Chapter 5 (Different Selection)
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After a while, when Ed opened his eyes, Mu Hao suddenly saw a trace of light in Ed's eyes. Although the light was quickly restrained, Mu Hao still captured it. Although Mu Hao grew up in the mountain village, he still knew what the light in Ed's eyes represented.
Only cultivators who have cultivated their original energy can have this manifestation. Such cultivators can be regarded as cultivators who have entered the hall on the current Opres continent!
As the practice became more and more difficult, there were no extremely powerful cultivators on the Opres continent as in ancient times.
However, the hurdle of cultivating the original energy is definitely an important watershed for practitioners and ordinary bodybuilders, which makes there a decisive difference between the two.
In the Oprez continent, no matter what system the cultivator is, they mainly cultivate their own internal energy, even cultivators and magicians are no exception. Being able to break through their own shackles and cultivate internal energy not only means that their own combat power and defense will increase significantly, but their own life span will also increase with the changes in the energy in their body, and other benefits are countless!
However, this process of breaking through one's own shackles has blocked most cultivators from the door, making them unable to enter for life. With the lack of the vital energy of heaven and earth and various cultivation elements, there are even fewer cultivators on the entire continent with internal energy.
Although many smart cultivators have come up with some solutions, such as taming wild beasts, signing contracts with monsters, exquisite moves, or raising corpses to increase their combat power, they have been proven by previous history and have fallen behind.
Only by constantly accumulating energy in the body, from quantitative change to qualitative change, and constantly breaking through the shackles of heaven and earth and oneself, is the truth that practitioners keep making progress.
Although no one can cultivate to the power level of ancient cultivators now, only cultivators who have cultivated their original energy can have their own natal magic weapons. Depending on the different materials of the magic weapons, they can exert powers of different sizes. These people are the strong people in today's cultivation system.
The most important point is that the original energy is the basis of the major cultivation systems of the Opres continent. Only by cultivating the original energy can we move forward like other major cultivation systems.
"Manager Wu, your Mingxun is really good. Compared with your little life, I look much more down and out." Ed put down his cup and smiled at Manager Wu.
Manager Wu leaned on the chair with a satisfied look on his face: "Ed, you, the chief executive of the outer sect, are still thinking about my things. You can't compare with a cultivator like you. A business manager like me is just a bit of food and drink. If I can cultivate the original energy, I can just invite you to drink Mingxun every day!"
"Haha~~~ Fatty Wu, I can't help you with this. You'd better find the sect leader to think of a solution!" Ed shook his head after hearing what Manager Wu said.
After hearing Ed's words, Manager Wu was not angry, but just sighed softly: "You think I haven't thought of a way. I have eaten a lot of good things for so many years, but I still can't cultivate the original energy. What's wrong with me, letting me cultivate the original energy and become a magic apprentice to enjoy it for a few more years!"
Ed smiled: "Fatty Wu, it's not that easy. If you eat effectively, then cultivating inner energy will not become a barrier that troubles cultivators across the continent!"
Fatty Wu looked helpless: "For this matter, I have looked for the sect leader a lot, but the sect leader has no good idea! Unless there is a marrow cleaning pill, there is still some hope."
After hearing Fatty Wu's words, Ed fell into silence.
Seeing Ed stop talking, Fatty Wu shook his head, looked at Mu Hao, who was standing in the corner, who was quite uncomfortable, and frowned slightly: "Ed, what's wrong with this kid?"
At this time, Ed remembered Mu Hao: "Uh~~~~ I met him at the city gate, so I brought him back. Anyway, his age does not exceed the upper limit of sect selection, so just give him a chance!"
Fatty Wu looked at Ed's expression at this time, as if he had seen a ghost: "Ed, no, right! You are not unaware of the tradition of selecting disciples in the sect. This little boy not only has no hope, but may even give up his life!"
Ed couldn't help but hesitate at this time. After a while, Ed glanced coldly at Mu Hao standing in the corner: "You have heard it all, are you still insisting on participating in the sect selection?"
Seeing Ed's expression, Mu Hao suppressed the tension in his heart and lowered his head: "I hope that the two adults will give me the opportunity to participate in the selection. Even if I can't become a disciple of the inner sect, I will be satisfied if I can find a way to learn a plan."
Manager Wu glanced at Mu Hao and said lightly: "Let's wait at the door, we will have someone to arrange for you to live later."
Not long after, Mu Hao was taken to the woodshed by a young man and briefly explained Mu Hao's precautions, and the young man hurriedly left.
Although Mu Hao did not get a formal room, he was already very content. The woodshed room was at least much better than spending the night outside in the cold winter. Mu Hao knew very well that there should be many people like him. It would be great to have the opportunity to participate in the Ziyun Sect’s selection! There are still many people, but they don’t even have the chance to be shortlisted!
At night, what made Mu Hao a little excited was that someone actually brought him supper.
After carefully eating the food in the bowl, Mu Hao went to bed early.
What Mu Hao has to do now is to maintain his spirits as much as possible. From the conversation between Ed and Manager Wu, Mu Hao knew that tomorrow's trial will definitely not be simple. Whether he can pass the assessment depends on his performance!
The next morning, before dawn, Mu Hao got up early, briefly sorted out his clothes, and Mu Hao walked out of the woodshed.
Outside Ziyunxuan's gate and when Mu Hao came yesterday, there was a big difference. Many parents who followed their children had disappeared. Those who could stay were all figures with prominent identities in the Blue-collar Principality and other surrounding principalities.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, even the streets of Guda City were cleaned up. After dawn, many young girls appeared in front of Ziyunxuan’s door, and the number even exceeded 500.
Only then did Mu Hao see clearly the average age of participating in the selection of children with him, most of whom are under 10 years old. Young people like Mu Hao, who are over 14 years old, are already very old among a group of children.
When Aide and Manager Wu walked out of Ziyunxuan's door, the whole crowd was quiet, and everyone looked at the two of them.
Without any nonsense, Ed said to everyone present: "Participate in the sect, those over 13 years old will stand in front first."
After hearing Ed's words, eight teenagers came from the group of children and stood in front of the crowd, with Mu Hao among them.
He secretly looked at the boy beside him with his own eyes. Mu Hao was surprised to find that, except for himself, six of the remaining seven boys were very luxurious in their clothes, and they were older than him. Only one boy was dressed quite similar to his clothes, and he looked like a inferior person.
Ed looked at the eight teenagers in front of him and said, "You eight, because they are over 13 years old, cannot participate in the selection with others. I will send someone to send you to Ziyun Sect first."
Just as Ed finished speaking, a carriage slowly drove out from the other side of Ziyunxuan's attic.
Seeing that everyone else who was with him got on the carriage, Mu Hao did not hesitate and sat in the carriage with the others.
Although this was the first time Mu Hao took a luxury carriage with a carriage like this, he didn't feel excited. From Ed's words, Mu Hao could have heard that because he was older, the selection he accepted seemed to be different from most younger children.
Feeling the carriage moving, the carriage was extremely quiet for a moment. Even the other six noble children in gorgeous clothes seemed to have no hope of talking. From the eyes of other young men, Mu Hao saw a little worry.
It was not until the carriage had been running on the spacious official road for a long time, one of the noble boys wearing a silver robe, red hair and pretty eyebrows, that he spoke to a pretty sturdy boy beside him and asked, "Tut, are you sure of choosing the Tongtian Ladder?"
Tut's face showed a little solemnity: "Og, my father told me that it would be fine if he could do it within his ability. If he really couldn't do it, he would give up. If he wanted to pass the selection of the ladder of the heaven, he had to reach the original cultivator. He could not get along with his body alone. Although it might not be possible, we have no hope at all." Tut's words looked at the others in the carriage with a slightly profound look.
The brown-haired boy sitting next to Mu Hao and waiting for someone to dress up could no longer help him and asked Tute: "Didn't everyone conduct the selection of Ziyun Sect five years ago? Why does it seem like we are more special?"
After hearing the words of the brown-haired boy, except for Mu Hao's expressionless face, the other boys in the carriage all looked like idiots.
A trace of contempt flashed in Og's eyes, but a smile appeared on his face: "The Ziyun Sect's disciple selection is like this every year. Those over 13 years old must accept the selection of Tongtian Ladder. Of course, the selection will not be the same at different ages. Do you expect a group of seven or eight-year-old children to choose the same subject as you? Although our selection seems to be simpler than others, it is the most difficult and most dangerous selection."
As the topic opened, the carriage gradually became lively. Others were talking about some things they knew. Although there were eight teenagers in the carriage, they were vaguely divided into two gangs. Six of the teenagers in the gorgeous clothes led by Tut formed a small group, while Mu Hao and the brown-haired teenager were squeezed out of the circle by others.
Chapter completed!