If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 16 Let’s talk about our own things, don’t mix up the names

"Master, actually... I have an unwelcome request."

Shen Ziqing gritted his teeth and bent his waist even lower.

"I want to become your teacher!"

Li Yanmo was stunned, took a step back, looked Shen Ziqing up and down again, and stood towards Jiang Baili.

Jiang Baili naturally understood what Li Yanmo meant and glanced at Shen Ziqing. "You are over 23, and have passed the most suitable time for cultivation. Although you have spiritual roots, you have a little bit of all five elements, and they are mixed together. To put it nicely, you have many paths, but to put it bluntly, you are just following the path of the mean, which is not suitable for cultivating immortals."

"Your parents' talents are better than yours. One has a thunder spirit root, and the other has a water spirit root. If they had come to Luoyang Town thirty years earlier, they might have become outer disciples."

Li Yanmo was startled and quickly hissed at Lily Jiang.

Li Yanmo just wanted Jiang Baili to quietly tell him about Shen Ziqing's talent, but he didn't expect Jiang Baili to be so loud.

Shen Ziqing's true identity was exposed, and he just smiled bitterly, "Ten years ago, the elders of Qingshan Sect said the same thing."

At this time, Shen's parents stopped talking and started to persuade Shen Ziqing from the left and right.

Li Yanmo stared at Shen Ziqing's narrowed eyes for a while before asking, "Why do you want to cultivate immortality?"

Shen Ziqing remembered his parents kneeling before the tiger demon and being forced to recite scriptures. He immediately bit his lip and said, "If you want to change something, now is the best opportunity."

When Shen Ziqing said this, even Lily Jiang couldn't help but look at Shen Ziqing with a higher opinion.

But that's it.

The road is ruthless.

With Shen Ziqing's talent, he was destined to be mediocre even if he started practicing.

No one will...

"Okay, I'll accept you as my disciple."

Lily Jiang rolled her eyes, but thinking that Li Yanmo dared to raise a useless body like Cang Yao Sword Body, it would not be strange to raise another Shen Ziqing.

Shen Ziqing was overjoyed and immediately performed the ceremony of paying homage to his master, "Master, please accept my disciple's greetings!"

"Okay, from today on you are my second apprentice. Later I will take you to meet my eldest apprentice. She is a little shy and seems difficult to get along with, but she is a good child."

Shen's parents smiled with relief.

"Ahem—by the way, are you two interested in practicing Taoism with your son?"

After accepting Shen Ziqing, Li Yanmo set his sights on Shen's parents.

After killing the tiger demon, the conditions for the prestige event in the sect's level upgrade were met, but four disciples were needed.

Now that he has 60,000 kilograms of spiritual fruits at his disposal, Li Yanmo doesn't care at all about the additional resources that will come after his prestige level is raised.

Since he won't go bankrupt for the time being, he might as well increase his salary as the clan leader.

Shen's parents never thought that there would be such a day for them. Lin Zhi grabbed her husband's arm nervously and excitedly.

As the head of the family, Shen Wansan quickly calmed down, but he still stuttered, "Is it really okay at our age?"

"Hey—some cultivators are hundreds or even thousands of years old and are still cultivating. How old are you two?"

Li Yanmo raised his hand and patted Lily Jiang's shoulder with a smile, and the three members of the Shen family looked over subconsciously.

They had heard long ago that some monks looked only in their twenties, but were actually hundreds or thousands of years old.

Could it be that this fairy sister...

Lily Jiang drooped her face, “I’m only twenty-eight.”

"I didn't say anything about you just now."

"Go! Go! Go--"

Shen's parents looked at each other and wanted to perform the ceremony of paying homage to their master, but were stopped by Li Yanmo. The master-disciple relationship is one thing, and the elders are another. However, under the strong request of Shen's parents, Li Yanmo had to accept.

Shen Ziqing was a little messy.

It was naturally a good thing that his parents had the opportunity to practice cultivation, but not only did they become disciples of the same person, but he, as a son, seemed to be his senior brother.

As parents, Shen Wansan and Lin Zhi naturally knew what Shen Ziqing was struggling with, and immediately stepped forward to persuade him.

"Ziqing, from today on, I'll call you Senior Brother, and you'll call me Dad. We'll each have our own way."

"Ziqing, stop calling me mom and call me Junior Sister. I call you son. Don't mix up the names."

Shen Ziqing only felt a sudden pain in his stomach, but seeing that his parents were very excited, he could only nod and agree.

"Come, come, this is a Qi training method. Although it's a bit low-level, it can lay a solid foundation."

"These pills can refine the body and cleanse the marrow. Don't leave any."

"There are also these spiritual fruits. Each person gets a basket. They must be eaten up within one day. There will be more for tomorrow. This is the target..." After taking the basket, the three members of the Shen family finally reacted. They all widened their eyes and looked at the plump, spiritual fruits in the basket with disbelief on their faces.

The spiritual fruit contains the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Eating one is equivalent to refining a treasure of a hundred low-grade spiritual stones. It is even more of a treasure for mortals. Just eating one bite can prolong one's life.

As a businessman, Shen Wansan had heard that a wealthy businessman sold all his property in order to eat a spiritual fruit.

Then I got cheated.

Li Yanmo actually delivered such precious spiritual fruits in baskets?
"Master, this is too precious."

Shen Ziqing knew his own talent and knew that he was not worthy of such good resources, so he wanted to return the spiritual fruit to Li Yanmo on the spot, but Li Yanmo's next words made Shen Ziqing dumbfounded.

"I have 60,000 kilograms here, and I can't finish it."

Shen Ziqing was still in a daze, but Shen's parents reacted and immediately swore to the sky with serious faces.

"We will never reveal our sect's secrets, otherwise we will be struck by lightning and perish forever!"

After his parents swore this oath, Shen Ziqing realized the seriousness of the problem and followed suit.

"That's an exaggeration, that's an exaggeration—you just need to eat the fruit well, and don't worry too much about cultivation. Just let nature take its course."

The three members of the Shen family immediately swore in their hearts that they would never let Li Yanmo down.

At this time, Jiang Baili had also finished examining the tiger demon. Her brows were furrowed, and her silent expression made Li Yanmo restrain his joy.

“Is it a big problem?”

"It's a bit strange. The tiger demon you killed has only been transformed into a demon for two months. It shouldn't have such a high level of Taoism in two months." Jiang Baili raised her pipe, and Li Yanmo immediately stretched out his finger to light the cigarette for Jiang Baili.

"But doesn't he have a great master?"

Li Yanmo kicked Tiger Arhat's head.

"That's the problem. This black tiger has only been a demon for three months."

Lily Jiang raised her finger and hooked it, and Hei Hu's Luohan clothes were torn off with a swish sound and floated in front of Shen's parents.

Shen Wansan immediately stepped forward to take the Luohan robe. After feeling along the edge of the clothes for a while, his face changed. He turned that part over and found a symbol of a rising sun embroidered inside.

"This dress was made by a weaver from Sunrise City!"

"Has there been any strange things happening in Risheng City recently? For example, there are many wandering vendors coming to Risheng City to sell animals?" Lily Jiang asked.

Shen Ziqing nodded. "That's true. It started last summer."

Lily Jiang clicked her tongue and said, “It looks like the Demon Immortal Cult did it.”

"Demon fairy...teaching?" Li Yanmo was a little confused.

"A group of people who worship demons. As long as a beast is tainted by human greed, it can transform into a demon. The Demon Immortal Cult is best at tricking vendors into reselling wild animals to prosperous but chaotic places, allowing those beasts to be tainted by human greed and become demons."

"But that shouldn't be the case...Rising Sun City shouldn't be in line with that, right? Is it because the Qingshan Sect is staying closed off?"

Lily Jiang, who was pacing back and forth, paused, and a sharp light flashed in her eyes.

"Is the situation very bad?" Li Yanmo asked tentatively.

Lily Jiang held the pipe, puffed out the smoke for a while, then shook her head, “It’s hard to say, but you can go to Risheng City and have a look. With your current pace, you can get there in half a day.”

Li Yanmo became alert, "Why did you suddenly encourage me to go to Risheng City?"

Lily Jiang glanced at Li Yanmo and replied indifferently.

"You want to get rid of those spiritual fruits, right? There's still a chance to tinker with them in Sunrise City."

Li Yanmo hesitated. He did consider going to Risheng City to get rid of the batch of spiritual fruits.

But Risheng City may be in danger now, and his sixth level of Qi training may not be enough.

"Rising Sun City is guarded by the soldiers of the Dayu Dynasty. The governor has the cultivation of the peak of the God Transformation Realm and the power of the Dayu National Destiny. Even those in the Fusion Realm have to think twice. As for the Demon Immortal Sect, even the Qingshan Sect can suppress them," Jiang Baili raised her hand and waved, "At worst, I'll cover for you."

"also--"

……

【宗门：太虚门，威望等级lv2（7005/1000）→lv3（6055/10000）】

[Sect Master: Li Yanmo, Cultivation: Qi Training Level 6]

【Disciples recruited: 4】

[Resources distributed this month: 30000 low-grade spirit stones, marrow nourishing pills, body refining pills, the ultimate yellow-grade technique, the Fire Separation Technique, and a low chance of refreshing low-grade Xuan-grade techniques]

[Sect Leader Salary: 420 Spirit Stones, three Qi-Nourishing Pills]

(End of this chapter)