Seeking the Immortal Way

Lin Yan climbed up Hua Tong City's east city wall and arrived at the gathering point. He realized that there were already many people gathered there, and their ages were about the same.

The eldest brother of the Zhao Family was called Zhao Qi, and he was thirteen years old this year. He looked stronger than his peers, and he was wearing a short gown, his chest open. In the entire Hua Tong City, other than Lin Yan, almost no one of the same age could be his opponent.

However, he couldn't do anything to Lin Yan. After all, Lin Yan was skilled in martial arts, even if the three of them were to go up together, they would still not be his match. There was an enormous gap in strength between the two of them.

Before long, two streaks of light appeared in the sky, one red and the other blue. They quickly flew forward and landed on the gate tower of the city wall. The light faded away, revealing the figures of two elders.

The two of them wore different colors of daoist-robes, but they had the same decorative design. Their beards and hair were completely white, and there were no wrinkles on their faces. They looked like sages.

All of the children immediately went silent and looked at the two elders with eyes filled with respect.

The red-clothed old man held a scroll in his hand, and the blue-clothed old man held a white disk that flickered with a milky white light.

Looking at the nearly one hundred children in front of him, the red-clothed old man smiled and said: "The two of us are Sky Cloud Martial Sect's disciples envoys. Now that the test has started, whoever is called will come forward."

The red-robed envoy looked at the register and read: "Liu Tie-zhu."

Liu Tie-zhu immediately answered and walked forward nervously.

The blue-robed envoy said, "Put your hand on this formation plate. The formation plate will show seven different types of light depending on your root bone. We will only accept disciples that are above green in color."

Liu Tie-zhu rubbed the sweat off his hands, then shakily placed his hand on the formation plate.

All of the youths held their breath as they stared, disappointed to see that there was no response from the formation plate. It was still emitting a milky white light.

The blue-clothed old man shook his head expressionlessly: "Liu Tie-zhu, your root bone is too weak. You cannot cultivate it, so you can leave."

Hearing the blue-clothed old man's words, Liu Tie-zhu burst into tears and ran away with big steps.

"Next, Wang Minglan."

The little girl, Wang Minglan, stepped forward and placed her hand on the array disc, revealing a faint red color.

The blue clothed elderly man said expressionlessly: "Even though your root bone can change the color of the formation plate, you are still unable to cultivate. It doesn't meet the criteria for us Sky Cloud Martial Sect to accept disciples."

"Next, Zhang Ming."

A dozen people completed the examination consecutively, but none of them managed to meet the requirements to become the disciples of Sky Cloud Martial Sect. The two old men looked disappointed.

"Next, Lin Yan."

Lin Yan agreed and walked forward. All the children whispered to each other and felt that Lin Yan had a high chance of winning.

They didn't know anything about root bone s, they only thought that Lin Yan was the child king of Hua Tong City. If he couldn't enter the Sky Cloud Martial Sect, then everyone else would have no chance.

Zhao Qi also nervously watched Lin Yan's back figure, and prayed in his heart. He hoped that Lin Yan's root bone wasn't too good, so he would still have a chance to take revenge.

Lin Yan went forward and bowed to the two old men to show his respect.

The blue clothed elderly man revealed a faint smile and nodded towards Lin Yan.

Lin Yan gently placed his hand on the array disc, feeling as if a warm current was flowing into his palm, it started to change color, from a milky white to red, then from red to orange, then to yellow, and finally to just barely half a green color, and it stopped changing.

Seeing this, the two elders looked at each other with furrowed brows.

Lin Yan's aptitude was just a little bit away from accepting disciples. If he accepted disciples, he might not have any future prospects, and if he did not accept disciples, it would be a pity.

The blue clothed elderly man looked at Lin Yan and muttered, "Wait for me at the side first."

Lin Yan obediently nodded his head and stood to the side. He did not know whether he had passed or not, but he was nervous.

The test continued, and finally, children who had reached the standard of aptitude appeared. However, they were only at the bottom two levels of green, causing the two emissaries to be extremely disappointed.

"Next, Zhao Qi."

Zhao Qi promised as he strode forward, with his head held high and placed his hand on the formation plate. The array disc's color quickly changed, and in the blink of an eye, it had reached cyan.

The eyes of the two old men immediately lit up, and they continued to observe the formation, a joyful smile appearing on their faces.

At this moment, the array disc's color was still rising. It had changed from blue to deep blue, and it was becoming darker and darker. It was actually faintly purple.

Everyone immediately let out exclamations, they looked at Zhao Qi in disbelief, their eyes revealing expressions of envy.

The blue-clothed old man was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Your root bone is excellent. If you practice hard in the future, you will definitely have an extraordinary achievement!"

After Zhao Qi heard the blue clothed elder's words, he cupped his hands together in thanks and walked to the side of the two youth with green qualifications, and revealed an arrogant smile.

The two children with green aptitude immediately went up to talk to Zhao Qi, flattering him, wanting to get closer to him.

Seeing the gazes of envy that his peers shot at him, Zhao Qi was surrounded by them like a moon surrounded by stars, his vanity was greatly satisfied, and he was inwardly pleased.

Glancing at Lin Yan who was standing not far away, Zhao Qi thought to himself, wait for me to finish cultivating my immortal arts, then I will seek you for revenge!

Lin Yan saw the unfriendly look in his eyes, but he was too lazy to bother with him, as he was worried that he would be accepted into the competition.

Finally, after the test was complete, the blue-clothed old man put away the array disc in his hand and dismissed the youth that hadn't been accepted.

The red-clothed old man kept the register in his hands and took out a Talisman Crane. He threw it into the empty space beside him, and in the blink of an eye, that Talisman Crane grew to the size of a flying talisman treasure that could hold over ten people.

The children cried out in alarm. This was the first time they saw a talisman treasure, and they were shocked speechless.

The red-clothed old man beckoned for the new disciples to get on the Talisman Crane s. He had just received a disciple of the purple spirit root today and was in a good mood right now.

When he accidentally turned his head and saw Lin Yan still standing in place, he suddenly remembered that there was still someone who was waiting for him and so he threw an inquiring look at the blue-clothed elderly man at the side.

The blue-clothed old man thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, with his root bone, even if he were to enter the realm, it would only be a mediocre life."

Hearing that, Lin Yan's heart immediately sank. Looking at Zhao Qi's pleased gaze on him, his heart was filled with confusion and unwillingness. Could it be that this was going to be the end of the road for the immortal?

The Talisman Crane had twelve seats on its back, arranged in a shuttle shape, with ten in the middle, with each of them having one on the head and one on the tail. The two emissaries sat in the middle, and after the nine new disciples took their seats, there was coincidentally a vacant seat at the end of the Talisman Crane.

The blue-clothed old man frowned and said, "Why is there a vacant spot? We can just find a random town and accept another disciple."

The red-clothed old man thought for a moment, then said to him: "Maybe it has already been decided. How can we let that Lin Yan guy go just like that? This is his fortuitous encounter."

"The truth of words."

With that, the blue clothed elderly man turned his head and waved towards Lin Yan, signalling him to go up onto the Talisman Crane.