Chapter 345: New Disciple Regulations, Seeking Immortals in the Bamboo Forest

Li Yin's face showed excitement; he had trained so hard just to wait for an opportunity.

An opportunity to enter the Outer Sect!

His talent was mediocre; he could say he had hardly any talent at all.

Being able to cultivate to this day relied entirely on the sect's generous benefits, plus his own effort, cutthroat competition!

Since he couldn't surpass those outstanding senior brothers in talent,

then he would focus on the steady path, deepening his foundation a bit more; only then could he possibly overtake them later and go further on the cultivation path.

"Congratulations, Brother Li!"

"In fifteen days it will be the monthly evaluation; then we both can enter the Outer Sect together."

Zhao Jinzhu stepped forward from the side, patted Li Yin on the shoulder, and spoke with a smile.

"Brother Zhao, your cultivation should have broken through long ago; you're already at the peak of the Great Saint Realm,"

Brother Zhao started cultivating early, so his cultivation has always been considerably higher than mine.

A few months ago he could have entered the Outer Sect to cultivate, but to keep me company he voluntarily stayed on as a sect menial.

In his heart, a good brother—having a brother like Zhao Jinzhu in this lifetime is enough.

"Brother Li, let's not talk about that; let's just wait to enter the Outer Sect together."

Zhao Jinzhu laughed indifferently and spoke.

At that moment, within the Qingyun Sect, all the tokens worn by disciples of every peak flashed briefly.

"Huh? The token flashed—quickly check if the sect has any new regulations."

Whenever the sect issues new regulations or orders, they are sometimes transmitted onto the sect tokens.

Thus, Li Yin and Zhao Jinzhu both picked up their own tokens.

On the token, where dao patterns flowed, several lines of text appeared.

【These past months, the cultivation of all disciples from every peak has advanced by leaps and bounds; our sect is very pleased.】

【However, the current promotion rules for disciples are no longer suitable; thus the new disciple regulations are now announced: Saint King Realm qualifies for the Outer Sect, Supreme Realm qualifies for the Inner Sect, core disciples must have Great Emperor cultivation, and core disciples still need to pass the assessment as usual.】

【The selection of core disciples and sequence disciples will begin in ten years.】

However, upon seeing the new regulations above, their smiles instantly froze.

After a long while, the two, still standing frozen, finally reacted.

"Um, Brother Zhao, we just came out to get some fresh air, right?"

"Now that we've finished breathing, let's go continue cultivating."

"The first layer of my Immortal Demon Heavenly Technique is about to be fully integrated; I can't be lazy."

Having said that, Li Yin resolutely stepped into the Spacetime Dao Platform once again.

"Oh, right, right, wait for me, Brother Li."

Zhao Jinzhu reacted half a beat slower; he felt all of this was too coincidental.

How come every time Brother Li reaches the standard, the disciple regulations are released...

Alright, now it's done—both he and Li Yin no longer meet the cultivation standard for Outer Sect disciples.

On the other side, the core disciple area of the sect.

"Huh? The new regulations for the disciples of each peak have been released?"

"The selection of core disciples and sequence disciples will begin in ten years?"

In the core area, before a vast expanse of magnificent palaces,

Lin Bai looked at the information on his token and said.

"Opening in ten years? It's time for the assessment; I heard the core disciple's eldest senior brother Qin Han and second senior brother Ning Yan have both broken through to the Great Emperor Realm, and the others are not far behind either."

"Does this mean the master intends to ascend again in ten years?"

Shi Hao chimed in from the side; as personal disciples, they also learned many of the sect's decisions.

"Now our Qingyun Sect's strength is sufficient to ascend again, but we don't know the exact timing; the master hasn't decided yet."

"Tsk tsk, ten years—fifty thousand years inside the Spacetime Dao Platform; it's hard to imagine how far our Qingyun will develop by then."

"Senior Brother, ahead lies the Purple Bamboo Immortal Forest."

At that moment, Hua Qingyu from the side spoke up to remind.

Only seen, on the open clearing ahead, purple mist permeated, immortal energy hazy.

And that dense Purple Bamboo Immortal Forest loomed faintly within the mist, utterly dreamlike.

Moments later, Shi Hao and the three others arrived before the Purple Bamboo Immortal Forest.

At this time, many disciples from various peaks were coming and going here; upon seeing Shi Hao and the three arrive, they all became excited.

"It's the two personal-transmission senior brothers and the senior sisters!"

"Brother Yun is also here!"

"Greetings, several senior brothers, senior sister."

Seeing this, Lin Bai smiled and said, "Junior brothers, no need for excessive courtesy."

After exchanging greetings, Lin Bai looked toward the conspicuous purple stone tablet not far away.

"In the purple bamboo forest dwells the purple bamboo immortal; in the purple bamboo forest one seeks the fate of immortality."

Lin Bai murmured the words on it, "Good poem, good poem."

"I don't know where the master got this purple bamboo forest; judging by these two lines, could there be a purple bamboo immortal inside? A chance to become an immortal?"

At that moment, Shi Hao and the three others also walked up.

"Junior brother, let's go, let's head inside."

Shi Hao stepped forward, slightly impatient, and spoke.

I don't know why, but he had a feeling that this trip to the Purple Bamboo Forest would definitely yield a great harvest.

And this kind of premonition of his has never been wrong.

Afterward, the four of them no longer delayed; in the palace built beside the forest, Shi Hao and the others each presented their tokens, and then stepped into the Purple Bamboo Forest.

They didn't spend any contribution points; core disciples get everything for free, while regular disciples receive limited freebies.

"Are a few senior brothers and sisters also going to enter the Purple Bamboo Forest for training?"

"I don't know what they'll gain, hey junior brother, have you gotten anything in these three days?"

"Senior brother, to be ashamed, I got nothing and almost got lost..."

"Don't lose heart, junior brother; after entering a few more times, you'll surely gain something."

"It's just spending a few contribution points; Buddhism only saves those with affinity, so the Purple Bamboo Forest ought to only let those with value in."

After Shi Hao and the others entered the Purple Bamboo Forest through a vortex, the scenery before them kept shifting; moments later, their surroundings had undergone an earth-shaking change.

Only to see the space ahead suddenly open up, with dense purple immortal bamboo everywhere, the immortal aura extremely rich.

Not far away, the calls of small animals could be heard from time to time, adding much vitality to the place.

As it turns out, this Purple Bamboo Immortal Forest contains a world within itself; this is simply a small world.

"That's right; when has our Azure Cloud Sect ever had mundane things?"

"Alright, no more talk, junior brothers and sisters, let's go over there and have a look."

After Shi Hao closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, he pointed with his hand in a direction and spoke.

He had a feeling that the opportunity for him and the others lay that way.

"Okay, I'll listen to the senior brother."

Lin Bai and the three others nodded to show their agreement.

Afterward, the four set off on the road ahead; this is a journey of four.

It is said that when four walk together, I am sure to find a teacher among them.

That means when four people walk together, I will certainly be able to be the teacher of the other three.

……

Time kept flowing; along the way, Shi Hao and the four of them, like most other disciples, gained nothing.

But they still pressed forward resolutely.

"Senior brother! Quickly look ahead!"