Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 83: Moon-Watching Talent
Early morning of the ninth day, Yinxiafang Market.

The Moon Selection Ceremony that countless cultivators had been looking forward to finally began.

Chen Beiwu stood in the center of the town, looking at the heroic female cultivator wearing a dark black Taoist robe on the cloud boat, who was surrounded by the Gu family's foundation-building cultivators.

A ball of dark blue aura mixed with scarlet hues hovered above its head.

"She is Shu You, an inner disciple of Jingyue Sect?" Chen Beiwu was slightly stunned.

If the other party's luck ball of light was not darker in color and the scarlet color was lighter, he would have thought that Shu You was one of the foundation-building cultivators who had ambushed in the Gray Wind Gorge.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

As the black-robed female cultivator waved her sleeves, three jet-black lights descended from the sky and landed on the high platform of the market town, revealing three bronze wheels.

The edges of these bronze wheels are inlaid with seven transparent crystals, and the inside of each crystal is engraved with the twenty-eight constellations and the five elements.

"I am Shu You, an inner disciple of the Jingyue Sect, and I am in charge of this Moon Selection Ceremony."

Shu You looked around and said indifferently, "Roots and bones are the foundation of the immortal path. Those who lack aptitude will find it difficult to ascend to the immortal gate even if they have many elixirs and miraculous medicines."

"If you wish to join the Jingyue Sect, you must take the Seven-Wheel Spirit Tester to test your spiritual roots and pass the first stage of the Moon Selection Ceremony before you can continue."

"To avoid wasting time, those with mixed spiritual roots or below can leave on their own. Those with entry-level skills can be an exception."

After hearing this, none of the cultivators in the market town wanted to leave.

The opportunity to join the five major sects is right in front of them. Now that they are here, how can they give up easily?

"Cultivators from the Gu, Chi, Yu, Yuan, and Shui families can come forward and line up." Shu You didn't even glance at the wandering cultivators in the audience.

Although the Jingyue Sect advocates that the highest good is like water and that it is great because it is tolerant, and that all living beings can join the sect to practice, it cannot be said that there is no discrimination in the sect.

Because the sect attaches great importance to spiritual roots.

Compared with the children of immortal cultivation families, the spiritual roots of independent cultivators are generally of poor quality, and only one in ten thousand independent cultivators can pass the monthly assessment and join the sect.

Even though Shu You was born into a family of casual cultivators, he felt that the five-no casual cultivators in the market town were a pile of hopeless mud.

Upon hearing this, all the disciples of the immortal cultivation families present looked at each other, took a step forward together, divided into three teams, and then lined up in turn to walk onto the Seven-Wheel Spirit Testing Mirror.

"Southern Wilderness cultivators really have no human rights!"

Seeing this scene, Chen Beiwu was not surprised at all.

The Jingyue Sect is already the most reputable of the five major sects. If it were the overbearing Fenyan Sect, these independent cultivators wouldn't even be qualified to participate in the sect entrance test.

"Buzz!"

As the three cultivators stepped onto the Seven-Wheel Spirit Tester and activated their own cultivation techniques, the crystals on the bronze wheel glowed and began to rotate.

"Water element mixed spiritual roots, age twenty, Qi training fourth level, aptitude is Wu Yue, not allowed."

"Water and wood mixed spiritual roots, age nineteen, fifth level of Qi training, aptitude is mid-grade of the waning moon, allowed."

"Water element, true spiritual root, age nineteen, sixth level of Qi training, aptitude is upper grade of Cangyue, allowed."

Seeing the words displayed on the Spirit Tester, a cultivator showed joy on his face and walked to the opposite side of the Spirit Tester.

Some monks knelt on the ground, their faces showing resentment. The disparity in qualifications between monks was clearly demonstrated at this moment.

Chen Beiwu looked at the Spirit Tester in the distance and thought to himself, "I don't know what my qualifications are."

During this period of time, he gathered intelligence and learned that the Jingyue Sect divided the qualifications of cultivators into five levels: full moon, full moon, crescent moon, waning moon and no moon.

The lowest level, Wu Yue, indicates that the cultivator's qualifications are very low and do not meet the standards for choosing the moon. Unless he possesses the skills to enter the next level, he can change his fate and enter the affiliated sect of Jingyue Sect.

A slightly better grade of waning moon indicates that the cultivator's qualifications are inferior. Although he meets the criteria for choosing a moon, he can only become an outer disciple of the Jingyue Sect.

The next level, the crescent moon, indicated a cultivator of medium aptitude, capable of cultivation, with the opportunity to become an inner disciple of the Mirror Moon Sect after breaking through the foundation-building stage. As for the even higher levels, the full moon and the full moon, Chen Beiwu had only heard of these names in the market and did not know what they represented.

"How come they're all just rotten wood? There's not even a single talented person." Shu You frowned slightly.

The Moon Selection Ceremony is a task issued by the sect.

Whether she can successfully complete the sect's mission and gain the praise of the inner sect elders depends on the qualifications of this group of disciples.

But the cultivators who appear now are all rotten fish and shrimps, without even the qualifications of a crescent moon.

Noticing Shu You's dissatisfaction, the Gu family's foundation-building master who was in charge of reception quickly winked at the accompanying disciples.

Not long after, a female cultivator wearing a plain gauze skirt appeared in the Gu family's queue.

At this moment, the morning light just happened to penetrate the mist, illuminating her black hair that fell to her ears, revealing her delicate face with picturesque eyebrows and lips like mountain cherry blossoms. She looked like a classical fairy walking out of an ancient scroll, making the monks present hold their breath.

"What a beautiful person!"

"Don't worry about your life! Be careful with your words! That's Gu Chun, the second daughter of the Gu family!"

"Miss Gu Chun is so beautiful, no wonder she has won the favor of Master Shu You."

Listening to the sighs of people around him, Chen Beiwu shook his head speechlessly.

Whether it is the Southern Wilderness or the Immortal Alliance, this world is a huge face-matching game, and the treatment of good-looking cultivators and ugly ones is completely different.

As soon as Gu Chun appeared, even Shu You, who had always maintained a cold expression, couldn't help but smile.

"No matter how beautiful a face is, it's just a shell." Chen Beiwu shook his head and looked at the spirit-testing mirror where Gu Chun was.

"Water element, earth spirit root, age twenty, Qi training level seven, aptitude is upper crescent moon, allowed."

Seeing the information displayed by the Spirit Tester, Gu Chun couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"It's still a little short."

Although Wanyue has good qualifications of the highest grade, she also needs to enter the outer sect for training together with the disciples of Cangyue’s qualifications.

Only after breaking through the Qi training and achieving the foundation building stage will one be qualified to enter the inner gate.

The following assessment of cultivation skills is a very important plus point.

If she could gain recognition from the Moon Selector with her second-level alchemy attainments, she would be able to skip classes and directly enter the inner gate.

"Not bad." A smile appeared on Shu You's face.

The appearance of a Crescent Moon-level cultivator meant that her assessment result for this mission was at least passing.

Soon, after a stick of incense had passed, all the children of the immortal cultivation families around the market town had completed their qualifications tests, and only six cultivators received the crescent moon rating.

"One crescent moon is of high quality, three crescent moons are of medium quality, and two crescent moons are of low quality." Shu You nodded secretly, his expression becoming much kinder.

Chen Beiwu followed the crowd and waited for a full quarter of an hour before it was his turn to go on stage.

"Buzz!"

As soon as Chen Beiwu stepped onto the wheel and activated his magic power, the Seven-Wheel Spirit Testing Mirror emitted several sharp and violent sounds.

This was a situation that had never occurred in any previous monks' qualification tests.

"Is it possible?"

Hearing the unusual sound, Shu You's expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked towards the Spirit Tester where Chen Beiwu was.

"Water-type pseudo-heavenly spiritual roots, wood-type earthly spiritual roots, sixteen years old, eighth level of Qi training, aptitude is Moon-gazing upper grade, can be an inner sect disciple, candidate sequence."

When the monks at the scene saw the information displayed by the Spirit Tester, they were all shocked and burst into an uproar.

(End of this chapter)