On the grand day of establishing a sect and accepting disciples for the first time, Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Jinling, Holy Mother Guiling, Holy Mother Wudang, Li Yunjing, and Winged Immortal all appeared behind Sect Master Tongtian.
Li Yunjing's Grand Unity Golden Immortal divine sense swept over the foot of the mountain, giving him a direct understanding of the hundreds of thousands of living beings there.
Among these hundreds of thousands of living beings, those with the lowest cultivation had only just crossed the threshold into the Immortal Dao, reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm. Those with profound cultivation were even stronger than Li Yunjing. There were actually three thousand guests from Zixiao Palace among them, with Quasi-Saints hidden in their ranks.
Could it be Randeng, that traitor?
Li Yunjing pondered this. In the early stages, among the entire Three Sects, there was only one Quasi-Saint-level expert. Randeng was shameless to the extreme. Despite being on the same seniority level as the Three Pure Ones, he had brazenly taken Primordial Heavenly Venerate as his master.
However, Primordial Heavenly Venerate probably had not expected Randeng to be so shameless. He had not willingly accepted this "disciple" at all. Instead, he had bestowed upon Randeng the title of Exposition Sect Vice-Sect Master, a position with a name but no real authority.
"Duobao, Jinling, Guiling, Wudang, Chaos Child, and Winged Immortal, the six of you will be responsible for the trials!" As he spoke, Sect Master Tongtian greeted Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerate. His figure gradually faded away as he returned to the Three Pure Ones Palace.
Afterward, Laozi took Grand Master Xuandu and the Golden and Silver Attendants back to the palace to refine pills.
Seeing that Sect Master Tongtian's disciples were so talented, Primordial Heavenly Venerate felt somewhat envious. Thinking of how Laozi and Tongtian had run off to enjoy their freedom while he had to remain here, wouldn't that make him, a Saint, lose all face?
"That Li Yunjing, help Uncle-Master watch over the Exposition Sect's trial formation. Uncle-Master will be leaving first."
After giving a light cough, Primordial Heavenly Venerate simply stopped caring and grabbed someone to do the work. With a movement of his figure, he too returned to the Three Pure Ones Palace.
At this point, he did not care whether Li Yunjing agreed or not. The matter was settled just like that.
"First Senior Brother, what do you think?" Li Yunjing was somewhat speechless. Although the Three Pure Ones had not separated, they could not act like this. What if their fellow disciples had objections?
"Hahaha! Second Senior Brother really does favor you, kid! Then go lend him a hand! The five of us are here, so it won't affect our Interception Sect's disciple recruitment!" Daoist Duobao laughed heartily. At present, the two sects had no conflict. Although they were not close because they revered Uncle-Master Primordial, the Four True Disciples still respected their master and valued their relationship. They treated Primordial Heavenly Venerate with the utmost courtesy and respect.
"All right, then! I'll head over. I'll trouble all of you Senior Brothers, Senior Sisters, and Junior Brother Winged Immortal with things here." After receiving the First Senior Brother's approval, Li Yunjing flew toward the outskirts of the formation established by Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
This task was extremely simple. Whenever someone passed the trial, he only needed to receive them and take them to pay their respects to Primordial Heavenly Venerate. As Saints, Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Tongtian naturally could not be bothered to concern themselves with such matters, much less stand outside the formation and spend their energy on these future disciples.
At the foot of Mount Kunlun, the hundreds of thousands of living beings fell into deep thought after hearing the words of the two sect masters. Both sect masters were Primordial Limitless Saints, and both sects had only just been established. With no basis for comparison and no understanding of the two sect masters' temperaments, choosing became a difficult matter.
After weighing their options in their hearts for a long while, someone finally made a decision and began entering the great formation created by Primordial Heavenly Venerate, searching for a path leading to the summit of Mount Kunlun.
Once someone took the lead, the hundreds of thousands of living beings soon entered the formation one after another. The number of entrants in the two sect masters' formations was roughly equal.
Li Yunjing sat cross-legged in meditation on the mountaintop with his eyes slightly closed, guarding the Exposition Sect's formation and waiting for someone to pass the trial and join the sect.
Li Yunjing seemed half-asleep, but his divine sense wandered through the formation. The Saint's techniques were indeed extraordinary. Everything along the way on Mount Kunlun had been concealed by the formation. Within the vast formation, every step was a process of Heart Tempering. The seven emotions and six desires of the living beings surfaced in their hearts and manifested countless changes before their eyes.
After Li Yunjing advanced to the Grand Unity realm, all time and space remained eternally at his freedom, so the formation could not influence him. His divine sense continuously swept over every living being, observing their aptitude, comprehension, and destiny.
Countless living beings revealed sorrow, joy, fear, and alarm at times within the trial formation. Every step was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, yet those with firm wills struggled upward step by step.
Some living beings took only one step into the formation before seemingly witnessing some terrifying horror. They involuntarily took a step backward.
In the next moment, radiance flowed through the formation, and those living beings were sent out. They were transported a thousand miles away from Mount Kunlun, directly eliminated from the trial.
Primordial Heavenly Venerate was extremely strict when accepting disciples. Some of the living beings who had been transported out were unwilling to accept it and tried to enter the formation again to start over, only to be blocked outside by the formation. They had no second chance at all!
Although these living beings were unwilling to accept the result, elimination was elimination. They could only helplessly turn toward the formation established by Sect Master Tongtian, attempting to obtain an opportunity from the other Saint.
"What trash!"
Seeing this scene, Li Yunjing shook his head slightly, looking down on these people. They could not even pass the most basic Heart Tempering trial, so how could they possibly pass the later trials of aptitude and destiny?
No wonder the Interception Sect would nearly be destroyed in later generations. Some of its disciples had no bearing of the Immortal Dao at all.
Turning his head toward his teacher's formation, Li Yunjing saw that beneath the soaring sword qi, opportunities for survival had been left everywhere. As long as one's aptitude was not poor and one possessed some destiny, it was easy to pass. It seemed that the scene of Myriad Immortals Come to Court was destined to appear.
Thinking of the Interception Sect's bleak future, Li Yunjing could only let out a sigh. At present, the Five True Disciples under Tongtian were all Grand Unity Golden Immortals. Among them, First Senior Brother Daoist Duobao had the highest cultivation, already reaching the mid-stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and becoming the leader of the third generation of the Daoist Sect.
Li Yunjing had Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters above him. Although he had a certain say in the Interception Sect's development, he could not control the overall situation and naturally could not change the sect's fate as a whole.
In the future, I can only do my best to preserve the Interception Sect's spark, keeping its essence alive and waiting until the Saints leave the Primordial World. That will be the time for me to lead the Interception Sect to revival. As for the Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters above me? Heh.
Li Yunjing sat there for three hundred years. How could it be so easy to become a Saint's disciple?
At first, the scenery changed with every step up the mountain. Living beings with firm wills could still climb upward step by step with relative ease. But once the trial of comprehension began, numerous tests requiring wisdom appeared according to each living being's cultivation. Without top-tier talent, did they think they could become a disciple simply by relying on willpower?
That stone had the strongest will of all!
How could anyone accepted as a Saint's disciple be foolish? Whoever was chosen would be an outstanding figure among the Primordial World's countless living beings.
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