The Path to Immortality

Fang Ping had a similar experience before coming to this world.

With their respective growth and different encounters in life, even the best friends will gradually drift away and become familiar strangers.

Then you will make new friends and repeat the cycle again.

Because of this, as the day to open the mountain gate gets closer and closer, Fang Ping's mentality is generally indifferent.

"Calculating the time, I can almost expose my fifth level of Qi training at this time."

After completing the handyman tasks for the new quarter, he calculated his contribution to the sect and found that the requirement of one thousand had been met. Fang Ping began to prepare for promotion to the inner sect.

By the way, we also need to find a chance to say goodbye to Gongsun Qing, Yan Xu and others.

It would be a bit troublesome to notify each other one by one. It happened that there would be a new trading meeting soon, and Fang Ping planned to announce the news at the trading meeting.

………

This is the day at the end of the month.

The mountains behind Tiandu Peak and the vicinity of Guanxing Pavilion, which were always empty on weekdays, became lively again.

Many outer disciples gathered here to display the useless things they had recently acquired, or to list their needs.

In the pavilion at the end of one of the corridors, Fang Ping, Yan Xu, Dong Xiangtian and others gathered together again.

Perhaps there was some happy event to be announced, Dong Xiangtian's expression was a little anxious and excited, and he frequently looked outside the pavilion, waiting for the arrival of the remaining people.

After about a cup of tea, Gongsun Qing and Chen Hao, a new disciple who joined the Xiaohui last year, arrived one after another.

Seeing everyone arriving in the pavilion, Dong Xiangtian coughed lightly and said, "Before this small meeting begins, I have some news to tell everyone."

Seeing his serious look, the remaining members looked at me and I looked at you, and they all guessed a possibility.

After all, the competition between Dong Xiangtian and Gongsun Qing was already known to everyone half a year ago.

Yan Xu directly stated his guess: "Could it be that Senior Brother Dong has been promoted to the late stage of Qi training?"

Seeing that everyone seemed to have guessed it, Dong Xiangtian laughed, rubbed his head and said, "Although it was a bit of a fluke, I finally broke through the small bottleneck."

As he spoke, he showed off his seventh level of Qi training!

The sixth level of Qi training and the seventh level of Qi training seem to be only a small difference, but in fact they are the dividing line between the middle and late stages of Qi training.

This step is of great significance.

The members in the pavilion immediately cast envious eyes and sent congratulations one after another.

Moreover, if I remember correctly, the arrangement before Liu Wuchen entered the inner door was that whoever reached the late stage of Qi training first would become the new host of the trading meeting.

Doesn't this mean...

Seeing the subtle eyes looking at him, Gongsun Qing stood up from his seat and smiled sweetly: "That's a coincidence. I also have a piece of good news here that I want to share with you junior brothers."

As soon as she finished speaking, she also showed that she was at the seventh level of Qi training, even slightly stronger than Dong Xiangtian.

You two are in the late stage of Qi training!

And they were promoted almost at the same time!

The members of the trading meeting were a little dumbfounded for a moment, wondering who should be the real host of the meeting?

There are no two days in the sky.

You can't have two people talking to each other, right?

Gongsun Qing and Dong Xiangtian looked at each other with sparks in their eyes again.

Don't get me wrong, it has nothing to do with the relationship between men and women, it's purely about competition and fighting spirit.

But at this moment, a voice sounded.

"Today is really a good day! Speaking of which, junior brother, I also have some good news."

Everyone's eyes, including Gongsun Qing and Dong Xiangtian, suddenly looked at the speaker.

Yan Xu looked at the person sitting next to him in surprise: "Junior brother Fang, are you going to tell me that you have also practiced Qi at the seventh level? This joke is quite funny."

Fang Ping smiled and said, "That's not true. Junior brother, I just happened to be promoted to the fifth level of Qi training not long ago."

As he said that, he followed the example of the two of them and showed his own realm.

"Fifth level of Qi training, what's the point..."

Yan Xu chuckled, a little disapproving. He had practiced Qi at the fifth level a few years ago. Was he showing off?

But just halfway through speaking, he froze immediately.

Chen Hao on the side also showed a look of astonishment and said: "Senior Brother Fang, you haven't been in the profession for more than ten years, right?"

Doesn't this mean that the other party is going to be promoted to an inner disciple?

Facing the looks of surprise, disbelief, and even faint jealousy, Fang Ping said calmly: "There are still a few weeks to go, it will be exactly ten years, and now the sect's contribution is just enough. If nothing happens, Junior Brother, I will be there soon." I am leaving the outer sect and becoming an inner sect disciple. I would like to say this to everyone today.”

In the pavilion, the originally lively atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

In front of this news, the smiles on Gongsun Qing and Dong Xiangtian's faces, as well as the sparks and tit-for-tat they had just had, disappeared in an instant and became lonely.

Breaking through to the seventh level of Qi training is indeed gratifying.

The fifth level of Qi training, which was two smaller realms below them, did seem to be somewhat inadequate.

But as soon as the identity of the inner disciples was revealed, they were from two different worlds. Even if his cultivation is temporarily ahead, what does it matter?

Even Yan Xu, who had the best relationship with Fang Ping, felt extremely complicated at this moment.

Five or six years ago, when he was looking for the White Feathered Crane, he felt that Fang Ping was worth getting to know, and he kept moving forward.

But he never expected that the opponent's strength would improve so quickly, and he would actually step on the final limit and get the qualification to be promoted to the inner sect.

After a while, Yan Xu's complicated emotions and thousands of words were reduced to one sentence.

"Junior Brother Fang, you've given us a big surprise!"

…

After returning from the trade meeting, Fang Ping met Elder Wu, who was in charge of the promotion of outer disciples.

Apart from the occasional lectures, this was the only thing Elder Wu was responsible for in the outer sect.

In order to cover up the fact that he had broken through for more than half a year, Fang Ping used the Condensation Technique to suppress his mana, making the revealed realm look like it had just been broken through.

The effect of the Condensation Technique was very real, and the extent of this cover-up was not very large. Even if ordinary cultivators in the early stage of foundation building used their spiritual sense to explore, it would be difficult to see the clues.

To put it another way, even if they really found out, it would be nothing.

Refining Qi for ten years to the fifth level is not an outrageous thing, it's just a little conspicuous.

Who doesn't have a few opportunities these days?

"Outer sect disciple Fang Ping, requesting to see Elder Wu."

Arriving in front of the outer sect elder's separate cave on Tiandu Peak, Fang Ping stopped outside the cave restriction and reported loudly.

After a moment, the fog outside the cave rolled up and made way for a passage.

Elder Wu's nonchalant voice came from the cave: "Young man, what do you want to see?"

"Reporting to the elder, I have met the conditions for promotion to the inner sect, and I have come here to handle the promotion matters."

As soon as Fang Ping finished speaking, Elder Wu exclaimed in surprise.

A moment later, Elder Wu, wearing a loose Taoist robe, appeared from the cave.

He looked at Fang Ping with his cloudy eyes and said, "For an outer sect disciple to be promoted to the inner sect, two conditions must be met. He must be promoted to the fifth level of Qi training within ten years of entering the sect, and he must have accumulated one thousand sect contributions. Are you sure?"