Chapter 627 Some Peculiarities
"This brother, I want to participate in the disciple selection of the Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect. Why do you not allow me to go to the Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect?"
Ding Huan's voice was not only loud but also filled with anger.
With such a loud voice, anyone who is not deaf can hear it clearly.
Bo Ya looked coldly at the sinister face: "Are you trying to stop someone from participating in my Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect's disciple selection?"
The sinister face froze; how could he have thought Ding Huan would speak so loudly?
Normally, no one would dare to speak loudly at this moment.
Feeling Bo Ya's anger, he hurriedly said, "Senior, I just stopped him from going over, I didn't stop others..."
Ding Huan cursed this idiot in his heart.
As expected, after hearing these words, Bo Ya slapped down.
The sinister face was slapped directly into fragments with that slap.
In the distance, the other two stewards of the Loose Cultivator Alliance watched their companion get slapped to death, sweat pouring down their faces.
At this time, not to mention stepping forward to stop Ding Huan, they didn't even dare to glance his way.
This newcomer, Ding Huan, caused too much loss for the Loose Cultivator Alliance, not only losing Ao Bapi's tribute, but last time, more than a dozen people died dealing with the tavern owner's wife.
Now another steward is dead.
Killing a loose cultivator is no different than crushing an ant for Bo Ya.
He turned to Ding Huan, "You go queue up. Whether you will be able to join the Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect depends on your own fate."
"Thank you, senior." Ding Huan clasped his fists and then consciously stood at the back of the crowd.
The recruitment test for Outer Sect disciples of Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect is very simple, without testing aptitude or anything; mainly testing divine essence and divine will.
Everyone can understand this.
Having reached the Ladder Sea of the Gods, what good aptitude could there still be?
Those with good aptitude would have joined a sect long ago.
Ding Huan stood at the back and observed; the divine essence test involved gathering elemental power and striking the test magical treasure, as long as the light pillar reaches five zhang, it's considered a pass.
As for divine will, it's considered a pass if you can make the light pillar of the divine will test magical treasure reach three zhang.
Ding Huan thought to himself that those recruited here must be cannon fodder for the sect.
These recruitment requirements are ridiculously low.
He had seen similar introductions in the jade scrolls inside the rings of a few Ao Bapi.
To recruit disciples, the sect requires Inner Sect disciples to have divine will and divine essence test light pillars exceeding ten zhang.
The Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect doesn't even want half of that standard, so isn't it recruiting cannon fodder?
Apparently, Ding Huan overestimated the cultivators here; over ninety percent of the testers couldn't reach five zhang in divine essence strength, with most hovering around three or four zhang.
As for divine will, some couldn't even exceed one zhang.
It's not that the cultivators here and sect disciples are really so different.
Most of the cultivators who stayed in the Ladder Sea of the Gods transmuted their divine essence here.
Think about what good divine spirit qi the Ladder Sea of the Gods has?
Divine spirit qi is not only patchy, but the concentration is absent.
Divine essence transmuted in such circumstances can't be strong, wouldn't it be a wonder if it were?
When it was Ding Huan's turn, only four disciples had met the standard.
Ding Huan did not choose to stand out, his cultivation techniques and secrets did not necessitate him becoming an Inner Sect disciple.
He only needed to cultivate within the sect.
Thus, Ding Huan's divine will test barely reached four zhang, while his divine essence test reached a little over five zhang.
In comparison, Ding Huan's divine will was one of the best among the group, and his divine essence was slightly above average.
Members of the Loose Cultivator Alliance who were watching Ding Huan from afar saw that Ding Huan's scores were sufficient, and that he was recruited by Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect as an Outer Sect disciple; they could only return with frustrated expressions to report.
Sects from the place where gods descend, even the worst sect, cannot be offended by the Loose Cultivator Alliance from the place of god's hopes.
Now that Ding Huan has become an Outer Sect disciple of a sect from the place where gods descend, the Loose Cultivator Alliance can only swallow this grievance.
In one day, Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect only recruited nine Outer Sect disciples.
Originally, Ding Huan thought that if the two from Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect stayed one night in the place of god's hopes, he would take the opportunity to wipe out the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
But just after recruiting nine Outer Sect disciples, Bo Ya from the Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect summoned a flying treasure and left with the disciples.
Ding Huan and the other eight recruited Outer Sect disciples sat on the spaceship of Qing Lei Shen Dao Sect, watching the spaceship traverse a stretch of already withered forest and then fly over a sea.
A brief sweep with divine will, and Ding Huan felt suction around the spaceship.
But Bo Ya's strength was formidable, and the quality of the spaceship was high, so the suction could not pull the spaceship into the sea.
Ding Huan saw clearly that the seawater below it was the same as that in the Ladder Sea Water of the Gods above.
At least it was sourced from the same place as the seawater over there.
However, this suction was much weaker than the suction of those Ladder Seas in the Ladder Sea Water of the Gods.
Even without Bo Ya's spaceship, his Cosmic Pot should easily fly over this sea.
Once the spaceship crossed the sea, Ding Huan felt the divine spirit qi of heaven and earth in the space become pure and dense.
The further the spaceship flew inward, the denser the divine spirit qi became.
Ding Huan also felt deeply moved. If there were no Divine Stones in the Realm of Divine Observation, probably no one would be willing to stay.
The Qinglei Divine Dao Sect was evidently not close. The starship had been traveling for half a month and still showed no signs of stopping.
Bo Ya controlled the starship, while a veiled woman remained in the cabin room, never showing her face.
In fact, from the beginning of recruiting disciples, this woman hadn't said a word.
Because Ding Huan and the other nine were outer disciples, they could only remain in one cabin, chatting idly with each other.
Through their casual conversations, Ding Huan learned how difficult it was to join a sect in the Lower Realm of Gods.
They could be considered the envy of many loose cultivators still staying at the Wishing Divine Ladder Sea, after all, they had joined a sect in the Lower Realm of Gods.
Ding Huan didn't speak much, plus he was known as a ruthless person, having dared to kill Ao Bapi publicly upon arrival, and managed to hide from the loose cultivator alliance's wanted list until the Qinglei Divine Dao Sect recruited disciples.
Such a person was not only ruthless but also scheming, so many loose cultivators were unwilling to befriend Ding Huan deeply.
Another month or so passed, and Bo Ya finally stopped the starship outside a sect.
As Ding Huan and the others disembarked from the starship, they saw nine Thunder Pillars.
These nine Thunder Pillars were arranged outside the sect in a certain position.
Now that he was a level three Divine Array Master, upon seeing it, Ding Huan could tell these nine Thunder Pillars were the nine Array Flags of a Sealing Array.
To be honest, having a Sealing Array right at a sect entrance made Ding Huan feel a bit uneasy.
He swept his Divine Will into the Qinglei Divine Dao Sect.
The deeper areas of the sect were all wrapped in Protecting Arrays, and although he couldn't go inside, Ding Huan could sense the rich Divine Spirit Qi.
This place was good, suitable for cultivation.
Further inside, Ding Huan vaguely saw some lightning intertwined, suggesting someone was cultivating Thunder Divine Skills.
Speaking of Thunder Divine Skills, Ding Huan himself practiced the Heavenly Thunder Daoist Skill.
This was the top-tier Great Divine Power among the Three Thousand Great Paths, but he hadn't found a suitable place to cultivate the Heavenly Thunder Daoist Skill.
Now it seemed, this Qinglei Divine Dao Sect was quite good.
After disembarking from the starship, the veiled woman straightforwardly entered the sect, not even greeting Bo Ya.
Ding Huan thought to himself, this woman was indeed discourteous.
Bo Ya looked at the crowd and said, "You all will wait here, soon Master Qian Xun of Qianlei Mountain will come to lead you."
Ding Huan had once been a Sect Master himself and had founded the Blue Star Sect.
Hearing Bo Ya's words, he felt something amiss: "Senior Bo Ya, aren't we supposed to go to the Outer Sect, and wait for the Outer Sect Steward to assign us to each Divine Peak?"
Bo Ya gave Ding Huan a meaningful look but answered his question:
"The Qinglei Divine Dao Sect does not recruit outer disciples. This time, I recruited you upon the commission of Master Qian Xun of Qianlei Mountain.
So after entering the Qinglei Divine Dao Sect, you will be outer disciples of Qianlei Mountain."
After saying this, Bo Ya turned and entered the Qinglei Divine Dao Sect, vanishing in an instant.
Everyone looked at each other, not just Ding Huan, even the others felt something was off.
They were brought here, even as outer disciples, they should have been led by an Outer Sect Steward to register, find accommodation, and receive at least the basic sect Taoist robe and cultivation technique.
How could it end with just being recruited by a certain peak master?
The crowd discussed among themselves, while Ding Huan, looking at the words "Qinglei Divine Dao Sect," was still contemplating, what did this mean?
The nine of them didn't have to wait long as an elder with a youthful appearance descended before them, stepping out of the void.
He wore a smiling face, giving off an amiable feeling: "Sorry to keep you waiting, I am Qian Xun, the Peak Master of Qinglei Mountain, please come with me."
Except for Ding Huan, all the newly recruited outer disciples breathed a sigh of relief.
In their eyes, Master Qian Xun seemed quite amiable and easy to get along with.
But Ding Huan felt his heart sink.
Instinctively, he positioned himself at the back of the group of nine.
This Qian Xun's aura was restrained, but having cultivated the Great Universe Technique, Ding Huan could tell at a glance that something was off about Qian Xun.
Qian Xun's Dao Rhythm appeared very congenial, and his demeanor was extremely affable, yet his surrounding Dao Rhythm was mottled, with a faint aura of bloodthirstiness.
In a short time, Ding Huan judged that they weren't recruited as outer disciples, but rather brought here by Qian Xun as blood sacrifices.
This guy's cultivation was lower than that of Bo Ya, but he was definitely a Divine Monarch.
The only comfort to Ding Huan was that this guy's cultivation had encountered some issues, leading to a significant drop.
He scanned with his Divine Will briefly, the sect's Protecting Array was already locked, escaping instantly was not realistic, or rather it would be suicidal.
Since being here, they should settle in for now.
As long as they didn't provoke him.
If it came down to him becoming a blood sacrifice, then he'd have to show Qian Xun why flowers are red.
Under Qian Xun's guidance, the nine entered the sect's inner plaza, then rode a Flying Divine Beast to Qianlei Mountain.
The Qinglei Divine Dao Sect's range was vast, and the Flying Divine Beast flew for a full half incense stick time before landing on a massive peak.
Upon entering this peak, Ding Huan further confirmed his suspicion.
The area was filled with a bloodthirsty aura, indicating that Qian Xun healed and cultivated through blood sacrifices.
No wonder he sought disciples with strong Divine Essence and Divine Will, and no wonder he sought such low-level cultivators gathered in the Sea of the Wishing Divine Ladder.
Qian Xun dared not openly seek blood sacrifices elsewhere.