“If I’m not mistaken, this is its invisibility function,” Huangfu Yuan said. “Some spirit tools have additional functions, such as defense or attack. This one’s should be invisibility. Even I can’t see through it, which means its concealment effect is quite good.”
You Yu was delighted to hear this.
This way, no one would know she had a Kongjian Huanjie on her!
It was just that this thing didn’t seem to have had its fill of her blood yet—the spatial function hadn’t been activated, so she couldn’t store things in it with her Storage Bag.
Huangfu Yuan noticed her smile stretching nearly ear to ear and said, “The gift has been delivered. I still have some matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave now.”
You Yu was taken aback. “You’re leaving?”
Huangfu Yuan nodded, then took out a token made of an unrecognizable material. “Tomorrow is the day of the test. You can go directly to take it in the morning. Take this token, and you’ll be able to choose whichever sect you wish to join.”
You Yu took the token, and he turned and left.
She watched him go, then closed the door, threw herself onto the bed, and rolled around joyfully.
She had officially stepped through the gates of Xiuxian.
She had a spirit tool that concealed her constitution.
And she had a Kongjian Huanjie.
“Huangfu Yuan is such a great person!”
After marveling for a moment, she remembered she could now use her Storage Bag. She went to the basket, retrieved it, and tried channeling a wisp of Lingqi into it. The Storage Bag seemed to unlock, and its contents were laid bare before her.
Ten thousand Lingshi were neatly stacked together—a sight that brought her joy.
She took one out. The pure white stone looked unremarkable, but holding it in her hand, she could feel dense Lingqi.
“This doesn’t look like the Lower-grade Spirit Stones described in the books. Aren’t Lower-grade Spirit Stones supposed to be transparent? This looks more like a Mid-grade Spirit Stone.” You Yu grew even more excited.
She had only asked for ten thousand Lower-grade Spirit Stones, but Huangfu Yuan had actually given her ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones!
One hundred Lower-grade Spirit Stones were equivalent to one Mid-grade Spirit Stone, which meant this was like having one million Lower-grade Spirit Stones!
You Yu’s face was about to cramp from smiling.
“Huangfu Yuan is such a great, great, great person!”
After being excited for quite a while, she finally calmed down and continued sitting in meditation to cultivate.
Although her Huo Linggen had already reached the first level of the Lianqi Period, her Mu Linggen hadn’t yet. Besides, when she used to read novels, they always said you needed to consolidate your Xiuwei after advancing.
The next morning, she woke up intending to go take the test, but suddenly felt the Kongjian Huanjie’s craving for her blood. She directly poked at yesterday’s wound and pressed the ring against it.
This time it came on even stronger. You Yu only had time to say “Holy crap” before she fainted onto the floor.
…
When You Yu woke up, the sun was shining right in her eyes.
The orange-yellow sunlight filled her with a sense of foreboding. Sure enough, when she went downstairs to ask, it was already afternoon—the sun was about to set!
She cursed inwardly and sprinted toward the testing square.
By the time she got there, it was already pitch dark. All she saw was an empty square and a few young people preparing to leave.
She noticed that these people had just come down from the high platform, which meant they were from the sects recruiting here!
She ran up to them, and before she could even speak, a baby-faced young man in a water-blue robe said, “Are you here for the test? Today’s testing has already ended.”
You Yu could obviously see that the testing was over, but she needed to join a sect to learn and cultivate. So she looked at the only woman in the group with a pitiful expression. “I got delayed by something and arrived late. I walked for many days just to get here for today’s test. Could you possibly make an exception for me?”
The woman looked at her frail, small frame and felt a pang of sympathy, but still shook her head. “It’s not that we don’t want to make an exception. The testing spirit stones have already been taken away. There’s nothing we can do.”
“That’s fine, that’s fine! I can already cultivate—I have a Linggen. Can I join your sect?” You Yu asked.
She remembered from the books which sects had come to recruit disciples this time, and they were all decent. She had originally planned to just pick one at random.
Now, she had no choice—only the sect in front of her remained.
“You have a Linggen?”
“Yes, I have a Shuanglinggen of fire and wood, but I don’t know what my aptitude rating is.” But it definitely wasn’t bad—she had only been cultivating for a few days and had already advanced.
“This…” The woman looked at the other men.
“Senior Sister, why don’t we just take her in? We came down the mountain this time and haven’t recruited a single person. If we go back empty-handed, we’ll be mocked by the neighboring Ten Thousand Beasts Sect again.” The baby-faced young man said with a grimace.
“That’s right. Even though she’s late, it’s not like we can’t make an exception.”
“Exactly. Senior Sister, I want a junior sister too. That Ji Wu got a junior sister, and look how smug he is. I want one too.”
“Alright then.” The woman nodded and said to You Yu, “What’s your name?”
“Reporting to Senior Sister, my name is You Yu.”
The woman nodded. “My name is Ji Qing, and I am the senior disciple of Taiyi Zong. From today on, you are our junior sister. These are your third senior brother Liao Xing, fifth senior brother He Fan, and sixth senior brother Rong Xuan.”
You Yu: “…” Wasn’t this junior sister being accepted a bit too hastily?
Also, these names seemed somewhat familiar, didn’t they?
“We’re heading back to the sect now. I’ll explain things about the sect on the way,” Ji Qing said, then led the group out of the city. She took out a model of a ship, and after infusing it with Lingli, the ship grew considerably larger, enough to accommodate seven or eight people.
You Yu was brought onto the Feichuan. After they had been underway for a while, she suddenly let out a cry, drawing the attention of the others who were in the middle of a conversation.
“Junior sister, what’s wrong?” asked the baby-faced one, who was the fifth senior brother, He Fan.
“I, I…” You Yu was stunned, not knowing how to say that she had just recalled the description of Taiyi Zong from the novel.
Taiyi Zong—poor, small, and ultimately wiped out entirely, with the whole sect annihilated!
The novel hadn’t mentioned that Taiyi Zong participated in this recruitment test!
No wonder they accepted disciples so casually—they’d take anyone who was willing to come, right?
Was it too late for her to back out now?
Facing four pairs of staring eyes, and looking at the altitude of over a hundred meters, she wisely swallowed her words about quitting.
Sigh, well, it wasn’t like the sect would be destroyed tomorrow. She’d just take it one step at a time.
“Senior sister, you accepted me as your junior sister just like that. Will Master agree to it?” You Yu asked.
Even the worst sect wouldn’t take in disciples so directly, would they?
Ji Qing’s expression stiffened for a brief moment, but she still told the truth: “Master said that if we could find anyone willing to take us as masters during this trip down the mountain, we should accept them.”
“Huh?”