Chapter 5

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In the Immortal Destiny Sect, there was a place full of spiritual energy, which was divided into many smaller allotments. Each plot was planted with different flowers, plants and fruit trees, and there were prohibitions to prevent them from being secretly plucked away.

That place was the Immortal Herb Hall. As a hall established during the original founding of the sect, it was the oldest group in terms of qualifications. Compared with the Forging Hall and Beast-Rearing Hall that were opened later, the Immortal Herb Hall was like a great elder.

But now, it was the least populated hall of the entire sect. Apart from the Eldest Sister Linglong, there were only three other people there.

During this round of disciple recruitment, the number of the Immortal Herb Hall once again gloriously decreased by one. After staying for the mandatory one year, a junior brother who had joined last year finally packed his belongings and prepared to leave this place that had brought him nightmares.

When he arrived a year ago, he was a charming and talented youth full of arrogance and vigour. He even had previous experience in growing spirit plants, thinking that where there was a shortage of people, there was a future for development, so he chose The Immortal Herb Hall. One year later, the originally young man had three wrinkles on his forehead, his skin was black and yellow, and he was too thin, which made people suspect that he had suffered some sort of abuse.

I must leave, can’t stay in this damned place anymore!

Just as he was walking to the door, a man of about fourteen or five years old, with a delicate and childish face, long black hair reaching his waist, looked at him pitifully with tearful eyes.

“Brother, don’t you think about it anymore?”

This person was wearing plain and unpretentious clothes, and the illusion of pear blossoms was raised between words. When placed in the mortal world, he was definitely a person who can set off a beauty.

“Junior Brother Zijin, just let me go! Staying like this, let alone practice, you won’t be able to save your life!”

After speaking, the man ran away without a trace, without the slightest nostalgia.

Zijin sniffed sadly. There was one less person in the Immortal Herb Hall, so it was even more hopeless to complete this month’s planting task.

Although the Eldest Sister had been comforting them, he had long ago heard from other disciples that if they were ranked last in contribution value this year, there would probably no longer be an Immortal Herb Hall next year.

Without the Immortal Herb Hall, there will be no place to live. Don’t tell me that I really have to join another hall? Would the Eldest Sister directly enter the inner sect to cultivate?

His cultivation base was the lowest in the Immortal Herb Hall, currently he was only at the second rank of Qi Refining, and he could take care of the least spiritual plants.

Unlike mortal crops, spirit plants had much harsher growth conditions.

Take the Deepwater Spirit Rice that was most in demand in the martial arts. When sowing the seeds, the spirit soil had to be completely ploughed over once. This soil was unique in that cultivators had to inject their True Energy in order to move the spirit tools. With his 2nd Rank Qi Refining cultivation base, ploughing only a small piece of soil would consume all of his True Energy.

This was just the simplest planting process and the least demanding crop among all spiritual plants. Others such as the Spirit Cherry that could explode, the Jade Bean Tree that could spit out prickly fruit, and the Spirit Mushroom that could discharge a viscous liquid… each of them was more dangerous than the Deepwater Spirit Rice. If you lost attention for a moment, you would be covered in cuts!

Although the Eldest Sister had never said it, everyone knew that she valued the Immortal Herb Hall most in her heart. When the Eldest Sister’s master handed it over to her, she regarded it as her home. Later, when her master passed away, she took up the burden and took care of a group of younger brothers and sisters.

The senior sister said that you should be strong when you encounter difficulties, but Zijin is not as strong as the senior sister. If I had a higher cultivation level, I could help the senior sister with more things, but, but…

Thinking of this, Zijin’s tears couldn’t help falling, like pear blossoms hit by the rain. Remembering the former brother who had just left them, he cried even more sadly.

Crying and crying, he seemed to hear two people talking while walking towards the door.

“Twenty points for theoretical knowledge and 100 points for practical ability. Out of a full score of two hundred points, I got120 points, which was just enough for a pass. What does this ‘D’ talent mean?” Ye Xing pointed to his report card and asked the Eldest Sister.

Linglong explained patiently: “The sect will conduct regular disciple assessments and divide the talents of all disciples into four classes, A, B, C, and D. A-class disciples would generally be those receiving a personal inheritance from the elders or outstanding disciples of the inner sect, while B-class disciples had the chance to enter the inner sect to cultivate. The majority of C and D-class disciples were those in the outer sect.”

This majestic Mahayana Immortal, impervious to spell attacks, a genius that one-punched a cultivator at the same rank, somehow got the worst possible D-class evaluation?

Ye Xing had the urge to poke his own eyes.

The Immortal Destiny Sect is really different. What they want is not a genius disciple in only one aspect, but an excellent student with first-rate comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical beauty, and the arts. Could it be that Master had anticipated this a long time ago, and asked me to quickly study the humanities, so as not to be too embarrassed when I entered the cultivation world?

Learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, so you won’t be afraid of the cultivation world? Was this discriminating against those specialising in sports?

While speaking, he happened to see the sobbing “girl” in white, and was immediately attracted by his temperament. The “girl” in his blooming youth has a unique and weak temperament, which made people feel an indescribable desire to protect him. His eyelashes were thick and his pupils were energetic, which complemented the exuberant verdant background.

The only shortcoming is that the chest’s too flat. Even for someone at the age of fourteen or fifteen years old, they’re at an abnormal size, especially compared with the big sister around him. It’s like comparing the moon to fireflies.

The crying “maiden” also raised his head, glancing at him curiously, and couldn’t help crying after seeing the senior sister standing beside him.

Seeing such a situation, Ye Xing walked over and kindly encouraged him.

“Little sister, don’t be sad, you should know that small breasts are also a rare resource.”