Starting from helping someone rob a wedding, he was forced to hide in the Sunset Sect

The Sunset Sect is located to the east of Beizhou, occupying a towering mountain with rolling hills shrouded in clouds and mist. At the foot of the mountain is an open plain with green grass. In the distance, there is a clear stream winding its way. The long mountain road winds up and leads to the sect gate.

At the foot of the mountain, many people brought their children to the designated registration office, hoping that they would be selected to become disciples of the Sunset Sect.

Today is the day when Sunset Sect recruits new disciples every two years. There are two registration offices here, one is for mortals, and the other is for independent cultivators. The contents of their examinations are also different.

There was a long queue of people on one side, but it cannot be said that there was no one on the other side. It can only be said that only a few people came to sign up in half a day. On the one hand, the requirements of large sects for independent cultivators would be relatively high, and most independent cultivators would never come to participate again after participating in the assessment of a large sect once.

On the other hand, even if you pass the assessment, there will be an observation period. During this time, if it is discovered that you have done something harmful to the world, your cultivation will be destroyed and you will be kicked out of the sect.

The requirements for mortals with no cultivation are not that high. As long as they are tested to have spiritual roots, they can enter the sect as outer disciples. However, there is one thing in common for both registrations, which is that a registration fee is required.

"Miss, the registration fee is ten low-grade spirit stones. Isn't this too outrageous?"

The Qi Refining Realm cultivator in charge of the registration explained with a wry smile: "We have no choice. This is the rule. The outer sect elders arranged it this way."

The two outer disciples of Sunset Sect looked at this casual cultivator whose cultivation level was higher than theirs. In fact, most casual cultivators knew that there was a registration fee to join the sect, but judging from his expression, he had no idea about it.

Xu Yeyu sighed. These days, if you don’t have money, you can’t even enter a sect. He didn’t even have a single spirit stone on him.

The two disciples said politely, "That's our outer sect elder. You can sell some things to him. He is here to help independent cultivators who don't have spirit stones to collect registration fees."

Xu Yeyu was silent. He didn't expect that they had even considered this. Was it because there was an independent cultivator in the past who didn't have spirit stones to pay the registration fee and complained to someone, so they arranged for an outer sect elder to come?

He came to Ren Qingyang, took out two demon pills from his storage ring, put them on the wooden table and asked, "Senior, can you tell me how many spirit stones these are worth?"

Xu Yeyu only hopes that these two demon pills are worth ten spirit stones. In addition to these two demon pills, he also has two detoxification pills. It is really not easy to become an immortal these days.

He got these two demon pills when he saw two wolves in the Foundation Establishment Stage fighting each other. He killed them after both were injured.

"Two foundation-building demon pills are worth twenty low-grade spirit stones."

Ren Qingyang placed the low-grade spirit stone on the table. Xu Yeyu put the spirit stone into the storage ring, thanked him and left.

Xu Yeyu returned to the registration office and lined up, only to see the casual cultivator in front of him just write his name on the form and leave. He was now full of questions.

"Girl, why didn't he pay the registration fee?"

"Because he has a letter of recommendation from the Sunset Sect. The letter of recommendation is written by the sect's deacon elders and distributed to the core disciples of the Sunset Sect. The disciples can pass it on to capable people or people with predestined relationships during their travels. With this letter of recommendation, they can directly participate in the sect's entry competition."

"After every outer disciple is promoted to an inner disciple, the elder in charge will give them a letter of recommendation, only this one."

She placed a piece of parchment on the table. On it were listed the candidate's name, gender, age, and accomplishments, as well as the recommender's seal and signature.

There is such a thing! If he had known about the recommendation letter earlier, he might have asked Xia Xiaomo if she had it. However, he had no plans to join the sect before, so even if he knew about the recommendation letter, he would not ask the girl for it.

Because he didn't know whether the elders of Lan Yue Sect would come to cause trouble for him, for the sake of safety he had to add a sect and have a sect as a background. There were many sects to choose from, but he came to Xi Yang Sect.

He has a friend in the Sunset Sect. A sect with a friend is always better than one where no one knows anyone.

Xu Yeyu placed ten low-grade spirit stones on the table, wrote her name on the registration form, and followed another female disciple.

Came to another outer sect elder.

"This is to explain your background, such as where you were born and why you joined the sect."

After explaining, the female disciple left, leaving Xu Yeyu and the outer sect elder. The latter closed his eyes and snored from time to time, making people wonder if he was asleep.

Should I say that I was born in another distant world and the reason I joined the sect was because I was afraid of causing trouble for the elders of the Lanyue Sect? The first of these two things must not be told, and others may not believe it. As for the second one, if I tell it, can he still enter the Xiyang Sect?

Xu Yeyu pondered for a moment and then he came up with an excuse.

"I was born in a remote mountain village called Xujia Village. The main livelihood of the village was farming and hunting. Although life was poor, it was acceptable. I thought I would marry a wife and spend the rest of my life, until a demon cultivator passed by Xujia Village..."

Liu Qingfeng opened his eyes and interrupted him: "Then he either slaughtered the villagers or killed your relatives. You survived for some reason. After that, you vowed to take revenge. You happened to pick up a broken manual somewhere. Your cultivation reached a bottleneck, so you chose to join a sect to continue your practice."

Xu Yeyu was silent. This was exactly what he wanted to say just now.

"This script is outdated. The popular one now is that an unknown boy happens to save a female monk, or helps a female monk find something. Then you fall in love with her. However, because there is a difference between mortals and immortals, you work hard to practice just to get closer to the person you love."

Liu Qingfeng smiled and patted Xu Yeyu on the shoulder, and continued: "Young people should not always think about fighting and killing. Can't you cultivate for a girl? Back then, I did it for a woman..."

"I am grateful for your teaching, Senior!"

Xu Yeyu interrupted him hurriedly. Although he liked listening to other people's stories, he still had to hurry up to take the test.

"Okay, just go up the 100-step stone staircase and you will reach the sect. You can go find some novels to read, which can help you fill in the plot."

After Xu Yeyu left, another wandering cultivator came to Liu Qingfeng and told him his story.

"I was born in a village called Wangjia Village..."

If Xu Yeyu were still here, he would definitely complain, no wonder this elder was so skilled, it turned out he had heard it too much.

A hundred-step bluestone staircase winds up the hillside. The winding mountain road is lined with lush, towering trees. Looking from the foot of the mountain, the entire sect seems to be hidden in the clouds.

He had heard that many sects had a hundred-step stone staircase, and this so-called hundred-step stone staircase was a kind of test to see if a mortal had what it takes to become a cultivator. However, the hundred-step stone staircase of the Sunset Sect was just an ordinary stone staircase.

Could it be that I was deceived? In fact, the hundred steps are just ordinary steps like this.

There was mist at the end of the stone stairs. When the mist dissipated, a huge square was revealed. The ground of the square was paved entirely with huge stones, exuding a majestic aura.

Looking around the square, it was extremely lively. Nearly a thousand people were gathered in the mortal area and the independent cultivator area, taking various exams. The giant stone square was filled with tables and chairs, with test papers neatly spread out. The mortals and independent cultivators were concentrating and filling out the test papers carefully.

There was actually a written test. He thought he could pass the test by simply discussing it with some senior brothers and sisters and getting their approval.

Caiyun is an outer sect disciple. Today she accepted a mission from the sect. She had to distribute the test papers in their hands to every independent cultivator who came to the sect for the examination. She also needed some sect contributions to exchange for rare treasures to break through to the foundation-building stage.

She saw another casual cultivator entering the examination room, so she gave him the test paper. Xu Yeyu took the test paper handed to her by Caiyun, and her head started to hurt after just one look at it.

It's fine that there's a fee for cultivating immortals, but why do they have to take this kind of test?