In a communication talisman, Taoist Lingyun instructed Wu Xiuyun to immediately travel to Changle Town to find a man named Zhou Xi. Taoist Lingyun also emphasized to Wu Xiuyun that Zhou Xi was a registered disciple of Elder Baopu in his earlier secular life. Previously, due to unresolved worldly ties, he had refused to enter the sect to cultivate. Now, Taoist Baopu was preparing to accept Zhou Xi as a direct disciple, and Wu Xiuyun had to be cautious in this matter.
Taoist Master Lingyun had a relatively good understanding of his disciple's personality. Wu Xiuyun entered the Yushan Sect at the age of five. Because of her single pure water spiritual root, she was immediately accepted as a direct disciple by Taoist Master Lingyun. For over forty years, Wu Xiuyun had been protected by Taoist Master Lingyun and three other senior brothers within the sect, and her temperament had become somewhat naive. Furthermore, Wu Xiuyun's successful advancement to the middle stage of Qi Refining had also given her a certain amount of pride. Asking Wu Xiuyun to accept a new disciple was a question of whether she would offend them.
In order to increase Wu Xiuyun's enthusiasm in finding people, Taoist Lingyun added one more thing to Wu Xiuyun's experience this time out of the mountains, which was that after finding Zhou Xi, he should bring Zhou Xi back to Yushan Sect. Wu Xiuyun could then act as Zhou Xi's guide and receive ten spirit beads as a reward in the sect.
The attraction of ten spirit beads is quite strong, especially for a Qi Refining disciple like Wu Xiuyun who only gets one spirit bead per month.
After receiving the message from Taoist Lingyun, Wu Xiuyun gave up her hometown which was so close to her and decided to go to Changle Town first.
Firstly, Taoist Baopu was an elder of the Yushan Sect and a Jindan-stage cultivator, a towering figure for lower-ranking disciples like Wu Xiuyun. Even if there were no extra spirit beads as a reward for this mission, Wu Xiuyun felt it would be nice to establish a relationship with Taoist Baopu's future disciple.
Secondly, Wu Xiuyun had little money on her, and even if she went home, she could not "repay" her parents for raising her. Wu Xiuyun thought about whether she could borrow a few hundred yuan from Zhou Xi for emergency. Anyway, money would be useless even if Zhou Xi brought it to Yushan Sect, because everything in the secret realm was traded with spirit beads and gold and silver.
Wu Xiuyun spent the last hundred yuan on her before she found Changle Town. When she arrived at the Zhou Xi mansion mentioned by Taoist Lingyun, she was told that there was no one named Zhou Xi living there.
Wu Xiuyun was shocked and angry. She swore that if she found Zhou Xi, who had deceived Elder Baopu and also deceived her, she would never let him go.
When Zhou Xi returned home, he saw a beautiful young woman standing by the wall, looking at her own house, muttering, "Is this the place? Is this the place?"
"Girl, who are you looking for?" Zhou Xi saw that the girl looked like she was looking for someone, so he had to ask.
"Hey, did you know Zhou Xi lives here?" The older girl saw Zhou Xi, looked him up and down, and then asked with a stern face. The older girl was Wu Xiuyun. She had finally heard that Zhou Xi's family had moved here. Wu Xiuyun had spent most of the day running all over Changle Town without even a sip of water. Wu Xiuyun was hungry and tired at this time, so it would be strange if she had a good face seeing Zhou Xi.
Besides, Taoist Lingyun hadn't revealed Zhou Xi's exact age. Wu Xiuyun believed that Elder Baopu's intended disciple must be a young man. A cultivator's perspective wasn't based on appearance, but rather on character and vitality. In Wu Xiuyun's eyes, Zhou Xi, though seemingly in his forties, was actually already in his sixties. No matter how much she considered it, she felt Elder Baopu couldn't possibly accept a mortal in his sixties as his disciple, so she bluntly displayed her domineering side.
Zhou Xi was stunned. He didn't expect that such a beautiful girl would speak so rudely.
"Miss, what do you want to talk to Zhou Xi about?" Zhou Xi asked. Zhou Xi was very sure that she did not know Wu Xiuyun, and seeing that Wu Xiuyun was very rude, she kept it to herself and did not say that she was Zhou Xi.
"Don't call me girl, call me fairy..." Wu Xiuyun originally wanted Zhou Xi to call her fairy. In Yushan Sect, all female cultivators in the foundation-building stage are called fairies. She is still a cultivator in the Qi-refining stage and is not worthy of the title of "fairy". She had to compromise and let Zhou Xi call her "fairy."
"Fairy lady?" Zhou Xi almost laughed out loud when he heard this name. The name of Fairy Lady made Zhou Xi think of the middle-aged women who performed shaman dances in the countryside a few years ago.
However, Zhou Xi had lived for more than sixty years, so of course he would not burst out laughing at a name. He blinked his eyes and controlled the muscles on his face that wanted to laugh.
Wu Xiuyun glanced at the "dazed" Zhou Xi with disdain, secretly complaining in her heart: I really don't know if this man is "Zhou Xi's" grandfather? "Zhou Xi" is really unlucky to have such a silly grandfather.
"Are you sure we should just stand at the door and talk? Is this how you treat guests in the secular world?" Wu Xiuyun once again looked at Zhou Xi with disdain. In Yushan Sect, Wu Xiuyun was a very popular figure, so why didn't the old man even invite her in when she came here?
"Oh, oh, excuse me, Fairy... Fairy, please come into my humble abode and have a seat." Zhou Xi felt a little aggrieved under Wu Xiuyun's disdainful gaze, but who asked him to ask for help? He had no choice but to hold back his anger, put on a smile, and invite Wu Xiuyun in to chat.
Seeing Zhou Xi's respectful attitude, Wu Xiuyun felt a little satisfied.
"I heard that there is a man named Zhou Xi who wants to join your sect. Elder Baopu asked me to come and take a look." After sitting down, Wu Xiuyun took a sip of the tea that Zhou Xi had personally brewed for her, and with a stern face, explained the purpose of her visit.
"Master... doesn't have time to come?" Zhou Xi was a little anxious. He really didn't expect to encounter such a situation. Taoist Baopu didn't come himself, but sent a disciple.
This girl seems to be someone who is not easy to talk to. Is it any use to talk to her about the young lady's affairs? Zhou Xi thought.
"What? You...you are that Zhou Xi? Are you kidding?" Wu Xiuyun jumped up and pointed at Zhou Xi and yelled. If she hadn't just swallowed the tea in her mouth, she would have been scared to death by Zhou Xi's words.
What kind of vision did Elder Baopu have, accepting such an old man as a registered disciple? Wu Xiuyun felt that the world was too fantastical. Even if their Yushan Sect didn't have many disciples, Elder Baopu wouldn't have to accept a man in his sixties as a disciple, right? At this moment, Wu Xiuyun selectively forgot that she was a middle-aged woman in her fifties.
Over the years, due to limited cultivation resources, the Yushan Sect had become much stricter in recruiting disciples, only accepting cultivators with single spiritual roots between the ages of five and eighteen. Wu Xiuyun didn't think that Taoist Baopu would be interested in someone like Zhou Xi, who had just entered the immortal sect at such an age, no matter how talented he was.
The road is long. A cultivator who has reached the Foundation Establishment stage can only live for 150 years. A disciple in the Qi Refining stage is similar to an ordinary person, with a lifespan of only a hundred years at most. Zhou Xi is now in his sixties. If he doesn't cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage within fifty years, it would be a waste of resources.
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