Chapter 9: Fighting with the Immortal Cultivation Family

The forest was quiet and foggy. Rays of sunlight fell from the gaps between the leaves above, forming a series of oblique beams visible to the naked eye.

Zhou Xue walked in front, Fang Wang and Fang Hanyu walked in the back. A group of nine people walked forward. They had been walking for nearly two days.

The mountain road in the forest was not easy to walk, and there were many muddy places. Snakes, insects, rats and spiders were seen from time to time, which made the children of the Fang family very nervous and walked very carefully with every step.

"It's hard to imagine that there is a sect of immortal cultivation hidden in such a deep mountain."

Fang Hanyu sighed softly. The mountains and rivers of Daqi are vast, and there are countless uninhabited mountains like this. Wild beasts are rampant and bandits are hiding. Even martial artists like him rarely set foot on them.

Fang Wang can feel that the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth in this area is abundant. The further he goes, the richer the spiritual energy is, which makes him look forward to Taiyuanmen even more.

At this time.

There was a cry from the front, like a woman, but also like a child, Fang Wang and others got goose bumps, but seeing that Zhou Xue did not stop, they continued to follow.

Fang Wang turned his head and looked, and there was a thick fog behind him, and everything beyond seven steps was unclear.

He just felt that something was following him, and this feeling appeared after the cry in front of him.

He did not panic and continued to move forward calmly.

Soon, the fog in front became thinner and the terrain became flat. Everyone saw a woman sitting under an old tree. She was wearing cloth and had a gray face. She was obviously a rural woman. She was holding a child in her arms and sobbing softly.

"Are you going to ask her what happened?"

The youngest Fang Xin asked. She was one year younger than Fang Wang, thin and frail, carrying two bags, and sweating profusely.

Another girl, Fang Ziqing, pulled her and shook her head at her.

Everyone's eyes fell on Zhou Xue. Along the way, Zhou Xue had become their backbone. After all, Zhou Xue also taught them the method of absorbing qi, and Fang Wang, who was the strongest, also relied on Zhou Xue as his master.

Zhou Xue did not stop and walked straight towards the woman.

The woman heard the sound and looked up at her. Her face was full of tears and her eyes were red from crying. She seemed to see a life-saving straw. She stretched out her hand to Zhou Xue and cried, "Girl, save my child. He was bitten by a poisonous snake..."

Hearing this, some of the children of the Fang family wanted to step forward to help, but they saw a dagger coming out of Zhou Xue's right sleeve and she grabbed it.

The woman also saw the dagger and her face turned pale. Just as she was about to speak, Zhou Xue suddenly threw the dagger and shot it straight at her head.

Bang!

The woman suddenly turned into a white mist, and the dagger passed through the white mist and nailed to the tree trunk.

The white mist dissipated, and the clothes fell to the ground. Two yellow weasels jumped up and landed on a tree trunk in the distance, one big and one small. This scene made everyone in the Fang Mansion stare at them. Was the woman just now a yellow weasel?

Zhou Xue remained calm. She stared at the two yellow weasels on the tree with indifferent eyes.

"Good skills, you are at least the fifth level of the Yangqi Realm. Girl, if you want to join Taiyuan Sect, why don't you go to Taiyuan City?" The yellow weasel said, and the voice was exactly the same as the woman's voice before.

Zhou Xue replied: "Taiyuan City is too far away, it is more convenient to visit Taiyuan Sect directly. We are here to practice sincerely, and I hope the senior will not play tricks on us again."

The yellow weasel smiled and waved his claws in a humane way, indicating that they should continue on their way.

Zhou Xue turned around and gave everyone a look, and then continued to lead the way. When everyone passed by the tree where the two yellow weasels were, they were all nervous, fearing that they would suddenly jump down and attack.

After walking for a while, Zhou Xue finally explained: "Just two monsters. There are many monsters hidden in the forests around Taiyuan Gate. Some are wild, and some are raised by disciples. The monsters in the marginal areas are responsible for scaring away mortals who stray into the gate, so as to spread the legend of ghosts and monsters and make mortals dare not approach."

A young man from Fang Mansion couldn't help asking: "Just scared away?"

"It is also possible to be eaten. Although Taiyuan Gate can be regarded as a righteous path, there is also a gray area between good and evil in the world of cultivation. You must be cautious in the future." Zhou Xue smiled, but her smile looked very evil to everyone.

After that, Zhou Xue continued to lead the way.

Fang Wang was still walking at the end of the team, but his attention was behind him. After passing the two monsters, the feeling of being spied on was still there, which made him dare not take it lightly.

After half an incense stick of time, the feeling of being spied on was still lingering in Fang Wang's heart.

"Don't be nervous, he dare not make a move."

A voice came into Fang Wang's ears, and he looked up at Zhou Xue in the front with a strange look in his eyes.

It seemed that only he could hear Zhou Xue's voice. The others continued to move forward without looking sideways or back.

"This is the sound transmission technique. You can also learn it after entering Taiyuan Gate. The people following us should be related to the immortal cultivator you killed. These days, I hid in the depths of the woods, pretending to study the Soul Burning Banner, but in fact I left traces for them to hunt down."

Zhou Xue's words came again, which made Fang Wang frown, not understanding what she was going to do.

"That guy has two magic weapons in his hands. There must be someone behind him. I am worried that the Fang Mansion will face another murder, so I deliberately lured the person behind him to investigate. As long as the other party knows that we have joined the Taiyuan Sect, the other party will not dare to act rashly. No matter how important that person is, he is only in the Yangqi Realm. For him, offending a giant like the Taiyuan Sect is not worth the loss."

So that's it.

Fang Wang thought it made sense, but he was confused again.

Is the other party so bold that he actually followed here, not afraid of being discovered by the Taiyuan Sect?

Zhou Xue stopped transmitting the message, but Fang Wang did not take it lightly and remained vigilant.

Until the evening, the feeling of being spied on finally disappeared. It seemed that the other party did not dare to move forward.

In the woods, everyone stopped by the stream and had already started a fire. Fang Wang sat next to Zhou Xue to rest, and the others also sat around.

"We will arrive at the valley town in front of Taiyuan Gate tomorrow. Let me tell you first. Taiyuan Gate has nine branches. It is estimated that the entrance examination will be held in six or seven days. With your qualifications, it is not difficult to pass the examination. I hope you will each join a branch and not stick together." Zhou Xue said softly.

There are more people in Fang Mansion who can cultivate immortals. Zhou Xue only selected a group of children with the most outstanding qualifications to come here and gain a foothold first.

Hearing that they will form their own branch, Fang Xin's face turned pale and she became nervous immediately. The other teenagers and young men were not timid, but more excited.

Zhou Xue glanced at Fang Wang and Fang Hanyu and said, "After you two enter the assessment, you must not hold back and show your talents as much as possible. This will determine your treatment after entering Taiyuan Sect. Those with average qualifications can only be ordinary disciples. If you want to be promoted, you need many years of hard work."

"Especially Fang Wang, don't play the pig to eat the tiger at this time."

Zhou Xue was very worried about Fang Wang because this kid was too good at hiding. After rebirth, she learned more about him. It turned out that not only her, but also the entire Fang Mansion, including Fang Wang's parents, did not know that Fang Wang had such high martial arts.

She also wondered why she didn't see Fang Wang take action in her previous life. Later, she figured it out. In the night of the extermination of her family in her previous life, she was powerless and fled that night. She only glimpsed the Qingyi Taoist once. She didn't see many battles between the Fang Mansion disciples and the Qingyi Taoist. Without the sword-controlling technique, no matter how strong Fang Wang was, he would die in the hands of the Qingyi Taoist.

Fang Wang said helplessly, "I know."

It made him look very cowardly.

Zhou Xue continued to instruct them. She did not describe the specific content of the assessment. It was unknown whether it was to hone them or to be heard by the masters of Taiyuan Sect.

Nothing happened overnight.

The moon set and the sun rose. When the first ray of sunlight in the morning fell, Fang Wang and others continued on their way.

On the way, they saw many strange things, spiders as big as human heads, waving man-eating trees, wild goats with human faces, black cats with five tails, etc. According to Zhou Xue, these were the lowest level monsters, not yet at the level of spirits. The characteristic of spirits is that they can speak human language.

In addition to monsters, they also saw many colorful flowers and fruits, which looked extraordinary, but after Zhou Xue told them that they were poisonous, they did not dare to touch them.

It was not until after noon that they finally arrived at the valley that Zhou Xue mentioned. There was a huge door at the entrance of the valley, and a plaque was hung on the door:

Taiyuan Town!

The valley was full of attics, smoke curling, and the surrounding mountains were majestic, which made Fang Wang inexplicably think of Wuzhi Mountain, and Taiyuan Town was trapped in Wuzhi Mountain.

There was no one guarding the mountain gate, so Fang Wang and the others went directly into the town. There were many people coming and going on the street ahead, and none of them looked ordinary. Some even flew out of the town on a crane and quickly flew to the mountains, which attracted the children of the Fang family and made them excited.

At this moment, they felt that they had really come into contact with the way of cultivating immortals.

Along the way, Fang Wang was also observing the surroundings. There were all kinds of shops on both sides of the street, selling elixirs, magic tools, talismans, exercises, spells, etc., and even a strange object pavilion. Although most of the shops were not crowded, they also showed a strong atmosphere of cultivating immortals.

Zhou Xue took them to an inn to check in. After paying the silver, the waiter took them upstairs. Except for Fang Xin and Fang Ziqing, everyone else had a room.

"Tsk tsk, Taiyuanmen still accepts money?"

Fang Wang sighed in his heart. Although he felt it was strange, seeing that Zhou Xue paid a lot of silver, he thought that Taiyuanmen also needed to get involved in the secular world.

Fang Wang walked into his room and closed the door. He came to the bed, tidied up a little and began to meditate.

There were still six or seven days left. He didn't want to wander around, but to improve his cultivation as much as possible.

His Xuanyang nerves had reached the Great Perfection, but spiritual power needed time to accumulate. Since Zhou Xue told him not to hide his shortcomings, he would try his best.

In this way, Fang Wang stayed indoors, and other disciples of the Fang Mansion did not dare to disturb him easily.

Six days later.

At si, the sky was bright, and a bell sounded, echoing in the valley, deafening, waking Fang Wang up.

"Is it here?"

Fang Wang thought silently, with a smile on his face.

Last night, he finally broke through to the seventh level of the Qi-nourishing Realm. With the power of the Xuanyang Nerve Great Perfection, it took him more than a month to achieve the seventh level of the Qi-nourishing Realm. If he started practicing from the first level of the Xuanyang Nerve, it is hard to imagine how long it would take to reach this level.

"Come out quickly, the entrance examination is coming!"

Zhou Xue's voice came from outside the door, Fang Wang picked up his sword and walked down from the bed.

He didn't need to wash or eat to absorb the Qi and quench his body, so he didn't need to prepare anymore, and the whole person looked very clean and refreshed.

After half an incense stick of time, Fang Wang and others walked out of the inn under the leadership of Zhou Xue, and found that many people did the same, and groups of people on the street were walking in the same direction.

Fang Wang asked curiously: "You mentioned Taiyuan City before. What is the difference between Taiyuan City and Taiyuan Town?"

Zhou Xue replied: "Taiyuan City is the city of Taiyuan Sect facing the entire cultivation world, while Taiyuan Town is a mortal town cultivated by Taiyuan Sect itself. The mortals living here are responsible for mining various resources for Taiyuan Sect disciples. Almost everyone who can come to Taiyuan Town has a cultivation background. The cultivation families from all over the country cannot find this road without background and intelligence."

"To put it simply, in Taiyuan City, we compete with mortals, and here, we compete with some families with cultivation backgrounds. Of course, passing the assessment here will bring more benefits."