her cultivation has reached the peak of the late stage of foundation building and she could have formed a pill long ago. It's just that she has been trying to hone her character that she hasn't formed a pill yet..."
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Li Yu was a little shocked as he listened to the conversation between those people in the distance.
He knew that Senior Sister Xu had the strength of the Foundation Establishment Stage, but he didn't expect that her strength was stronger than Elder Sun. She said that she was only a few years older than Li Yu, so she should not be more than twenty-five, at most twenty-three or twenty-four. She had cultivated to the Golden Core Stage at the age of twenty-three or twenty-four, while Elder Sun had lived for almost two hundred and fifty years and was still lingering in the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Is this the world of immortal cultivation? The gap between people is greater than that between people and dogs...
Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan followed Xu Qingxin and came to a hall.
The area of this hall was extremely wide, and there were many stone chambers separated from it. Xu Qingxin walked to a stone chamber and knocked on the door. A young man in the chamber looked back, was stunned at first, then jumped up from his chair and said excitedly and respectfully: "Xu, Senior Sister Xu, why are you here!"
Xu Qingxin said, "I'm bringing two new junior brothers and sisters to apply for identity jade badges. Should we collect them here?"
The young disciple nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, Senior Sister Xu, two junior brothers and sisters, please sit down and have a cup of tea first. I will help you with these things..."
The young man asked Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan's names, then ran out quickly.
In less than a quarter of an hour, he ran back and handed the two jade tokens to Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan, and introduced them enthusiastically: "Two junior brothers and sisters, these are your identity jade tokens. You must keep them close to your body. These jade tokens are your identity certificates in the sect. You will need to use them a lot. If you lose them, it will be very troublesome..."
Li Yu held the jade token in his hand. It felt like jade, but was softer than jade.
On the front of the palm-sized jade plaque, there was an exquisite alchemy furnace and some charming patterns carved, and on the back was his name engraved. From now on, he was considered an official disciple of the Kunlun Sect.
In addition to the identity tokens, Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan also each received a set of disciple uniforms.
The uniforms distributed by Kunlun are naturally not ordinary items. This set of clothes is woven from silk of a kind of spiritual silkworm. Not only are they invulnerable to swords and guns, they can also avoid ordinary fire and water, and they also have a certain resistance to spells, which can slightly improve the survival ability of low-level disciples outside.
If Chen Ming had this clothes at that time, he would not have been raped by the female ghost twice.
In addition, this clothing can block the detection of spiritual consciousness. After wearing it, even if he is in the foundation-building stage, it is difficult to see through his true cultivation level unless his spiritual consciousness is extremely strong.
They also each received a flying sword, a bottle of energy-restoring elixir, a few low-level talismans, and one hundred spirit coins.
These things seemed to be standard equipment for new disciples. Li Yu just noticed that some of the young faces in the hall almost all had a pile of these things.
After receiving the identity jade card and the items required for entry, Xu Qingxin said to the young disciple: "By the way, Junior Brother Li mainly cultivates the Fire Spiritual Vein and supplements the Wood Spiritual Vein. Please arrange for him to be in Danding Peak. Junior Sister Zhou cultivates the Wood Spiritual Vein, so please arrange for her to be in Biyun Peak."
In principle, new disciples are not eligible to choose which peak to practice in, but must be assigned by the deacons and elders.
Danding Peak and Biyun Peak are both the best places for cultivation. Danding Peak has a bright future, while Biyun Peak is less busy and idle. I don't know how many people want to go in. Generally speaking, those who can enter these two peaks have to make arrangements with the deacons and elders in advance to obtain the qualification.
Moreover, the number of places for the two peaks each time is fixed, and the deacons and elders have already made arrangements. If one more person is assigned, one person will be squeezed out.
However, since Senior Sister Xu had spoken, the principle could be changed. The young disciple did not even hesitate, and did not even think that he did not have such authority. He immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, Senior Sister Xu, I will definitely make arrangements for these two junior brothers and sisters..."
After helping Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan arrange everything, Xu Qingxin said, "The steward disciples will help you arrange the next things. I will go back to the sect first. If Junior Brother Li and Junior Sister Zhou encounter any problems in the sect, you can come to Yuzhu Peak to find me."
Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan watched Xu Qingxin leave, and then the deacon disciple asked tentatively: "My two junior brothers and sisters, I would like to ask, what is your relationship with Senior Sister Xu?"
Li Yu smiled and said, "In fact, we just met Senior Sister Xu today."
Of course, the deacon disciple didn't believe this, but he didn't ask any more questions. He smiled and said, "Wait here for a moment, I will go and arrange for you to enter the peak."
Outside the stone house, many new disciples stood in the main hall, but Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan sat in the house, sipping tea. This made him sigh that the world of immortal cultivation is actually the same as the secular world. It is easier to get things done if you have someone above you...
At this time, in another stone house.
An old man who was in the foundation building stage frowned and said unhappily, "What? You promised to let two people enter Danding Peak and Biyun Peak. Don't you know your own identity and status? What qualifications do you have to agree on my behalf... "
The number of places available at Danding Peak and Biyun Peak is always limited. Some are reserved by elders in the sect for future generations of disciples, while others have been arranged in advance by secular dynasties or immortal cultivation families. There is not a single extra place this year.
He was just a disciple who ran errands for him, but he dared to make such a claim on his own. How could he not be angry?
The young disciple said helplessly: "But Elder Wang, this matter was arranged by Senior Sister Xu..."
The old man who was building the foundation had a livid face and asked, "Which Senior Sister Xu is it her turn to interfere in the matter of new disciples joining the sect?"
The young disciple said, "Senior Sister Xu Qingxin."
The expression on the face of the foundation-building old man froze for a moment, but the next moment he was filled with smiles and said, "So it was Fairy Qingxin who said that. Why didn't you say it earlier? The things Fairy Qingxin entrusted to you must be done well. There can't be any mistakes. You should personally handle the matters of the two disciples joining the sect. If there is any mistake, don't come back..."
As soon as he heard Xu Qingxin's name, the old foundation-building master knew what to do.
Although his status in the sect was not low, it also depended on who he was compared with. If he offended the Fairy Qingxin, even if she would not make things difficult for him, her suitors would still be able to cause him a lot of trouble.
There are only two places, the most I can do is return the two gifts I received...
Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan waited in the house for a while, and then the young disciple came back. As soon as he entered the room, he said enthusiastically: "Junior Brother Li, Junior Sister Zhou, all the matters concerning your joining the sect have been completed. I will take you to the sect now."
The young disciple took Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan out of the stone house, left the hall, and came to the center of the square.
There stands a huge dragon gate archway here, about thirty feet wide and ten feet high. Li Yu saw that after someone stepped through the gate, the figure disappeared completely. At the same time, someone else suddenly walked out from behind the gate.
The young disciple smiled at the two and said, "This is the sect entrance formation. Junior brothers and sisters, bring your identity tokens and let's go in."
After saying that, he stepped into the door first.
Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan looked at each other and then walked in side by side.
When he stepped through the door, he felt a warm feeling from the jade token in his hand. Li Yu felt a flash before his eyes, and the next moment, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed.
What he saw was no longer the Kunlun Mountains, but another endless mountain range with tall and beautiful peaks. Some were connected by bridges, and some pavilions and palaces could be vaguely seen hidden in between. Countless brilliant lights flew in and out of those peaks.
In the sky, there were flying cranes, and some beautiful birds that Li Yu couldn't name, flying past them, with human figures standing on their backs, looking extremely elegant and graceful...
In the farther sky, several upside-down mountains are floating in the air, and there seems to be flickering light of clouds above them.
Compared with these, the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him made Li Yu's pores dilate.
Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan, who were seeing this kind of scene for the first time, stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.
The young disciple was not surprised by their expressions. He smiled and said, "Welcome to Kunlun."
