A month later, Qin Di left Tiantai Mountain and appeared at the Phoenix Mountain in the eastern region of the Central Continent.
He led his master, Shi Yang, and his senior sister, Shi Lu, to the Immortal Music Stone to let them take the test.
As both of them were cultivators who had entered the Immortal Music Sect at a young age and had extremely high immortal music cultivation, they quickly passed the test and became elite disciples of the Immortal Music Sect.
Then, Qin Di led them to an immortal mountain, which was his own immortal mountain.
Ever since he had become a Spirit Immortal, his clone, Qin Shui, had his own immortal mountain. Previously, as an Earth Immortal, he did not have the right to have an immortal mountain. Although the immortal mountain owned by a beginner Spirit Immortal was very small, he had a place to stay after all.
In the palace at the peak of the immortal mountain, his main body and clone quickly completed the handover. His main body stayed in the Immortal Music Sect and continued to cultivate the Decadent Sound, while his clone, Qin Shui, floated away and prepared to find an opportunity to enter the Black Emperor Palace.
Up until now, he only had four doppelgangers. The other three doppelgangers had already entered the Qing Emperor Palace, the Red Emperor Palace, and the White Emperor Palace respectively. They had all embarked on their respective cultivation journeys. As the fourth doppelganger, Qin Shui, could not stay outside for too long. Otherwise, the four doppelgangers would have a huge disparity in power. Some were like trees, and some were like grass.
Moreover, Qin Di had once speculated that if he encountered a suitable opportunity in the future, before his main body entered the Celestial World and found Goddess Houtu, it would be best if he could find the Yellow Emperor Palace in the Spirit Realm and learn the earth-elemental cultivation technique left behind by the Yellow Emperor. Only by having all five elements could he avoid the risk of Qi Deviation mentioned by the four great gods.
But so far, he had not heard any news about the Yellow Emperor Palace. He did not know what had happened to the Yellow Emperor Palace. Where had all his disciples gone? Why had his inheritance been cut off in the Spirit Realm?
After 60 years, the Black Emperor Palace opened its doors to recruit disciples.
Qin Di (Qin Shui's clone) brought Wu Mei 'er and 30 water-elemental cultivators to Obsidian City, which was not far from the Luobu Immortal Mountain.
Profound Stone City had two of the most prosperous streets, one was Azure Dragon Street, the other was Black Tortoise Street. The Azure Dragon Street ran from east to west, while the Black Tortoise Street ran from north to south. The intersection of the two streets was the City Lord's Mansion. Not far to the east of the City Lord's Mansion was the Qing Emperor's Palace and not far to the north was the Black Emperor's Palace.
To the left of the Black Emperor Palace, there was an old turtle less than a hundred and fifty zhang away. It was huge and completely black, and it didn't eat or drink. It lay there all year round, resting. It was said that it would only open its eyes once every five hundred years to examine the new disciples. Occasionally, it would swallow one or two cultivators with ulterior motives, which would allow it to survive for another five hundred years.
Facing the old tortoise, there was a rockery that was more than a hundred feet high. There was a small path between the rockery and the old tortoise. All the disciples waiting to be tested had to line up and walk along the small path to walk past the old tortoise.
Old Tortoise was the only examiner. If it met a disciple with good aptitude, it would open its mouth and spit out pearls of various colors. If it was a white pearl the size of a grain of rice, it would be an outer sanctum disciple. If it was a red pearl the size of a soybean, it would be an inner sanctum disciple. If it was a yellow pearl the size of a broad bean, it would be an elite disciple. If it was a green pearl the size of a pigeon's egg, it would be a direct disciple of the Grand Supreme Elder. If it was a blue pearl the size of a longan, it would be a direct disciple of the legendary Black Emperor Celestial Ancestor.
This year's Winter Solstice was the day when the Black Emperor's Palace officially opened its doors.
Qin Di led a group of people and got the number plates for the test two days in advance.
On the morning of the Winter Solstice, there was a sea of people outside the Black Emperor Palace. When it was seven in the morning, the Black Emperor Palace's doors opened. A Seventh Stage Spiritual Immortal led more than twenty cultivators out of the doors. They hid behind a small mountain and recited an elegy to the old tortoise. Then, the old tortoise's eyes suddenly opened!
Soon after, the Seventh Stage Spiritual Immortal ordered someone to summon the people waiting for the test from outside the artificial mountain. They formed a long line according to the number plates and walked onto the small path one by one.
The Seventh Stage Spiritual Immortal brought three other low-level Spiritual Immortals and stood beside the old tortoise to witness the test process.
The cultivators waiting for the test wore all kinds of clothes and walked quickly past the old tortoise.
The old tortoise's eyes were as big as the mouth of a bowl. It stared at these people without blinking.
One person walked past and didn't spit out a pearl. This person sighed. Obviously, he didn't pass the test.
The second person walked past and still didn't get a pearl. This person shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Thirty to forty people walked past in a row and didn't get a single pearl.
It seemed that the old tortoise's requirements were very strict and the test was very difficult.
The Seventh Stage Spiritual Immortal seemed to be used to this kind of scene. It would take him at least ten thousand years to accept this kind of guard mission. Every five hundred years, it would be twenty cycles. Therefore, he just watched quietly and didn't have much hope in his heart.
When there were almost two hundred people, a young Fourth Tier Earth Immortal was lucky enough to obtain a white bead.
At that moment, the Seventh Stage Spiritual Immortal standing beside the old tortoise didn't move. Instead, a low-level Spiritual Immortal walked forward and said, "Congratulations on becoming an outer sanctum disciple of the Black Emperor Palace!"
This person was quickly led outside and stood happily at the entrance of the Qing Emperor Palace.
Someone in the distance pointed and said, "This kid is lucky. He's already an outer sanctum disciple!"
"I know this person … Isn't he a manservant from the White Stone Teahouse?"
"He can actually pass the test. Maybe we can too …"
While everyone was discussing, the test continued. Basically, there was only one outer sanctum disciple for every two to three hundred people and one inner sanctum disciple for every one thousand people. As for elite disciples, they were even rarer. On average, there was only one in five to six thousand people. As for the direct disciples of the Grand Supreme Elder, it would be considered lucky if even one of them appeared during the whole test.
Xuanshi City was a big city in the northeast region. All the cultivators added up to at least a million. Due to the rapid cultivation in the Spiritual Realm, there were many cultivators above the Void Step realm. This time, there were fifty to sixty thousand people who came to sign up for the test. Once the test started, it wouldn't stop, regardless of day or night, until the test was completed!
After six hours, it was finally Qin Di's group's turn.
He walked at the back, with Wu Mei 'er in front of him. In front of them, there were more than twenty water-elemental cultivators from the Four Divine Sect.
In the end, among these twenty cultivators, there were eight outer sanctum disciples and two inner sanctum disciples.
The old tortoise continuously spat out white and red pearls, causing the eyes of the Seventh Stage Spiritual Immortal standing beside him to light up. He thought to himself, Where did these people come from? How great would it be if all the people taking the test were like this!
As an outer sanctum elder of the Black Emperor Palace, he was responsible for recruiting disciples. If he could recruit enough inner sanctum disciples and elite disciples, it would be considered a meritorious deed for the sect. He could end his mission in advance and return to the celestial mountain to cultivate as soon as possible.
When Wu Mei 'er walked past the old tortoise, the old tortoise paused for a moment. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and spat out a green pearl, which was as big as a pigeon's egg!
The Seventh Stage Spiritual Immortal was shocked, and his eyes widened. "The direct disciple of the Grand Supreme Elder? Oh my god! Finally, there is a direct disciple! Even if there are no more outstanding disciples, I have completed my mission and will be rewarded by the sect! "
Qin Di was also shocked. According to his judgment, Wu Mei 'er might only be an elite disciple. He didn't expect that she would also be accepted as a direct disciple! He thought to himself, This may be due to several factors. First of all, Wu Mei 'er came from the Mortal World, and her aptitude is not bad. Second, she has cultivated the mental cultivation method of the Black Emperor Palace in advance, which adds points to her participation in the test. Third, she has the Heaven Soul Glasses, and has comprehended many laws of heaven and earth, which are far beyond her cultivation realm. For cultivators, the most important thing to advance quickly is the laws of heaven and earth …
The Seventh Stage Spiritual Immortal asked, "What's your name? Quick, stand behind me. I'll take you to meet the Grand Supreme Elder later … "
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