Following his words, the people who had lined up swarmed towards the Heavenly Stage.
"Maintain order, maintain order!"
Su Yougen was still shouting, "Only ten people can enter at a time. Only ten people can enter. The steps are long and narrow. Don't let anything unexpected happen! Let ten people in first!"
The guards who were blocking the opening parted the way, letting the first ten people in the front row in, and then blocked the entrance again.
Among these ten people, there were men, women, young and old, and there was even an old man who needed to use a cane to tremble as he climbed the steps to heaven.
But just as he climbed up one step, he stopped moving, and a happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then his body moved to the front of the stairs as if being pushed by something.
"Have I failed?" The old man looked up at the Cloud Steps and sighed, "What a beautiful dream."
"Father-in-law, what did you see?" Su Yougen asked curiously.
"I see gold and silver everywhere, wives and concubines galore, countless servants, and a life of luxury." The old man laughed.
"Sweet dreams, father-in-law." Su Yougen bowed and said after hearing this.
It is just not suitable for the Golden Immortal Sect.
Among the others who went up the stairs, some stopped after walking two or three steps, and some walked a little further, but basically they all stopped, and then moved their bodies horizontally, as if they were being sent to the door by the breeze.
Without exception, all failed.
"The next batch."
Su Yougen was not surprised at all. He asked the guards to clear the road, let those who failed the test go out, and then let a new round of people go up.
The Heavenly Stairs were very long, but the place they were going to was not the top, but just the square at the outer gate.
The Golden Immortal Sect now has three locations, with the Fulong Pass Ascension Steps as the base, the top level for true transmission, the middle level for inner gate, and the bottom level for outer gate.
But even this outer gate was off-limits. The person taking the test could only walk a dozen steps at most, then stop and be swept away by a gust of wind.
"The next batch." Su Yougen's voice continued.
At the Jinxianmen Zhenchuan Square, Sun Jiubei saw those mortals being sent away one by one through the round mirror technique. Lingling was grinning and no one knew what he was thinking. As for the other three, they glanced at the expressionless Song Yin from time to time, with distorted faces and uneasy hearts.
"Master, Senior Brother"
Zhang Feixuan stepped forward boldly and asked, "What exactly is this assessment?"
"I don't know either." Song Yin shook his head and said, "For this test, I borrowed the power of the original Xumi Vein monster 'Mountain Ghost' to lead people into dreams and illusions, which can make people discover what they want deep in their hearts."
"But this is a matter of each person's mindset. I naturally don't know their situation. But since they didn't pass, they don't meet the criteria for selecting disciples for our Golden Immortal Sect."
So you didn’t know!
The three of them felt relieved.
"That old man is still dreaming of having fine clothes, delicious food, and many wives and concubines. Of course, such a person can't survive." Wang Qizhen said in a relaxed tone.
"That has nothing to do with it."
Song Yin shook his head and said, "Splendid clothes, delicious food, wives and concubines, servants everywhere, wine pools and jade forests, that's just human desire. My Jinxian Sect does not abstain from desire. It's normal for people to have desires, but the premise is that they don't harm others. The further I go with my supernatural powers, the more I can understand the mind, and the more I can ask my heart."
"That old man didn't just want to live a life of luxury. This magical power must have tempered his inner self, but it made him succumb. It's fine to have desires, but if he succumbs to evil for the sake of desires, my Golden Immortal Sect definitely doesn't want such a person."
As he spoke, he pointed to a young man who was climbing the stairs in the round mirror and said, "Look at this man. He climbed up the thirteen steps without stopping. This means that the most basic desires are useless to him, but it also means that he has greater pursuits in his heart. But whether it is evil or not, we have to see..."
The young man in the round mirror continued to climb the stairs. After walking more than a hundred steps, his speed slowed down. He stopped completely after walking more than three hundred steps. A satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he stopped moving forward.
Then, he was blown down the mountain by a gust of yellow wind.
There are many people like this among the mortals taking the test, most of them are young people. They climb the steps quickly at first, but then walk slower and slower until they finally stop.
The best result was only over 500 steps.
But the stairway to heaven that leads to the outer gate is a thousand steps long, and more than five hundred of them are only halfway there.
But throughout the whole day, no one reached the 500th step. It was not until night that people could no longer hold on and went back to rest. Song Yin sighed, "The road ahead is long and arduous. Let's take a rest too. Please come back early tomorrow."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves, turned around and walked into the hall.
"Good night, fellow brothers." Sun Jiubei also bowed and followed Song Yin upstairs.
"Good fellow, there is not even one here." Wang Qizheng saw the two of them disappear and whispered, "Aren't there a few with good qualifications? This one hasn't even made it?"
It's just the entry into the Golden Immortal Sect, it's not that exaggerated. Those who took the test today, including a few people he knew, were all perfect people with good roots, much better than those junior brothers below, but they still couldn't pass the test.
Isn't this a bit too harsh
“Good.”
Zhang Feixuan said, "Save yourself the trouble. Look at what Senior Brother has been doing recently. The mortals are training their troops and the fire guns are out. When the Golden Immortal Sect has more people, we will have to fight those good and evil sects head-on."
If senior brother takes it as his mission to save the world, he will sooner or later run into people from Nanping Country. He doesn't do that now because the number of people in the Golden Immortal Sect is not enough. There are only twenty-three people including them and the eldest senior brother. They were busy with a hundred defenders in the city some time ago. With these few people, they are definitely not enough to expand outward.
But not expanding is a good thing. He doesn't have the same mentality as his senior brother. He wanted to retire in the Xumi Meridian before. Although he was forced to enter the master's world, fortunately nothing serious happened.
Entering the master's room, having food and drink, and living a carefree and happy life, it is now no different from his previous dream. Who would want to run away if he is sick
"Brother made the assessment based on our character as a template. If we pass this test, what will it matter?" Zhang Feixuan smiled confidently, shaking his folding fan.
What's going on? Is this a place where filth and dirt gather
If Jin Guang were to take charge, he would accept it.
But if his senior brother were here, he wouldn’t dare to recognize him.
The mortals here are good, there aren't that many who want to do bad things, so they can't come up.
"You make sense." Wang Qizhen nodded.
…
The next day, the assessment continued, but again, no one could reach the outer gate square. The most powerful one climbed to more than 700 steps and finally stopped.
The man was a refugee heading north. Fortunately, he was a perfect man and had not been absorbed by the Sound and Silent Gate. However, all the people in his family died because of the war.
He was a tough man, and seemed to have great ambitions in his heart, but the strange thing was that when he started to climb the stairs, his steps were heavy, and he could not go up any more until he reached more than 700 steps. Then he stopped suddenly, revealed a satisfied and evil smile, and was then sent down.
"I don't accept it, I don't accept it!"
After being sent to the mountain gate, the man resisted the guards' obstruction, his eyes red, and said excitedly: "I resisted the temptation of luxury! I resisted the revival of my family! I succeeded in my revenge, I just lost my way on the road to becoming a king, what did I do wrong! What did I do wrong!"
Then he was pushed down.
Song Yin looked into the round mirror and sighed, "What a pity! His aptitude and physique are both good, and he seems to be working very hard, but he can't get past the test in his heart. If he only wanted revenge, he would not fail the test."
"Become a king? Do you see yourself becoming a king?" Zhang Feixuan asked in surprise.
Judging from his supernatural powers, he must have done something before becoming a king, which violated the assessment standards set by his senior brother, and that’s why he failed.
As for what the standard is.
Zhang Feixuan didn't dare to think about it.
Apart from him, the others were even worse, and the best of them only stopped at two or three hundred steps.
On the second day of the assessment, still no one was admitted.
Day three, day four, day five.
For five consecutive days, no one could enter the Golden Immortal Gate to take the assessment and become an immortal.
But ordinary people don't think there is anything wrong with this. After all, gods are high up, so it's not that easy to achieve success.
But as time went by, the number of people queuing up became fewer and fewer. Although there were many mortals guarding the city, there were not that many perfect people. After the screening in the past few days, there were not many people left.
It was another early morning. After finishing morning lessons, Zhang Feixuan and his friends came to the square. Looking through the round mirror, they saw that there were obviously fewer people queuing below, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
There are fewer and fewer people, it seems that the end is coming. Senior brother's plan to recruit disciples this time is likely to fail.
Huang Feng descended from the sky steps. Su Yougen received the signal and shouted, "The assessment begins!"
"Xu Liehu, keep going, we have confidence in you, you will definitely become a god!"
Behind the queue, people watching the fun started shouting.
The middle-aged man at the front of the line turned around, clasped his fists towards them shyly, and said sheepishly: "I'll try my best."
"Brother Xu, why did you come just now?"
Even Su Yougen's eyes lit up when he saw this person and he asked with a smile.
Hunter Xu smiled and said, "I should have come earlier, but someone asked me to go get some meat, so I was delayed."
"The gods are personally recruiting people. It would be bad if we miss it. We can hunt at any time." The person behind him said.
"That's not the case."
Hunter Xu said with a smile: "If someone asks you to do something, you have to complete it. What if they need it urgently? Since you promised them, you have to do it. If you really miss it, then miss it. It means I am not destined to do it. I am living well this way."
These words made the people in the back stand in awe, and they bowed and said, "Xu the Hunter is so righteous!"
"Hey, you're quite popular, but don't be so confident. You think this is your business? Don't step on more than two steps."
However, among the people walking side by side with him, a man with a face full of flesh and who was as fierce as Wang Qizhen and Wang Hu sneered.
"Thanks for your advice. You should also work hard." The middle-aged man showed his white teeth and smiled brightly.
"snort!"
Looking at his appearance, the man with a fat face sneered, stopped looking at him, and strode up the stairs.
His name was Xiahou Chi. He was one of the people who fled north. He used to be a bandit and a leader.
That is the bandit leader.
After joining Baishou City, he wanted to go back to his old job, with you as a spear and me as a sword, to become bigger and stronger and create greater glory. However, the Jinxian Sect came too fast and did not give him the opportunity, and then they started recruiting disciples.
He also wants to give it a try, what if
What if you become a god, then you can do whatever you want!
Being a god is much more promising than being a bandit!
"That's Xu Chengzhu, right?"
At the mountain gate, Zhang Feixuan looked at the man dressed as a hunter in the round mirror and said in surprise: "I thought he had been here before, but he is only here now."
"Oh, this person is good." Song Yin nodded and said, "I can look forward to it."
Xu Chengzhu, a hunter, is 31 years old and is very famous among the Hundred Guardians of the City.
During the Pude period, he was a person who hunted without asking for anything in return, but he was not the kind of person who needed blessings. When he saw people in need, he would rather starve himself and would give the prey he had hunted to those people in need.
Later, Pude died, but he was still the same as before. It was the most chaotic time and many people had no food to eat. It was he who led people out to hunt for survival and help the weak.
He is a kind-hearted person on weekdays. He will help if you ask him for help. Even if you don't ask him for help, he will do his best to help if he sees someone in trouble.
There is no mortal who knows him but respects him.
When the prefectural government was recruiting soldiers before, Su Yougen wanted to hire him as the leader, but he refused.
This person's character has been tested over time.