Gu Qing Shan opened his eyes.
He found himself standing in the middle of a ruined wall.
There were ruined buildings all around him, stretching from the foot of the mountain all the way to the top.
A few palaces that hadn't collapsed yet still gave off a faint glow, their colors were beautiful and luxurious, but they didn't lose their elegance. Obviously, they were protected by a simple dust removal formation.
The dust removal formation only needed to absorb the world's spirit energy to operate, so it was perfectly preserved in the long river of history.
Gu Qing Shan pulled his gaze back.
At some unknown point, a young man was already standing in front of him, curiously observing him.
"If I may — –" Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist.
"No need to ask, I'm the Spirit Tortoise, you still can't recognize me?" the young man replied.
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the tortoise shell on his back and nodded: "Senior — –"
The young man cut him off: "What senior, I'm only 150,000 years old this year, I'm still young, so you can call me Young Tortoise — — or Young Tortoise, which sounds better"
Gu Qing Shan: "…"
Young Tortoise tossed something to him.
"You did well, even better than Shen Yang, so you've passed the test and won the disciple jade disk" Young Tortoise said.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the jade disk in his hand.
The jade disk contained an astonishing amount of spirit energy, giving off a faint white mist in his hand.
The shape of this spirit jade was a bit strange, it looked like a broken rune.
"Alright, no need to look at it, because you've passed the entrance test, you can now cultivate as a disciple of Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace" Young Tortoise told him.
"Cultivate?" Gu Qing Shan was surprised, "but I'm here to find the Heaven sword"
"I know" Young Tortoise looked at him with a solemn gaze: "You're too weak, you can't obtain the Heaven sword, so you can only cultivate first"
"For cultivators like you who have returned to the Heavenly Palace, this is actually the best opportunity of your life, you'll be able to study the best scriptures of that era and quickly become stronger"
"Then what realm do I need to cultivate to find the Heaven sword?" Gu Qing Shan pursued.
"Since it's a disciple jade disk, you must become the best disciple of that generation to have the chance to find the Heaven sword" Young Tortoise replied.
He reached out and lightly tapped the jade disk.
Invisible ripples spread out in all directions from the jade disc.
Young Turtle said: "Remember, even though that was a phantom image from the Age of Old, the Laws of the world are interlinked, you can bring the power you obtained through cultivation back here"
"What should I do? Gu Qing Shan asked.
Young Tortoise shook his head and smiled: 『You have to enter the Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace first』
"I might not be able to enter the Heavenly Palace?" Gu Qing Shan was confused.
Young Tortoise didn't mind: 「 You can also find the Heaven Sword if you join other sects — – so don't worry, even if you can't obtain the qualification to search for the Heaven Sword in the end, you will still benefit greatly from this experience 」
Gu Qing Shan was about to speak when the jade disk suddenly shone brightly.
It brought Gu Qing Shan into the void and slowly disappeared.
…
The spiritual power was as refreshing as a light breeze.
The mountains in the distance were as beautiful as ink, and the forest was verdant. There was a small bridge over the lake, and the lake was shrouded in mist.
The first glimmer of dawn.
Children dressed in clean and tidy clothes lined up in front of a Daoist temple, waiting for the sect's selection.
Every child would be qualified to cultivate.
Even if some people didn't have spirit roots, the Divinities would grant them spirit herbs to plant a spirit root that could resonate with the Five Elements.
No one would be wasted.
The Divinities needed a large number of people to fight, and humanity also desired to become stronger.
This was the best era.
Gu Qing Shan opened his hands and looked at them.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
His hands were now white and tender, as if they hadn't even been touched by cold water.
In fact, he was currently a child around 6-7 years old.
He was standing in the line, waiting for the sect's selection together with the other children.
His cultivation had returned to zero.
Right now, he could only faintly sense spirit energy from the void of space, and his Dantian was already empty.
Fortunately, he still brought his Thaumaturgy and swords with him.
His memories and fighting experience weren't taken away.
During this strange experience, he was fortunate that his inner self wasn't changed at all.
Gu Qing Shan silently stood in the line, waiting for the time to pass.
Not too long later.
Someone shouted from afar: "Squad 5-9, enter the Daoist temple"
Gu Qing Shan followed the other children into the Daoist temple.
As soon as he entered, his field of vision became clear.
The entire Daoist temple was spacious enough to hold several thousand people.
The center of the square was empty for the children to display their talents.
The various sects each took a corner of the square.
In the sky above the square, there were a few hundred 5-colored clouds hovering, roughly a few hundred in total.
These clouds hovered motionlessly in the sky.
A cultivator smiled at the children and spoke with a gentle voice: "From left to right, step forward one by one, begin"
Everyone turned to the first child on the left.
The child had never seen such a grand scene before, so he gulped nervously and stood still, not daring to move.
Finally, under the urging of several cultivators, he ran forward and stood in the middle of the square.
Very quickly, a 5-colored cloud descended and enveloped the child.
A few moments later.
A short rod descended from the sky, silently hovering next to the child.
As the sect elders saw this, they all glanced over.
One of the elders smiled and stood up, waving to the child: "Come, child, you've received our sect's Spirit Summoning Rod, you'll become a Spirit Summoner in the future"
The child grabbed the short stick and ran towards the old man with joy.
Following him, the second child stepped forward.
As he stood in the middle of the square, three colorful clouds began to descend items.
A staff, a short blade, and a fan.
The elders of the three sects looked at him attentively.
The little boy stood there in a daze, not knowing which one to choose.
The cultivator in charge of the ceremony pointed out: "Just pick the one that you want in your heart"
The boy grabbed the short blade and excitedly swung it a few times.
The staff and fan immediately flew up and returned to the colorful cloud where they originally belonged.
An old man called out: "Come, you've received our sect's Law Blade, from now on, you're our sect's disciple"
The little boy held the dagger and ran towards the sect elder.
The selection continued.
The third child stepped forward.
He was surrounded by 8 formation plates, it took him a while to pick one.
Another elder took him away.
The fourth child was a young girl.
As she stood in the middle of the square, her body began to give off a blue light.
Several dozen colorful clouds gave off their light and enveloped her.
Almost 60 tools descended and silently hovered in front of her.
The sect elders began to whisper to each other.
They began to fight over who this girl should belong to.
The cultivator in charge of the ceremony was very experienced, so he asked the young girl: "You can choose now — — do you have a sect you like?"
The young girl nodded: "Profound Water Sect"
Profound Water Sect was the sect with the strongest water-elemental spells, they were once personally taught by the Water God, so they were a very famous sect.
The discussion quickly died down.
A beautiful woman in royal dress smiled and waved at the young girl.
The young girl glanced at the cultivator in charge, received permission, and happily ran towards the beautiful woman.
The fifth child stepped forward.
11 colorful clouds gave off a light that enveloped him. Various armoured gauntlets descended from the sky and landed in front of him.
This was a sign of martial arts talent.
The young boy carefully picked out a glowing red flame-elemental gauntlet.
Immediately, the other gauntlets returned to the colorful clouds.
A burly man stepped forward and led the child into his sect.
Next was Gu Qing Shan's turn.
He silently stepped forward and stood in the middle of the square.
A strange fluctuation appeared between heaven and earth.
This invisible fluctuation silently melded into his mind, searching for something.
Sensing this fluctuation, Gu Qing Shan was very curious.
There wasn't such a wondrous method in the future that could directly help people determine what they were most proficient in.
The Spirit Tortoise said that it didn't matter which sect she joined, as she would always have a chance to search for the Heaven sword.
But from what happened just now, the Heavenly Palace's Palace Master was a powerful sword cultivator.
The Heavenly Palace's Palace Master once won against a Divinity by half a move …
Gu Qing Shan looked up at the sky, only to see the colorful clouds standing still.
Come, give me a sword.
As Gu Qing Shan stared at the clouds, she silently thought.
A second later, the fluctuation inside her body silently disappeared.
Only to see the hundreds of colorful clouds trembling.
All of a sudden, a sword descended from the sky, lightly standing in front of Gu Qing Shan.
The sword let out a low 'wu wu' sound.
This seemed to be a signal.
The swords descended from the colorful clouds, standing in front of Gu Qing Shan.
A few moments later.
An unbelievable scene appeared.
Countless swords lined up in rows, circling around Gu Qing Shan, forming circles that surrounded him.
Almost a thousand swords.
They all let out a low 'wu wu' sound, as if they were waiting for Gu Qing Shan's choice.
The children waiting on the side were already shocked.
The elders of the sects had already stood up.
The cultivator in charge regained his composure and asked: "Child, which sect do you want to join?"
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