Seeing that Xi Fangping was lost in thought, the female monk stopped understandingly until Xi Fangping focused her attention on her again, and then said, "There are two ways for the top ten sects to accept disciples. One is to find disciples with good qualifications through the secular imperial power they control. Disciples found in this way are usually the root of the earth spirit or the root of the three spirits with a special physique. These disciples have always been the treasures of major sects and have a great influence on the strength of major sects. They enjoy better treatment in the sects, have more supply of lingshi and Dan medicine, and are advanced quite quickly, and are generally regarded as elite disciples.
Another way is to accept apprentices in casual practice. The number of Sanxiu in various countries is quite large. However, because the mortals with good roots have been searched by the major sects before they become monks, Sanxiu are generally four-spirit roots or five-spirit roots, and occasionally several three-spirit roots can be seen, not to mention the advanced infant period and the Dan period, and even it is quite difficult to enter the condensation period. However, although the major sects are retreats, they also have many chores to deal with, such as managing plantations, animal gardens, cleaning chores, waiting on high-ranking monks, etc. Therefore, every 20 years, major sects will hold a gathering of disciples to recruit some suitable people from the scattered practice. These disciples are often called ordinary disciples.
This is an excellent opportunity for casual repair. Although the Sanxiu have to do quite a lot of chores after entering the major sects, they have a certain income from Lingshi every year, and they can also get some pills for improving their cultivation every once in a while. These things are not available to Sanxiu. More importantly, after joining the major sects, you can get some guidance from high-ranking monks, which is of great help to the cultivation of scattered practitioners. Although the number is very small, occasionally there are some scattered practices that get the advanced Dan-knot period. Therefore, every year, there are many proselytes who try their best to join various sects. For proselytes, this is the best opportunity for yue longmen.
The major sects open their doors to accept disciples once every 20 years, and the number of disciples varies. Like the upper five sects, there are about 200 monks with more than 10 layers of air bleeding every time, while the requirements of the lower five sects are much simpler. Every twenty years, there are about 100 monks with five layers of air bleeding. As for other sects, they will also recruit monks of different numbers, and the requirements for cultivation are even lower. However, the potential power of the top ten sects is far from that of other sects. In most cases, scattered practitioners would rather wait for another 20 years and strive to become disciples of the top ten sects.
The next gathering of disciples will be held in five years, so there are quite a few scattered trainings in preparation now. My cultivation has reached the fifth level of air bleeding. As long as I enter one more level, I can meet the requirements of the next five sects and become a general disciple of the big sect. Therefore, this piece of Polygonatum is very important to me. Thank you for your help. If there is a successful day, I will never forget my friend. "
Xi Fangping laughed: "Taoist friends don’t mention it. It’s just an exchange. There’s no need to be grateful. I also want to know, since there are so many scattered practices that want to join the famous schools, how do those schools accept disciples? "
"It’s quite simple," said the female monk. "Set up a competition."
"Set up a contest?" Xi Fangping’s eyes lit up: "How to set the method?"
Tan Xing, a female monk, stood up, and her face no longer blushed from time to time: "Every time the disciples are closed, a considerable challenge will be set up outside the gates of major sects. Those who want to join the sects will fight in pairs until the winners are produced. Under normal circumstances, the major sects will send some predecessors in the condensation period to watch the battle on the spot and prevent riots. At the same time, the major sects will also stipulate that it is not allowed to hurt people at will. However, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes during the tournament. Every time there are scattered repairs that die in the ring, there are 800 without a thousand. However, even so, there are more and more scattered repairs in the competition. Generally speaking, monks who are trained to bleed air for more than ten floors will participate in the competition of the upper five factions, while monks from the sixth floor to the tenth floor will participate in the competition of the lower five factions. Those who bleed five floors or less can also participate in other sects’ competitions if they want. Take Sanqingguan, the largest sect in Wu, as an example. Sanqingguan only recruits 200 monks who bleed air on the 10th floor at a time. However, there are generally about two or three thousand people competing for places, and the competition is fierce. The situation of other sects is basically the same. Anyway, in a word, if you want to participate in the competition, you’d better be prepared to be killed. If Daoyou want to participate in the competition, you’d better think twice. "
Xi Fangping laughed: "Taoist friends don’t have to worry about this. I just asked, and I didn’t say that I had to participate. Besides, I’m just studying on the fourth floor of air entraining, and I just entered the fourth floor of air entraining a few days ago. If I want to advance to the sixth floor of air entraining within five years, it’s too unlikely. I might as well do my scattered repairs quietly, and I’ll be able to meet the requirements when the next apprentice gathering is held. "
Looking at the way the female monk left with joy, Xi Fangping laughed. This female monk is really interesting. She is already a monk, but she is still like a mortal. That feeling is very rich. It was not until the female monk disappeared that Xi Fangping returned to reality. Disciples are widely recruited by various sects? Ha, this is a good opportunity. He can sneak into various sects and check the scriptures there. Maybe he can find clues about the axe.
If you want to join the school of repairing truth, it is best to join the school that has been inherited for at least thousands of years, such as the top ten schools. If you join the school with a history of only a few dozen or hundreds years, check the head. As for the treatment that the female monk mentioned that she could get advice from her predecessors, Xi Fangping didn’t take it to heart at all. For example, on the understanding of all kinds of spells in the field of repairing the truth and the understanding of the practice techniques, who can match him in the field of repairing the truth now? After all, he stayed with the master who had a virtual cultivation for seventeen thousand years.
However, the threshold of the top ten sects is really a bit high. The top five sects only accept monks with more than ten layers of air-entraining, and the bottom five sects also accept monks with more than five layers. With Xi Fangping’s current strength, if he is not connected to the advanced two levels in five years, he is not even qualified to be a candidate.
Originally, after Xi Fangping planned to buy a storage bag and a means of transportation, he began to search for the fix-true realm of Wu in a wider range. If he really couldn’t find the trace of the axe, he was ready to try it in other countries. However, since there is such a good opportunity, it is better to give it a try, and the effect may be much better than searching around the world.
It is really a bit difficult to advance to the sixth floor of air-entraining in five years, with the qualification of Xi Fangping. Xi Fangping naturally thought of Hunyuan Sect. If you can practice in Hunyuan Sect full of fairy spirits for five years, the effect should be unmistakable. The possibility of success is much greater than finding a place to practice casually.
Thought of here, XiFangPing couldn’t help confidence. He stood up and walked into the room next to the market. First, he bought a storage bag with two square spaces, then he picked it up for a long time and bought the most expensive flying sword in the store. This flying sword, which is no more than a foot long and dark, looks unremarkable at all, but the asking price is the most expensive. However, Xi Fangping always thinks that cheap goods are not good, and the asking price is so expensive, reaching 150 pieces of lingshi, which is enough to show that this small flying sword has its own uniqueness.
These two things cost Xi Fangping a full 200 Lingshi. However, when Xi Fangping took out the Lingshi, it didn’t hurt at all. Lingshi Yao, besides being used for practice, was mainly used for flowers. Anyway, those herbs have little effect on themselves, so it is better to spend them happily. It can be seen that at this point, Xi Fangping was obviously polluted by several guys in the brother escort agency. Those ten brothers are all drunkards who live today. When they get the money, they spend it all in the blink of an eye. It is estimated that Wang Lei is the only one, and he is a little rational when spending money.
After calculation, there are still 140 pieces of Lingshi in hand. In the past ten years, this is the widest time for Xi Fangping. After thinking about it, Xi Fangping decided to leave only a certain number of Lingshi and spend all the rest. Xi Fangping hung the storage bag on his belt, stuffed the mace, all the Lingshi and the flying sword into the storage bag, and then walked out of the room with his hands behind his back.
The things sold in the market are really rich. Although Xi Fangping has seen many rare treasures in the field of repair, and even seen fairy wares, he is still dazzled by the things here and doesn’t know where to start. The multiplier, Xi Fangping now has 140 pieces of lingshi in his hand. If he wants to buy a better multiplier, it is a bit insufficient. He also despises inferior instruments, so he might as well not buy them. Anyway, Xi Fangping’s own defense ability is strong, and he can also make mace when fighting, and the multiplier is not needed for the time being.
Dan medicine, the Dan medicine sold in this place is not so good. For Xi Fangping who has eaten colorful lotus fruit for more than 10,000 years, these Dan medicines are really a little humble, and at best they can only improve their strength. Besides, I still have six red fruits in my arms, and a lot of red fruits and pills, so I don’t want them for the time being. Of course, if there are seeds of herbs, we can consider them.
Xi Fangping strolled around the stalls for a long time, but still didn’t decide what to buy. One hundred and forty pieces of stone, say more, say less, without spending. XiFangPing looked around, just to see a lot of monks around a booth, are talking about something. Xi Fang was relieved that there were many people around him, which showed that there were good things on the booth and there were good things. Of course, he would go and have a look.
Xi Fangping had a hard time, only to squeeze into the crowd and see that it turned out to be a monk selling symbols. There were twenty or thirty symbols on the booth, and each symbol was painted with strange patterns. Xi Fangping has heard from Master about the functions of these symbols, but he has never seen the real thing. This time, he has learned a lot.
The seller is a monk in his fifties and sixties, with two wisps of goatee. From the cultivation point of view, it should be six layers of air. I saw him sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, ignoring the onlookers’ humanity, and he was in a state of concentration. I can see you, this guy must have participated in numerous trade fairs, and he is well aware of this set of business. This kind of selling method without greeting is very suitable for his monk status.
Onlookers are looking at those symbols carefully, and sometimes they lower their voices to discuss with the people around them, but no one asks for the price. Xi Fangping’s eyes lit up. Not bad. It’s ok to buy some symbols for self-defense. Just, what kind of symbol should I buy? Xi Fangping knows that there are many kinds of symbols, such as fire bomb, fireball, ice bomb, ice knife, diamond, ice, thunder fire, dragon, giant force, earth escape, wind escape, etc., which always add up to more than a thousand kinds. I remember writing down the names and functions of these symbols at that time, and Xi Fangping spent a whole year. With so many symbols, which kind should I buy? After thinking about it, Xi Fangping decided that it was better to buy some wind escape symbols. The reason is quite simple. The wind escape symbol is the best way to escape. Didn’t master say that if you stay in the green hills, you won’t be afraid of running out of firewood.
Xi Fangping asked the seemingly inscrutable monk, "Daoyou, do you sell wind escape symbols?"
"The wind dun operator? Yes, of course, "the stall owner’s eyes opened slowly." Daoyou, the wind escape charm is a good thing to save your life, and it has been circulated in the repair world in a small amount. It took me a long time to buy a few, and the price is naturally more expensive than other charms. "
Xi Fangping nodded. It turns out that this goatee monk is a second-hand dealer in the fix-true world. He buys all kinds of symbols from the operator and then sells them at a high price to earn some lingshi. This is a good deal. Xi Fangping said with a smile: "The price is not a problem, Daoyou, as long as the goods are genuine."
The stall owner haha laughed: "I sell symbols at Taolin Fair every year for so many years. The monks here basically know me. Taoist friends can ask, when have I ever sold fake symbols?" Even if the effectiveness does not meet the standard, I will not buy it. "
Xi Fangping smiled: "It turns out that Daoyou is a childlike old merchant, so I am disrespectful. Excuse me, Daoyou, how many lingshi are there with the low-level and low-level wind escape symbols?"
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Chapter 20 Taolin Fair (below)
The stall owner smiled: "It turns out that Daoyou is not an expert, and the low-level and low-level wind escape symbol is only used at the same level as when the friar with five layers of air bleeding drives the flying sword with all his strength. In the field of repairing truth, few people buy the low-level and low-level wind escape symbol. People like Daoyou, who cultivate four layers of air-entraining, had better buy low-level and middle-level wind-escaping symbols, which can reach the level of ten layers of air-entraining monks at a critical time. Although they can only persist for a quarter of an hour, they are likely to save Daoyou’s life. A low-level and medium-level wind escape symbol is just five lingshi, and it is completely worthwhile to change your life. "
The stall owner’s words caused some monks around to exclaim. For most of them, who only have less than five floors of cultivation, it is quite good to earn ten pieces of inferior lingshi after a year of hard work. However, a low-level middle-level wind escape symbol is worth five pieces of stone, which is equivalent to their hard-earned income for half a year, and it is something that can only be used for a quarter of an hour and will be invalidated after use. It is a bit expensive.
However, Xi Fangping didn’t think so. After careful calculation, he carefully asked, "Daoyou, can you tell me how many pieces of stone are worth for an intermediate wind shield?"
The stall owner’s eyes lit up, and with decades of business experience, he knew that the big customer had come to the door. Monks like stall owners have been wandering on the fifth floor for many years, and it is impossible for them to reach the gas condensation period in this life. Many of these monks have sadly returned to the secular world, lived a mortal life again, married and had children, enjoyed family happiness, and never talked about any topics related to the realm of the fix-true. However, most of these monks are still struggling in the field of fixing the truth in vain, expecting that one day they will be born miraculously, and they will be able to enter the gas-condensing period in one fell swoop, doubling their Shou Yuan. Of course, there are successful people occasionally, but the possibility of success is too small, and there is no one among 1000 people.
Such people, who have been mixed up in the fix-true world for a long time, have become sophisticated, and know everything about the fix-true world. Therefore, they have various means of making a living, such as being a second-hand dealer and opening a fix-true shop. Anyway, even if they have nothing to do, they can still stand in the fix-true world as long as they are willing to work hard.
The stall owner is such a monk. At first, he was not very enthusiastic about Xi Fangping. He had already seen that Xi Fangping was just a little monk with four layers of air bleeding. Such a monk simply didn’t have enough lingshi to buy an intermediate charm. The profit of low-level talisman is very small, even if it is a low-level middle-level wind-dodging talisman selling five pieces of lingshi, after deducting various expenses, he can only earn one lingshi at most. But now, the little monk is not interested in the low-level wind dun operator at all, but directly inquires about the intermediate operator, which makes him feel excited and inexplicable. You know, the profit of the intermediate operator has always been half-open.
The attitude of the stall owner suddenly improved, and he quickly said, "This Taoist friend is really courageous and admirable. If Taoist friends are interested, I have two intermediate and low-order wind escape symbols here, which are the treasures of my town stall and have not been sold for more than ten years. If Taoist friends want it, they can take it away at a price of fifty pieces of lingshi each. Think about Taoist friends. Just stick this intermediate low-order wind escape symbol on your forehead and inject a little aura. In a quarter of an hour, you will have the degree of a monk in the early stage of condensation, and you will be able to run fifty or sixty miles in a quarter of an hour. As long as you are not the predecessor of condensation, no one can catch you. And how can a predecessor in the condensation period embarrass you, a little monk in the bleeding period? At the critical moment, this is a good thing to save your life. "
Xi Fangping readily took out a hundred lingshi, put them on the booth, and said with a smile, "Daoyou, I’ll take both of them."
The monks around me exclaimed that they spent 100 pieces of lingshi for two precious charms that could not be used for a lifetime. Even if you were lucky enough to find a few precious herbs, you can’t spend it like this. You can’t always pick precious herbs every day. The onlookers have subconsciously put Xi Fangping in the ranks of the black sheep who just debuted.
But Xi Fangping doesn’t think so. Master said that it is worthwhile to spend a lot of lingshi as long as it can be used to save your life. Although Xi Fangping often forgets Master’s teachings when his brain is hot, he is awake now, and Master’s words are engraved in his mind sentence by sentence.
After lining the crowd, Xi Fangping thought about getting out of Taolin early and trying the little flying sword that he had just bought. However, pulling up his fingers and calculating, Xi Fangping only stayed in the peach forest for about three hours. When he went out at this time, it was not dark. If he was flying around in the sky and was seen by mortals, he might go awry. Let’s just go shopping for another hour.
After walking for a while, Xi Fang found that there was a booth in one of the most remote corners of the city square, and I didn’t know what it was for sale. Anyway, it was never taken care of by the monks. Anyway, being idle is also idle. Xi Fangping took a walk and went there. The stall is set up by a rather young man, who seems to be only about twenty years old at most. It’s even worse to fix it, and there is only air-entraining on the second floor, so there is no way to use the means of transportation. His booth is also filled with herbs, but not finished products, but seeds.
When Xi Fangping’s eyes lit up, he really came to whatever he wanted. This time, he was ready to go back to Hunyuan Sect to practice. He was going to find some seeds to beautify Hunyuan Sect, which was extremely desolate. Fortunately, he met the seed seller. Generally, it takes more than ten years to plant the herbs needed by the fix-true world. Therefore, none of the workshops have the mood to buy seeds and plant them themselves, and the famous schools don’t need to go out to buy them at all. Therefore, selling seeds is definitely an unpopular business, and it is quite normal without customers coming to the door.
Seeing that Xi Fangping stopped, the young monk, who had a depressed face, had a glimmer of hope on his face and gently asked, "Daoyou, do you want seeds?" Buy some and go home. Find a place to plant them. Even if you don’t need them, you may need them for your disciples or future generations. "
Xi Fangping almost laughed when he heard this. There is such a business there. This is not to tell each other clearly and buy his seeds. It is the predecessors who plant trees and the descendants enjoy the cool. The problem is, most of the scattered practitioners don’t live in married with children, and some of them have no tomorrow today. Who wants to do this?