Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

The moment the mountain gate's Sect Protecting Grand Formation was activated, more than three hundred teenagers, aged fourteen or fifteen, scrambled towards the mountain path behind the gate.

It was as if whoever climbed the mountain first would be accepted into the sect.

A few teenagers paused to ponder, contemplating the purpose of the trial.

And a very small number of them calmly and leisurely walked inside with indifferent expressions.

Li Ji'an activated his spiritual sense to the fullest, focusing on observing those particularly composed teenagers.

The moment that sect executive left, he suddenly realized that this world had body refinement, and one could begin body refinement at the age of thirteen.

If this sect's trial was for character assessment, wouldn't body-refining teenagers have a great advantage?

After excluding this obvious trial objective, Li Ji'an was somewhat unable to grasp the style of this sect.

Fortunately, he didn't understand the sect, but he understood human nature.

No matter how strict the system, there would definitely be loopholes.

In this kind of competitive mechanism where a single door separated fate and fortune, someone would definitely find a loophole.

He only needed to find these kinds of people, and perhaps he could gain some insight.

Among the three hundred or so teenagers, only three were truly composed: two young men in fancy clothes and a refined-looking young woman, each independent of the others.

Li Ji'an remained calm and followed them from a distance.

Sure enough, after walking several dozen feet along the path seen at the mountain gate and rounding a small hill, the single mountain path split into two forks.

Most of the teenagers who had initially sprinted hesitated here.

Some people were sweating profusely in front of the two forks, clearly suffering from decision-making difficulties.

Several teenagers who had also practiced body refinement simply acted recklessly, maintaining their speed and thinking that if this path didn't work, they could just return and run again.

But the three people locked on by Li Ji'an's spiritual sense seemingly casually chose the right-hand fork, which looked no different from the other.

After walking a few more miles, two more forks appeared in front of them.

At this time, less than two hundred people were walking on this path.

The three people once again walked the left-hand path without hesitation.

After walking a few more miles, two more forks appeared again...

Repeating this process, after passing five forks, only eighteen people, including Li Ji'an, were on the same path as those three.

"Clang!" As this group of eighteen people saw a palace not far away, a bell rang.

And at this time, the sky had already darkened.

"The first trial is over, Grade A, eighteen..."

"Wait, wait, I'm here!" Just as the sect executive was about to announce, a delicate-looking young man with surging blood energy rushed over at top speed.

Li Ji'an remembered him; he was the first to rush into the mountain gate among all the teenagers participating in the trial.

He looked a little younger than him, but his blood energy was no less powerful.

Because of this, Li Ji'an paid a little more attention to him.

Among the three hundred or so people participating in the trial, less than fifty had truly practiced body refinement, and only this one could match his level of body refinement.

"Hmph, consider yourself lucky... The first trial is over, Grade A, nineteen people, Grade B, sixty-seven people, the rest immediately descend the mountain," the executive glanced at the delicate young man and announced, stirring his magic power.

The voice spread throughout the area.

The next moment, the mountains and forests that everyone had just walked through suddenly rippled. In the blink of an eye, those small paths disappeared, and the forks were also gone, leaving only a wide avenue leading straight to the mountain gate.

And the other teenagers now revealed their figures.

"An illusion?" Li Ji'an raised his eyebrows slightly, he really didn't feel anything just now.

More than three hundred people participated in the trial, and nearly 80% were eliminated in the first stage.

Subsequently, the eighty-six people who passed the trial were taken into a hall in front.

"It's late today, rest here for the night, the second trial will be tomorrow," the executive said, then turned and left.

Only after confirming that he had gone far away did the eighty-six people in the hall begin to discuss among themselves.

"What exactly was the trial in the first stage? I don't feel any difficulty at all?"

"Yeah, my dad also said that it must be a trial of willpower, and told me that I must grit my teeth and go to the end, but I was very relaxed all the way."

"It's only a few dozen miles of mountain road, except for that guy... I don't seem to see anyone too tired."

...

"So, brother, what exactly do you think the trial was?" The delicate young man was cheerful and quickly mingled with the people around him, including Li Ji'an.

Li Ji'an smiled and shook his head: "The experts of the upper sect have their own holy intentions, how can I, a mortal, fathom them."

"Brother, you also practice body refinement? Have you broken through the initial stage yet?"

"Oh, right, my name is Xiao Changfeng, I like to make friends."

Xiao Changfeng was relatively outgoing.

Li Ji'an returned a smile. Since his body refinement had not yet broken through the initial stage, and his blood energy could not be completely controlled, it was normal for him to sense the blood energy in his flesh at close range.

"My name is Li Fan, nice to meet you," Li Ji'an responded politely.

Generally, people who are too outgoing don't have too many bad intentions, because they can't hide them.

"Oh, I almost forgot to say, brother, your mother is so beautiful, no wonder you are so handsome."

Li Ji'an's eyelids twitched, but he still replied with a smile: "Thank you."

"Then we will be friends from now on. If we can all enter the sect, we must unite."

"We'll talk about it after the trial," Li Ji'an regretted talking to him.

It is easy to not keep up with the rhythm of someone who is too outgoing.

"Speaking of which, your mother is already a Foundation Establishment great cultivator, why did she send you to the sect for the trial? Could it be that you are... an illegitimate child?"

"..." Li Ji'an touched his nose and sighed inwardly.

However, it is no wonder that Xiao Changfeng asked this question.

The sect and the family belong to two kinds of ecologies here.

The family lies in the continuation of bloodlines, with strong cohesion and slightly poor tolerance.

The sect is inherited from master to apprentice, with strong tolerance but poor cohesion.

Therefore, in order to increase cohesion, the sect requires that once a person joins the sect, they must break with their previous clan and old friends, and from then on, only be loyal to the sect.

The sect will also give some compensation to its family.

Therefore, if there are descendants with good talents in the family, most of them will not be sent to the sect, unless it is a small family that cannot afford to support them, or an illegitimate child who is not valued in the family.

Ignoring Xiao Changfeng, Li Ji'an reviewed today's first trial while dozing off.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.

He recalled the scene of meeting Chen Zhaohu when he first entered this world.

"Could this stage be a trial of luck?"

After analyzing it carefully for a moment, Li Ji'an had basically confirmed it.

The cultivation world values fortune and luck, which is very reasonable.

However, he still doesn't understand how to define luck and probability.

So he couldn't give an answer on the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of trial method of Biyun Sect.

"The first stage tests luck, what will the second stage be? Mentality or comprehension?"

The next morning, as soon as the first rooster crowed, Li Ji'an was the first to step out of the crowd and walk out of the hall.

His divine soul was strong, and he had condensed his spiritual sense early on, so even if he didn't sleep for several days, there would be no difference.

Moreover, as early as a moment before the rooster crowed, he had keenly sensed that yesterday's sect executive had already arrived outside the hall.

"Today's trial should be a mental test. Determination? Perseverance?"