Suddenly, the old man saw something and slapped a man who was looking at the mirror. Then, a ray of light flew out from the old man's hand and turned into a rope to tie up the man.
Seeing this, the disciples who had not yet been tested turned pale with fear and began to discuss among themselves in low voices.
"Shut up and continue."
The old man's voice was full of pressure, and his eyes swept over the disciples coldly.
The remaining disciples continued to walk under the Mirror of Inquiry one after another.
After observing for a while, Ran Changle finally discovered that if the person had ordinary qualifications and an ordinary family background, the old man would have no expression on his face after the test. If the person had average qualifications and an average family background, the old man would smile and show goodwill after the test. If the person had excellent qualifications or an excellent family background, the old man would even say a few words.
The old man had shown kindness to her before, but it was obviously a misunderstanding. He thought that since she was holding the jade talisman of the Green Jade Sword Master, she must have a relationship with the Green Jade Sword Master.
"So she's the daughter of the City Lord of Luoye City. She has a top-grade fire spirit root and is the first among your disciples to reach the fourth level of Qi Refining. City Lord Song has a successor."
After Song Rui walked past the Mirror of Self-Examination, the old man praised her again.
"Thank you for the compliment, Elder. When you visit Luoye City in the future, you must come to the City Lord's Mansion and let me show my hospitality."
Song Rui clasped her fists and bowed proudly, the smile on her lips almost flying out of Jieying Peak.
The old man was very pleased to hear this and chatted with Song Rui for a few more words.
Soon all the disciples had passed the Mirror of Inquiry, and no abnormal disciples were found afterwards.
After the old man left with the traitor, Ran Changle curled his lips and said, "You are so openly despising the poor and advocating for the rich, fawning on the powerful. Aren't you afraid of losing face in front of the disciples?"
"Cultivation cultivates one's true heart. Following one's true heart makes it easier to approach the Great Dao. Therefore, many people do not hide their personalities. These people are still good. Some people smile in front of others but stab others in the back, which is despicable."
Shen Wancai said in a tone of being indifferent. His family is the richest man. He has seen many people who flatter and curry favor with powerful people, and even more disgusting people than these.
The disciples who passed the test returned to their own practice. On the way back to their residence, Ran Changle asked Shen Wancai, "Why did the old man treat Song Rui so differently? Could it be that Song Rui's identity is very special?"
Ran Changle always believed that there were many cities in the world of immortal cultivation, and Luoye City was just an ordinary city, and the daughter of the city lord was not a very noble status. But after listening to the old man's words and seeing the old man's attitude towards Song Rui, it was obvious that Luoye City was not an ordinary city, and the status of the city lord of Luoye City was not ordinary.
"You don't know?"
Shen Wancai glanced at Ran Changle in surprise.
Ran Changle nodded. In this life, she had been locked up in the backyard of the Chu family and knew little about the world of immortal cultivation. She had only learned some things in the classroom at Jieying Peak in recent months, but her senior brother who taught her the skills had never told her about Luoye City. She had only heard of the name of Luoye City and knew nothing else.
Seeing that Ran Changle looked serious and didn't seem to be faking it, Shen Wancai explained carefully: "Luoye City's status in the Eastern Territory is second only to the three major sects."
"To the east of the Eastern Territory lies an endless sea. For unknown reasons, every three years, the sea monsters emerge from the sea onto the land, burning, killing, and looting along the way, causing heavy losses to the world of immortal cultivation. Therefore, our ancestors built Falling Leaf City, Falling Star City, and Falling Cloud City. These three cities form a line of defense against the beast tide."
"The Three City Lords' Mansions are all manned by Divine Transformation cultivators. Every time they resist the beast tide, the Three City Lords' Mansions are the backbone of the force. The status of the Three City Lords is equivalent to that of the Peak Master of the Lingxiao Sect's inner sect, second only to the Sect Master."
"No wonder Song Rui is so unscrupulous in Lingxiao Sect. Song Xiwen keeps flattering her, and even the elders want to curry favor with her. It turns out she really has a prominent family background."
Ran Changle understood.
Then, she looked at Shen Wancai next to her, patted his shoulder with one hand, and said, “What about you? It seems that the elder’s attitude towards you is also unusual.”
"We don't have much at home, just a little money."
Shen Wancai’s eyes flashed, he raised his hands and rubbed them, then said with a shy smile.
The storage ring was given away casually, the second-level spiritual fruit was eaten as much as she wanted, the attack talisman could kill so many spirit-eating rats, and the defensive magic weapon could last until she came to rescue. There was no way that Shen Wancai's family background was just a little money. However, Ran Changle would not ask too much, because who doesn't have some secrets?
Besides, she became friends with Shen Wancai because of him, not because of his family background.
Recently, the Lingxiao Sect has been cleaning out traitors, and this has gradually affected the new disciples at Jieying Peak.
Originally, disciples who had been in the sect for less than a year did not have to do any tasks, but due to lack of manpower and the fact that their new disciples had been confirmed to be no traitors, they were arranged to join the outer sect first to fill the vacancies.
"Chang Le, the task assigned to me is to look after the spiritual medicine garden. What about you?"
After receiving the task card, Shen Wancai approached Ran Changle and asked.
"I'm also from the Spiritual Medicine Garden." Ran Changle looked at his task card and said, "Exit Ding."
"I'm from C-level."
Shen Wancai was originally happy because he thought he could complete the task with Ran Changle, but when he saw the area with his own task card, the corners of his mouth drooped.
This mission requires leaving Jieying Peak for three months. Ran Changle cannot leave Fatty Ball alone at Jieying Peak, so he calls Fatty Ball back through the contract.
In order not to attract attention, the fat ball turned into a mini alchemy furnace smaller than a fist.
Hanging the fat ball around his waist, Ran Changle boarded the spirit boat that was going to pick up his disciples to carry out missions.
The huge spirit boat carrying all the new disciples slowly rose into the air until it was above the clouds. The disciples looked at the magnificent scene in amazement.
Countless peaks guard the seven huge peaks in the middle that tower into the clouds and stretch as far as the eye can see.
The seven peaks are the seven main peaks of the inner sect of Lingxiao Sect, namely Zhengyang Peak, Xuetang Peak, Lingyan Peak, Dan Peak, Jian Peak, Qi Peak and Fu Peak.
After taking off, the speed of the spirit boat became faster and faster. Slowly, the seven main peaks were hidden under the sea of clouds and could no longer be seen. At this time, the spirit boat landed on a mountain, and several people got off, including Shen Wancai, Song Rui, and Song Xiwen.
The spirit boat took off again, and several waves of people got off at different places. In the end, only Ran Changle and three other men and two women were left. The six of them had one thing in common: they were all at the first level of Qi Refining.
To be precise, in the eyes of outsiders, Ran Changle has not even reached the first level of Qi Refining.
The spirit boat flew for a while before landing.
After getting off the spirit boat, what appeared before everyone was an endless wasteland with a few simple wooden houses scattered around.
If it weren't for the faint fluctuations of the formation around them, Ran Changle would have suspected that they had already left Lingxiao Sect and reached a place that had not yet been set foot by humans.
In a sense, Ran Changle was still shocked.
"For the next three months, your mission is to cultivate these spiritual fields and plant spiritual herbs." The square-faced disciple who led them here pointed at the wasteland in front of them and said, "Each of you must plant at least thirty acres."
Ran Changle understood that they were here to open up new land.
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