I told you,
you have to watch out for that crazy woman!
She’s simply an idiot!
Second fellow brother! Are you blind?
I’m right here!
I did that because
I wanted to save some money for the sixth fellow brother.
There’s no point
to talk about this now.
The third fellow brother is right!
We have to figure out a solution.
How are we gonna do with the 15 candidates?
I say we recruit them all!
Our Lingjian sect
has long shorthanded.
With 15 more people recruited,
we won’t be lonely anymore!
According to our plan,
no more than 15 people
are able to pass the quest in Ice Wind Valley.
Plus the last three quests,
the finalists won’t be more than three.
Put the others aside,
the sect resources alone
won’t be enough
to support 15 more disciples.
Although our sect is not tight on money,
we can’t spoil still.
Fifth fellow sister,
this is from the sixth fellow brother
who’s in charge of finance.
I don’t think I can help you now.
Otherwise I’ll be screwed
if they cut the budget of my Xiaoyao Mountain.
When did I ever cut your budget?
I give you money every time when you ask.
You are lying!
You refused me last time when I wanted to buy
the Stellar Aurora Diamond!
Right, and my Moonlight Treasure Box!
How could I let you buy your personal jewelry
using the sect’s money!
We didn’t expect
something like this would happen.
According to the rules,
the 15 people have all indeed passed
the test.
If we shut them out,
it’ll affect the reputation of our sect.
But based on
the current situation,
it’s not possible to recruit them all.
So, the easiest way is
that all the Masters
go choose carefully in person,
and we’ll keep a few
the most qualified to be our disciples.
So, leader, you mean…
Interview!
Interview is good! Interview is cool!
Interview is the way to go!
I assume that through the Universe Speculum,
everybody has discovered your potential disciple.
Why don’t we take this opportunity
to conduct directional enrollment
and targeted training?
You are welcome!
I agree!
Kiss ass!
Leader,
I’ll go to the Cloud Hall and
bring those 15 candidates over here.
Stop!
I need to talk to you.
I’m back.
Could the rest of you do it?
Sure!
Of course!
Come here!
So that one is the chosen one you were talking about?
That’s right! You’ve got to trust me!
Ever since he cracked my task chain in Lingxi Town,
I’ve been convinced
that he is not an ordinary human being!
Ling’er mentioned him to me, too.
Since you are so sure,
it should be true.
I’ll pay extra attention to him later.
Ok, let’s go to the Cloud Hall together.
Once upon a Time in LingJian Mountain
Episode 4
I thought after the tryout,
we’ll officially become disciples.
Why is there an extra test?
The Lingjian sect is too hard to deal with!
We could pass the test
all thanks to Wang’s sword.
An additional test is necessary.
Am I talking to you?
But the Master said
only three candidates can be chosen.
Wang, what are you thinking?
I’m thinking which master I’ll choose.
The interview is easy.
Please walk up to
the Universe Speculum one after another.
And put your hands on it for a little while.
The Speculum can tell
who has the qualifications and the Magic Root.
Let’s begin.
I’ll go first.
Lingjian sect stresses on one’s courage.
The first one who steps out
will certainly gain better impression.
This…
His Magic Root is simply…
I’ve practiced for hundreds of years.
I’ve finally seen a real one!
Make it a specimen! I’ll add him to my collection!
The interview is over.
Everyone, please take a rest for a while.
We will combine the opinions of the Masters.
In about one hour,
we will reveal the three qualified participants.
Congratulations in advance!
You will join the Lingjian sect to start your cultivation path.
The result hasn’t come out yet.
Why are you being congratulatory?
You impressed everybody just now
in front of the Universe Speculum,
which already said everything.
This is Lingjian sect.
As the oldest one among the Five Great Sects,
the Masters here must have seen better.
But your Magic Root
even made them surprised.
It shows that yours is really rare.
That’s right.
Your performance
has been very impressive.
You even cut open the heaven and earth with one sword in Ice Wind Valley.
With your strength,
you must be recruited.
The result hasn’t come out yet.
It’s too early to say that!
I’ll call the names of the ones
who can stay and become
the disciples of Lingjian sect.
Wen Bao.
Zhu Qin.
Me!
Wang
Zhong!
Me!
How come they chose him?
I told you
that you are the chosen one!
Thank you.
let’s watch out for each other.
It’s impossible!
Are you kidding me?
Wang, what are you going to do?
I’m thinking if I should raise an army
of 100,000 social media buzzer
to badmouth and spread rumors about this sect.
Hai, I see!
the scene that we’re currently in
is like a story with the plot of tragic beginning.
And the more extreme and unreasonable
the beginning is for us,
the more exciting our future development would be.
Hai,
We are bound to become immortals!
I’m not sure I follow.
Hai, Wang.
Well…
The door’s closed, but there’s always a…
No.
I mean it may be a blessing in disguise.
You are both brilliant.
You must have an opportunity.
Maybe…
Maybe… Maybe… Maybe what?
Let me say it.
Some people
are too big-headed.
Right, they might be smart in some way,
but it doesn’t mean that they are the chosen ones!
Wang, for the sake of the test we’ve been through together,
when I successfully complete my cultivation,
I need an errand boy
to serve me.
You?
I’m not interested in you.
I’m not interested in your either.
Master asked me to tell you two
about the reason you failed to be chosen.
It’s because your situations are quite unusual.
Mr. Hai’s performance
has been really outstanding.
The Masters suspect
if the test had any flaw.
They want to test you again.
No need.
I’m ok with their decision.
In that case,
you can only be an outer disciple.
I’m willing.
Really?
I think it’s not bad.
Then,
you can go to Xiaoyao Mountain to register later.
As for the other participant,
your character and perception are simply impeccable.
Even far above Hai’s.
As for your Magic Root…
Yes, you’ve guessed it.
You have the Heavenly Magic Root.
On top of that, it is the rarest Heavenly Magic Root,
the Void Magic Root.
Void Magic Root?
What is that?
Void Magic Root?
What is Void Magic Root?
Void Magic Root?
What does that mean?
The Void Magic Root
is actually the Magic Root
of the legendary Immortal and the Great Ancestor Desheng,
who are recognized as the strongest cultivators.
Since Wang has a rare Magic Root like that,
why isn’t he selected?
Although the rarer Magic Root the more powerful it is,
it doesn’t mean it’s good.
On the contrary,
the more powerful and rarer the Magic Root is,
the stricter its training method has to be.
Even before the End of the Age of Chaos,
there was no cultivation method
that is compatible with the Void Magic Root.
Therefore, it’s not just the Lingjian sect,
no sect in the Immortal Cultivation World is able to
train someone with the Void Magic Root.
The so-called Void Magic Root,
since the Age of Chaos,
has been simply a rare antique
and has no value other than a collection.
So it’s just like the stone lions by the gate!
Right.
So Master Huayun said
that if you stay,
we can only treat you like a mascot.
Mascot?!
But, you have the same Magic Root as the two revered ancient Immortals anyway.
If you become the sect’s mascot,
the Lingjian sect’s grandeur could overwhelm the Shengjing sect.
Deal!
Let me thank the leader and other Masters
in advance!
Who do you think you are?
Does your sect provide board and lodging for the sect’s mascot?
Do you pay salary?
Do you give paid annual leave?
No! No!
I was just making a joke.
Don’t take it seriously!
I was just saying!
You are all renowned Masters here!
You should keep your word!
Since you said that you’ll keep me as a mascot,
you can’t take it back.
If you do,
people will say
that you lie
and you don’t have credibility at all.
That would be a shame!
Leader,
It is inappropriate to take our word back.
But you said it!
Wang Lu,
why must you join our sect
even if we’ll treat you as a mascot?
Because I took a bet with somebody.
It’ll be embarrassing
if I lose the bet.
Leader, he and the fifth fellow sister are quite alike!
What alike?
Having her in our sect is already enough!
I’m right here!
So what?
And I’ve been feeling
so sorry for
those candidates of yours.
I want them to know
knowledge is strength.
There are many benefits
being a mascot of our sect.
with the Lingjian sect’s reputation behind you.
You can indeed easily oppress the people
and enjoy yourself,
and no one dare to touch you.
This small benefit
will consume a huge amount of resources.
You don’t watch your manners and you don’t cultivate.
Why would we keep you?
Or, you’d like to give me money?
Money?
People keep asking
for this coin.
This coin must be very special!
I must first pay the union fee,
right?
So, would this be enough?
That’s…
the Xiaoyun coin of our sect!
How come he has it?
Leader,
is he also your illegitimate son?
Fifth fellow sister,
why aren’t you surprised?
It’s the coin I gave to Ling’er, how come…
I’m as surprised as you are!
As far as I know, Ling’er gave it to him.
He helped her win
the radish bet.
Bet?
Come out with me!
Come here.
I thought the one who won the bet
was the boy
stayed at Home Inn,
namely Wang Zhong.
I was wondering why Ling’er would
fall for a person who only has third rank Magic Root.
That stupid Wang Zhong?
No wonder you stared at him just now
like a sick puppy!
You thought he was the chosen one?
You didn’t wear your glasses and read the words wrong again, did you?
It’s a little embarrassing.
The Stellar Power suddenly shifted to somewhere else,
and I didn’t have enough time to open my Magic Eyes.
By the way, junior fellow, are you hungry?
Let me cook noodles for you?
I’m full already just hearing this!
I designed so many quests
in Peach Blossom Village,
because I wanted to help you
get the Xiaoyun coin back from Wang Lu.
But you deducted my salary for that!
Who knows
that you would do good deeds too!
And in fact you wanted to get the coin
for yourself, didn’t you?
Why are you helping Wang Lu now?
I…
I was thinking about talent recruitment for our sect.
Don’t change the topic.
It was all your fault!
I…
I have to use the Stellar Diffraction Technique
to supervise a lot of things.
It’s only normal that I made a small mistake.
Anyway, let’s go back to the hall first.
The other Masters are waiting.
The coin you showed us
was left by Immortal Xiaoyun,
the ancestor of the Lingjian sect.
Whoever has the coin
can make any request to
the Lingjian sect.
Any request?
I want to be the leader of the Lingjian sect!
You…
You jerk!
How dare you to fight for the leader position with me?
Even if I let you be a Master,
you won’t be able to hold the position,
since you will be removed right away by the Master Group,
not to mention the position of the leader!
I suggest that
you cool yourself
and request something realistic.
Then,
I want a top rank Immortal tool.
Me too!
You…
Alright!
You just need to wait for someone from the Immortal World to create it,
and then we will give it to you.
Our initial estimate is that you need to wait for five thousand years.
Are you kidding?
None of my request can be accepted.
Do you guys have any sincerity at all?
Which one of us is not sincere here?
Let me warn you,
if you make any more unreasonable demands,
we will cancel your qualification to make a demand!
No one wants to see things become like this.
For the sake of
our common interests,
let’s have a nice discussion.
I don’t even know what you are talking about!
Fine,
I’ll just take the next best thing then.
Make me a Successor Disciple.
This is indeed a serious matter.
We need to discuss it.
Okay,
Wait outside of the Cloud Hall.
Alright.
junior fellows,
I think you are all aware of
that the status of Successor Disciple
is higher than disciples.
Only when the Masters were ready to pass on their position
would they begin to choose their Successor Disciples.
So the quota is very limited.
Right?
But since Wang Lu made the request,
we have to give him an answer.
Liu Xian?
Senior fellow, you know me.
I’m so busy with training
those disciples.
I don’t have time to train a Successor Disciple.
Fang He?
Well, you know me.
I am not very good at training a disciple.
If my former disciple was still alive…
Let’s not talk about it.
Senior fellow, you know me.
I only train outer disciples.
Senior fellow, you know me.
I’m in charge of finance.
Senior fellow, you know me.
I…
You are the least busy one!
I believe that they know you better than I do.
Senior fellow…
I hereby announce
that the tryout of the Lingjian sect is over.
The participants whose names
didn’t get called just now
don’t need to be discouraged.
Since you’ve passed all the quests,
you’ll all be accepted as outer disciples
of Lingjian sect.
Outer disciples!
You are Hai Yunfan, right?
I’m the Master responsible for outer disciples,
Huayun.
Let’s go down the mountain now.
Master Huayun.
How are you going to do
with Wang Lu?
Please know
that we’ve arranged the best for everybody.
Let’s go.
Everybody, follow me.
Okay.
Wang,
I believe that Lingjian sect
will keep its promise.
So has Wang Lu been selected
or not?
Of course not!
He looks as if
he was a discarded one.
No one’s gonna talk to him.
Right, Wang Zhong?
You are right.
Wang Zhong, Zhu Qin, Wen Bao,
you are disciples now, please follow me.
Stop looking.
Your worlds are different now.
Although the rarer the Magic Root the more powerful it is,
it doesn’t mean it’s good.
Therefore, it’s not just the Lingjian sect,
no sect in the Immortal Cultivation World is able to
train someone with the Void Magic Root.
The so-called Void Magic Root,
since the Age of Chaos,
has been simply a rare antique
and has no value other than a collection.
You had such a slim chance,
but you still stuck to it.
How come you start questioning yourself now?
You even completed the hidden quest in Peach Blossom Village.
Why do you doubt yourself?
So, you are that River Lord?
Hi,
from now on,
I am your master.
But, this is the first time for me
to accept a disciple,
so please
be good…
Oh, wrong.
Let’s try to make it work.
Maybe the Lingjian sect
deliberately sent someone to mess with me?
What?
I thought you were quite arrogant.
Why are you looking so depressed now?
What are you talking about?
I’m trying to cheer you up!
I’ve heard you guys just now.
Can I really practice with my Magic Root?
What can I learn from you?
Don’t worry.
Since my senior fellow asked me to train you,
I will definitely help you
embark on the path of Immortal Cultivation.
Your Void Magic Root
is not the problem to me.
Trust me.
I won’t give up until the last second.
I’m Wang Lu. I’ll be your disciple henceforth!
I’m Wang Wu, I’ll be your master from now on!
Master!
The Lingjian Mountain is the place
where the nimbus converges in the Blue River Region.
From afar, the Lingjian Mountain looks straight as a sword with a single peak,
but it actually has twelve separate peaks.
Each of the peaks is a perfect place for training Immortal Cultivation.
Amongst these twelve peaks, the top places are the Piaomiao Peak and Stellar Peak.
The Non-Phase Peak is the second,
but currently,
we are the only ones on the Non-Phase Peak.
So there are plenty of Magic Power for us.
We are here.
The peak is barren?
Several years ago,
I went into a debt,
so I chopped down all the Magic Plants here
and sold them for money.
But because the wholesale price
was cut down too harsh,
I couldn’t afford to buy the new seeds to replant the place.
But no need to worry,
in three to five hundred years, it would naturally regrow itself.
No need to worry my ass!
So you’re the one who denuded this place of its trees!?
No wonder you live by yourself.
The dignified Master has been reduced to a leftover woman!
Did you say something?
No!
We are here!
Here it is.
From now on, you will live here with me.
So shabby!
Even if this place was a luxurious little town,
this woman would soon squander it away!
We can skip the formal master acknowledging ceremony.
It’s too much for me.
Why don’t we introduce ourselves first?
At present, the Lingjian sect has a total of seven Masters.
I am the fifth.
I’m one of the front runners.
I invented my own cultivation method, Non-Phase Method.
You invented it yourself?
Master, may I ask what your current cultivation stage is?
Golden Elixir Stage!
Are you scared?
I am! I am!
What are the current cultivation levels of the other Masters?
Immortal Infant Stage!
Except for that retarded leader,
none of the other Masters has reached the Deity Stage.
What a shame!
With your stage,
how are you qualified to criticize others?
No wonder you have no friends!
This will be your extravagant house from now on!
You call this extravagant?
Just need a little cleaning.
A little cleaning?
Come on, I’ll take you out for a meal.
It’s my treat today.
Today?
Then what about tomorrow?
I have to pay for my own meal?
That’s right.
I heard that
during today’s tryout,
there was a peerless rare talent
who directly rose to be a Successor Disciple!
I know!
I so much want to know how he looks.
Do you think
he’ll come to our dining room?
This is the dining room for outer disciples.
As a Successor Disciple,
he wouldn’t come here
to eat with us.
This trick is so cheap!
Just put a mole on the face,
and nobody can recognize us anymore?!
She tried to take the Darksteel from me,
and my coin in Peach Blossom Village.
Now, she’s even pulling a fast one in the dining room!
I won’t let it go easy!
Welcome to the Fifth Master’s theatre!
This is a mole.
But it’s not just a regular mole,
it’s a black mole without hair.
When you put this on your face,
no one can recognize you.
Although your look remains the same,
It’s a completely different face
to others.
Simply put, it’s called matting.
It’s ok to do some tricks with it occasionally.
But don’t go too far.
Because I don’t know
when you’ll be discovered!
Master,
there’s mole on your face!
The fifth Master?!
The fifth Master?
How come she’s here with us?
Why did you come to the dining room for outer disciples?
I ordered 28 dishes this time.
You consistently
gave me the fair amount
with good nutrition balance. Good job!
As for you,
in each plate of double cooked pork slices,
there are 49 sticks of carrot
with same size.
The skin is as thin as a cicada’s wings and light as silk.
Although you put too much starch,
your skills are still quite good!
This is my incognito visit to this dining room.
Please rise!
That’s why!
The fifth Master is amazing!
So amazing!
She lives up to her reputation!
What the fifth Master said
is so enlightening!
Don’t go to bed yet.
We still have things to do.
I’m not that type of person.
You don’t want to?
Of course I do, in fact…
Have you fully grown yet?
let’s do a little quiz.
Our sect requires self-study at night?
How many strips of red pepper
in the dish of pepper fried with pork?
Are you serious?
You’ve already become a disciple of the Immortal Cultivation World,
how could I bother to ask you those thousands of years
ancient knowledge from the mortal world?
The template of the quiz
is the result of my hard research.
Just answer the questions.
His speed in answering the questions and the accuracy of his answer
are far beyond his peers.
Even if he studied the mortal knowledge,
it won’t help
with the quiz at all.
So, he was born with this gift.
No wonder he is the chosen one.
Enough. Stop writing.
Your talent is bad,
you can merely deserve to inherit my skills.
But before we start,
I need to ask you something.
In your opinion,
what is the purpose of the Immortal Cultivation?
Use the cool techniques to bully other people and hurl insult at them?
Great minds think alike!
It’s really shameless!
Think again!
In order to soar into the World of Immortals?
That’s just a theory.
Few can really do that!
For longevity?
Currently, the oldest person in the Immortal Cultivation World
is a 3900-year-old
Southern Immortal Weng from Kunlun Immortal Sect.
He spent all his time
on study.
Do you fancy that kind of life?
Then please just tell me!
There’s no correct answer!
You tricked me?
No matter what your purpose in Immortal Cultivation is,
if you want to achieve it,
there must be a basic condition.
Handsome?
Beautiful!
Stop messing around!
The most important quality is
no fear of hardship, no giving up, and being brazen!
Master, you are so bad!
You are talking about dating skills with me.
I meant no fear of hardship in cultivation,
and no giving up when facing difficulties!
The Heavenly Tribulation alone during the cultivation
which is serious enough to make a half-baked
cultivator vanish in a puff of smoke.
Moreover, there’s also people’s tribulation.
Although the Kyushu Office dominates the people,
the crime rate in the Immortal Cultivation World
is still relatively high!
Let alone those in the devil sects.
Even among the righteous sects there were still quite a few cultivators
who would secretly stab people behind their back!
So, you must be hard and strong enough to survive in the Cultivation World!
Your skin shall be
thick enough.
So,
having an extremely beautiful master
train you,
you must feel very excited!
Feels like she just cooked all this!
She doesn’t seem to be reliable.
She really can train me well?
How is it?
Feels quite good to be an disciple, doesn’t it?
Thank you for your help, master!
We are actually helping each other.
As long as you follow my lead,
There’ll be more benefit for you.
I can get this far, it’s all because of your help.
Please feel free to give your orders.
I’d do anything for you.
Then as I asked,
keep an eye on his moves and tell me.
Of course.
Don’t try to pull any tricks.
Remember,
I can give you everything,
I can also take everything from you.
Zhu Qin, where are you?
Liu Xian is calling us
to go to training.
Hear you! I’m coming.
Is that for me?
I like it a lot.
Junior fellow,
I knew you are here.
The Masters of the Lingjian sect all know
that when it’s a full moon,
it’ll be my drinking time.
So why are you here?
In fact, you can’t fool others,
but you can’t fool yourself.
I know
that you feel sad about Senior Fellow.
You’ve been looking for him
all over the Kyushu.
But over 100 years have passed,
you should let it go now.
I believe that he wants you to
have a happy life too.
I am happy.
Did you accept Wang Lu as your disciple
because he also has
Void Magic Root, just like Senior fellow did?
Not at all.
I just
wanted to find a vibrant boy
to warm bed for me
since I’ve reached the age to get married!
Do you remember
that stellar catastrophe 18 years ago?
Because of the appearance of jinx,
adversity led to prosperity throughout the Kyushu.
It brought out the golden age for cultivation.
Among the stars of that time,
Wang Lu is the most brilliant one.
I hope you can train him well.
I’m not interested in destiny.
I don’t understand it anyway.
But I will certainly be responsible
for the person I train.
Hey you, who’s eavesdropping over there!
Did you get the most important part?
Leader, master!
I know what you are thinking about.
Since you are my disciple now,
I promise I’ll train you well.
The people of Lingjian sect never lie.
Let’s start
the training tomorrow.
I will do my best to learn from you, master!