Chapter 45
This afternoon, the sun was shining this afternoon, as the outer sect disciple swarmed the place where the examination would be conducted .
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Above the stage, Rende, Fei Xue, Li Zheng, and five other examiners were currently examining the disciples who had taken part in the examination . Apart from them, there was also a group of co-examiners lead by a fat man that was as round as ball . He was none other than Fei Kui .
As long as the outer sect disciples reached the fifth level of the Connate Realm and cultivated an immortal skill to the minor accomplishment level, they would be eligible for this examination .
There were about 30 disciples that had taken part in this examination this time, but none of them had managed to pass and quite a lot of them couldn’t even get through the first stage of the examination .
Although the required cultivation base was the fifth level of the Connate Realm, in today’s era were pills were abundant, reaching this cultivation base was extremely easy . This was particularly true for those who hailed from a wealthy family . They didn’t even have to diligently cultivate to reach this level as long as they took some pills .
However, a cultivation base enhanced by pills was very elusive and its spiritual force wasn’t as pure as the spiritual force that came diligently cultivating . In this case, even if you reached the ninth level of the Connate Realm, if you attempted your Foundation Establishment, you will undoubtedly fail .
The purpose of the first stage in this examination was to check whether the spiritual force of the disciples was pure or not . They did not require absolute purity, but the percentage of purity had to be relatively decent . Unfortunately, eighteen of the twenty disciples who were examined had not reached an acceptable percent of purity .
Elder Render shook his head and sighed as he stroke his white beard, perhaps because he was too disappointed with this result, “In the Near Ancient Era, the spiritual energy was extremely scarce and people from my generation knew cultivation was extremely hard . However, after the Current Ancient Era had started and the world grew anew, you don’t actually know how to treasure the vast amount of spiritual energy at your disposal . ”
“All you know it to use pills to enhance your cultivation bases! Although pills can quickly raise your levels, it will be extremely detrimental to you in the future because it will make your spiritual force impure! What’s the use of a high cultivation base if it was created by pills? What’s the use of an impure spiritual force?”
Elder Rende sighed, “It’s really true that people will get worse with each generation that has passed… These youngsters are too impatient…”
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Another disciple had failed the examination .
Elder Rende shook his head in disappointment again and he became losing his patience, “Deacon Fei, how many disciples are left?”
“Three more . ” Fei Kui got up and smiled .
He was the major deacon of the Redcloud Sect and was in charge of all the examinations . In other words, all disciples that wanted to participate in this examination had to be approved by him .
“Oh, fine . Just let the next disciple come on stage . ”
In the crowd, a young man in his early twenties walked up to the stage . He was dressed in a white robe and looked very clean and tidy . He had a handsome face and a light a playful smile was plastered on his face at the moment .
As he walked up to the stage, many of the surrounding disciples were puzzled, as if they were unfamiliar with this person .
Suddenly, someone in the crowd cried out, “It’s him! He’s Young Master Bloodflame, Gu Qingfeng!”
“Gu Qingfeng, is he the one that made senior sister Ouyang fall in love at first sight?”
“Right! That’s him! The last time he injured Young Master Li in the Redleaf Valley . ”
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”He doesn’t seem to be a disciple of our sect . Why did he come to the examination for the inner sect?”
Many people knew Gu Qingfeng because rumors about him had started to spread in the sect ever since Ouyang Ye had brought him here . After that, the beating he gave Li Sen and the other inner sect disciples had reached the ears of everyone in the sect .
The disciples were not the only ones there were surprised to see Gu Qingfeng here, and even Li Ziheng who was sitting on the stage was shocked .
His grandson, Li Sen, had not been able to recover even now from the beating he had received from Gu Qingfeng .
The cold and indifferent Daoist Fei Xue also frowned deeply after seeing Gu Qingfeng .
Li Ziheng immediately stoop and asked in an angry tone, “Why are you here?”
“Why can’t I be here?” Gu Qingfeng smiled .
At this time, Fei Kui walked over with a book in his hand, “Gu Qingfeng had passed the examination for the outer sect a few days ago . This is the examination record, all of you, please look at it . ”
Becoming an outer sect disciple was extremely easy, even if you did not have a good spiritual root . All you had to do was pay the right amount of money .
Everyone present here was clear about this, and even Elder Rende had chosen to turn a blind eye on this because a sect needed spiritual stones in order to develop . Therefore, the so-called examination record was meaningless .
Li Ziheng sneered, “Fei Kui, do you know that he failed his Foundation Establishment?”
“Of course . ” Fei Ku slightly bowed and smiled .
“Then why did you allow him to participate in this examination?”
Fei Kui seemed to have predicted that Li Ziheng was going to make troubles, and he responded slowly, “In order to enter this examination, one needed to be at the fifth level of the Connate Realm and reach the minor accomplishment level in an immortal art . ”
“Although Gu Qingfeng had failed his Foundation Establishment, no one can say that his cultivation base had not reached the required level . Besides, our sect doesn’t have any rule that states that those who failed the Foundation Establishment are not allowed to participate . ”
“Although it is not explicitly stated anywhere, failing the Foundation Establishment is tantamount to the end of cultivation road! Don’t you know this?”
Fei Kui bowed and replied, “That is just a failure and it doesn’t necessarily represent the end of the cultivation road . There are no absolutes in this world and no one dares to say that someone who had failed the Foundation Establishment can’t attempt it again . ”
“Someone who had failed the Foundation Establishment is a failure and can never attempt it again!” Li Ziheng stared at Gu Qingfeng and sneered, “This person is not qualified to participate in the inner sect examination . ”
Gu Qingfeng asked leisurely, “How do you know it’s impossible?”
“If I say impossible, then it’s impossible!” Li Ziheng glared angrily at Gu Qingfeng . He hated him so bad he wanted to rush over and cut him into pieces . Of course he was not going to allow him to take this examination .
“Nothing is impossible . ” Gu Qingfeng stood there quietly and had a slight smile on his face as he calmly responded, “10,000 years ago in the Bluesky World, Sword Immortal Feitian shocked the world with his sword . He had also failed his Foundation Establishment . ”
“9,000 years ago in the Bluesky World, the founder of the Azure Sect, Master Qingyun had also failed his Foundation Establishment . ”
“8,000 years ago in the Bluesky World, the renowned Jun Changsheng had also failed his Foundation Establishment . And he failed it three times . ”
“5,000 years ago in the Bluesky World, the Unrestrained Immortal, Scholar Wu Wang had also failed his Foundation Establishment . ”
In an instant, Gu Qingfeng had mentioned several famous seniors from the Near Ancient Era who had one thing in common: all of them had failed the Foundation Establishment . And some of them even did it more than once .
“If it’s impossible to redo your Foundation Establishment, why were they able to set foot on the cultivation road once again and dominate the world?”
Li Ziheng, could not refute him because everyone that was familiar with the history of the Near Ancient Era knew that what he had said was true . All those famous figures that dominated the world in the past had failed the Foundation Establishment .
However, he could not withstand being humiliated by a young man and he sneered, “Those are things that happened thousands of years ago! No one can verify if they are true or not . ”
Fei Kui, who was standing next to him smiled, “No one can prove what happened thousands of years ago, but I wonder if Elder Li knows a certain person . ”