After a bath, Lu Jin'an changed into the traditional brocade robe that his master from the Wan Dao Sect had given him, which was white with gold-black inlaid patterns, and he left Tai Chu Peak directly.

    As the inheritor of a cultivation lineage that has lasted for thousands of years and is now the number one cultivation sect in the world, Wandao Sect naturally has abundant resources and a large scale.

    The Wan Dao Sect's five main halls, Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taosi, and Taiti, which are based on the transition from wuji to the beginning of all things in Daoist philosophy, serve as the core. The sect is structured around the mountain layout of Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. It governs over two academies, four halls, five pavilions, eight pagodas, and nine peaks to manage the entire sect's operations.

    The first thing Lu Jin'an did when he arrived at the Wan Dao Sect was to visit the immortals of these places with his teacher Pei Wan Yu. Apart from leaving an impression of these people, he knew more about his teacher Pei Wan Yu's high status in the sect.

    Pei Wan Yu, the vice-master and the main hall master of Tai Chu Hall, is the second strongest person in the Wan Dao Sect after the patriarch.

    At that time, he thought, I can't give my generous and sensuous masterface.

    Lu Jin'an did it too.

    As he left the scope of Tai Chu Peak, Lu Jin'an stepped onto the stone bridge corridor leading to the lower hall of Wandao Sect, and people suddenly became more numerous.

    "Finally, the morning exercises are over. Today's assessment of immortals is about to begin. Let's go and see those young and inexperienced candidates again, it's so interesting."

    "Um, let's pick up some snacks at the cafeteria on the way."

    "There are always a lot of cute little guys with a bit of simplicity and foolishness every day. Their assessment is too interesting to watch. You never know what might happen today, right?"

    "Big, big, big..."

    "Perhaps?"

    "Big Brother Master!!!"

    "Big Master Brother?! Where is he? It really is Big Master Brother!"

    "Who called Big Master Brother? Has Big Master Brother emerged from the cultivation cave... Big Master Brother!"

    "Hello, Big Brother Master!"

    "Hello, Senior Master!"

    Among the agitated footstep sounds, gradually came the polite bows that were chaotic but yet sounded very orderly.

    Lu Jin'an, who stopped his steps, politely returned the greetings from his younger brothers and sisters. Then came the chattering questions like "When did Senior Brother emerge from the cultivation cave?", "Where is Senior Brother going?", "Is Senior Brother going to take on a mission again?" etc.

    On the morning just after the beginning of the Chou hour, there was suddenly a burst of vitality.

    When Lu Jin'an told everyone that he was going to supervise the examination for his teacher, everyone also politely refrained from disturbing him, making way for Lu Jin'an to go first, then—

    One by one, the transmission compass turned on, broadcasting the same voice: "Big Brother has emerged from the cultivation cave."

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    Walking up from the gate of the Wan Dao Sect to the half-kilometer platform, you would reach the place that has always been the examination venue for the sect's immortal seed selection convention.

    Here, just after the Chou hour, the sound of people's voices is deafening.

    There are Wan Dao Sect disciples responsible for maintaining the order of the scene, disciples who supervise the examination sessions, but most of them are here for the selection convention: young and young teens, and their families.

    As the number one immortal sect in the world, the Wan Dao Sect's biennial immortal seed selection convention mainly consists of two levels: those who are seven years old and can embark on the path of cultivation, known as tender immortal seeds; and those who have completed the Thirteen Layers of Refining Qi and entered the Yuan Geng realm before turning ten, known as talented young plants.

    But no matter which level it is, the assessment is extremely rigorous: because the disciples recruited by Wan Dao Sect are at least qualified to become Zuo Zhuo Jing true king.

    Even though it is rigorous, the number of applicants for the Wan Dao Sect's biennial immortal seed selection convention continues to surge every three years.

    In this era of great strife, the number of applicants is even more numerous. Even after several rounds of elimination, the candidates standing here are still densely packed, with no end in sight.

    The candidates, maintained by the Wan Dao Sect disciples, kept the order. The parents of the candidates in the distance were anxious and expectant.

    Further away, on a high platform, dozens of cultivators stood with their hands behind their backs, wearing the traditional brocade robes of the personal disciples. In their expressionless and silent demeanor, they all exuded the aura that only those in the Tongsheng realm possess.

    For the personal disciples of Wan Dao Sect, they will never be able to leave the sect and establish their own or participate in the various affairs of the sect's academies, halls, pavilions, pagodas, and mountains until they reach the level of Combining.

    "Nearly eight thousand and nine hundred people have made it to this stage this year, and I estimate that about five thousand will be able to enter the sect."

    "That's a lot. Fortunately, they still don't have to compete with us for food... Why hasn't Zhao Junior Brother come over yet? I'm really looking forward to trying the Kaimeng wild beef bun that the cafeteria just started selling today."

    "Is there a Kaimeng wild beef bun for sale today?"

    "Yes, but the quantity is limited."

    "I'll go ask where Zhao Junior Brother is."

    The serious-looking personal disciples whispered to each other, and then someone asked the young man standing in the middle: "Second Brother, have you eaten your breakfast?"

    Jiang Wuyan replied calmly: "Let's get started."

    "Why is the vice-master late today?"

    "Maybe... hmm?"

    In the drip drip of transmission compass sounds, the faces of the senior brothers and sisters who were boarded up instantly changed. They looked at each other and then simultaneously looked at the second master Jiang Wuyan, whose transmission compass was silent, in their eyes, there appeared an evil interest.

    Then—

    "Let's go!"

    The personal disciples rushed down the stage, flying up the mountain.

    "You guys..." Jiang Wuyan's eyebrows twitched. The assessment was about to start; how could they just leave upon receiving a message?

    "Big Brother has emerged from the cultivation cave!"

    "Is it true or false?"

    "Really? The senior brothers and sisters on the mountain have already made the announcement, hehehe."

    "I said, the personal disciples of the seniors suddenly ran away..."

    "Ha ha ha, Second Brother can't run anymore."

    On the platform, as Jiang Wuyu heard the voices of the younger brothers and sisters below maintaining order, his expression began to change, and he couldn't help but tighten up. He subconsciously took a step forward and then quickly stopped.

    If he ran away, who would preside over the assessment?

    'Cheated me by teaming up... I'll definitely have to give them a good workout this afternoon!'

    Jiang Wuya clenched his fist, looking absentmindedly towards the road down the mountain, while the whispers of the internal disciples maintaining order gradually covered over the voices of the candidates and their families.

    "It's already time, but why hasn't the assessment started?"

    "Look, only the chief of the Tai Shi Hall, Jiang Wuyu, is left among the personal disciples."

    "Even the internal disciples are in commotion. What great event has occurred at Wandao Sect?"

    "It doesn't look like it... See them!"

    The internal disciples all turned their gaze to the same direction simultaneously, their eyes filled with respect. Even the chief of the Tai Shi Hall, Jiang Wuyu, on the platform, turned around with a look of joy, as if to say, Big Master Brother, you have finally emerged from your cultivation cave.

    Everyone was surprised, thinking it was a powerful figure from Wandao Sect coming down to inspect, so they all kept silent and the scene became quiet for a moment.

    And then—

    "Hello, Big Master Brother."

    As the second master of Wandao Sect, Jiang Wuya led by example in bowing and then all the disciples who were maintaining order on the spot, or those who came to watch the Immortal Seed Selection Convention of Wandao Sect, followed suit in unison, bowing deeply like a bell.

    "Hello, Master Brother."

    On the mountain ridges and stone steps, Lu Jin'an descended step by step, surrounded by a group of personal disciples like a moon surrounded by stars.

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    Author: Thank you for the praise of Jie Jie Zi, and the praise of Bǐ Cāng Zǐ for 1000 yuan and Jie Jie Zi for 100 yuan.