Chapter 108: Divine Night's Inner Gate (Third Update)

  "Lin Xi, stop it, stop it!"

  Shangguan Yaoyue's voice entered his ears.

  Lin Xi heard the sound and opened his eyes, only to see that the power stone in front of him was emitting a black glow. However, what made Lin Xi feel strange was the eerie gaze of the people in the grand hall.

  Lin Xi took a look at the Cultivation Stone, its color had turned black, which was indeed the sign of passing the assessment, and there was nothing unusual about it.

  "Senior brother, did I pass the assessment?"

  Lin Xi glanced at the assessment disciple beside him and said.

  "Passed, passed!......"

  The assessment disciple next to him stared blankly and nodded repeatedly after coming back to his senses.

  "Alright. Your information has been registered."

  Qinglian Holy Girl took a look at Lin Xi's appearance and knew that he was still confused, so she didn't point it out. She smiled slightly and pointed to a name that appeared on the copper wall on the left side of the Jinsheng Grand Hall:

  "Look, the Gongli Stone test has been passed. It will directly connect to this promotion wall and display your name. However, to become a formal disciple, it may take a few more days. Because in between, you need to be assigned a mountain peak, courtyard, disciple plaque, attire, and even report to the sect, giving you the treatment of a formal disciple's Dan medicine level and so on. All these things take time."

  Lin Xi looked in the direction that Qinglian Holy Girl was pointing, and indeed saw a steel wall with strange Dao patterns flashing on it. Apparently, magic had been applied to it.

  This is the "Promotion Wall", connected to the Merit Stone. The names of all disciples who have passed the promotion assessment will appear on it.

  Lin Xi easily found his own name.

  Seeing this line of names, Lin Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  I have finally become an official disciple of the sect. From now on, whether it's the level of accepting sect tasks or enjoying sect treatment, everything will be upgraded a notch.

  More importantly, becoming a formal disciple means being a member of the Shen Xiao Sect. It's not comparable to being an honorary disciple. In the future, if Long Bingyan wants to deal with him again, he will definitely have some reservations!

  "Thank you, seniors."

  Lin Xidao.

  As for getting his formal disciple's token and uniform in a few days, he didn't mind.

  "Alright, it's settled then. I'll take you all to Qinglian Peak now."

  The Holy Maiden of the Clear Lotus waved her hand, and a small blue boat suddenly appeared in the void. With a gentle whoosh of divine energy, it was supported by white clouds. The Holy Maiden's true energy enveloped Lin Xi and Shangguan Yuxue, wrapping them inside the boat. Riding the vessel, they pierced through the air and vanished into thin air in an instant.

  Three people left, Jin Sheng entered the main hall.

  "Senior brother, do you still remember when was the last time someone's power stone emitted a black glow for so long?"

  A disciple who had just been assessed asked him, his eyes still lingering with shock.

  The disciple who was asked shook his head:

  "No! The named disciples who participated in the promotion assessment, were able to emit a black glow from the power stone for more than three seconds, and later became the holy sons and daughters of the sect. Being able to emit such a long-lasting black light like Lin Xi, and being nonchalant afterwards, is unprecedented."

  He paused for a moment, and a look of reminiscence appeared in the eyes of this assessment disciple:

  "There were a few who could surpass him. In the early days, as a nominal disciple, he had already brought out the highest seven-colored light from the power stone. Those people have now become the true direct disciples of the sect. However, afterwards, they were also exhausted and did not last as long as him."

  In the grand hall of Jinsheng, several disciples who were being assessed all showed thoughtful expressions.

  Lin Xi's ability to emit a black glow from the Cultivation Stone was nothing out of the ordinary. Most people who came here for assessment could do it.

  What truly shocked everyone, including Qinglian Holy Girl, was his prolonged duration and his nonchalant attitude afterwards!

  Lin Xi's true energy, in terms of its grandeur and majesty, may not be particularly astonishing. Within the sect, there are many exceptionally talented disciples who surpass him even among those at the level of named disciples.

  What really shocked people was his incredibly frightening physical strength and endurance.

  His true energy seemed to be endless, never drying up. To know that the "Power Stone" absorbed power at a speed that was simply whale swallowing. Even more power couldn't compare to the Power Stone's absorption speed.

  Even those true disciples of the past could only persist for a while before being drained of all their true energy.

  However, Lin Xi persisted for so long and still seemed unaffected. It has to be said that he broke the fixed and conventional cognition of the crowd!

  The next promotion test, all the disciples, without exception, only flashed a black light, and immediately fell to the ground, exhausted of true energy, physically and mentally exhausted!

  A real promotion assessment just needs a flash of black light!

  …………

  The blue small boat moved very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the edge of the outer gate. A ring of white air curtain, like a rolling drum, rose into the sky, covering the entire inner gate.

  As far as Lin Xi's eyes could see, this circle of sky and air had no edges or boundaries, and he couldn't even see the end.

  "This is the 'Ninefold Devil-Sealing Divine Formation' of our sect, possessing a powerful spatial seal, and also being the strongest mountain-protection formation. If we are attacked by outsiders, it will immediately activate and transform into an extremely terrifying destructive seal. Even if it's a strong elder from a Xian Dao sect, they won't even be able to get close before being minced into powder."

  The lotus saint stood at the edge of a small boat and said:

  "However, the formation is usually not activated and only serves to isolate the void. Only when one becomes an inner disciple can they possess a gate of law for entry and exit..."

  Lin Xizai looked around, but all he saw was a vast expanse of white mist, unable to distinguish between heaven and earth. He knew that his own realm was too low, and he couldn't see anything remarkable.

  "Boom!"

  A soft sound, and the small boat of Qinglian Holy Girl finally broke through the ban, and suddenly it was bright in front of her eyes.

  "How big it is!"

  The voice of Shangguan Yuxue came from beside her ear, apparently, this was also her first time entering here.

  Looking down from the flying boat, all that can be seen is a vast expanse of land undulating beneath their feet. This space is extremely vast, far larger than what Lin Xi and others observed outside, the Divine Twilight Mountain, almost equivalent to a city.

  It's like hiding a huge iron house in table tennis, completely subverting the concept of space!

  "Hehe, this is the divine magic of 'Confining Space'. The space inside the inner gate is actually much larger than what you see outside."

  The Holy Maiden of Clear Lotus smiled and explained.

  Lin Xi didn't mind these things, some miracles of the Xian Dao sect were normal. What he noticed was that the yuanqi inside the inner door was even more magnificent than outside.

  "The aura is incredibly thick, at least ten times thicker than outside."

  Lin Xi secretly thought to herself.

  Inside the inner gate, at the bottom of the earth, many Yuan Gathering Arrays were set up. Basically, a large hall for an inner gate disciple was a Yuan Gathering Array. Inside the inner gate, the hierarchy was strict, and everything relied on one's strength to speak. The higher one's strength, the higher the place they lived...

  The voice of Qinglian Holy Girl came from beside her ear, she stretched out a lotus jade finger and pointed to the ground:

  "On the ground, those bronze great halls are not there. Those are the great halls where the disciples of the Fourfold Qi Xianjing live. As for those tall and towering mountain peaks with great halls, they are the places where the Fivefold and Sixfold Qi disciples reside. When one reaches the Seventh Fold of Qi, becoming a Holy Son or Holy Maiden of the sect, they will all be living in the Floating Sacred Peaks!"

  Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoyue gazed at the scene inside the gate, secretly shocked. They saw that on the vast land, countless bronze palaces stood like stars scattered across a chessboard, arranged in a harmonious pattern.

  According to Qinglian Holy Girl, each bronze temple has an inner door disciple. There are nearly 10,000 of them, densely packed. Among these bronze temples, countless mountain peaks rise from the ground and pierce the sky, majestic and magnificent.

  On the mountain peak, there is also a bronze palace. That's where the disciples of Lianqi Wuchong and Liuchi live!

  Further up, only island-like mountain peaks were seen, with white mist swirling and floating in the void. That was the Floating Sacred Peak of the Shenyue Sect, from which powerful auras emanated.

  That is where the Holy Son and Holy Maiden of the Shen Ye Sect reside.

  And as the holy peak rose higher, Lin Xi saw many more enormous objects. The shadows they cast alone were enough to make one feel their mind and spirit trembling. Those were existences within the Sheng Xiao Sect that held even more illustrious positions and were even stronger.

  Each one shone like the sun, moon and stars, this kind of powerful existence, just a tiny bit of aura emanating from it, made Lin Xi feel suffocated, not daring to look up again.

  "Shen Xiao Sect is the second largest sect in the Xian Dao world, existing for countless years. The powerful foundation is not something you or I can imagine. Every Shen Xiao Sect disciple is a member of the sect and must maintain the sect's reputation. This is also why I helped you. When you reach my level in the future, you will understand. ——Alright, my Qing Lian Holy Peak has arrived!"

  As he spoke, a small green boat suddenly entered a floating sacred peak.

  All that can be seen is a palace, rich and majestic, standing tall in the misty aura. Inside the palace, golden decorations are scattered all over the floor, colorful streamers are everywhere, with the two characters "Qinglian" written on them, just like those of royal relatives.

  In the palace, there are gardens, pools, pavilions and buildings, just like a paradise on earth.

  And in the garden ponds, maidservants gathered in groups, each one was a beautiful and elegant beauty, quietly waiting. Seeing Qinglian Holy Girl, they bowed down and said in unison:

  "Hail Holy Maiden!"

  "This is what I call a grand lineup!"

  Lin Xi's heart was secretly shaken, and she finally felt the extraordinary nature of being a Holy Son or Holy Daughter.

  The Holy Son and Holy Maiden are like the Crown Prince and Princess of a sect, with nearly a hundred people serving them alone, they are truly noble beyond words.

  "Sister, this place of yours is really beautiful. It's even more beautiful than my own home."

  Shangguan Yaoyue entered the Qinglian Sacred Peak, still lively and innocent, unrestrained as ever, looking around curiously.

  "Pretty is pretty, but it's not necessarily prettier than your own home, right?"

  Qinglian Shengnu glared at her with a hint of deep meaning.

  "Hehe!"

  Shangguan Yaoyue just smiled and didn't say much more.

  "Alright, girls, and Lin Xi, you all come in and talk."

  The Holy Maiden of the Clear Lotus beckoned and led the way in.

  Lin Xi and Shangguan Yaoyue followed closely behind, also walking in.