"Xiao Wu, what are you looking at?" Huo Yongfei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her sitting obediently in her seat. Fortunately, his third junior brother left as soon as he saw her, otherwise the two of them would have had another fight.
"Looking for someone." Wen Jingge yawned again and stretched out her hand. "Sect Leader, where are all the outer disciples who came for the test?"
"What? Little Wenwen is interested in becoming a master?" The speaker was Bai Teng, the fourth-ranked peak master of Qimu Peak. Dressed in white, she had a quiet and gentle appearance and was a beautiful woman with an extraordinary temperament.
Wen Jingge blinked: "Yes, Fourth Sister, are you free? Would you like to come for a walk with me?"
"Oh my! My little darling, Wenwen's words are sweeter than honey, so sweet!" Bai Teng smiled more brightly than a flower: "Sect Leader, we'll head down now!"
Today is the first day of the sect's recruitment. These peak masters are just sitting here to show their support; their departure won't have any impact.
Huo Yongfei waved them off, but as soon as they left, Ai Fengling, the peak master of Lingxiao Peak who was sitting at the very end, used her mental technique to transmit a message to him.
"Senior Brother! Liang Si said he wants to stay at Wanzhang Peak, and I've given his permission."
"This is between you and Xiao Wu. What, you can't bear to part with it?" Huo Yongfei said. "If you can't bear to part with it, then go and take it back."
"I'm just reporting this to my senior brother."
"You are a weapon cultivator, cultivation is not easy, so use mental techniques less."
"Senior Brother, Senior Sister is probably seriously injured in the Burning Heaven Sect. Liang Si said that Senior Sister has been practicing in the North Bamboo Forest these past few days, but she has difficulty gathering her Xuan Qi. I gave Senior Sister a ring, which can help her solidify it a bit."
Huo Yongfei frowned. Ai Fengling's life was given to him by Wen Jinge, and he would never do anything to harm Wen Jinge. The fact that he only used his mental technique to transmit his voice when they met today was enough to show that the situation was troublesome.
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"Senior Brother Sect Leader, do you want to go down and see?" Fan Zifan knew that Huo Yongfei doted on Wen Jinge, and since he couldn't hear their conversation, he thought Huo Yongfei was unhappy about Wen Jinge's departure.
"No, I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going to Burning Heaven Gate for a few days."
"What are we going there for!" Then, remembering that Wen Jingge had her accident there, he said, "Okay, I know what to do."
"Oh dear, my little darling, what are you looking for?" Bai Teng clung to Wen Jinge like a vine, and seeing her looking around here and there, about to bump into Shan Hongxing, she coughed lightly, "Little Wenwen, your sister is tired, shall we rest?"
"My senior sister called me 'my little darling' 24 times and 'Little Wenwen' 17 times along the way. I can understand 'Little Wenwen,' but 'my little darling'..." Her heart was trembling when she heard that!
"Two hundred years ago, when Master was alive, everyone called you that. It's just that Little Wenwen is older now, thin-skinned, and not close to us anymore. It hasn't been customary to call you that for almost a hundred years. That was so long ago, you probably forgot about your older sister a long time ago!"
Wen Jingge blushed, "Where is Senior Brother Shan?"
"I'm not talking to you." Shan Hongxing's face was as cold as ice, and Wen Jinge could even feel the killing intent emanating from him as he spoke.
The inner disciples and outer disciples are tested separately. Ninety disciples are selected over seven days, and fifteen disciples represent one peak to enter the small barrier for trials. Ultimately, it depends on the peak masters' wishes to accept them as their closed disciples. Those who do not join the sect can leave on their own or stay in the inner courtyard to do some work. If they encounter a good opportunity, they may be able to become disciples under the elders of the sect.
The three of them were in the area separating the inside from the outside. The testing areas were marked with signs listing the names and identities of the people being tested.
"Okay, I understand." Wen Jingge nodded and stepped aside to make way for Shan Hongxing.
Shan Hongxing's expression stiffened, seemingly not expecting Wen Jingge to change her mind. Seeing that he wasn't leaving, Wen Jingge had no choice but to leave on her own.
“I had a dream that I wanted to take someone as my disciple.” This was the first thing Wen Jingge said to Bai Teng after they had been walking around. “I forgot his name, but it was something like ‘a flaw does not detract from the overall beauty.’ ‘Jade must be carved to become a gem.’ I think he shouldn’t be an inner court disciple, so I looked at all the people with the surname Wang, but they were all too old and their aptitude was mediocre.”
“Why the surname Wang? Maybe you’ll have to carve this jade yourself!” Bai Teng smiled. “Our little darling has never liked studying, so maybe it’s just the literal meaning. We’ll just look for names with the character ‘Yu’ in them.”
Wen Jingge hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded after being reassured by Bai Teng, "Yes, then Senior Sister, will you help me look for it again?"
"Why are you back again?" Shan Hongxing was even more annoyed when he saw her running towards him. "I don't want to fight you today."
"My little darling is looking for someone! Who's capable of fighting you?" Bai Teng punched him. "With your cold demeanor, only my little darling would spar with you!"
"She's looking for someone?" Shan Hongxing sneered. "If she finds someone, she'll chop them up and feed them to the dogs?"
"Hiss~" Wen Jingge's mind went blank for a moment, and the image of her feeding the dog suddenly appeared in her mind. She asked suspiciously, "Did I really feed the dog something of yours?"
"Spirit pet." Bai Teng transmitted his voice through his mental technique, laughing gleefully, "Hahaha, it's a pair. He and the dog ate them, and only found out after they were done."
Let's snatch the bamboo shoots!
Wen Jingge looked at Shan Hongxing with pity. Apart from running away, she really didn't know what else she could do!
Fortunately, a gasp rang out from the crowd at that moment, and Bai Teng, even more excited, grabbed her hand and flew forward, "Look, his name is Qiao Yu! This, this is a Heavenly Vein! My darling, could it be him you dreamed about?"
"I can't remember what he looked like, but he was very young, around fourteen or fifteen years old. He was dressed like a beggar, and you could tell he had no money. He had a piece of jade around his neck, which was very cheap and was the only valuable thing he had."
Wen Jingge described the person who placed their hand on the black stone without changing their expression. The stone emitted a bluish-purple light, as dazzling as the stars in the sky, a color that only a naturally formed sword blank could possess.
The last person to cause such a strange phenomenon was none other than Wen Jingge.
"My darling, wait for me!" With that, Bai Teng went up on the stage and, in full view of everyone, grabbed the rope woven from rattan around Qiao Yu's neck. The jade was cheap and impure; it was practically a rough jade blank, shapeless. The rough edges were removed, a hole was drilled, and it was worn.
"Jade must be carved to become a useful object." Bai Teng smiled, put the jade back, and then saw Qiao Yu tightly clutching the jade, as if afraid she would snatch it away. "Your name is Qiao Yu, is it the 'Yu' in 'flaws do not obscure the jade'?"
"I've never been to school." The boy's face was an unnatural reddish-black, the color of someone who had been exposed to the sun for a long time. His lips were a little pale, and he was quite thin. His neck was the only part of his body that was a healthy tan. He relaxed a little when he saw that no one dared to stop Bai Teng from coming up. "I can't read. I think my mother said that."
"Alright! That's you!" Bai Teng grabbed his hand and said to the mute chief prosecutor, "I'm taking him away. Hang him at the gate of Wanzhang Peak."
"Understood, Your Excellencies."
Shan Hongxing hadn't left yet. He frowned as he looked at Bai Teng holding Qiao Yu's hand and asked, "When did you get led astray by Wen Laowu?"
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