Fang Xuanzong took the crane straight to the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect.
As far as the eye could see, there were no grand halls or immortal buildings as imagined. What Fang Xuanzong saw in front of him was a mountain road with steps.
The steps are paved with fairy stones similar to white jade, which are clear, translucent, and winding, like a string of pearls running along the mountain peaks and spreading into the sky with no end in sight.
Each step is one foot and three feet long, three feet and one inch wide, and one foot and five inches high, no more and no less.
Amazing workmanship.
"This Zhenyuan Immortal Sect is really strange. There are such long steps at the foot of the Immortal Sect. Everyone is an immortal. Who can walk seriously?"
On the side, Bai He waved his wings and couldn't help but complain.
"Perhaps there is some other intention. Anyway, there is only one way. How can we go up there first?"
Fang Xuanzong touched his chin and thought.
With that said, he has already started to use the magic formula. The auspicious clouds are rising under his feet, and he is about to ride on the clouds to climb the mountain.
However, at this moment, a loud shout suddenly sounded in their ears:
"Stop anyone who comes!"
As the words fell, the steps in front suddenly twisted and changed like water, and finally rose up from the ground, turning into a white, dragon-like beast in mid-air that was more than ten feet tall.
As soon as the dragon-shaped strange beast appeared, it immediately blocked the sky and the sun, its aura was like a tide, and the immortal power in the entire space became violently chaotic.
At the same time, Fang Xuanzong felt that the immortal power in his body was greatly suppressed, as if being pressed by a mountain peak, and even the auspicious clouds under his feet almost collapsed and fell down.
"White Jade Immortal King Jiao!"
Fang Xuanzong was shocked and recognized the creature opposite him at a glance.
The White Jade Immortal King Jiao is a forbidden ferocious beast in the forbidden land of the West Sea, the far west of the fairy world. It has a cruel temperament and likes to devour immortals the most. It is a truly ferocious thing.
It is rumored that it was born from the cross between the ancient dragon god and the Hydra King. It contains dragon blood in its body and possesses great power. Its strength is close to the level of the Immortal King, and it is famous throughout the world.
However, now, this vicious creature was actually captured by the True Essence Immortal Sect, and its body turned into a staircase of the Immortal Sect.
The foundation of this True Essence Immortal Sect is too terrifying... Fang Xuanzong was secretly surprised.
"Outer disciples are prohibited from flying in the air here!"
The two long whiskers floating around the mouth of the White Jade Immortal King Jiao hummed.
Only then did Fang Xuanzong understand. He quickly put Xiangyun under his feet and fell to the ground. Sure enough, the oppressive feeling was relieved a lot.
Just when Fang Xuanzong was about to climb the mountain again, he was stopped again.
"Outer disciples are not allowed to bring fairy beasts or pets to climb mountains."
The White Jade Immortal King Jiao spoke again, his eyes falling on Bai He, and his voice was cold and emotionless.
"What kind of breaking of the rules is this? If you, a broken dragon, dare to interfere with this great immortal, believe it or not, I will tear you apart!"
The white crane suddenly became feathery and flapped its wings, as if it was going to fight the White Jade Immortal King Jiao desperately.
"If you do not respect the orders of the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect, you may be executed."
On the opposite side, the White Jade Immortal King Jiao felt hostility, and his aura became more and more terrifying, as if he was about to unleash a heaven-shattering and earth-shattering blow at any moment.
"Who is afraid of whom? Back then, this great immortal..."
"Big White Goose, don't get excited!"
Seeing that a conflict was about to break out, Fang Xuanzong quickly stepped forward to grab the white crane with explosive hair and covered its mouth.
——With the current strength of the two of them, if they really faced off against this ferocious beast that was close to the Immortal King level, they would definitely be dead.
"What you just said is that outer disciples can't fly or take fairy beasts to climb mountains, right? Then can inner disciples do it?"
Fang Xuanzong asked.
"That's right."
The White Jade Immortal King Jiao still gave an emotionless answer.
Fang Xuanzong suddenly frowned.
Xianhe has a deep relationship with him, and has followed him all the way from the Beiyuan Forbidden Area. If he abandons Xianhe now, he will naturally refuse to do so, and he doesn't know how long it will take to become an inner disciple.
"Then if I take a person instead of a fairy beast, can I climb a mountain?"
Fang Xuanzong continued to ask.
"Can."
The White Jade Immortal King Jiao answered mechanically.
"In that case, it's easy to say."
Fang Xuanzong quickly had an idea:
"The white crane in front of me is not a white crane, but a boy who has been following me all the way to serve me. Do you think it can pass?"
"Boy?"
Looking at the white crane in front of him, the White Jade Immortal King Jiao was obviously in a panic.
Fang Xuanzong winked at Bai He who was standing aside.
He could finally see that the white jade immortal king dragon in front of him had obviously been stripped of his emotions, and had been filled with the idea of strictly guarding the True Essence Immortal Sect and its rules. It was similar to a powerful puppet.
Others are afraid of the majesty of the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect and may behave themselves in front of the White Jade Immortal King Jiao without daring to behave in any way, but Fang Xuanzong is different.
But as soon as they met, he judged that as long as he did not harm the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect or violate the sect's rules, this white jade Immortal King Jiao was basically equal to air in front of him, and would never take the initiative to attack him.
Make it difficult for yourself.
Beside him, Bai He was stunned for a moment, but after so many years of tacit understanding, he quickly understood.
"call out!"
The next moment, Bai He transformed into a clever and cute Bai He boy wearing a feather coat.
"Conditions are met and can pass."
The White Jade Immortal King Jiao glanced at the two of them, and after a moment of analysis, he finally let them go. Then his body twisted and fell to the ground, turning into a long white jade stone staircase again.
Fang Xuanzong breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Let's go, White Crane Boy."
Fang Xuanzong glanced at Bai He who had turned into a child and said with a smile.
"Asshole, hurry up and let me enter the inner door. This human boy's body is too shameful. I can't get used to it..."
Bai He, who transformed into a boy, looked complaining and old-fashioned, but he had an inexplicable sense of joy that made people laugh.
Soon, Fang Xuanzong took Baihe Boy all the way up the mountain. After climbing 999 steps, he finally saw a huge immortal building.
The building is eighteen feet high and made of unknown materials. It is magnificent and magnificent. Even in the daytime, it is golden and shining, showing the style of an immortal family.
Moreover, there are colorful auspicious auras lingering in the sky, and there are bursts of fairy sounds, which are extraordinary.
On the plaque above the building, dragons and phoenixes danced, and five golden characters were written - Zhenyuan Renjie Hall!
At this moment, there were forty or fifty figures standing outside the gate of Zhenyuan Renjie Hall. Fang Xuanzong took a look and saw that they were all selected before, and each of them had extremely powerful auras.
Seeing Fang Xuanzong coming, many people smiled and nodded to express their friendship.
They came in early and did not know Fang Xuanzong's feat of destroying Senior Brother Zhang's right arm with one blow. However, many people had seen the scene of Fang Xuanzong defeating Jia Qing and highly recognized his strength.
If possible, no one would take the initiative to become an enemy of Fang Xuanzong.
Fang Xuanzong responded one by one, and as soon as he stood at the back of the team, a man came over to strike up a conversation. This man was holding a compass in his hand, and he kept fiddling with it even while talking, which looked very strange.
"Brother Fang Dao, Luo Jingtian, I passed the selection today. From now on, we will all be in the same sect, so please take good care of me."
Luo Jingtian said very enthusiastically, no, he was not just enthusiastic, he was simply too enthusiastic. This man stared at Fang Xuanzong with a sharp look on his face, which made Fang Xuanzong a little unbearable.
However, Fang Xuanzong had some impressions of this person. His name was Luo Jingtian, his hair was disheveled, and his eyes were dark. He seemed to stay up late all year round, or was lacking in some aspect. He was one of the first to pass the examination.
But what impressed Fang Xuanzong the most was that before the assessment, Luo Jingtian took out a few pieces of turtle shells from his arms, made a fortune for himself, and then had to change the selection points, and finally passed the selection successfully.
Coincidentally, the person he exchanged with before had similar strength and was also in the immortal realm, but he failed in the end.
It was precisely because of this that Fang Xuanzong remembered him.
"It's easy to talk about."
Fang Xuanzong responded politely.
"Brother Fang Dao, do you know why this palace is called Zhenyuan Renjie Palace?"
Luo Jingtian seemed to be a bit talkative. Before Fang Xuanzong could answer, he had already answered:
"It is said that the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect has a total of three palaces where disciples live. From high to low, they are the Tianyuan Palace where the Zhenyuan disciples live, the Diling Palace where the inner disciples live, and the Renjie Palace where the outer disciples live."
"Those of us who have just passed the selection can only be regarded as outer sect disciples, so we can only gather here. In the future, if our strength reaches the level and pass the inner sect assessment, we can continue to climb up and enter the Earth Spirit Palace, and then there will be
Tianyuan Hall."
"Furthermore, there is a huge difference in status and treatment between the inner disciples and the outer disciples. The training resources of ten outer disciples are not as good as those of one inner disciple. Sometimes, the inner disciples even go on some dangerous missions.
The disciples will also find some outer disciples to be used as cannon fodder, which is simply miserable..."
Luo Jingtian kept chattering.
Fang Xuanzong was silent on the sidelines, just in time to learn more information from him, but the more he heard, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Why does it feel like after finally passing the test, it feels like falling into a pit of fire... Fang Xuanzong was mumbling in his heart.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, how come you know so much about the True Essence Immortal Sect?"
Fang Xuanzong couldn't help but interrupt and asked.
"Ah, my Taoist companion is from the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect. She told me all this."
Luo Jingtian said calmly.
"Your Taoist companion?"
Fang Xuanzong's eyes widened.
The so-called Taoist couple refers to practitioners who practice together, companions who practice together, or couples who practice together, but generally, there are more partners of the opposite sex.
This kid Luo Jingtian looked about the same age as himself. He had never even touched the hands of a female monk. He already had a Taoist companion... Fang Xuanzong suddenly felt a sour feeling in his heart.
"hey-hey."
Luo Jingtian touched his head with a shy smile on his face.
"By the way, my Taoist companion also told me something that I should pay close attention to."
Suddenly, Luo Jingtian seemed to have thought of something, a trace of fear flashed across his face, and his voice suddenly became much deeper.
"What's up?"
Fang Xuanzong was also very curious when he saw Luo Jingtian's mysterious appearance.
"My Taoist companion said that there is something wrong with the westmost room in Renjie Hall. All the disciples who stayed in that room died suddenly due to various reasons the next day, but after checking, no problems were found. It is very strange."
"Some people say that there is an evil spirit hiding in that room, which specializes in sucking the souls of living people; others say that there is a curse there, and whoever goes there will die... I checked with a compass, and that place is an ominous place."
Luo Jingtian lowered his voice and said with lingering fear.
"In that case, why not seal that room and prevent disciples from living in it?"
Fang Xuanzong asked curiously.
"You are right. That room was indeed closed for a period of time before. But after it was closed, incidents occurred in dozens of other rooms. The disciples inside died suddenly without any reason. The situation was even worse. They were all said to be closed.
result.
It is said that Master Zhenyuan personally inspected it back then, but also found nothing. In the end, he could only acquiesce in the existence of this room.
——The word has spread that the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect is suspicious of ghosts and ghosts, and cannot solve a few ghosts, which is detrimental to the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect."
Luo Jingtian whispered.
Fang Xuanzong was stunned for a while, and he was doubtful, but more importantly, he didn't believe it.
This is the mansion of an immortal, and there is also a master at the level of an immortal king. If something weird really exists, how powerful it must be.
While the two were talking, many more people who had passed the selection came over the mountain one after another, and they were all very excited.
But soon someone noticed that when those latecomers saw Fang Xuanzong, their eyes were obviously a little dodgey, or... in awe.
After someone secretly explained, the eyes of others looking at Fang Xuanzong changed obviously, as if they were looking at a monster.
"Boy, it seems that you were too high-profile before."
The White Crane boy gloated over his misfortune.
"Let them be."
Fang Xuanzong didn't care.
Soon, Fang Xuanzong saw an old acquaintance - Jia Qing.
He was dressed in white, his right hand was swollen like a pig's trotter, and his face was ashen. He also noticed Fang Xuanzong in the crowd, glared at him fiercely, and revealed a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, his eyes were extremely sinister.
It seems that this kid is still not convinced... Fang Xuanzong secretly became wary.