by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Long Chen immediately pulled Chu Yao closer to himself. He used his spiritual qi to resist that terrifying spiritual pressure.
“Have you fucking eaten the wrong medicine?” Long Chen couldn’t help but feel infuriated and start cursing. Did this old man have some mental disorder?
“Ignorant junior, this old man will teach you a lesson today about how to respect your seniors!” Seeing Long Chen was trying to resist, he was a bit surprised and increased the spiritual pressure.
Wilde roared angrily and his body turned slightly red. He tenaciously resisted the spiritual pressure, giving the old man a shock
The spiritual pressure he was releasing was enough to make it so even Tendon Transformation experts were unable to endure. But this giant kid was able to resist it with just the power of his physical body.
Despite being by Long Chen’s side and having him counteracting the majority of the spiritual pressure, Chu Yao still suffered harm and spat out a mouthful of blood, her face as pale as paper.
“You old bastard, go to hell!” Long Chen angrily roared. He was just about to summon out his divine ring when a calm voice rang out.
“Stop.”
That voice wasn’t loud and was filled with calm without the slightest bit of anger. But that old man’s face immediately turned pale. Although he was a bit unwilling, he withdrew his spiritual pressure.
Long Chen immediately felt the pressure lighten. Chu Yao was finally relieved of that great pressure, but her face was still completely pale.
Only then did Long Chen realize that at some point, several people had appeared around them. They were currently observing them with a bit of surprise.
There were a total of seven people. They were mostly old men with only one beautiful woman who appeared to be in her thirties. But her expression was completely icy cold.
That voice had come from one of the old men. That old man’s face was like an old plank, looking as if he had been carved by a knife. His expression was serious as he coldly looked at that old man which had attacked Long Chen. “No wonder after all these years you have yet to make any progress. All your cultivation has gone to thickening your skin.”
The others all had odd expressions with a bit of ridicule in them. But within their gaze was clearly a delight in seeing his misfortune.
That old man’s face immediately turned red. He was furious; however, he didn’t dare release that anger.
However, he still forced out, “This kid was rude to a senior. So what if I teach him a lesson? For Elder Tu Fang to care about this is a bit too far!”
“Zhao Changxing, don’t bother trying to cover up anything. Isn’t it only because you didn’t manage to swallow up all the profit this time and end up wasting all your effort that you released your anger on a youth? Your Bloodnet Sect’s people must really not care about your face anymore,” snorted another old man coldly.
From that, Long Chen immediately understood why the old man called Zhao Changxing would target him like this. So he was from the same sect as that white-robed man.
If it weren’t for him being too weak right now, he would have jumped up and immediately attacked this old man.
“A grand Bone Forging expert actually attacked a Blood Condensation junior. Your skin really is thick. If I peeled it off, it could even be used as a shield impervious to sword or spear, water or fire.” Another person also coldly ridiculed him.
That Zhao Changxing only held some fear for Tu Fang. He was completely unafraid of the others. Hearing them ridicule him, he sneered, “If you don’t accept this, then let’s settle things with our fists! There’s no need to learn from your wives and fight with your tongues!”
Those two people, who had spoken out, were infuriated and were about to say something when Tu Fang waved his hand, stopping everyone’s quarrel. “You’re all from your various sects with your own prestige. Don’t let the junior generation laugh at you. Let this matter stop here.”
No one continued to argue after the old man said that. But suddenly one of the Elders looked approvingly at Long Chen and said:
“Little fellow, you’re really not bad. When I heard that you beat a sect disciple, I didn’t even believe it. But seeing you easily resist a Bone Forging expert’s spiritual pressure, you really do possess the ability to kill an outer sect disciple. How about it, do you have the interest in joining my Clear Sea Gate? With your talent, you’ll at least be an inner disciple. If you are favored by the seniors in the sect, even being promoted to core disciple wouldn’t be difficult.”
Everyone’s expression quickly changed, and they all one by one opened their mouths as well.
“I’m from the Yuan Returning School. I can guarantee that you’ll definitely have the position of a core disciple. How about it?”
“A core disciple is nothing. Little fellow, let me tell you, not only will I guarantee you a core disciple status, but you will also have a high chance of obtaining our sect daughter who has been called the number one beauty of our sect. Little fellow, don’t disappoint my good opinion of you.”
“Hey, you conman! Your sect daughter is only eight years old! Must you trick others like this?”
“Hmph, as long as he cultivates for another ten years, why would that matter? How is it conning?”
“...”
Long Chen’s group of three could only blankly stare at these sect people with high statuses and high cultivation bases that could stand shoulder to shoulder with that Zhao Changxing.
Such strong people were actually fighting over Long Chen to pull him into their sects. That was completely out of Long Chen’s expectations. Originally, he had thought he would have to beg and suck up in order to get accepted.
“Hmph, kid, you’ve caused a great deal of damage for our Bloodnet Sect this time. But if you join my Bloodnet Sect, I’ll generously agree to forget about this and put all my effort into grooming you.” Even Zhao Changxing’s anger now disappeared as he thickened his face.
Zhao Changxing had come here to represent the Bloodnet Sect in the negotiations. After all, the vein of ore was noticed by them the earliest, so no matter what, they should at least get a portion.
But after coming here, he was dejected to find that the Phoenix Cry Empire’s territory had a total of seven sects around it.
According to the past agreement, if a vein appeared in this area, everyone would extract it together and split it equally. That way the best way to avoid any disputes.
But the Bloodnet Sect’s actions were a grave violation of that agreement, the result being that they were kicked out of the consideration. They wouldn’t even be able to obtain even a single piece of the spirit stone mine.
That was why Zhao Changxing was so angry. He was helpless in the face of the other six sects’ agreement. And especially since Tu Fang was present, he could only swallow his anger at that time. That was why his fury had exploded when he saw Long Chen.
He could immediately tell that Long Chen was just at the Blood Condensation realm. But such a person was actually able to resist his powerful pressure without the slightest panic. As soon as he thought about it for a moment, he realized Long Chen must have been the main reason why their plan to obtain the entire spirit stone mine had failed, causing him to feel even more fury.
But as part of their sects’ agreement, they were unable to directly attack people from the secular world. He had had no choice but to offer a lame excuse as to why he had attacked him. Although he didn’t dare kill Long Chen, he had to at least suppress him a bit to relieve some of his anger.
And now seeing all those people try to rope in Long Chen, he immediately had to backtrack.
He had already failed to obtain a single thing from the spirit stone mine. If he could pull in an extraordinary talented disciple back, that would make up for some of the failure. The sect wouldn’t lose out too much. That was why he had opened his mouth.
But when he opened his mouth, the others all became silent and looked at him strangely. There was ridic
ule, contempt, and even some admiration in their looks.
“His thick skin is probably the thickest in all of history,” people couldn’t help but sigh inside. However, none of them said anything. Since he had offered such a choice, it was up to Long Chen to choose.
“What do you think? Do you want to return with me to the Bloodnet Sect? Think about it properly kid. Don’t regret your decision.”
Zhao Changxing’s gaze was tightly fixed on Long Chen. The threat within his words was obvious.
“Hahaha!” Suddenly, Long Chen laughed so hard that even tears started to come out, causing Zhao Changxing’s face to become increasingly ugly.
“Kid, what are you laughing about?” Zhao Changxing raged.
“Oh, nothing. I’ve just been moved by how you have no need for any face. I also want to say a single thing to you,” laughed Long Chen.
“What thing?” Zhao Changxing narrowed his eyes and icily asked Long Chen.
Long Chen revealed a blessed smile and slowly enunciated each word. “Fuck off however far you can think of!” He spoke lightly and was smiling, but his words were extremely shocking and funny.
“You…!” Zhao Changxing raged, his hair standing on end from his anger. He looked just like a furious lion. He wanted to slap this kid to death with a single blow, but he didn’t dare.
“Ok, just you wait!” Zhao Changxing viciously threatened before turning and leaving. Who knew whether he was afraid that he would explode from his anger and he needed to vent a bit, but every single step he took formed more cracks on the stone road.
Seeing that Zhao Changxing had stormed off in anger, everyone laughed. They all wondered whether Long Chen had properly thought his actions through.
Long Chen turned to look at Tu Fang who had remained silent in the competition over him. “Senior, I wonder what kind of treatment I could get if I joined your sect?”
Tu Fang slowly opened his eyes and looked at Long Chen, regretfully saying:
“It would be extremely difficult for you to join my sect.”
Chapter 117 Sect Selection
“What?”
Tu Fang’s words startled everyone, including Long Chen.
His intuition told him that this serious old man was definitely a powerful expert.
Furthermore, he could also sense that this man was extremely upright and trustworthy. All of the others were trying to pull him into their sects, but only he had yet to say anything.
That had piqued Long Chen’s curiosity. He wanted to know just what level that old man’s sect had reached for him to say such a thing.
“Elder Tu, we know that your sect is special, but with Long Chen’s talent, this…” Someone opened his mouth to voice his confusion.
Tu Fang looked straight at Long Chen. “With Long Chen’s battle strength, it definitely would be no problem to enter my Xuantian Monastery[1], but without a Spirit Root and with a deathly silent Dantian, he won’t receive any grooming there. So entering my sect would be worse than joining one of your sects.”
“What?!” Those Elders were all shocked; without a Spirit Root, how was he cultivating?
“Little fellow, excuse me!” One of the Elders placed a hand on Long Chen’s shoulder. Long Chen immediately realized how he had to act and didn’t resist. He let the Elder’s spiritual qi circulate once throughout his body.
After that, that old man was still unwilling and examined it a second time before slowly letting go of Long Chen and shaking his head helplessly to the others.
“He has no Spirit Root, not even the lowest quality one. It’d be impossible to change!” The old man sighed.
In an instant, all the excitement of the other Elders was extinguished. The news that Long Chen had no Spirit Root hit them like a basin of icy water.
All their previous promises were immediately voided. Let alone the sect’s daughter, he wouldn’t even be allowed to join their sects.
Long Chen bitterly smiled. Now it had become troublesome. First, they raised me high in the clouds, and now they’re immediately letting me go. Are they trying to make me fall to my death?
“Senior, if I go to the Xuantian Monastery, what kind of treatment would I get?” asked Long Chen. Now he no longer had any hopes of becoming a core disciple. As long as they accepted him then it was fine.
From what he heard from the others, this Xuantian Monastery was definitely different from the rest of their sects. His intuition told him that entering the Xuantian Monastery was his best option.
“Right, this junior is also a Pill Adept!” added Long Chen hastily as a bargaining chip.
Hearing that he was a Pill Adept, some interests sparked in their eyes again.
“If you join my sect, I can give you an inner disciple spot,” proposed one of them hesitatingly.
Although that person opened his mouth, no one else did. Within a sect, inner disciples had an extremely special status.
The sect would spend a great deal of resources on them each year. But if they wasted that much on a disciple without a Spirit Root, it still wouldn’t be that worth it even if he was a Pill Adept.
Although a Pill Adept had a special status, they could still be hired with enough money or you could buy medicinal pills directly. That was much more cost-effective than giving a Pill Adept the position of an inner disciple. Although he was a Pill Adept, it wouldn’t necessarily be worth it.
None of them were from small starter sects. Otherwise, they also wouldn’t have the authority over this land.
“Thank you senior for your kindness, but this little one greatly wishes to join the Xuantian Monastery.” Long Chen respectfully declined.
That person nodded. Although Long Chen had declined, his words were extremely polite, letting him at least know that he wasn’t someone who didn’t appreciate other people’s kindness.
Since Long Chen was so resolute, Tu Fang finally sighed, “The Xuantian Monastery accepts new disciples once every three years. If you really want to, I can give you a registration card for this.”
Long Chen rejoiced. As long as he could join in, it would all be fine. He trusted that with his abilities, he definitely would be able to take the first place.
The larger a sect was, the greater their foundation and hidden trumps were. That was the most important thing for Long Chen. What he lacked the most at this moment was such an opportunity.
“Senior, can I have three invitations? After all, we are three,” said Long Chen with some embarrassment.
“This friend of yours doesn’t need an invitation. He can directly join the sect, even becoming a core disciple,” said Tu Fang.
Long Chen’s eyes widened with disbelief. Wilde just blankly looked at Long Chen, not understanding anything that was going on.
Not only him, but the other Elders were also shocked. The Xuantian Monastery’s selection of disciples was extremely strict.
“His body is special. It’s somewhat similar to a senior in my sect, and I think that the senior will definitely be delighted when he sees him,” said Tu Fang.
“As for your other friend…”
“This junior sister can be a part of my Skywood Palace.” The beautiful maiden who had never said anything up to this point finally opened her mouth.
That beautiful maiden walked up to Chu Yao and smiled. “Junior sister, come back with me to the Skywood Palace. Your talent can only be best groomed in my Skywood Palace.”
Chu Yao was startled and shyly looked at Long Chen. She shook her head. “I don’t want to part with Long Chen, so…”
That beautiful maiden glanced over Long Chen and shook her head. “Cultivators must treat cultivation as the most important thing. How can you waste your talent just for love? Little fellow, she is a rare wood cultivator. You wouldn’t have the heart to waste her cultivation talent, right?”
That beautiful maiden treated Chu Yao extremely warmly, but that warmth didn’t transfer to Long Chen.
Wood cultivator? What was that? Long Chen was puzzled, but when she sa
id that confusing thing, the others had all gasped.
“Junior sister, here is a piece of Earth Spirit Wood. Inject your source spiritual qi into it.” That beautiful woman handed over a withered piece of wood that looked just like a short rolling pin.
Chu Yao received that withered wood with a bit of confusion. Seeing that everyone was closely watching, she became a bit nervous.
“Don’t be afraid; I’m here. Try it,” Long Chen gently comforted her.
Long Chen’s voice caused Chu Yao to calm down. Closing her eyes, she made herself relax as much as possible. She slowly urged her Dantian’s spiritual qi into the withered wood.
The ‘source’ spiritual qi was spiritual qi that came straight from the Dantian without passing through any acupuncture points. It was the purest kind of spiritual qi.
Chu Yao had only just begun when Long Chen and the others were all shocked by the change in the withered wood. A new shoot had mystically grown out of it.
That soft shoot slowly began to grow as she injected her source spiritual qi. When it grew to the size of three inches, a small flower blossomed from it.
A pleased smile appeared on that beautiful woman’s face when she saw that small flower. This was all within her expectations.
The moment she had first seen Chu Yao, she had immediately sensed something since she was also a wood cultivator. She just didn’t know how great her wood attribute energy was.
Seeing that a flower had blossomed, Chu Yao already had the qualifications to cultivate in wood attribute cultivation techniques. She had truly benefited this time, as wood cultivators were extremely rare, less than one in a million.
Just as she was thinking about returning to the sect now, another soft shoot grew out of the withered wood, and a second flower bloomed.
Seeing that second flower, that beautiful woman’s eyes immediately lit up, revealing her shock and excitement.
But that still wasn’t the end. That soft shoot continued to grow, and a third flower bud quickly appeared.
“Cough, ok, your talent is not bad. Don’t drain yourself. You should rest.” That beautiful woman carefully pulled away Chu Yao’s hand.
