Tianhong Mountain has seven peaks and three valleys. It is known as the peak circuit with eighteen bends. The terrain is dangerous and there are many strange peaks.
This mountain is the largest mountain range in Tianjiang Mansion, and the Zongheng Sword Sect, one of the four low-rank sect-level forces, settled here.
Besides Zongheng Jianzong, there are many other unqualified forces entrenched everywhere.
The mountain road is rugged and winds up, and a white jade arch stands on the ground, with a height of ten meters, majestic with a sharp edge that points to the sky.
The four big characters of Zongheng Jianzong in the last letter, with silver hooks and iron paintings, are mysterious and inexhaustible.
With Chen Zong's current swordsmanship attainments, one can vaguely feel the extraordinaryness of it, but he can't comprehend anything, because the person who carved these four characters with his own hands has superb swordsmanship attainments.
This is the mountain gate of Zongheng Jianzong.
The mountain gate represents the facade of a power. If it is simple, it will damage the majesty of the sect. If it is too gorgeous, it will appear exaggerated. If it is done too well, it may arouse the hostility of other sects.
What grade matches what level, this is the underlying truth, no one will go beyond.
The mountain gate made of white jade is not gorgeous, but it is not simple, and it looks simple and elegant, shaped like a hollowed out giant sword, it is perfect for the mountain gate of the vertical and horizontal sword sect.
On the left and right sides under the mountain gate, stood two straight young men. Their white sword robes made their figures even more straight, like sharp swords out of their sheaths, releasing invisible sharpness.
His sharp eyes swept across the air, swept across Chen Zong, and then landed on Li Qingye's face.
"But Elder Li?" One of them asked.
"It's me." Li Qingye carried a long sword on his back, with a smile on his plain face.
"I have met Elder Li." The two disciples guarding the mountain gate hurriedly saluted.
"Exemption." Li Qingye smiled, and after finishing speaking, he took Chen Zong across the mountain gate and walked up the mountain along the white jade steps.
The steps are winding, like a white boa constrictor. When you look up, you can vaguely see a touch of white continuously going up, as if there is no end.
"Senior, those two just now are both true martial arts?" Chen Zong asked casually as he followed Li Qingye up the white jade steps.
"Fourth level of True Martial Realm." Li Qingye said: "They are all inner disciples of Zongheng Sword Sect."
"They all look young." Chen Zong said with a smile.
"It should be about twenty-seven or eighteen years old." Li Qingye also laughed.
Twenty-seven or eight-year-old true martial arts are not uncommon in the Longtu Dynasty. They can only be regarded as a group of people with good talents, but if they are among the three major dynasties, they can already be regarded as geniuses. Will be dubbed the word Tianjiao.
For example, Naba Wu Tianjiao broke through to the True Martial Realm in his twenties, but there is still a big gap between the first level and the fourth level of True Martial Realm.
But counting, I am not too young now, and I am gradually approaching the age of twenty-four. Of course, because I pursue a more solid and perfect foundation, I have not hit the real martial arts stage for a long time, otherwise I guess I have already reached the real martial arts level. environment level.
Thinking about it, the two true martial arts level 4 inner sect disciples guarding the mountain gate would not have much higher combat power when they were practicing at the Jin level, probably at the level of three or four stars.
Before coming, Li Qingye had already given some general information about Zongheng Jianzong.
The composition of the entire Zongheng Sword Sect from top to bottom is the elder, suzerain, inner sect elder, outer sect elder, deacon, core disciples, inner sect disciples and outer sect disciples.
Among them, the elders of the inner sect, the suzerain, and the elders are all strong in the Transcendent Realm, while the elders of the outer sect are all fake Transcendent Realm. If they break through to the Transcendent Realm, they can become the elders of the inner sect and enjoy higher status, rights and more good treatment.
As for the deacons, they are all in the real martial arts realm, and they are often in the middle and late stages of the true martial arts realm.
The core disciples are late-stage True Martial Realm practitioners within thirty years of age.
Inner sect disciples are the early and middle stages of true martial arts within the age of 30.
The disciples of the outer sect practice the state of strength.
Among them, the status of the deacons is higher than that of the inner disciples and outer disciples, and there is a gap with the core disciples. The status of the core disciples is quite high, even comparable to some elders of the outer sect.
Zongmen Jianzi belongs to a very special existence, referring to a kind of honor, a kind of treatment that can be enjoyed.
The more it is settled, the more Chen Zong looks forward to this Zonghengjianzong.
The white jade steps were winding and long, but the speed of Chen Zong and Li Qingye was not slow, and they leaped continuously. After a while, Chen Zong followed Li Qingye to a white jade square.
The square is wide, covering tens of thousands of square meters. In the center of the square stands an eight-legged bronze tripod, which is extremely thick. There are sword patterns carved on it. If you carefully identify it, you can find countless sword patterns that form a vertical and horizontal nourishment, running in all directions. , In the center of the cauldron, there is even an ancient bronze sword that is several meters long and the size of two palms.
The sword is awe-inspiring!
"This is an ancient sword tripod." Li Qingye said, with a solemn expression, as if on a pilgrimage: "It was forged by the founder of our Zongheng Jianzong, and it is one of the symbols of Zongheng Jianzong."
Looking at the ancient sword tripod, Chen Zong didn't know why, but felt that his mood was affected, and he became solemn.
"It is rumored that the ancestor of Kaipai left a middle-grade spiritual martial art in this ancient sword cauldron, but no one has realized it yet." Li Qingye said.
"Lingwu?" Chen Zong was puzzled.
"Spiritual Martial Arts is the martial art practiced by those who are strong in the Transcendent Realm." Li Qingye explained without saying much, but changed the subject: "Come with me, I will take you to see the suzerain."
Recommending Zongmen Jianzi is a big deal, meeting the suzerain is a must.
Going all the way, passing through many palace gates, and stopping in front of a grand hall.
It is not difficult to meet the suzerain as the elder of Li Qingye's outer sect.
This hall, called the Zonghengjian Palace, is the main hall of the Zonghengjian Sect, and it is also the place where the suzerain usually meets with the elders and disciples and receives important foreign guests.
The vertical and horizontal sword hall is 100 meters high, with big pillars supporting the sky, and sword shadows are engraved on each pillar, criss-crossing, with extraordinary aura. Behind the suzerain seat, countless sword bodies are gathered to form a thick sword wall, which seems indestructible.
To Chen Zong's astonishment, the suzerain of Zonghengjianzong was a big man with a curly beard, with a broad face and a square mouth, which was different from what he had imagined.
Well, people are not judged by their appearance.
In addition to the suzerain, there were also four elders from the inner sect gathered in the Zonghengjian Hall, each sitting on their seats, their gazes passed over Li Qingye and fell on Chen Zong's body, and they were slightly surprised immediately.
Chen Zong cultivated the impeccable Hunyuan body, which can suppress the fluctuation of aura, making it difficult for people to detect it. Even a super-mortal powerhouse can't easily detect it.
Under the gaze, Chen Zong felt the pressure from the gazes of the five people. It was the coercion of the powerhouses in the Transcendent Realm. It was not deliberate, but brought about by the gaze of the gazes.
Chen Zong's expression remained unchanged, calm and composed, which made people secretly surprised.
It is indeed very rare for a person who is practicing Jinjing to be able to keep his face unchanged and his figure not shake under the gaze of five Transcendent Realm powerhouses.
"Elder Qingye, are you sure you want to use the one-time recommendation qualification on this son?" The Great Elder spoke, as if with an accent, lingering in the hall, echoing in the ears of the two of them endlessly.
"Reporting to the Great Elder, yes." Li Qingye responded respectfully.
There are a total of four elders in the inner sect. In order, they are the Great Elder, the Second Elder, the Third Elder, and the Fourth Elder. Among them, the Great Elder has the highest cultivation base and the strongest strength.
"This son looks good, and he is indeed qualified to compete for the sword son of the sect, but do you know the origin of this son?" The second elder also spoke, his voice slightly sharp.
Zongmen Jianzi will be favored by the Zongmen's resources and get the best training. lost.
And if the people cultivated are not good-natured or ungrateful, etc., it will be the loss of the sect in the end.
"Reporting to the Second Elder, this son is named Chen Zong, and he came from the Yunlong Dynasty, one of the three great dynasties on the other side of the Shenyu River." Li Qingye replied immediately.
"Oh, from the other side of the Shenyu River." Several elders nodded, and immediately looked at the suzerain, waiting for the suzerain's final decision.
"Sword of the Zongmen, it is a matter of the rise and fall of the Zongmen's honor. It is a major event that cannot be lost." Qiu Xu's suzerain said, his voice was like a loud bell, his eyes passed over Chen Zong and then fell on Li Qingye's face: "Let Chen Zong stay here first , temporarily listed as an outer disciple, after this sect confirms that there is no problem with Chen Zong's origin, he will arrange the sect swordsman assessment, Chen Zong, what do you think?"
Chen Zong was a little surprised that a super-mortal powerhouse who was still the master of a sect asked his opinion like this.
"But it depends on the suzerain's arrangement." Chen Zongdao.
As for the other party's request to investigate his origin, Chen Zong was not at all dissatisfied. If he was the master of a sect, he would not be able to train talents for the enemy. It is necessary to investigate his origin.
Of course, this is also because Chen Zong never lied to Li Qingye, otherwise those who harbor evil intentions must be very impatient.
"In this case, Elder Qingye, take Chen Zong to the area of the outer disciples and stay there for now." Suzerain Lin Zhonghan said.
"Yes, Sovereign." Li Qingye led Chen Zong out of the Zonghengjian Palace.
As soon as he walked out of the Sword Palace, the oppressive atmosphere disappeared immediately, and Chen Zong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, being stared at by five super-mortal experts, it is impossible to have no pressure.
"The matter of Zongmen Jianzi is very important, and it is necessary to investigate the origin. I hope you will not hold grudges." Li Qingye said to Chen Zong.
"Senior, don't worry, I can understand." Chen Zongdao.
"It couldn't be better." Li Qingye smiled, feeling more and more satisfied with Chen Zong.
Speaking of which, I originally thought that my disciple was very good, but compared with Chen Zongyi, he was overshadowed.
Whether it is talent, combat power or heart, there are obvious gaps.
Thinking of his disciple Yang Xuanying, Li Qingye frowned again. Since he was defeated in the duel with Chen Zong that day, he left the sword hall and disappeared. Originally, he planned to bring him to Zongheng Jianzong, even if he could not become Zongmen Jianzong. He is not a disciple, but with his talent, he can also be ranked among the top disciples of the outer sect and win better resources.
It's a pity that Yang Xuanying went back to the Yang family after leaving the sword gym that day, and then left again without knowing where he was going.
"Third Elder, you are the fastest, so you took the black wooden boat across the river and went to the Yunlong Dynasty to investigate the identity of Chen Zong." Suzerain Luo Zhonghan said.
"Yes." The thin third elder got up and left quickly.
(end of this chapter)