Xiapu City wasn't a very big city under the Azure Dragon City. Its scale naturally couldn't be compared to the four major cities of Fengchi-Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise. However, Xiapu had a place in Haitian Continent's history.
There was a Qixia Mountain fifty to sixty miles west of Xiapu City. The mountain was covered in snow all year round and was surrounded by a Shadow Forest that spanned hundreds of miles. It was said that 10,000 years ago, Qixia Mountain was filled with spiritual energy. It was the place where the prosperous cultivation sect, the Myriad Spirit Sect, was established. In the Shadow Forest, it was as if the fairy tale world had reappeared beautifully. All kinds of extraordinary creatures and gurgling spiritual springs were displayed in front of him. The beaded mountain was surrounded by gorgeous flying insects and unique plants. The Wizard of Oz and the lovely spirit beasts jumping in it often made people want to catch one back...
At that time, Xiapu City was just a market under the Myriad Spirit Sect. Other than the businesses under the Myriad Spirit Sect, there were also some small cultivation clans and itinerant cultivators who were dependent on the Myriad Spirit Sect. Spirit herbs were everywhere in the Shadow Forest, and spirit veins were abundant, attracting itinerant cultivators from all directions to gather and rent immortal caves in Xiapu to cultivate. It could be said that Xiapu's reputation was at its peak in Haitian Continent.
However, with the death of the Ancestor of All Spirits, the number of spirit veins in the entire Haitian Continent gradually decreased as time passed. The spiritual energy of Qixia Mountain also gradually dissipated, and the Myriad Spirit Sect gradually fell. More than three thousand years ago, the Myriad Spirit Sect was forced to move away from Qixia Mountain, where the spirit vein had dried up. They settled down in the Fantasy Spirit Valley in the northern Li Huan Country. Although they were able to avoid the end of the sect's decline, they could only barely be ranked among the third-rate sects, no longer as glorious as before.
In Xiapu City, where spiritual energy was exhausted, powerful cultivation families moved away in search of new spiritual veins. Those small families who could not afford to move, as well as some wandering cultivators who were in dire straits, could only struggle to survive here. As the generations passed, the cultivators who did not have spiritual energy for their cultivation gradually became no different from ordinary people. The current Xiapu City was just an ordinary mortal city. Only in the Immortal Spirit Academy general election that was held once every five years could one see the figure of an immortal cultivator.
Immortal Academy was established by various cultivation sects in cooperation with the rulers of various countries in the secular world. It was specially responsible for collecting disciples with good spiritual roots for the various sects. At this time, all children between the ages of ten to fifteen, regardless of gender, could be sent to the Immortal Academy to participate in the test. Those with good spiritual roots stayed, those with poor spiritual roots cultivated in Immortal Spirit Academy for five years. If they could reach the third qi layer, they also had the chance to enter an immortal cultivation sect. Even if they didn't reach the third qi layer in these five years, the cultivation sects would still choose some of them as outer sect disciples and bring them back to take care of the sect's secular affairs. The last remaining students would be sent home after five years and would also receive a sum of compensation.
Therefore, regardless of whether they were rich or poor, they were very happy to send their children to Immortal Academy. The lucky ones ascended to the heavens in a single step, walking on the path of immortal cultivation and achieving the great path of immortal industry. Even if they were eliminated, they would not suffer any losses.
"Immortal Academy's general election? That sounds interesting! Little Lian, can we participate too?" Ling 'er nibbled on the sweet and sour candied haws. When she was strolling by the roadside, she heard a topic that everyone was discussing. She couldn't help but perk up her ears to listen to the general idea. She excitedly asked Little Lian, who was also nibbling on her red lips.
Little Lian swallowed the candied haws in her mouth and nodded."It just so happens that Immortal Spirit Academy is coming to select people this year. Miss, your age just happens to meet the standards of the general election, so you should be able to participate. This servant is the son of the family and has no right to participate. However, if the young miss was chosen, she could bring a servant girl with her.”
"The general election in autumn, right? Well, there were still five months left. He should be able to make it!”Ling 'er had already prepared herself. If her cultivation could meet the requirements of the beautiful man in her dreams, she would be able to acknowledge him as her master. If it really didn't work, then he would try to enter the ranks of immortal cultivators through the Immortal Academy.
He just didn't know how his spirit root was. If it wasn't good, then he had to speed up the pace of cultivating alchemy. If he could refine spirit liquid or spirit dew within two years, it should not be a problem for him to use spirit herbs to push himself to the third qi layer. Yes! The most important thing now was to get a book on herbs and alchemy.
With a target, Ling 'er's spirit was lifted. She shouted at Little Lian,"Let's go! Accompany me to the bookstore!"
"Bookstore? Miss, when did you learn how to read?”Little Lian followed behind Ling 'er and shuttled through the crowd as she asked the question in her heart.
"The immortals in my dreams taught me that!" Ling 'er made up a story." That white-bearded old immortal took a jade slip and slapped it on my forehead. I immediately recognized all the words in the Heart Seal Scripture.”
" That's great…" Little Lian's face was full of yearning. Her father had only taught her a few common words. She was very envious of Miss's opportunity!
"[Heart Seal Scripture]? Wasn't this the ancient book from the cultivation sects that his granduncle had mentioned before?”A youth in a green robe looked at Ling 'er's figure as she walked away, deep in thought.
"Little fellow daoist, little fellow daoist! The little girl in the blue floral dress in front, please wait!”The young man decided to clarify the question in his heart and chased after the thin figure that was filled with spiritual energy.
At first, Ling 'er didn't know that he was calling her. In her heart, the word' fellow Daoist 'should be placed on the old Daoist with a long beard and a sage-like aura. It had nothing to do with her. However, since she had already made it clear that it was her, it would be impolite not to turn around.
Ling 'er looked at her blue floral dress that had been washed until it had turned white and stopped in her tracks helplessly. She turned around and was surprised to find that she could actually see a faint white spiritual energy on the handsome 15-year-old boy who was walking over quickly. Could it be that this little boy in front of him was a cultivator?
Just as she was curiously sizing him up, the young man bowed and smiled kindly."My name is Yu Haibo. May I know how I should address you, little fellow Daoist?”
"Fellow Daoist? Little Lian, do I look old?" Ling 'er did not answer the young man's question. She touched her face and asked her personal servant girl.
Little Lian carefully looked at the young lady's face and shook her head fiercely.""How could this be? The young lady looked like she was only seven or eight years old. How could she be old?”
"Then how did he address me as 'Fellow Daoist'?”Ling 'er glanced at the confused Yu Haibo beside her and curled her lips.
" You've misunderstood, Little Fellow Daoist." Yu Haibo was enlightened." Fellow Daoist is a form of address between cultivators of the same generation. It has nothing to do with age!”
"Oh, so you're an Immortal Cultivator too!”Ling 'er's eyes lit up. She was not very sure about the spiritual energy in this person's body just now. Hearing him say this, he was excited to meet a cultivator in the secular world.
"I'm just a rogue cultivator. May I know which master you have?”Yu Haibo's eyes lit up. He had been cultivating with his granduncle since he was young and had been traveling around in search of spirit veins. He had never interacted with cultivators of the same age before. Naturally, he had a good impression of this young lady who was surrounded by spiritual energy.
"My name is Gu Ling 'er, and I'm from Xiapu City. I haven't joined any sect yet, so it's hard to say what will happen in the future. Fellow Daoist Yu…I feel a little weird. Do you mind if I call you by your name?”Ling 'er giggled as she looked at the delicate and pretty young boy in front of her. Her heart was filled with joy, and she felt that she had many questions she wanted to ask.
"Of course, I'll call you Ling 'er too.”The corners of Yu Haibo's mouth curled up into a sunny smile.
"Yu Haibo, what kind of spiritual root do you have, and what realm have you cultivated to?”Ling 'er asked the question in her heart impatiently.
Yu Haibo said somewhat embarrassedly,"My spirit root isn't too good, it's a three-spirit root. So, after eight years of hard work, I still can't break through the peak of the third qi layer…What about you?”
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