After a simple welcome for the new disciples, the disciple recruitment ceremony officially began.
"I'm your master, Perfected Qing Yun.”The old man introduced himself at the end.
Hearing him reveal his identity, the few people standing beside Liang Xi whispered to each other.
Liang Xi listened carefully. She knew that Perfected Qing Yun was the vice sect master of the Heavenly Spirit Sect. There were two vice sect masters in the sect. Apart from Perfected Qing Yun, there was also Daoist Ning Shui. However, it was strange that Daoist Ning Shui was not here today.
The sect master of the Heaven's Spirit Sect, Daoist Qing Mu, had started cultivating in seclusion more than a year ago. This was not a secret in the Heaven's Spirit Sect, so Daoist Qing Yun was now in charge of all matters.
The Sect Leader and the Deputy Sect Leader were not responsible for teaching disciples. This time, Liang Xi and the others were their 12 disciples, both male and female.
Liang Xi was wondering how these new disciples could find a suitable master for themselves. At this time, she saw the girl who had made a bet with her walk out with a wooden tray. The wooden tray was covered tightly with a thick cloth.
Perfected Qing Yun smiled as he opened the cloth and saw transparent sticks inside. They were neatly marked with scales.
Every new disciple was given a small stick, and when it was given to Liang Xi, Xue Yurou didn't even look at him with a straight face, causing Liang Xi to lose interest in teasing her.
"Please hold the stick in your hand and place your thumb on one end of the stick. Then, stand on the platform one by one.”Perfected Qing Yun instructed," Start with the person standing at the front.”
There was a lotus-shaped stone platform between the new disciples and Perfected Qing Yun. The first disciple stood on the platform in fear and held the small stick in his palm according to Perfected Qing Yun's instructions.
A moment later, a flash of light appeared on the stick, and it began to grow from the bottom up one grid at a time.
The disciple looked at the stick in his hand with wide eyes. Finally, the flashes stopped at the number twelve.
Perfected Qing Yun nodded and gestured for the people beside him to record it.
"This is a spirit testing rod to test your current True Qi. It is to ensure that the aptitude of the disciples your master has accepted is more average.”Perfected Qing Yun explained when he saw the confusion on the faces of these new disciples.
The new disciples revealed a look of sudden realization, so they secretly began to compete, hoping that their aptitude would be better than others.
Chen Shuci's score of 18 squares made Perfected Qing Yun's eyes flash with a glimmer of light. His 12 disciples also whispered to each other, hoping that they could teach this talented disciple.
The previous highest score was only 13 squares, and Chen Shuci's 18 squares were almost full marks!
The new disciples looked at Chen Shuci with envy.
Chen Shuci smiled and bowed to Perfected Qing Yun. Under everyone's admiring gazes, she returned to the team. The 18-gauge Spirit Testing Rod in her hand was as eye-catching as it could be.
Liang Xi observed for a while. Ordinary disciples were generally at the 10th or 11th grid. Basically, their aptitude was considered mediocre. There were only a few people who were over 13.
What surprised Liang Xi was that the self-righteous Junior Sister Xue from yesterday also had the highest score of 17 squares. This showed that she was a good seedling for cultivation.
Junior Sister Xue was very satisfied with this result. After all, this was the second highest result so far. She glanced at Perfected Qing Yun, then turned around and arrogantly returned to the new disciples. Of course, she was also pursued and flattered by many people.
Someone whispered something into Perfected Qing Yun's ear. Perfected Qing Yun smiled and nodded as if he had expected this.
When it was Liang Xi's turn, he felt at least three pairs of eyes staring at him.
One was from Chen Shuci, and he didn't know what this kid was up to. The second one was from Junior Sister Xue. She was a little nervous, afraid that Liang Xi's would be higher than hers. The third one surprised Liang Xi. It was actually from her master, Perfected Qing Yun.
" What kind of ambiguous look is that old man giving me? It's so annoying…" Liang Xi mumbled as she walked to the stone platform and casually pressed her thumb on a section of the spirit testing rod.
The surrounding air seemed to freeze for a moment, and then it quickly regained its flow. A faint purple light began to rise slowly.
to one pattern
two squares
Three squares…
In the end, it stopped at the seven-bar scale.
Junior Sister Xue first let out a long sigh of relief, then looked at Liang Xi with disdain. Seven squares, this was the lowest score so far.
Chen Shuci's eyes flashed with confusion, but he quickly covered it up.
The new disciples looked at Liang Xi, who was standing on the stage. Some were sympathetic, some were disdainful, and most of them were disdainful. The seven squares could only mean that this person's talent was too mediocre. It was pitiful that he still had a happy expression. They really didn't know how those old disciples were beaten down by him yesterday.
Liang Xi walked down the stage without a care. If anyone around him dared to look at him, he would glare back at them one by one. His gaze was more ferocious than others.
Liang Xi stood at the back of the line. After he finished the test, there were not many people left, but in the end, there were still two people who had relatively high scores. One was Yuan Shuang, who scored 15 points, which was quite high. He smiled sincerely at Liang Xi, and Liang Xi waved her hand to congratulate him.
The other was a pretty girl. Liang Xi didn't hear her name clearly. Her score was seventeen squares, which was the second best score among the new disciples.
Beautiful women were more likely to attract attention, especially beautiful girls. This young girl moaned in front of so many people's burning gazes and actually ran down with her face red, causing everyone to laugh.
After a while, everyone's results for the day were tabulated. Perfected Qing Yun pressed his hands down. When it was quiet, he said in a clear voice,"Later, I will tell everyone who their master is. Now, I will invite all the new disciples to eat first. I am afraid that you are tired after climbing so many steps today. Chen Shuci, Xue Yuning, Liang Xi, Lin Xian `er.”
Finding those three people was one thing, but finding Liang Xi, the one with the lowest score today, was really confusing.
Some people maliciously speculated that the vice sect leader might be planning to persuade Liang Xi not to stay in Heavenly Spirit Mountain, lest she lose face and go home to sell sweet potatoes.
Liang Xi herself did not understand why Perfected Qing Yun was looking for her, but that old fellow had been looking at her with an especially ambiguous gaze from the beginning to the end. It might not be anything good.
Yuan Shuang squeezed through the crowd and patted Liang Xi's shoulder, comforting him,""It's okay. The Taoist priest might have something to tell you. You don't have to take their results to heart. Their results are good because they had someone at home to tutor them in cultivation.”
Liang Xi could tell that he was sincerely comforting her and nodded."Then I'll go first. See you later."
After bidding farewell to Yuan Shuang, Liang Xi, Chen Shuci, and the others followed a young disciple to a side room at the side of the hall.
Liang Xi only found out today that Junior Sister Xue's name was Xue Yuning. The little girl had suffered a huge loss at his place yesterday and was thinking of using his embarrassing results today to stimulate him to get back at her. However, after being frightened by Liang Xi's fierce expression, she froze on the spot and did not dare to say anything.
Lin Xian `er was the girl who was ranked second with Xue Yuning. Her long hair draped over her shoulders, and she had a long braid tied behind her head. She was mischievous and cute, and her expression was very docile. However, the noble aura she exuded made it impossible for others to ignore her.
The four of them were led into a side room. Chen Shuci pulled the young disciple and cupped her hands."How dare you do this for your senior brother?”
The young disciple smiled." This is where Master usually receives guests. Please wait a moment. Master will be here in a while."”
There were many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls of the room. Liang Xi and the others looked around curiously.
Chen Shuci was the first to react.""This is the authentic work of Xie Zihui, the master of ink painting!”
Lin Xian `er covered her mouth in shock,"This calligraphy is Bai Qi Wang's wild cursive!”
The two people they were talking about were both famous masters on the continent. Then, the four of them realized that none of the items hanging in this house were ordinary. Any one of them could be sold for a family of five to live a lifetime of wealth.
Chen Shuci's face was full of admiration.”
Lin Xian `er and Xue Yuning nodded their heads in agreement. To be able to gather the authentic works of so many famous masters from all over the continent, even the Chu King Palace might not be able to do it. This showed how great the Heaven's Spirit Sect was.
Liang Xi took a sip of tea and snorted coldly."That's all."
Xue Yuning naturally wouldn't give up on the opportunity to taunt Liang Xi. She immediately said sarcastically,"If you don't understand, then don't casually comment. Which of these people can you comment on? Be careful not to make a fool of yourself."
Liang Xi naturally wouldn't let the little girl suppress it for so long. She drank the tea in one go and said rudely,"Everyone has one shoulder and one head. They don't have anything more than me, so why can't I comment on them? Besides, since they dare to write and draw, why can't I comment? Those who were timid weren't born yet, but those who dared to give birth to them weren't afraid of death.”
Liang Xi's words made Xue Yuning speechless. She then said,"I saw that Master hung these so-called paintings of everyone outside instead of collecting them. It can be seen that these famous painters are not very important in Master's eyes. As the saying goes, there are many acquaintances in the world, but there is no one you know.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the disciple who had just left pushed open the door and entered."Master invites Chen Shuci, Xue Yuning and Lin Xian `er to wait in the other room.”
Not long after the three of them left, Perfected Qing Yun's hearty laughter rang out in the room."What a good way to say that you know everyone in the world. Liang Xi, can you let Master see what your true results are?”
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