Juxian Building is the largest wine house in the west of Lingxiao City, but it is different from other shops and markets in the western city. Most of the shops and markets in the western city belong to the Xian family's industry, but Juxian Building is an exception.

  The Gathering Immortal Pavilion is located in various regions of Ling Xiao City, but it does not belong to any immortal cultivation family. Moreover, no cultivator in the city dares to cause trouble at the pavilion. Rumors on the streets say that this pavilion is actually an enterprise owned by a high-ranking figure from the Bi Xiang Sect.

  The wine and dishes sold in this tavern are not ordinary things. The wine is made from some spiritual fruits and medicines, while the dishes are made from the bones and flesh of some demon beasts hunted in the Azure Sky Mountains, or from some specially cultivated plants similar to spiritual medicines.

  This price is also quite expensive, only those young masters from large families would be willing to spend their spiritual stones on these indulgences.

  If it were in the past, Li Hui would never have wasted spiritual stones on this kind of thing, but now that there are so many spiritual stones stored in the immortal mansion, he doesn't mind spending a little.

  Li Hui walked into the wine building, and immediately a neat shopkeeper came up: "Please come in, sir. Are you going to a private room or dining in the main hall?"

  Perceiving the subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from the shop assistant, Li Hui discovered that this shop assistant was also a Qi-refining cultivator. It seems that the owner of this wine tower is indeed extraordinary.

  "It's right here in this hall!" Li Hui replied calmly.

  "Alright, please follow me upstairs!" The shop assistant didn't have the usual fawning attitude of a tavern servant, but instead seemed neither arrogant nor servile. Yet it was precisely this that made the cultivators who came to spend money here feel that they were getting their money's worth.

  Li Hui took a glance around and saw that the first floor hall was already fully seated with monks dressed in various attire. He followed the shopkeeper to the second floor.

  The second floor was also packed with people, and only a few empty tables were left in the remote corner. Li Hui didn't care at all and casually found an empty table to sit down.

  "A bottle of fine wine!"

  The shopkeeper didn't say much either, and replied with a single sentence: "Please wait a moment!" before turning around and leaving.

  Li Hui's gaze swept around casually, and the decoration of this second floor was quite elegant. The distance between the tables was just right, so that guests would not feel cramped or crowded. Some landscape paintings were hung on the walls.

  "Sir, your wine has arrived!" The shopkeeper placed a jug of fine wine and a wine cup on the table, saying "take your time" before leaving.

  Li Hui raised a cup of wine and took a small sip from the edge of his mouth. The taste was okay, although it couldn't compare to the collection of Yuan Huo True Man in the Immortal Mansion.

  It seemed that Li Hui was drinking alone in a carefree manner, but in fact, every move and every word of the guests on the second floor did not escape Li Hui's observation.

  "Wang brother, why do you think the Bi Xiao Gate suddenly opened its doors to recruit disciples five years ahead of schedule?" A burly man with a thick beard and a fierce appearance asked in a loud voice, addressing another scholar-looking cultivator across the table where Li Hui was sitting. Another young cultivator dressed as a Taoist priest in his early twenties sat quietly at the same table, listening to their conversation.

  This burly man with a thick beard looked like he was trying to keep his voice down when talking to people, but his voice could almost be heard throughout the entire tavern.

  At this time, there were not a few wine guests on the second floor, but everyone tried to control their voices when talking to avoid disturbing others.

  The slender scholar seemed to have already gotten used to Da Han's loud tone, and only slightly awkwardly glanced around, seeing that no one was paying attention, before adjusting his clothes and responding slowly: "As for the inside story, I'm not very clear about it either..."

  Li Hui had expected a few words from the slender scholar, but after stammering for half a day, it was all just empty talk. Fortunately, he managed to get some information out of him - so many low-level cultivators gathered in Ling Xiao City were indeed because Bi Xiang Men was recruiting new disciples.

  "But, however, I know that this time's disciple recruitment rules are different from the past!" The thin and weak scholar continued to say slowly.

  "Oh, Brother Wang, come on and tell us, what's the difference?" The big man with a mustache looked quite impatient and immediately asked again. This time he even forgot to lower his voice, and his loud voice echoed throughout the second floor. This time, people at other tables also turned around to look over.

  The burly man with a thick beard seemed completely unaware, while the slender scholar was full of apologies as he gestured to the monks around him.

  "Brother Wang, you're one to talk! You're as wishy-washy as a woman!"

  "Cough, cough!" The thin and weak scholar looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he quickly said: "This time, not only can those with Tianling Root, Yiling Root, and Zhēn Líng Root become inner disciples of the Bi Xiang Gate, but even we who have three spiritual roots, four spiritual roots, or even disabled spiritual roots also have a chance to become inner disciples."

  Li Hui's heart moved upon hearing this, and he felt that this news had some value to it. He hoped the lean scholar would continue speaking.

  As expected, the mustachioed big man couldn't hold back upon hearing this, and slammed his hand on the table, loudly saying: "How did Brother Wang also manage to find out about such a secret message? Quickly tell us in detail!" This time, even the monks on the first floor could almost hear it.

  "What secret message is written on the jade stele in the city center?" Next to the table, a monk with two small mustaches and wearing a black tall hat, dressed in luxurious clothes, looking like a sly merchant, was probably disturbed by the conversation between the two people, and said coldly with an unpleasant face.

  The thin scholar's face turned red and white, as if he couldn't disappear immediately. The big man with a beard, however, was completely unaware of it, and actually bowed his head to thank the merchant-like monk, then turned around and shouted: "Wang brother, let's go take a look too!" After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for his two companions and hurriedly went downstairs.

  However, this gave the thin and weak scholar a chance to retreat, his face red with embarrassment, following the Taoist-looking monk and the big man with a thick beard downstairs.

  Li Hui, who witnessed the whole process, almost spat out a mouthful of spiritual wine he had just drunk. However, he didn't have the heart to continue sitting down anymore. He wasn't very interested in drinking anyway, and instead preferred to savor some spiritual tea.

  In the center of Ling Xiao City, there is a huge square with a giant jade stone monument standing in the middle. The monument is six zhang high and nine zhang wide, towering over a two-zhang-high bluestone base.

  The jade stele has some profound prohibitions engraved on both sides, and some messages can be posted on the jade stele. Generally, any major events in the city will be announced on the jade stele to inform the whole city.

  At this time, the square under the Jade Stele was crowded with monks, and from time to time, some monks would clash in the crowd, start a fight, and then be taken away by the law enforcement disciples of Lingxiao City who were rushed over by the Bi Xiang Gate.

  Li Hui looked at these monks who were eager to squeeze under the jade stele with some confusion. The jade stele was made so big when it was set up, just to make sure that people could see the information on it from a very far distance.

  Moreover, with the eyesight of a cultivator, they could see clearly even hundreds of meters away. When they got closer, it was actually not as good as from afar, yet these cultivators insisted on squeezing under the jade stele and looking up at it with their necks stretched out.

  Li Hui stood in a place far away from the crowd and looked at the information on the jade stele.

  This time, the Blue Sky Gate's recruitment of disciples is different from previous times. There is no longer a restriction that cultivation must reach the seventh layer of the Qi Refining stage, and entry into the inner gate of the Blue Sky Gate is no longer limited to only those with Heavenly Spirit Root, Heterodox Spirit Root, and True Spirit Root. The minimum age limit for disciples has also been raised from thirty years old to forty years old!

  However, correspondingly, being able to enter Bi Xiang Men is no longer just a matter of reaching the seventh layer of Qi Refining, but has a brand new assessment method.

  The assessment method is simple, it's all about speaking with strength, and the winner will be decided on the arena!

  According to this assessment method, cultivators with the Heaven Spirit Root, Different Spirit Root, and True Spirit Root will still be able to directly become inner disciples of Bi Xiang Gate without taking the test.

  While other disciples had to fight on the arena to decide victory or defeat, the top ten winning disciples could also become inner door disciples of Bi Xiang Men.

  The top 500 cultivators who emerged victorious on the final arena would be eligible to become outer sect disciples of Bi Xiang Men.

  Li Hui's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he fell into deep thought.

  On the surface, Bi Xiao Men's move gave more opportunities to those lower-level cultivators. Even those with poor spiritual roots had a chance to become inner disciples. However, upon closer examination, one would discover the ulterior motives behind this move.

  Firstly, the Tianling Root, Yiling Root, and Zhenling Root; cultivators who possess these three types of spiritual roots are extremely rare. In the past, when the Bi Xiao Gate opened its doors to accept new disciples, there would only be one or two Tianling Root or Yiling Root cultivators each time. As for Zhenling Root cultivators, there have never been more than twenty!

  Tianling Root and Yiling Root cultivators, if they didn't start cultivating after adulthood, can usually reach the 7th layer of Qi Refining before the age of 20. Those from large clans who have a True Spirit Root also often break through to the 7th layer of Qi Refining before the age of 20. Even rogue cultivators with a True Spirit Root can break through before the age of 30.

  So this time, even if the upper age limit is adjusted to forty years old, these truly talented monks are not much different from those recruited in the past.

  It was actually the recruitment standards of those outer disciples that were relaxed!

  Cultivators with three spiritual roots, four spiritual roots, or five spiritual roots who want to reach the seventh layer of the Qi Refining stage before the age of thirty will find it extremely difficult. In the past, when I accepted disciples several times, those cultivators who reached the seventh layer of the Qi Refining stage before the age of thirty were mostly concentrated in those immortal families. However, there would not be more than two hundred such individuals each time!

  And this time, with the opening of the outer door five years in advance, the number of outer door disciples recruited has increased by 300 people at once!

  Moreover, in the past when recruiting disciples, the rule of setting a limit of thirty years old or below to reach the seventh layer of Qi Refining was precisely because they saw the development potential of these cultivators after joining Bi Xiang Men. The younger the age, the higher the cultivation, which means that on the path of cultivating truth, they may go further. The development of the sect will naturally be more prosperous.

  Although the restriction on the master's cultivation has been lifted this time, those who can win in the end on the arena are definitely masters with high cultivation. Under the relaxed age limit of ten years old, older masters with relatively deeper cultivation will have a great advantage!

  Imagine a 25-year-old cultivator who has reached the seventh layer of Qi Refining facing off against a 40-year-old cultivator who has reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining. The difference between them is not just in their cultivation, but also in the accumulation of combat experience and weapon upgrades over these ten or so years.

  It seems that this time, the selection of disciples does not place much emphasis on their future development potential, but rather on their combat strength! This can only lead to one result: the power of the Bi Xiang Gate will receive a strong boost in the short term. However, from the perspective of the sect's long-term development, it is not a good choice.

  As for the top ten winners being able to enter the inner door, it's more like an eye-catching bonus.

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