Shi Mu didn't care much about the opinions of outsiders, but Cai'er had already been stuffed into the spirit beast bag on his waist. Otherwise, with his character, he might not be able to help but cause trouble again.
He walked through the noisy crowd on his own, and after a while, he came to a place ten feet away from the huge ancient tree in the center of the open space.
Although the surrounding area was bustling with people, there was still a large open space left in front of the ancient tree, where a circular high platform was built, which seemed to be made of some kind of special wood.
The giant tree in front of us is not too tall compared to the surrounding woods, but it is about three to four hundred feet tall. Its entire body is purple, and its main trunk is unusually thick. When it stands there, it looks like a purple tower, pointing straight into the sky.
On its branches, countless vines poured down like waterfalls, hanging straight to the ground.
When Shi Mu saw the strange growth of the giant tree, his heart moved and he activated his spiritual eyes and supernatural powers.
As the golden light circulated in his eyes, the huge purple tree suddenly seemed to be very close at hand. The original fine lines on the bark became extremely clear, and one could even see the tiny streams of spiritual power flowing through the vines.
They are constantly gathering on the ground.
Shi Mu saw that in the center of the tree trunk, spiritual energy gathered into a vortex, and faint spatial fluctuations were faintly emitted.
Just when Shi Mu was looking a little entranced, he suddenly felt a wave of spiritual consciousness sweeping over his body. His heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt like someone had seen through him.
He quickly looked up and saw an old man with a drooping eyebrow in a green robe appearing on the circular high platform in front of the purple tree.
The old man's beard and hair were gray, but his complexion was as rosy as a child's. He was wrapped in a large green robe, which swayed gently in the breeze, and there was an air of unearthly aura in the flowing clothes.
The old man with drooping eyebrows seemed to be just looking around the scene, and now he was looking away from the crowd, which made Shi Mu feel a little relieved.
"Quiet!" The old man with downturned eyebrows said after retracting his gaze.
The voice was not loud, but it was full of majesty, and it reached the ears of everyone present very clearly, causing the originally noisy crowd to suddenly quiet down, and everyone's eyes were attracted.
For a moment, the scene was silent, and you could hear a needle drop.
Shi Mu looked at the old man in green robe, a thoughtful look flashed across his face.
This old man looked exactly the same as a human being in appearance, and his aura was invisible, but Shi Mu could still faintly feel the faint demonic aura on him.
In addition, the pattern embroidered on the chest of his green robe is an ancient tree in the sky, rather than the leaf pattern on most disciples of Qinglan Holy Land. It must be that his status in the Holy Land is not low.
While thinking about it, the old man's voice sounded again:
"I'm sad, I am the elder who will guide the new disciples in this trial. Qinglan Holy Land has been passed down for millions of years since Qinglan Saint Ancestor established the sect. According to the ancestral teachings, the sect is opened every ten years to open the sect to the entire world.
Miyang Star Territory recruits one hundred and eight disciples, and based on the trial results, the first thirty-six are selected as upper-level disciples, and the last seventy-two are selected as lower-level disciples."
Everyone listened quietly and no one spoke. It was obvious that they already knew what the old man said and didn't think there was anything wrong.
The drooping old man paused and continued:
"There are a total of 33,631 people who have passed the guarantor qualification review this time. Before the trial officially begins, I would like to ask as a routine, are there people with the blood of heavenly beasts, or those with the body of Chaos?
, those with first-class physiques such as Abyss can come to me, and after confirmation, they will be exempted from selection and accepted as upper-level disciples."
As soon as this statement came out, the crowd at the scene, which was originally calm, became commotion again, and there were bursts of sighs and comments from time to time.
"The bloodline of heavenly beasts!"
Shi Mu was also shocked, and couldn't help but think of the White Ape Ancestor, but then he smiled bitterly.
I was just lucky enough to get two strands of the blood essence of the ancestor of the white ape who was a heavenly beast. It cannot be regarded as a true bloodline of the heavenly beast at all, unless my stone monkey bloodline can really evolve into a giant ape as described by the remnant soul of the white ape.
Bloodline.
It's just that the other party also said that the probability of this is extremely slim, but naturally he will not give up.
It took a long time to burn incense, but no one stood up and spoke up.
"Well, since there is no one, as usual, I will explain to you the rules and precautions for selecting disciples." The frowning old man did not seem to be surprised by the situation at the scene and continued to announce.
Shi Mu perked up and immediately listened carefully.
"The trial will be held in our secret realm of Shuitian and Qingshan for one month. You have already obtained a Shuitian Jade Pendant and a Qingshan Token before coming here. All you need to do is to enter the secret realm and pass the hunting secret realm.
The demon beasts in the Qingshan Order will obtain their demon cores. The demon cores will be absorbed into the Qingshan Order and converted into certain points. After one month, the selected candidates will be determined according to the ranking of points in the Qingshan Order. Note that the monsters in the secret realm
The beast is raised in a special way for our sect and will not produce spiritual intelligence, but its strength cannot be underestimated. If you know that you are defeated, you can crush the Shuitian Jade Pendant immediately to escape from the secret realm and save your life. This means that
If you voluntarily give up your qualifications to participate in the election, your Qingshan Order will remain in the secret realm." The old man with downbrowed eyebrows said.
"May I ask Elder Sad Bones, is it allowed to fight and rob each other in the secret realm?" Not far from the old man, a tall man with purple skin and nearly three feet tall asked with a big mouth full of fangs.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of boos from around him, and many people laughed.
"Quiet! Although private fighting is not allowed in Qinglan City, there is no such restriction in the secret realm of Shuitian Qingshan. Everyone can fight with each other to seize the Qingshan Order from others and take the other person's points as their own. I, Qinglan Holy Land
We only look at the final result and will not investigate the process. In addition, since there is a fight, you will be responsible for the casualties." The old man raised his eyebrows and said solemnly.
What he said made the tall man with purple complexion look resentful, but among the crowd around him, there were still many people with expressions of sudden realization, and many even had a bit of panic in their eyes.
Shi Mu was not surprised by this. After all, it would be unreasonable for so many people to participate in the trial if they were not allowed to fight with each other.
In the secret realm, compared to the monsters with little intelligence, the threat from the candidates will be greater.
"Okay, I have said everything that needs to be said. One last reminder, when selecting disciples for our sect, they must be earth-level warriors or moon-level sorcerers who are within a hundred years old. If you want to use elixirs,
For those who want to use secret techniques or other methods to temporarily improve their cultivation level, or those who do not meet the age requirements and want to fish in troubled waters, I advise them to leave early and not to ask for trouble." The old man with drooping eyebrows said, looking around slowly.
In the crowd, there seemed to be more than ten people who pushed aside the crowd and left.
However, most people's faces were filled with excited expressions of eagerness and eagerness to try.
"It's time!" The old man with downturned eyebrows shouted loudly without saying anything else.
After saying that, the old man suddenly rose into the air and turned around, facing the ancient purple tree that was three to four hundred feet tall.
His eyes suddenly glowed with green light, he raised his hands, his fingers moved like wheels in front of his chest, and a series of spells shot out quickly and disappeared into the ancient purple tree.
As the spell was submerged, the lines on the bottom of the originally peaceful purple ancient tree suddenly lit up, and quickly spread along the roots to the thick trunk, until the waterfall-like vines were dyed with a layer of crystal purple.
light.
Seeing this, the drooping old man opened his mouth, and a triangular pyramid-shaped bronze key flew out of his mouth.
The key slowly floated to the top of the old man's head, lit up with a burst of purple light, and then turned into a ray of purple light, which shot into the giant purple tree behind the old man and disappeared.
"buzz"
Accompanied by a strong fluctuation of spiritual power, the purple vines floating down like a waterfall slowly began to rotate, becoming blurry, until they disappeared, forming a huge purple vortex.
There was a sudden spatial fluctuation in the center of the vortex, and then the surface of the giant purple tree was distorted and blurred, and suddenly a huge spatial door covering almost the entire tree trunk appeared. The door was blurry, and strong spatial fluctuations came from it.
"Entry!"
As the frowning old man shouted loudly, there was a sound of breaking through the air all around, and thousands of figures rushed away and rushed towards the huge space door.
The moment these people touched the huge space door, they flashed in like mud cows entering the sea and disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, there were several miserable screams!
Astonishingly, the moment seven or eight people entered the space gate, their whole bodies were enveloped in a cloud of purple light, and then their whole bodies exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
Shi Mu's eyes flashed with golden light, and when he saw this scene, he felt horrified in his heart.
Obviously, these people are what the frowning old man said before. They all used secret techniques to improve their realm and wanted to get into the secret realm. Due to the backlash of some kind of restriction in the secret realm, they died at the entrance. The end was quite miserable.
.
The violent sound of breaking through the air caused by the surging flow of tens of thousands of people, as well as the buzzing sound coming from the space, quickly suppressed the screams, and the remaining people still flocked towards the space door.
Figures of different sizes converged into a huge torrent, rushing towards the huge space door where the purple ancient tree was located. The scene was quite spectacular.
Shi Mu observed for a moment, and when he was about to jump in, he suddenly turned his head as if feeling something, and looked in a direction not far away, and immediately saw several figures.
Two of them, two young demon men and women with red hair and wearing red robes, looked familiar.
The red-haired girl has picturesque features and a graceful figure, and the demon youth is none other than Ma Lie, who had a conflict with him before and coveted Cai'er.
The red-haired girl did not look here, but Malie was casting his gaze over. After seeing Shi Mu turn his head, he did not show any strange expression and smiled at Shi Mu.
But then, under the urging of the girl beside them, several people jumped up and flew towards the space gate.
However, just before entering the space gate, the red-haired girl suddenly turned her head and glanced at Shi Mu, but then she swayed and disappeared into the space gate.
Shi Mu looked at the disappearing figures of several people, smiled slightly, and also jumped forward and flew forward.