Chapter 1 Teenagers

Youzhen in Qi is a remote town with a small population and a small location. Although it is not as prosperous as a big city, it is also peaceful and quiet.

At this time, the sun was already west, and the scorching summer sun finally reluctantly fell from the sky, shining red. In the wild forest outside the oil town, a gasp sound came from the dense forest with luxuriant branches and leaves.

It turned out that a teenager was cutting firewood in the forest. His thin body waved a firewood knife and chopped a thick dead branch hard. After that, he stood up and wiped the sweat on his forehead and shook the already wet old Confucian shirt to make himself cool.

"Shi Lei, it turns out that you are here. I'm looking for you for a hard time."

A crisp voice came from behind the teenager. The teenager wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeves. Looking back, a well-dressed girl was standing behind her, with her waist and stroking her chest, looking panting.

Shi Lei tied the cut firewood tightly with a hemp rope, carried it behind his back, walked to the girl with a smile, and said:

"Ha ha, Xiaoling. I'm going to Gexian Mountain tomorrow. If I can get started smoothly, I don't know when I can come back, so I want to do something else for my uncle's family.

The girl Xiaoling curled her mouth and said angrily:

"My father is really, and I don't know how good it is to stay in the town. Why do I send you up the mountain to suffer? I heard that those immortals live a simple life."

Shi Lei smiled slightly. For this cousin, he couldn't explain his uncle's cultivation intentions towards him. He just nodded silently, carried the bundle of firewood on his back, walked out of the forest with Xiaoling, and looked at the sunset in the distance, with thousands of thoughts.

The Shi family has always been one of the nobles of the State of Qi. In the territory, the family has a great career and prosperity. Among them, there are many officials in the dynasty, and even the general children are also rich. However, Shi Lei's father does not like to be an official, nor does he want to do business. He only likes to read books such as strange spirits, immortals and demons, so his Shi family's bloodline has fallen in his father's way.

In the end, his father died of a serious illness, and his mother also died because of excessive sadness, leaving only his only son Shi Lei. Thanks to his uncle's adoption, he treated him like his own son. Although my uncle's family is not very rich, he has never been stingy with Shi Lei. The first good thing is his, which makes Shi Lei often moved.

After learning the news that this year's Immortal Cultivation Sect recruited disciples, my uncle even smashed the pot and sold iron. He even took out his cousin's money to go to school and bought a place for him to take the entrance examination. This made Shi Lei, who had always been interested in cultivating immortals, finally get what he wanted, and secretly made up his mind to pass the exam anyway. Try, you must not let your uncle down.

Shi Lei's uncle, Shi Tie, is the only blacksmith in Youzhen. He has almost all the iron business in Youzhen. Although life is not rich, he is also well-off. In the past few years, a small house was built, and the family lived and worked in peace and contentment.

After returning home, Shi Lei put down the firewood, put down a bucket of water in the well, scrubbed his greasy body, and then changed into a white but very clean Confucian shirt. Then he went out and walked to the wing where his uncle lived.

In the room, Shi Tie and his aunt had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Shi Lei coming in from outside the door, they immediately smiled kindly:

"Yan'er, we are going to set off tomorrow. I hope you can fight for your father and become an immortal cultivation. This lineage of the Shi family can also be regarded as a shining family."

In this world, the supreme is not the emperor of the world, but those immortal immortals. As the saying goes, it is easy to be rich and noble in the world, and it is difficult to live forever. Shi Lei has also read a lot from the book about cultivating immortals and becoming immortals. He knows that those immortals come and go, and it is rare for mortals to see them in their lives. Influenced by his father, he also yearns for immortals.

Shi Lei saluted respectfully and said confidently:

"Uncle, please rest assured that I will definitely pass the entrance examination and live up to your expectations!"

"Good! This is the son of my Shi family. All right, you go back and have a good rest. I'll take you to Gexian Mountain tomorrow morning!"

Shi Tie saw that his nephew was full of confidence and was very relieved. He thought to himself: Brother, your child finally has the blood of our Shi family. Maybe he can achieve a great career in the future!

Without further ado, Shi Lei said goodbye to his uncle, went home to prepare, and made his favorite books and clothes into a burden. They hardly fell asleep all night. After all, this was their first trip, and the excitement in their hearts was imaginable.

The next morning, my uncle's family had set up the carriage, and Shi Lei rushed to the mansion with his small bag. Farewell is imminent. My cousin Xiaoling and aunt are in tears, and their words are full of reluctance. Shi Lei is also very uncomfortable. After being together for so many years, it is always very sad to suddenly part.

"Well, it's not that Yan'er will not come back. He will learn something in the future. It's too late for you to be happy!"

In the voice of my aunt and Xiaoling, my uncle took Shi Lei and drove to Ge Xianshan, where the Immortal Sect was located.

The carriage crossed the state and the mansion all the way. Shi Lei finally saw some famous mountains and rivers mentioned in the book. He was overwhelmed in the carriage, but his uncle didn't want to stay and watch it. He kept urging him to go quickly, so he had to walk around and watch the flowers.

After a few days, seeing that the deadline of the exam was approaching, a group of carriages finally arrived at Gexian Mountain and stopped in Gexian Town at the foot of the mountain.

Shi Lei rubbed his back, which was sore from the bumps, jumped out of the carriage and looked around.

The place where the carriage stops is in the center of the town. It is bustling with countless people and loud voices. People who speak local dialects meet here. The costumes are different. It seems that there are no less people who seek immortals than those who seek fame in the mortal world.

Gexian Mountain outside the town is tall and majestic, with a radius of about dozens of miles. The peaks are deep into the clouds and fog. I don't know how high they are, which makes people feel that they are extremely small. In summer, the pines and cypresses on the mountain are swaying and the flowers are brocade. It is indeed a good place to cultivate immortals. If you can become a cultivator, you must repay your uncle's family's cultivation.

Shi Lei sighed and looked for an inn with his uncle's family to check in. When the entrance examination officially starts tomorrow, I'm afraid it will be more lively here.

I was speechless all night. The next morning, Shi Lei and his uncle dressed neatly and walked along the mountain road to the mountain with the pilgrim-like flow.

Along the way, there are green leaves and red flowers, streams gurgling, and blue stones pave the road. Looking up at the top of the mountain is surrounded by clouds and smoke, what a fairyland on earth.

Infected by the surrounding atmosphere, the originally bustling crowd also calmed down and walked silently. After walking for more than half an hour, there was a long roar on the mountain.

"The entry-level disciples came forward, and the rest of the relatives waited at the foot of the mountain!"

A long and clear word came, and everyone was shocked. Shi Lei said in his heart: Is this what the immortals are talking about?

Since the people of the Immortal Sect have already spoke, and no one is too stupid to go up the mountain to have a look. Many people returned the same way obediently, leaving hundreds of teenagers who participated in the entrance examination in the same place.

"Yan'er, since the fairy master has said something, I'll wait for your good news at the foot of the mountain!"

Shi Lei nodded heavily to Shi Tie and said resolutely:

"My nephew will live up to my uncle's expectations!"

After all the relatives went down the mountain, the sound sounded again. The teenagers walked to the mountain in an orderly manner according to the direction of the sound. With little time, a huge, artificially carved platform appeared on the mountainside. I don't know what the hard rock was cut off by some sharp weapon. It was as smooth as a mirror. At the end of the platform, there was a mountain gate leading to the top of the mountain. The stone pillar was carved with dragons and phoenixes. The three characters "Ask the Heart" were powerfully engraved on it, and the calligraphy and paintings were filled with cinnabar. It looks very simple, and the scene behind the mountain gate is covered by clouds and fog, and you can't see the true face clearly.

"Well, this is where you get started. Only when you become a formal disciple can you be qualified to enter this door. You come forward one by one and let the uncles test the qualifications, and those who have spiritual roots can pass the entry test!"

Shi Lei saw clearly through the crowd that a young man in his twenties was talking, with a long sword behind him and a cyan gown, standing behind a long purple wooden case. Standing beside him, there were five or six middle-aged Taoist Taoist bones. He was staring at the teenagers. His eyes were not scattered, and the light was shining, as if he could see people's hearts. No matter how secret things were hidden.

Originally, these teenagers were very afraid of immortals. After their relatives went down the mountain, they were trembling. They were swept by this look, and there were two fights. They were so timid that they almost peed their pants, like a group of quails to be slaughtered.

At this time, the young man walked to the teenagers with a wooden box in his hand and said:

"This exam is very simple. As long as you have spiritual roots, you can enter the inner door to learn the immortality. Now each of you takes the elixir in this box, and those who have spiritual roots will naturally react in a quarter of an hour!"

After saying that, the young man opened the box, and a very good and inexplicable fragrance emanated from the box. The teenager in the front row looked at it on tiptoe and saw that the box was full of hundreds of blue pills.

"Is this the elixir of the fairy family?"

"Sure enough, it's different from ordinary things..."

The teenagers are talking about it, and Shi Lei is also very curious. He doesn't know how this so-called spiritual root will appear after taking the elixir?

The young man was not talkative. He came forward one by one, and distributed the elixir for the teenagers to eat.

Shi Lei took the elixir and swallowed it in one bite. The pill melted in the mouth, and a sweet warm current began from the throat to the stomach, and the whole body was indescribably comfortable.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and the teenagers were looking forward to the result with fear. Shi Lei was also nervous. After taking the elixir, he had no change at all except for the initial feeling.

One of the group of Taoist people came out and suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, which made everyone's eardrums buzz. Then, the Taoist took out a gossip bronze mirror, and somehow burst out hundreds of golden lights, scattered in the air and fell on the teenagers.