Hearing Qi Wei's words, Ye Li nodded, a look of gratitude appeared on his face, and said: "Elder Qi, I was able to get the invitation so quickly this time, I guess you guys also helped me behind the scenes, right?"
Qi Wei smiled and shook his head when he heard this, and said, "We did plan to help you. Regardless of whether you have met the reputation requirements of the Imperial City, we will give you the qualification to enter the city for trial.
But not long after you left, we discovered that your reputation was even more famous than we had imagined. The news that I specially recruited you in Paradise City had spread throughout the world, and many people had heard of your name.
From this point of view, your reputation is already loud enough and fully meets the requirements of the Imperial City.
Your strength and age are beyond doubt, so the elder in charge of recruiting sent you a letter as soon as possible, asking you to come back directly.
With your strength, it would be a bit unfair for others to take part in the trial to enter the city, so we also suggested to the city lord not to let you go through the process of the trial to enter the city.
Anyway, you have already participated in that trial and passed it successfully. For you who have further improved your cultivation, it will not be difficult to pass it again. If you participate again, you will take up someone else's place and we will have one less potential disciple to recruit.
The city lord also accepted our suggestion and agreed to recruit you directly..."
As he spoke, Qi Wei took out two sets of dark blue clothes and a token from under the table and placed them in front of Ye Li, saying, "Come, Ye Li, these are your clothes and token, put them away first."
Ye Li took a look at the dark green clothes, a puzzled look appeared on his face, and he said: "Elder Qi, haven't I been demoted to yellow level? How come I was promoted to black level now?"
Qi Wei smiled and explained: “Before you left last year, we didn’t know the details of the battle to retake the Northern Four Bases, but later we learned that you had made such a great contribution on the battlefield.
Our fortress was able to save the last group of people thanks to your help. Otherwise, we would have suffered even greater losses like the other three fortresses.
What you did over there has been known to the city lord and other inner court elders. For the first time, they have reached a consensus on your opinion and decided to upgrade you to the Xuan level."
After hearing Qi Wei's explanation, Ye Li nodded in understanding and said, "As long as it is recognized by the city lord and other elders, it will be fine, so as to avoid being sent back home next year."
Hearing the slight resentment in Ye Li's words, Qi Wei smiled embarrassedly and said, "Ye Li, I am indeed ashamed of what happened in the past. I hope you don't take it to heart anymore.
Now that you can return to the Imperial City, we will never let a talent like you be sent away so easily again."
After hearing Qi Wei's words, Ye Li's resentment finally dissipated.
Then, Qi Wei said: "Ye Li, we have reserved your residence for you, right where you lived last year.
You can go back, change your clothes, and then go meet your friends.
After the trial to enter the city, there will be the sect competition. You don’t have to participate this time, and you will be treated just like the new disciples.
You are now in the gestational stage. According to our regulations, disciples who can reach the gestational stage before the age of 28 are eligible to participate in the excellent group competition, so next year you will be directly arranged to participate in the excellent group.
If you can successfully get into the top five of the fetal stage, you will have a chance to regain your status as a ground-level disciple."
Hearing Qi Wei's words, Ye Li nodded.
Afterwards, because Qi Wei also had to receive other disciples who came to participate in the trial to enter the city, he did not let Ye Li stay with him for long.
Anyway, Ye Li was already very familiar with the Imperial City, so he let Ye Li go to the West Courtyard by himself and return to his previous residence to change his clothes.
After Ye Li left Qi Wei, he walked quickly towards the west courtyard. Everything in the Emperor City along the way looked the same as last year, which did not make Ye Li feel unfamiliar at all.
Soon, he arrived at the accommodation area and found his own cabin.
Just as he was about to enter, he glanced at Mu Tianzhi's house next door, walked over and knocked on the door unconsciously, only to find that there was no one inside.
Ye Li didn’t know where Mu Tianzhi had gone. He shook his head and could only go back to his room to rest.
After putting on the dark green clothes, Ye Li thought about his recent plans. In addition to practicing, he still planned to rely on casting to obtain enough contribution points.
His casting ability has reached the level of the upper-grade Xuan level, so now he can not only cast talisman weapons and armor, but also cast Xuan-grade upper-grade talisman treasures.
Before, he had seen news about people asking for and buying Xuan-level talismans at the place where he had undertaken the mission. It seemed that there was still a good market for top-quality Xuan-level talismans in the Imperial City.
If he uses contribution points to buy materials here, the actual consumption is not that large.
Even if the price of the talismans he sold was cheaper than that of his own shops in the Imperial City, he could still make a fortune.
He could simply cast talismans and other treasures together, and selling them at the same time would only allow him to earn more.
Ye Li now fully realizes the value of cultivation resources. As long as he has enough contribution points, he can exchange them for enough things he needs in the Imperial City, and his combat effectiveness and realm can be greatly improved.
After thinking for a while, the sky was gradually darkening, and suddenly there was a knock on his door.
Ye Li was slightly stunned, then opened the door, and a familiar face appeared in front of him.
"Ye Li, hahaha, it really is you, you are finally back.
I was just walking outside and suddenly I saw a light coming from your room. I didn't know if you came back or if there was a new person moving in, so I came over and knocked on the door to try.
I didn't expect that you really came back. This is really great!"
Mu Tianzhi's originally dull face was now filled with joy.
Seeing Mu Tianzhi again, Ye Li's face was also full of joy. After letting Mu Tianzhi enter the house and sit down, he said, "Brother Mu, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you and Brother Huang doing here?"
When Mu Tianzhi heard Ye Li's question, his face suddenly darkened and he said, "Oh, don't mention it. My situation here is fine, but your brother Huang's situation is not so good.
Some powerful guys from the East Courtyard had returned from outside and became Yue Meng's new backers.
The strength of these guys ranges from the middle stage of the Descending Spirit to the early stage of the Nurturing Fetus. Our people are much weaker than them, so we suffered a lot."