Chapter 87
The palace that used to determine the potential and bone structure of an apprentice who newly joined Heaven Breaking Sword Sect was named 'Heaven's Will Palace' . The name implied that all the foundation of seeking Dao and cultivating Immortal was determined by Heaven's Will, and no one could defy the Heaven's Will . When the Heaven's Will determined that you could become an Immortal, that would be your destiny; if the Heaven's Will determined that you do not have the qualification to cultivate into an Immortal, the only path left for you is to go back to the mortal world and play with sand and dirt .
To further illustrated this meaning, the overall atmosphere of Heaven's Will Palace was both oppressive and heavy . The dark palace was entirely built using mountain rocks with a high concentration of iron, and the characters engraved on the plaque hanging above the entrance were dull and gray . The feeling it gave forth was like the Heaven's Will that was heavily pressing on a person . It couldn't be defied, it couldn't be changed, it couldn't be overridden, and one could only accept it passively .
Haoying Fengying continued explaining besides Wu Qi . As a matter of fact, the Heaven's Will Palace of Heaven Breaking Sword Sect was not the only one that was built in such fashion . The exact same design could be found in all thirteen Immortal Sects of Great Yan Dynasty . It was as if Great Yan Dynasty had the intention to imply some hidden messages through the design . As for what kind of message they tried to convey, it could only be comprehended by each individual, as no outsider could tell them about it .
They walked along the black-pebbled path for quite a distance, and finally arrived at the main hall of Heaven's Will Palace . The hall ran deep and wide, at least one thousand feet in both length and width, yet the ceiling was only less than twenty feet tall . Although the palace looked oppressive from the outside, when Wu Qi came into the main hall of it, the feeling of oppressiveness was at least one hundred times greater than when he was on the outside .
In this spacious hall of low ceiling, the walls were painted black, were the ceiling and the floor . Although it was dark inside, there were only six candle holders that could be found scattered around, each having a few large tallow candles lit on it, which made the hall to be poorly lit . A few old men were seen sitting on a cushion at the far end of the hall, looking like they were occupied with nothing . They seemed like a group of ghosts in this dim and spacious hall .
Haoying Fengying brought Wu Qi and came to the far end of the main hall and bent down and bowed towards the few old men respectfully .
The aura emanating from these old men was vague and subtle . Their skin was dried, wizened, and their body was thin and skinny . It looked like with just a light press of the finger, their gray-colored skin would turn into ashes and peel off from their bodies . Actually, all of them were peak Xiantian experts who had broken through the Embryonic Breath tier of Xiantian realm . Their spirit and Qi had gathered and condensed inwardly within their body, and no energy essence could easily leak from them . Among these old men, Wu Qi could sense a vague, sharp and vigorous life force from one of them . Apparently, that old man was a mighty expert who had one of his legs stepped into Gold Core realm .
As long as he took another step, he would transform from a Xiantian Daoist to a Human Immortal, and that would give him at least eight hundred years of life . One step mortal, another step Immortal, obviously, this old man had the most important status among all five of them, and the other four old men actually took him as their leader .
When the old man who almost formed his Gold Core saw Haoying Fengying approaching, he let out a dried smile and said, "Oh it is you, Fengying . I thought you are supposed to patrol the sect today? Why do you come to Heaven's Will Palace? Who is this little kid? A new apprentice? Why I never heard any of our Elders accepting a new apprentice?"
Haoying Fengying smiled and said, "Third Great-Uncle, this is Wu Qi, a new apprentice who Sect Leader had just accepted a few days ago, and was requested by Princess Zhang Le herself . Princess Zhang Le said that if Sect Leader refused to accept Wu Qi as his apprentice, she would cut off this year's supply of energy stones and magical items . That is why Sect Leader had personally accepted him as his apprentice!"
"Oh . " The few old men let out a slight exclamation together, then rested their eyes curiously on Wu Qi's face . The Third Great-Uncle of Haoying Fengying, Haoying Xiong, felt surprised, nodded his head and said, "Upon the request by Princess Zhang Le? It is true that she would do something like this . Do you remember how Bai Xiaguan offended her three years ago? And the consequence? Princess Zhang Le sent her men and threw all the energy stones and magical items that were supposed to be given to Bai Xiaguan that year into Myriad Red River, from upper to the lower reaches!"
All old men burst out into laughter . Haoying Xiong waved his hand at Wu Qi and called him over, saying with a smile on his face, "Since you're the new apprentice accept by Sect Leader, the result of the bone structure test is not that important . However, since you've come to Heaven's Will Palace, it is also a nice thing to have some knowledge regarding your own bone structure . "
Haoying Xiong smacked his lips and continued, "If you really do have the bone structure of cultivating into Immortal, you better put in a hard effort in your cultivation . Perhaps you could form your Gold Core and get to live a few hundred years of leisurely life . Yet, if you don't have the bone structure of cultivating into an Immortal, no one would throw you out from Heaven Breaking Sword Sect . After all, you're the apprentice of Sect Leader! By borrowing the reputation of Heaven Breaking Sword Sect, you can still bully men and women in Ji City for over a hundred years . That is still something very enjoyable . "
Cold sweat was seen breaking out from Wu Qi's forehead . This Haoying Xiong was indeed a straightforward man, and what he said was actually correct . Out of all three thousand apprentices under Nie Baihong, not all of them were having talent in cultivating Dao . At least half of them didn't possess any potential in cultivating . Nevertheless, all these three thousand apprentices were still the apprentices of the Heaven Breaking Sword Sect . Taking that Haoying Fenglong as an example, he didn't even cultivate much of innate energy, but that didn't stop him from becoming the apprentice of Heaven Breaking Sword Sect and continue holding the status of the first priority of his clan's inheritor!
The few old men, including Haoying Xiong, kept chitchatting among themselves before suddenly recalled the purpose of Wu Qi's visit . Haoying Xiong brought his hand onto the floor and pressed a few times . A few pieces of thick and heavy tiles on the floor slowly slid aside, revealing a stone platform that gradually rose from underground . On the square surface of the stone platform was a white crystal pillar, nearly ten feet tall and with the diameter of a water bucket . Wu Qi recognized this object, as it was mentioned in Scroll of Stealing . It was an instrument that was used specifically in determining the potential and bone structure of a cultivator- 'Nascent Peeking Spiritual Crystal' .
Without saying a word, Wu Qi stepped onto the stone platform, placed his right palm onto the crystal and injected a thread of his innate energy into it .
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