Chapter 110: Chapter 15: Five Elements Dharma Platform

Many new faces appeared in Huangyuan Marketplace today. Within the Chen Kingdom, the Spirit Crossing Envoys would only stop briefly at two Marketplaces to accept eligible Cultivators.

Yang Jing arrived at the central plaza of the Marketplace and saw that a considerable number of Cultivators were already waiting. They were all young. Most of these Cultivators wore Treasure Robes and were surrounded by attendants.

Although the Five Elements True Spirit Sect had released the Five Talisman Scripture for all Cultivators, opening a convenient path for them, very few Independent Cultivators actually chose to practice it. After all, the Five Talisman Scripture was far too abstruse for Independent Cultivators who lacked a master’s guidance. Furthermore, one small mistake could lead to an imbalance in their Five Elements, causing them to suffer Qi deviation and descend into madness. Compared to other Cultivation Techniques, its barrier to entry was simply too high.

Most of these Cultivators were disciples from Foundation Establishment Clans. Their elders had recognized their considerable talent in the Five Elements Dao and had specially arranged for them to practice the Five Talisman Scripture.

With their own innate Talent, the guidance and care of their clan elders, and a supplement of various Spirit Pills, advancing to the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation before the age of twenty-five was not an impossible feat.

A golden light flashed in Yang Jing’s eyes as he scanned the Cultivators present. He discovered that there were over thirty people who had succeeded in cultivating the Five Talisman Scripture. However, the Magical Power of a few of them was rather unstable; there was clearly something suspicious about their Cultivation.

When Noon arrived, a Flying Boat finally appeared on the horizon.

This Flying Boat was much larger than the Chen Family’s, measuring over a hundred yards long. Its entire body was forged and pieced together from Iron Essence, with some core sections even reinforced with Profound Iron Essence. The Flying Boat was covered in a large number of Restrictions. Unlike the Chen Family’s vessel, which was built with pavilions and terraces, this one only had a superstructure. Its design was closer to a modern destroyer from Yang Jing’s previous life, except that cannons and missiles were replaced by various offensive and Defensive Arrays.

Yang Jing recognized it at a glance. This was a Martial Might-level Flying Boat.

The core Grand Array on the Flying Boat was the Five Elements Spirit Suppressing Array, capable of withstanding attacks from Golden Core Cultivators. It was also equipped with offensive Arrays such as the Void Five Weapons Array, the Extinction Cold Light Array, and the Divine Crow Flying Fire Formation.

It was a weapon built purely for war. It usually patrolled inside and outside the Six Passes Defense Line, escorting merchant vessels and striking down Demons that migrated toward the line.

It was only for a major event like the sect-entering ceremony that the Five Elements True Spirit Sect would recall such a Flying Boat to the Chen Kingdom to display its might and intimidate any who would defy them.

The Flying Boat slowly came to a halt, hovering above the plaza. Two Foundation Establishment Cultivators led the way down, followed by a group of heavily armed Armored Warriors. Even these warriors surged with profound Magical Power fluctuations; every one of them was a Cultivator at the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation.

Their capes were Flying Spiritual Artifacts, and eight of the Armored Warriors were carrying a Dharma Platform.

The patriarchs of the various Foundation Establishment Clans obsequiously welcomed the two Cultivators onto a raised dais that had been prepared. The Dharma Platform was then placed in the center of the dais. After setting it down, the eight Armored Warriors breathed a sigh of relief; the platform was clearly quite heavy.

“I am Yue Fashan of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect. Our sect is opening its gates wide to accept disciples from across the Western Continent. Anyone who has reached the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation before the age of twenty-five by practicing the Five Talisman Scripture, possesses a clean background, and carries no criminal record may enter our Five Elements True Spirit Sect.”

Yue Fashan’s Magical Power was profound. Though his voice was soft, his words rang clearly in the ears of every Cultivator present.

Of the two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, he was the Chief Steward:

“Let those who wish to enter my sect step onto this Five Elements Dharma Platform first.”

The disciples from the clans had already been briefed. A youth who looked to be under twenty years old took the lead and stepped onto the dais. He first bowed respectfully to Yue Fashan before sitting cross-legged on the Dharma Platform and circulating his Magical Power.

A few breaths later, the Dharma Platform lit up with a Five-Colored Spirit Light. The colors varied in brightness, but not by much.

Yue Fashan nodded in satisfaction. He checked the youth’s bone age, and after confirming he was under twenty-five, he had him stand aside on the dais.

The first Cultivator’s success bolstered the confidence of the others, and they came forward one by one to sit on the Dharma Platform and be tested. The Spiritual Light that rose for each of them varied, but the disparities in brightness were never too great, and Yue Fashan approved them all.

This continued until a youth in brocade robes sat on the Dharma Platform. The Spiritual Light that rose from him had a dim red hue, while its black hue was exceptionally deep.

“Failed.”

Yue Fashan shook his head and called for the next Cultivator to come up.

The youth in brocade robes had clearly been spoiled by his family his whole life. Feeling the piercing gazes from below the dais, the blood instantly rushed to his head.

“I clearly broke through to the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation using the Five Talisman Scripture! Why did you fail me?!”

Yue Fashan’s expression turned cold.

“Why did I fail you? Am I, Yue Fashan, blind? You clearly failed to comprehend the Five Elements Principle and relied on a Realm-Breaking Pill to force your way into the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation. A fraud like you dares to argue with me? Guards! Pin him down and give him fifteen strikes with the Iron Rod!”

The soldiers behind him immediately pounced, pinning the youth to the dais. They stripped off his brocade robes and began swinging an Iron Rod, striking him on the buttocks.

The brocade-robed youth had never endured such a thing. The first five strikes had him wailing loudly, but by the last ten, he no longer even had the strength to cry.

Only when all fifteen strikes were finished did the youth’s family servants dare to come forward and carry their young master away.

After this warning from the brocade-robed youth’s example, the Cultivators with unstable Magical Power that Yang Jing had noticed with his Bright Qi Talent immediately retreated to the back of the crowd, no longer intending to go on stage.

Realm-Breaking Pills weren’t cheap; a single one cost five hundred Spirit Stones, and it didn’t even guarantee a successful breakthrough.

’These Cultivators must all be from the Direct Lineage of Foundation Establishment Clans. For them to even attempt this, it must mean that in previous sect-entering ceremonies, other Cultivators had successfully used such methods to slip into the Five Elements True Spirit Sect.’

’It was just that Yue Fashan, the one in charge this time, refused to make an exception, forcing them to swallow their losses in silence.’

When most of the people present had already been tested, Yang Jing finally walked unhurriedly onto the dais. He could feel countless gazes from the crowd landing on him. Among them, he saw the Cultivators from San Yuanli. Li Jingjing was standing with them, looking at him with a worried expression.

’I had long since used the Inconstant Illusionary Form Technique to alter my Magical Power, changing my Realm to the Fifth Layer of Qi Cultivation. I had even slightly adjusted the proportions of the Five Elements within my Magical Power. After all, with my status as an Independent Cultivator, it would be impossible to reach the Eighth Layer of Qi Cultivation under normal circumstances unless I possessed a Celestial Spirit Root.’

Sitting down on the Dharma Platform, he began to circulate his Magical Power.

After absorbing his Magical Power, the Five Elements Dharma Platform beneath him began to glow. The colors representing his Five Elements Magical Power were not perfectly uniform, but the differences between them were small.

“Pass!”

After checking Yang Jing’s bone age, Yue Fashan nodded in satisfaction and spoke to him kindly:

“Remain on the dais.”

Yang Jing bowed respectfully. His face remained calm, but inside, his heart was surging. ’After today,’ he thought, ’my standing in the Immortal Cultivation Realm has taken a huge leap forward.’

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