19 Busy elders

Rudra spent the next few days with his clan members telling more lies about, where he lived till now, who was his mother, why had he come to the clan now...

Rudra was now afraid to slip up the number of lies he had to tell these days had been more than the number of lies in his past life combined, He could only blame the curiosity of the younglings of the clan. Whenever he told a new lie, the righteous Rishi would grumble in his mind and tell him how bad it was to lie. He could only curse back at Old Rishi for not modifying the face a little.

He had met up with Second Elder Miller who had accepted his request to tag along when they returned to Pine Leaf Town.

Various Sects in the region held competitions for accepting disciples in their sect at different towns at regular intervals, and Pine Leaf Town was going to organize one of these Sect entrance events.

"It is the first time such an event is happening in Pine Leaf Town the city lord was very enthusiastic about the whole matter.", Miller chimed in.

"It could be a very good opportunity for our clan members.",Roebuck said.

All the clan members between the age of 12 to 19, were going to follow Second Elder Miller to the Pine Leaf Town to attend this event.

Rudra also planned to enter this event and use this chance to enter a sect.

'A sect would allow me to awaken my Immortal Spirit and I can learn different Immortal techniques than the ones from Giri clan or the Exiled Demon Sutra.'

As Rudra was cultivating furiously for the awaited day he had reached the third stage of Qi Condensation and was a slimmer of Qi away from entering Middle of Qi Condensation stage.

Soon the day for setting out came; 7 youths with second elder Miller and few second-generation members set off towards Pine Leaf Town which would take them about 11 days to reach.

The journey was smooth as the tranquil forest was one of the most peaceful forests on the continent it might still be dangerous for mortals but it posed no harm to a bunch cultivators of Qi condensation stage with a Foundation realm Cultivator.

Rudra cultivated furiously on the carriage on the way and on the 9th day of travel he finally broke through to the 4th stage of Qi condensation. He spent the rest of the journey consolidating his middle Qi condensation cultivation.

The Next day a wooden wall appeared in their vision. When they reached the wooden town gate they were allowed to pass by the guards after some checks.

Rudra was able to see that this town was small but a considerable crowd was present in the town that packed its roads,

"The Sect Entrance Ceremony has caused many youths to travel to this town.", Miller said as if he could foretell the question the curious younglings where pondering.

Rudra realized the overcrowding in the town was due to the awaited event, many people from nearby villages have traveled to the town of Pine Leaf.

"Ahh, you guys have come at the right time the sect elders that have come oversee the event have decided to finish the event quickly.", one of the second generation clan members appeared when they entered into their residence.

"What do you mean?", Miller questioned the man in front of him.

"They ran into something important so they want to wrap up the event faster."

Everyone became quiet the man continued with his explanation.

"The competition rules have changed, the elders have asked the participants to gather at noon they will announce how they plan to take in new disciples.",

"Let's go now.", Miller ordered as the younglings followed behind to go to the designated area.