Shen Yuan finally settled his gaze on the female disciple when he heard her asking, 'Hmm...they seem welcoming enough to me even though I am a male disciple.' He inwardly thought while observing the disciples. Explore more stories at m-vl_em,pyr
"I want to visit the training grounds." He answered her politely with a smile on his face.
The surrounding younger disciples blushed a little looking at his charming smile, seemingly seeing someone as handsome as him for the first time in their life.
The guard disciple's cheeks also turned a little rosy as she replied, "Yes, you can use spirit stones to use the spatial gate."
She told him after pointing at the prices at the side, Shen Yuan nodded and handed her the spirit stones before heading inside the portal leading toward the training ground.
Shen Yuan felt the familiar spatial fluctuations once again, this time much clearer than before as if the Space intent was already in his grasp.
But before he could grasp it completely, he felt his feet touching the solid ground as he reached the training grounds. The spatial gate behind him closed as he looked around to see several guard disciples observing him curiously.
But they didn't come forward to question him as the word about his presence in the sect had already spread around.
Shen Yuan also didn't mind them and walked out of the spatial portal, walking on the path toward the training ground of the outer sect.
He could see a few pagodas standing at the center of the training grounds from quite some distance away. Disciples were entering and leaving the training ground, casting curious glances at him.
Shen Yuan made his way towards the training grounds, his gaze still fixed on the few pagodas standing in the center, wondering what use they have since their design was quite similar to the Ancestral Pagoda's design.
He soon entered the training grounds, it had an impressive layout, private rooms for disciples to choose from, sparring rooms for training sessions, and a guidance hall where senior disciples share their experience or guide the younger disciples. Sometimes even outer elders come to guide the disciples there.
This was the perfect place for growing as it had that unique atmosphere of improvement around it. The place buzzed with activity as Shen Yuan strolled around.
Shen Yuan smiled lightly, "That's because I wanted to become an outer sect disciple first. I want to experience the life of a normal sect disciple."
The Young disciple raised her head and looked at him in confusion, "The life of a normal sect disciple?"
"Indeed." Shen Yuan nodded confidently.
"The life of a normal sect disciple as the only male outer sect disciple of an all-female sect?" She innocently questioned him, making his eyes twitch.
"...Close enough." He chuckled softly, then cleared his throat to change the subject, "Anyways, my name is Shen Yuan. We will be meeting a lot from now on."
The young disciple hurriedly nodded her head, "Ah yes, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Wan Ling. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." She formally introduced herself.
Shen Yuan's face turned a little nostalgic hearing her name, "Ling, hmm."
"Is something wrong with my name?" She asked him curiously looking at his weird expression.
"Ah, no, it's nothing," Shen Yuan smiled softly, his eyes flashing briefly with nostalgia. "Just... some old memories." He shook it off. "Anyway, it's nice to meet you, Wan Ling," he spoke with a gentle tone.
Wan Ling nodded her head politely while her cheeks turned a little pink from feeling flattered.
"Oh, by the way, do you know the purpose of those pagodas? They seem somewhat like the Trial Pagoda which I took to enter the sect." He finally asked for what he approached her.
Wan Ling nodded her head and replied, "Those pagodas are indeed an imitation of what you went through. But they are far too inferior compared to that from what I heard as other Sect's disciples also underwent these trials."
She continued, "They were made by our sect ancestors a long time ago, trying to mimic the trials of the pagoda. But because they never went inside the pagoda, they could only create it by what they heard about it from the disciples who underwent the trial."