C21 (1/2)

After consuming the pellet, the medicinal effect of the pellet began to gradually spread through Zhou Tong's body, infiltrating every detail of his meridians.

As Zhou Tong guided the medicinal effects to nourish his meridians and bones, he also circulated the [illusion qigong] to cultivate. With the two complementing each other, he only needed to circulate once to increase the force within Zhou Tong's body to the fifteenth stage.

The raw material was a willow branch that grew in the Wasteland. Its effects were similar to the Bone Ablutionary Dan, but its body tempering effect was many times better than the Bone Ablutionary Dan. If not for the fact that this pill was of no use to qi-repair, its value would not be any less than that of the Qi Xuan Dan.

”Phew, fifth level of Qi Refinement Realm. At this level, participating in the selection should be enough.”

Zhou Tong let out a long breath of air. In order to participate in the sect's selection, Zhou Tong had completely prepared all of them, and had refined eight of them in one go using the Ink Willow Pill. Now that he had used all four, the remaining four should be more than enough for Zhou Tong to break through to the sixth stage of Qi Refinement Realm or even seven segments.

”If you were to break through to the seven segments one day, coupled with the Qi Xuan Dan, your qi generating state cultivation would become very near at hand.”

Zhou Tong jumped off the bed, stretched lazily, and then walked out of the room to look for food. If not for his longing for his family in this life, and his ability to soar like a rocket, Zhou Tong's cultivation might have long surpassed the Zhou family's elders.

Zhou Tong stayed in the inn for three days. During this time, other than going out everyday to look around and familiarize himself with the environment, Zhou Tong spent the rest of his time cultivating.

But as a drug refiner, Zhou Tong knew that things like pills could not be randomly consumed. In these three days, Zhou Tong did not make any further breakthroughs, he focused on stabilizing his cultivation, and waited for the selection to begin.

On the morning of the fourth day, Zhou Tong woke up early in the morning. Following a large crowd of people, he arrived at the Star Gauze Sword Sect's Gate which was located at the north side of the Stargaze city.

Joining a sect would mean opening up the path of cultivation, assaulting the so-called Heavenly Dao. The Cloud Continent would be split into two worlds, the Western Regions would be filled with ferocious beasts, and the Eastern Regions would be the Cloud Court and the cloud song. Looking at the borders that Zhou Tong lived in, even though there were countless sects, the only ones that were truly powerful were the Four Major Sects.

The number one sect in the Cloud Dynasty, the Violet Firmament Palace that resided in the imperial capital; the Dreamy Cloud Pavilion that had the most immortal records and collection, which was known as the place of origin of the Great Wastelands' cultivation; the Canglong Mountain that had the strongest army in the Cloud Dynasty; and the Star Gauze Sword Sect that was known as the 'Heavenly Sword Cultivation'.

Compared to the harsh conditions for other sects to enter, there was only one disciple selection in Star Gauze Sword Sect every year. After all, the group of sword cultivators could be considered the largest group in the world of cultivators.

As the crowd arrived at the registration area, the gatekeeping disciples checked the invitations one by one, and then the participating young generation gathered in front of the mountain gate.

Zhou Tong looked around, there were around 300 people participating in the selection, all of them had different cultivation bases, but they were all qi-repair.

A group of people were chatting noisily as two figures flew down from the mountain gate. Both of them rode on swords and floated in the air.

”Look, the deities are here!”

The appearance of these two disciples immediately attracted the attention of everyone.

The cultivations of these two people were even a great deal weaker than that of Holiness. It was just that they had just broken through the qi generating state realm and entered the ethereal state realm.

”These days, everyone really dares to claim themselves as an exalted deity.” Zhou Tong looked at the two, and laughed in his heart.

”Everyone, greetings to the participants in the selection, welcome to Star Gauze Sword Sect. In front of you guys is the staircase that leads to the inner parts of the sect. The next step is to climb up. ”

One of the disciples, with his hands behind his back, looked down at the participants and chuckled.

The contestants immediately began discussing about the problem of climbing the stairs. The entrance exam was actually so simple for a dignified Star Gauze Sword Sect, one of the top three sects in the Eastern Wasteland. This made people feel suspicious.

”This immortal mountain is divided into three courtyards. This is the place where you will learn to cultivate in the future.”

Go up the stairs, all the way to C Gate, you will fall down, eliminated, all the way to B Gate, fall down, enter C Gate, all the way to A Gate, and then enter C Gate. Of course, if you guys are capable, you can go straight to A Gate.

”Then it's your turn. Let's go.”

The other disciple took out his token and waved it. Immediately, the enchantment barrier around the mountain gate stairs opened up.