"Hahahaha!" True Lord Wu of the Taiyi Immortal Sword Order burst out laughing. "You have a good eye! Choose this Dao Art, and you'll never regret it!"
He suddenly seemed far warmer toward Tang Changsheng, while the other True Immortals grew noticeably more reserved.
Tang Changsheng had a sudden realization. This had indeed been a test, a way of making a selection.
"For cultivators, nothing matters more than their foundational Dao Arts. Other things are trifles... and far easier to obtain. But a foundational Dao Art is crucial...
"You did well. Those treasures didn't dazzle you; you knew to choose a foundational Dao Art. That shows excellent judgment.
"The Dao Arts of all Nine Great Immortal Sects were here, yet you chose the Taiyi Immortal Sword Order's Scripture of Life and Death, Illusion and Extinction, the Two Principles and Minute Dust. That shows you have an affinity with our order.
"If you master this scripture, our order can make an exception and accept you as a Direct Lineage True Disciple. Do you understand?"
Tang Changsheng was shaken to the core. So that was it. No wonder the True Immortals of all Nine Great Immortal Sects had sat before him, waiting in solemn readiness. They had been waiting for his choice.
In other words, if he had chosen a scripture from any one of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, he could have joined that sect.
For any cultivator in the Eastern Glory World, that was an opportunity they could only dream of.
Any cultivator except Tang Changsheng, perhaps. He was not from the Eastern Glory World in the first place.
Dazed, he answered respectfully, "This disciple will cultivate diligently!"
As his words fell, more than half the True Immortals present departed.
Clearly, since Tang Changsheng had not chosen their sects, they