Shen Long took the golden magic plate and checked it carefully. He still had more than 600 spiritual stones on him.
He bought a ground escape talisman, a beast soul talisman, a thunder induction talisman and two wind control talismans. After paying the spiritual stones, he still had 310 spiritual stones on him.
After leaving the treasure pavilion, Shen Long came to the square where the stalls were set up and walked around.
"I heard that the Ascension Conference is about to begin. The five major forces of Qin are preparing to recruit disciples. It is held only once every 20 years. It is a rare opportunity."
"Not everyone can meet the conditions for accepting disciples. The age cannot exceed 40 years old. At least you must have the cultivation of the eighth level of Qi Refining, three spiritual roots, and a clean family. These can screen out a large number of people."
"Yes! I heard that you have to pass the assessment, which is very difficult. But then again, if you can worship one of the five major forces of Qin, you don't have to worry about your next life. You can receive a monthly salary and have a good cave."
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Some Qi Refining cultivators talked about the Ascension Conference.
"The Ascension Conference! Recruiting disciples!"
Shen Long's face showed a look of longing. He was now twenty years old, with the cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining, and he had also cultivated four first-level spells to the Great Perfection. He wondered if he would have the opportunity to join a sect of immortal cultivation.
It was nice to be under a big tree to enjoy the shade. If he could join a big force, his development prospects would be much better.
He asked other Qi Refining cultivators about the Ascension Conference. The Ascension Conference would not be held for another five years, but some cultivators had already rushed to the destination to find a way.
Back at his residence, Shen Long sat cross-legged on the stone bed.
The Immortal Ascension Conference was held five years later. He was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining and did not meet the conditions for accepting disciples.
The five major forces of Qin held an Immortal Ascension Conference every twenty years, and only accepted cultivators under the age of forty and above the eighth level of Qi Refining. This meant that Shen Long had only one chance.
It was not very difficult to cultivate to the eighth level of Qi Refining within five years. He had been promoted to the sixth level of Qi Refining for more than two years.
Shen Long took out a purple apricot fruit and took a bite. It was sweet and refreshing. Soon, he ate a purple apricot fruit.
A slight heat rose in his abdomen, and he quickly practiced to refine it.
Three months passed quickly. On this day, Shen Long was sitting cross-legged on the stone bed to practice. A large number of blue light spots were floating in the stone house, and water vapor was filled.
The blue light spots seemed to be guided by something and rushed towards Shen Long's mouth and nose.
Half a quarter of an hour later, all the blue light spots in the house poured into Shen Long's body. The blue glow on his body surface dissipated, and he opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of turbid air.
"Seventh level of Qi Refining! Haha."
Shen Long was overjoyed. In more than three years, he advanced from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining. This cultivation speed was very fast, comparable to the elite members of the Li, Han and Chen families.
If he hadn't eaten two purple apricot fruits, Shen Long would probably have to wait for a while before he could advance to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
In this way, as long as he cultivated to the eighth level of Qi Refining within five years, he would meet the conditions for accepting disciples.
Shen Long thought of something, took out the Yuling Tower, and injected mana into it.
A strong suction pulled him into the Yuling Tower, and he stood in front of the Yuling Pool.
A cheerful hissing sound rang out, and the iron-tailed scorpion crawled out of the Yuling Pool. Its size was more than a circle larger than before.
"You have advanced to the middle stage of the first stage, not bad."
Shen Long showed a happy expression. Every month, he fed the iron-tailed scorpion a spirit-feeding pill. All three spirit-feeding pills were fed to the iron-tailed scorpion, otherwise the iron-tailed scorpion would not have advanced so quickly.
The iron-tailed scorpion made a joyful hissing sound, and it was also very happy.
Shen Long cooked three cans of spirit rice and fed them to the iron-tailed scorpion, and then left the Yuling Tower.
He put away the spirit stones on the soundproof array, pushed the door and walked out, heading towards the mountain.
When they arrived at the martial arts garden, there was no empty stone chamber for the time being.
Shen Long stood at the door and waited. After more than half a quarter of an hour, the door of a stone chamber opened, and Qin Qing and Qin Tianhe walked out. They were smiling, as if there was something happy.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, you have advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refining."
Qin Qing said in surprise.
"Luckily broke through, Fellow Daoist Qin, hasn't Fellow Daoist Xu contacted you yet?"
Shen Long asked.
"Not yet, probably still healing!"
Qin Qing said.
After chatting for a while, Qin Qing and Qin Tianhe said goodbye and left. Shen Long walked into the secret room to practice magic.
He practiced the wind control technique, muttering something in his mouth, his feet slowly lit up with green light, and his figure flashed, appearing in front of a stone wall.
Two hours later, Shen Long walked out of the secret room, his face slightly pale.
After leaving the martial arts garden, he walked down the mountain, intending to go to the square where the stalls were set up.
Before he walked far, Qin Qing came to him and said, "Fellow Daoist Shen, Fellow Daoist Xu called us to a meeting."
Shen Long nodded, and went to Qingzhu Courtyard with Qin Qing. Xu Lei and Sun Yang were sitting in the stone pavilion, talking about something.
"Xu Daoyou, didn't you recruit new team members?"
Shen Long asked curiously.
"No need. From now on, Fairy Ye will not participate in hunting monsters. They have withdrawn."
Xu Lei said with a regretful tone.
"What? Withdrawn? Why did they withdraw?"
Qin Qing asked in confusion.
"She hunted monsters with us mainly to resolve the bottleneck. Now that the bottleneck has been resolved, there is naturally no need to hunt monsters with us. It is so easy to earn spirit stones by selling talismans."
Xu Lei explained that he was very afraid of Ye Yutang and Ye Yuqing's powerful strength. Ye Yutang took the initiative to withdraw, and he was so happy that he couldn't wait!
"They withdrew, why didn't they find new teammates? It's too dangerous to rely on the four of us to hunt monsters."
Shen Long frowned and said.
"Yes! It's really too dangerous to rely on the four of us."
Qin Qing agreed.
"I found another purple apricot fruit tree with more than 40 purple apricot fruits. It's in a very secret location and is guarded by two first-stage late-stage golden cloud butterflies. If we find other people, we have to give them more fruits. If we divide them among the four of us, we can get more. There's no need to find new teammates."
Xu Lei explained.
"Next time we hunt monsters, we will invite new teammates. Golden cloud butterflies are not difficult to deal with. This is a rare opportunity."
Sun Yang agreed.
Qin Qing hesitated for a moment and agreed. If he could get a few more purple apricot fruits, Qin Tianhe's cultivation speed would be faster.
"Risks are proportional to gains, so it's safer to invite more Taoist friends."
Shen Long suggested, he always felt it was too risky.
Xu Lei was a greedy person, he had always been very cautious, this time he found a purple apricot fruit tree, and it was deep in the Qianzhu Mountains, the risk of four people going into the mountains was too great, this was not like him.
"That being said, my injuries have not healed yet, I need to buy elixirs to heal my injuries, otherwise I wouldn't take the risk."
Xu Lei explained.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, after this success, we can rest for a long time, and it would be good to get more spirit stones."
Sun Yang advised.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, we have cooperated for so many years, this time is no exception, let's go together!"
Qin Qing advised.
After hearing these words, Shen Long hesitated for a moment and agreed.
The four of them left the market, and the Qingyun Boat carried them to the depths of the Qianzhu Mountains.