Nine days later, in a small town at the foot of Tianshui Sect Mountain.

Because the Tianshui Sect wanted to recruit outer disciples, the town was crowded with people at this time, and the queue for signing up to become outer disciples stretched all the way from the mountain gate to the foot of the mountain.

Fang Chaozhou had inquired and found out that the period for recruiting outer disciples this time was three months and it was almost over. Registration would stop in seven days.

"Then we came at the right time." After the brown pheasant said this, Brick looked at Fang Chaozhou. When he saw the ordinary, even ugly face in front of him, he couldn't help but choke.

After several days, it still couldn't get familiar with this face.

After all, the pretty boy’s own face is prettier.

In order to hide his identity and sneak in as an outer disciple, Fang Chaozhou changed his appearance and turned himself into another person, and also changed his voice. Not only that, he also turned the brown pheasant into a little sparrow. After all, his mistress had seen a brown pheasant before.

Fang Chaozhou looked at the crowded scene and touched his chin, "There are too many people. How long will it take for me to get a seat?"

The brown pheasant's eyes lit up, "Are you planning to cut in line?"

"No, I'm going to buy something." Fang Chaozhou said.

After a while, an outlier appeared at the end of the line of people who were queuing up to become Tianshui Sect's outer disciples.

I saw the alien sitting on a recliner, holding a storybook in his left hand, stroking sparrows with his right hand, and an umbrella suspended above his head by magic to shade him from the sun.

The other monks were very surprised to see this scene. They had never seen people queuing up to register, and in such a casual manner.

Most people were a little disgusted, but a small number of people were somewhat moved.

They have been standing here for a whole day, how could they not be tired?

So there were several more people in the queue sitting on chairs. After one, two more came. After two, four came. Soon, even the owner of the chair store came over to do business.

Sitting is indeed more comfortable than standing, the person who bought the chair thought.

There were many female cultivators among the people queuing, and they all set their eyes on the umbrella above Fang Chaozhou's head. In the past, they would only hold umbrellas when it rained, but now it was noon and the sun was scorching. It was really uncomfortable and it would also damage their appearance. The female cultivators cared about appearance. They saw that although Fang Chaozhou was a little ugly, he had very fair skin.

Could this be the effect of holding an umbrella?

Soon, many people holding umbrellas appeared in the team.

Of course, not everyone chose to queue up sitting on chairs and holding umbrellas. They believed that Fang Chaozhou and others were being completely dishonest and that a big sect like Tianshui Sect that adhered to rules would definitely look down on these people.

Fang Chaozhou didn't pay attention to what was happening outside. He asked the brown pheasant to help him keep an eye on the team, while he was reading a storybook with great concentration. The book he was reading now, "The Big Belly Playboy", was so melodramatic that he couldn't stop reading it.

"Do you know what I just saw?"

Yu Kangxuan was registering information, and when he heard his junior sister talking, he replied, "What did you see?"

“I saw a lot of people sitting on chairs queuing up.” The junior sister replied.

Yu Kangxuan raised his head when he heard this, "Sit on a chair and queue?"

"Yes, many people are sitting in line. I saw it when I was handing out the queue numbers just now. They are quite smart and know that this saves energy."

Ever since the Tianshui Sect started recruiting outer disciples, there have been so many people lining up every day that the disciples in charge of registration have to take turns.

They were tired, and the people in the queue were tired too. Once tired, conflicts started. Some of them were weak and fainted while standing.

This time, many of the outer disciples who came were those who had not yet completed the Qi-drawing and foundation-building process, and their bodies were no different from those of ordinary mortals.

Yu Kangxuan smiled, lowered his head again, and continued to register, "This is good, so that more people won't faint."

"Brother, who do you think came up with this idea? I have never seen anyone sitting on a chair to queue up. When I first joined the sect, I waited in line for a whole day and night and almost died." The younger sister recalled the past with a look of regret on her face.

Yu Kangxuan said: "This is easy, just go and ask who was the first to sit on the chair."

When the junior sister heard this, her eyes lit up, "I'll go ask."

Not long after, she came back and said, "Brother, I found out that the first person to sit in line on a chair was a man named Fang Zhuo. He also held an umbrella. He was the only male cultivator holding an umbrella."

When Yu Kangxuan heard this, he couldn't help but frown. This man named Fang Zhuo knew so well how to make himself live more comfortably, but he might not be suitable for cultivating immortals.

If you want to become an immortal, the most basic step is to be able to endure hardship.

Therefore, before even meeting Fang Zhuo, Yu Kangxuan had already developed a dislike for this man named Fang Zhuo. The sun gradually set, and when the last ray of light was swallowed by the clouds, lanterns were hung above both sides of the line to illuminate the people who were still in line.

Fang Chaozhou looked at the lantern above his head, then took out a bottle of something from his storage ring. He poured some of the liquid into his hand and applied it to his wrists and behind his ears where his clothes could not cover.

He picked up some more liquid on his fingertips and patted it on the brown pheasant's feathers.

Someone saw his actions and couldn't help asking, "Brother, what are you doing?"

"Deworming." Fang Chaozhou replied.

The man was stunned, "Why do we need to deworm?"

Fang Chaozhou pointed to the lanterns above and said, "Mosquitoes like light. It's dark all around except where we are queuing. There is light there, so mosquitoes will definitely come over. Mosquitoes are really poisonous this autumn."

"We can set up a barrier to keep out the mosquitoes." the man replied.

Fang Chaozhou pursed his lips and smiled, "I don't know how long it will take. You are consuming your spiritual energy to set up the barrier now. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to pass the test later?"

The man's expression suddenly became serious when he heard that. He immediately looked through his things, but unfortunately, he didn't have any anthelmintic medicine. In the end, he could only look at Fang Chaozhou awkwardly, "Brother, can you sell that to me? Or give me some and I'll pay for it."

Fang Chaozhou raised his eyebrows and handed over the things he had just put away. "No need to pay. Everyone has difficulties when they are away from home. I will lend it to you."

"Thank you. My name is Yao Yucheng. I am the seventh son of the eldest branch of Yao's Villa in Daocheng. I will remember your kindness in lending me medicine. May I know your name?"

The person who spoke was the one whose precious water magic weapon Shui Lingyu was robbed by Fang Chaozhou before. However, he came to Tianshui Sect to become a disciple and changed his face to his own. Fang Chaozhou wore a veil when he robbed before, and although Yao Chengyu heard his voice, he changed his voice now.

So by some strange coincidence, neither of them recognized each other.

Fang Chaozhou repeated the pseudonym he had casually mentioned earlier, "Fang Zhuo."

"Brother Fang, if you need any help in the future, just tell me." Yao Yucheng had been out for so long, and this was the first time he met someone who treated him well without charging him any money. What A'niang said was right, there were still good people in this world.

Thinking of this, Yao Yucheng couldn't help but think of the man who had kidnapped him several times. When he joins the Tianshui Sect and successfully becomes an inner disciple from an outer disciple, he will definitely find that man to take revenge.

There was only one piece of Shui Lingyu in the world. Although the man covered his face, as long as he saw who was holding the Shui Lingyu, he would know who the robber was.

When it came to the quarter after midnight, it was finally Fang Chaozhou's turn.

He put the stool into the storage ring and gave his name.

Hearing the word "Fang Zhuo", Yu Kangxuan raised his head. He looked at Fang Chaozhou carefully before writing Fang Chaozhou's pseudonym on the rice paper.

"Age?" Yu Kangxuan said coldly.

Fang Chaozhou paused for a moment before replying, "Twenty-five."

"Have you ever practiced before? What level are you at?" Yu Kangxuan asked again.

Fang Chaozhou said: "I have practiced and just established my foundation."

After Yu Kangxuan registered the information truthfully, he pointed to the spiritual bead next to him and said, "Put your hand on it to test your spiritual roots."

Fang Chaozhou did as the other party said and put his hand on it. Almost as soon as he put his hand on it, the spirit bead turned green. After a while, the spirit bead turned white.

When Yu Kangxuan waited for the spirit beads to stop changing color, he wrote the five words "gold and wood dual spirit roots" on the rice paper. After writing, he looked up at Fang Chaozhou and said, "Your two spirit roots conflict with each other and are not suitable for cultivation."

Yao Yucheng was standing behind Fang Chaozhou. Hearing this, he couldn't help but speak up first, "What should we do? Brother Fang has been waiting in line for so long."

Yu Kangxuan glanced at Yao Yucheng and said in a colder voice, "People here have been queuing for such a long time. Does that mean that we, the Tianshui Sect, will accept them just because they have lined up?"

Yao Yucheng frowned, "That's not what I meant, I just..."

Before he could finish his words, a hand held his arm, stopping him from saying anything else.

"It's okay. Don't worry about me." After stopping Yao Yucheng, Fang Chaozhou turned his head and looked at Yu Kangxuan. "The test just now might be wrong. Can I test it again? I only tested the wood spiritual roots before."

Yu Kangxuan frowned, "The spirit bead will not make mistakes, there is no need for you to test it again, please go back."

Fang Chaozhou said slowly, "Whether it's right or not, we'll know after trying it once. If the result is still that I have dual spiritual roots of gold and wood, then I'll leave on my own."

Yu Kangxuan frowned even more tightly. He put down the brush, folded his hands and leaned back, "You test it."

Seeing Yu Kangxuan's bad attitude, Yao Yucheng wanted to go up and argue with him, but as soon as he took a step, Fang Chaozhou, who was standing in front of him, turned his head and looked at him.

Those eyes were gentle and soft, and so was his tone, "Brother Yao, it's okay, don't worry."

The anger that Yu Kangxuan had provoked in him inexplicably disappeared when he met those eyes.

After Fang Chaozhou calmed Yao Yucheng down again, he placed his hand on the spirit pearl despite Yu Kangxuan's cold face. The spirit bead instantly turned green. Yu Kangxuan looked at the spirit bead, waiting for it to turn white, but it did not change and remained green.

"This..." Yu Kangxuan stood up, "This is impossible, the spirit pearl cannot be wrong!"

Seeing Yu Kangxuan being slapped in the face, Yao Yucheng couldn't help but sneer, "What's impossible? Isn't your spirit bead wrong now?"

Fang Chaozhou took his hand back and said calmly, "This spirit bead has tested so many people in one day, so it's normal for it to have some mistakes."

Yu Kangxuan glanced at Fang Chaozhou and put his hand on the spirit bead. He had fire and earth spirit roots, so the spirit bead could change into two colors, red and yellow.

He watched the spirit bead turn first red and then yellow. Just when he was about to say that this spirit bead was correct, he saw with his own eyes that the spirit bead turned white again.

He was found to have three spiritual roots: fire, earth and gold.

Yu Kangxuan's expression suddenly turned extremely ugly. He slowly withdrew his hand from the spirit bead and looked at Fang Chaozhou. "Wait a moment."

He turned around and called a fellow apprentice, and not long after, that fellow apprentice came over with a new spirit bead. Yu Kangxuan tried it himself first, and after repeated tests, he found that both were fire and earth spiritual roots. He then called a few fellow disciples over, and when no abnormalities were found, he pushed the spirit bead in front of Fang Chaozhou.

"This can't be wrong, test it again."

Fang Chaozhou put his hand on it, and the spirit bead turned green, and no other color appeared.

Seeing this, Yu Kangxuan had no choice but to pick up the pen and change the “dual spiritual roots of gold and wood” he had just written to “spiritual roots of wood”. People with only one spiritual root are fully qualified to be inner disciples, and he cannot kick them out here.

So Yu Kangxuan could only write Fang Chaozhou's name on the piece of paper that showed he passed the test. As soon as he wrote the name, someone next to him handed Fang Chaozhou a wooden sign.

"Congratulations on passing the test and becoming an outer disciple of our Tianshui Sect."

Fang Chaozhou took the sign, thanked them, and stood with the group of people who had just been selected. The Tianshui Sect is not particularly strict in selecting outer disciples. As long as the qualifications are not particularly bad, they will basically be accepted.

However, Fang Chaozhou knew that this level was only the first one. Outer disciples were worthless, and those accepted were basically just groceries. After several years, they might only be able to learn a little bit of the basics. Many people who came here because of their reputation could not stand it and would leave on their own in the end.

But Fang Chaozhou didn't care about this, he just wanted to get into the Tianshui Sect.

Yao Yucheng, who was ranked next to Fang Chaozhou, passed the test very quickly. He was from a noble family, had fire spiritual roots, and his cultivation had passed the exciting stage, so it was almost impossible for him to be eliminated.

As soon as Yao Yucheng got the wooden sign, he immediately walked to Fang Chaozhou and said, "Brother Fang, I passed too."

"Congratulations." After congratulating Yao Yucheng, Fang Chaozhou looked up at the sky. Today's test should be almost over. He would need to absorb water spiritual power soon, otherwise he would not be able to control it.

"I'm happy, I'm happy." Yao Yucheng saw Fang Chaozhou looking up at the sky, and he looked up too, but he didn't see anything except the moon. "Brother Fang, what are you looking at?"

Fang Chaozhou said slowly: "I'm wondering when I can go to bed."

Although their voices were not loud, the people around them were all monks and almost everyone heard it. After hearing this, Yu Kangxuan snorted coldly. He would definitely drive such a lazy and undisciplined person out of Tianshui Sect.

Yao Yucheng was stunned when he heard Fang Chaozhou's words, "Brother Fang, you are not happy because you passed the test, but you are just thinking about when you can sleep?" Seeing that the other party did not refute, his eyes instantly turned into admiration, "Brother Fang is really free and easy, this is the kind of person my mother said, not happy with things or sad with himself, Brother Fang is a noble person, I admire you."

Fang Chaozhou: “…”

Brown pheasant: “…”

Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but glance at Yao Yucheng. Seeing the other's bright eyes, he pursed his lips and said, "I'm really just thinking about when I can go to bed. It's not as serious as you think."

"Brother Fang, you don't need to explain. I know that people like you don't want to be worshipped because you think these things are unimportant. I won't say more. I, Yao Yucheng, have recognized you as my elder brother. Now I realize how vulgar I was. I was so angry over a precious water magic weapon. Brother Fang, I will definitely learn from you!"

Seeing Yao Yucheng's expression as if he wanted to treat him as an idol, Fang Chaozhou turned his head away silently, "As long as you are happy."

When Yao Yucheng heard this, he immediately said, "I will be happy every day! Don't worry, Brother Fang!"

The brown pheasant, who witnessed the entire process, sneaked up to Fang Chaozhou's ear and whispered into his head, "He's a fool."

Yao Yucheng's eyes fell on the brown pheasant. He looked at it again and again, but couldn't help but asked, "Brother Fang, is the sparrow on your shoulder a pet?"

"Not a pet, but a friend." Fang Chaozhou replied.

Another half an hour passed, and the day's test finally ended.

As soon as the test was over, someone took them to their accommodation.

There were a dozen people in their group, including three girls. The three girls were taken to other places by the leading female nun, while the remaining men were divided into two rooms, one with bunk beds for eight people and the other with bunk beds for six people.

When Yao Yucheng saw the accommodation conditions, he immediately asked the monk who sent them here, "I'll pay you, can you give me a single room?"

The monk looked at him and said, "This is Tianshui Sect. Everything must be done according to the rules of Tianshui Sect. It's not enough to have money. No one will take your money here. Just put away your spirit stones." He looked at the others and said, "These are the conditions for outer disciples. If any of you cannot accept them, tell me now and I will send you down the mountain."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. No one wanted to be sent out just after coming in.

Yao Yucheng was dissatisfied, but he could only endure it. Fortunately, although it was a dormitory room, it was clean, odorless, and the bedding was new.

Yao Yucheng and Fang Chaozhou entered the room late, and all the seats against the wall had been taken, so they could only sleep in the middle. After washing up, Yao Yucheng got on the couch and smelled the quilt for a long time before lying down. As soon as he lay down, he saw Fang Chaozhou taking out the mattress from the storage ring.

Fang Chaozhou replaced the mattress and pillow with his own, then took off his coat and lay down in the bed. As soon as he lay down, he set up a barrier and began to absorb water-based magic weapons. He closed his eyes only after absorbing more than a dozen low-grade water magic weapons in a row. Before closing his eyes, he asked the brown pheasant to cast a spell to immobilize him.

He had just entered the Tianshui Sect today, so he couldn't afford to make any mistakes.

Once he becomes more familiar with the Tianshui Sect, he can go and ask about his mistress's residence. Once he knows the address, everything will be much easier.

Thinking of this, Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but have a face emerge in his mind.

That face was obviously the most beautiful, but it had a pair of extremely cold eyes that made it impossible for people to feel close to it. But the colder these eyes are, the more many people want to see them stained with desire.

However, Fang Chaozhou was calm. He came here only to cure his illness. He saved Xue Danrong, and she was his former mistress, so it was only right for her to help him treat his illness.

If Xue Danrong is unwilling, then he will have no choice but to force himself on her.

He wouldn't bully the other person until he cries, right?