After a short while, Han Li's group of three walked out of the pavilion.
The pavilion was situated on the peak of a mountain, and its terrain was extremely high.
There was an enormous square nearby, and it was a few times larger than the one from before. The ground was paved with white jade, and it emitted waves of dazzling light while faint clouds floated above it.
As they walked on it, numerous mountains were beneath their feet, and they naturally felt as if they were in control of everything from high above.
In the sky above the square, there was an enormous and majestic palace floating in midair, and it was covered by clouds and mist, causing it to seem like an immortal city in the clouds.
There was a golden plaque above the palace, and the words' Flamboyant Pavilion 'were written in bold golden characters.
"The Flamboyant Pavilion is the place where our sect tests the spiritual roots and natural endowments of new disciples, and it's presided over by a Vice Daolord. All of you must be careful of what you say after you enter," Qi Liang instructed as they walked.
The corners of Han Li's eyes twitched slightly when she heard that.
According to her knowledge, the Torch Dragon Sect was unlike ordinary sects, and it didn't have a Sect Master. Instead, 13 Golden Immortal Realm Daolords took turns to manage the sect.
Beneath the Daolord were 36 Vice Daolords, and it was said that every single one of them was a peak-stage True Immortal.
These Vice Daolords weren't ordinary peak-stage True Immortals, and every single one of them was a true True Immortal that had grasped the energy of the Laws. They possessed boundless divine abilities, and they were far from something that those Itinerant Immortals in the outside world could compare to.
"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Qi," Han Li nodded, and Bai Suyuan immediately agreed as well.
As they spoke, the three of them had already descended on the empty space before the enormous floating pavilion.
The door to the enormous pavilion ahead was closed tightly, and there were two young disciples with delicate features standing on the left and right respectively.
When they saw Qi Liang walk over, the two young disciples hurriedly bowed.
"Is Vice Daolord Xiong inside?" asked Qi Liang.
"He is, but the Vice Daolord is in closed door cultivation inside, and he instructed us not to disturb him," said one of the young disciples with a slightly troubled expression.
Qi Liang frowned and said, "Did Vice Daolord Xiong say when it will end?"
"He didn't say," replied the disciple.
Qi Liang's expression sank slightly, and he pondered deeply for a moment before he said, "Please inform him that I have something important to discuss with him."
The two disciples revealed troubled expressions as they glanced at each other, and then one of them took out a white command token and muttered.
After a quarter of an hour, a dot of white light appeared on the token and flashed.
"The Deputy Dao Master invites you in." The disciple heaved a sigh of relief. He waved his hand and formed a seal. The door slowly opened.
"Let's go." Qi Liang walked into the main hall first.
The interior of the palace was extremely spacious. It was at least a few hundred meters wide, and it was surrounded by bursts of green mist. Dozens of green stone pillars stood around the palace, and each stone pillar had a statue of a monster coiled around it. There were divine dragons, green phoenixes, white tigers, qilins, and so on.
The mouths of these monsters were all aimed at a dark green stone platform in the center of the hall. It looked like an altar.
The surface of the platform was over a hundred feet in size, and it was circular in shape. It was covered with incomparably complicated runes, and there were even countless patterns that looked like spots. It looked extremely profound.
At the innermost part of the hall was a white platform. At this moment, a short and fat man was sitting on it. He looked to be in his forties, with two thin and long beards above his lips. He was not wearing the white robe of the Candle Dragon Taoist Sect, but a gorgeous golden robe with a golden hat on his head. He looked like a wealthy merchant in the secular world.
The short and fat man's complexion was somewhat gloomy because his cultivation had been interrupted.
"Greetings, Deputy Dao Master Xiong." Qi Liang bowed.
Han Li cast a glance at the short and fat man on the platform, and his pupils shrank.
The man's appearance was ordinary, and he was also short. However, he seemed like a huge golden mountain standing in the air as he sat on the platform. He was emitting a strong and fierce aura that was far superior to Fang Pan and the octopus sea beast.
He exclaimed in his heart that he was formidable. Then, he bowed along with Bai Suyuan to Qi Liang.
"Elder Qi, what urgent matter do you have? Why must you come here when I'm in secluded cultivation?" The short and fat man didn't even look at Han Li and Bai Suyuan. He directly spoke to Qi Liang.
"There's a reason for disturbing Deputy Dao Master Xiong's cultivation.
This Fellow Daoist Li possesses the Candle Dragon Token of my sect. He wants to join the sect. So, I had no choice but to take the liberty of disturbing Deputy Dao Master's cultivation, "Qi Liang explained respectfully with an apologetic expression.
"Oh. Take out the Candle Dragon Token and let me have a look," the short and fat man's complexion softened a little when he heard this.
Han Li had already taken out the token. The short and fat man waved his hand, and the token flew out of his hand and fell into his hand.
"Yes. It's indeed the Candle Dragon Token."
The short and fat man nodded. Then, he raised his head and looked in the direction of Han Li. There seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes. It seemed as if he wanted to find out the origin of this person.
Han Li felt a chill in his heart when the short and fat man's gaze landed on him. He felt as if his skin had been scratched by a knife or a spear. He felt a slight pain in his body.
Han Li wrinkled his brows when he saw this. But, he didn't say anything.
"Since you possess the Candle Dragon Token, you should first go to the Immortal Platform and test the aptitude of your spiritual roots." The short and fat man withdrew his gaze. Then, he calmly waved his hand, and cast a magic art.
Buzz!
Dozens of stone pillars in the hall shook slightly at the same time, bursting out dazzling cyan light. The spirit beasts carved on them were flowing with light as if they were alive.
Suddenly, these spirit beasts spurted out a cyan glow from their mouths, which went into the round stone platform in the center of the hall.
The runes on the stone platform were all lit up, bursting out brilliant light and forming a translucent round light ball. Countless star-like lights were flashing on it, which looked extremely mysterious.
"Taoism fellow Li, please." Qi Liang looked at Han Li.
Han Li nodded and stepped onto the stone platform.
A great heat flow suddenly rose from the stone platform and went into his body.
Suddenly, countless colorful light spots appeared in the light ball and rotated rapidly, which looked extremely chaotic.
Han Li's face changed slightly. He felt that wherever this heat flow flowed to, the condition of his body seemed to be exposed to the sun.
When it flowed near his mind, a heat flow suddenly spread out and poured into his mind.
Han Li was shocked, and the huge divine sense power in his mind immediately shrunk to a point, leaving only ten to twenty percent of his divine sense power.
The heat flow circulated in his mind, but it quickly retreated and continued to flow in his body. Soon, it went one round and flowed back to the stone platform.
The spherical light barrier on the stone platform dissipated, but the countless runes did not disappear. Instead, they gathered at one spot and turned into a vague human figure, which was emitting cyan, black, blood, purple, and other colorful lights. However, it was not very bright, and looked very chaotic.
Qi Liang looked at the vague human figure and frowned slightly.
"Low aptitude, the cultivation technique he cultivated in the past is heterogeneous and impure, but the blood and Qi in his body are rich, and it seems that he has absorbed some Demon Clan bloodline power, but it is also very chaotic and not systematic … He has not opened any Immortal Apertures, and it is already the most he can cultivate to the Early-stage of Perfected Immortal." The short and fat man showed a look of disdain and said without concealing it.
As soon as he said this, Qi Liang seemed to be a little surprised, and he could not help but look at Han Li. As for Bai Suyuan, a hint of surprise also flashed in her beautiful eyes.
Han Li, however, reached out to touch his nose, and did not feel disappointed because of the short and fat man's words. He nodded at him, and calmly turned around and walked down the stone platform.
The light on the stone platform dissipated, and the place returned to its previous calm.
The short and fat man moved, and was about to turn around and leave.
"Vice Daolord Xiong, please wait a moment. This Bai Suyuan is a junior disciple of Elder Bai Fengyi, and she has come here with the intention of joining the sect. Please help her test the aptitude of her Spiritual Root," Qi Liang said.
A hint of impatience appeared on the short and fat man's face, but when he heard the name Bai Fengyi, his expression changed slightly.
"Hurry up!" He glanced at Bai Suyuan, and once again waved his hand to cast a spell.
Buzz!
The stone pillars in the hall emitted a dazzling cyan light again, and the huge light ball gathered around the stone platform again.
Bai Suyuan took a light breath, and stepped onto the stone platform.
The light ball cracked open, and countless runes appeared. Different from the one Han Li used, these runes were all silvery-white, and crystal clear.
Rumble!
The entire hall suddenly shook, and the strange beast statues on the stone pillars let out a series of roars, and a strange and grand fluctuation reverberated in the hall.
"What's going on?" Qi Liang's expression changed, and Han Li, who was beside him, was also shocked.
The two of them immediately looked at Bai Suyuan, who was on the stone platform.
On the high platform, the short and fat man suddenly stood up, and his eyes were filled with excitement.
The light ball on the stone platform quickly disappeared, and the countless runes and silver light gathered at one spot, and condensed into a silver human figure.
The figure was pure silvery-white, and it was incomparably bright, like the bright moon in the night sky.
What was even more peculiar was that on the figure's chest, there were seven faintly discernible light spots, and they were flickering.
"This … this is the legendary Moonlight Immortal Physique, and it has innately awakened seven immortal apertures!" The figure blurred, and the short and fat man appeared on the stone platform out of nowhere, and his face was filled with excitement.
He immediately thought of something, and immediately waved his hand to cast a spell.
All the light on the stone platform disappeared, and Bai Suyuan's figure was revealed, and the silver human figure also disappeared.
"You are Bai Suyuan?
You are the descendant of Elder Bai Fengyi, and your aptitude is indeed not bad, not bad. "The short and fat man's attitude was abnormally amiable, and he said in a warm voice.
"Yes, Suyuan greets Deputy Dao Master Xiong."
Bai Suyuan was enveloped by a huge force, and her senses were isolated, so she did not know what was happening around her, and she was somewhat puzzled.
But she was quick-witted, and she did not lose her composure.
"Looking at your aptitude, you should not be old, how many years have you cultivated until now?" Seeing this, the short and fat man's eyes were even more satisfied, and he asked again.
"Reporting to Deputy Dao Master Xiong, Suyuan began to cultivate at the age of three, and it has been more than fifty years since then." Bai Suyuan hesitated for a moment, and she opened her mouth to answer.
Hearing this, Han Li and Qi Liang, who were below the platform, revealed a look of surprise, but the short and fat man nodded, as if he had already guessed it.
With the Moonlight Immortal Physique, and innately awakened seven immortal apertures, cultivating to the Late Soul Formation Stage in fifty years was naturally not a big deal.
As long as there was a suitable cultivation technique, and with proper nurturing, he was even confident that Bai Suyuan could break through to the Mahayana Stage within a thousand years, and then transcend the tribulation to become an immortal.
With such an exceptional aptitude, it was not impossible for her to advance to the Golden Immortal Stage in the future.
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I recommend my good friend Chen Dong's masterpiece "Holy Ground", hehe, fellow Daoists who have not seen it, you should hurry up and take a look ^ ^
Rise from the ashes, and recover from the ashes.