Junior Sister must ascend this time!

"What the sect leader says is absolutely right." The Third Elder, who was sitting next to Xuanwei, stood up and said:

"Our Chengtian Sect only has four direct disciples: Pei Shubai, Cen Ning, Si Mingche, and Jiang Mian. Their abilities are no less than those of other sects, but losing one person means losing one's strength."

In my opinion, why not recruit some more disciples and choose the most talented one to be our personal disciple?

"Hmph, easier said than done." Fourth Elder Mingyuan stretched out his plump hand, picked up a cup of tea, sipped it, and continued:

"Which sect's direct disciples aren't the pride of heaven? How easy is it to find such geniuses? If it were as you say, that you could recruit them all at once, then our Chengtian Sect wouldn't have only had four direct disciples in so many years."

Lin Xu retorted in disagreement, "Then what do you suggest? Just leave this fifth spot empty? Isn't that blatantly giving resources to the other six sects?"

"No need for that." A languid female voice came from above the council hall.

The group looked up at the woman in purple robes, her face as cold and aloof as snow, sitting on the crossbeam.

Pu Hengzhi said helplessly, "Yuehua, are there not enough chairs in my council hall for you? Can you please stop showing up in such strange places every time?"

"Alright then," said the Second Elder, Yuehua, as she flew down.

Pu Hengzhi then asked, "What's your plan?"

"Why not just choose one from among the inner disciples?" Yuehua said after taking a couple of bites of pastry. "The disciples who can enter Chengtian Sect are all extraordinary. We just need to hold a personal disciple selection and choose the first place, right?"

"My good-for-nothing disciple is always thinking about dying, so I'll choose a reliable one to prepare."

Pu Hengzhi: ………

Elders: …

Didn't you insist on taking Jiang Mian as your disciple because you thought he was good-looking?

Pu Hengzhi coughed lightly and said, "There's no other way for now, so let's leave it at that. We'll hold the selection of personal disciples in three days."

On the other side, Yun Qing cultivated in the disciples' residence for a while before heading straight to the dining hall. She hadn't had a hot meal in a month.

After eating five bowls of vegetarian noodles, Yun Qing reluctantly lifted her face from the bowl.

She looked up and realized that there were so few people in the dining hall today. Everyone was so diligent in their cultivation that they didn't even eat.

Just as she was wondering, two female disciples walked past.

"I'm planning to pack fifty steamed buns and take them with me. I won't be going out for the next few days; I'll focus on training in the training hall. What about you?"

"That's what I think too. Even if I'm unlikely to get first place and become a personal disciple, it would be good to at least show my face to the elders and make a good impression on them..."

Personal instruction? What personal instruction?!

Yun Qing's ears perked up instantly.

She pulled one of the disciples aside and asked, "Senior sister, I want to ask what you meant by 'winning first place and becoming a personal disciple'?"

The female disciple was somewhat surprised. "You didn't know?"

Seeing Yun Qing shake her head, she continued, "The sect leader just announced that the selection of personal disciples will be held in three days. Whoever comes in first place will become the fifth personal disciple of Chengtian Sect and enter the Lingxu Secret Realm with Senior Brother Pei and the others."

Another female disciple said, "That's a chance to become a direct disciple! Everyone started cultivating as soon as they heard the news. I'm not talking to you anymore, we're packing our things and heading off to cultivate too. You should go and get ready too."

With that, the two prepared to leave.

Yun Qing smiled and waved to them, "Thank you for informing me, senior sisters."

Yun Qing was just worrying about how to become a personal disciple when this opportunity came along. It's like someone delivering a pillow when you're about to fall asleep.

Immediately, she headed towards Jade Balance Peak, where the spirit sword she had asked Senior Sister Cen Ning to forge was nearing completion.

Yun Qing walked to the door of Cen Ning's weapon-refining room, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.

"Who?!"

Cen Ning, who was inside the room, immediately became alert.

Yun Qing said softly, "Senior Sister Cen Ning, I am Yun Qing. Is the spirit sword I asked you to make for me finished? I wanted to come and take a look."

"Wait a moment. Come back in two breaths later. The spirit sword you want is on the table."

Then Yun Qing heard a "thump" sound. Fearing that something might have happened to Cen Ning, she quickly pushed open the door and entered, and then...

The room was empty, and the window on the other side was wide open, with only a corner of clothing visible.

Did they... jump out of the window and run away?

Yun Qing's eyes twitched, a little confused. Was she scary?

There was a large table in front of her, covered with various magical artifacts and materials. Yun Qing immediately spotted the spiritual sword.

His body was surrounded by purple light, and the blade was as thin as a cicada's wing, sharp enough to easily cut off a single strand of hair.

Yun Qing reached out and grasped the sword hilt, and a warm spiritual energy flowed into her body through her palm.

It was much better than she had imagined. It seemed that the fat old man Mingyuan was right; he had taken on a very talented disciple.

Yun Qing knew that Cen Ning hadn't left, so she smiled and said towards the window, "Thank you, Senior Sister Cen Ning, I really like the sword!"

With that, she took out a storage bag and placed it on the table. "Then I won't bother you any longer, Senior Sister. I'll be going now."

Yun heard a faint, muffled "hmm" coming from outside the window and couldn't help but laugh. How cute.

She then left with the spirit sword.

Cen Ning leaned against the window and only slowly climbed back after confirming that Yun Qing had left.

She looked up and saw a storage bag on the table. She probed it with her divine sense and couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!"

There were actually several pieces of spirit marrow, fifty spirit fruits, and a Qi Condensation Fruit!

"This...this is too much." Cen Ning frowned and said, "No, I need to find a chance to return it to Junior Sister Yun Qing."

Just then, Yun Qing's voice came from outside the door, "Senior Sister Cen Ning, you must accept this. It's my token of affection. If you don't accept it, I won't leave~"

Cen Ning was startled. Although Junior Sister Yun Qing was quite cute, she was still not used to having someone outside.

After thinking for a while, Cen Ning said, "Thank you, Junior Sister Yun Qing. I will accept it."

Yun Qing then left with peace of mind, as she still needed to go to the Spirit Beast Garden.

The Golden-Winged Black Tiger was lazily lying on the ground, basking in the sun. For the past month, it had resumed its domineering ways in the spirit beast garden, spending its free time eating spirit fruits and soaking in spirit spring water at its secret base...

Life couldn't be more comfortable!

It prays that the female demon will suddenly kick the bucket, so it won't have to do all the hard work for her, and can even possess the entire Spirit Spring and the Condensing Essence Fruit Tree...

The Golden-Winged Black Tiger became more and more excited as it thought about it, and couldn't help but chuckle. At this moment, it sensed that something was wrong.

Huh? Where's the sun? It set so early today?

Just as the Golden-Winged Black Tiger was wondering what was going on, it heard the demon's whisper again...

"My little darling, how have you been lately? Have you been keeping a good watch over that place for me?"

"Have all the spirit fruits grown yet? Have any been stolen? Hmm?"