Insufficient balance

  The equipment is already complete, and the equipment on Tang Hao's body now would make even a peak Qi Refining stage cultivator jealous, let alone an early-stage cultivator like Tang Hao. Fortunately, these pieces of equipment will all be under Tang Hao's control, suppressing their surface spiritual aura; otherwise, Tang Hao would definitely become a target for Qi Refining stage disciples to kill and rob.

  Tang Hao, although only in the third layer of Qi Refining stage, possessed the total spiritual power of two people. With his divine sense cultivated to a range of twenty meters and his treasured body, Tang Hao had some confidence. However, the battle between cultivators changed rapidly, and sometimes the outcome was not decided by the level of strength but by the grasp of timing. Therefore, Tang Hao did not dare say that he could defeat a Qi Refining stage cultivator of several layers, but he was certain that even when facing a sixth-layer Qi Refining stage cultivator, he would still have some advantage.

  In the following days, Tang Hao didn't want to waste a single moment, except for eating and sleeping, he was cultivating. Guo Jing also knew Tang Hao's thoughts and didn't come to disturb him until one day when Guo Jing suddenly came knocking on the door.

  Tang Huo was having a beautiful dream when he heard Guo Jing knock on the door. He hastily put on his outer garment and opened the door, still half asleep, saying: "Why so early?"

  Guo Jing said with a bad temper: "Early? Today is the day of the selection of the Lu Feng Sect's disciples, and you're still sleeping in."

  Tang Hao suddenly came to his senses, having spent the past few days practicing day and night without rest, even forgetting about time. Adding to that, seeing Guo Jing staring intently at the outer garment covering his chest, he immediately snapped out of it, forcefully closing the door, washing up, and then dressing himself.

  Tang Hao still felt that it was more convenient when he used to be a man, just getting a simple haircut, waking up early, washing up and dressing well before going out. But now there were so many procedures to follow, especially in the Cultivation Realm where hairstyles had to be styled in such a complicated way, Tang Hao found it difficult to get it right. In fact, Tang Hao could still go out like he used to, but that would definitely make people think he was crazy or being possessed by an evil spirit and interrogated severely.

  After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Tang Hao was dressed and packed, mounted the crane that Guo Jing had prepared earlier, and flew towards the mountain top.

  The higher you fly, the more abundant your spiritual energy becomes. Mount Miao is indeed a top-notch sect, and its geographical location is not something that can be compared to a third-rate sect like Flowing Cloud Sect.

  After flying for about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, Tang Hao and the other arrived at a large gate. This gate was truly strange - inside, there was actually nothing, just a precipice. Yet many people were drilling into the cliff face, and after entering, they disappeared like mud flowing into the sea.

  Guo Jing naturally noticed Tang Huo's surprise and explained, "This is just the outermost ring of the Miaofeng Sect's protective array. It's an illusionary array; people outside can't see what's inside, but those inside can see everything outside clearly."

  Tang Hao naturally knew the ferocity of this illusion array. If there were reckless people who randomly broke into the illusion array, as soon as they passed through it, they would find themselves in a trap set up by the foot of the Feng Xuan Sect.

  Guo Jing and Tang Huo had already registered at the foot of the mountain, successfully entering through the gate with their identity tokens. As soon as Tang Huo passed through the cliff wall, he felt a surge of extremely dense spiritual energy rushing towards him, just like someone who had been outside for a long time suddenly entering an air-conditioned hall - it was indescribably refreshing.

  After entering the cliff wall, it was indeed another scene. A wide square appeared in front of Tang Huan, and in the center of the square stood a stone statue that looked like a scholar. According to Guo Jing, this was the founder of the Lvfeng Sect, Zhu Xi, who had ascended to the spiritual realm thousands of years ago.

  The square is about five miles in circumference, and at the far end opposite Tang Hao, there is a row of large stone steps about half a mile wide, with thousands of levels, leading all the way to the top of the stone steps. A grand hall, although separated by several miles, but Tang Hao can still see the three big characters on the grand hall - Feng Lin Hall.

  Kuo Jing told him that when entering the Lin Feng Sect, disciples would first spend some time in the Maple Forest Hall, waiting for the various major halls of the Lin Feng Sect to come and select them. Among them, the Five Elements Hall and the Divine Sword Hall were two of these halls.

  It seemed that the examiner had not arrived yet, so Tang and Huo found a secluded corner with no one around, sat down, and began to meditate.

  Until a commotion arose in the crowd, a man walked to the front of the Maple Forest Hall surrounded by several formal disciples and stood on the steps, looking down at the crowd.

  Although they were separated by a few li, the man somehow made everyone hear him clearly. The man's tone was not arrogant, but it couldn't be said to be gentle either. His voice seemed to carry no emotions as he said, "Everyone, please quiet down. I am Ye Kun, the Outer Court Grand Elder of the Luan Feng Sect."

  The outer courtyard disciples of the Lin Feng Sect would lose their qualifications as disciples if they did not build their foundation before the age of 50, and become a mortal elder, assigned to various places to discover and bring in talented individuals. Although becoming a mortal elder still entitled them to the same amount of spiritual stones and pills as outer courtyard disciples each month, and discovering good talent also came with rewards, the spiritual energy in the mortal world was scarce, and after becoming an elder, they were bogged down by trivial matters and unable to focus on cultivation, so their cultivation speed could not be compared to when they were still a disciple. Therefore, their only way out was to cultivate to the foundation period and become an inner courtyard disciple. Of course, if they did not break through to the Yuandan period by the age of 100, they would be assigned to the outer courtyard and become an outer courtyard elder, among whom Ye Kun was one of the most formidable.

  Ye Kun continued, "To be honest, although you have come in the thousands, not more than a hundred of you are truly qualified to ascend these stone steps, and it's all up to yourselves. I've made this clear, everyone has traveled far and wide, we will do our best to protect everyone's safety, but knives and swords are blind, so take care of yourselves." After finishing speaking, he smiled at the woman in pink beside him, "Jingwei, it's your turn next."

  That woman in pink was Song Shi Jie, who had been looking down on Lin Yun Dan. Although Ye Kun was a foundation-building cultivator, Song Cong Wei's father was a Nascent Soul cultivator, so Ye Kun naturally smiled and fawned over her, not daring to show any arrogance.

  Song Ningwei bowed and said to the people below, "This time, some disciples did not participate in the initial selection due to certain reasons. However, their spiritual roots are either Xuanling or above, and they are also disciples of our sect's affiliated branches. These few do not need to be selected and can come up directly."

  Song Ningwei started reading out the list, and when she read out Guo Jing's name, Guo Jing stood up and smiled at Tang Huo, saying: "Add oil, I'm rooting for you."

  Tang Hao smiled in response, looking at the envious eyes of the people around him. He thought back to the scene when the principal announced that he and Lin Yunduan were exempt from the college entrance examination in front of all teachers and students in high school. However, now he had become a spectator from being an object of envy for everyone. Tang Hao knew that he had come to a brand new world and what he needed was to start anew.

  Guo Jing and the others were led into the Maple Forest Hall, where Song Yingwei addressed them: "Your assessment is about to begin. Your goal is to enter the Profound Yin Mountain Range and collect ten demon coins that exceed your own cultivation level."

  When it comes to the Xuan Yin mountain range, there was a commotion in the square, and Tang Hao also knew about it as an interesting story. The Xuan Yin mountain range is rich in spiritual energy, and it's said that there used to be a top-notch sect on top of it. However, this top-notch sect wasn't comparable to the Miao Feng Sect. It was once known as the number one sect in this star domain, with several cultivators in the Hua Shen stage, and many flying spirit realm cultivators. But for some reason, this sect suddenly disappeared, and its disciples didn't know what happened either. They were all dispersed, and the mountain gate was sealed off.

  The disciples were helpless, and the powerful ones opened their own schools, forming the prosperous era of the Kunlun Star Domain's hundred schools competing with each other. However, the Xuan Yin mountain range became a habitat for many demonic beasts. The Xuan Yin mountain range was within the territory of the Mu Feng Sect, and the Mu Feng Sect would not let this treasure land go to waste. So, two years ago, under the leadership of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, they attempted to force their way into the sealed mountain gate. Unexpectedly, Ling Xiaozi did manage to enter, but never came out again.

  While other sects were not prepared, they were attacked by the demon beast army with divine beasts, and many died or were injured. The Lingfeng Sect was also severely damaged, and from then on, it did not dare to have any idea of entering the Xuan Yin mountain range.

  Nowadays, the Xuan Yin mountain range has a divine beast sitting in it, but the Xuan Yin mountain range is extremely vast, and there are still many low-level demon beasts on the periphery. As a result, this Xuan Yin mountain range has also become a good place for cultivators to hunt. Similarly, these people who participate in the selection, as long as they are active on the periphery, choose suitable demon beasts to take action, and the demon beasts will not pose too great a threat, but humans can't be said for sure, maybe when you're exhausted, someone will come and reap the benefits.