Chapter 14 Cats Sign Up
Early the next morning, Lin Feng woke Bai Qingchen up in high spirits.
The two went straight to Lingxiao Sect's enrollment registration point and asked for directions to the square.
The scene was packed with people, shoulder to shoulder, and it was very lively.
The huge square was divided into dozens of sections, each of which was manned by a deacon disciple from Lingxiao Sect, and the team was arranged in winding lines.
From time to time, the emotionless voice of the deacon disciple came from the front:
"Zhang San, bone age 19, Qi Refining Late Stage 7, three spiritual roots of earth, gold, and wood, passed! Next!"
"Li Si, bone age is 20, overage! Unqualified! Next!"
"Wang Wu, bone age seventeen, late Qi Refining Level eight, dual water and fire spiritual roots, qualified! Next!"
Bai Qingchen noticed a familiar figure in the team, it was Su Yue.
At this moment, Su Yue was still dressed like a tomboy.
She also saw Bai Qingchen and Lin Feng, her eyes lit up, and she waved vigorously across the crowd, calling in a low voice: "Brother Bai! Over here, over here, come here quickly!"
Bai Qingchen looked at the endless line in front of him, then looked at Su Yue, and pulled Lin Feng to squeeze over.
For the first time in her life, Su Yue disobeyed her parents and secretly ran away from home to become a disciple of Lingxiao Sect. She also met an acquaintance on the flying boat and was now very excited.
Bai Qingchen introduced Lin Feng next to him to Su Yue, and soon it was their turn to test.
The manager was a middle-aged monk with a square face and a blank expression. In front of him were stones for measuring bone age and instruments for measuring spiritual roots and spiritual power.
Su Yue took a deep breath and placed her hand on the stone used to measure bone age. A flash of light appeared.
"Bone age is fifteen, passed!"
Then he pressed his hand towards the instrument for detecting inspiration, and the crystal ball instantly burst out with bright and lively green light.
The steward's poker face finally relaxed a little, and his voice became clearer: "Bone age fifteen, initial stage of foundation building, third level, single wood element, passed!"
"Foundation building at the age of fifteen?"
"It's still a single spiritual root, my God!" The surroundings exploded instantly, and envious, jealous and hateful eyes shot towards Su Yue.
Su Yue's face turned slightly red, and she looked at everyone with a little pride, then stepped aside and waited for Bai Qingchen and Lin Feng to finish the test.
Next was Lin Feng. He looked calm as he took a step forward and placed his hand on the bone age stone.
"Bone age is seventeen, passed!"
Then he pressed the magic tool to test his spiritual roots, and a dazzling blue light shot up into the sky!
The manager's eyes lit up: "Fourth level of the middle stage of foundation building, thunder attribute mutant spiritual root, qualified!"
Now the crowd is even more excited!
"Fuck! Seventeen years old, in the middle stage of foundation building!"
"Mutated spiritual roots! What kind of divine talent is this!"
Lin Feng looked calm, as if he was not the one who caused the sensation, and stood quietly beside Su Yue.
The two of them were one in front of the other, each more talented than the other, and they completely stole the limelight from the people queuing behind them.
Especially a young man with an arrogant look on his face who was not far from them.
When Zhao Long was tested just now, his bone age was seventeen, he was at the first level of foundation building, and he had both earth and wood spiritual roots. He was considered a good genius, which attracted the envy of those around him.
But before he could get over his smugness, he was crushed to death by the two huge mountains of Su Yue and Lin Feng.
His face suddenly turned gloomy, and he felt a surge of anger in his heart, and he disliked everyone.
Finally it was Bai Qingchen's turn. The brilliance of the two people in front of him was too dazzling, making him, a guy with ordinary aura, even more inconspicuous.
Countless eyes fell on him, full of curiosity, and more with the intention of waiting to watch the show.
He stepped forward and placed his hand on the bone age stone: "Bone age is eighteen."
He placed his hand on the magic weapon again, and it lit up slightly. The light was weak and mixed, with five colors mixed together, dim and lifeless.
He barely reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, but couldn't go any higher.
The manager frowned slightly, looked at Bai Qingchen strangely and said, "The seventh level of the late Qi Refining..."
After a pause, he said, "Five spiritual roots, qualified!"
After he finished speaking, everyone present was in an uproar.
"Did I hear correctly? Five Spiritual Roots? How dare such a loser come to Lingxiao Sect?"
"Having five spiritual roots and being able to cultivate to the seventh level of Qi Refining at the age of eighteen is quite capable. But that's all there is to it."
"If this person can pass the next test, I will eat history directly."
"You're cheating on food and drinks again. You should worry about whether you can survive."
"Shame on you! You're lowering our standards!"
All the people present were talented young people from all over the place. At the very least, they had four spiritual roots, and five spiritual roots were considered cripples in the eyes of cultivators.
The highest you can reach in your lifetime is the late stage of foundation building.
Bai Qingchen had long since accepted his mediocrity, and these ridicules and contempt did not bother him at all, but they did make Lin Feng and Su Yue very angry.
Zhao Long was already full of anger with nowhere to vent it. When he saw Bai Qingchen's poor qualifications and that he was in cahoots with the two monsters in front, he immediately found a perfect vent.
He didn't dare to provoke Su Yue and Lin Feng, and he didn't dare to step on this waste with five spiritual roots?
"Hey! The one with five spiritual roots!" Zhao Long crossed his arms and raised his voice in a sarcastic tone, fearing that everyone in the square couldn't hear him.
"When did Lingxiao Sect become a garbage dump when recruiting disciples? A piece of trash with only five spiritual roots is worthy of standing with us?"
He deliberately looked around, fanning the flames: "Everyone, let's be fair! Isn't it embarrassing for all of us to let this kind of bastard in?"
"Who knows if he used some secret medicine? It's unheard of for someone with five spiritual roots to reach the seventh level of Qi Refining at the age of eighteen. His cultivation must be fake!"
These words were like water thrown into a frying pan, and it exploded immediately.
Many people whose cultivation levels did not meet the standards echoed this.
"Brother Zhao is right! Why?"
"That's right! You five-spiritual-root rubbish, get out!"
"Get out of Feixing City! Stop being an eyesore here!"
"People who use secret medicine to improve their cultivation are not worthy of joining the Lingxiao Sect!"
Foul words and surging hostility came like a tide. Bai Qingchen pursed his lips tightly, his eyes remained calm, and even had a hint of imperceptible coldness.
His cold face doesn't mean he has no temper and can accept this false slander.
"Watch your mouth!" Su Yue was the first to explode. Like a little leopard whose tail was stepped on, she suddenly stood up and pointed at Zhao Long's nose and cursed, her crisp voice filled with anger.
"Who do you think you are?! What right do you have to slander Qingchen? His cultivation level was approved by the Lingxiao Sect's steward! How dare you question it?"
"You're not as talented as Brother Lin and me, yet you only know how to bully those weaker than you, you coward!"
Lin Feng's face also darkened. He took a step forward, and his tall figure blocked Bai Qingchen. The sharp aura of a foundation-building cultivator faintly spread out.
His gaze shot towards Zhao Long like cold lightning, and his voice was steady and powerful: "Watch your mouth! If you dare to provoke me again, don't blame me for being rude. Doctor Bai is not someone you can talk to!"
The sharpness unique to sword cultivators made Zhao Long and his followers feel a chill in their hearts, and they subconsciously took half a step back.
Zhao Long was scolded by the two in public, especially the pressure from Lin Feng, who was in the middle stage of foundation building, which made him a little scared.
He didn't dare to offend these two people who looked difficult to deal with at the same time, but he was so angry that he was about to explode.
He could only stare at Bai Qingchen, whose eyes remained calm, with a resentful gaze, as if he wanted to eat him alive. He gritted his teeth and uttered a cruel word:
"Hmph! Fine! A piece of trash with five spiritual roots! So what if he passed the initial test!"
"I want to see how long you, a piece of shit, can last in the next trials! Then I'll make you regret coming here."
He and his followers squeezed out of the crowd in shame amid the mocking gazes of those around him.
The conflict subsided temporarily, but the hostility and repulsion in the air remained. Many eyes were still glued to Bai Qingchen.
"Brother Bai, ignore these mad dogs." Lin Feng turned around and patted Bai Qingchen on the shoulder, his tone comforting and firm, "We must act uprightly."
"That's right! It's shameful to argue with that kind of person!" Su Yue also echoed angrily, her little face a little red because of anger.
Bai Qingchen looked at them, and the coldness in his heart was dispelled a little by the warmth.
He nodded slightly, his voice calm: "Well, thank you."
Although there were only two words, Lin Feng and Su Yue both felt the warmth in them.
At this time, the manager spoke slowly, his voice lazily sounding like someone who had seen enough of the show.
"Alright, alright. This Bai Qingchen meets the minimum requirements. To question his cultivation is to question the decision of the Lingxiao Sect. Anyone who has further objections can skip the test."
He glanced at the register and said, "Get ready for the next level." He waved his hand, indicating that they could go.
Bai Qingchen didn't say anything else, just nodded silently.
Ignoring the various gazes around him, he looked past the noisy crowd and towards the misty fairy mountain in the distance.
Lin Feng and Su Yue looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.
Su was the first to speak: "Bai Qingchen, for the next trial, we will be a team of three, right?"
"I heard that the team that comes first in the trial has the opportunity to enter the inner gate directly."
Lin Feng had the same idea and looked at Bai Qingchen.
Bai Qingchen nodded slightly, but he only planned to join Lingxiao Sect and had never thought about entering the inner sect.
Seeing that my two teammates are so ambitious, it’s hard to say anything discouraging.
He will try his best not to fall behind.
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