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During the last five days of the recruitment ceremony, the sect heads and elders of some major and small sects from all over the world had come. Most of the rogue cultivators in the world had also rushed over.
The cultivators of the righteous path came one after another. The cultivators of the Demon God's Sect and the demonic beasts weren't inferior to the cultivators of the righteous path. They all disguised themselves and changed their faces as they came one after another.
After the cultivators had arrived, the disciple recruitment ceremony arrived on time.
Ever since the establishment of the Hollow Jade Sect, although there were guests who came to watch the recruitment ceremony every five years, this was the first time this had happened in the past eight thousand years.
There were so many visitors that the Hollow Jade Temple could not accommodate them all. Fortunately, the Merit Peak was big enough, so the main hall of the sect could accommodate 50,000 people without a problem.
In the past, the disciple recruitment ceremony would be held in the sect's main hall. This year, the disciple recruitment venue could only be moved to the plaza outside the main hall.
After going up the peak, they passed through a big gate and arrived at a square. At the square now, two rows of chairs were placed from the main entrance of the mountain to the main entrance of the main hall.
In this year's disciple recruitment ceremony, many guests had come to watch the ceremony. Because the sect didn't have enough chairs, and also had plenty of space on the square, the sect only arranged two rows of chairs.
In the world of cultivation, strength was always revered. Only tribulation cultivators could sit on these chairs, and cultivators below the tribulation realm could only stand.
Even if they were sect cultivators, without a cultivation base at the Divine Tribulation Realm, they would still not have seats.
There was a record of how many tribulation cultivators the Under Heaven Clan had, and how many demons the five major sects had, they did not know.
As a result, when the sect placed its seats, not only did it prepare seats for the tribulation cultivators of the human race, it also reserved some seats for the Monster King.
Between the two rows of chairs, there was a five-meter-wide aisle.
In the center of the platform, three chairs were placed. These three chairs were placed at the very front of the two rows of chairs.
The stage was very large. Other than three chairs, there was also a very large space, enough to accommodate dozens of people.
Behind the two rows of chairs, there was room for thirty or forty thousand people.
Fifty meters away from the entrance of the main hall was a two-meter tall crystal.
This piece of crystal was no ordinary jade, but a crystal that could test a cultivator's spiritual roots. In the cultivation world, cultivators called it the Intellectual Crystal.
The usage method was very simple. There was a handprint on the crystal, it only required the examiner to place his hand on the handprint. If the tester had spiritual roots, the crystal would react.
Not only can Hui Jing measure whether a person has spiritual roots, but also the attributes of the spiritual roots.
Under normal circumstances, spiritual roots could be divided into Spirit Metal Root, Wood Spirit Root, Water Spirit Root, Fire Spirit Root, Earth Spirit Root, Thunder Spirit Root, and Wind Spirit Root.
The seven spiritual roots would have seven different colors on the crystal.
If the tester had a water spirit heel and placed his hand on the crystal, the crystal would show a blue glow.
If the tester possessed Golden Spirit Roots and placed his hand on the crystal, the crystal would show a white glow.
If the examiner placed his hand on the crystal and two or more colored lights appeared on it, then the tester would have mutated spiritual roots.
The so-called mutated spiritual roots were actually multi-attribute spiritual roots.
In real life, the spiritual roots that appeared on cultivators were not all single-type spiritual roots. Some people might have multi-type spiritual roots.
Mutated Spirit Roots could be divided into two types: Phaseless Spirit Root and Corroborating Spirit Root.
A single attribute spirit root compared to a mutated spirit root meant that a single attribute spirit root was the fastest. On the other hand, a phase spirit root versus a phase spirit root compared to a cultivation speed, phase spirit root cultivation was faster.
Although the cultivation speed of the Phaseless Foundation might not be as good as that of the Spirit Root, the mastery of the Cultivation World made the cultivators with the Spirit Root considered to be geniuses.
In the world of cultivation, the most tragic person was not a mortal, but a person who had a spirit root but could not cultivate it.
In the world of cultivation, people who had the spiritual roots of the opposite type could not cultivate and were called trash.
Although the spiritual roots are considered to be useless in the cultivation world, cultivators can still cultivate after finding a special cultivation method. Thousands of years ago, there were cultivators who could find a spiritual root.
When testing a person's spirit root, the crystal would emit light. Through the intensity of the light, the spirit root was further divided into four levels by the cultivator.
Hui Jing emitted a faint glow, its spiritual roots were ranked as low level spiritual roots.
The radiance emitted by the Intellectual Crystal was very strong, and the spiritual root was designated as the intermediate spirit root.
The dazzling light emitted by the Intellectual Crystal, the Spiritual Root was regarded as a high-level Spiritual Root.
The spiritual roots were considered top grade spiritual roots.
Because the role of the crystal was only to test a person's spiritual roots, it was useless in other ways, so in the cultivation world, the price of the crystal was very cheap.
When cultivators walk outside, it is inevitable that they will not run into children with good aptitude. In order to become a good disciple, cultivators often walk the martial arts world and carry a piece of crystal with them.
Of course, in order to be convenient to carry, it was impossible for the Intellectual Crystal on his body to be as big as the piece of crystal on the Void Jade Sect's plaza.
Since it was a disciple recruitment ceremony, they would definitely use this piece of crystal during the disciple test.
A meter away from Hui Jing was an ancient looking bronze mirror.
This copper mirror was as tall as an adult and could perfectly imprint an adult's entire body. This was not an ordinary copper mirror, but a spirit artifact. Furthermore, it was a high ranked spirit artifact.
Six thousand years ago, for the long-term development of the sect, the Sect Leader asked the newly established Sky-Splitting Sect to customize a copper mirror. It was precisely this copper mirror that was on the plaza today.
The copper mirror only had one function, identifying a person's specific age. As long as someone stood in front of the mirror, the mirror would immediately display that person's specific age.
Because the copper mirror had a history of six thousand years, the Hollow Jade Temple had never made a mistake.
With Hui Jing and the copper mirror, you can determine a disciple's aptitude based on the examiner's age and spiritual roots.
Other than the chair, Hui Jing, and the copper mirror, there was nothing else in the whole venue.
Why would the sect only arrange such a simple meeting place in two months?
Of course it wouldn't be that simple. The layout of the plaza was simply nothing. What was truly required was time to lay down the Spirit Formations on the surrounding areas and the peaks of the plaza.
If a person did not plan for too long, then there would definitely be a near future for him!
Shentu Shun was the cultivator's hope. The righteous path cultivators of the human race rushed after him like a flock of ducks. The cultivators of the demonic clan and the Demonic God Sect also didn't want to miss him.
It wouldn't be a big deal if it wasn't Shentu Shun. Once it was confirmed that he was Shentu Shentu, the Righteous Dao cultivators, Demon God Sect cultivators, and the Demon Race would immediately act and snatch it away.
It would have been fine if Shentu Shun hadn't been within the jurisdiction of the sect, but since he was still within the sect, if they were to fight over him with over a hundred tribulation cultivators, wouldn't they destroy the foundations of the sect?
To avoid damaging the sect, they could only set up a defensive barrier around the plaza.
Over a hundred tribulation cultivators were fighting. Their destructive power was equivalent to the full force of an immortal. The barrier around the plaza was set up by the combined efforts of Yin Xian and Su Liang, so it couldn't be stopped at all.
Yin Xian and Su Liang had personally reinforced the barriers on each of the 72 peaks to minimize the losses to the sect.
Of course, all of this was just hypothetical. The reason why the barrier was set up was only to prevent the microcosm from fading away.
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Two months of preparation was only for today.
Early in the morning, the honorable guests of the sect had already left their residences and successively arrived at the Moral Peak. As their masters, Yin Xian, Su Liang, and Wen Shu had arrived at the plaza before dawn.
The guests arrived at the square and saw Yin Xian and the other two. They exchanged a few pleasantries and looked for a suitable place to sit.
When the first ray of sunlight appeared, the square was already packed with people except for the walkway.
On the high platform in front of the main hall, Yin Xian, Su Liang, and Wen Shu sat on three master chairs facing the crowd.
As the Substitute Sect Leader, Yin Xian, sat on the main seat in the middle. Su Liang and Wen Shu sat on the chairs on either side of him.
Behind the three, dozens of disciples stood there respectfully.
In the square, two rows of chairs were already filled with people. The two rows of people were sitting facing each other.
Seated right next to Su Liang was the Cloud Sky Sect's Sect Master, Hong Tao, and beside Hong Tao sat the Heaven Cleaving Sect Elder, Duo Ling. Behind the two of them stood the Sect Leaders and Elders of the various sects.
The first seat was occupied by the vice sect master of the Flame Sect, Cao Ba, and two elders. Next to the three people of the Flame Sect was the couple, Yu Zijun of the Mysterious Spirit Sect and Nong Rou Rou.
The sect heads or elders of the four major sects occupied the first and second places, and the seat after that was occupied by wandering tribulation cultivators. In the cultivation world, strength was everything, and the higher the cultivation, the closer the seat was to the front.
In reality, only people with high cultivation base are separated into high and low levels. The higher the cultivation level, the less of a need to sit in the front. The higher the cultivation level, the only preferential treatment is one's choice of seat.
The best seat, of course, wasn't the first or last one. Whether or not it was Shen Tu Shun was still to be proven, as well as his identity, would definitely be tested for his age. Once it was confirmed that Shen Tu Shun was the best seat, it was the easiest and easiest to get his hands on.
Thus, the best location was actually the disciple exam area, which was also where the copper mirror and Hui Jing were placed.
The five great sects all had the same qi, leading the world to the right path. If they all sat down separately, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of the people of the world, or else Cao Ba would definitely choose a seat next to the bronze mirror.
If the cultivators of the four sects couldn't occupy the best position, then they could only take advantage of those rogue cultivators in the tribulation stage.
The Demon God's Sect was a place that the righteous path did not allow. The hatred between the humans and the demons was as deep as the ocean. The disguised cultivators and demon beasts of the Demon God's Sect would also be safe the further they went from the five great sects.
Zhong Li had cultivated to the late stage of the Divine Tribulation Realm, and thus the strength of the demon king was extraordinary. He definitely had a place for them in the seating beside the copper mirror and Hui Jing.
The tribulation stage cultivators had already found a suitable seat, strength was respected, and cultivators below the tribulation stage had all found their own seats.
With Yin Xian, Su Liang, and Wen Shu from the Hollow Jade Sect present, all the cultivators who came to observe the ceremony were present. Next, of course, was the main topic of the disciple recruitment ceremony.
