The three days passed in a flash.

In the end, Senior Brother Spiritual Mechanism Vine agreed to Li Ye's application for modifications, but he also requested Li Ye to complete it, since he had decided to proceed in this manner.

Rules are easy to change, and they're not inconvenient things.

But you must have the ability to set your own rules.

This was the first time that Senior Brother Spiritual Mechanism Vine had given Li Ye such a serious demand.

However, Li Ye understood its meaning well.

——Those who come to the Spiritual Fertility Hall are all genius-level Spirit Plant Masters. Although Li Ye was a disciple of True Man Su Xing and had gained significant achievements outside, breaking the rules immediately upon arrival would definitely require providing a satisfactory answer.

So Li Ye was very concerned about this.

In these three days, he studied various Spirit Patterns in detail and even used the stargazing lineage secret technique, Sky Curtain, to consult his busy master during spare moments.

Who knows what his master's wife had said to the old master, but strangely enough, the old master set aside his beloved gourd teapot, as if wishing to rush back at once to lecture Li Ye.

Before parting, the master instructed:

"The Skyrise Willow was planted by your grandmaster back then."

"If you encounter any unsolvable issues in the Spiritual Fertility Hall, just seek his elder, but remember to bring the Dangkang Tribe's Spiritual Wine."

Upon hearing this, Li Ye immediately had a feeling.

Each time he thought his teacher's lineage was strong enough, more surprises emerged.

In short.

After gently declining Senior Brother Spiritual Mechanism Vine's idea of sending him to an "examination," he leisurely arrived at the examination venue.

Then he saw over forty Golden Core True Men, each with either youthful, mature, or gray-haired appearances, waiting there, prepared to enter the examination site.

"Oh."

"Who is this junior brother...?"

"True Man Lingye?"

Such examinations couldn't begin immediately upon someone's arrival; they require a sufficient number of participants to commence together.

Every session involves this special number: forty-nine.

After all, the secret number of heaven is forty-nine, with one escaping—Cultivators sometimes care about Qi Fortune like this.

As for who was the one that escaped...

Among those present, many Golden Core True Men weren't; some had come many times, and they were even familiar with each other.

With a new face arriving, naturally, they paid much attention.

Li Ye, his gaze bright and clear, cupped his hands and said, "Junior Li Ye, pleased to meet all the senior brothers and sisters."

Even though it was a competitive relationship.

But the senior brothers and sisters seemed indifferent.

After a round of small talk, everyone stepped onto the examination cloud platform.

Around this platform stood exactly fifty seats.

Each seat had a Nascent Soul True Man's avatar seated upon it.

They silently overlooked the cloud platform.

No speech, no expression.

Various Dharma Aspects, Light Images, and Spiritual Light flashed around them, even carrying an indescribable, lofty divinity.

Li Ye knew that these avatars of Nascent Soul True Men were truly the divine avatars sealed from the Divine Sense of Nascent Souls from various generations, and their mission was to assist the Spiritual Fertility Hall in selecting suitable Spirit Plant Masters through the generations.

"Greetings to the forefathers!"

The Golden Cores uniformly saluted loudly.

The Nascent Souls nodded slightly.

One female Nascent Soul's gaze seemed to linger on Li Ye for a few breaths, her body adorned with jade ornaments that produced a crisp sound.

"Disciples."

"Enter your respective small Grotto Heavens."

"Begin the examination according to the content therein."

As her voice sounded.

A small portal appeared beside everyone.

"Yes!"

The Golden Cores had nothing more to say.

They boldly and spiritedly stepped through the portal, preparing for their examination.

Li Ye was no exception. Upon entering this space, he discovered that behind the portal was a small Grotto Heaven about a hundred li in circumference.

All Five Elements present, Yin and Yang harmonized.

Though devoid of any living beings, it was practically a perfect Grotto Heaven world that could serve as the millennial foundation for a small sect or family. Cultivating here would surely yield a considerable output of Spirit Medicine.

Everything needed floated quietly in midair.

The examination, of course.

Required the application of two methods of Spirit Patterns.

Inherently inscribing Spirit Patterns required no external assistance, but drawing them on the surface needed quite a few rare materials.

Li Ye glanced at the materials, his eyebrows raising slightly.

"Oh."

This examination was supposed to be absolutely random.

But due to his request, the "inherent" part of the examination was replaced with the seeds of the Glazed Snow Lotus; and the test for patterns was...

A bird.

Even more astonishing was that this bird hadn't triggered the panel!

It stood quietly in a bubble, motionless and silent as if it were a lifeless object.

Yet Li Ye indeed sensed its aura.

"This bird is..."

Upon closer observation, from its distinctive cyan feathers, he recalled a particularly rare Spirit Beast in the Cultivation Realm that had almost gone extinct.

"The Cyan Bird?"

It's said that such birds are extraordinary Spirit Beasts born only in extremely high Heavenly Dome above and among the clouds of the Nine Heavens, with great association to the "cyan hue."

Those favored by this creature could even enjoy smooth fortunes, with all things going well.

But the issue was that it already had wings, didn't it?

Moreover, according to the records, the Cyan Bird's flying ability was quite exaggerated, capable of flying a thousand li in an instant, even rivalling a Cultivator's Nascent Soul's Escape Technique.

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