At the foot of Tianman Peak, pavilions and towers are built against the mountain, stretching like a small town.
Tao Fengnian personally took Jiang Yuebai into the servants' hall, which was crowded with children as young as Jiang Yuebai, clamoring and holding up their servant tokens to report for registration.
The five disciples in charge were so busy that they were exhausted and shouted at the top of their lungs.
"Don't rush or push. We will register you all today."
Jiang Yuebai blinked. He didn’t expect that so many people would come to register on the last day. Could it be that they all broke through to the first level of Qi training today
Jiang Yuebai stood on tiptoe and looked around. She still remembered some of the children. They all had five spiritual roots. There were only a few with four spiritual roots, and all of them were menial disciples.
It seems that the one-month limit can still force everyone to make progress.
A familiar girl came into view. She was dark-skinned, and Jiang Yuebai didn't know her name. He was behind her on the stairs to immortality, so he had a good impression of her.
She clearly had the aptitude of three spiritual roots and was an outer disciple, so how come she only broke through on the last day
Jiang Yuebai's gaze caught the girl's attention. When their eyes met, the girl quickly looked away and fiddled with her bangs.
Jiang Yuebai understood that she must be hiding like him.
"Isn't this Mr. Tao? What brings you to the errand hall?"
The older steward with a moustache saw Tao Fengnian and came forward eagerly. Although he was the steward of the miscellaneous service hall, he still wore the miscellaneous service token around his waist.
Tao Fengnian had a calm expression and rubbed Jiang Yuebai's head. "Register this apprentice for me. This is Hu Laoba, the manager. He has some friendship with grandpa. Call him Brother Hu."
Jiang Yuebai nodded obediently, "Senior Brother Hu."
Hu Laoba looked at Jiang Yuebai and his eyes twitched a little. Tao Fengnian was a spiritual farmer, so he should have an apprentice with better qualifications.
The little girl looked smart and pretty, but she just broke through to the first level of Qi training on the last day. How good could she be
"Junior sister is smart and cute. She is a promising talent. It is just a matter of time before she can build her foundation and form her elixir. Elder Tao has a good eye. Give me the token and I will register the junior sister right away."
Hu Laoba laughed, and Jiang Yuebai handed over the servant token with both hands.
Tao Fengnian lowered his head to look at Jiang Yuebai, who winked and whispered, "Grandpa, don't worry. I'm better at saying nice things than he is. I won't get carried away by a few compliments."
Tao Fengnian touched his nose. These days Jiang Yuebai flattered and praised him every day. When they walked, he would say that he walked like a dragon and a tiger, and was still strong and vigorous. He used all the idioms he had learned on him.
As he spoke, he opened his big, clear eyes and sounded particularly sincere, which made him feel like singing a song.
The token was quickly replaced, with Jiang Yuebai's name added to it. Tao Fengnian and Hu Laoba had something else to talk about, and there was some noise in the house, so they asked Jiang Yuebai to wait outside first.
Outside the courtyard, under a tree, Jiang Yuebai walked around in circles, muttering to himself and reciting Taoist scriptures.
As soon as he looked up, he saw Hong Tao, whom he hadn't seen for a month, walking into the yard with a sullen face. Two servants followed him, bending over and reporting something.
Jiang Yuebai's eyes curved, she didn't dare to disturb him and just watched quietly. She later found out that Hong Tao was also a cultivator who had reached the perfection of Qi training, and she should call him Senior Brother Hong.
Hong Tao felt something in his heart. He looked up and his eyes fell on the token on her waist, staring at it for a moment.
Jiang Yuebai's heart sank and she saw a hint of disappointment in Hong Tao's eyes. She opened her mouth and was about to speak, but Hong Tao just walked away.
Jiang Yuebai's eyes gradually dimmed and he clenched the corner of his clothes.
"If you want to tell him, go ahead. Hong Tao is a trustworthy person."
Tao Fengnian walked out and just saw the scene just now.
Jiang Yuebai shook his head. "Even if you are a young genius, you will become a mediocre person if you don't work hard. You taught me that the road to becoming an immortal is long. Talent can only determine the starting point, not the height."
"Don't worry, Grandpa. One day, I will make everyone look up at me instead of looking down at me."
Tao Fengnian rubbed Jiang Yuebai's head with heartache. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to ask her to hide. He always felt that he had wronged her.
But it was too far-fetched to risk her life and bet that the inner sect Yuanying Zhenjun would see her talent, accept her as a disciple and protect her.
Her breakthrough in two days and one night showed that her root value was very high, very likely nine. Ten meant she was born with a spiritual body, and nine meant it was full in terms of spiritual roots.
This level of aptitude may not be looked down upon by cultivators with single or double spiritual roots, but there are many people in Tianyan Sect who are stuck because of their aptitude.
So what if possessing someone else's body is against the will of heaven? In order to survive and to keep going, there will always be people who will take risks. Even he was tempted for a moment. This is his biggest worry.
But he also knew that after today, this little girl would definitely shine and would no longer be able to hide her brilliance. All he could do was teach her more skills.
"Let's go to the Tibetan Academy."
The 36 peaks of Tianyan Sect are named after the 36 Tiangang stars. Tianman Peak is one of them. The Miscellaneous Services Hall, which manages miscellaneous services, and the restaurant that provides food for miscellaneous services and outer disciples are located at the foot of the peak.
The External Affairs Hall that handles the sect's external affairs, and the Internal Affairs Hall that handles the sect's internal affairs are located at Fengyao.
The outer gate library and the lecture hall where daily lectures are given are at the top of the peak.
Tao Fengnian took Jiang Yuebai to the Internal Affairs Hall, introduced her to a familiar senior sister, and briefly introduced her to the matters concerning accepting sect missions.
The inner gate tasks are divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. Among them, the D category tasks are the most complicated, ranging from small tasks such as cleaning the cave residence of Jindan Zhenren to large tasks such as going out to fight against goblins and ghosts, and the list goes on.
There were only three Class A tasks at this time, hanging high in the center of the main hall of the Internal Affairs Hall. Jiang Yuebai saw one of them at a glance.
[The drought demon has been causing trouble in Lin'an County, Qingzhou, Yunguo for more than three years. Master Guquan will go to fight against it. He needs five foundation-building disciples to help him. The reward is 50,000 contribution points.]
[Note: This drought demon is elusive and hard to find. It controls hundreds of zombies and is extremely difficult to deal with. Sects in various places have lost over a hundred people. I urge all disciples to be cautious.]
Isn’t Qingzhou Lin’an County her hometown
So at that time everyone said that the drought was caused by the chaos in the world. Is there really a drought demon
Jiang Yuebai was watching as a group of five people walked into the main hall. The leading female cultivator, dressed in red, was eight feet tall and strong, even taller than the two male cultivators behind her.
She looked ordinary, but had an air of standing proudly like a lone peak. Carrying a sword case on her back, she walked forward and directly received the task of Hanba, then led the four people away in a hurry.
"That is Yu Qiuchi, the disciple of Canghuo Zhenjun of Tianxiong Peak. She has dual spiritual roots of gold and fire, and is in the late stage of foundation building. She is an expert in refining weapons. The treasure box behind her contains 36 different weapons. She is the number one on the foundation building combat power list in the sect."
Jiang Yuebai was eager to kill the Hanba with his own hands to avenge his parents and brother. At this moment, he also sincerely hoped that Master Guquan and Uncle Yu Qiuchi would return victorious and not let the Hanba harm innocent people again.
As we climbed higher, we saw distant mountains and nearby hills, which seemed hazy and confusing.
"Talismans are the source of all things. Pangu created the world, and the Dao cannot be described. Cangjie created characters, and the Dao has its own methods to follow. The ancient tortoise shell script and the ancient cloud seal script are the talismans that are closest to the Dao. If you want to learn how to make talismans, you should first learn tortoise shell cloud seal script..."
Outside the lecture hall, there was a clear and powerful voice, with ups and downs in the preaching.
Jiang Yuebai stood outside the courtyard and saw that the square of the main hall was filled with disciples of the sect, and there were also dozens of people inside the main hall.
The disciples inside the hall were wearing blue clothes, they were outer disciples, the disciples outside the hall were wearing gray clothes, they were menial disciples, and the middle-aged male cultivator who was teaching at the head was wearing white clothes, he was the inner sect foundation-building master.
Jiang Yuebai was fascinated after listening to just a few sentences. She had also been learning tortoise shell script and cloud seal script recently, and had many questions she wanted to figure out. She walked towards the gate of the courtyard involuntarily, but was pulled back by Tao Fengnian by the collar.
"There are classes every day. Get the lecture schedule and come back next time. You have been late today. The Tibetan Academy will close in half an hour."
Jiang Yuebai was reluctant to leave. He used to think that Huaxi Valley was vast, but now he realized that the area outside the valley was even more boundless.
She is so insignificant that she has nowhere to hide here. The world is so vast, and there are so many ways to do things. She wishes she could learn them all.
There is a nine-story tower in the library, and many outer disciples go in and out of the tower.
Tao Fengnian told Jiang Yuebai that the books on the first floor of the tower were scattered all over the place, including geographical travel notes, strange stories, insights into spiritual practice, and recipes for farming.
"You don't need to contribute points to read the first level. You can come here often in the future to read more books and increase your knowledge. You may find some unexpected gains."
"The second floor contains Qi Refining Stage techniques and Taoist methods, ranging from the ninth to seventh grades, as well as some martial arts. The contribution points required to redeem them are different. You now have a chance to redeem a ninth grade technique. Have you decided what to redeem?"
Tao Fengnian looked at Jiang Yuebai patiently. Along the way, he roughly introduced the basic nine-grade skills of Tianyan Sect to Jiang Yuebai and waited for her to make her own choice.
Jiang Yuebai glanced at the rows of bookshelves inside. There were tens of thousands of books and jade slips. There were too many for her to choose from.
After thinking it over, Jiang Yuebai said, "I am young and have little experience, so please help me choose one, Grandpa."
In fact, Tao Fengnian had already made a plan, but he didn't want to deprive Jiang Yuebai of the right to choose, so he asked her first.
If she has her own ideas, he will follow her. It's just a ninth-grade martial arts technique, so it doesn't matter if he chooses the wrong one. He can make up for it himself.
"In that case, then choose the Five Elements Rotation Method."
Hearing this, the old steward of the Cangshu Academy who was in charge of rubbing the jade slips glanced at Jiang Yuebai and said, "Are you sure you want this? This is not a technique. Although it is ranked as a ninth-grade technique, it contains scattered five-element conversion methods. It is not a system and cannot be practiced."
Without waiting for Tao Fengnian to explain, Jiang Yuebai said, "Grandpa said he wanted this one, so let's take this one."
Tao Fengnian swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. This girl's words could make him feel soothed.
The old steward shook his head and went in to help find the "Five Elements Rotation Method".
"I'll just wait here. While there's still time, go to the first floor and take a look around."
Jiang Yuebai was delighted when he heard that, and he ran downstairs and started looking through the books on the nearest bookshelf.
Pick up a book called "A Collection of Five Flavors", which is a travelogue written by a wandering cultivator who calls himself Wuwei Shanren while traveling around Yunzhou.
"I have fought all my life and devoted myself to the Yun Kingdom. However, the treacherous officials have brought chaos to the court and forced me to take care of my husband and children. It is really a joke! So I resigned from my post and traveled."
"As I traveled along the way, I saw the vastness of the mountains and rivers, the vastness of the sky and the earth. I suddenly felt that the court was so small. Half a lifetime of intrigue seemed like child's play. It is better to fight against the sky than against others. Only in this way can I feel refreshed. Once I realized something, I entered the great way through martial arts..."
"Bitch! I actually bumped into you here!"
Jiang Yuebai was reading with great interest when he suddenly heard a shrill female voice. A shadow came over him and Lin Suiwan rushed in front of him and snatched the book away.
(End of this chapter)