Xu Chenglin woke up leisurely and sat up straight with his hands on the stone table. He rubbed his hazy eyes and looked around, and then he realized that he should be in a pavilion.

"Is this the Banlu Pavilion halfway up the mountain?"

With this idea, Xu Chenglin stood up hurriedly.

Standing on the edge of the pavilion, Xu Chenglin saw the towering peaks leading from the pavilion, and the mountain road stretching below. Thinking of what he saw at the foot of the mountain before, Xu Chenglin confirmed that this was the Banlu Pavilion. But when he arrived, the Banlu Pavilion was not at all.

I couldn't remember. After some thinking to no avail, Xu Chenglin decided to take a look along the mountain road to the top of the mountain first.

Just as Xu Chenglin was about to step up, Xuan Ling's voice came from the top of the mountain.

"Just wait at the halfway pavilion, and someone will come to pick you up."

Xu Chenglin stopped when he heard the words and returned to the pavilion obediently. Xuan Ling just said a word and did not show up to see him. At this time, he already knew in his heart that Xuan Ling did not want to see him anymore.

He and Xuan Ling should have parted ways here.

Xu Chenglin sighed and lay down directly on the stone table. He was a little uneasy in his heart, and his expression was a little disappointed. Going to a foreign country alone and unfamiliar with the place, even an adult would be a little uneasy, let alone a teenager.

After experiencing two separations, no matter how tough Xu Chenglin's character is, he will inevitably feel depressed.

Not long after, a person came down the mountain. The person who came was none other than one of the two young men Xu Chenglin had seen before.

"Come with me."

The young man's tone was very stiff and rather formulaic.

"I don't know, what do you call senior?"

Xu Chenglin rolled his eyes and bowed towards the young man, clasping his fists.

"Senior? I don't dare to take this! How dare I, a small Qi Condensation monk, take on the title of senior. My real name is Wang Xin. According to the regulations, you can just call me Uncle Wang."

"It's Uncle Wang. I wonder where we are going?"

Xu Chenglin bowed respectfully to Wang Xin, his expression very respectful.

Wang Xin looked at Xu Chenglin's respectful attitude, and his mood instantly improved a lot, and his tone was no longer stiff as before.

"I will take you to the Foreign Affairs Hall to register and get the jade badge of an outer disciple. Then someone will arrange your food, clothing, housing and transportation. In the following days, you will officially embark on the path of spiritual practice."

Xu Chenglin nodded lightly and followed Wang Xin out of the halfway pavilion. Wang Xin, who was walking in front, turned to the left of the pavilion, while Xu Chenglin, who was following behind, felt strange for a while.

"There is obviously no road on the left side of the pavilion, why did Uncle Wang go to the left?"

Just as he was about to ask, Xu Chenglin saw Wang Xin's surroundings fluctuate. Wang Xin's body seemed to have touched a layer of water curtain, and then disappeared before his eyes. Xu Chenglin was startled and hurriedly ran a few steps to see what was going on. Only

Seeing that the place where Wang Xin disappeared just now was still as empty as before. Thinking of the previous situation at the foot of the mountain, Xu Chenglin hesitated slightly. But seeing that Wang Xin had disappeared for a moment, he thought that he was also following Wang Xin's example.

He looked forward and walked forward. Because of the previous lesson of triggering the formation, Xu Chenglin had the consciousness of being ejected. The reality was not as he thought, but he heard Wang Xin's laughter.

"Boy! You've been bitten by a snake once, and you've been afraid of well ropes for ten years. I didn't say anything, just to see if you dare to follow me. Yes, you are very brave."

After laughing a few times, Wang Xin began to explain to Xu Chenglin.

"The formation at the bottom of the mountain protects against humans and beasts, so it has some power. The formation at the top of the mountain is just a small illusory formation, with only a confusing effect."

Xu Chenglin's face turned a little red, then he nodded humbly and took notes.

Seeing the change in Xu Chenglin's expression, Wang Xin thought of something, so he smiled slightly and continued to speak.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I was pretty much the same as you when I first came here. It's normal to have things you don't understand when you first enter the spiritual world. There's nothing to be ashamed of. It'll be fine if you see more of them in the future."

Xu Cheng

Lin nodded and responded to Wang Xin.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the real mountain gate of the academy."

"What is the real mountain gate?"

Xu Chenglin had questions in his mind and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, the real mountain gate. Didn't Master Xuanling tell you? This mountain road is called the Endless Road. The illusions on the mountain road are to test the perseverance of practitioners. New disciples of the sect must pass through

One trial, one journey on the endless road. To be honest, we were really surprised that we were able to persist on the endless road for so long for the first time.”

"Uncle Wang is so complimentary."

"Hey! You are so humble."

The atmosphere of the conversation between the two became more lively, and the road under their feet seemed to go very fast.

At this time, Xu Chenglin had a clear understanding in his heart, and had some guesses about what Xuan Ling had not explained to him about the trial before.

"Previously Xuan Ling asked him to follow him up the mountain to go through the test, but he didn't make it clear to him in advance. He must be afraid that he would know the truth and not be able to deal with it with all his strength."

After walking out of the illusion of an endless road, Xu Chenglin came to a path mixed with trees, which was deep and winding into the distance.

"Let's go. The place where the outer disciples are staying is just ahead. I'll take you to register first."

After Wang Xin finished speaking, he walked away along the path, with Xu Chenglin following closely behind him.

When we reached the end of the path, a feeling of enlightenment arose in Xu Chenglin's heart. At the end of the path, there was an open and cascading terraced field. There were all kinds of unnamed plants planted in the fields. Some of the plants had just grown.

Some of the purple buds have already bloomed into five-color flowers, while others have grown branches like human hands. All kinds of strange plants are constantly fluttering in the wind. All kinds of magical plants that cannot be named,

Xu Chenglin was dazzled. He was so eager to learn that he almost wanted to rush over and check them out one by one. These magical things he had never seen before made his heart beat wildly. But then he thought of Xuan Ling's instructions and forced himself to endure it.

The urge to run over.

Wang Xin looked at Xu Chenglin's reaction and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

"Uncle Xuanling warned him before that he should be careful about his strong curiosity and not let him get into trouble. Seeing as he is very self-disciplined, he doesn't look like someone who would easily get into trouble. It seems that Uncle Xuanling is worrying too much.

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With this in mind, Wang Xin did not delay further.

"Let's go, let's go to the Foreign Affairs Hall first and register your identity."

Wang Xin pointed to the pavilion not far from the terraces, and then walked towards it.

Xu Chenglin vaguely remembered that he had seen this pavilion from the foot of the mountain. But looking at the pavilion in front of him up close, it was a different story. Above the entrance to the attic, a plaque hung high with the words "Foreign Affairs Hall". The front door of the attic had a

There were two guards, both dressed in white, with swords hanging from their waists, which added a lot of heroic spirit to them. When they saw Wang Xin's arrival, they both saluted him and said hello. Wang Xin smiled a little.

He nodded and took Xu Chenglin into the attic.

In the Foreign Affairs Hall, people gathered in twos and threes, discussing something with each other; there was also a group of people gathered under a white jade monument, fighting for something; there were still people lining up in an orderly manner, doing things in front of a large counter.

What's going on? In this lively foreign affairs hall, there is only a single, small countertop that is extremely deserted. Behind the deserted countertop, sits a gray-haired old man. There is only a simple tea set in front of the old man, and there is nothing else.

Other things. Except for occasionally taking a few sips of tea, the old man basically dozed off the rest of the time.

After bringing Xu Chenglin to the old man, Wang Xin respectfully called Senior Brother Sun. The old man's eyes behind the table twitched, and then he opened his eyes and looked at the two of them.

"It turns out it's you, what's the matter?"

The old man seemed not to wake up from sleep, and his eyes were a little hazy.

"Senior Brother Sun, this is the person that Senior Uncle Xuanling has brought back from the mountain this time. According to the rules, we must start with the outer disciples first. I would like to trouble you, Senior Brother, to issue the identity jade tokens."

Wang Xin came close to the old man and whispered softly.

When the old man heard Wang Xin's words, his eyes lit up. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Chenglin, then nodded and took out a jade plaque.

"Boy, tell me your name and I will register you."

The old man's voice was very soft, but it was extremely clear.

"My name is Xu Chenglin, Xu means permission, Cheng means success, and Lin means forest."

Xu Chenglin reported his name, then stood aside and waited respectfully.

The old man's hand holding the jade token exerted slight force, and a stream of white light flowed on the jade token, and then he threw the jade token towards Xu Chenglin. Xu Chenglin hurriedly caught the jade token, and then a thin book flew towards it again.

Xu Chenglin also hurriedly caught him.

"Haha, you are very responsive. It's great to be young. I gave you the jade plaque. From today on, you will be a member of Jiuhua Academy. The book I gave you is the academy's introductory heart method and righteousness song, and there are some spiritual practices in it.

Common sense, take a few days to read the book carefully, it will be of great benefit to you."

Xu Chenglin looked at the two things in his hands, and his heart was full of joy. From this moment on, he was a member of the academy.

"Thank you two uncles!"

Xu Chenglin was not dazzled by the joy, and bowed to the two of them to thank him. The two looked at each other, smiled, and nodded to Xu Chenglin with satisfaction.

"Senior Brother Sun, my mission ends here. I have to trouble Senior Brother next."

Wang Xin smiled slightly, cupped his fists and saluted the old man.

"Go, go, you young people are very busy, go quickly"

The old man waved his hand as if to ward off flies. Seeing this, Wang Xin just smiled and turned around and walked out of the Foreign Affairs Hall.

"Boy, did you see the jade monument? There is the mission monument in the Foreign Affairs Hall of the Academy. There you can choose to accept the mission. Submitting the mission is in front of the queue counter. As for other things, they are all recorded in the book. Go and learn by yourself.

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The old man pointed at several things in the Foreign Affairs Hall and explained them to Xu Chenglin one by one.

"You can come to me if you don't understand anything in the future. Of course, don't come to me if you don't understand anything. Old people are very afraid of trouble, hehehe..."

The old man stroked his beard and looked at Xu Chenglin with a smile.

Xu Chenglin also smiled and nodded, keeping these words in mind.

"The boy guarding the door, come in."

The old man's voice was still not loud, but it reached the ears of the two people outside the door clearly.

The two people looked at each other outside the door, and one of them ran into the house and bowed to the old man.

"I don't know what your instructions are, Mr. Sun?"

"Go! Take this little guy to find a place to stay. Old man, I'm tired. Don't bother me if there's nothing important."

The old man gave instructions to the visitor and then slowly closed his eyes.

The visitor responded and walked out, and Xu Chenglin followed suit. Before going out, Xu Chenglin seemed to remember something, turned around and bowed to the door. Many people were confused by Xu Chenglin's behavior and closed their eyes.

Uncle Sun laughed silently.

It took half a day to arrange everything properly. Xu Chenglin looked at the small courtyard in front of him with a faint smile on his face. Xu Chenglin reached into his arms and took out the book, flipped it over slightly and put it in his arms again. He took it out again.

He took out the jade token, caressed it for a while, and then put it back in his arms.

It was already afternoon after a busy day, and Xu Chenglin walked into the small courtyard a little tired. There was two months of food in the small courtyard. If the food was gone, he would have to take on tasks or obtain food through other methods. As for the spirit stones

, the academy will issue two low-grade spiritual stones to each outer disciple on a monthly basis. As for how to obtain additional spiritual stones, these methods are not fixed.

Thinking about some of the matters that the people from the Foreign Affairs Hall explained before leaving, Xu Chenglin felt his head swell slightly. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Instead of thinking randomly now, it is better to take a good rest and adjust your condition to the best. Wait for it.

Tomorrow he will learn how to practice through the books in his hands and welcome his first day into the world of practice.
Chapter completed!