Chapter 2654: Chapter 543:
First, we must consider the aptitude for immortal cultivation. How can one cultivate without such aptitude?
Thus, every Taoist institution must possess treasures for testing this cultivation aptitude. This is manageable. After these disciples enter the Taoist institution, they must cultivate as well, presenting a new problem.
Each great teaching has different cultivation systems and methods of nurturing disciples. Even the basics of talisman making and formation crafting are different, not to mention the cultivation techniques.
When they have learned in the academy and laid a foundation, they may find the techniques differ from those taught by their own great teachings, necessitating change.
Furthermore, the cultivation techniques learned in the Taoist institution may conflict with those required by the great teachings one joins. What is to be done then?
Hence, he temporarily abandoned the school system and maintained the original setup, bringing these Taoist boys directly into the great teachings, allowing each great teaching to cultivate them themselves.
At the same time, the great teachings shared news of recruiting disciples with the ordinary people of Wilderness Border Way.
Yi River City, named after its proximity to the Yi River, is a newly built large city constructed for fun by ordinary people who moved from Central Continent to Eastern Province.
Though newly built, Eastern Province had prepared thoroughly, prearranging everything necessary, including housing distribution, farmland, and the appointment of a city lord. Even levels of officials and constables were arranged appropriately, so Yi River City appears as an established bustling city without any confusion.
In the morning, as the sun barely rose, its warm rays illuminated this brand-new city.
The city’s residents gathered early, lining up under the constables’ guidance.
Today may seem ordinary, but for them, it is a day that might change their lives. Rumors abound that the great teachings and sects will recruit those with cultivation aptitude today, allowing them to enter and cultivate within.
Previously in Central Continent, opportunities for cultivation were nonexistent and remained elusive no matter how many generations were traced back. This is something their ancestors dared not even dream of!
They had inquired with the city’s constables, typically discovering that disciples recruited by great teachings were children, usually no older than ten. If beyond ten, only those with exceptional aptitude might be recruited.
For children aged seventeen or eighteen, the great teachings would not recruit them.
Adults were even less likely to be recruited.
This time, because they had newly arrived from Central Continent to Eastern Province without prior exposure to cultivation or being checked, the great teachings and sects made an exception. All newcomers from Central Continent could test for cultivation experience.
Of course, this exception applies only this once. Next time, they will have the same restrictions as Eastern Province residents, allowing only children to participate in the testing.
Today, every street is festively decorated, with long queues lining the roads.
Entire households are present, with three generations together being a common sight. Some even have four generations lining up, and many women carry infants bundled in their arms in the queue.
They are not testing their children for cultivation experience but hoping to see if they possess cultivation aptitude themselves.
All line up, while tiptoeing to peer into the distance, filled with longing and hope for the immortal cultivation path, mixed with nervous anticipation.
They feared lacking cultivation aptitude, though they had learned that most do not possess it. However, if they do, it could change themselves, their household, or even their entire family clan.
Adults tightly hold their children’s hands, occasionally brushing their clothes, hoping their children leave a good impression when they meet the immortals.
The city’s square became a gathering place for crowds, with rumors and whispers weaving through the air, mingled with children’s laughter and parents’ soft murmurings.
A man dressed in black linen with deep wrinkles on his forehead looked to the side: "Old Li, you came, too. Your children have shown robustness since childhood. Among peers, none are as strong. I believe your children will definitely be selected."
Next to him, a medium-built, slightly stocky man with a densely bearded face bearing signs of age, skin darkened from years of labor, revealing a healthy energy, dressed in a coarse cloth garment washed to near whiteness, heard this and flashed a sincere smile.
"I hope both can cultivate immortality, but who knows. I’ve asked the constables, who told me that aptitude cannot be determined solely from physical appearance.
Only those with innate divine strength, like children aged five or six possessing strength surpassing adults, are likely to have cultivation aptitude.
For others, children physically stronger than their peers do not guarantee cultivation aptitude, while those appearing thin might possess cultivation talent."
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