CH 239

When Daoist Yixiao said this, even Feng Baixiao was stunned.

Daoist Yixiao looked at Feng Baixiao’s defeated look and let out a laugh in his heart. He then said to the other dozen people on the stage, “Alright, you guys continue testing your spiritual roots.”

Bai Lixin released the Spiritual Root Test Bead, and as soon as it left its attached body, the Spiritual Root Test Bead floated back into mid-air.

Not surprisingly, the remaining disciples all had three or four spiritual roots, and none of them was particularly outstanding.

After the last disciple finished testing his spiritual roots, Daoist Yixiao didn’t delay at all. With a slight wave of his hand, the spirit root test bead flew back into his hand, and he quickly put it into his storage bag.

With that short contact, Bai Lixin saw his spirit root displayed on the spirit root test bead.

It was a pure green glow, a single wood spirit root!

After Daoist Yixiao took the test bead back into his storage bag, he said to the disciples who were not assigned to a peak, “From today onwards, you are the outer disciples of the Sect. There will be an inner disciple selection every two years, and once you pass, you can become an inner disciple. ”

He paused and looked at Bai Lixin with a smile. “Except for you. Since you were opportunistic during the test, you will have to pay the price for it. You will not be allowed to participate in the inner disciple selection within ten years! ” With these words, Daoist Yixiao gave Bai Lixin another deep look before beckoning the wine gourd to fly away.

When Feng Baixiao saw that the matter was settled and had nothing to do. The disciples of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect who had been waiting to lead the outer disciples also walked towards them.

Feng Baixiao thought for a moment and eventually approached Bai Lixin: “What is your name, young man?”

The false gods now knew his real name, so to prevent being detected, Bai Lixin made up a fake name when he registered at the bottom of the mountain: “Senior Brother, this junior’s name is Chazijin.”

“Chazijin? Okay, I’ll take note of it. I usually live on the One Sword Peak near the Broken Sword Peak in the east. If you need anything, you can come and find me. ” With these words, Feng Baixiao did not wait for Bai Lixin’s response and flew away with his flying sword.

After Feng Baixiao flew away, Shui Kongling walked over. She stretched out her delicate jade finger and pointed at Bai Lixin’s nose, “Hey, remember that I’m your senior sister, Shui Kongling. If you dare ignore me again, see if I don’t skin you! ” With these words, Shui Kongling did not wait for his response and rode up the coloured diamond and chased after Feng Baixiao’s figure.

As people left one after another, Bai Lixin finally rolled his eyes and cursed in his heart: Are the people of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect all stupid? Giving a harsh word and then leaving? Crazy!

……

Although they were also called “disciples”, the treatment of outer disciples and inner disciples were worlds apart.

The most luxurious resource in the cultivation world was spiritual energy, and it was most concentrated at the peaks where the twelve peak masters lived. With the peak as the centre, the concentration of spiritual energy gradually thins out. The inner disciples could live close to the peaks, and the spiritual energy they absorb is denser and more abundant. The inner disciples could practise the unique cultivation methods within each peak and have vast resources, so they could be considered to have the right time, the right place, and met the right people.

As for the outer disciples, they are, to put it nicely, disciples; to put it more unpleasantly, they are just like servants.

As outer disciples, the Ten Thousand Sword Sect naturally prepared a set of common dao methods for them. But since these dao methods were common, they were not very profound and could only be described as introductory. They could only help one enter the Qi introduction stage. Any further hope for progress would be futile.

Since they were receiving benefits from others, they naturally had to pay for their labour. The outer disciples were responsible for almost all the chores of the clan, including washing clothes and raising herbs for the inner disciples and elders, among other jobs.

The outer disciples lived on a mountain farthest away from the main peak, where the spiritual energy in the air is extremely barren, as opposed to the inner disciples, who lived near the main peak, which was full of energy. Although it was barren, it was much more abundant than in the mundane world. So, although the outer disciples have their grievances, they suffer with peace of mind.

On his sixth day as an outer disciple, Bai Lixin was picking up his broom to continue cleaning the courtyard when Daoist Yixiao suddenly picked him up by the collar and took him on his wine gourd.

Just after Daoist Yixiao had flown away, Feng Baixiao landed. He looked at the half cleaned ground and the broom that had fallen to the ground. His eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced in the direction of Xuanyuan Peak and then left with a flutter of his sleeves.

Bai Lixin sat on the wine gourd, his hand secretly rubbing his forehead.

What was this Daoist Yixiao trying to do?

A yellow rune fluttered around his body, locking him in place and preventing him from moving. He could only sit quietly on top of the wine gourd. Daoist Yixiao was lying with his head propped up with one hand. He smiled at Bai Lixin and said, “Hello little Cha.”

Bai Lixin rolled his eyes upwards, “I have met Master Yixiao. I wonder if I have done something wrong. Why did senior uncle tie me up like this? I was only cleaning the courtyard. ”

“Hahahahaha,” Daoist Yixiao smiled cunningly, “You did nothing wrong; it’s just that I am short of a medicinal boy to take care of the herbs at Xuanyuan Peak. I think you are just right, so I decided to bring you with me. ”

Daoist Yixiao was heading to Xuanyuan Peak at that moment and Bai Lixin sighed softly and said helplessly, “But Senior Uncle Huang told me to finish cleaning the courtyard today.”

“Humph, your hands are for taking care of herbs, weighing and refining pills. How can you do something as wasteful as cleaning the courtyard?” Daoist Yixiao muttered in a small voice upon hearing this.

Bai Lixin’s ears were sharp, and his words drifted into his ears. Bai Lixin’s head was covered in black lines, but he had to pretend that he hadn’t heard anything: “What did you just say, Elder Uncle?”

Daoist Yixiao chuckled, “I was just sending a message to your Senior Uncle Huang, telling him that you will be helping me maintain the medicinal herbs at my Xuanyuan Peak from now on.”

No way! Lying! Liar!

The wind howled in his ears, and the breeze slashed violently past his face, scraping Bai Lixin’s cheeks raw. He took one look at Daoist Yixiao and closed his eyes to meditate.

They reached Xuanyuan Peak and the moment Bai Lixin opened his eyes, his face, which had been indifferent, finally began to crack. He could no longer maintain his calm expression.

Xuanyuan Peak was overgrown with weeds and wilderness. Xuanyuan Peak, as the only one of the twelve peaks with a focus on medicine, had no shortage of medicinal fields.

When Bai Lixin looked at the medicinal beds, he felt the desire to run away.

It’s not bad that there were medicine beds all over the place, but even a sharp-eyed person like Bai Lixin could only vaguely identify one or two herbs among the piles of weeds.

Was it like this all over the mountain?

After the fixation spell was broken, Bai Lixin asked Daoist Yixiao, “Uh, Senior Yixiao, on your…… majestic Xuanyuan Peak, who usually tends to the medicinal fields?”

“Originally, it was a few outer disciples, but after a long time, these outer disciples left and climbed down the mountain to return to the mundane world. In addition, these disciples didn’t know the characteristics of medicinal plants, so many good herbs have been ruined. After that, I simply did not use other people’s hands and did all the work personally. ”

Personally?

Seeing the doubt in Bai Lixin’s eyes, Daoist Yixiao coughed dryly and said, “However, I had to advance, so I went into seclusion to cultivate. I came out twenty years later and found the medicinal field looking like this. ”

Bai Lixin gritted his teeth and said, “Senior, you can continue to do the work yourself. Zijin is too stupid to be able to handle these herbs.” Bai Lixin accentuated the word “yourself” and turned around to leave.

“If you can go, just go. I’ll see how you can leave my Xuanyuan Peak without a flying magic weapon. ” Daoist Yixiao looked at Bai Lixin’s back calmly and said, confidently, with a flourish of his arms, “Don’t look at the majesty of my peak, but I’m the only one on it!”

Bai Lixin stopped abruptly and looked back at Daoist Yixiao with a tilted head. “Heh, is it something to be proud of when you are the only one at the top of such a large peak?”

Daoist Yixiao: “…… Of course. You have not yet entered the higher stages of cultivation. How will you live and survive on this peak if you have no food? ” Daoist Yixiao laughed. “Without me, you would not survive more than three days.”

Bai Lixin gave a scornful expression and staggered away from Daoist Yixiao, who was laughing up at the sky. He slowly walked towards the middle of the medicinal field. Daoist Yixiao hurriedly followed him, thinking with joy that Bai Lixib was going to compromise. However, Bai Lixin only went into a relatively comfortable thatched hut next to the medicinal field and sat down cross-legged. “What are you doing?”

Daoist Yixiao froze on the spot.

“Elder uncle, I want to prove that I can survive for three days without you.” Bai Lixin closed his eyes and slightly opened his lips to exhale.

Seeing that Bai Lixin was a hard nut to crack, Daoist Yixiao had no choice but to add, “Little fellow… you…okay if you can assist me with these herbs, I will be happy to teach you the dao practises of my Xuanyuan Peak’s inner disciples that have not been passed down to the outside world! ”

“The Dao of Xuanyuan Peak is so profound that it leads to the yin and yang of heaven and earth. It is a Dao that countless people can only dream of! But there is one condition. After ten years, when you participate in the inner disciple selection, you must enter my Xuanyuan Peak. ”

Bai Lixin still had his eyes closed. “Master Yixiao, at the time of the initiation trial, I remember that Senior Brother Feng of Broken Sword Peak also seemed to want me to go to Broken Sword Peak very much.”

Daoist Yixiao gritted his teeth and said, “That Broken Sword Peak cultivates the dao of gold and fire spirit roots.” It is simply a waste for you with water and wood spirit roots to go there. But it’s different here. The Dao technique I practise is for water and wood dual spirit roots, which is very suitable for you.”

“Senior Brother Feng said that my Water-Wood Dual Spiritual Root has the sign of mutation, which is also very suitable for their Dao.”

Daoist Yixiao was furious. He slapped the table and shouted, “Neither this nor that, what exactly will it take for you to come to my Xuanyuan Peak?”

Bai Lixin slowly opened his eyes and smiled gently, “I wish to enter the mystic realm of the demon race, which opens every ten years.”