Refine the soul

  "From here on, it's all the way up to the Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect..."

  Chu Yishun gazed into the distance in the direction that Chunyangzi had pointed, and what entered his line of sight was a majestic mountain range stretching for thousands of miles, its shape like a dragon, winding for thousands of miles without an end in sight, truly magnificent and awe-inspiring to the extreme.

  Standing in the high sky of a thousand feet, looking down, all that can be seen are strange peaks and deep valleys, with no end in sight.

  Underfoot, amidst the clouds, there are often spiritual birds flying by, emitting clear and crisp sounds. The surrounding heaven and earth are filled with an aura that is unmatched, at least a hundred times more than that of the Cloud Transformation Mine.

  If you look down with sufficient visual power, you can vaguely see the majestic waterfalls, like a silver river pouring down, extending thousands of feet along the steep cliff and flowing straight down, with an atmosphere of infinite changes.

  Chun Yangzi didn't directly take Chu Yi to Chun Jun Peak, but instead descended from the mountain gate and took out a jade pendant with an unusual pattern carved on it. He handed it to Chu Yi and said: "This is the token of Chun Jun Peak, with this you can pass through unimpeded. Although I have already accepted you as my disciple, the rules of the sect must still be followed. You will go up the mountain along this road, and naturally someone will come to meet you. After everything is done, I will come looking for you."

  Before Chu Yi could react, Chun Yangzi took out a green jade gourd and handed it to him, saying: "Inside there are 100 pills of 'Three Yang Rebirth Dan', take one every day, after 100 days you should be able to enter the Ninth Realm of Xiantian..."

  After finishing this speech, Chunyangzi suddenly flew away, without even giving Chu Yi time to bid farewell.

  "Isn't it though? My master is way too efficient!"

  Chu Yi held the order in one hand and the dan in the other, sighing repeatedly. Although he still had a lot of questions to ask someone, it was clear that expecting an answer from Chuyangzi was unrealistic now.

  "We'll talk about it when we get up the mountain..."

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  The Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect, as one of the nine major sects, has its headquarters in the Yunlong Mountain Range, which stretches for 8,000 miles. After operating for tens of thousands of years, it can finally achieve its current prosperity, but at what cost to the efforts and dedication of countless predecessors?

  All the way up the stairs, Chu Yi saw a scene like an immortal realm, with giant trees and spiritual woods piercing the sky to form a forest, spiritual birds and strange beasts everywhere, fields of medicine and seas of flowers entering the eyes without boundaries, and empty caves and mountain rocks majestic.

  And all these scenes are just outside the mountain gate of the Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect, and inside it must be a magnificent sight beyond imagination.

  Fortunately, Chu Yi's breath was long and his pace was more than ten times faster than that of ordinary people. Even so, he still walked for more than two hours before arriving at the outer courtyard in front of the mountain gate.

  This is a group of buildings built on the middle of a mountain, covering an area of thousands of acres. As Chu Yi approached, two young boys blocked his way, "This is the sacred land of the Wushang Xuan Yang Sect, who are you?"

  Chu Yi directly took out the pure token, and the two boys immediately showed a look of surprise on their faces. In an instant, they returned to normal, but were extremely polite: "It turns out that you are the disciple collected by Pure Yangzi Shibo outside..."

  Under the guidance of a knowledgeable child, Chu Yi was led into a square.

  In the square, there are already thousands of people gathered, including men and women, aged from 8 or 9 to 30 years old. Some are in groups of three or five, whispering to each other, and about eight or nine out of ten of them seem to be those who were selected in this "big trial selection".

  The young doorman led Chu Yi into the square, and the crowd that had been blocking their way parted to let them through. Some of them even called out a greeting: "Brother!" But the looks they gave Chu Yi were not so respectful - most of them were sizing him up or looking at him with disdain.

  Today is the deadline for "Big Trial Selection", with a total of 1,000 lucky people all gathered together at the same time, and most of them are young people, it's inevitable to compare with each other.

  After three years of bitter cultivation in the mine, Chu Yi's heart had been tempered to be extremely strong. Although being stared at by a group of people with strange eyes made him feel uncomfortable, he could quickly throw it aside and follow Zhi Ke Tong Zi forward.

  Come to the front of the square, the young servant pointed to a not-too-distant place and said: "You go over there and wait, after the ceremony is completed, someone will come to take you."

  As soon as Tongzi uttered these words, those who had looked at Chuyi with disdain almost immediately shifted their gaze away, and some of the more timid ones even lowered their heads, unable to muster the courage to take another glance at Chuyi.

  "What's wrong with them?" Chu Yi saw that the young doorman was also being polite to himself, so he curiously asked.

  "They too passed the assessment in this year's 'Grand Selection', and have the qualifications to become disciples of the Supreme Void Yang Sect, but how can they compare to you? You were favored by Pure Yangzi Shibo and accepted as an inner sect disciple from the start, your status is already far higher than theirs. Those who can set foot on the path of cultivation are not fools, so why would they dare show disrespect towards you after knowing that you're one of this year's selected inner sect disciples?"

  When Zhi Ke Tong Zi said this, he also showed a look of envy. He then floated back, don't look at his young age, only about 12 or 13 years old, but with one hand, he could cover ten zhangs in an instant, his movements were like a leisurely stroll in the courtyard, if not for having innate fifth boundary or above cultivation strength, it would be absolutely impossible to do.

  Just as Chu Yi came back to his senses and was about to walk towards the gathering place of the newly selected inner disciples, a familiar voice like a sudden clap of thunder rang in his ears. He was then warmly hugged by Tie Niu, who was excitedly exclaiming, "Chu brother, you're here too! Hehe, I was just worried that I wouldn't find anyone to talk to!"

  Seeing Tie Niu's dark face, Chu Yu suddenly had a feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land. He nodded and said, "Yes, although it was only two days ago, now that we meet again, we are no longer at the Huayun Mine..."

  Arriving at the gathering place for the inner disciples who made it to this "Big Trial Selection" along with Tie Niu, aside from that weak-looking youth who was also noticed by Dan Yangzi in Huayun Mine Vein, everyone else's attitude seemed quite cold. Chu Yi naturally wouldn't make things difficult for himself, and with his knowledge and modern way of thinking, he quickly started chatting with Tie Niu and the weak-looking youth.

  The young man's surname was Dongfang, and his single name was a word "Ruò". Although he didn't speak much, he often hit the nail on the head with just one sentence, obviously being extremely intelligent.

  "After the ceremony of entering the sect is over, after we move to the inner courtyard, the three of us must live near each other, so that we can keep each other company." Dongfang Ruo seemed to be rarely so happy, and said eagerly.

  "Move into the inner courtyard? What inner courtyard? Don't we go to our own master's mountain peak after the grand ceremony?" Chu Yi asked in surprise.

  "Didn't your master tell you, Chu Ge?" Tie Niu blinked his small eyes in confusion.

  Right after Dongfang Rou explained in detail, Chu Yi finally understood the various arrangements after the grand ceremony and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. Other people's masters were all entrusted with a thousand reminders and ten thousand instructions, while his own master just left behind a Pure Token Order and disappeared directly.