Chapter 56 - Ji Lin’er

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Ji Mo, come with me!” shouted the pretty woman, whose surname was Ling. She had been in charge of calculating the results previously.

Her name was Ling Yanfei. She was an inner disciple who was on the fifth tier of the Qi Plundering Boundary, and her strength far exceeded that of Leng Jianyun’s. In fact, in the eyes of Qi Plundering Boundary cultivators, outer disciples like Ji Mo would be treated lukewarmly or even sneered at. However, at that moment, Ling Yanfei started to look at Ji Mo in a different manner.

After witnessing Ji Mo’s skills, if he were to join the inner sect, his future would be promising as long as he did not cause any major trouble that angered the crowd. Cultivating in the inner sect would be smooth-sailing and he might even surpass her. Therefore, there was a slight difference in the way Ling Yanfei looked at Ji Mo compared to the other outer disciples.

Ji Mo followed behind Ling Yanfei, and after 7 to 8 turns, they finally reached a room. In that room, Elder Xu was waiting for him with something in his hand. It was a purple jade box.

Ji Mo’s attention was focused on the purple jade box. If he guessed correctly, this purple jade box contained the prize of the Hunting Competition, the seventh-grade spiritual medicine—the Golden Elixir Pill!

“Ji Mo, step forward,” said Elder Xu after he took a look at Ji Mo and smiled.

“Aye,” Ji Mo acknowledged as he walked up and stood in front of the elder.

Sure enough, Elder Xu handed the purple jade box to him and said, “This is the first prize of the Hunting Competition, the seventh-grade spiritual medicine called the Golden Elixir Pill. There’s also a treasure pouch in it with some Qi Gathering Pills which is the reward for the slaughtered demonic beasts. The alchemy elder cultivated this Golden Elixir Pill by sacrifice. It can propel a person with an eighth-tier tempered body to the ninth-tier. A really good quality Golden Elixir Pill can even bring you to barely achieve the Qi Plundering Boundary.”

As he described the spiritual medicine, Elder Xu passed the purple jade box containing the Golden Elixir Pill to Ji Mo.

Ji Mo’s eyes contained a flash of delight as he accepted it. Then, he kept the Golden Elixir Pill without batting an eyelid. With the Golden Elixir Pill, an ordinary person could break through two tiers. However, the Celestial Devil Tempering Art that Ji Mo cultivated consumed a lot of spiritual medicine. Although the pill was a seventh-grade spiritual medicine, with Ji Mo’s eighth-tier tempered body cultivation base, an upgrade to each tier required a massive amount of consumables.

The Golden Elixir Pill could only enable Ji Mo to be reincarnated once at best, but to rely on it to break through to the Qi Plundering Boundary was simply impossible.

Seeing that Ji Mo had accepted the Golden Elixir Pill, Elder Xu said with a smile, “In the inner sect, the alchemy elder has a high position. His willingness to refine a Golden Elixir Pill as the prize for Tianyuan Academy’s Hunting Competition shows that the inner sect takes the cultivation of the outer disciples seriously. In the inner sect, besides the alchemy elder, there’s also the technique-relay elder, the divine power elder, and three disciplinary elders. Every elder has divine strength. Under the three disciplinary elders, there are another seven elders, and the disciples under them are called true disciples. The highest authority in the Tianshan Sword Sect is the sect leader. There are currently five disciples under the sect leader, also known as the Five Tianshan Saints. When you enter the inner sect, you will gradually understand.”

Ji Mo nodded and continued listening to Elder Xu’s introduction of the inner sect without interrupting. He knew that Elder Xu was giving him a headstart on the knowledge about the Tianshan Sword Sect, which meant that he already regarded Ji Mo as an inner disciple. Based on Ji Mo’s ability, joining the inner sect in the future was a given.

After that, Elder Xu was silent. Ji Mo thanked him for sharing the knowledge.

“Elder Xu, I’d like to go back to my hometown for a while,” Ji Mo said.

“Oh? missing home?” Xu Lao chuckled.

Ji Mo smiled. “I’ve not been home for a very long time. Now that I’ve obtained the Golden Elixir Pill, and once I break through the Qi Plundering Boundary, I’m afraid there’ll be no chance for me to visit my family. So, before entering the inner sect, I wish to visit my parents.”

“Hmm…sure thing.” Elder Xu nodded and pulled out a black token. “This token is proof of entering the inner sect. After you’ve gone back and broken through the Qi Plundering Boundary, just bring this token directly to the Tianshan Sword Sect to be admitted as an inner disciple.”

“Thank you.” Ji Mo received and kept the token. He saluted Elder Xu and Ling Yanfei. After that, he turned around and left the room.

Only after Ji Mo left did Ling Yanfei’s expression shift. She looked at Elder Xu and said, “Elder Xu, why didn’t you ask him about Dong Hao? Previously, I heard that Dong Hao and Ji Mo had a bet before they entered Mount Luofu. The death of Dong Hao and the others, as well as the injuries Chen Ran sustained, must’ve been Ji Mo’s doing.”

“Of course, I know.” Elder Xu smirked enigmatically.

“Then, why didn’t you interrogate him?” Ling Yanfei could not understand it.

Elder Xu laughed. “You’re confused. The young man’s strength far exceeds that of Dong Hao and Nangong Ye’s. After he enters the inner sect in the future, and as long as he doesn’t cause any trouble, he will overtake us. With his qualities, even if the sect knows about the incident, they won’t do anything to him. Instead, they will focus on his training. If we interrogate him, he’ll hold a grudge against us. Won’t we be his target when he gains power in the inner sect?”

“Hmm…that’s true.” Ling Yanfei nodded.

“Sigh, we’re those who were given up by the inner sect, especially me. I’m old and can’t have any more breakthroughs. I’m stuck. When it comes to these qualified and strong disciples, we mustn’t go against them,” Elder Xu lamented sentimentally.

“Hmm, got it,” Ling Yanfei said with a sigh.

…

Ji Mo walked out of Tianyuan Academy and went straight to his quarters to pack. He then left the place he had been calling home for two years.

After that, he went back to his clan. If there were no setbacks, at his current level of strength, once he reached his clan, they would focus on nurturing him. He would be given massive amounts of spiritual medicine for his cultivation. Together with the seventh-grade spiritual medicine, the Golden Elixir Pill, breaking through to the Qi Plundering Boundary would not be a challenge. As for Tianyuan Academy, he may not be able to return to it anymore.

Instead, he would go to Tianshan Sword Sect to be an inner disciple.

After sorting everything out on the second day, Ji Mo prepared to leave.

“Nan Hao, wait for me at the inner sect. I’ll get even with you. As for Du Jia…I wonder which of us will enter the inner sect first.” Ji Mo turned around to look at Tianyuan Academy and a smirk appeared at the corner of his mouth. He got up and covered more than 10 meters in a single leap. Then, he took another leap and traveled more than 100 meters away until his figure disappeared into the distance.

Ji Mo’s clan was not that far away from Tianyuan Academy. Otherwise, in the beginning, when he had sent a message to his clan in the morning, he would not have received the supplies that his mother had sent in the same evening. If he traveled at his fastest, he would basically arrive in half a day.

A written message could be simple and should be conveyed when necessary.

By noon, Ji Mo had already reached his clan’s city, Moon River City. Although it was not a large city and could not be compared to the ancient cities of the cultivation world, in the mortal world, it was considered a robust city. This was because there were two major families in Moon River City, and they were both cultivation clans.

One of them was Ji Mo’s Ji family, and the other one was Du Jia’s Du family.

There were many people from the mortal world living in Moon River City, and the Ji family ran a mortal world’s business. Although they were connected to the cultivation world, they could not compare to the true cultivators like the Tianshan Sword Sect. However, they would not give way to smaller religious sects.

Standing in front of the familiar entrance, Ji Mo drew in a deep breath. He had not returned for two years since he was sent to Tianyuan Academy to study, so he had not visited his mother.

After adjusting his clothes, Ji Mo walked up to the door. Almost at the same time, a ray of light descended from the sky and illuminated the entrance of the Ji family’s residence. As the ray of light faded, there stood a beautiful young woman. She was 28 years old with a lovely face and she had a divine aura. Her black hair was tied into a ponytail and was full of vitality.

She had arrived by maneuvering the ray of light. Fortunately, no one was around. Otherwise, she would have caused a ruckus and she would be labeled as a goddess that had descended on Earth.

“Second Sister?” Ji Mo was stunned.

The young woman’s name was Ji Lin’er, and she was Ji Mo’s second sister.