"Learning these secret skills, is this the condition?" Ji Ning stared at the large characters on the bookshelf in shock.

  Previously, Laozu also said that one must go through a simple test to learn the secret skills of the Fa Gate. Ji Ning had already made mental preparations and thought that the test would be relatively easy. But this was too easy... sweeping the mountain road of Fangcun Mountain once? It's known that those who can enter the Immortal Palace are not ordinary people, and it's likely that they can sweep through that mountain road in just a short time like drinking a cup of tea.

  Ji Ning casually picked up a sword manual and flipped through it, secretly shocked to find that it was on the same level as the "Small Five Elements Sword Record".

  "Wow, this is the Xian Jie Lian Qi Fa Men!" exclaimed Xiao Qing.

  "This array method book is no less than 'Array Method in Nine Volumes'!" Bai Shuizhe was also excited to see it.

  Ji Ning's gaze swept across, and on the huge bookshelves that held countless books, there was a line of large characters: "Sweeping Fangcun Mountain Road once" - any one can be chosen. Apparently, the conditions for choosing books in the first layer of the Divine Palace were all the same.

  A white-robed handsome man beside him shook his head and smiled: "In my Fangcun Mountain, there is an old saying that the divine palace method of the fairy gate can make one become a celestial being or a heavenly god. The magical powers of the Three Realms Palace, however, can only be used to dominate and roam freely in the three realms."

  "The master's dream knows three realms, collecting divine powers and secret techniques is also formidable."

  "This Immortal Palace has collected a vast number of magical techniques and secret arts from the ancient world to the present, countless in number. Even if it's just the first layer of this Immortal Palace, which is the lowest level, it would still be considered quite good even in the mortal realm." White Robe Silver Moon said.

  Ji Ning nodded slightly.

  Yes, Master's one dream knows three realms, collecting various Dharma gates will indeed be astonishing.

  "Big brother, is this the first layer of learning's test?" Ji Ning pointed at that row of houses.

  "Yes, sweeping the mountain road requires personally holding a broom and sweeping layer by layer. Even if it's an immortal cultivator, they might need half a day," Yín Yuè said.

  Ji Ning nodded, if using magic would be much faster, but if carrying a broom would indeed be slower.

  "This first floor is too easy, junior brother, follow me up." Yín Yuè said.

  "Good."

  Ji Ning, Bai Shui Ze and Xiao Qing all followed the manager of the Divine Palace 'Yin Yue' up the stairs.

  Arrived at the second floor of the Immortal Palace.

  The bookshelf on the second floor of the Fairy Palace also has a line of characters carved on it, which reads: "Wipe all the tables in the Fairy Palace clean, and you can choose one door."

  "It's really simple." Ji Ning blinked and looked down at the sword technique manual, "It's already comparable to some of the top manuals from the Black and White Academies."

  "Treasure land." Bai Shuizhe was shocked beyond compare.

  "This is only the second layer? I've never seen such a profound technique before!" Xiao Qing's eyes were completely red.

  "Haha, let's go and take a look at the third floor." Yín Yuè said with a smile...

  Arrived at the third floor.

  On the bookshelf, there was still a line of words: "Except for weeds within 100 miles, you can choose one subject."

  "Ingen said on the side: 'This, in addition to weeding, must be done by hand, one by one, and it will take a month to get rid of all the weeds within a hundred miles.'"

  "It's tough." Ji Ning nodded.

  He also found that this layer was more difficult than the previous one, although they were all hard labor, but they all took time.

  "A single Dharma gate should eliminate all weeds within a hundred paces. If one learns ten or a hundred Dharma gates, how much longer will it take?" Little Qing muttered to herself.

  "Go take another look at the fourth floor." Ji Ning continued on his way up.

  The fourth floor.

  A line of words on the bookshelf changed to: "Personally plant a million fruit trees, you can choose one."

  "It seems easier than weeding." Little Qing said in doubt.

  Ji Ning also nodded.

  Weeding can get rid of weeds within a hundred miles, and the number is definitely large.

  "This you don't know, this fruit tree... isn't an ordinary fruit tree, it's a spiritual fruit tree of the immortals. It requires great care to plant, even for cultivators with exceptional skills, personally and carefully planting each tree one by one. Planting ten thousand trees would take half a year." Silver Moon said.

  "Half a year?"

  "It took half a year of hard work to learn one move? And this is only the fourth level." Little Qing stared.

  Ji Ning remained calm and continued on his way to the fifth floor.

  One layer after another.

  The first level of testing can be completed in just a few days.

  The second batch of miscellaneous work will take three days.

  The miscellaneous work on the third floor will take a month.

  The miscellaneous work on the fourth floor took half a year.

  The fifth floor requires three years.

  The sixth floor, however, took a full twenty years.

  The seventh layer requires a hundred years.

  "This is the eighth floor." Ji Ning arrived at the eighth floor of the Divine Palace despite being filled with doubts, but still maintained a calm exterior.

  There are far fewer books on the eighth floor.

  The Refining Qi Sect here has already surpassed the Pure Yang level and reached the 'Mahāyāna level'.

  The divine art of this place, taking out one kind is enough to be the town's ancestral law of the Great Xia imperial family.

  Ji Ning, Bai Shuizhe and Xiao Qing's eyes fell on the bookshelf at the same time. On the bookshelf was a line of words: "When the crescent moon, three stars, and Tongguan Cave guard the gate for a thousand years, you can choose one door."

  "The seventh layer would have taken a hundred years to learn, but now it takes a thousand years." Xiao Qing couldn't help but say, "How long will we have to stay in the Xie Yue San Xing Cave before we can go down the mountain?"

  "But the secret techniques of the law here, I'm afraid that even the Shao Yan and Bei Shan families' town-protecting techniques are not as profound. " Ji Ning was very calm, "Let's go take a look at the tenth floor..."

  The ninth floor, also the last floor of the Immortal Palace.

  This layer has only three bookshelves, and the number of books on them is not many, but they are truly excellent. Take out any one at random, and it can be considered a powerful master in the Three Realms! It's completely possible to use it as a trump card! This is also the limit of the secret techniques that normal disciples of the Fangcun Mountain sect learn!

  Only personally transmitted disciples and those specially permitted by Bodhi Patriarch can go to Sanjie Palace!

  "Huh?" Ji Ning was surprised to find that the bookshelf was pitch black and had no words on it.

  "How come there's no more words? Is it that the ninth level of the law doesn't allow learning?" Little Qing wondered.

  Ji Ning turned to look at Yin Yue, who was standing beside him: "Brother, the first eight floors of this Divine Palace are getting progressively more time-consuming with each passing floor. Does that mean there's no trial on the ninth floor? Moreover... do we have to do chores to learn the Divine Palace's techniques? On the eighth floor, learning one technique takes a thousand years, so does that mean learning ten techniques will take ten thousand years?"

  My initial mental preparation was to study for tens or hundreds of years and then return to the world of Da Xia.

  I had an appointment with Yu Wei!

  On Fangcun Mountain, studying Tao for ten thousand years?

  The chrysanthemum greens have all gone bad!

  "Hadong…… my junior brother is indeed clever." Yin Yue gently shook her feather fan and said leisurely, "The trials of this Divine Palace are divided into two kinds. One is naturally doing these trivial tasks that have no difficulty at all, only requiring a bit more time to be spent. Those who are less enlightened and more foolish usually choose this method as well. Even if it takes a thousand years for a Dao child to learn the eighth layer of the most powerful techniques, it's still worth it."

  Ji Ning nodded.

  After becoming a yuan god, his lifespan became infinite, and he only needed to go through the three disasters and nine calamities. Spending a thousand years to get a powerful technique was indeed worth it.

  "This is also Master's benevolence to our Fangcun Mountain sect. As the saying goes, 'the Way cannot be lightly transmitted', Master has simply set up a simple test." Yinyue said, "Of course, if one is a truly extraordinary genius with high innate talent, they naturally don't need to do miscellaneous chores, and there will be other tests for them."

  "What's the test?" Ji Ning asked.

  Yin Yue smiled and said, "Did you notice earlier that the empty space next to the Divine Palace, where those humans, demons, and gods gathered, contains some array formations and restrictions?"

  Ji Ning nodded as he recalled: "Right, there were some formation restriction talismans on that empty land."

  "That empty space is the battlefield." Yín Yuè said, "Master has set up nine puppets, which are first-level puppet, second-level puppet, third-level puppet... all the way to eighth-level puppet and ninth-level puppet. No matter who it is, as long as they defeat a first-level puppet once, they can choose any one of the divine palace's first layer's methods."

  "Defeat the 2nd-level puppet once, and you can choose any one of the second-layer divine palace's methods. Defeat it twice, and you can choose two times. Defeat it three times, and you can choose three times, and so on."

  "Defeating the three-tiered puppet will allow you to choose a third-level spell."

  "It's all the same principle, if you defeat the 9th rank puppet, then you can naturally choose the 9th level of magic."

  Yin Yue smiled at Ji Ning, "Younger brother understood?"

  "This test is indeed simple and straightforward." Ji Ning nodded, then looked puzzled and asked, "Defeat once, choose one door; defeat twice, choose two doors. Does that mean the more times he fights, the stronger his power becomes?"

  "You'll really know once you try it out." Yín Yuè said no more, "However, remember that this trial is a test of your comprehension of the Tao! Therefore, it's forbidden to use any divine abilities, deploy any spell arrays, or even secret techniques. I've heard you're a Sword Immortal, so you can only hold onto your sword and display your sword skills... fully showcasing the advantages and disadvantages of your sword skills will be enough."

  Ji Ning nodded.

  "Doing chores can learn the eighth layer of Shenxian Palace's law, while defeating puppets can learn the ninth layer of law." Yin Yue looked at Ji Ning, "Disciple brother, when you defeat the nine-tier puppet and learn the ninth layer of law, you can go to Sanjie Palace."

  "Hmm." Ji Ning nodded and immediately asked, "Senior brother, which level of puppet should I spar with now?"

  Those inferior swordsmanship secrets are of little use to you, let's start from a higher point! A master can accept a disciple, and the disciple is also a rare talent... Let's try this six-stage puppet. Yín Yuè said, he was also unaware of Jǐ Níng's strength.

  However, he guessed that Ji Ning should have extraordinary talent.

  "Sixth rank? The sixth level?" Ji Ning thought to himself, that the swordsmanship books of the sixth level were already more profound than the "Three Chi Sword" which had nine complete forms! Any one of them would far surpass the Black and White Academy.

  "I've just reached the Wanxiang boundary." Ji Ning spoke up with concern, "Will it be... cut off..."

  "Don't worry, the nine puppets left by Master will not be ordinary. They will exert different powers according to the opponent's level of strength. You are at the Wanxiang boundary, and the Yuanli eruption within the puppet will also be at the Wanxiang level. If you were a Return to Void Immortal, the Yuanli eruption would also reach the Return to Void level. So this test is actually testing the Great Dao! It has nothing to do with whether you are a Wanxiang True Person, a Yuanshen Daoist, or a Return to Void Immortal." said Yin Yue.

  Ji Ning felt a sense of relief: "Alright, I'll go ahead and exchange blows with these six-stage puppets."

  "Go, let's go to the place of trial." Yin Yue immediately took Ji Ning and walked down from the nine-story palace, to the empty space outside the palace.