Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. Su Jiuli had to leave Tianling Sect for some business. After Ye Sisi went to the neighboring courtyard to see Bai Luochen, she leisurely wandered around Tianling Sect.

Since the return of Cangling Domain, Ye Sisi has not had a proper chance to explore Tianling Sect. The Tianling Sect is now divided into outer sect, inner sect, and seven peaks. Although there are not too many disciples, they can be seen moving around in places such as the mission hall, spirit beast garden, spirit plant peak, and library.

She was still planning to take on a few apprentices. Zhou Liang and Zhou Ruoshui were good candidates. Zhou Ruoshui was Zhou Liang's younger sister. However, she would have to wait until her fifth senior brother woke up before taking on any more apprentices. She would also look around and see if she could take on five, six, seven, or eight more.

Ideally, she would take in a few Golden Core cultivators, Nascent Soul cultivators, and Deity Transformation cultivators, and then pick up a few younger ones. The older ones would mentor the younger ones, hehehe. She could then be a hands-off manager. Anyway, she has money now, so providing some financial support to her disciples is not a problem. As for the rest, she would learn from her master and beat them up from time to time when she had free time. The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

As Ye Sisi walked, she arrived at the outer gate of the Tianling Sect. A low sobbing sound came from afar. She raised an eyebrow. Judging from the sound, the one crying should be a little boy.

She flashed to the place where the crying came from, and saw a little boy of six or seven years old curled up on the ground. His little face was dirty, there were several footprints on his moon-white robe, and there were even some bloodstains on his sleeves.

Ye Sisi coughed lightly, and the little boy who was wiping away his tears stopped crying abruptly. Then, he couldn't help but hiccup a few more times. When he saw Ye Sisi standing not far away, he quickly got up and said tremblingly, "Disciple Lu Yi greets Elder Ye."

Ye Sisi smiled and helped him up, asking, "Why are you crying? Were you bullied?"

Lu Yi shook his head: "I wasn't bullied, I just got a little injured while sparring in the training ground."

Looking into those clear, innocent eyes, Ye Sisi continued, "How long have you been practicing?"

Lu Yi lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Reporting to the elder, it has been one year, two months, and three days since I entered the sect."

Ye Sisi was taken aback when she heard this. "How do you remember it so clearly?"

Lu Yi banged his head even lower, but didn't say a word. He couldn't very well say that he was calculating how long he had endured these hard times.

Seeing that Lu Yi didn't speak, Ye Sisi didn't ask any more questions. This little guy had only just reached the second level of Qi Refining after more than a year of cultivation. His talent was indeed average. In addition, he was young and would be beaten from time to time, so it was inevitable that he would feel wronged.

Since she had nothing else to do, she simply sat down on a rock not far from Lu Yi and asked, "Is cultivation difficult?"

Lu Yi glanced at Ye Sisi furtively but didn't dare to say anything.

Ye Sisi deliberately put on a stern face and tried to keep her voice flat as she said, "This elder is asking you a question."

Lu Yi stiffened, and answered in a trembling voice, "Bitter."

"Then why do you still need to cultivate?"

Although Lu Yi was scared, he still honestly said, "I don't want to cultivate, but my parents want me to cultivate well so that I can protect the family in the future. But I don't like cultivation, I don't like sword practice, and I don't like fighting. The senior brothers and sisters and elders who guide us are too ruthless. I get beaten up badly every day."

"Are you the only one in your family who joined the Heavenly Spirit Sect?"

"Well, in our family, only my eldest cousin and I have spiritual roots, but my eldest cousin failed the Path of Inquiry, so I joined the Heavenly Spirit Sect. However, I also have a good friend with me."

Ye Sisi nodded and continued, "Since you don't like cultivating or fighting, what do you like to do?"

Lu Yi glanced at Ye Sisi cautiously: "Can I tell you the truth?"

Ye Sisi nodded, suppressing a laugh: "Of course."

"I love eating delicious food. My biggest wish used to be to become a really, really good chef. Then I could eat whatever I wanted, go to many, many places, and eat a lot of delicious food. But I can't do that now. I've become a cultivator. I have to cultivate every day. When my cultivation level is higher, I will have to go out on missions like everyone else. Missions are very dangerous. Several times I've seen them come back pale-faced and covered in blood."

"Since you're so scared, how about I give you a chance to leave the Heavenly Spirit Sect? Then you can go home and do whatever you want, and you won't have to go to the training ground to get beaten up every day. You can eat whatever you want."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi quickly shook his head, and tears that hadn't stopped for long started falling again: "That won't do, Elder Ye. If I go back, what will happen if those bastards bully my parents? I do like to eat delicious food, and I really don't like fighting, but I don't want my parents and brother to be bullied. So please don't send me away. I can stop liking to eat delicious food from now on. From now on, my favorite things are cultivation and fighting. Please don't send me away."

Ye Sisi narrowed her eyes slightly upon hearing this: "Were you often bullied before?"

Lu Yi shook his head, then nodded: "I guess so. I don't know the specifics, since I'm still too young. I only remember that the Feng family liked to cause trouble for our family. They would always steal my food and beat me and my brother. When my grandfather was still alive, I would have a large group of friends following me when I went out, and no one ever bullied me. But my grandfather died in a secret realm, so many people wanted to steal our things. My father is not as strong as my grandfather, so he can't beat them at all."

Ye Sisi reached out and patted the little boy's head. Judging from what the child said, he had not had a good time, at least for a period of time before entering the Heavenly Spirit Sect. With such a big change in his family, it was rare that this little boy could still maintain his childlike heart. She would first investigate his background and what was going on with the Feng family. Having another simple-minded little disciple who liked to eat seemed like a good idea.

"Alright, I won't kick you out. But in the cultivation world, strength is paramount. If you cry all the time, you won't be able to protect the people you want to protect. Only when your fists are hard enough and you are strong enough can you protect the people you want to protect and do the things you want to do. Of course, cultivation isn't just about fists; you also need to be reasonable and distinguish right from wrong."

Seeing the little one's blank expression, Ye Sisi sighed. It seemed that she was not suitable to teach a disciple. Her values ​​had long been formed, and she had her own judgment on what she could and could not do after being nurtured under the five-star red flag for so many years.

But how should I teach a child like this? Never mind, let's stop here for today and talk about it after I formally accept him as an apprentice.

If I can't teach them myself, I'll leave them to my senior brothers and sisters. Speaking of which, the cultivation world seems a bit unscientific. These little kids don't understand anything, they can't even recognize all the words. If they only know how to cultivate and don't know how to be a good person, they'll easily go astray in the future.

Even if one always maintains a pure heart, it is still easy to be taken advantage of and schemed against when one goes out into the world, and one's moral heart may be tarnished. So, shouldn't we set up an enlightenment class or a morality class?

Well, I'll have to tell my junior disciple Chen Yue later. As the Tianling Sect grows larger, it will only take in more and more disciples. It's fine for the older ones, but it's impossible for every younger one to have a master. So someone must guide their values.

Don't underestimate this seemingly small matter; if not handled properly, it could lead to a major disaster.