They followed the main road up the mountain and arrived at the mountainside. A wide platform had been opened up here, and three large words were carved on the mountain wall: "Disciple Selection Platform". Presumably, it was the place where the aptitude of the new disciples would be tested every year, and then the elders would choose the new disciples.
But now, the place had been roughly remodeled.
There was a simple Gu formation on the floor, separating the areas. Each piece was labeled with a number.
Every once in a while, the people in front would move a little. On both sides of the road, there were disciples of the Five Virtues Sect handing out number plates.
Fang Yuan received a number plate with the number 63 on it.
He walked up to the Disciple Selection Platform, found the sixty-third position, and sat cross-legged on the floor tiles.
A moment later, the people in the square sat down, a Five Virtues Sect elder announced loudly: "This year's Refinement Path Convention has four entry questions, begin!"
At the next moment, the hundreds of Gu Masters on the Disciple Selection Stage made their moves, displaying their abilities.
Some of them had a ball of flame in their palms. This was the Fire Refinement Technique. Some of them spat out clouds of smoke from their mouths. This was the Smoke Refinement Technique. Some released several ice snakes. The ice snakes raised their heads and spat out cold air. This was ice refinement.
On the other hand, a few tens of specks of starlight fluttered about in Fang Yuan's hand, and they were like a group of azure fireflies that coiled and flew about.
According to the order, Fang Yuan put in the Gu refinement materials. After a quarter of an hour, he finished all the questions and stood up.
"So fast!" The Five Virtues Sect elder in charge of the scene had already known of Fang Yuan's rank five Gu Master identity and had been paying attention to him.
Even so, when Fang Yuan stood up, the elder still had a look of surprise on his face.
The speed at which Fang Yuan completed the task was simply too fast. He didn't make a single mistake. His technique was extremely proficient.
"What? Someone's already done it?!" Fang Yuan's action was shocking. This attracted the attention of many Gu Masters refining Gu.
"It's that mysterious rank five Gu Master …" The old master stood outside and saw Fang Yuan. His pupils constricted slightly, and then he cast a worried gaze towards his disciple, praying in his heart, "My good disciple, you can't be distracted because of this and be disturbed."
Thankfully, his young disciple was focused on refining Gu and did not notice Fang Yuan's movements.
Fang Yuan walked up the platform. On the high platform, the Five Virtues Sect elder immediately left his seat and personally inspected the four Gu worms in Fang Yuan's hands.
"There aren't any negative effects. It's like a well-fed Gu worm. Its condition is extremely stable." The elder of the Five Virtues Sect was inwardly alarmed. After he finished inspecting, he cupped his hands towards Fang Yuan and warmly said, "Daren, please go up the mountain this way."
Fang Yuan nodded. He slowly walked away from the Disciple Selection Platform.
"Impossible, right?"
"Someone actually passed in less than a third of the time …"
"Such powerful refinement path attainments!"
Outside the stage, the crowd discussed noisily. Even the Gu Masters refining Gu inside the stage were stunned. There were also a few who were too shocked that their minds were shaken. This caused the Gu refinement to fail.
Fang Yuan did not need to conceal his identity in this Refinement Path Convention. He was also a Gu Immortal. There was no need to hide.
He started up the path up the mountain, and presently. After a while, a Five Virtues Sect elder came up to greet him: "Sir, please wait for a moment …"
The elder had just spoken when Fang Yuan waved his hand, interrupting him: "I know why you are here. I have no such intentions, a mere Five Virtues Sect cannot accommodate me. "
The elder was stunned, anger flashed on his face.
He had come here with the sect leader's orders, to recruit Fang Yuan and invite him to become an external elder of the sect.
In fact, Five Virtues Sect was one of the registration points for the Refinement Path Convention, it was to recruit talents.
Originally, Fang Yuan's cultivation level was rank five, everyone in Five Virtues Sect was paying close attention to him. The refinement path attainment he displayed earlier even shocked the sect leader of Five Virtues Sect. How could he let go of such a talent? Thus, he ordered the elder to come forward and discuss.
In the end, before this elder could state his intentions, he was rejected by Fang Yuan.
This elder was very embarrassed after being rejected by Fang Yuan.
"What else do you want?" Fang Yuan glanced at him coldly.
The elder's face turned purple from anger, he snorted coldly: "Sir, you are actually looking down on my Five Virtues Sect, aren't you being too arrogant?"
"You want to duel with me?" Fang Yuan's voice was cold.
The elder's anger froze, he looked at Fang Yuan deeply: "Good, good, good, sir, you think highly of yourself, I am sure you will be able to obtain first place in the Refinement Path Convention. My Five Virtues Sect will wait and see! "
Saying so, he flicked his sleeves and left.
Fang Yuan did not mind, he continued to move forward, turning around a cliff, he saw Wood Virtue Hall.
This hall was hidden in the forest. It was emerald green and complemented the surrounding vegetation.
Fang Yuan walked into the hall, there were countless tables and chairs in the hall, there were even elite disciples of Five Virtues Sect waiting for him. Seeing Fang Yuan appear, one of the disciples quickly went to greet him: "Senior, may I know your name, which sect, and which Gu Master path you cultivate?"
Fang Yuan said solemnly: "My name is Fang Yuan, my sect is a secret, my main path is a secret."
"Oh … alright, senior, please pay a hundred Yuan stone as the registration fee. This fee will be used for … "
Before this disciple finished speaking, Fang Yuan threw the prepared Yuan stone over.
The disciple caught it in a fluster, saying politely: "Please take a seat."
After a while, Fang Yuan obtained a token.
Fang Yuan's name was written on the token, behind the token was a row of small words: Sect is a secret, path is a secret, register at Five Virtues Sect. At the end, there was still the registration time.
"Senior, please keep this token well. If you lose it, please replace it as soon as possible, otherwise, you will not be able to participate in the Refinement Path Convention. Please continue up the mountain, there will be the first Gu refinement competition in Fire Virtue Hall. Only by passing this competition will you be qualified to participate in the second round. "This disciple explained patiently.
Fang Yuan took the token and left Wood Virtue Hall.
At this point, the registration was over.
The Central Continent Refinement Path Convention was organized by the ten great ancient sects on the surface, but it was secretly supported by the Celestial Court.
The Refinement Path Convention was of an unprecedented scale, there were hundreds of registration points all over Central Continent. Most of them were sects like Five Virtues Sect, they were quite strong. They were close to the ten great ancient sects, or were the representatives of the ten great ancient sects.
Fang Yuan wanted to participate in the Refinement Path Convention. He had to refine Gu at any of these registration points. Only by passing the four introductory questions would he be qualified to register and obtain the token.
Because there were many demonic path Gu Masters participating in the Refinement Path Convention, there were even Gu Masters from the other four regions, the registration was very casual. Their names could be casually mentioned, their paths and sects could not be mentioned, the main point was the token itself.
There was also a group of special Gu Masters.
These people's sects or individuals had obtained a ranking in the previous Refinement Path Convention, thus they could directly participate in the Refinement Path Convention.
For example, Hong Yi. This was the situation.
His Universal Life Academy had obtained a low ranking in the Refinement Path Convention a hundred years ago. This time, Universal Life Academy had three spots, they could participate in the Refinement Path Convention without taking the test.
What was worth mentioning was that only Central Continent Gu Masters and Central Continent sects had this privilege.
After all, this Refinement Path Convention was organized by the ten great ancient sects of Central Continent, thus it was biased towards Central Continent itself.
Of course, Crane Gate had a large number of free spots. But Fang Yuan was only a subordinate of Crane Gate. It was not easy to ask for this spot. Fangzheng was in a different situation.
A portion of the sect's spots were given to disciples and elite disciples, while the other portion was given to the elders.
Fangzheng became an elder of Crane Gate. He could not compete with the disciples for the spots. And his own refinement path attainment was very low, he could not compete with the elders.
To participate in the Refinement Path Convention, Crane Gate naturally had to give out spots. To those Gu Masters with deep refinement attainment who could uphold the reputation of Crane Gate.
Thus. Be it Fang Yuan or Fangzheng, they had to register themselves.
Fang Yuan held the token. He walked up the mountain and entered Fire Virtue Hall.
This was the first round of the Refinement Path Convention's competition.
If their results were too bad, they would not be qualified to participate in the second round.
Fang Yuan walked in and learned about the Gu refinement content of the first round.
"You have to refine the Rank one Water Light Gu within the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. You have to refine at least a hundred Rank one Water Light Gu to pass and enter the second round of the test. One hundred and fifty will be rewarded with five kilograms of phantom flower petals. One hundred and eighty will be rewarded with six basins of rootless water. Two hundred will be rewarded with ten pieces of lightning strike wood … two hundred and forty will be third, two hundred and sixty will be second, while two hundred and seventy-six will be first, you will get a rank four healing Gu, green shine Gu that is specialized in detoxification. "
Fang Yuan thought to himself.
The difficulty of this first round of Gu refinement was much higher than the previous four entry questions.
But it should not be difficult for most Gu Masters.
Because as long as they refined a hundred water light Gu, they would pass the round and obtain the qualifications to continue. But these rewards were very tempting to these Gu Masters.
The first was the rank four green shine Gu.
Rank four Gu, it was a Gu that only the elders and clan elders of large forces, or even the leaders of small forces would have.
To Fang Yuan, green shine Gu could be bought in the Jewel Yellow Skies group chat.
Fang Yuan's level was too high, these rewards were not attractive to him at all. What made him interested was the challenge brought to him by the questions.
"The basic materials for Gu refinement have already been determined, they can be used for free. The Gu recipe for water light Gu is also given, you can look at it casually. But even if I use my full strength and use the water refinement method, I can only refine two hundred and fifty at most. This result can only rank third. But in Five Virtues Sect, third place has already been taken away. "
This kind of question was about first come first serve.
Once the first three places were taken away, no matter how good the later participants were, it would be useless.
That is to say, for Fang Yuan to get on the board, he had to get second or first place.
"Actually, it is not impossible to get first place. First, I can add other precious materials to increase the production of Gu worms. Water light Gu is only a rank one Gu, if I use rank two or rank three Gu refinement materials, I can definitely increase the production. But I will have to pay for this myself. Secondly, I can modify the Gu recipe. I have a wisdom path inheritance, if I modify this rank one Gu recipe slightly, I can do it myself without wisdom Gu. But wouldn't this not be a challenge? The fun would also be gone. Hmm … maybe I can challenge the water and fire refinement method. Water light Gu is a water path Gu, it is usually refined with water or ice. But if I do the opposite and use fire refinement, there might be a miraculous effect! "
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