CHAPTER 357: RECRUITED

"After one cup, the life core will begin producing new vitality at one-tenth the rate of a healthy person’s life core." Shen Xu said and continued.

"One cup has enough vitality for one thousand years. At the same time, the life core will begin producing new vitality. This means that even if Xuanyuan Yang doesn’t drink another cup of vitality wine after one thousand years, he will have vitality to live a few more years."

"How many more years?"

"At one-tenth the rate, he will have generated enough vitality to last another one hundred years."

"You have worked hard." Zhen Yuan said with a doting expression.

"It’s what I should do." The double said, but soon frowned before speaking.

"It’s too bad that so many precious ingredients can only brew one litre of vitality wine." He said.

"Just one litre?"

"Mmh." Shen Xu nodded and continued.

"After brewing the wine, I plan to keep one hundred millilitres and age the rest in the qi gourd. The wine’s effect will be better after ageing."

"That’s good." Zhen Yuan nodded.

"One cup is thirty millilitres. After giving a cup to each of the triplets, we will only have ten millilitres left. I somehow feel cheated." The double complained with a sad expression.

After all, both he and Zhen Yuan liked wine.

If possible, he wanted to drink a lot more than one mouthful.

"We will have more peak-grade spiritual water after the space upgrades. When that happens, you can brew as much vitality wine as you want." Zhen Yuan said.

In fact, they had many sets of the spirit grasses and fruits needed in the recipe.

Unfortunately, the lake’s spiritual water was only high-grade.

The reason they had enough peak-grade spiritual water to brew the wine was because Jingyu left twelve litres in the storage ring she gave to Shen Xu.

Time passed, and before they knew it, it was the first day of the sect recruitment.

Recruitment would take seven days.

The first day was for qi refining realm cultivators, the second was for foundation establishing realm cultivators, and so forth.

Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan would take the test on the fifth day, but since they wanted to know what was what, they went to the city square to watch the process on the first day.

The test had three parts: the age test, spiritual root test, and cultivation test.

For qi refining realm cultivators, only those under twenty and with three or fewer spiritual roots could enter the sect.

Seeing the process, the two were relieved and felt more confident in their choice.

On the fifth day, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan arrived early.

However, they were still not as diligent as others and had to queue behind more than nine hundred spirit transformation realm cultivators.

[The Tianxuan continent is prosperous.] Shen Xu transmitted after seeing so many spirit transformation realm cultivators.

[It’s a high-level continent after all.] Zhen Yuan said, and the double nodded.

When standing in line, the two attracted attention, but no one bothered them.

After all, everyone was more focused on joining the sect and didn’t want to be distracted.

"Next." A voice called, and Zhen Yuan stepped forward.

"Name." The person asked without looking up.

"Zhen Yuan."

"Go over there to take the age test. Next..."

After that, Zhen Yuan walked to the indicated area and touched the age stone.

A moment later, a number appeared above the stone.

"Nine hundred and forty-five..." The sect disciple in charge of checking the age, read, before looking at Zhen Yuan.

In the Tianxuan continent, monster geniuses usually advanced to the spirit transformation realm in their low one thousand.

That said, it wasn’t unheard of for extraordinary geniuses to advance before they turned one thousand years old.

Unexpectedly, the sect disciple encountered such a person.

’He will have a bright future in the sect. I should try to have a good relationship with him.’ He thought.

Unfortunately, the sect disciple thought well, but he didn’t have a chance because Shen Xu had already arrived at the station.

Seeing this, the disciple quickly recorded Zhen Yuan’s information before asking Shen Xu to take the test.

"Nine hundred and forty-four..." The sect disciple read and narrowed his eyes.

"Junior, are you related to the previous person?" He asked, and Shen Xu nodded.

"We are Taoist partners." The double answered.

’What a powerful pair of Taoist partners.’ The disciple thought, recorded Shen Xu’s information and sent the person on his way.

The following tests were easy.

As usual, the test showed Shen Xu had a fire spiritual root while Zhen Yuan had a water spiritual root.

Finally, the cultivation test showed that both were early-stage spirit transformation realm cultivators.

"You have both passed." A recruiter said and gave each a disciple token.

"Remember to gather at dawn three days later."

"Thank you, senior." Shen Xu said before he and Zhen Yuan left the square.

"We have successfully entered the inner sect." Shen Xu said with a pleased expression.

"Mmh." Zhen Yuan nodded.

Although spirit transformation realm cultivators were the lowest-ranked disciples in the Tianxuan sect’s inner sect, the two didn’t care.

After all, regardless of cultivation level, inner sect disciples could choose the mountain they wished to reside in.

[Ayuan, spirit transformation realm cultivators in their nine hundreds are great talents. Do you think the sect will stop us from joining the ninety-seventh peak?] The double transmitted.

[Although we appear talented, we are unknown entities. Who knows if we took pills to forcibly advance our cultivation?] Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

[The sect will likely not care about us until they discover our actual value.]

[You are probably right.] Shen Xu said in a relieved voice.

Three days later, Zhen Yuan, Shen Xu, and many others gathered in the square.

"You have all passed the preliminary tests and can enter my Tianxuan sect." An elder started and continued when he had everyone’s attention.

"However, whether you can stay in the sect depends on your future efforts." He said.

After that, he took out a large level eight ship and asked everyone to board.

The ship didn’t have rooms.

Instead, it had a large open space, and everyone found a place to stand or sit.

Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan chose to share a mat near the ship’s front.

From their position, they could observe the other disciples and also watch the surroundings.

"I heard the Tianxuan sect is one day away from Tianxuan City." Shen Xu said while looking at the passing clouds.

"Ayuan, do you want to drink wine to pass the time?"

"I want." Zhen Yuan immediately nodded.

A moment later, Shen Xu took out a gourd, and the two drank cloud-seeking fruit wine while watching the world fly by.

[Ayuan, do you think the triplets are still okay?] The double suddenly asked.

[They should be.] Zhen Yuan said, and Shen Xu sighed.

One day passed in the blink of an eye, and the ship finally arrived at the edge of a lake.

"This lake is called the Heart Revealing Lake." An elder said in a voice that travelled to every person in the ship.

"Only those who cross the lake can become disciples of the Tianxuan sect. However, if you try to cross while harbouring evil intentions against the sect, your boat will capsize and you will sink to the bottom of the lake."

Shen Xu narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

[Ayuan, we are harbouring other agendas, but I don’t think our intentions are evil, right?]

[They are not evil.] Zhen Yuan reassured.

After all, their goal was to save the triplets, not to harm the Tianxuan sect.

That said, he didn’t ignore the possibility that the sect may become collateral damage in their endeavour to save the triplets.

’Everything will be fine as long as our intentions are not evil.’ Zhen Yuan thought, looking at the lake with uncertain eyes.

Soon after, the ship descended and everyone disembarked.

"You can take whichever boat you like and row to the other side of the lake." One of the recruiters said, pointing at thousands of boats parked near the lake.

"Can a boat only carry one person?" Someone asked, and an old disciple stepped forward to answer.

"It’s possible to share a boat, but do you dare? Can you guarantee that the other person does not have evil intentions? If one person has evil intentions, everyone in the boat will suffer." The disciple said, and several people subconsciously stepped away from their companions.

"Let’s go." Zhen Yuan said and led Shen Xu to grab a boat.

For them, sharing a boat was a matter of course.

After all, they were one heart Taoist partners and shared the same fate, let alone a boat.

"You..., are you really going to share a boat?" Someone asked when he saw the two pushing a boat towards the lake.

"We are Taoist partners." Shen Xu said, and without waiting for the person’s reaction, he and Zhen Yuan continued towards the water.

Seeing this, the person shook his head with a mocking expression.

’The dagger is usually in the hand of the person closest to you.’ He thought and began pushing out his own boat.