348 Failure to get promoted due to being too proud
No matter how many times he came here, Gu Dong was always fascinated every time he saw this majestic palace.
He turned his head to look at Jiang Xin and the others who were following him. Seeing that they looked normal, he thought they were pretending to be calm: "If you feel surprised, just show it. No one will look down on you for it."
Jiang Xin felt that his words were incoherent and strange: "Why are you surprised?"
"Have you ever seen such a magnificent palace?" Gu Dong asked with a smile.
Jiang Xin looked at the palace carefully for a moment, his face conflicted.
[This palace is luxurious, but not to the point of shocking people, right? 】
[Qiu Ye Palace is bigger than it.] 】
[The caves of many senior brothers and sisters on the Refining Peak are not only more beautiful than this one, but also use much better materials. 】
[Seeing how excited he is, I'd better not tell the truth, so as not to upset him, right? 】
Jiang Xin didn't want to tell the truth, nor did she want to lie, so she could only remain tactically silent.
The others, who had seen big scenes and understood the ways of the world, nodded in agreement, which to a great extent satisfied the vanity of Gu Dong and Yao Hengtai.
There was no need for servants in the huge palace, only a few puppets serving Yao Hengtai.
Gu Dong led everyone in and saw Yao Hengtai sitting on a reclining chair that looked like a dragon throne, looking at them with satisfaction.
"I can indeed give you one pseudo spiritual root, but the best pseudo spiritual root I have right now is the five spiritual roots."
The spiritual energy of cultivators with five spiritual roots is mottled and difficult to purify, and they are generally considered to have low qualifications.
However, because many high-level cultivators with five spiritual roots have emerged in recent years, many sects have changed.
It’s just that it’s difficult to cultivate the five spiritual roots. If given a choice, cultivators would still prefer a single spiritual root.
Pseudo spiritual roots obviously fall into the category of “options”.
The fellow disciples looked at each other in silence, obviously guessing that Yao Hengtai still had something to say.
As expected, Yao Hengtai paused and then said, "You have two choices now. First, I will implant a pseudo spiritual root with five spiritual roots into Jiang Xin so that she can embark on the path of cultivation. Second, if you achieve something soon, I can find you a high-quality pseudo spiritual root with four spiritual roots or even three spiritual roots."
Lin Yan asked cautiously: "What does it mean to achieve something?"
Yao Hengtai smiled and uttered four words: "Teaching and educating people."
Chu Linfeng was puzzled: "We have just been admitted to the academy, and it is still a long way to go before graduation. How can we achieve something by teaching and educating people?"
"You have good qualifications and will be able to graduate from the academy soon. I will send you to various places in the Great Zhou. As long as you can gain a foothold in the local area, I can replace Jiang Xin's high-quality pseudo spiritual roots." Yao Hengtai said.
Everyone looked at each other, and soon sensed something else in his words.
Wu Xin asked tentatively, "Senior, do you want us to open academies in various places like Dean Gu and spread the doctrine of 'World Tree Saves the World'?"
Yao Hengtai nodded. Seeing that they were young, he pointed out: "In order to cover up the achievements of the World Tree, the court often does not allow people to publicize them. What we have to do is to let everyone know the truth that has been covered up and expose the court's conspiracy. Do you dare to go against the court?"
A cultivation court like the Great Zhou has many high-level cultivators and is extremely powerful. Many sects are unwilling to provoke him, let alone some small cultivators with no background at all.
Yao Hengtai said this to test the will of Lin Yan and others, and to test the effectiveness of Gu Dong's mind-control technique today.
Lin Yan and the others looked at each other and said in unison: "Teaching and educating people is our responsibility and we cannot shirk it."
Yao Hengtai raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.
The technique of confusing the mind is indeed useful, especially when dealing with these low-level cultivators, it is easy to capture them.
It seems that if we strengthen them for another two or three days, we can release these young men to do their work.
It’s just that their cultivation is a bit low, only at the Qi Refining Stage, so they need Gu Dong to guide them in building the foundation as soon as possible.
While Yao Hengtai was thinking about his future plans, he asked Lin Yan, "What do you choose?"
Lin Yan pretended to think for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "I hope that Senior will grant my junior sister a pseudo spiritual root now."
Yao Hengtai was surprised. He thought Lin Yanyan chose the second option: "Would you rather have a fake spiritual root with five spiritual roots?"
Lin Yan had already thought of an excuse: "My fellow disciples and I have only a limited cultivation base, and we have already gone through numerous hardships to get here. When we leave Xuanlin Village in the future, we don't know how much we can contribute to the academy. If we die halfway, not only will we not be able to achieve anything, but we will also delay the fusion of our junior sister and the pseudo-spiritual root."
"Instead of choosing such a dangerous path, it is better to let Junior Sister merge with the pseudo spiritual roots first. Even if she has five spiritual roots, as long as she practices diligently, I believe Junior Sister will be able to protect herself."
Yao Hengtai looked at him for a while, then looked at the others.
Wu Xin was the most reliable-looking person in the group, so Yao Hengtai focused his attention on him.
Wu Xin said: "Fake spirits have limited prospects. We don't expect Xin Xin to be able to ascend to immortality with just a fake spirit root. We just hope that she can protect herself and not be bullied everywhere."
At the end, he looked at Jiang Xin like an elder brother.
Jiang Xin understood and cooperated by hugging Wu Xin's legs: "Brother Wu Xin is so nice."
No matter how you look at it, they look like a loving brother and sister.
"What about you?" Yao Hengtai asked Chu Linfeng and others again.
"I'll listen to you, senior brother." Chu Linfeng said.
They are here to destroy the evil cult's den, not to truly help the cult, so of course they have to shorten the battle line.
Wen Ziqi was a little curious: "Where are our academy's branches located? Will we be assigned to these places in the future?"
"There are academies everywhere, not limited to the territory of the Great Zhou. If you study hard, you will naturally have a bright future." Yao Hengtai said with a smile, and said confidently, "Don't worry, since you are my disciples, I will naturally find a good way out for you and will not ask you to go to a place that is too remote."
Gu Dong's eyelids twitched, and he subconsciously wanted to steal a glance at Yao Hengtai, but he held himself back.
You yourself are trapped in this remote place, and you still have the nerve to make big promises to these kids?
You high-level monks, when you brag, not only do you not even prepare your words, you don't even look at yourselves in the mirror.
At this moment, Gu Dong even wondered if the reason he was stuck in the Jindan stage for so many years and had not been able to advance to the Yuanying stage was because he was too proud.
He didn't dare to say these words, but Jiang Xiao did.
The little guy looked up and saw that Lin Yan and the others didn't say anything, so he said in a baby voice: "I thought this place was remote enough, but I didn't expect there would be a place more desolate than this."
Yao Hengtai was a little embarrassed, but he didn't want others to see it, so he said seriously: "Xuanlin Village is just close to the border, it's a good place."
"What's good about it?" Jiang Xiao asked. Everyone, including Gu Dong, cast inquiring glances at Yao Hengtai.
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