Volume 1: Heavenly Machine Pavilion Turbulence Chapter 38: Heavenly Machine Pavilion

  Emerald Screen Mountain, located in the southwest of East Yue State, is composed of hundreds of large and small peaks, with steep terrain, overlapping ridges, and a continuous range of hundreds of miles.

  The surrounding mountains often rise with misty clouds, making it impossible to distinguish the mountain path. If you accidentally enter, you will get lost and can't return, often trapped for 7 or 8 days, unable to escape.

  When the person's life is in danger and on the verge of death, an immortal will appear in time to save them and send them out of the mountain. Afterwards, Chun would sternly warn that Cuiping Mountain is a secret realm of the immortals, and mortals are not allowed to enter recklessly!

  Thus, Cuiping Mountain became widely known as a forbidden land for immortals, and even experienced hunters who were familiar with the mountain paths did not dare to set foot in it.

  In fact, the immortals who are widely spread among the people are those who have realized the creation of heaven and earth, and are proficient in all kinds of Taoist laws and magical powers.

  Tianji Pavilion, the largest immortal sect within the borders of Eastern Yue, excels at array formations and equipment refinement. In past battles between the Southern Barbarians and immortals, it was Tianji Pavilion's mysterious arrays and powerful attack artifacts that inflicted the greatest damage on the barbarian warriors.

  Cuiping Mountain is the location of the largest Xianmen sect in the Eastern Yue State!

  The lingering mist outside the mountain that has not dispersed for years is actually a protective array of the Tianji Pavilion. To say nothing of ordinary mortals, even if it were a cultivator with profound attainments who entered without authorization, they would immediately be trapped by the great array and find it difficult to escape.

  If you try to use brute force to break the formation, it will immediately trigger a massive spiritual backlash attack, killing anyone who dares to enter on the spot, which is extremely formidable!

  Every ten years, the mist that surrounds Cuiping Mountain will disperse for three days. During this time, the mountain villagers nearby will find that various colored glows appear in the sky and fly rapidly towards the mountain.

  Like the Nanhuang ethnic group, the Xiuxiandian sect also attaches great importance to its clothing and heirloom inheritance. Every so often, they will open their mountain gates and widely recruit disciples to absorb fresh blood and cultivate reserve strength for the sect.

  The Tianji Pavilion is no exception, and every ten years, it will remove the protective array of the mountain for three days. During this period, it will openly recruit disciples with excellent innate qualifications. As for the recruitment objects, they can be people from immortal families or scattered cultivators, as long as their family background is clean and their spiritual roots are excellent, they have the opportunity to enter the Tianji Pavilion.

  Between the two towering mountain peaks, there was a secret valley. At the entrance of the valley, a high platform had been built, and on it were placed three long tables made of purple sandalwood, with six men wearing purple Taoist robes sitting beside them. Below the platform, the empty space was crowded with people, and at first glance, there seemed to be tens of thousands of people!

  Among them were children with braided hair, and old men with white temples. The vast majority of them were young people, each wearing a Taoist robe, looking like they were all cultivators.

  These people's eyes were burning with fervor as they gazed at the six Daoist-robed men sitting upright on the platform, their gazes filled with reverence.

  Being able to become a disciple of the Tianji Pavilion is not only the lifelong wish of scattered cultivators, but also the second choice for those declining immortal families. The Tianji Pavilion is the largest immortal sect in Dongyue Country, with deep foundation and strong power. As long as one can become its entry-level disciple, the treatment will be extremely generous, which cannot be compared to ordinary immortal families. Especially for those scattered cultivators who are like floating duckweeds, once they enter the Tianji Pavilion, they will never have to worry about their cultivation needs again, and it is equivalent to taking a shortcut on their own immortal path!

  The Tianji Pavilion treats its disciples with great generosity, and the selection criteria for entering the pavilion are naturally very strict. In general, those with pseudo-spirit roots or triple spirit roots will be directly rejected at the door. Those who possess dual spirit roots, if they are over thirty years old, will also find it difficult to enter the pavilion's walls.

  Of course, this is not absolute!

  Every time the Tianji Pavilion opens its mountain gate and recruits new disciples, it will release some tasks. Those who were not admitted due to poor spiritual roots can still be accepted as disciples if they complete the corresponding tasks when the gate opens next time!

  However, the tasks released by Tianji Pavilion are not about finding some rare heavenly and earthly spiritual medicines, but rather demanding unknown refining materials, or high-grade demon beast inner elixirs. Each task is extremely difficult to complete, with great danger lurking within, and if things go wrong, it can be fatal. Therefore, there are very few people who can truly complete the tasks!

  However, when the gates of Cuiping Mountain were wide open, people from all directions still flocked to it like a swarm of bees, with thousands in attendance. Among the crowd surging below the stage was also Ling Feng, who had come in place of Li Changqing!

  After three days and nights of continuous travel, he and Li's old servant Li Bang finally arrived at Cuiping Mountain. As soon as they entered the valley, Ling Feng was immediately attracted by the scenery in front of him, his eyes darting back and forth, sizing it up non-stop.

  The crowd below the stage was divided into two teams, and one by one they went up to the stage to take the test of spiritual roots from the six men in purple robes. Under Lingfeng's observation, he found that among the ten people who came on stage, almost nine were rejected due to their poor spiritual roots, and walked down the stage with their heads hung low in dejection.

  There were one or two people whose spiritual roots conformed to the conditions for recruitment by the Tianji Pavilion. After a round of inquiry, they would be bestowed with a token and, overjoyed, pass through the wooden platform and head towards the entrance of the valley.

  Looking at their joyful and happy expressions, they should be recorded and become disciples of Tianji Pavilion!

  At the other end, six Taoist-robed men sat on the platform, their faces expressionless and cold, some not even looking at the person testing the spiritual root on stage, their demeanor appearing extremely arrogant.

  However, when a boy about the same age as Ling Feng, with a sturdy build and a resolute look, went on stage to take the Spiritual Root test, all six of them stood up at the same time, revealing rare smiles on their faces. One of them even waved his hand and took out a jade token. The jade token appeared, spinning in mid-air before transforming into a white light that shot towards the valley at high speed.

  In less than half a stick of incense time, under Ling Feng's gaze, a black giant eagle flew out from the valley, with a person standing on its back. The person was dressed exactly like the six people on stage. After appearing, he directly took the boy away and left.

  "Who would have thought that the Zhao family of Mu Bei would produce a genius like Lei Ling, what a stroke of luck!"

  "Who says it's not, I heard that the Zhao family was oppressed by another family in Mocheng and had no power to fight back. Now that a genius from the Lei family has emerged, their rival must have known about it and wouldn't dare to make any reckless moves!"

  Hearing someone whispering beside him, Ling Feng leaned in to listen carefully and suddenly understood. From the actions of the six people on stage earlier, as well as the occasional envious and astonished gasps from all around, he judged that even a powerful sect like Tianji Pavilion placed great importance on disciples with extraordinary spiritual roots!

  "It seems that my Wind Attribute Spiritual Root will also be valued by the Tianji Pavilion!"

  In his heart, Ling Feng's face showed a faint smile. As long as the Tianji Pavilion valued himself, then in the future, it would be much more convenient to act and complete the tasks assigned by the clan would also be much easier.

  "Master, wait here for a moment, I'll be right back!"

  At this time, Li Bang pulled Ling Feng to a place with fewer people and told him to wait here and not to leave. As for Li Bang himself, he plunged into the crowd and squeezed forward towards the stage, seemingly wanting to go on stage.

  "He must be going to look for Li Changqing's uncle..."

  Ling Feng gazed at the old man's departing back, his eyes flickering, a thoughtful expression on his small face.