Chapter 124 Ladder to Heaven

A month later, the eighteen-year deadline arrived as scheduled.

In the open space outside the capital, people from all over the Jin Dynasty gathered early.

Among them were not only young people, but more masters of the older generation.

Although Changkong Zhenren had said that only young people born in the past eighteen years could pass the selection of disciples of Ziwei Daomen.

But the temptation of cultivating immortals and living forever was too great.

The masters of the older generation were really unwilling to give up, so they also came one after another, wanting to see if they still had a chance?

On the big fish, Changkong Zhenren walked out of the Taoist temple again and looked down at the people below.

"Hey, are you really unwilling?"

He sighed in his heart.

Once upon a time, he was actually one of the people below, who risked his life to travel through mountains and rivers in order to practice immortality.

But he was lucky and was born with spiritual roots, so he was fortunate to be admitted to Ziwei Daomen in the end.

In a blink of an eye, thousands of years passed.

Now, he is already one of the few strong men in Ziwei Dao Sect, and he seems to have the qualifications to look down on all living beings.

But every time he sees this scene, he can't help but feel emotional.

Looking at the desire for immortality in those people's eyes, he seems to see himself in the past.

But there is no way, some things are destined to fail, just not.

Without spiritual roots, even if you are the illegitimate child of God, you can't step into the immortal path.

Of course, there are people in the world who grow spiritual roots after birth.

But that situation is really too rare.

At least with Changkong Zhenren's current cultivation, he believes that he is unable to do it, helping people grow spiritual roots after birth.

"Greetings to the immortal."

Changkong Zhenren shook his head and said, "I am not an immortal, just a cultivator, and no one in this world dares to call himself an immortal."

He spread his right hand, and a thumb-sized staircase appeared in his palm.

"Everyone, the entry selection I set up is very simple. Next, I will put down a ladder. Anyone who can follow the ladder and climb up my Kongming beast will be qualified to enter."

"Master, is it true that only people with spiritual roots can enter the Tao and cultivate immortals?"

Someone shouted loudly, obviously still unwilling to accept it.

"Yes, having spiritual roots is the foundation of cultivating immortals. Otherwise, how can you draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into your body? Without the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish your body and soul, how can you promote your life?"

"Of course, spiritual roots are only the foundation of cultivating immortals, but it does not mean that you can definitely enter Ziwei Daomen if you have spiritual roots."

"My Ziwei Daomen has very strict requirements for disciples. There are mixed and pure spiritual roots. Only those with pure spiritual roots and strong character are qualified to enter my Ziwei Daomen."

"In the past 18 years, thousands of descendants with spiritual roots have been born in the Great Jin Dynasty, but according to the requirements of my Ziwei Daomen, I am afraid that only dozens of them can enter today."

"But don't be discouraged. After I leave, there will naturally be other immortal sects coming to recruit disciples. The requirements of those sects will be lower, and you can still get the opportunity to cultivate immortals."

"Okay, now the selection begins, please go up the ladder."

After saying this, Changkong Zhenren suddenly waved his hand.

In a bright light, the small ladder in his hand suddenly expanded rapidly and turned into a huge ladder in the blink of an eye.

The ladder is located on the ground, and the top is connected to the big fish.

At the same time, an invisible force spread from the ladder, and wherever it passed, the crowd was pushed back by the gentle force.

In an instant, a large open space was cleared around the ladder.

The crowd was in turmoil, and some impatient people immediately rushed to the ladder.

But they soon found that they could not get through.

The invisible force, like a tough barrier, blocked all those who did not have spiritual roots.

Lamentations!

Cries!

Curses!

The crowd was in chaos.

But no matter how people cursed the injustice of God, Changkong Zhenren ignored them and just stood on the big fish, waiting for qualified people to walk up the ladder.

Soon, young people, in the jealous eyes of the people, passed through the barrier of invisible forces and came to the ladder.

The older ones were already 17 or 18 years old, while the younger ones were still little bean sprouts.

They were either excited, proud, or naive, and they walked up the ladder one by one.

However, there were two people who stood out in the crowd, Zhao Mu and Zhou Yu Niang.

Although they looked very young, they could not hide the vicissitudes of life in their eyes.

Sun Miao Niang and Chi Huo followed beside them.

Zhou Yu Niang waved her hand: "Go, the rest of the way will depend on you, don't let your elders down."

"Yes, teacher."

Sun Miao Niang and Chi Huo looked at each other, and then followed the others and walked up the ladder.

"I heard that Sun Miao Niang came to you alone a month ago?" Zhou Yu Niang looked at Zhao Mu with a playful look in her eyes.

"Sure enough, in that palace, nothing can be hidden from you." Zhao Mu smiled.

Zhou Yu Niang sighed: "Alas, that girl was very cute when she was young, but I didn't expect her mind to become more and more complicated when she grew up. She always wanted others to take special care of her and liked to scheme against others. How can she concentrate on cultivation after entering the immortal gate like this?"

Zhao Mu smiled and shook his head: "You are about to go to a strange place. It's normal to be scared and want to find someone to rely on. But if you have complex thoughts, you can live longer, isn't it good?"

"Besides, who among us is not complicated? The important thing is that she must understand that such things as calculations must be used on outsiders, and some methods must not be used on one's own people, otherwise she will really want to I became a loner.”

"Okay, let's go up the ladder to heaven. We'll talk about the rest later."

"Hey, I hope she can understand this."

Zhou Yuniang shook her head slightly and followed Zhao Mu up the ladder to heaven.

As soon as he stepped onto the ladder to heaven, Zhao Mu suddenly felt a strange power coming, penetrating into his body and instantly flowing through his limbs and bones.

He could feel that this power was testing the purity of his spiritual roots, and as he went up step by step, more and more power penetrated into his body.

Zhao Mu glanced around and found that people were swept up by the golden light from time to time and sent to the ladder to heaven.

Those people should all have failed the spiritual root test.

"Fortunately, although my spiritual roots are condensed the day after tomorrow, they should be pure enough. I just don't know how big the gap is compared to these people?"

Zhao Mu thought secretly in his heart.

Over the years, he has gradually discovered that there is a drawback to acquired spiritual roots.

That is because it is not a natural condensation, so the artificial traces are relatively heavy and can never be perfect.

Zhao Mu's acquired spiritual roots may be stronger than some mixed innate spiritual roots in terms of qualifications, but he will never be able to rank among the top geniuses.

Of course, there are no absolutes in this world. In fact, there are still a few people with acquired spiritual roots whose cultivation talents are no worse than the top innate spiritual roots.

For example, Zhou Yuniang is like this.

Zhou Yuniang's acquired spiritual roots were condensed with the help of the national destiny of the Jin Dynasty.

In particular, she was the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty to condense the acquired spiritual roots, so she naturally contained the destiny of the country.

Therefore, although her spiritual roots are also not perfect, with the help of her strong national destiny, her cultivation talent is no worse than the top innate spiritual roots.

Of course, Zhao Mu was not jealous of this.

Because his greatest advantage has never been talent, but endless years.

As long as you live long enough, there is nothing in this world that you cannot get.

But once he enters the world of immortal cultivation where there are countless powerful people, he will probably return to the state where the Taoism is king.

"Don't fight for gains and losses in one day, but fight for the cause and effect of eternity!"

"Steady and low-key, avoid fights!"

"Haha, I really miss the days of scheming people behind their backs."

Zhao Mu smiled secretly in his heart.