C215 Taoism Cliff
C215 Taoism Cliff
Just as Lei Yang was about to get up and tidy up a bit, he heard the voice of the Senior Brother who led them to this residence call out once again.
"You and your junior should quickly prepare for it. Quickly come out and meet up. Today, I will lead you to the Dao Cliff. Listen to the scriptures!"
Probably because of the sect's new environment, everyone woke up very early. Not long after the lead Senior Brother's voice sounded, all of the ten or so junior brothers who had arrived yesterday came out of their houses and stood orderly in front of him.
The Senior Brother slightly nodded, revealing a satisfied expression, and then said: "Come with me!" Thus, the group once again traversed through the dense forest.
Amongst the crowd, Zhou Daoxing watched as Lei Yang once again coldly snorted and followed right behind them. In order to avoid any awkwardness and friction, Lei Yang purposely walked at the back of the group.
Maybe it was because after an entire night of sect life, everyone's excitement and even their tensed nerves gradually relaxed. Hence, as they walked forward, everyone slowly chatted with the Senior Brother in front of them.
During the conversation, everyone found out that his name was Wang Tong. In Danyun Peak, he was only a Grade 7 Alchemist disciple, not a pill refiner at all. Furthermore, he was only in his early twenties.
His character was indeed not bad, and was almost unable to see the cold arrogance of the sect disciples. Lei Yang guessed that it was probably because they, this group of newly advanced junior brothers, had special identities, but it might be possible that he was a person who was amiable in the first place.
Just like this, everyone started chatting.
At this time, one of the thin new disciples who was about forty-five years old asked: "Um, Senior Brother, what's going on with this scripture?"
Suddenly, when he heard this middle-aged man call him Senior Brother alone, Wang Tong felt a little uncomfortable, so he quickly cupped his fists and said: "My honored guests, please call me Wang Tong from now on. I am truly ashamed of the name Senior Brother.
This was the first lesson that every alchemist and disciple of Danyun Peak had to go through. In order for a disciple of our Danyun Peak to truly become a pill refiner, she must first reach level 9, and then the Danyun Peak will organize a group of high level pill refiners or pill masters to teach all the disciples that are to be promoted for a month, and then refine the pills for a month by herself, after which she will have to undergo the rank test, and upon passing the test she will directly advance to become a pill refiner, and if she fails the test, she will have to return back to her apprentices to continue her studies. "
"Oh, I see!" With Wang Tong's introduction, everyone suddenly understood.
Wang Tong paused for a moment, waiting for everyone to digest what he had just said, before continuing, "Everyone, you are all considered lucky. In the past, all the disciples that entered the Danyun Peak have to start from Dan Tong step by step, and after they pass through Dan Tong, they would then reach Dan Disciple Level 9.
As for everyone, it is indeed a blessing to be able to participate in this sermon on the path of advancement. I also heard that this time, there's even a Fourth Elder from my Danyun Peak who is personally lecturing for you for ten days.
Furthermore, it is said that he had just broken through to the second level of the Pellet Sovereign Realm, and that he must have received enlightenment from many Pill Dao s, so everyone must treasure it well. Honestly speaking, this kind of opportunity is enviable for disciples below the level of other alchemists in the Danyun Peak. "
As everyone listened to Wang Tong's words, they gradually got a general idea of what they were going to do in this period of time. Along the way, there were occasional gaps in the trees where Danyun Peak could be seen through the branches.
Based on his judgement, the distance between them and the plaza seemed to be getting further and further. They were walking in another direction, as if they were circling around Danyun Peak.
Not long after, when they reached the end of the bluestone path, a wide bluestone staircase appeared in front of them, and this bluestone staircase went straight to the Danyun Peak.
Wang Tong led the group up, and gradually saw many people like Wang Tong leading the group of pill refiners who came with Lei Yang yesterday. There were some who were more familiar with each other, and from afar, they started to warmly greet them, causing the originally quiet bluestone staircase to gradually become noisy.
After another two incense sticks of time, the group gradually ascended the bluestone staircase. Everyone had already arrived at the waist of the mountain, and here, on the left side of the bluestone staircase, a naturally formed massive cliff appeared.
The ground of the cliff was very flat, and it had obviously been repaired by the later stages before reaching its current state. It looked like a small plaza.
Lei Yang could tell that these were the pill refiners who had accompanied him here. However, today, they had all changed into the long sleeves of the Inky Straw Cloud and they had already become disciples of the Floating Cloud Pavilion, and had completely assimilated into the sect. They were no longer as eye-catching as the day before, when their clothes were all different.
Although they were whispering to each other, they were not just standing there. They were sitting on the bluestone floor in a row with their legs crossed. The scene looked very formal and solemn.
When they arrived at the entrance of the square, Wang Tong cupped his fist and said to everyone, "Everyone, this is the Taoist Cliff, I can only bring you here, you can go in by yourselves, there will be a special Senior Brother for you!"
One of them curiously asked, "Senior Brother, why are you not going with me?"
Wang Tong's face turned red as he said with some embarrassment: "Hehe, I am only a Grade Seven Alchemy Disciple. If I don't become a Grade Nine Alchemy Disciple, I am not qualified to listen to the scriptures on the Dao Cliff. Everyone, please!" After he finished speaking, a look of envy appeared in his eyes.
Lei Yang's group of a dozen or so people, one by one, cupped their fists in greeting to Wang Tong and entered the plaza one by one. Immediately, a Senior Brother came up and led them to a queue at the foot of the mountain walls to get them to sit.
As Lei Yang sat down, he turned his head to look behind him. Seeing that he could just see the Falling Cloud Peak near the south bridge, he immediately understood where he was. He guessed that this Danyun Peak might not look great in the distance, but in reality, when one was deep inside the bridge, if one wanted to circle around it, it would still be very far.
After he sat down cross-legged, Lei Yang began to size up the area in front of the mountain cliff. In front of the plaza, there was a mountain wall several dozen zhang tall. This mountain wall was smooth and flat; not a single blade of grass grew on it. It was as bare as a knife or an axe. In the middle of the wall, there were three large characters carved ? Taoist Cliff.
At the bottom of the character was a protruding boulder. However, after some meticulous carving, it transformed into an enormous pill furnace that looked like the other half of the pill furnace embedded into the stone wall. It looked completely bizarre.
At this moment, there were two figures sitting on top of the pill furnace. They gave off the illusion that they were two immortals that were about to ascend from the pill furnace.
The person on the stage was a young man and an old man who was around fifty years old. He was meditating with his eyes closed and after Lei Yang looked at him, he did not know who the old man was, but the young man was none other than the Great Senior Brother's Great Senior Brother, Meng Zong.